, 1874-03-29
EgERgAL. pUhiissIHIbRtEEAN CONTINUED.
Mr.. Hanson's Answer to MI
Reeds Second.

III ,1< Ed,,o, Of 1hs chteaao Tribune:
60, Ch,r1es Il, Reed, ESD, in his relofnoer
- ~ correction of his statements concerning
49, r.o,5 o;on and it's derivatives, INDUCES IN
,;tt,a ,,avfn1nees, which would not be wholly ou'
- .1aoo n an ordinary controversy, but WHICH,
~ :.as.oa m the theme he is discussing, 1s
fearfuly ,oDoa |
r.ao.vor;no to prove that thousands WHO
.hor,d read his words are to hnd the grave 1t"lr
doora ;nto endless burninss, ne mss Tue Aeas' ~
aon;h and Joke while arguing his posltions!
c,,ro1v h, cannot realize lis theme. he must
traat Il mechanically, merely. 10 realize lts
.,rfr,, horror. and quip and joke about it, what
a,ans,ar ba would be! 'Nero fddling while
noa,a roa burning" would be model
- c,na;stency compared with one VINO
cou,d consent to play the was while con
+ann1atinc such doom for mllllons.
"u1T."
7,...o anna forward to yindicate the character
- foa from the charges Mr. Reed makes against
Him which. il true, would blacken Ills name
.r;t,, ,,o,ror: and my correspondent says, Ino
lit bird antters." I acknowledge the anputa-
+;or Though not aimed at, am hi
When tn. character Of my Father is assalea
:s,a+,,, 49,. am shit" will do Mr. Reed the
:,,at1ca tn believe that, if Iis earthly father
1870 ,raduced. he would recent the asperslon,
! thonoh not a. aimed at." Ought not, then. TO
.-,oat,; IN Gods behalf, when He ID accuseo OF
doing worse by His children than any mot.a1
| ,orant was ever bad enough to desire to 90 oy
t ,;1et;1aran2 lam "hit." ''Ithank thee, Jew,
for teaching me tina. word.
| ROLAND yoR AN OLIVER.
,r. Raed advises me 80 TO lire as to escape
uo.,d,oos n,,nishment' a life shaped by such
r,o+iva would be little better than the lives OF
Mr Reeds proteges, WHO only desire
w. oacane conviction Mt bis hands.
I hope to live :uP1ightiy tI9m rom
| h;gher considerations. MeanShlle, tnAnAIn6 LIZ
M 4a6 lis kinilly wishes, and not to remain IN ms
~ Hah+ 80" ayan m the scure Of ve-Wishlng, let me
o,,nGes. that it would be Hali for him to make
9s,enJa with tho doctrine Of uaiEersa! salvation
NJ. in al probability. it will be all the g1ouna'
n redemption available TO hifa.
Nlr Reed says: -.-...,,.<.t, ,.<. ;,
+atea that the original meaning Of afon was t =
ertnd long anterior the Christian ea ana also Ina
It cae to sgnify eternity III th ms .3s o. III ,oe ~Iouea
anehotes mS% w Lddeu Scott crcner and sonhoeles
nioht lave referred to many snore wiz az. Hanso1
dispute these distinguished scnol'tS 00o ''1'e
xaphers7 ,-.,.r
N,1z fhere is moro Of the BareWdness OF thf
| advocate than of the candor OF tho tfutn,seeAe
IN this language What is the question III discuss
| i'm Does the word translated eternal, ever,
:. 1nstiuc. in the Bible, mean endless! no" suh1 M
va onlain the answer? By consulting lex1coe
ranher's opinion, or ascertain the usage o. ~
word in the Bible Mnn1osts Tue lassns ne ssoa n no
nrota the opluion Of lnWyer when ne Lao In
aata+-te before him. II he should, the JUG
wonIi r7obably remind him that the Court ha
the facilities for knowing the Ia" IN the asatu.e
This precisely what Nc haa aone ;,on ~ rhijs ,Ie
nrove by the usage Of the Scriptures t1at LIE
+ ! wrong.
