OLD MR. WELLS YOU CAN (LELAND)

In my travels, and among my acquaintances, I have heard much said about a Saviour, by the name of Well’s you can; but have never yet seen him,
the house where he lives, nor the man who entertains him: and I am almost in despair of ever finding him below the sun. His accounts of him are these: “If I do as well as I can, I believe the Lord will accept me, and if you do as well as you can, you will be saved.” If the salvation of the soul depends upon our doing as well as we can, who then can be saved?

JOHN 14.12 (BEEBE)

ELDER GILBERT BEEBE – DEAR BROTHER: – Having been a reader of the SIGNS for forty-six years, and never having troubled you, I now request you to give your views on John xiv. 12, especially the last clause. I remain your brother in hope of eternal life.

RICHARD WOMMACK.
Old Alexandria, Mo., Jan. 21, 1880

“Verily, verily I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.”

ROMANS 6.22 (BEEBE)

Dear Brother Beebe: I believe all God’s people are humble and forgiving - I speak from my knowledge of them. We are strangers in the flesh, but I hope not in Spirit. I believe that christians all see eye to eye, in matters of experience; and all speak the same things. I feel a desire to say something about the goodness and mercy of God to poor, perishing sinners. It seems that the Lord is in this place, and we knew it not. I often think of the precious words of the apostle, when he said, “For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us.” I desire that you would remember me in your prayers to God, for I feel that I am the most unworthy of all. Will it be asking too much if I request your views on Romans 6.22? “But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end, everlasting life.” This text has a great bearing on my mind. I heard an able minister preach from it, and he said that christians would bring forth good fruit. This set me to examine myself, and I could see no good in me; for in me dwells no good thing. I asked a brother his views on it, and he said he thought it applied to the preachers. But I must close. I remain your friend. May we meet in heaven.

MARY DYER
Henry Co., Va., June 28, 1858.

MATTHEW 5.16

NEW VERNON, N. Y., September 15, 1843.

“Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” (Matthew 5:16)

ELDER BARTLEY ON GOOD WORKS...

With your permission, beloved Editor, I feel moved to offer some thoughts to the household of faith upon good works, their nature, extent and use.

CONNECTION BETWEEN SOVEREIGN GRACE & GOOD WORKS...

Brother Beebe: - Brother Jewett Old School Baptist Elder in Tompkins, New York who was the editor of the Christian Doctrinal Advocate & Monitor", in the Number of the  Doctrinal Advocate Old School Baptist paper published in New York" for May, 1845, proposed that I, or some brother, should treat on the connection which may exist between the doctrine of Sovereign Grace and Good Works.

THE COMMON SALVATION...

“Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation” (Jude 3)

SOT REPRINT: CONCERNING HOLINESS...

Whether those of our brethren, who in supporting their different systems, speak so much of the holiness of heaven, as though it afforded an unanswerable argument against the possibility of angels having sinned, do actually believe that there is a certain region, a mere locality, within the bounds of God’s Creation, which is so essentially holy that sin cannot enter its bounds;