, 1876-06-17

the class song, composed by Mr. wire, as Il |
solo by Mss prinalc, the class singing the
chorus.
THE SIETIIODISTS.
rAsToNs' THEOLOGICAL UNION.
The third duy's scsston Of the Pastors Theo-
logical Union commenced Mt 0 o'clock yesterday
morning at the First Methodist Church, Evans
ton, Vicc-Presidcnt Brush iti the ehnir.
After the opening devotional exercises,
Secretary Foster stated that there
wers twenty Conf Conferences ;Sas rspfesss3,ts,d r. s,,,
igan, II: Rock River, I'll; Northwestern In
Northwestern Iowa, 4; Wisconsin, II; Iowa, g.;
Detroit, 2; Southern Illinois, 2; North Indiana,
2; West Wisconsin, /; Des Mutncs, g; Chicago
German, l; New York, /; Minnesota, Ii Cin-
cnnnti, /; Upper Iowa, /; South Kansas, l.
total, 113.
for the dny. IIe regretted that Prof. Mandc.
hence lis address must be omitted Dr. Fowler
alRo In view of tstIlc recent calamttcs that have
fallen upon him." Ind asked to be excused from
his address.
The Rev. 8. Il. Adams, Of Chicago. then en-
tered upon All able anil thoughtful discussion Of
"The Theology Of Christ's Parallels" which
opened up n subject Ut general interest, and
ratf1 % ID quito d. Esy Dayr ssosis Messp pa'apa,se aMesl
hs others. Mr. KoorItc opened tho subject of
eternal punishment aud probation after death,
upon which he lad considerable mental tse:ablc,
and wanted light
Dr. Thoinas said that he l,ad acccpted tho doc
tr,ro Of literal punishment years ago. but
by degrees his mind changed. He weutinto such
agony on the subject That for two yeara he
% ect' Mt f Sy clear mental ao6tton, So but By feeI-
Ing TINT God will bring It out aright, lie be-
lcvcd that there wns ali lnamutable distance be,-
tween right md wrong; that after death there
lie G eternal, il must b. better than 10 existence.
It cannot lie that unmitiga.cd punishment Which
We used to be taught to bclicve. lie wus up
posed to smothcring thought aud investigation.
aaxl til III L RRpp0ihss &c hss 10 dans dfas o. nun mem an
probation 1,sa aftcr dcath. We don't know how It's
coming out, and can 20 on with tho work OF
saving 8ouls.
briefly explained his views. lie considered the
doctrine Ut un eternal hell the only burden upon
the theology Of tile Church. Everything else VILE
consistent, and, When preached, would oe &C.
ccpted ~ true by the masses. ,-..,
J. O. Fostcs-a Are VIC preaching hcrcsy when
we preach tflutlh
Or. R-"You must judge for yourselves
Hell, continued the Doctor, must be better
.lan not.e1tstence. II is not Inconsistent To
nussihir
Dr. Crook, Of Jacksonville, spoke briefly In
reference to Alr. Adams' exposition of the para-
DIS 11,,sor ~ N, ,,,,w,n,co tn,,.,,o,
Sa,.s,nau staf,, his vlcws' iir did moi hrlicyc
,h"t f;tsi ,yoti haye crrntc,l so,tl without cty-
imi, him lrht rI,onrl, 10 he saved il lie would
,aas n'na n "suh. thc s' saiyatlpn Of the hrstlen
1ri,b,ut rnmvcrsin,,' he had closely H.
%s ~cst;,atc5 thnt n,irstion. In fnlIa.
%nsf ts n9tiyss 81; aa S Ssve1 hsa,a Tie naas o
u "t at ,ney ~ naa rr5ar hn couI tbmk
In ~, Hror az % tcre wes f;n.i. md that lie was 4
s,,,"r N 1lts aicl,t Tier. was M nee,i nf nro
its bution after death, The hcat.ien have light,
IA WI Vr,.-iKsrn lis missionaries Mt home,
mn, :, ose '&ssF ''S ~'
'"s Wr Ai,oms t,,cp rcn,tcd hrtefy Ia the uucs-
Ms' ,sai 49,! o,,, ,n"H, ynn H. nh,"r
i1ola a',aa thot q tra ,vue ~, h" ,ronifnm
.fter @1rath. il was yery a!lrewI In God not to
I'll ,,a,s III ,eTr, }.ath liz co,,iI fni m
,n. ts nS ny y ~ H. y tha norohIss AN@ Nv
"'"s - - ~ '''o n1t' nArs1srgR
W u~ "s nf IN thu
H3u; G3' ';,,ahht n s{nytrmrnt III several jnfcrcnrrs
n,,1 -" Viva - ,i,,;,,.,i frnu Tia argument
Dr: Tholnas moved the publication N the
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l tSs,n,, n,tvu 49, .n.uI"n waa oncred With H.,
potnns n I.s sycr,isaa som,uctsd ty tl. R.y nr.
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IN detcrtnlninp bis belief a. tu III
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