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together" Thieves congrcgate with thieves
counterfelters with counterfeiters, and gamblers
with gamblers. The society OF good and pious
people Is repulslle to the evil and If thcy were
forced to remain in 1t they would be III at ease
and unhappy, and when released from il would
rush with delight into eompauionship with their
like. Hence IL IL Of divine mercy that hell /.
provided for the wicked, aud not from haired
The same benighlty al-n provide, that these un-
happy beings shall have all the comforts their
state admits Of.
Tho devils urc not permitted to SO thcnsti,rs or
cnrh other as the h'i,ous crc,irrc' they really 'rc
frils when seen, swcdcnhors iicn, In bc hert
% oi hgaycni lot w usii along royea. the rel quality
glare Of he'll. uoling appears as il really s And 50 the
deforuiiy-s mcrcifHlly concealed irum tirinstiycs
and from eneh "lher Their droadful wictednc,s does
es.. Their uumtlgo'od foolishuess sccns 10 Rss not
pcartg each other ike DC horrd uon't6rs rcy ARK
hut IKE very rcspcc' ,hic cas' of people In their
Gus III guiic human fier tficf and dcndi.h toT,'
ears on he contrary hoy -cem qultc agreeable and
such IS he nsture Of the devils that the srepcry Of
aTrtesbIe 10 ns1, nore hcS,tifui. hdead To- A,.ir
licaton; Ih,lrilfr brng wnei it !. dcef6lcd bc.fd
informal thr ohecls that surround them the very
ana Hh H. Xxx aEe b,st psa,rn iet 'hey gIt
Ia" 70 s,S. tRir dc % aad esyc,n' s" .GeT prefrac
tn the most rurgcous palaces of heaven ia, thlf rays
ihcr f,id acnchc. 'nop rrstcntl To- nos,ril ,hln
wonldbe the sweetest perfume 0a hc gardens oi the
This too. IL In accordance with law which l.
cxcuiplincd on earth.
AR there not cy,g in tnl. world, people who seem
% Pfgfcr Disorder mn md squalor 90 order ucatns,-
Whey W,re rre.enicd Win the mos, mSgninccm GaE
"n hlga n Srd sar,2mpSSd m , 100, E .rI
lnanner yOrid & left 70 90 prccl.e qs thcy rleosed
place In lelt uan ~ mOnths Are tnere not some
dcay akin to thai OF certain animals thst they would
y,ry ,9on convert ue syeetS' grd mot lovely 4laSe
nattfi sc6 that siesnlssss Srde. seems Tar ess
them wcrc yon win they viii very soon reduce o their
a 70 cSrg,,l29 o, m % ssi ,n5 Tl WIN great
The question which moro thnu any other re-
hitting To he'll has excited the spccuIntiuns of
modern thinkers whether the lost do not
eventually emerge from he'll, and whether hell
itself will not at some future time come to an
end, Mr.. Barrett shows that Swedenborg dis
tinctly answers In the negative. He cites nuner-
Gus passages from his works, which unequvo-
cally declare that those who 20 10 hell remain
there forever and that consequently the duration
of hell will he eternal. Swedenborgs assertions
on this point will however. to all except those
who, like Mr.. Barrett. accept him a. the medium
of divine revelation appear Of much less value
than the reasoning 10y which he supports them.
He says that the damned will never come out Of
hell, simply because they will never desire to do
30. As they go there In tho hrst Instance out Of
preference, go they will abide there from tho
same preference. They retain this perverted
taste from law OF human nature, which causes
tastes and habits acquired In this life to become
such an essential part Of their nature, that
nothing short Of annihilntion will eradicate them.
That this explanation Is far from satisfactory
must be admitted; hut II has, at least, the merit
OF attempting to explain what TO most persons Is
an inscrtitahle mystery Mr.. Barretts answer to
the common objection that the eternal duration
Of he'll g. inconsistent with the divine bcneyo-
lcncc and omnipotence, IA likewise very IN
genlous:
And docs not ga vn o2t men, men pyg t. igcg,g,B
t adHi'erg mTrdcT @ a. ns m Si JIy pFlTi r 9%Irl & ~
men iyc a. Tie Lord & w,l tnat ,ecy 9opid l Ana y
& Ana ~ M ei nun f rr no Vp,m elytv Ty T Of ,
bells be- based upon the omupotenCc u the Divine
Will uuicss II can be shown uat lAis Will with rcf.r.
HS' & Te SS n a coccc dITym GS ali e '9 aESs 81 d 9s
Nhlr men commi, ar. don" in nr.ot'hlc' Win ih,
Divine purpose"
The concluding portion Of the book Is de-
voted to a rcfutation Of the common belief I'm "a
single Devil or Satan. Swcdcnborgs doctrine Is
that a. the mutual relation and dependence ~
all the angelic societies IS such that the whole
heaven appears before the Lord SYM
mctrical and colossal Man or Angel, so the in
ferna societies are related and united that all
hell appears as one gigantic and deforned
Monster or Devil. The difference in their ap-
pearance corresponds exactly to the difference
IN their character. And this Is as the difference
between single angel and devil, one OF whom Is
a form of all that Is pure and good, aud therefore
indescribshly beautiful, the other form Of all
that is evil and loathsome, and therefore
hideous. This, according to Swedenborg, Is
what we are to understand by the Devil and
Satan so often mentioned in Scripture. Each ~
these Is a collective term when used In its widest
sense, and denotes all the Internal societies
viewed "a a collective whole. In support Of this
view, as In regard to the true meaning Of the
original Hebrew and Greek words for hell, Mr..
barrett makes a critical examination of Scripture
texts, which, however, appeals rather to the
scholar than the general public. But his book,
taken as a whole, IL, az we said at first, Of great
interest, and we commend ii to our readers rs
worthy of attentive nCiqlsal