The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-05-10
An ENoLrsH CLxRoYMAS, who rejoices

in the cheerful and not Inappropriate sur.
name Of Furniss, has recently written and
published . book for children. The title Is
q striking one and will at once enlist the
attention, not only of the class for whom
IL 10 intended, but Of children Of larger
growth as well. The book is called "A
Sight Of He'll" and is as original In us
contents as its descriptions are graphic
Tho veil which has heretofore con-
cealed the after punishment OF the
wicked Is lifted by the Rev. Furniss, and
BOYS and girls who are not good know
ius. what Is in store for thcm after death.
For example, an eighteen-year old girl
died and went to Hell,aid her situation in
that "bourne" is thus described by Mr..
Furniss:
Come into this room. But see in the
midst Of it there IS girl, perhaps about
| eighteen years old. Her dress 10 made Of
arel On her head bonnet Of fire. 1t
burns into the skim 1t scorchos the bones
of her skull and makes it smoke. The red
hot fiery heat goes into the brain and
| mel,s it. If she were on earth she would
! be burned to O cinder in moment. But
she is in hell, where fire burns everything
but burns nothing away. There she
will stand forever, burning and scorched.
The situation Of this girl is unpleasant in
the extreme, we must say, and well-calcu-
lated to serve as warning 10 young girls
in general. Wecan imagine them trem-
bling through all their wicked bodies At
the picture, which the painter has, unin-
tentionally, perhaps, made more dreadful
to the girls of this generation by the stress
which he has laid on the fact tina, the girl
who is always burning.bu never burns up,
is doomed to wear her one bonnet and one
dress forever.
The Rev. Mr.. Furniss does not leave
wicked boys in ignorance of what is to be
their fate in He'll. They are baked in an
oven. The operation as performed on one
who, unlike George Washington, could
and did tell a lie, is thus described by the
Rev. Mr.. Furniss.
But listen, there is sound just like that
of the kettle boiling. Hear what it is
The blood is boiling in the scslded veins
of that body. The brain is boiling and
bubbling in his head The marrow is
boiling In his bones. Hear how he screams
He beats his head against the roof Of the
oven. He stamps his feet against the foor
Of the oven.
What mortal boy, after reading this
will ever tell lie again. Children who
are bound for He'll for any reason, Mr.
Furniss enlightens as to their future state
as follows
Little child If you go TO hell there will
be devil at your side to strike you. He
will 20 on striking you every minute for
ever and ever without stopping. The
drst stroke will make your body as bad
as the body Of Job, covered from head &c
foot with sores and ulcers. The SECOND
stroke will make your body twice as bat
as the body Of Job. The third stroke will
make your body three times as Dad as the
body Of Job. The fourth stroke will
mako your body four times as bad as tn,
body of job. How, then, will your body
ba after the devil has been striking 1
every moment for hundred millions o
years without stopping?
| The reverend author Of this unique vol
umn has Of course drawn on q rather to
lively imagination for his pictures of tn
eternal punishment Of wicked childre
but from the evident enjoyment wit
which he dwells on the horrible detail
suggested certainly by cruel and hear
less disposition, the reader is forced to Il
conclusion, that although the fiery Furni
does not "know how 1t is himself,
> richly deserves to.