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

~ lie past week grew CID We more ar,
more barbored the Ean resolve 20 a
temp: for the edifcatioE Of our Sunaa
readers a review Ct q very interestin
little book entitled rs Eternal Pur
i.hnent Endless" hut ether matter
iutesveced. something of incidence &c
d good deal OF the spirit Of procras.in
ation came upon "a. and here We are
With tie book before Is. ret halt read
aud without any arrangement Of plan o
Ideas Upon tie subject whereof it treats
subject We will do what We can 70 de
scribe the general drift. vi the unknown
authors argument and manner OF dis
course. 0! course this will no. be By
any means ~ review land for that
matter We are hardly up il poler2ical.
sufficiently 10 deal with tho subject from
tho critics s.aadpoiuN; but We may no!
altogether fail OF conveying 10 orr read
ers au idea OF :. cat the author has said
and how Ee has said it. The reader csn
gather faint glimpse Of what the writer
ii this series OF essays has dealt with by
= look at his title page. 1t is as follows
Is Eternal Punishment Eu6Iess:'
Answered by restn.emeLs CT the orig
liza! Scripture doctr!na;: " al Orthodox
Miuis;er ot .he Gospel As indicating
The spirit in which the booi is written,
ws cuote as follows from tie introduc-
;.on: The Hibls was once supposed TO
give sc.loritsti.e instruction on some
subjects On which it IS row generally
conceded to bs silent. 1t wss once sup
posed that the Bible .aUgh. theory of
tie universe at variance with the Copper
nican astronomy. The trCe pattern Of
cigii government has also been regarded
as e.hihi.e5 in lie laws IF Moses. But
tho progress Ct enlightened views re-
specting the application Of the Bible to
the subjects OF human study has uniform
Is been in the direction Of contraction.
I. has Craduslly been learned that the
Bible was not given to teach all truth
whatsoever, bet merely III .f1:h needful
Cor our salvation from sin" Farther |
along in ibis Introduction we find the |
following: written at frs. 5 ely fo- !
The eye oil dear relative. who desired to
know the utmost that God. az Gistinc.
from some OF His eZpoaito.s. required
her to believe respecting the future state
or lost souls. these pages are Cow, at her
suggestion, offered 10 that large class Of
inqUiring minds in tie evangelical
churches, who, witt. ihe most unswerv-
Ing LOYALTY to the Written Word. are yet
IN doubt whether tie sound of thst
Void. as it has :hus flr reached them
iDoa :his subject. is free from CEN
mingled voices Of human error" Now
! will b, borne il miud tea! we :..c
merely attempting TO convey to our
esde-s an idea OF how The subject ulstter
( :'r;s hoc:; Is treated, and NOT TO rerro-
nee Ike full cravan:en q the argument
or the complete scope oi its quite pro-
ourd research. In iac. re coatcse TO
alg sc much Of AZ insight into the
uti.or's treatment c: tho question as is
, be obtained hy reading the frat cLrp-
n. tshout one-thirG Of the hole work
here IL, Of course, sonlething IL the
ay Of technics AID haiI-spli:tiae: iut
&c author seems to bear in mind that |
9 Is liable 10 come in conflict with ne q
'taile.s Of theological chop-io8ic and
chemical hair si,l:ttsrs; and So tort;ies
imsalf against taem in advance. The g
DIN. chosen for discussion in this first 1
lap:ar IA the meaning o. tae Scriptu,al | o
rrrk word from which tie inference Q. =
eternal punish,nent, eternal hap |.
ncss. eternal" pain. etc, is taken. - :,
nat word is "Aionion' u. as the poe; "
rnnysoD las shaped il, ".EoDian - -
al is 20 say, III adjective formed from :.
&c Greek derivative Ion. meaning an i,
=. Now with relation to the meaning q,
this word. our author says: AN ex-
1ina.ion Of al The passages Of the New
,siament in which the word occurs 90
II yield the following results: Q,
l. That it denotes period Of dn1a- 10
IL. Ill
2. That it Is used very frequently, .,
lch more often than ty the classic
eek, IN the plural. This fact is in Tho in
y of the assertion that ICON" has in. ad
,en;ly tie idea of infinite duration, a.,
on'T finite things can have :he to-
raj. We can not speak OF the coming
'erni;ies." Blu: Paul speaks (Erh.,
y, Of the ages (aons) 10 come ~
. That the presen. world period O. PIX
Use Of things. is spoken Of as this ~
J." or "iLe ;eon," or IAN con-" ''''
Tha. the period or course Of things :
ch IS Immediately to succeed the pres 20
is likewise called "that aor," OF th'
e :eon," or "the coming con-" pes