The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-04
Of sitting in Judgment on God. Religion. in tho

Of sitting in judgment on God. Religion. in tho
oyrs o snie nifni is li,,ie H,'n innh ip p"gr" III
crowds that flock to hear Imgersoll are not the
men and women to grow heroes from. or To peo-
pie the wurll with anything grand or glorious.
II IL minister's duty. whom he secs n tniver-
snlist in his congregation, to preach to MN,
You VIII e. TO- nt II , ySu d2m Dreyf IN SyS"s
S:rcc r with 6 the Bb".' Beccher thinks that The
God wore swept into heaven. such vast mass
" mud would b. destructive " its purity yet
he declares he would be an lnildel rather than
believe that God nature does not rather n,ahe,
him suffer Tor others Than = MAKE tnrn, S'mmvI m,
What. then. ~ TO become of IN" wicker 'u's
Bcerh"r believe In purgatOry or annihilhlon
iusion. aud = snare. When hc. talks about wor;
does not need guardian. lIell i the prison
house Of the damned created ior the ueN 9Iu ~
ths s THS7 RiEie to God % heaven and hsli and ii s
rightly applied to- one. II II rightly applied 10 AL
three; and II YOU say h,ll Is no, rNerl,s,,ns nm,
Tie Rev. Mr., Hatfield. in the Eighteenth,
Street Methodist Church. yesterday. gnswered
the question. " Is the foundation OF the Chris
tian faith giving way" in the negative. he
said that inndety in its scientific form could
he met 10y rciutation. and that the controversy
regarding future punishment was an cifort Of
Satan to unsctlc the beliefs Of mankind. Not
tilstanding this. Christianity had never 50
firm ioothold II the minds ot the people as
,o.doy: md The Bible after w,thsiandng the
widely circulated than any other book IN the
world.
tlonal Church. Brooklyn, said that science was
decidedly against the doctrine Of u vindictiNe
he'll. don't know that the question OF time
enters into IN. matter nt ALL" He added: We
have in the Bible only the absolute fact that
there Is puuishm"nt-how long no one knows.
am not satisfied with Canon Furrars argu.
punishment II 10y eternal punishment YOU
mean indefinite punishment certainly do.
'l..Itt of hIH ~
the Bible M" only part Of Tn" imagery with
which II clothes all its descriptions. Gn9dness
IL allied to Joy and misrry to badness. There 10
dark eternity Tor the bad and bright one ior
The Rev. James King. in the Washington
Square Methodist Churrh. said that if modern
-cutim"niali~ts treated mems words ~ they
trcated Gods words, they would subject them
selves to an action Tor libel and certainly be
convicted. What RIGHT had men TO twist the
words 81 GOD, and niisrcprr,nSent Hum IL" h9d
mcnt to sinners. and His language could not he
construed to the contrary. Mr.. King, however.
did not define the nature Qi the eternal punish
/ ment promised IL simply asserted that every
| violation Of law. either OF nature or spirit,
| brought It's corresponding retaliation ami
/ ci.t So ms nm illustrative text tho words of f. '-
cleslast's Who 50 breaketh an hedge. a ser
| pent shall bite him." lilo was particularly we're
! on the CATHOLIC doctrine 81 pMrgatnry. and me-
| serted that nowhere in the II hlr was poss g;
/ oili'y of stat" Of probation between death ani
| final state hintrd at.
Tn" Nrv Mr.. Cory I'm the Thricth Street
! hell HIS text w.l-: AMI these sliail 20 away
! into everlasting punishment He said that II
j. generally admitted that penal consequences
! ioNoV the trtn-grc-siou of natural laws. Christ
! taugi, that II" Will reward men according To
/ ct"rna. Il j. generally admitted that there Is a
! penalty iur sin. and that II II Just. II II also
riaimed hv many that the severe penalties
SPOKEN Il ia S.rwurc are only used
asw'sFT @ in the, 'at ,;v. hut oIa,a E"n ''F,Si Ea
| must also be- eternal and 4 there ls ng he'll.
| thrrr cannot l"' h"aN'n, The dp,irin" oi rier-
| mai punishment H. called hard and moons rnt
with the love Of God; hut 1t cannot be- -, aside
| without setting aside the whole doctrine oi
Chrisiian.ty for ne on1,. i neNircn,iy inter,
! j. its own punishment. and virtue lis own re-
ward. l. this bc true. the logic that closes he'll
| nnnihilau- heaven. A certain punishment is
| claimed hy $50 'ioty for all crime. II n man Kills
| his wife. society demands his punishment for \
s gEa 'nSd S n.@ uS' XIII 9iRT hlm.g ~ " E' .;,t eg'
conv need thnt h" hns been punished for ms
| crime; Would society hc satisfied 10 all criui.
mas wrre Transported directly to heaven alter
Tho Rev. DR. John Hall preached yestcrda,
| on hell lie SAID thnt his reason for 80 doinl
WIS the fear that the dis 'u-sion now going or
in thr newspapers and the pulnits might tens
70 corrupt young men with skcptclsm, .an,
lead them to indulge IN sin, thinking that there
Mould be R no hell ior them in the future ,
ETY.. Those Of them who attacked the or
thodox dotrine Of eternal punishment wer'
~ ttt' hHiH "iT'H' i'iis ~ ~ Hi''NH
that they We're not 'holHrs. Canon Fnrrar wus
of 1hls clH-s. lie was not Disciplined ia the ac
curncy of iN -.ra thinking He WIS eloquent
tut NOT correct G"hrnna meant hell etarna
he'll. and nothing short of il. as every scholar
know. In,-e ministers were loose. scattering
| Voices among the Inulttul. II those who hOlC
70 ih" BID" doctrine of eternal punlsh i
had been said TINT ther" WIS less preach ing o
hell D w than formerly. This WAS untru" Ther,
Wa l'-- n'"d ul material igurcs, and Therefore
they were dis 'arl.,l when preaching t. int lll
gent audiences. They were meyer used IN hi.
a az tlttI - nt
same one. minister in this city hac
said That " he did not care SO mucl
about getting people ont ~ hell as he did ahpu
getting he'll out of his people" !" would lik,
10 ask him said the preacher. " what viii be
come of his people II he DOES not succeed in get
ting hell out OF them" There was no repent
ancc in the other world.