, 1875-12-13

aHs" as the last DAY. Again, IN .1nnn XIII, IA No
req "AUd l, II 10 flftnd up from tpe aash.
~ttt 's!a1 al! n,on uuso rns.''
=. l'eirthC The scgson OF hops and prontao.
"o PISS t. Tho HecoAd Raunrat dlv.,pn. Aid
uste 20 taucn tae land oE rhAdo W. Omr on!y
4uotattOn IL. 'lalttlow il from clsptsr T., NJ,
~: " Who-oeyeE shall confess mt befp.o mnn,
h'm "!il c3nisds aLao b&foto INV Father ~ht:h
= Ia Iea'cn. D.s wtlosootcr Eilsi jouy mo
eetera shen; him will a'no dony hefore my
L. IL l5 she s'ds Of THIS declaration Of Ch1ist,
W. i!h:s 1l.s conversation with Mo Klon,us 81
reeofdeI !" Joln iii. J. u. ou tho subject Of the
na. ,s M nnsn. John y, -, ~. We 1apts only the
last two 'erae1: 'larvni not At tbs; for tha
bo1t IA c1ntug III t!aa aA!en oil that Ata Il, tho
graves shall hear ttis voice, Aurl eA como forll,;
th y thas haso douo god. unto the re4urrco-
ths ros;t. .ection Ut damnatun." 10 this 1lRt wo
ali Jot.s xsi.. II. ~: 'Aud II my man han,
NY words, and bollevo no., talge hlm not
for catna uot to jutge tic wo.id, bus to YpYo'
tho word. lie that fhjactetn Eno aal recelyoth
nos nv words, hath Que that judecth hin, tha
VOID 'h1t have spoken tao sa.na shall juaso
Llt1l III tho last d4v."
Tneso passages, aud Others at like tm1ort. A..
supp 'sed to teach a1ser-ocath puuHtiluont Tor
tue anssvatf. lorn.ps IL would ,,o uesrer tho
truth to nar that they 4ugseAt or intluta such
panishneut as tic tate oi tito wicked, rather
tbaa directly atirm II. But thus suffering, low.
oTor severe Or prolonged. mubt be regarded ~
tho legitimate consequence OF an owl hio nnd
not an. form OF u4tcrnal tortnen:.
Of tho wor1is 0f LlIrl7t 7 1hh cuntxiuu those pss,
sAges Hlilch are supposed to teach tho eternity
u punl,h,uent The .l',nhce Of aucll passages,
which tY xny far construction cau 10 placed Oh
tts list, ID very small. They, huwoyer. emhtaco
ioH Important TOPICS. viz EBanelcnAals lite,
hell Gre. oiasulemy agauHi shs 1foly ul,oat, arl
oset'sat'f,s punishment. fo shall cuoster them
y the otae1 aAa'ed. !n Mark ". ~. ", VIC Gal
thcs0 aorab: ''And il thy hand ofFenu thee, cut
1t OIL q IS better for thee to aatet ,uso l.lo
manned than. having two hands, to 60 into hell
and tho nrs thas Lever slai be auaacAed; wheta
tae worm dIetn not. atlu ths IRE IL not uuclch-
I'D. Aud II thy fno, tleud tues cut it of: ii IN
better loF tlee 10 enter halt into life thaa hhy-
lug two fcss to be cast .nto loli. inso thu lro
taai never shah ps auenched; whete tho worm
dlGth NIT and tho Hire ii not lusnchod." etc,
Tho tlrpt impression VIC ret from thoee Yersos
ia tint they arc woriA Of fearful iupo.s. Dit
o14 Reflection! we stai all agrcc that they ara nat
10 oe tcRardet A. literally !tus. Iha most con-
| bersat1se Of the evau1e1lca! patty will haHitasc
to accept the literal heI!-drc." and tho literal
uadytng worm." But II thcro Oh essious 40
| part or wholly iguratise. mud wo solcsevs them,
VIC must not permit The liter vi meAuluK Of them
t. Ahspa tho thought Of tho text. Tho most
tofeluio phrase III tuo passaga III thu liro tnst
shall never be queocae:,." lat this IL far f.om
the equivalent of cnllcss punishment Tho
| better rendering N. tito ine1tihguzlable 1lfo,"
j. e., dre tnas cannut b. quenchei. Iu other
/ Eutd. lire that colIinuus u burn until it cog
aa1nea ai upon which II Acis. ris great lIro in
DO int ou.. Many Quotations IRON cassle authors
AilnuIny their uat ot tho word could readily by
| nlsue. Ne taas tinc tut oulr tso, Si'rai:lng Ut
the la.theuoil. teIu!f III tlleA tho 9eogsG1,uet
Strtbu saws: liz thl7 was The INC .tHE lisaab OF
uulueuc!'aLIo LAMP b, wilich 1s l,rans plnlpIy
| to Say that lie laiuil "as kcat cJnstanli: burn
ing. Easeplur, tic tanuns hssto'iau. ii d.,
! helblng tGc martrFuoni ut c%rtl.n c,.r,stlaH III
! Ale1aud ia. SAYS: Il.cv "cra c4sEi:d o canl-
e,a :uron II the city, ALL in tti- "it.lt:I 14,.
tion we,a s:oursed, aud tiraliy cauta.,si IL u's-
QteDCaaUle i!rc
| Thoso .oria of ,iatk arc. A. a'ccad" raj /, OF
f"arfn! ltni,o.s. bit. h..u: tn! the oo:l::y ot
punsb,nsnt i"r SIN in them.
