Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-01-06
SUNDAY READING.

general subject of he'll. Editorials, short
locals and comments by telegraph indicate
the popular sentiment which is, as near as we
can gather, to get rid OF it. We vote affirm
acively We want to. 1t would be a good
thing. We have never been able TO see any
Use in a hell, for ourselves 1t rather COM
forts us to stand by and see the theologians
tackle it. Bob lngersoll is of course forninst
i. and we expect it of him. Beecher has
co:ae out against it, and we must say that we
rather more than expected 1t of him. Like
the lady in the car we don't think Beecher
was guilty, but then We can see why he
wouldn want any hell We wouldn't if we
were Pastor of Plymouth Church, and would
turn it into Il Jniversal;st society i'll one
prayer meeting Some aspiring divine in
San Francisco, named Rockford, has an
bounced against he'll ais. We never heard
q him before, but presume that settles
the question. In fact, Cjivines generally, We
are told, are weakening Oh the general pro
position of birthstone and white heat pitch
forks, excepting always our Roman Cath
o.:c bretheren," who stand firm on the issue.
IngersoIl admits that ''all do not seem pun
iShed as they deserve, but also admits that
al do not seem to be rewarded as they de
serve Here he touches the key note. It
/, all well enough for inconsiieratc preachers.
VINO boast OF true inwarGness. 70 60 back Oh
she orthodoxy they were drought mp III. bat
the average man on this Coast proposes 10
take his chances with the boys. We accept
the question of hell from It strictly Nevada
standpoint, right where we live and belong
While people are not rewarded as they de
serve; while there is not big enough heaven
- some righteous, whole-souled, more than
consistent Christians that we know of, whose
lives are away above and beyond anything
worthy Of this world, there are in the
circle Of the acquaintance OF the average OBJ
server, some Of the lowest Gown, most des-
l;cal,le cusses that there IS net depth of
l,eu deep enough for, and That is Just why a
ltlI is I'VE almost said necessity one Of the
things we can t get rid Of We hope niger
soil, Beecher, Rockford 4 Co. are right We
hope there is no hell But if there is! If the fact
exists, what you going to do about it!
How can we help it if it is, and We 60 there
and stay there! 1t is all very well to say that
the enlightened, intellectual sentiment is
against the idea of hell, but if the fact exists,
where are your enlightened, intellectual fell
lows going, and how is human life going to
IAN out i'll the future! There is not a muir
derer, thief or convicted criminal Of any kiud
who wouldn't be delighted to deny the ex-
istence Of the little bastile out on the Warm
Springs Road, but his enlightened intel |
lectual sentiment wouldn't help him bit. |
The real, actual, solid business is, if the Lord
has hell and we fit ourselves for it, we will
have to take it in. There is such thing as
unsettled Judgment in this world In the |
rudest form of social life the business of get |
ting justice done is a matter men have never
neglected; getting justice in the matter of
right as well as wrong. In all well regulated |
governments the effort to get justice and the
machinery to do it with is evident, in courts,
legislature and all that sort of thing. The
money and the time to run these departments
is freely given just because it is the very in
StIIlCt VI IIlttil 10 SIT "IOllS puIlISlItu ait,
right rewarded. This is where the image of
God shows itself. The general principle of
right. Now we don't make it. Courts are a
fraud: justice is never fair It's question
Of dollars and influence all through. Things
have to be righted. They are not and they
have to be. The in justices done have to be
squared up. The credit for good deeds has
to be recorded somewhere The average man
does not give credit where credit is due
Deeds of kindness done in secret must have
justice, and wrong done in darkness must be
brought to book. Nobody but the Great
Ruler of the World can do it, and 1--WE speak
reverently), he can not very well do it
without hell. The mass Of the wrongs of
this world are not righted. Wrongs are pros
porous and unchecked in whole nation for {
years. Just look at Hayes course Millions
Of unprincipled men are guilty, in the mass,
Of gigantic wrongs which triumph, while gen
erations are born and die, the wrongers and f
the wronged together. The biggest thieves !
and frauds of this generation lie under. the
very highest toned marble. Justice isn't done
md that s why we can't get the idea of good
square he'll out of our heads, not fire and
birthstone with asbestos lining to keep the
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