The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-22
ChegnteItigeuter.
E>pLESS Suffering.
,rntber letter from ,'OFthodoA
N""' DiSbelieTrr."

tr.r... .F. ., tbll-I " "'''" 49,
IA -n mprr punishment and
,.,-r. language scInires Tor its in
..,.,., p,a, tbror5 that Punishmen
,...r,a We iemu I'VE. hohtGnt
.", ... nly p!alt future punishment
H' allowing tAal II viii Bei abso
".' ..j.r-. " ,r4d in Genesis a
.', "Au me high hills that wer!
t.rt,. Whole heaven were covered
G..-.n- chi, exploit ;atemenI, almos
w ..,.,, ia The Bible regard The
a. ~. partial D0' universal: The
..,t,r, 1. - thought, requires III
~ m, what would appear, at hrsl
y... ~ be- us plain meaning Of lh'
Pr nu.u Doctrine requires US t.
t'.r. t..r ..,..-l majority Of adults ~
.,.rgf....... Tia, . large majority Oi
l,,i. u,w nylug. arc to 'uticr The hor,
go. rcmpr.c, afe u grow more ana
.,., .. no.. miserable forever
I'.,., 10 ,.. N...,...l this seems IN be
...r,urll interpretation Of some state
~. Irprru MAS bc reasons Tor modl'
;',n,tg rnrmwa.! compassion, which
,h..l. n.t.g.tis, may be 4 powerful ar
u, I.....lt, u,rc u tod in the soul.
,,, u#mw.,uurIcl against the
l.,lr.. Di cuI.r., suffering, when the
mcqn.n.i,a,all appreciated The great
"'I,r.,, van receive il a, an article Of
,Mtr,r.cl ra- g.,o'ly, ~ they lack illl
,,rr.r,ation. Awe come to think OF It
m NH ia terrible import Is We apply II
n.,rurry., sunk d arrest friends, ~ now
,nl then one Of lprm passes over the
liver wilton. any evidence ot cyangel-
i,I pir,y ID. We ash dob. question:
vWD'rr- hc. over his silent grave,
a, .ari back with horror At the answer
nh, ,la.riuc in question rompeI' us to
,,,r and m.liurlNcIy cry There must
6,lmi.rlNr somewhere"
l,i, ,,l We interpret the Bible accord
inc IN uIr ogn notions, This IL true
nIy a,ufa this: that, when anintcr.
prrmn ui Scripture seems to over
blluu. all the evidence u Gods bencyO-
lrurr that nature or reason can furnish,
N,ml,y doubt the validity vi the inter
prr,a,ion. tod asks u In Judge OF his
lnlug+. llcthrow- down the challenge,
,,Acnot nv way, rQualT We prove the
lou.!nc., vi Urpiby the light ri nature, and
THEN accept, ~. q doctrine u revelation,
What swcrpsit away at oncslrukc, Wearc
painted IL th1 lamb gamb0lmg IN the
held, to the cat purrIng by the winter IRE,
20 the insect sporting IN the sunbeam, and
are told hat God !. good Bat when We
hesitate lt the conclusion that a great
majority II adults are to sin and suffer
forever, ~ are told that w. are not COM
petrnt /, Judge. The eternal suffering Of
One lu.t .uul would ultimately outweigh
Ml the Happiness oi all living creatures
and all human brns- from Adam till the
end of time ~ this We are competent TO
uI-, llsa, plain rs any mathemati.
cll truth, o. t'n.talcmrnt that eternity is
luugyr l.mH time.
It scrm. absurd 10 say thHt the argu.
m,u, against ,u!Ic,, sin mud suffering
apple, u., 90, truly against all sin aud
suffering msll let my child burn his
finger. -Iighllt Tor Il beneficial purpose
but I should not willingly1et him burn
him,eI to death. might punish him
by confinement aud deprivation Of privi'
Icgr, many LAYS, bnl should not torture
him all hi. mortal life. 50 Il might not
.ccm Incredible that God should allow
any amount Of evil, limited in duration
and having a final outcome Of gotnl. But
it doe, seem Incredible TINT evil should
b, final, irrctricyable, growing worse
and worse forever. r
1t said the doctrine il seldom an Of.
iyn,e lomcn, after they repent, low 81.
Can wcso Quietly and calmly seS so many
other. going to their terrible, cndlrs,
doom? You tell me, Unjust leave it with
the Lord. So ! du; and when have left
itlhcrc, | cannot believe inendess suffer,
ins. There is not much to leave, when
fully expect the worst possible result that
cant imagined. Let death be an eternal
sleep, rather than have an Immortality OF
woe int the majority OF the human fami.
~. According To our general belief
children thrown To crocOdiles went direct.
~ to heaven. We send missionaries ia
prevent the crime, when many Of the
children living to adult years, will with,
ont a doubt die impenitent, and reach q
doom worse than fables yet have ieigned
or fear conrGrrip II tho doctrine Is
true, We might we'll pray that God would
thwart all efforts To prevent inlantiCide,
or 10 diminish the mortality Of infants
in civilized lands.
But mr. modern divincs admit that
Elwlnl3 went beyond the Biblp in max
Ing the snh'dtibGa OF Tho JloslC physical.
How much alienation Is there In saying
that the ppnhhnent is the lVrrors Of re-.
morse, ifthese dc 10 continue and grow
wot'c and worse forever II the com.
mon dodt'ine 10 ,cUrrert, let Edwards still
preach on tho Eternity Of Hell Tor.
mentt Ifhc is not right in detail, the
truth 'inconCeivably worse. Admitting
thu ml.cryof those who die impenitent to
BE- absolutely endless human tongue Ut
pen ncs"t trpfcSenttd tttVo Alf8ngty, jiu.
man i.u'EinhI6nhe tet mAde hhBipi6tlirC
loo gloomy [a,mhi1e all the ',herrurS
Of EIwafd, lttI6kH, Milton and Dante,
all are hit thu falhHB jpendmbfa 10 The
horrors ol great darknSa. 4 ThefGiadtill,
midwest lsgp', lower deepih srs.,1
The gto't' 5nnent against the. doc.
trina Ia the dnclrioe itself, when fully
understood. While it lies Ia the mind
like proposition in geometry, we may
not feel its power. But when II IL up.
piled IoOur nelshbors 10 our triends, 10
our nelrrH relatives, we instinCuVely ex-
claim, 'Itrannnt be-" The strongest dc
iewi"'t u the doctrine shrink from la
application. We catch at every AllAdot
iwhole. Wcmaguiiy An Gxptessetlkill.
lni'r" :, die, word Of prayer in tlelif.
'Hn'' veeiing to the possibility that
HFu1 Ne odllc and tho ground,
N"Hy 'aiyht, and mercy found.
Magnify the evil Of sin IA much az you
rlgA', tel ii lis ill.desert, the more un-
wl'Hnt an 90 aglieve that IL can be all
'oI9i'Iy cniIc'.. cod mud destroy he sin
critic Naq.-.
| would not remove the restraints Of
in'n'e re'ribution. There il abundant
,el''n to appeal to the motive Of fear.
! ""l.i say to every one Of my fellow.
traveller t, eternity, "t'lee from the
wrath ioeomc," Whatever mistakes any
~ Va may make, there il something 10
'elr, 'omcthing far worse than the sinner,
gong on tcckIe'sly in his sins, ever in.
Ai'nr' rs Tor me, desire, hope and
gray : @ to heaven in the orthodox
method. Ti'h to be free from sin and