The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-28

shmens the principal OF which is the doctrine Of
| expiration. The victim is offered up to appcase the
wrath Of an offended God; the scanod then becomes
sacrihcia justice. Thus capital punishment advo-
| Gated not Tor ts expediency as preventive Of
crime, but because Il 10 sacrifice to God expation
o: ain liz harmony with this idea II is believed that
the visitarons OF the volcano. hood hurricane and
pesilence all instituted a. the INJECTING
| Gods penalty upon those who had broken His laws
| WHERE THE MISTAKE NAY EXIST.
fiction we see that all this is mistake Is nature VIM
! dictve9 Are the nooa the lightning the tempest,
inaiaerence as they do the unjust The good man
suffers irghtfully The criminal violates the rcgnla
cause Of ms yiaa into the lace Of society; not because
| there rs any vindictiveness against him. he becomes
low and sroveng; his sens,tiveness leaves him. and
he has longer any aspiration This l. not the re-
suit OF vindctiveness, but OF natural cause There.
lore, examining the natural law. We and
ness IN it, The old adage OF an, tor
ta" never enters into the economy OF natural laws
| instead OF making people good, makes them bad;
that life Is perpetual warfare against stubborn VA.
ture on the one side ana ignorance aud stupidity on
the other, that We did moi dgnt against these
obstacles 10 happiness suffering would do nothing
"a sea OF Iroubles' that we lend hem" BY OPP
posing them we would DO no better than driftwood
against the rocks. We are battling against punsh.
ment, and cannot accept II as coming from God.
Pam aud suffering make men and society worse, not
discarded altogether In conclusion, II was olaimed
that dong away with the ghost OF punishment would
make men love virtue and good acts all the more Tor
THE DEVIL WILL CEASE TO BE-REv E. c.
swEErsER
At the Third Univsrsaiist Church Rev. 4. G. Sweet
ser preached, selecting his text from John, ill.,, s.
"He that commitcth sin OF the devil for the devil
snneth from beginning" The preacher said:--
According the doctrine OF the partiast churches
the devil Is fallen angel. Hc once, It is said,
olori cha uol lint havin do
no cast out OF heavon and down to he'll, where
he chief OF all the helish clan. He sup
posed TO know the thoughts OF men, to be in all parts
Of the world at and to have such extraordinary
power that It would seem as II his sin must have
added to his native gifts tor good angel is repre-
sentcd having tthe OF such Influence. IL is
supposed moreover, that after the final day
all unrepenten souls OF men will be given his
hands tor everlasting punishment
Aside from its unScriptural character there sew
eraI objections this fabulous theory; but passing
them by let us turn 20 tho Bible IL rs disputed
point as how many the Bible calls the devil
by, but the verdict ascriDes the fol-
lowing titles to him:-"rhe SERPENT "the old ser
bub," "Mammon," 'the prince OF the power OF tho
arr" '.luciler, 'the god OF this world" and .tho
templcr.' 1t would be easy, however, to show that
these titles do all apply to the person or
thing. Beeizebub Tor Instance, was u heather IDOL
while Lucier was the King OF Babylon, any
may ny reading Tho context OF the only passage
the Bible where the word is found. The two
which the most reliance Is paced by those wno be-
lieve the orthodox devil "satan" and s'dabo-
los" the first OF winch IL u Hebrew word. and the
second Crock word.
THE NAME OF SATAN
The Hebrew word .'saian," or ''shaitan," occurs
thiry-our times IN the OId Testament aud thirty
times IN the New OF the thirty-iour times In
which IL III the Ola Testament ~ Is translated
'SItnah" once, twelve times adversary" or Adver-
saries," once ''witnstand thee" onco Ito resist
him. and once 'accusation." The remaining eighteen
times 1t is not TRANSLATED but is gwen ''Satan
the original. In the book Of job which is sacred
Il wicked being: not. however, prove, but