Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-12-10

places il The scriptures as where the il
tent Of the writer ia clearly given as
conveying tito idea Of erdlessness a
word Is emgioyea Of whose meaning
there can be aoubt. Fer instance, in
L. lin. i. 4. endless genea!ogies" where
the original is "aperantos." intermina.
bic; and also in Hebrews VII. le, end
less lie, " whore the original is "aksta-
lutos." iulsso!uble.
Bat TO occupy no further space with
these demonstrations OF the authors
research ari fashion Of criticism. we will
beg tine resder to be contented with the
following e2.ss,: which. in itself. is as
lair sample cot only Of the authors
style. bu, CT ;te drift OF his inquiry. as
We can reprct.ace. by way OF indicating
what this work Inns at end deve!opes:
| d" Ii fully persuaded by tradition"
says be, cor IN any other way. Of the
en1!easness OF future punishment, We
come to the New Testan1en. to look Up
proof.tex:s for it, We find precisely what
We are locking for. in great abundance
There are Greai many passages in the
New Iss;:iilt L! into which mind al
ready i!4.bE.;i with that doctrine can
easily put thu same, because tie lam
suage is elastic, and indecsive. The
act that skep,ics have declared that the |
Bible teactss endless punishment. is |
sometimes pointed out as proof that the |
Billie does teach il; en- unfair conc,u- !!
sion. howerer. It makes no difference |
whether one 5c Christian CT & skep;ic; |
ii ne gees 70 be Bible to look fc. doc.
trine which ne already thinks to be !
there. u viii - quite likely to read his
1reconcepriols into the sacred book,
irstead Of reading Gods coEimunics-
tons out IF il. Nor does the fact that
a man is & skeptic-if by that word ur-
friend!iness TO tho idea OF supernatural
revelation is denoted-mako him anv
more acute discerner Of the exact clean.
irs OF Scripture texts. But if We can
Keep ourselves sufficiently clear of pre-
conceptions 20 study tho Bible in tol-
erably scientific spirit, regarding only
what Is written, stripped Of all the dog
that :heo!ogians have overlaid
i with; If We endeavcr to recognize the
simple objective truth Of the Divine word
Is unmodifed by our own or others sub .
ii We study the Bible with {
,andii willingness that i. delivers a tes- .
imony a. variance with our traditions; I
. is possible that ws-like those before
ss, who hays had their Astronomical
I'd political and ecclesiastical aad theo- -
cgicai misconceptions OF Biblical teach-
r3s modified BY stU6y-shsll find some
+ our preccnceptions less strongly sus-
aimed by scriptural suthor;ty than We
I'D supposed. When the texts which,
4 the common version Of the New Tes- z
:ment, have stool as the Gibraltar Of ;!
,e dogma Of endless punishment. are
.sted By 8 vigorous and impartial exc
isis OF the original language, it is found :,
.st .hey by no means require US to b.
eve that doctrine, however they may
f'ait Us. without protest. If we have A;
und other reasons for it, ss
Certainly there is the charm of en- o.
shtenment and federation in this man IN
II of dealing with this grave question. g
lch tone GisarIns skepticism and re- -
owes all cause fer the sense of scorn SO
len felt by ;ns:lted intelligence wher
ought into tie presence of tie dogma
Is OF religious controversy. Let US d
We oEr Biblical discussions conducted No
this clear, liberal, humane spilit, and
oss discussions will have greater Tv
nber aud more patient listeners IS