Our ue1t top!s il INT, oduc:l to 1la hr such
| ta-lna III - ueii-ire, Il lu:o he !, ec. Wv
| iefrr cspec.aiiv IT, Mat.Aew g., -.-1J: "An!
If s'ty right cyo oInsl ih"c. 1in !. il Out. AMI
| Cast 1t floM thee. for Il is ruitaJl, Tor tueo
thas uuo of tuy members a.loul1 pctis, aul not
| 1Gat thy W1ule oouy s sI.1 tie rat; into hcl."
sl,ullsr PHRASES ato met nls4 c!a.aAero in lhe
| GOepcln.
t Remember what sc are secAin. tu nscertnin.
No do lit - tue wiet:t,t ate trrucd ,ntp hoii :"
the whole bols: hut IL 1t is uy- ho 4ucstio. III
isaue, ~ thls csa.ins ia:o holl eluiya-
lent 10 beluS tLreateuri with i'tterinina-
bio suffering? Iue Gresk ia Geaenna.
and 0ehenua is, OF itself. tliply The name Ut u
I valley nelE the sduh wall of Jerusalem. LII
| tats valley At one ta,o tB=e Jerenlah x1.ii, 3:J
tho jews pra:ti:sd tbs most iupaous iaolatrY.
| Sabas Juo9ty, under k!n4: Josiah. tho nation re-
contcmvt for tha idolatroua uses 10 which Ge-
! henna nad bsea put. It was MA 10 the common
racontcacle for she rubbish Ant oiIal OF the city.
| To pEoycut dro4se IND to consune oEonslve
| o1o:s, Il Q w4s cOHdtantIy maintained, ktat be-
! INF tic ony practlothi. tns:hod then kno&n to
get rid of Huca nas' " putF.':ctlon. But
this dcsecrs:oo Of G,hcnna t4t,od 1t into pr3nu-
| ueuce In the thought Of tue nation, mud subao-
| quent. gave to it ngutatya Use. It La tA.ls
| etnrloyed in several ins:Auco. IN the Gospels-
Aud whon thus tentatively used it Implies tor
u,eot for sin. Aud tltl- s al that eau ba fairly
| tnado o1s OF tho word. 1unishmeHt for Elm,
| whether nat1ouAl of individual; bus ths duta-
ton Of TINT ti.i4s,Hlcnt Is lett undetermined,
| ami IL no. hloHn 20 he endleEs.
| Nathan Kill. D.. ana LuAu Xii, 10. iutroducu
ua to what Is populsrly know, ~ tho bAsoa ,m-
| aeainst tbs II ,;y Ghoat. TatA ID tho lan5uA:a
employsd BY Matthew "And whodosyer Ak-
II word asaIust the Son Of aIan It uha ho for
Hoy Gnos: It shh not ba forslvou him. aeithor
IN tl4s world poe III the ~orl1 10 COME"
Inns language seons to w. 'crv ex iicit. Hare
is, 1t l.ass, Que sin, for which II arpsar, a. rat
We snuwer. attrtbuttog the ope,atious u this
Dlnno splrts 70 the ayeucy Of Bae1zebao (hlas-
shev H., 80. Tust being 80. ths humber who
& shoss .S tns
m1sacEos Of our Lord And r.butcd them 10 tho
pr1uco OF davis, thrsateued with tho Porpesual
unfosglveness VI uld' think p,t. Tho az
p'anatlou 10 rcstly nos st ali difficult. Wo hAso
TINT sail manuer Of nn and bAsubsmy shall ba
| forgiven unto men," md tusn It Ia added, "ous
| tho baspbsmv aganst the uoty Ghost shall not
| be forgiven unto u,eu." TDaaa two Ht4te-
| tnents do not Aa.mauize. Tho declaration
that Ali nannss Of AIu suh h1aspAenaT ahail be
forgiven. and shat tho b1aspAomv agAIst the Holy
| uliost shal no: ba forgiven. IL = CONTRADICTION
| iu ter,ns, for blasphemy against ths Holy Ghost
~ csrtaiuly ouo form OF sIu and blasphemY.
Bat this aeemIng contradiction IL not real.
r4ose is no antagon sn nstwean the two unsm-
| ia Mir nj jV tt1a J{ar~a
mothud OF saying tha: ait othor Bina aud nlas-
pleu,.os mar bo alors readily forgiven than tho
tsspuemy against tho Holy dhost. The
| 10 coma xho1id hayo boen translated, ueiehof
in this a2e oor IN tho ago to como, Dr. Adam
| CARTS. the leading commentator OF tho b1esho-
| dist Church, g1ves Ills teatltuony ~ follows
| .'Thou4h folt3w the common translation, yet
| am fully satisfied tbs me4u,n3 Of tha word is,
| no,.hrr III this alspsnsRtion. VIZ: tho Jewish,
nor III that Which ii to coms, viz. tho Chris.