The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1861-05-23
From the American Christian Review.
Waterloo Defeat Of Universalisn.

From the American Christian Review.
Waterloo Defeat Of UniversaIisssl
8. The relation OF Chris. to man now,
that Of mediator, advocate. He can not nov
act as Judge. any more than the lawyer a
the bar may be advocate and Judge at tn
same time. Hence the judgment IS future
To this argument Mr.. T. said never
word.
4. Mans actions ia their influences ar
undevsioped. hence unfit for judgment
Bro. V. In illustration TO this argument
mentioned ahe names of Tom Payne An,
John Wesley. thsy being anticodes. who
though dead, yet speak.
There is large organization OF infidel
in Richmond. and Mr.. F. made persona
undigni6ed appeal 10 them on the use o
Payne's name, thinking. 1 suppose. to blunt
the argument. but it was clearly a failure
| s. John v. 90. "AII that are in their graves
shall come forth. some to life, some to con-
demna,ion." Daniel xii. 2, Acts xiv: Is.
corrobora,e this. There is no change be-
yond the resurrection, as Mr.. L. admits;
hence their condemnation will be endless.
This argument, also, Mr.. +. passed with
out single remark. On the first PROPOSE
ton. this passage was up. when Mr.. +. tried
to make it moral resurrection or conversion.
When asked. however, TO tell how men
could be converted to condem mnation. he
failed to enlighten US
g. The law OF the antithesls is. tEat one
member is to be taken as extensive as the
other, whether that antithesized be weight,
number. duration, or any thing else.
Hell is in antithesis With heaven; Matt.
xviii. 8. Matt xix. 16, II, 2l.
+. rish with everlasting life. John Iii. l6.
Eternal life with indignation and wrath;
Rom. ii. 6, 8.
D-ath with eternal life; Rom. vi. 90.
Corruption with everlasting life; Gal. vi
Z, 9.
Everlasting punishment with eternal life;
Mat. XIV 46. and not only SO, but the same
~orl. aiOAiOn. in the original. stands for the
duration OF the punishment and life.
Mir. +. admitted the law of anti,besis, but
att mpied to avoid the force Of the argu-
melt by putting heaven on earth. but being
Of what he had done. by a with
ring exposure of his quihble, he never again
ouched il. This opened The way for argu-
nent.
7. Punishment in hell is after DEATH
= nd fear not them which kill the body.
,ut are not able to kill the soul ('and after
XII 4, but rather fear him which is able to
IS "Fear him. which after he has allied.
has power to cast into hell" Luke Xii 8.
MIR. Foster-"Hell here means the valley
II Hinnom." Bro. V. replied that the
savior taught that after men had killed,
tey could do no more. but men could cast
ntu the vale Of Hinnom, hence Hinnom is
~, ,he hell OF the passage. lie teaches
.,1s ,ss that casting into he'll hslongs to God
M. Foster said, destroy means to ami
t,,a,e. hence this passage does not teach
nj ess punishment. Bro. V. quoted 2
+ ., SIS. i 9, who shall be punished with
-y.llasting desttuciion!'' aud showed that
Nc + abandoned Universalism by his deti-
ntj,a OF destroy. For he asked how are
Iii .,en 10 be saved in heaven, 1t some are
q punished with everlasting destruc-
ION" or annihilation? Thus Mr.. +. hustra-
rated, LETT this argument unscathed.
g. AS long as a man remains unpardoneu,
he is obnoxious to eternal damnation, but
some are never to be pardoned; Matt. XII
81, SO, Mark iii %. 29.
Mf F., in order TO keep this 'damns-
lion" out of the future state, said that the
phrase "neither in this world, neither IN the
world to come,' means the Jewish and
Christian dispensatons. Bro. V. replied that
by giving this meaning to the word world.he
had abandoned resurrection holiness, as he
had attempted to extort 1t from Luke Xxx 50.
and also involved himself 10 the absurdity
that 1--WE neither marry nor are given 10
in the Christian dispeusation.
9. dion was proved by Aristotle to mean.
ETY. mologically, etarnal or endless.
Here Mr.. F. read from a number OF lexi-
cons. giving other meanings. Bro. V.
spoiled all his readings. however. by calling
his attention to the fact that his lexicons
gave merely the Accommodated meanings OF
the word. The argument Is upon the ety.
mological meaning. Mr.. f. made no further
reply.
10. Universalists affirm that complete
rewards and punishmeuts will be gwen to
men for their deeds IN this life, but that they
will be meted out here. Such retributIon
does not take place here, as witness. heb. II,
proto-martyr Stephen, and the sufierlngs OF
Paul Since then. by Universalism it must.
at the peril Of the justice Of God, take place,
it will be in the future state.
Mr. F.. suppose. thought he could put
in the time more profitably declaintng his
old speeches, than to notice this argument:
Argument 1lth Was on = Pet III Rev. XXI
!, s; Rev. Xxx IL; Peter says the heavens
and the earth which are now. are kept 10
store. reserved unto fire against the day OF
Judgment and perdition of ungodiy men,
Also, that new heavens and earth are TO
succeed. John taking up the same strain IN
Rev. xxi aud xii. represents God as saying.
when the uew order of things shall have
taken place. LET him that is unjust lie un-
just STILL" God never in the present state,
says this to any one; but always turn and
repent; hence it must be beyond the resur'
reotion; but all beyond is changeless. there
tore the impurity OF the wicked and thell
consequent misery viii be endless.
Mr.. T. tried to show that the book o
Revelations all has reference to this state o