The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-04-22

And black Gehenna, called the type OF HE'LL
This appears TO be the only term in the Scriptures which
avorS the notion OF connlng hell TO local habation.
Sheo and Hades when used in relation to the souls Of
sent e rather than Of their locality Il IS Of mo- very great a
Importance to determine the question whether the soul de
may placed or whether its unhappy state may not be
fcient to make its locality any where perfect hell Milton
describes Satan thus
Me miserable which way shall fly
Infinite Ii wrath and an infinite FIN despair! ham,
Again he says:
-" horror and doubt distract
The hell within him !; for within him hell
One step, no more, than from himself can fly
Most certainly this Interpretation of text in correspond
convey minds spiritual and invisible things by
of material and visible Objects Indeed this appears be the
from the world OF matter to the world of mind and Of carry
ing hem tS 1 ll the VISIBLE real ea Of the word which
To suppose that Lord here teaches that he who should
the Jewish authorities and cast INTO the literal Gehenna
jerusalem Is preposterous What contrast would this
retbuton that time entertained by the Jews and those
rational and spiritual ideas Of transgession and punishment
which was His design to reveal in the gospel? Understood
that the exposition ola Jewish custom what
relevancy the text have to the Christian system
The question which presents itself next is, whether the
misenes Of hell endured in the life the life
eS0 and o a ea the
the parable OF the rich man and Lazarus read that the
sh Gs e %G ad fnd s he | up his sng in tor Ss
Creek Hads And sHlo Hades translation Of the He
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state of departed spirits When used in relation to dead
spirit means slate Of the souls Of the dead Whether
hatsae to be understood happy rotherwse depends
isused in relation to the soul othe rich who in hell lifted
scribe p the Condition Of the depa Soul 10 o
and it is said his soul was not left in hell " it does sig
menty Vel5e of the Acts Of the Apostle IS ana
ton from the sixteenth Psalm where the original word is the
Hades and Sheol designate simply the de-
parted souls, whether that state be miserable otherwise.
verse of the ninth Psalm in these words The wicked
ose Som all os msa h
because it true of the righteous and the nations
forget Him that they viii be turned into the grave since
j. appointed unto man once to de It cannot mean simply
well OF the wicked and the nations who forget God
since the universal lot Of man that hs dust shall return
can therefore here only the miserable Of wicked
"m Mh il the anee of @ i Naa W. Ts
there is unhappy state OF wickedneSs after death
or an Infinite duation This found distinctly answered
both in the Old Testament and in the New In the twelfth
foetod. When the multitude OF them who ep in the dust
OF the earth shall awake to everlasting life and some to
fifth chapter of Matthew fortysxth yeise we read And
these shall 60 away into everlasting PUNISHMENT but the
iirst chapter and nineteenth verse They who knew not
God and obey not the Gospel shall be punished with ever
the glory Of Ills power. Moreover, the twenty ninth
taught That he who shall bIaspheme against the Holy
Ghost hath MEYER FORGIVENESS but is in danger OF sernal
do not mean amending duration
In reply the objection, it maintained that the word
in Hebrew, in the quoted from Daniel is oiam which
translated into the Greek by the seventy transato OF
sw saa O the original IN wo f Ga @
and eternal Is also at0R0s ft0Ros the adjective, derived
hoiity from a. ever and on the present par.
tcipe ofthe verb " to be- In treating OF celestial be
pecepto Alexander the who could be mistaken
the OF the words of the Greek language, in which
these beings. that they without change lnirmy,
and Possessing most excellent and SATISFACTORY life they
definition OF the and lis derivation For this word
compebending the duration Of the life OF each not
penatua is MS age [nton For the same reason the sum
unendng duration and the ininitude of ALL Is Eternity,
eionl deriving is name p from e.erbeng Lea ematl death
many exco raphers make for the purpose of
tanning some heologica hobby Here we learn both from
literally and primarily means Eternity, since comprehends
hoash whsn appe the h
merely lifetime Now signifies ever. and
completely settles the unlimited meaning Of tie term in its
primary acceptaon as Ar'stotles definition itself From
rternas and Gternus as also our eternity and
nal Now English meaning of eternity and eternal,
is precisely the same as the reeH mon and H'gHoS All
will admit that the primary, and literal meaning
of eternal in English Is endless duration that
ployed Ia an improper, or fgurave sense-as when we
speak
tans So precisely in Greek The word ann its
original and proper slgnticaon lninty OF duration yet
the natural lifeline Of any being when bis would
then be styled rs eternity. These words then always
the nature OF the which limits their meaning Thus
by appeans to definitions given by modern exicogape
but by appeal the OF the terms in the best classical
But if it be still insisted that these words do express
endless duration, then be it known that these terms
express the eternal life and The eternal salvation of the
righteous If then aio"ios does not hell to be eternal
puts the fires of hell, also eNngushes all the lights OF
heaven He who relieves the wicked from the fears OF hell
also blo out from the righteous every hope of heaven and
ayes to live and die like beast witt, hell to fear,
But the great objection after ALL is that would be at
both nne5cn and unjust to condemn any one OF our
any sins watch he possibly commit this brief state OF
flesh and blood We trust that hearers will see that
we state this objection fairly and clearly So we also hope
In reply it may be maintained that the objection highly
nothing; Our origin is but of yeerd ay and the sphere OF
knowledge but point How little do we know OF the re-
atlOns, bearings and cOrespondencies OF this supendous
-'' how system into system runs
What other planets circle other suns!
Shall we, them but the insects of day,
Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod,
Rejudge his justiee-be the God OF God =
Surely it would seem sufficient make angels smile, to
behold the insect man. climbing the throne 10 Judge Ills
Bnt beyond ALL this grand objection is based three
The first IS that doctrine implies that the eternal pun
shmen of the wicked arbitrary dspensation OF God
The second that theory supposes that in the su
erngs of future world the misere endured by the more
and the less guilty the
The third IS that system implies that all the toments
Of the lost inflicted for the sins committed in this life
,ny Let take up these assumptions IN their proper
order.
First then we deny that eternal punishment
DisIary dspensation Of God.
The discourse to which alluded IN the commencement
Of this admits penalty for sin the form Of mental pun
sbnents as a necessary result in the exercises of |
narrowed by exacng seltshne inflated by pride and
vanity heated by wrath and malice; debased by sensual
desires and eeled with utter nsensbiy 10 tho claims of
iod truth honor and philanthropy Observe our Rev
efend Brother admits that there punishment of SIN |
hc the exercise OF such mind has been
uSt described in his terms Now, taking the idea
which his language suggests let suppose low animal de
be grated-pTeying upon the soul like the
eyeing the dead carcase and the passions of
anger envy hatred and revenge in the soul with the
,ecs against which they directed wholly beyond the
each their fury whilst fear, horror and despair are all
the frantic spirit, and undying remoe is feeding
ike Nulture on It's suppose all hIsand there
sucency OF elements correspond with the types of
iehenna, and the unquenchabe fires ard the undyng
II that horrible place But all these of the sinners
ormens the operations the sinful operations of his
ou They the objects. together with the natural and