Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-01-09
WHAT -. WICKED NAY EXPECT.

getting 70 be quite % Interesting one
among Ms.hodisis. several proninent min
isters Of that denominasion bsine known
aud others suspected Of beldisa visws On
the subject which, according to tie ortho.
doxy ofthe majority Of tie Church, are
hereticsl. Recently. the question csme
before the New York Melhediss Prsschars'
meeting. and created quite . breszs-no'
to say tumult.
TLssqscssies fos aiseusiionsas ths doc.
trine Of the .Annihilation of the Wicked. >
ssa. I, i4s essnias E gaPeEa "a lssa ~ ..h1
sOek stiss seonpssly apseYSri pisshed dSsic
view and used the ordinary Methodist ar
guments.f He began by stating the differ
ent theories Of those helding the doctrine
Of anaihiiRtion, some believing that it took
place at the moment of desth. and others
not until the final Judgment. but all agree
ing that it was the final end of the incor.
rightly wicked He argued that nothipg
is proved BY the absence Of specific denial
in the Bible, and he had no faith in ana.o-
gies drawn from nature. All argument
must be kept within the Scriptures. and
scripture must be interpreted BY scripture.
and scriptural words be explained BY
scriptural meanings. Life and death are
test words in this discussion. Annihila-
tionists contend that they mean physical
life and annihilation. and TO de- - be
cut off, TO be utterly consumed &c., are
quoted a. signifying the total destruction
Of body and soul. This is absurd. The
question Is simply one Of intsspresaion Of
language. The speaker quoted several
passages from the Old Testament sbsrs
the words Che contcnded) could refer only
to physical death. He added So the
discussion should be~carried from these
passagss to those which clearly and dis.
tihcsiy teach the separate existsnec Of soul
aud body. and not to the forced meaning
Of any single word. Christ says to bis
dscipies: Fear not them that kill the
body. and after that have no more than
they can do; but rather fear him who af.
ter be hath killed the body can cast both
soul and body into HE'LL Here the state
msnt is distinct that to kill the body 10 not
10 destroy the SOUL Efforts haze, been
made 60 sxphis this II Is said thAt man
eaAnos 50 destroy the body that God cannot
raise j. from the dead. Again, that man
can destroy tho body. but God alone can
destroy the entire being. This is trans
position Of the passage. for the soul was
the life. then it was made to read that
man ennid destroy th. .nr,l but God tho
body. Mr.. Terry said he had dwelt upon
that passage because Of i.s importance.
and not to explain the meaning Of the
word. destroy ! that must Be spusht else
where. He cited the story Of Dives and
Lasarus and in hell he lifted up his eyes.
DO. The futile efforts. he said. Of anui-
hilatiouists to escape the obvious meaning
Of this passage are chiefly directed to show.
ing that il 10 merely q parable. and had
reference to the temporal condition OF the
Jews and Gentiles after the advent Of
Christ. II 10 not. he said. parable. but
q distinct assertion Of an actual fact. But
even II il were, al. the parallels Of Christ
were based on absolute 6a er matters
Of common belief among the Jews. Could
he who was the way, the truth and tn kfe
have based a parable on pagan belief
The story shows that The soul both Of The
good and bad remains in . state Of eon-
+seicas existence after death IL does not
show how long. or whether annihilasion
comes later. This is shown BY other passa.
ges. The thief on the cross was told, To.
day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.
and the dying Stephen exclaimed, Lord
Jcsus receive my spirit.' All attempts oi
auuihilationists 10: :szplain away the force
Of these passag grs only show sheir utter ig.
uoraucc OF the construction Of the Greek
language. Paul said. For me to die ID
gain. What gain il he was TO 60 into
non. existence To die is to suffer the ex.
treme penalty Of the Law. and 10 Of oil
things mos, painful. To depart and b
with Christ supposed conscious existencs
an, Of the -b0dy.--Ths- -efiorta Of -annihila.
tionists to prove otherwise are but puerils
svasions and cshiAs. Assume that life
means physical e1istenes and death means
annihilation. ~ they eontsnd, hsv would
the followins passages read TO spir.
itually minded 10 lis. bat to b csrnally
minded . death; jspd he that hath The Sol
hath Tfs.s 30. TIE meaning q single pss-
sags mass b gsahessa. from the context. Je-
sss said: I amthe God Of Abraham and a
Isaac and Of Jacob. and Il vas aid a
MN shat be vas nos tie God a The =asad
bu. Of the living. TAe ssly question 70
naming is. does annihilation occur At some
future time. Tho speaker continued Il
considerable length 20 sousider the mean
ing Of the words eternal. everlasting. ks.
~ applied TO future pouishmsas and eoo-
cluded that the place where the worm
dioth nos and The ire b mot quenohsd. re.
ferred to condition Of torture that shall
nAsar and, and thai Ia 6aaI- skaka of tht
wicked j. one Of everiasipg su5srisg snd
anguish. Thoss Who claim othsrSiss hs
said. must do is on othsr than Seziptara
grounds. The theory grows oas Of ths
rspugnanes Of the huusn mind 10 such {
view, aud al assumptlea that il 10 ineoasist
ent vith the characiss Of God for goodnsss
But tAe'hansn mind i iucou pcssat y ~
in judgmsst ea some sf che lave invelses
| in the ,eosstrurticn OF . theodocy and Co
han SET Emsss to the range of Aaai
ltheusht as he has 10 The vavss q d.
oeesa. II Ne could &c With The eye o
shs slsGnits Ne should psrhaps - ahIs b
Ieasa Why f0sd in his eis1sss ksepn =
spse ef his essasi1a ss<snalay blaek uid
Aslls TIE Chsissisa poes skaszsd Chr1sial
docsrisc when be said: ait H1as 81
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