The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-04-24
Pleasant Book For children.

| The Manchester Examiner calls attention
to a charming little book entitled "The
Sight Of He'll" It is by the Rev. Father
Furniss, G. IS. R., is printed "permissn
superiorum' and is reccoUmended to be
used along with the Cstechism In Sunday
schools as part Of q course OF religions IN
structious It is one of series Of "Books
for Children and young persons" From
be following extract It will be seen that the
work 10 not Of an inspriting character
The Rev. Father is supposed to be taking
bis young charges on little tour OF in-
spection, during which be acts as ccerone.
Among many things too disasreerble TO
mention, be points out the Striking Devil:
Little children, If you 60 to hell there
will be devil at your side TO strike you.
He will 60 on striking you every minute
or ever aud ever without stopping. Tue
fire. strike will make your body as bad as
the body Of Job, covered from head to foot
with sores and ulcers. The second stroke
will make your body twice as bad as the
body Of Job. The third stroke will make
your body three times as bad as the body
Of Job. The fourth storoke will make 1t
four times as bad as the body Of Job. How
then, will your body be after the devil has
been striKing it every moment for hun
dred millions Of years without stopping?
He then shows them "a Dress of Fire?"
Job xxxviii.-Are not my garments bot!
Come into this room. Yon See It is very
suall. But see In the midst of 1t there is Q
girl, perhaps about eighteen years old -
What terrible dress she has on-her dress
is made of fire! 1t is pressed down al
over her bead; 1t burns her head; into the
skin; It scotches the bone OF her skull and
makes 1t smoke. The red bot fiery heat
goes into the brain and melts it. Eek.
xxii.-I will burn you 10 the fire OF my
wrath; you shalt be melted in the mids,
thereof as silver lie melted in the fire. You
do not perhaps lise headache. Think
what . headache that girl must have. But
lee more. She is wrapped up In flames, for
her frock 10 on fire. II she were on earth
'he would be burned to cinder 10 mo-
nent. But she is IN hell where fire burns
but burus nothing awsy. There
he stands burning and scorched. She
counts With her fingers the momeD DTS as they
PASS away slowly, for each mouen. seems
o ber like buudred years. As she counts
he moments she remembers that sbe will
lave to count them for ever and ever.
The children are favored with the sight
'f boiling boy. ''But listen, there Ia a
'onnd like that of kettle boiling? No.
Then what is It! Hear what it is. The
'lood boiling in the scalded veins of that
10Y. The brain Is bubbling and boiling 10
lie head. The marrow is boiling in bis
'oues." The child is supposed to be boil
ng in accordance with Amos iv: 'Tbe
lays shall come when they shall lift yon mp
IN pixies, and what remains Of you in boil
ng pots" They also have peep at baby
q red-hot oven: "Hear how 1t screams
o come out! See how II turns and twists
tself about In the fire! It beats it's bead
against the roof of the oven. It stamps its
little feet against the floor OF The oven -
You can see on the face Of all in hell--des-
pair, desperate aud HORRIBLE What q
lear, nice, excellent, tender teacher OF little
hildren this Father Furnace must make
low nobly he inca !culates the doctrine of
Tod being Love in this interesting little
york Of bis.