, Rnt he is oyerborua by the photographers.
will give him few INSTANCES, some OF Mncu u
. evidently has not see1l. HeSJcnlus (hl1sn ccntu
! W1 siyes no reference to sternity among tn th
1;'o,gin,,s of aiou. phaSoninus (si1teeoth cen
tnrvl gays: 'Aion-life, also, eterna! and enc enc
less, as i seems TO the Meolea IT, ~ ae1e' es WI,
e1e,nal' ens did this meaning originator cruden
g f,oncordance; ."Sometimes taken for ion
% time and not always to be understood strictly
= And IN nartfcu1ar where the word forever Is q
piled tho jewish rites and p51Te ~ ,dina Of th
= n1nonu.enh OF ..until the cornirgof Messiah
e Enodns. H. 1t17: aye shall keep il he Passove
= ...d thr sons Of Aaron tie priests, sl.a blow vi
j. the truupes aud they aha be to you for an ORG
Is nance forever throughout your generations
st | pArkIUT6t gives IL beFe1 ~ 1AeAAAobo'
r. d,on denotes duration or continuance Of time, b
VIII lss@poth in the singular and plural it atgnd
"e.ernity, !" whether past Or TO come,
Sreoud-Thc duration Of this world.,,
p TMrd-A iones-The ages Of this word. E u.-
,f fanrtn--o Aion otltos-This present me-th1s WOE
20 as VIC say. ,.s. ,,o-,d n co,,e
: MI nGh@0 it, 4''" <'so'"<''-las 's,
n re,ulA1or<s SEEMS in Hebrews r., s. to dem
he the various revolutions and grand occurrences VIM
g. have happened to this created s5s1e1u' 1ociu's
at the sygtean world itself :,
re, Doneean: .sAion, time, space OF time, q u
ut time" Out OF 351 places in tue septuaElaat
he which dion, diozios, occur, 22U are apPneo
temporal things and m N many aot 9a Inu endess n
NJ ton. as IN Exodus xiv, 18: 1.-The LORD 81
ne rcien for ever and ever, and farther. "-eVldon
-. age upon age.
ne TIE GREEK TESTAMENT.
I ne The substantive aio1s occurs 128 tlmes ~
eu GroeI, Testament, viz: sixty-sl1 tunes III
ICY a;nrular and sixty-two times in the plural NJ
Iee ~ her In our common translation 1t ls renee
Lns seyenty-two times eper, twice eternal, thirty
- times tcorh, seven times neueT, tn1ee LINES es
more, twice toorls twice ages on;e cou asead sd
W. ,cor1d 7cithout end and twice 1t Ii fasseo
l9e without any word affixed as tranalaslon o.
49, ~ (uiue different transations)
re- re. The adjective aionios occurs seventy
NV times. Tie common translation mas 1enue
EERT,
1 OF 1ror;M. twenty-five times everlasting, and
.ast ust former ages tive different meanlnGs).
1ess 1ess Those who will take the trouble to exam
na' these references will conclude that the strlct
-. nroner sense Of the Creek dioralos ID OF LINZ
~ ~ duration, for aion ia an dge,-that ls I'm
@ 'ete period Of time,-and its adjective, as qut
above, is properly tastingJ for an oge or dges
the th ike manner, the English words "eVerIast,
sue and eternal" are strictly, from their def1val
II lens words of limited duration; the former p' p
~; (; = from the Latin Gru1n-an age,-and tue IL
y tne from utds-also an age or seaaon.
CLASSICAL USAGE.
,oe. pe Homer, in the 1iiad and Odyssey, employs.
es 1ass thirteen times Hesiod twice. Aschylus,
;esa E teen times; Pindar, thirteen times; sop4ot
1''o nine times; Aristotle, twelve times; ana Eu
,,s+. idcs, thirty-two; but ncrer once Is It use'
a"eF ~ the sense OF endlessuess.
~ NH, REEDS DILEMMA
), ~ nm sorry to convict Mr. Reed OF either
a.N anu Of caudor or dense ignorance IN saSlng
~ 'aion came to signify eternity in the TINT
nect as the writer's Of the New Testament" IL can
acts signify no such thing, and am happy to 1o1
Tea- the proof.
aur arr- va arc both agreed, what nobody denies,
~" the pha1iBeea in the time OF CHRIST oeneseo
r of taught endless torment But they never