The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-10-16

Is These remarks delivered by the cele-
brntted Beecher, not long since, have
been widely pub blishad, and have at
tracted general attention and brought
ont a great deal of comment favorable
and untaYorable. We Wepresume most Of
ourreaders looked over them jas pub
lished in our columns. Last Sunday
week tho pastor of tho Universalist
Church in Hartford, addressed a large
congregation on this interesting ques-
tion.
He, used for his toxt Romans 1873: AThe
nlght IS far spent tho dhIy 81 at hand; letins
therefore cast on the works of darkness, and
Romans 1919; "Let US therefore follow afteI
the things which make for peace, and the
the things where With we may edify nm.
Tint Mr.. Beecher; both was, and was
not q Universalist, and was STAN ding Id
very peeullRrp positi on, enthusiastically
connected with the Gongfeg iiRlIji
Church, standing In the 'front.' rank OF
that denomination and leading them
on, they not knowing where, and per
chancs he not knowing whittier no mhy
go. God knowing what He was doing
with him, and. for what He was using
him as IN instrument; that theological
~ and sympatheticplly Mr.. Reecher
was Universallst. q sriilN 'fh
Mr.. Peters then quoted from the New
York EUGngcttst of 1862, which says:
"Reechefi woF1s are like millions of drops
lDosanlng Tie son. tlie result III ySliciI fSSe Sbd
bye will be a Tremendous slide over INTO Uni.
Venalism or UnitarianiSm."
Showing that Mr.. Beecher's determine
ed and persistent course for several
years, was not accidental, or pursued
by him in ignorance OF its inevitable
influence upon the thousands of his
hearers. ~ II II
Mr.. lBeecher de1ltes@and with such
decided emphasis that none can misuu-
derst0nd him-tke doctrine of a TluteI-i-
al he'll, inst what the uniyersalist min
isteEs haye RsenL pr Iig against for
Mr.. Beecher confessed that the doc
trine of future punishment-was wholly
unknown to the old testament writer's
and that nowhere In the old testament
Is there any reference to such doctrine
as endless or future punishment. Mr..
Beecher in speaking of this doctrine OF
future punishment says that d VeFv ft,e
l4aEkable feature is, that this doctrine
does not 1ppeRr in the old testament at;
all land In tie NOW, testhmant. we idiElif1
almost say, but Just alluded TO any
where except in the teaching of the
Saviour.
lever by jVhIeiI Is fhtsel and sa rs tlSi
world Is to preach the unbounded love
and mercy of God.n
Mr.. Beecher shrinks from conversinp
on the doctrine OF endless punishment:
very seldom refers to 1t, and does NOT
wish to affirm it, as the article clearly
shows,
That itwqs n popular,erto to, b6IleYc
TINT the majority of the uniyerslilfsts
believe that death is going to save us.
and that tNhen we tdt6hEe go ifrom this
world Into q land of eternal glory and
everlasting peace and happiness while
the:truth u, on. the 'test stlmony, TINT tIif5y
Deheve IN future dtsdp plino, and 50 Inn
ply yfntpfalppnishmRnt; but that lHhon
the object 'of punishment Is Rc,oi1-
pllshed, the punishment will censn nfii
that the BalyAt Ationi Of men is not limited;
to this world, - II
Mr.. Peters then referred to conyefsnl
tons he had hnd with members OF Mr.
Beecher's church, showing the compar.
ativeindif difference with SsiIich he Sssdy,is
ed that portion OF their creed which re-
lers to endless punishment and alluls
ed to n lecture Delivered a few months
ago by Mr.. Beecher in Or. Chnpin,s
Church IN New York, the proceeds, bf
whtlh were to assist In then establish-
ton Liberal Tnstitu p and to reffi5iTIts
made by him TINT "when men were
almost animals when they fere pressed
down to the earth in Ignorance and sell
tishness, and e0Vgred all over with the
daElfn ~ less Of superstition then fire, nnd
NELL ana aW1m te1fs of dlmnati6n were
appropriate for them: butt wl1en they
were stirred up and dfiyefi toJ4ris the
right, that God sent, higher influences
TO act upon them. He gave His son for
their Igoodsgandf that itheY rlfinhtl IA
dr1wnlbyl love. from the q lSress III
sir, )" clearly stating TINT as long as man
was tn'the low. valley OF senBnRlism,
covered over by titi0p, Ignorance
and slhs these awful pictures bf tyef4l
lasting hFe and of hell, may prevail to
drive them tfom theirtwick kedness; but
when men cgtne up to a. certain state Sjf
cnlt tion. dnd take in Ghe lirIit 81
knnQwlsdgep then the time has come
when you may. preach uniVersalism. /, ~
lnHe said that Mr.. Beech hbr-tyas a reiity.
ious Columbus, who now and then goes
out on q great voyage of discovers,
goes out of the old into the new world
Of religious thought. V Like Columbus
he likes exceedingly to siiilgi over the
orbidden sea of fhyestig ion, to touch
the shores OF the new world of RELIGIOUS
promises look over the fair 1Rndschpe
and beautiful prospect that lie before
nm and then return 70 his brethren
and people, and to tell them, MI aE1out
What he has found there In that better
land and his TRnnla nnnn fhafSs No.. ~,
and iriSI, in tSo5t ta1, S1sir hesefl
anplanil he mi n AZ ~ anu
: He then remsrlsti fSat .i,.,.o ,,,.. :.
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Methodist Church, NIagnbn of the ISat5-
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