, 1869-05-17
THE PULPIT.
Sermon by Rev. B. Laird Collier on
the Orthodox He'll.
Rev. DIR. Goodwin on the fsNcaQc
Railroad.

n,.-H ORTHODOX HELL


Wabash uvrnuc and Hubbard coaff, Last evening:
He ,ook no ie1r. eHl spoke ~ follows:
THE kEkA,lN,
it's the opinion Of unauy we!dteposed persons !
ia, served useful e1l1s But this uplnion, 4 unl-
.rrs.tly. prevalent would instantly destroy the 3!
foundations Of morality it.ef. Inucr no crcuro-
starccf can error Ire us+flt. There arc sincere
rcrEons who themselves, r5anf as Ridiculous the
old doctrine 0! endless misery, but, nevertheless,
silently hold that !. does Eoos 70 less Intelligent
Wi! rot do Silence Is power. Speech Is re-
fn7mrr. TIE universal silence Of tho educated
hr!I 1osu.ents Is the rnost pacante iulstraton
of tho moral cow4rllce OF the no.icrn pulpit.
tt pi es for tsp:s ,s1 mt for srees II i
li- hcr11hlc .loctTinc Of endless misery VAS SIN
1..houeh i, ncrcr coa.I have tcen IN the very IA.
,ure Its own ess.uce d matte. OF conscience.
hut me- asy 0ny the .s mot oo hoa
still stands in Ill its fright
'nl rre,po1aeas IN the sso.,, -, chasSa h5,st
sumo to define and teach
whAs y ths orthodox statement Of tntuse pun
lures. 'sast, vii sear ne w.taess
;.n, a;semp. to be yas'. sincere honest, and !
can mis1rrrrsens the honoT of ihls old.ttme dog
ma lts', however, Inc putting OF II into my
10 nsn srn NSn'' PFss RtFs he md Iess ss
reading from the oll cred wherein infants and
heather, As well as uncaEts1i2n ntutts, are cter-
delivered i, rev. Mr. Davidson, Presbytcnau
minister, tefo5r the 3heoloStca! SCHOOL NJ Acn'as
ua!o: ,.,,, ,oz,,. ..,n.
rne-for even youth ora hea1len-to be t,st:'
anI amer some pot.,rr, which ntu not rrsd. he
It is not only the ,oss oi al, and horrible lake Of
trc:-is:17ing ire, tat there arc horf'ok
- 7, hlilnc every sense .,esea, esesy
a%a is;ir.a,e'a y t.S,uts. There az the .shsns
NJ darkrcss, thick, neaE5, nan. ann slno1osllnR
u the GLOOM OF hans ma Dian w. 81 ,hs
cr1*,nng naHcsl Of EetgeAace, ihuesttactipc Ana
email y Justice Mfh eEains nc taess ,sn1g eney
each doomed. damned .*'u, on be.l OF burning
na1l under AZ ron !oof E'ea Win ssmpests' r. aaa
ns wh erFSn;, a. 1 he
proceeds: :Sor i. ~ 4 rnmor.nsl spps!i;es
hungry ea,n ,nsaae ~ the ,;,e s1se rocs1e .Ga5e
IN TIC heart Every hsse lUs:, tiger unclaimed
a "erm nndtlnq lei teosc 70 rfrt on soal ana ~
oay rIas ,as' f e3sS sh1m a Ssss
sr1,nes j s1eruca,ns and eyer-inere,s'ng aso.
the sroonine: sTel:ersns Eoul on waves Of nEs;
And ,acrc VI. ''c dead! hunser. out no fooA; 9l
rarcns th!rz ~: no wasE; eternal fa.iEae nat
n!ca.uscs, IN; 10 Er.:i:. ,on. And there vii, "
frr,i,4+ ecm} a""s,, or rather fots, there EeEaa
luuc;ucs alter society, hut s,u companion, No 1bve
aud M sympathy thc1e. Eve'y one serly selfish
hateluI aud hating. Every one cunning. false
nul.gnan, Eevre, iell an, dcsIs:,, and 50 on an
Iml,n;. Il ho imlisres tt.s7 It Il not extravavant
I, !, in ,our raIg to-n!Eht, ii you have hrAr.
np;h,nc Of Inc son INN tour Infancy Ill now
iue i,ut !" IN suy statement: II II be tru,
fhe n,nst 11,ane.i (LI,,:1a uulpt In lhristepdou
at, nut IL If it is. trtc ID Language Of GSure or
cover, this dies not intimate ii horrors Hut
q, to tone il down with language Any Christtat
nunt that s,an,ls for IN eternal misery, stands fo
t.at, and tlore than ~or,ls can express Any MAJ
misery stands for that anil more than that ca
say. And 1t Is no use TO begin Will
,n1lmatlns that such donna =
1nent without the horrors OF rhetoric, like this
That the moment OF ,esth decides and decides fol
eyrr tic moral Destiny Of inan; that tnosc VIII
an los, forever without the possibility of restora
tCu ths1 lhose To-, are tu suffer the most grtevol
,ururut Of soul and bo4ly; that those WIN do no
into ,h,s hell Of POSITIVE en,Ieas mi:eE,
that one Foul In hell su1ers NOR
ttan al. the suffering ever endured ln tn
world .,y ~ the pcor!e wao nave c5cr Essd IN =
cry. 10 this there are great many cono!ctln
answers. The Komansr sayA Not the lndtridos
Rouar.st, nol our goody Bishop, or our Eoodl
priest, not your Catholic nclRhhot, who IL rs blan
And Courteous IS yoa dafc hc-but your Nonan!:
creed sa,a: 'Every man unhaf1lze,t by .pltest
haa.I4" The High Church Eptsc1pal11u, Not OF
RsnolArav Lisbon, not intelligent sUayc prizes
uut the c1tsd Gf the High Church Erscopalta
SAYS: Ever man uneaplsed by pt!estls hands
the historic Apostolic succession Now aud the
ignorance and superstition q ccntur! ago,
to rAs IN a ~ rnen nn1 1rw 1rsn 81 sSd us ne
H.. - 1ccns = fnr rim th,r nnr n,hpr ror he mo