Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-02-27

lot depend upon his goodness here, but upo'
he particular religious belief he entertained 10
Miss S. And that is the belief that with of
,ut holiness man shall gee the Lord i CT
al are saved as you eontend, good. bad u
md Indifferent what matters it about re- q
igious belisf,' goodness and all that?- N
Yourinsinu3 3tion islymphAtica n1y lord North y
- 4 i u. !--' - :
vsu 70 take hold of something tangible IL =, "
yonr futuge struggles tor suprsmaCy' :,
Mr. N. God Judges tbs heart, notths tenets' .
Miss s. That's precisely my doctrlne-
chats what I'm contending for. say GOO :
;n5res the heart and if that is pure ano {
bol1 Ue will take it to himself, when this
mortal shall put on immortality, II noI II 7
vill sirk where their worm dieth not, ano !
tho ere is rot Qxsnchedi'. for there shali IN
no wise enter into it 1.-THE new JeruSaienl
ANYTHING that ds6leth neither whatSoesel
| worksth abomination or maketh a ne VI.
thew which ore written in the Lambs pooK
| "f fife. Rev. 2l-27. Now if all are saw,
rea what does God keep a book tor, and
,cbo !. il that shall not enter into IT..
don't see the use of that passage, II you are
right, upon my word!
i Mr.. n. Shall he save all or pe1tY Where
il the line to be dawn between those to be
saved and those to be lost?
: Miss S. A very weak quere must confess
in spite Of my polite consideration l1r n"-
f, nan reelinesl Where? why just here
, bstveen those that do good to the resurrec
ton of life, and they that do evil to the res
@ nrrection of damnation.' That's as PLAIN as
: the nasal prstuherance of anybody's p.hySl-
gAn.ouy One thing forgot to ask you, IN re-
IN. S-sto YOUR assertion. God Judges the
TOR ;rSas ! knot the tenets;' what does lie
m, W oSldn,t tiSSall are bound to De saSea;m
;h1 II Hearea's gatte WORK @ OF supeiTtb poTte 20 tb.
,;s wicked and the just%I
-, Mr.. N. All sin-no>.,or Ev.tb that sim
do meth not. Now shall the we're fact that Won
,es have declared in public thatyou believe in
~ God, and as u clineher joined some church !
,ar militant save, when You ain as often as l |
IA do and yet because / nsvsr made that
40 declaration, and never joined a church. must
ma be forever lost? Why am / not as deserving
n. OF heaven as you, if | am as good, though I
/. never made profession Of religion or saw
"a. the Inside Of house Of worship? Is not
no. goodness msritorous in whatever shape we
~ find it? think 80.
-. Miss S. So dol. But, I want to know what
.en is to hscomS of the wicked nop. You say you
ss :aal'elieve in the salvation .. all men," Now
nd xop preaeh land av;i=htlst too) that IS good
J 5syl Is s5Sd "a sssy = y5Ss Sss & u
i"1 line, Nat To be sure ifIyou are as gcDd a
Sug, am. and I'm, " fit meet for the kingdom {
yns do get to heaven, you'll hive to FnnfeS
inhu .1 Him before men," else he will not own yo
sl''.e before his Father and the holy angels
e' ~ and besides you'll have to go there free froI
@ @eitl' all SIN for nothing unholy or uncean sha
o"i"' in sry wise enter therein notwithstandin
=, ~ you quets SolomGn's words without KNOWN
u il, err giving him the credit Of it, and theI
is no nan that sinneth not. But there
! l"eo ain in the w,r(d, and oil must die, whel
I'LL ~ Cd lcd,y y;rvS
d I'll. F,n' Mr.. n. The sphere that immortal sou
i"s' win FIJI IT. heaven among angels, will Le iu,
eve that which b. 6lls IN earth auSng tt
,, ,ne, good.
upper no heav,- at oil! not n bit more than III
earth :. ear heaven iE called the lend
OF Be r,sL lUt il your doctrine is correct there
- DC no peace for me benteforth, foreve
ern because the LoisterouE eonR of a tits
&C nF BEcchSs always scRres NE out Of nv sever
a. teen senses; and II Srunkard can G
,nres to heaven in his sins, With the same rropel
sltieS, and make as many snaks tracks O
~ 8. the foor' Of the Et~rnal City ss be doe
,o;,. here, don't think the descriptions of it i
80 the % chap. Rev. is q true one
80 Mr.. \. believe that all in another worl
o., are happy, but there are different degrees {
ta;n. enjoyment Thoss Of the highest would nt
be happy in the lowest, and the converse {
tbar. the proposition holds true.
is;an Miss S. Where did you get that idea ?
,rch Can you tell me how many spheres there b
M - in Me heaven you talk about? I'm gettin
ann,. !" interested.
IOr.d Mr., n. Heaven is world Of proqre.s.-
Mind which il spirit, which is God, or
that part OF DEITY, Is progressive htre-it doe
lsvss not ehAnge-thsn it must be progressiv
st;ll there. Iksts in the lowest ephere are bar
,Lot py just as the gamblers, the midnight rev
u,LOt sIers are happy; hut the good would not b
happy there 60 those in tho upper spher
ours would not be happy in the lower. Do yor
: get my idesi
h;ro Miss S. think do. You saw mind i
.rine progression, to which l assent Then th
"a Qssd mss, after destb. goes on Increasing il
" holiness, and of courre happiness Accord
~ ing so your theory, he must step from sphers
cycles OF eternity roll. Then the bad man,
A' in yoUr heaven must ayoidably increase in
- vicksdncsS, and consequently deScead-
Therefore in tbs course Of hundred thou
~, sand years or so. YOU must admit he wouldn't
~ ~ be rery far of from the 'bottomless pit , We
ti, read uf. and matter Of course wouldn't he
-, quite ~ happy oE be vss here. Yos certain.
" WaS't pretend to inEinuats that map Sy-
ing in his kirs gets better in another world,
- If you'll read the llth verse Of the % chap.
" Rev lie that is unjust let him be unjust
V. still, and he that is filthy let him be 6Ithy
~ still consequently an unrighteous man in
eternity must, in accordance with your pro.
,''' position, 90 on from lad to worse, as mind
-. is progressive and so you've stepped on
.al ysur own dr1psry, and must confess that
vi all are not happy in another world if, as
Ill you have said goodness can only lie blessed
"Sn "sn with happineEE.'
raj Mr.. n. said that spirits in that far "a
NIy land, ar. continually progressing upward
Miss S. You did then you make ths BIZ
kls false. Prors it, and I'll yield the point.
n rOipg to suhsisntiate all my assertions
biblical quotations. and / insist upon
liar proceedings from you.
kb N. The mind Of man never rests in
This w1sld-'tis continually grasping for
something f'~yon4-'tis continually growing
titan in knowledge.
men MitS s. If some minds grasp for the asme
'tess in another voTld that ,hsy do in this, and
His grow in tAs sane hind Of knowlsdse. thsv'I
rrSs, make mighty poor heaA~sy uprard.' In
irop thinking. hT never saw an old toner v.
ini- Who didn't illustrate, ~ perfection. tn. i.v
ible, Of grA,tsiion after graspiAe for somsthin,
) or beyond