idea of divine justice is involved one of the strongest arguments for
universal salvation.

Look at the matter simply and candidly. Did not Christ die for every
soul of man? All theological subtleties aside, we joyfully believe that
He did. The fact is stated over and over again in Scripture, with the
utmost plainness; and it is assumed in a multitude of other passages. So
clearly has this come to be recognized that the American Presbyterian
Church formally adopted it, and put it in their "Brief Statement" some
years ago. It is also proposed for acceptance in the creed of the united
churches of Canada, if that union is consummated. And despite all
theories to the contrary, it is believed and preached in most if not all
Evangelical Churches.

Very well. Consider what is involved in that article of our faith. If
Christ really died for all, does not justice require that all will be
saved! If Christ paid the debt for every sinner, will not every sinner
be redeemed? How else could infinite justice be satisfied? I wish our
Methodist brethern would consider this matter well. All honor to the
Methodist Church for its noble testimony to the universality of the
atonement. But does not universal atonement imply universal salvation?
If we may speak of such things in the language of mathematics may we not
say that universal salvation is the corollary of universal atonement? To
this conclusion it does seem to me that we are inevitably led.

I was speaking lately to a Methodist minister of a very acute but candid
mind. He put the matter in this way: Either Christ made an atonement for
each one, or He did not. Did He not actually bear upon His heart the
sins of the whole world? And if the whole world, then surely each one
singly, so that every child of humanity may truthfully say with Paul,