, 1874-11-01

road Theology set with so1ne marx of astonishme1
riam, Congregational mfnttIer. and a+sstnt edftc
Of Il. ". Beechers ruper, the Chv7sti.n Union. whc
commits that papcr to simple, vuIgar, bald UniVe1
saham~
The Christian Cnto5 edl:or after asserting that til
doctrine of the endless runl3hmcnt Of the wicked ia
the minds ii men, proceeds 70 ssy. Mankind cou.
hnve got out Of Of its rss 1t 1T had not
diviuey implanted instinct, trusted its best IN
tollieenco uganst what seemed to be inspired teach
Ing" Again, On such subject ~ tho eseruaf des
tiny Of tue It seems to me At least IS sntisfaco
sst Mt With supreme intelligent and goodrc q. IS Il
study the probable correctness Of Arsotlss etymolog
Of a1on."
Tbs whole article Is consistent with these extracts
It is an appeal to that '4n1ankind" who cruc!het
Goda :" Beloved Son. and who would have cr1citet
eau consistently with bis ''suprene intelligence ant
goodness puniah sinners during their eternal voun-
II COD does 80 punish tho wicked dead. He Viii b.
guilty Of shutting them u7 to eternal SHINING.
Wheseas, Christ has not shut up Satan and h's n
and tempted, and resisted him, aud !" tormented
men on Garth. Tho Scriptures teach that he'll II the
voluntary chosen home Of the wicked; that they pre-
fer it TO heaven, roeues and prostitutes prefer
Hquor-hell to prayer-mecns, esen whila ;. waiting
and enashing their teehn and "curstng God and
looking upward" So the Commune prefers Its poit-
| cal hell to weordered soc1ety in Franco to-day.
] True, John saw angel flying in the heavens
chain ID Its hand and is boand SATIN, ind shut
him up" This L. Vision, photograph. prophecy:
But, we arc told In literal Lngnage that Satan il to
o.. by ths prersence OF truth. And TO charge God
with shutting up sin becau1e he Furnishes them
Klu1 brigands .nd cnt-throsts 70 c.rge tbs United
sate4 with shutting them MP in the dons and fast
nessea to which they aee from the society Of good
men ~ man wn dec 10 the darkness and diseomforts
Of he'll because they love darkness and hats light.
Reason has no protest Against tho cndc<s punish
folly and misery vice aud It IL 1atiop. to suppore tt
may be SO iu he'll where thaze arc prayer-meengs
Sabbath schools, sad other means Of moral recovery
revelation, must u doctrine Of the world beyond
this: And tbs Bibe teaches anything, it teache.
tho wicked shah fail and be sla not escape" Hoses,
that God will hide His face from them 1t the end
lsaish He that made them will not have mercy upon
them. and He that formed them will show them
favor;S Daniel, that they shall rise from the dcad
to shame and everlasting eontenpt;" jude, that tho
eternal IRE and join tI tev .hs ba tospaens o.
ed forever and eser in tho presence Of God and tile
Iainb;c and tho Son of God and hna Judge of men,
ment!" Therafors to charge The doctrine oi endcss
on the few faithful ministers that preach
Of snesks and towards who dare not yet directly snub
and insult the Bible, and charge its plain teaching
on good men and abuse then, for it,
But whist produces this Protest against endless pun
ishnent by that paper now! Arc its readers, the all
n,rers OF Il. ". Beccher and his managing editor,
Oliver Johuson, who dsbelieves the Bblo be Gods
fear aud dread Of Diyino p,nishmeat7 No TLey
have shown that Il Mr. Beecher ahould cou,,n, aIui
terry Saturday night thev would hau and rrI.h hi.
pre4chinR uoue the lses an the Sabfwth foIioudno
We rssrectfulIy ro9uost Tue Tk1nrSE to inses this
our nro:rxt ,r,Inxt fhe ,nonu1rn~s ~ ;rre1i, ~
tbs ChrssIn E.1.on- The endless punishment OF the
wicked dead t. to-day azscle Of 1'rofe-sed belief in
Ill tho evangelical churches to which that paper looks
for It's support And the coouees Of its itnpudeuce
toward those cllatchea In derdng and scouting this
article Of their belief 10 Gully equas by its blnsphey
OF God in charging Hra with shutting up to sin
the lost IN hell unless be gives them the he1t! Of the
universe The .i1ue will CONS when suca 81 cts ~ the
Union will not he allowed in the hous=s Of Chsiatian
men and won1cn-.
THE NORTHWESTERN ADVOCATE