The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-25
PREACHERS IDEAS ON HELL.
VARIOUS THEORIES ABOUT FUTUAo
PUNIsBNENT EyPOVNDED.

TAe Doctrine - Never HaAsas Tsr.ent Ksas
q.estly sspps-ses sHA as Esossensiy A.
sntka-Nevel ssA Istevestsas Apuums~ss.
Pulpit utteranccs on the question Of hen
werc still earnest and varied yesterday. The
Rov. Henry J. Van Dyke. In the Clinton street
Presbyterian Church. Brooklyn. took for text.
Ye shall die in your sine; and whittier go ~
cannot come" ConcediBg for argument sake
that the woris hell. dnmnation and everlasting
do not belong W the Bible. he argued that
Christ. nevertheless, teaches future punishment.
Christs utterances express the idea and II In
moro strongly taught by inference. II this 10
not 30. Chrsts teachings were foolish. and he
was misleading teacher.
The Rev. Patrick Cannon, in he Gospel Meet
ing House. Illustrated the subject with PAN
oramic picture. flftv yards long. Of the earth nj
different stages He said that he had been forty
years in painting 1t. Tho first part represents
tho earth in n state Of chaoe, in which flames.
smoke. and huge rocks are mingled together.
Tho creation OF animal life is the next part and
in II great variety are represented lying In
ono long row. with Adam at the head. Part
third finds them alive. and Adam naming them.
The other parts show the earth rs it will be AZ
tho day OF judgment. The sun, moon, and
stars are falling from tho bCavcna on the heads
OF the mortals underneath. The dead are ris-
ing fro,9 their graves Eyerything Is In coniu-
In New York who believes in he'll as a place ~
eternal torment; but. rs L buffers their brenh
they teach 1t, aud thus dishonor God and his
Tho Rev. W. F. Hatfield in the Eighteenth
Street Methodist Church, spoke OF the burning
oil the two churches on the previous Sunday
evening. and said that the grcat.st material con-
Migration could be cxtingqshed by man. but
the fire Of the Scriptures, called the everlasting
fire, hell fire. and the fire that is not guenched
could not be allayed. He did not think with
material. He believed IL tn bo figure to da-
note the terrible suiIerings OF tho lost.
,n The BY GN j. L. Hal" in the Graes nc copgrega,
worship Is n God of strength and power. who.
while He loves ns. wi not hesitate TO punish
sins. calls them infrnlitics. and excuses them
Lcrausc We can do no better. Such n God Is the
God OF Emersonism and CnrlyleiSm, and i
fear, If he is not careful. viii bc the God Of
Bcrcherism. | cannot worship God WHO
would be so unjust as TO wink at sin. This dis
gcrsoll is only r,'vamping old ideas that have
had an eNisten,cc ever since the sin OF Adnm.
Ing'rsoll has delivered. and how many sou 8
b. has turned away from the straight road.
reward nj the han'ia of IN outraged Deiiy."
The Rrv. Pr. Duilie, in the Fps .opu Cunch
of 81. John the Balds used ~ y text, What;
snryrr II mnn sowrth. that shnll he also renD..'
H. believes in ne future mis- ry ot thr wickc !.
not The imposition Of pun shm,n iy the arei.
qu"nce of their own acts here.
The Ecy. William Il. Alerr. Ia the mnitMlsn
| tNuft'll Ol MfSNlti. ulNUldiutu llliu 1 ~ rus
| Hell Is n spiritual state and not n plac..
The hclr at the frigid zones are icy and rocky {;
| those of the torrid zones are hot and san iy
| The Egypt an hrlls are in e long series with
every grndr OF known torture. In one volume
| the HindOos "numrritr twcuty-eighi hrllr: one
! for a wife hcat'r, another for him who steals
cows. and third. the hottest a! all. for an IN.
| suit,r Of priests. Some are ctrrnally s'aldcd
! with steam. Others are crowded into red hot
metal chests and Kept there tor a million years.
| Birds Of prey d,vour the II sh Of their wr,thina
| victims in IA he'll so sombre thnt the darkness
| can be- felt. Devils beat the lost soul 10 cx.
| haustiOn. only to throw IL into Il black sou oi
| s'orpions .srrprnts imps and poisonous vcrm IN.
| Is this revelation or mythology? the he'll OF
the heather Is not n revelation, neither Is that
Of Christians. Tor they nrr fun niamcninlly alike,
The Rev. Justin u. Fulton. in the Crnirnnia,
| BAPTIST Church. Brooklyn. urGrd the " Justice
of God IN the Dnnnuiiln of pp."rs. SIN. he
| s.Iid. was measured 10y HIM whom the sin was
| nguinst. Nothing more pure AMI perfect thun
/ God could b." imagined. Therefore Il crime
| against God wis infinitely hrinOus. and de.
! served inlin te nun shnrnt. Tine teachings Of
! the WORT of God SHOULD Ice followed and If they
| wore not il wns just that pun . mcni should bs
inf tod SY ak lng ui ia" modified views on tha
| sulJ"'r of utur. pun slim"nir I GENTLY udvnn ed.
h sni II at itIcd vii eli II W -h Hnyhin. h. ttnt
/ than what mgrr than twenty preachers ara
! doing IN Brooklyn to-day.
Mr.. Nellie brigham iSIiritunlisil. in l;'pub-
! Lean Han raid thai lur finite s.ns God wOu4d
| provide Init - naltIt-.