The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-23
rs THERE AN ENDLESS HELL!
JnE DOCTRINE zEtLOUsLY REJECTED
AM DENOUNCED.
The Rev. Dr. Fnrrar. Canon OF Westminster.
nm English Divine orIuthcrto unir,pc"ched
Orthodoxy, Takes n New Univer-siist de-
parturc- He Cannot Relieve In n Hell.

ffOl IRE fsN1on tiridtW Nofh, NNf. ~
DR. Farrar. canon Of Westminster. and au-
thor of tho most popular Life " Christ" OF
our tmc-rcad and admired Of late years IN
thousands OF Christian mmili's-hn4 been
preach ug at the Alnry on subjects relating to
The luturc LIE. Both last sunday and sunday
week the Minister WIS crowded with people to
Listen 10 these dis curses. The throng WIS 50
great that many had 10 stand throughout tho
services. our shorthand writer has provided
as with verbatim reports OF both sermons. but
our space liz 50 prroccupied to-day with other
matters that we can only give summary Of
thnfn.
In his FIRST discourse hnsed upon pntcr. w.
6. Dr. Farrar dieruss Il the suhJ6ai Of tho future
punishment OF the ungodly. In reply to qucs
tons vl ich he assumed his aulien - 60 be ask
INK. and which he sud they had the fullest right
To- ask. and which It WIS the bOunden duty vi
ministers Of the Gospel Us far as possible to
answer. he Tor one. in All deep humility. yet
always asking God FOR fearless courage and
perfect honesty wot ld try to give such answers
M he could. II it were hut the fragment NJ an
answer. IL was bccauso ne believed il TO b. Gods
will that no other should b. possible. Those
who took loose eonIecturrs Tor established cor
tatnti,s. those who cared moro for authority
Than for reason and conscience go. those who pre-
tended TO dignity with the name Of S"riptural
Afgurtnt lnlcrcnccs out ~ the nlrruw Hpsr-
ture Of single tcxts. those who talked with the
GID self,e9mplAeoney IT an iSnorancr which
admitted into what, with unconscious bias
readily OF IRE and Irmstone. and might
feel inc co1s0'atcry glow OF personal
moss nnd fnalitv of the suferinys of the
damned But those whose faith must have a
broader bas.s thHn hollow rcpr'~ nations
than TN" amliguousurss Of opposing tnNts-
those who grievt over the dark shadows flung
bv human thrOlovians over Gods light. those
exporionoc-n no less han the Srripture-are no
tess tho hooks OF God. and that they too. must
div v,nld moi he 49, ready to snatch co.'s
thunder into wretnhcd and fcrla hands, They
would lay iheir mouths IN the aust rather than
make hAd the hoAtt which God had not made
sad JhUy would TAX, into account the grand
prin'iplcs Which domipW" through scripture
n - fhan it, isol ai'i tNpr ssion~; and un-
deferred by the base and feeble notion that
eirtue would be Impossible without the horrors
OF an endless he'd. tn'y would declare their
mercy of the loving Father. the dead would be-
ally again. and inul.ltUdes. at any rate. Of the
After ths eloquent Introduction tho preacher
proceeded TO state what after years of thought
T. b. the belief ~ mntitudes and of yearly
increasing multtuces. " tiig wsc~t and the
most learned in tho church. Proceeding To ex-
amin IN" snWcci "a detail. n" ir7ts forth the
popular nOtiOne ,f n.A o. be- found in the early
fheoioeians. in Dam" in Milton and in Shakes
descriptive OF endless torture. Happily the
thoughts and hearts 4 mon were often lar gon-
ttr ana nOOrr IMAM their crceds. customs. and
traditions. II WAS only when thcS" topics were
treated ~ narrov-m'ntrt and lcyelss hearts
that they wrto seen ia all their intolerabe
ghasilin, So He knew OF nothing So calculated
10 make Tho whole s0u revolt with loathing
from every doctrine Of religion ms the easv
conplacency with which some cheeriully accept
the belief that they are living and NOV
Inc IN the ini,si OF millions doomed ire
could he stern enough io reprohate The manner
a. whi 10 iiaDy eide brothers 90 the Prudigul
had turned Cod > Go- pc of plrufeou- rnlrmp-
ton in'n ana'hemas ard all hut universal per-
d di3n %s win net 1 ga isl Tae9 the
" rthy 81 tic deniir Of a human beng who
DE- not roi"r and u Nen at. thr notion Of
@nrl OF tprm AMI fame II st. Paul again
and aArlu Hung from him. with "A God