New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-14

the subtsrsuesn 6-es pen. in be,or. tolcl vent, sud
intended both - exhibit the intensity Of the hid
den and 10 afford warning 70 tina wicked OF the
terrible rsiule Of TIE suffsriugs that sEaitec thsn
/ unles- they SHOULD speedily repent. The whole sar
fare Of 4 cI,h IN fact y : bq, she'll thin c.ust
utterly in.i.i icart in bG'< In proportion 10 n.
| depth profognd that yswued benesih oar feet. We
trOd over l'vii snd everlasting ires vii h might 81
an moment ret for III with over shelmng power,
Ard swtlow Us Up forever.
Il He'd rot numerous instances Of this bAan Wit
ressec il the terrible earthquakes frequently
curing 10 Sou'h America snd in elastoI,' regoEs
Nhs were these bat evidences OF the fra structure
Of BIZ solo crust on which dwell which is contn-
usIly cracking under me iLflsnce OF intense heat
beDesth Nor were these phenomena locA or is)
listed in their nsturs. but extended over the whole
sphere. Thus the crest earthquake OF Lisbon in
1856 IN wbcb the ground had opened and asnss hsd
BURT forth hsG been distinctly felt over many parts
Of Eurore II ASIA snd even in this country on LsAe
Ontario. Again, the hot springs swelling up 20 the
surface OF the :, il in various psrs OF the world snd
part ,ulsry in Iceland where they elected ia
boiling state several hundred feet Pfo the air $40
coIclu-ively that their in the neigh Dor
hood Of gueous infusnce' for how Otherwise, could
they yolste the cOurse OF nature by ho<ing il hJt
streams Instead Of cold
He then II CURED in,c the degree and iuteaH ty Of
this fesi. which almost passed the bounds Of human
conception. A. me ans Of spproNmstios to result
however. be referred 70 experiments which 81 bsel
inside With thermometer 10 Arfesan wells and deep
miles. Here il had been observed that with every
fifty feet OF DEP degree of Fahrenheit hi b-ea
gail ed lenty Of this ratio Of lncreaaa IL xoad
OF be Necessary 10 penetrate the crust Of tue eth
twerty miles in order 10 reach sta'e OF beat In
which TIE granite woald be found molten. Water
bois at 10 Fahrenheit, bat it requires 6OOo 10 melt
rocks. This therefore, the minimum of the hest
Of He'll whose frontiers, thereflce, lie tEenty-one
miles below the surface OF the essth. IL Also cited
wei sutht Dtcated mirsce rels,ed by one Of the
Fsibers 10 the effect that God once permitted
tain religious person TO receive Witt for fes mo
neI ts fOm ore cf the damned Ia the course Of the
interview. the latter thrust his hand into vase Of
water 10 the apartment, which vas thereby so pOTer
fully hssied, that bronze csidessck having been
diced liz H. wss Immediately melted. These llllsrs
tons would afford perhaps, slight concep tou Of the
fearful rstare OF tie fires hstwere awaiting the guilty
sLd urrspeatsnt
Ard Whist would be the duration OF thst punish.
nent snc OF those terrible fires Here there
room eit for doub;ths Church, in concurrence With
the svfu testimony of the Scriptures had pronounced
them eternal; Ciiist hmself had ssh: 1t is better
for thee to enter life aimed tAsn hsvin two h.nds
to 80 into bell into III" ire that shall never b.
xutucheG.' \ would be vsin 10 attempt 10 conceive
tts curstcp Of that e'erbt' the b ldes, inteects
srsIk pliled OF the threshold OF their inquiry.
To illustrate the after futlity OF any such attempt he
b.cged h. hearers to picture to themselves OF
tho,e fnitey snsll snimss, Of which millions dwell
in siLl e drop of water, and which only the most
pos eifUl microscope can reveal to our gaze.
" Let them suppose one OF these inhni'esimal ores
'ur TO co0suu the whole EARTH to est ell the leaves
Of = trees he fruits of the ground, the ssnd OF the
sesslOr- The mountains and the psinsto drink up
the oceans lek Is and rivers taking mou,hfu IN
thousand years ard then to devour IN turn the san
and the plsrot- and al the visible crestures Of The
universe and after this incalcusble lapse of tia-,
consider how much nearer would they be to the solu
tios of this great mystery Not one stap-e'ernity
would be far bey ond their contemplation ~ ever.
" 10 these eternal fires every limb and member of
our bodies every aud muscle aud tendon, every
part Of US in fine, over which tbs sense Of feeling
predominaisd would be forever rscked cad tortured
and YET never Consumed. And 70 these exquisite tor
meris of the body would be added the paDgs Of re-
morse sLd the siEgs of Icience. Mad and body
would suffer alike but upon those members where
with We rod eirnsd the most deeply would the ken
est sufft gs be inflicted unit the I'd, amid this
upspe ,ksbe agony, should lotg for those means to
End tis own suherings which he hsi, perhaps, EN-
plnyed sIpst another while on earth.
a. He continued 10 dwell with singular earnestress
and funess OF illustration upon that terr) Die picture,
sDd concluded with eloquent aud efectiouate e1.
bortston 70 biz Lesrers avoid theee tornents, OF
which be said he had presented but feeble picture
In compsIoD with the reality, byrepentance and sup
plicaiion TO God through the intsrcesslOn Of Oar
Blessed Lady