, 1874-03-29

shown that Christ uBedit. s'1t is better not to
promise than not to give prompt assistance, tor
ter thers is dissatisfaction from tho weaker class,
and deep hatr53 and everlasting punishment |
[koiasts aionios] from such "a are more power,
fulr Here we have the exact ter1hz employed
BY ou7 Lord to show that nioElos did not mean
endless, but did mean limited duration, IN tho
time OF Christ. What, then. becomes OF A1f.
Reeds assertion? .....
: This ia in accord with Uniform usage IN the
Bible, and with the Christian tathe1s, have
shown that Origen and other eminent oniversal-
ists in the first centuries Of the Christian era
taught aion1on punishment, while believing IN
universal sal7aiion,-thus demonstrating that
the terms are not contradictory.
TIE HEBREW WORD GSoLAN |
is the word expressive OF duration in the old
Testament. 1t is found GOO times, applied to
God, the hills, mans grave, the 1e".sh
covenant, tho jewish inheritance OF canaan;
the slaves fap etc aad uas there ABIDE
forever" This word gnoIana is rendered BY d.on
throughout the septuagint, and ls appiled 20
punishment by our Lord, while those In His
day who taught endless punishment never asso .s
auivocal words. This Josephus and plnlo demon
strate. Can stronger proof be required Is II
not unanswerRble Josephus speaks OF tne
everlasting glory Of the Jewish nation o1 Tue
iastine Imprisonment of John the tyrant but |
all these are to end. aad he uses daonaos; but,
wnan hc desires to describe the endless duration
Of punishment, aionios is inadequate to nls
| purpoae, ami he seizes didios. VIII Alr. heeo
| explain, in harmony with his viow. why Jesus
| used tho equivocal word when there were as
| least ak uneqrivocsl ones TINT might haVo been
| employed ? And why, il dionios had the mean-
ing Of endless, Josephus and Phllo lid noe en-
| ploy it
| This renders Mr.. Reeds elaborate dsQulelt1ons
| of ItThreo Great Periods" and Macedonian
| Couquests,' and much of his last, OF no conse-
auence in this discussion: "hether Tue LIVE
| misprint for Hcl1ensts y, or whether
| NIB. REED IS HELLSIsT.
| ia of srnn,l concern after the evidence have
| given of the errors into which he Aus 1alon- ZIG
| continues:
meaning Of aon life is fatal to Ill that asssrted
nlso stated that in the New Testament Per1oa tns
sgndM M e< t oa,a, ana mt to 'as aenots <tsas
eternal aud that u.ostos was derived IRON aaon "
though Mr. Il. says dd not gtys tns a1s M ns Gs
error on this point II Gion in tha New Testament Pc
iod signaed eternity then It certainly follows sdal da
oionox derived therc{rom WIS correct "oro 70 ae-
note e1er,lat, ere7last1na 49,
Mr. Reed uisrepresentn himself here. Ho did
not say in his first article that nion algnifes
! eternity. He said it signifies life-perlod, bnt
!: that another word, aionios, means eternal. NOW
he claims that aion in the New Testament n,eans
eternity. aud ttlat, too, when 1t SPEAKS OF sne
,, beginning, the end, aud Of more than one deoH
He thus acts on my suggestion that he could m
prove his brief by claiming that @ d,o ;actirs contans
wonld also mean endless He ought to give me
r credit for the suggestion. However, as this
. | eternity has beginning and end, and, rs tnese
are several of them. it ls OF no 'a1ue 10 Ans
body
have .boyn that the word aionion meant
Q ,im;tcd duration in the Bible that kotasin de-
t nhrase everlasting life is the cor; con
dition Of the virtuous &c, eoul, resa1dh!es' ~ ~
i Demonstrated my positions by Script1ral clta
y ttons and this is all the reply my opponent ca'
2 make:
6tl most firmly adhere to these statements, not
z xitlsauaing the .pse diut OF Mr. Hanson.
