The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-02
WEST VA. PREsBYTERY.
An Ola Fashioned sermon on
Future Observation-Disclosures.
SnlIsm Declared Contra.
rytO Revelation.
THIRD DAYS PROCEEDINGS.

IOhlLAHpJ APTIl 90
Prayer meeting was held this morning
at 10 o'clock. The services we're con.
Quoted by the Moderator, Rev. Duncan
Al 1880 o'clock the Rev, Loyal Young,
DID, OF the First Church OF Parkersburg,
preached very able sermon; his Rub.
jeCt being "Ihe Future Punishment Of
the Wicked" He announced the iamiI.
lar old hymn,
"Oh where shall rest DO found
lcat for the wcaY soul, !" etc.
and took for his text the twcnty.eighlh
verse Of the tenth chapter Of
Matthew: Fear not them which kill the
body, but are not able to kill tho soul;
but rather fear him which il able 10
destroy both soul and body in hell"
Mans destiny is great theme the
question Of the ages. No answer comes
to II from philosophy. Human reason
has come to so many absurd conclusions
that i ia not TO, be trusted. The Bible
alone tells us whence man came and
whittier he 10 going. 1t tells us that
man was created out OF the dust Of the
ground, and that hiB soul was brcathed
into him by the great Author. Man was
formed in the image Of God, but he fell;
and the fruits II tire fall have descended
from generation 10 generation.
1t Is terrible fact that there is much
misery in'thO world. II any ono should
say God is too good to permit 80 much
misery, il would no. make it less true.
Eve was assured that the eating Of the
forbidden fruit would not bring death
into the world. But she ate, and thus
came death into the world and all our
woe"
Death, tic penalty, has come in spiritual
death-separation from God,-in natural
death, separation Of the soul and body,
and It will come in the second death, be-
yond thegrayc, continual separation from
God.
The opposite Of death is life. Eternal
life is the continuance OF spiritual life in
the future state, and eternal death is the
continuance Of spiritual death in the fu-
turc state. The terms designating the
two Btates are heaven snd hell. Heaven
and hell reierto the characters and con-
ditions Of the inhabitants, as well as the
places.
Thcworil hcuoii is used chiefly in three
senses: l. The upper air where the birds
iIy-"Bchold the fowls OF the air." ..
The starry irmamGnt-"The stars OF
heaven ahall fall" 3. The place where
Christ is-"Christ is entered into heaven
itself" also called the third heaven.
The word hell in the Hebrew is hcal.,
in the Greek haic3 and gshcnna. And as
heaven is used in three different senses,
80 also il the word hell. Q) The grave
"Oh that thou wouldSt hide nc in the
grave" (2) The invisible world-"Thou
wilt not leave my soul in hell (sieai)";
in the creed We say, "He descended into
He'll" i. C., tho invisible world, or place
OF departed spirits: (3l The state and
place OF future punishment, iguratiyely
called everlasting fire prepared for the
devil and his angels" "the lake which
burneth with birthstone and fire." DC.
To argue that hell is not place OF
punishment because ii is referred to in
fgurativc language, is to argue Tint
heayCnis not aplace Happiness, for tits
spoken OF in figure, too, as, for instance,
paradise" heavenly Jerusalem" &c.
The Bible tcachcs that there il future
punishment for the wicked, and that it
is endless. Gladly would believe other.
wise, but the Bible will not allow it.
The word gchcnRG is found twelve times
in the New Testament, and it alg1ys means
the place Of punishment in the other
world. See Matt. $1,000; Mark 0:43,4i;
Luke l6 (the parable OF Dives and LazN-
rus); Matt. Sill 10; &c.
There are many solemn questions in
the Bible, which have no meaning if there
is no future punishment; as, "What shall
it profit man il he gain the whole
world and lose HIS own soul?' How can
the soul be lost II there isno such dang.
er? "How shRllwe escape il We neglect
80 great salvation" Can We answer,
there Is no evil to escape? IF tho
righteous scarcely be saved, where shall
the sinner and the ungodly appear%
Who would answer that they shall mp.
pear in heaven?
Is future punishment endless? Unless
weturn and twist the Scriptures. univer.
sal salvation is not only not taught in the
Bible, but isexpressly denied.
Men are dealt with in the other world
according to their characters. Here
character may be changed, but it cannot
be changed hereafter. NJ.
"There is no work, nor device, nor
knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave
whittier thou goest.n "As The tree fall.
eth, 80 shall it lie." "Nop is the day Of
salvation" The Bible calls living men
"prisoners OF life"
The Scriptures directly teach that fu-
ture punishment will DO everlasting, eter-
nal, endless; "the fire shall not be 9uench-
ed, "the worm dieth not" &c. At the
Judgment Day Christ will say (Alatt. 25)
to the righteous, "Come, ye blessed" and
to the, wicked, depart, ye cursed. 7"
And these, shall go away into srerlasting
punishment, and the righteous into life
eternal" The words Everlasting" and
eternal" in the above passage, are both
translated from the same Greek word.
Therefore, If the liieof the righteous will
have no end, neither will the punishment
OF the wicked, and vice versa. It is a
hopeless task for any Greek scholar to
attempt to show that the words "everlaRt-
ing punishment mean anything but pun-
is6ment without end. The most eminent
Greek scholars give eternal this meaning
as In the parable OF the rich man and
Lazarus we are told that there is great
gulf fixed between the wicked and the
righteous in the future state, over which
no one can pass. True, it il figure, a
parable; but because it is such, can it be
claimed that there ia no gull, and that
those in hades eau pass over the gulf into
heaven?
But it is said that God is too good to
punish. True, lie ia mercilul, long Eui'
iering, and full Of compassion, but His
"Aw is holy, just and good" Penaltyis
essential TO law. There is no law without
it, and there can DO no government with.
out law. The government is degraded il
those who break its laws are not punish
cd. The Judge who would make no diff.
ference between the good man and the
criminal would DO denounced by all,
God NUT punish persistent iniquity.
"God is love" but He is just also, and He
will punish sinnorsgcontinuing to rebel
against Him.
"But," says one, at Is not Just to pun
ish the sins Of lifetime with eternal
suGerings:" 1t seems so to me; but the
soul of the sinner carries It's dCpraved