The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-23

shall bc given him" But say. also, MS Christ's
own APOSTLES said. that there shall be a resttu-
ton Of all tn ings-thnt God willeth not that any
should perisli-thnt Chr vi both died and rose,
and revived, TINT He might bc the Lord both OF
the dead md Of the living that as in Adam all
die, even 80 in Christ shall all be made alive :;
and that the day shall como when all things
snail be- subdued unto Him that God may DO oil
in all.
In tho second sermon Canon Farrnr sought 70
answer tho question, % Arc there few that be
snvedV taking for his text Luke Kill %. "a
This passage. no remarked gives us the very
css'ncc Of the Iord's teaching respecting the
present and tho future What ~ the answer OF
Divine wisdom to the question of the teyt2 IL il
some garing d"luge OF fire and birthstone for
billions " years? l. il IN TINT stvie in which
th" co1rs" terrorism of the Parton is ut one
with the coarse Terrorism OF the Inpuistion
No; bui u isar'iusal 10 answer 1t is "a strong
to the very question Thor, il not one word
here about an irrcvers bic doom to material tor
this .rnsion il his; "Th" int" of the sonls
whom he hath nadn Is in the hands OF II inn who
mad. thcm. and not "a thine. Ent thou IN At
the straight gau'." After combating the id"nthat
il wns dangerous 20 hold auy other view than
that oi onlless torment being the destiny of the
wicked. Canon Furrar continued: What Is dan
Atheism. and To cntanglc others under fright
fu superstition, and tn crush vet others with
horrihi" despair by representing to thum Him.
whose nnmu ~ love, NJ n rrinUfsrl"s, nvenger
instead oi IA u Father. gracious and mercilul.
.
showing how the more hopeful view OF the
future life found count nance in the Scriptures
and in the writings II the greatest and best Of
the fathers. and how it had been preached in
In age hv many Of the saints. at whose feet he
luld gladly sit Canon Farraraskrd: II we sec
truth, are We io become orthodox liars for God
Wy supurt ~ ng 1t. because those think 1t dam
srrous who believe IN no more potent motive
for vrtu" and the love OF God than a CHASTITY
ieart would rather arcrpt as rejecting the
mind OF Got. the broad human tartan charity
the keen and tundcr sensihilitips-than the hard
~ ~ Ht N NlN
Having pointed out that there are In the main
three classes OF mrn-salnts. roprobaies. and
shading of nv infinite rradatlons from these
two eNtremes- { anon Farar. after. in an clio.
gueni passage. thanking God for the first cluss.
asked; what oi me rcproOates, WHAT OF the
other eXtrcmey II you ASK me whether | must
not believe IN On Hess torlnens for these repro
hat's ~ enrth, answer. Aye. for them. and TOR
thee and for M. too. until We have learned with
AL our hearts t. love good and no; evil. know
that Tor these r,prountr Christ died Til" hgOt
may Judge their souls n he will: the Pharsee
may cOnsign them. with orthodox cqunnimitv.
10 endless torments: but ! cannot-will not
Not mine at any rate shall il ho to close against
them. with imp"tuuus rnroil AMI Earring sound.
tho-r gates OF he'll lest they should he more
with humhlc-t hope, even after this life
Of hopelcs-n IS, ~ Him who did not loathc
the whitenese OF thu Icper and who suffered
the woman who was sinner to wash His feet
with tears. Cots Spirit has nowhere taught
us that lie who gave crnnot give back; TINT
II" WHO once made them inn lrpnt children can
not restore their innocence again that He who
created them-He who wills them 20 he saved
cannot rccrrate them IN his own image. cannot
oDterate all their Nil"ness in the blood u
Christ. and unrreata their sins Bu, the vast
mass OF mankind helon. 10 the third class
They arc not utter rcprOhatrs. they are not per-
feet saints. They try To face both ways. They
halt between two opinions. The angel has
tnem 10y the hand. and the serpent 10y the heart
And 1t Is those who do try Ia b., Cots children
who realize their own excessive sinfun
Having shown how many Of the saintlinst and
tenderest souls had been driven even 10 mad.
ness, rs COwpcr was hy the fnse view Of God
which is given hy the pitiless anathemas
If, when they buried relatives or friends
VINO had not been holy or religious they
dared consgn them. even in their thoughts to
th"y tnughtt An arbitrary inhiction OF burning
torment an endless agony. a material he'll 81
worm AMI name. doom To eyerlu-ti NJ sin and
All this with no prospect ot amendment. with no
hope OF relief, the sou : transEr-ssions Of few
uN 2hMvns 81 mllehhiunis IN sol, hlng nrr
AMI al this meant not To correct. hut 10 harden,
not to amend. hut 10 torture and ~ dogradr--,lid
ever loved; Again. say. God iorhidl Again.
lay hins from M win alhorrenoe such a
Tooth n he Will: let every dogmntisi ann,hema-
scripture Will not let me : my conscirnre my
rens II. my faith la Christ. theN Gee OF the spirit
within my soul will not iet me; God will not let
F,oa D. roa,sp c',t.'a,n ro,u W. 80
Canon Farrar proa he'd again at Westminster
Abbey last sunday alt"rn ~ nm nm 'oin-
iortaul{ cr'wird c1ugr's1l"n. H. 'ours"i
for whole hour, with big visionary eioquonce.
ON On" question Of ~. PAUL Zap the Romans.
Shall "" continue in sin that grace may
abound T. From scm~ prr Bans nary reWark~ Il
was evident that Dr. frrnr had r.. eived during
the week number ~ letters ~ rem0nsiruu' e
for his bold utt.rance- ON tine two prov iouS sun
DAYS agninst the popular doctrine of he'll
Those att RANGES. W. may say. wufe So siguN-
cant of changing convictions among .hoIar-
ana unureIuleei peopl. tiHt w. lrlt bound 20
las them uS far IA W nrull, p. fore our re.id-
ers bu' Il must not at an follow that we must