The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-02-02
THE JUDGEMENTS;
When is it, and What is it?
BY GEO. sTORRS.

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Much has been said and written IN
this subject, but we fear a;arge portion
has been words without knowledge"
and that no really definite and practical
ideas have been the result. The gen.
eral notion Of the judgment is that OF a
great assize or court, at which the en-
tire race Of Adam are to be assembled
in one vast concourse, and that each
individual case is thel. and there to be
examined, and all the thoughts of his
heart, actions of his life, words Of his
lips, as well as the motives which have
governed him, arc 10 pass in review,
and his case be decided upon the evil
dence then appearing, after which the
sentence is to be pronounced, and the
execution to follow.
Against this view there are great and
with present light) insuperable objec,
tons. In presenting them, however,
we are aware we shall have to cncoun.
ter an almost impassabic barrier in the
minds Of many sincere souls, who have
had the common notion interviewer in
all their religious thoughts and instruc.
tons.
Far be it from us to approach such
time honored sentiments with rude
hands, and far from us be the wish to
unsettle any mind in such a cherished
idea, unless we can offer them a more
Scriptural one, and one that shall be
more practical in its %inluenc upon their
hearts and lives. Believing, however,
that is possible that the popular view
may be erroneous, if not pernicious in
its influence, we shall proceed to state
some objections to itand then see if
the Scriptures do not warrant and re-
quire q different view of the subject.
TO the correctness of the view gem
orally entertained we suggest. first, an
objection as to the time necessary to
such a procedure. We are not to rush
upon q conclusion blindly.: aud it is
doubtless true that not one Ia a thou
sand, ministers or people, ever have ex-
ercised their thoughts on the time that
must be occupied to conclude the judg-
ment, il the popular theory be the true
one. 4tolysta !us.L g. saaa-i /.
The position we are to occupy on
this subject is not that OF a ~dogmatist
-Aor positiveness-but of investigation,
to find, if possible. the truth on a sub.
iect Of such absorbing interest to every
serious and rejecting mind. ~ a'a
The TIME necessary to an examine
ton OF each individual case in the for
NAL manner expressed or implied in.
the common theory, is an insupernble
objection TO it. ~ 'aaamF N
As tdnthe number of the human fam
lily, it is impossible to arrive at any.
thing like certainty yet va are not Of
those who suppose the number has
been 50 great they could not oil stand
upon the globe at one time, o some
have affirmed, For a basis Of calcpla-
ton. we will suppose . generation of
the world lasts thirty years. This
would give two hundred gensfaH9us
10 siy thousand years. We win now
suppose the number Of the inhabitants
of tle globe z ,bs eight OF niue hun
bred milliops, spd Jet this number rep
resent each genera6ep Though, q will
Be seen, this, .nost likely, gives uSitoo
many: Eight huAdssd millions, mslHI
piled BY two hnudseds {thF nnmbsr oil
y~esefations frou'Adsm - tn end OIL
- thousand ysarsA will give us onet,
and sixty ylfi6ps 1QSQQOo,, {
700, oO0) IS The sum total of the hpIap
TO be judged, IL the Judgment 1,