Ho could not more consplcuously COMES
Judgment. But must correct
| ONE MISTAKE
% into Thich he falls: ......,-
l. Mr. Hanson see.ns to think that lawyer should nc
10 study the Greek Testament. ~
T. Mr. Reed WIS never more 1ulstaken III
+ Eangon thinks, On the contrary, thai one la"ye
n certaiuly should study tho Greek Testament,
n order not only not to make 30 uufaVoEable
Ambition Of himself as he has d0ue, but for tn
= higher purpose OF learning .na. ~ ~ sJasue a'
:: Teurers sometimes lecture minister's VINO q
P hihit their Ignorance when dealing with un1am
u Inv ton;cs. but Mr. Reed has volunteered
a. q, hecome . shining example of the ptoptlety
r, not getting beyond ones depth Ii ssfans
8: waters-~ -, h;< :,
+ s,t;on m one Of his own citations. quoted II
brews vii. 16, to provo that when enolessns =
would be taught, other words than a,o''s0n q.s. y
fci,I1on1 life" This word means. as l state
lea and Mr. Reed confesses, indestructlo1e, 1nal
soluble, but he says it does not denote dufatlo
"as such" Is not this = distinction without
sess an iudestructibe, indiasolublo life, thni
he ~ end1css. "ag such"2 But he atir1ns th
tho next yerae expresses duration: "Thou art
OF high priest forever on aaoHal after the ofoer o
Hs eeems to md adfgGI Fl other @ auhc
lso ity q. Corinthians, xv.). and therefore !nat
n;osia m IL to end, while the endless life will nev
fe- know end. ,. ta
in ~The definitions Of Noyes, Murdoch ete,,
to which AIr Reed deyotes 80 much space, are pt
nf, | fcct|v accountable to me. Everlasting 1s
ra, nroper equivalent Of oionios,-i- e., -1tcu'a,
all Establishing 80 is eternal 0tds, an age, OF st
tIy son Sometimes al these terms !ts aeauEe Mehr
annlnn,s the Greek dion thu Latin Rru'n
It., mas nnr the English everlasting or eternal, q
n;f;es endless duration, unless coupled with son
.mo 4o0 thihe intrinsically indestructibie-
I'd What, then, has this discussion
~: so FAE ELECTED
SIX Ey.e,-Doth OF us agree that the noun q
e1 or;rna11v denoted Life period, and therefore,
pep pep ted duration. proved that the ad|ect e
eones sfna9t has 1gs Iesuoxt ao sttemp ean to 4ep
/ r.
nm Seco,,d-By Josephus, Philo, ana or1gen
ha ahs tine a,n Of GhGnj nted dna du
@ nes t;on' and that believers in endless punlshut
ne' used used other words to describe their doctr'
ina never employing dionios s.<..,n>
@ Ans ThirdI Lave show that Jesus carefully ay<
ao ana I'd nsinr the terms that tho Jows employed
ited descrhe their doctrine Of endless punishment
,ted l.ea Fourh-The word translated punishm
''Ga Matthew XIV, 46), quoted by Mr: Reed COZ e
ng" from touS !: Iosra 12aea and mt tinoriu,
ion, auenu' 9,aas ~ tha Taformation Of the I
eing p1n1so iTGa1at;, ~ t;, ~ Daa,l hns M reply
A''' FiJh-Ihe puniahment administerea oiatt dst'
1xv' 46) was in this world, before the deati
o;oz, our Sayior's hearers. Here, too, silence Is
l1a lhe girH-Eternnl life is not endless life, but
,a;' .l.s' reward OF goodness. "He ttAt heareth
up wnrd. and pelieyeth on Hir, that sent 3le:
III avarIasting life,-is passed from death 7
~ G4"', III, q. How long will this life 1t
.nt I Ia long as good character : maintained;
that Reed vouchsafcs reply to this scripture;
es Of tr1ne "utei ueo.' az makcs the life Of