The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-31

cOul1 not ne 0ell6vcu.
Now. however. by an inspiration. the glorious
hight OF truth has shone upon their minds, not
outstanding they do not, as vet, perceive the
record OF this truth in the revealed Word. This
step Ia advance TO higher attitudes OF thought
imade by the Christian Unfon) has met with the
unqualified appreciation OF the liberal press OF the
country. But this approval ought 10 have been
somewhat moderated by the reflection that those
attitudes have been attained by the Christian
Union, with the rejection OF the letter OF Scrip
ture. whereas as before intmated. these elevated
thoughts and an adherence to the letter OF Scrip
ture should have gone part passu with the Chris
tfan Union. have endeavored to show, as herein
contained, that 1t Is not impracticaok to conform
enlightened Christian feeiing with the letter OF
Scrpture and tina article may, possibly, interest
many OF your readers.
IT, therefore, can entirely eradicate the "Sting
OF me Bee," If can by reference to the original
tongues In The Scriptures clearly show that no
prison house In another state OF existence was
ever con tenn plated for the wicked in other words,
that the modern hell was never uttered by the
Oid Testament writers or by the saviour and His
apostles, the dogma must TALL to the ground.
Will humbly endeavor TO impart that light and
show that the letter OF SCRIPTURE does entirely
accord with those spiritual truths when have
reached the mind Of the author OF the article re-
ferred to.
The statement OF the Inconsistency OF the dogma
or eternal misery with the present enlightened
views OF the CHRISTIAN community IS certainly
most hope vi state OF IN nd with which TO attempt
to eradicate the superstition which has so long
been an incubus on the popular intelilgence In
''nell" appears thirty-two times and Is always
derived from the Hebrew word SheOL That word
Testament, and Is translated thirtytwo times into
the words "plr' or "eravc" in English.
uos %ord se as seuTs always trans
hades Greek, which is also derived from sheol.
and also from 9enenna QGreek In the New Tesla
fuST<v
Albert Barnes. D. b. Pres6y terianj, one Of our
most learned divlnes, In his Notes on Acts OF the
Apostles" Xxi, ~, says:-"lhe IDEA which
conveyed by the word sheet was the dark un-
known regions Of rns dead; the abode Of spirits.
and spherical condition OF the earth, they seem to
have supposed the region tosbe situated IN the
EARTH lar below us. and thence 1t IS put in oppose
there; II make my bed in sheet thou art tnere.'-
And as iurther confirmation that the original
meaning Of sheos and hades was as. ABOVE
Ecclesiastical Literature" by Rev. John McClin-
took. d. d. and James Strong s. T. d. tMetho-
Rev. william staunton, D. D, protestant Eplsco-
pail, General Protestant Episcopal Society, New
Also Sace
parted spirits; hades. Hades the hapita-
Or on the Of s Tss REV. the Dr. ssunssn . wHd
He'll originally sgnided to cover over or conceal
and is stIll used in some parts OF England. For
called q heller.n The Rev. DR.. Barnes says
says:-"The main dificuity In regard to the doc
trine OF Christs descent into he'll arises from the
fact that two. rely distinct words in tine
original Of the New Testament are rendered in our
version BY. the single word neli-Hades and
place Of final torment, the region Of the damned,
but signifies the place OF departed spirits whether
for the dogma when DR.. Staunton still embraced,
ne was, perhaps, obliged TO give the TO lowing
or place OF 1na. torment"
Now. beyond dispute, the passages where haces
hell las DR.. Staunton says, are never used to
denote the place OF final torment" but are, as
DR.. Barnes says, used To express the ancient be-
lei OF "a dark, unknown region OF the dead; the
abode OF spirits, good and 6ad.n The only pas
are, viz. In Matthew, xi, 20, ana Luke K. l5
md the following words evidently hgurative,
location OF city on hill site and the fabulous
hades located deep ''in the eartn:"-"And thou,
be thrust down to hades.D In Acts, H., ~ and 81
| quoting the prophecies OF David in reference to
yne sS esys o. son TaHs
seeing this before, spoke OF the resurrection OF
Christ; that his soul was not left IN hades." In
Revelations l., Is; W., =; Xxx, b. H. the apostle
personines death and hades, &c; thus-"rhe Keys
OF death and hades" "His name that sat
him." "And Death ana Hades delivered up the
dead which were IN them" "And Death and
thew, xvi, 10, fgurativey-as the powers OF evil,
&c.-"And thou art Peter; and upon tnis rock
not prevail against it."' Aud IN Luke xvi 49, we
have the celebrated parable of the ricn man and
the Je VS. and the gathering In OF the Gentiies For
| full calculation see "Whittemore's Illustration OF
lifted up his eyes, being in tormentsn So the only
places where we can be called upon to admit The
nscs nss S Dr. ~ no as
derived from Gehenns. 1t therefore becomes
us to make a complete analysis Of that word.
| nd N Gfnop
o! Andover Tneoosicaf institute Presby terian
whose profound learning cannot be DOUBTED,
agree, from the Hebrew word Gee HInnom.' The
Valley Of Gee Htnnom 10 part OF the pleasant
in ancient times and under some OF the idolatrous
was o s ch
dren were offered In sacr fee I'll. Kings xiii, 10;
sx 81 " on may credit xav the Ra hy
the head of the idol was ike that OF OK, while
the rest OF the body resembled that OF man. 1t
was hollow within, and, being heated py fire, chill
dren were laid IN Its arms. and were there
literally roasted alive We cannot wonder then.
loch is everywhere denounced in the scriptures.
Nor eau We wonder that the place itseii should be
called Tophet-that is, abomination, devastation
from Topb,' TO vomit with lOathlng Der, XXI.
30; XIX. .; II. Kings, kill, l0 Eek. kill, 81
desecrated ana made one OF loathing and horror
The pious King Josiah caused 1t to be polluted
s a The cs ns TO- % woud
| seem that the custom or desecrating this place,
| thus happily begun, was c0ntnued In after ages,
| down to the period when our saviour was on
| earth. Perpetual hres were kept up IN order to
| consume the 0fal which was deposited there. And
as the same offal would breed worms, hence came
| the expression, where the worm deth n OF and
the are Is not queRched'" Pro essor Stuart, also,
prevails OF attaching Q double sense or meaning
70 scripture, says Tine consequences OF admit
ting such an opinion should be well weighed.
What book on earth has double sense, unless 1t
Is q book OF designed enlgmas And even this has
but one real meaning If literal sense and an
occult sense at the same time and by the same
| words be conveyed. who that Is uninsplred can
tell what Is the occult sense BY what laws OF
depreciation Is 1t to be judged9 BY none that be-
long to human language, ior other books than the
| Bible have not q double sense attached to them.
| For these and the Ike reasons the scheme OF at
| taching double sense to the Scriptures Ia mad
mlsslble IL sets afoat the fundamental PRINCIPLES
| OF Interpretation by which we arrive at estab-
| had tv sto unnn