Dear Brethren, editors of the Signs of the Times.
I have been reading your paper for some time and have enjoyed it much. I would be glad for you to give me your views on the following scripture. Go you into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believes and is baptized shall be saved, but heat up believes not, shall be damned. Mark 16.15. Did not just make the plan of salvation playing for all who desired to be saved. Will we be held accountable for not sending the gospel to the heathen? Will they be saved without the gospel? If it were four, damn for some to be saved, then a certain portion to be lost. Why was it necessary for Christ to die for the world that whosoever believes in him shall have everlasting life? If a man were foreordained to be lost under the free gift of salvation, can he be saved if he so desires? If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. I do not ask this in any spirit of argument, but desire and explanation of it. Yours truly.
Rutledge, GA. April 10th, 1895.
