The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-28
STILL PREACHING ON HELL.
<rInrlTr or VIEWS ENPRESsED ny a
M TBER or Ot q 'LERG rMEN.


The clcrgymcn are still speaking out ON
the suhcci Of hell. and their sermons OF yestcr-
day presented wide range Of views. A lay
man Mr. L. Cannon. also took Ut the current
religious theme. He locturcd at 13s West
Twonty fourth street maintaining that the doc
trlnc of eternal torment is a disgrace to the
nineteenth century. lie used an Illustrative
panorama that he had himself painted. Tho
principal picture was cnllcd The Judgment OF
the World" ana was ci..h, 10y twenty-five feet in
siae. 4 line separated the earth. on tho lower
half OF the canvas. from heaven on the upper
half. Two graveyards on the earth had tomb
stoncs with inscriptions and the resurrection
WAS indicated by the emerging OF corpscs.
Forms wore seen on their way toward heaven.
Thcrc were green mountains with angels stand
ing on thcm. n railroad with train. and steam
ships. several serpouts were representcd-one
emorgng from n pit and seized by an angel
who was about to cast it down and secure IT for
a thousand years. rock was supposed to be-
the one that tho wicked prayed would fall ON
them and obscure them from the sight Of God.
In heaven. Jesus sat In the centre of the great
white throne. surrounded by angels. The
lightning flashed forth from him on cithcr side
b the earth. Some Of the people approaching
the throne were dressed in white and some in
black The former were to lie received into
heaven and the latter doomed TO burning lake
Of hrc and birthstone. which was close at hand.
Several dragons were lurking among the angels.
Nj. Cannon has other paintings. one being sew
eral hundred feet in length. and the walls Of his
residence are covered with them. lie has a
chronological chart that was made 10y Horace
Qreolcy
The Rcv. George II Hopworth. in the Congrc-
rationnl Church of the Disciples. used Paul's
warning to the Hebrews of " judgment and fiery
Indignation. which shall dcvour the advor-
sarie- rs a text for his sermon on After
death what" He affirmed his belief In the
existence Of a hell where those who sin in the
light II knowledge would be punished. Dar
win had laid down the law that power that is
nrt used becomes extinct from which II could
b., logically dcduccd that the inclination to
wrong-lolng might bc dwarfcd by remaining
dormant while by high thoughts and right liv-
Ing a mans moral faculties might grow until
he attained perfection. and stood an archangel
before the throne. But the law was two
edged sword, and cut also the other way. The
moral nature. by non-usc, might become dor
niant. aud man could grow in wickedness until
BE- lo-t the power to turn back and went to per-
dltion. Iftherc was an eternity Of JOY for the
good. there must be it, opposite for the punish
il'n ti NF''N- II SIN wiz tl'iHhls llS lluulSu-
mcnt would be eternal. H. said that he could
not define hi- idea Of he'll. but he believed II TO
b. burning OF som" sort Whether hell would
b. 4 place oi everlasting punishment. or wheth-
could not say. II was certain that wrong could
never be in His presence.
The Rev James VI Pullman. In the Univer-
salist Church OF Our saviour. said that il was a
childish thing TO indulge In doubts about a
future life. God would not accept as a plea for
bad stewardship that the future was too vague
a. inspire us to eXertion. We had just as much
reason to believe in a future life as we had to
believe in any definite term of the present life
What he expected to find in the eternity was
fh" same God, and III. same connection bo-
tween w.N doing and harpiness and hni've..u a
vi doing and suffering. He should 60 into IL.
NOT "a from mn ended probation, but us into a
cOmmon'ing probation.
Methodist Church. Wiliamshureh. said that
those who harden their hearts toward God Will
reap ia the end the treasury of wrath they have
luid up for disobediencc aud sin. They will be
THs Ic,. Elra Tinker in the Central Method;
1T Church. Eonkcr-. said that the doctrine oi
tho non-eN istence OF hell j. sustained hy those
vino have only Il superiiriUi knowledge of the
Bible. and 10y those VINO frat they may 20 there.
There is a feeling imulunted IN every mind
That wrong doing ought o. he punished. Il do
not advocate doctrineof eternal and material
fro" he continued. There j. a bOttOmlrsH pit
already in memoryand an accusing consoienre.
Tue thought of what you might havc done, bu,
iuled through WIN ness 70 do, Is enough 10
The l,ey I,anc S,hwab Of the Jewish Conere-
cation Beth Eohim. William -hursh. said (on
Saturday that th" terms iiom which Christian,
ueriyc their purud -e and heil aro-e during the
tHrrr controversies between sud lace and
Ileri-ee- heiorr the Christinn era. The mighty
TutiOn that had taken llnce in tho Jrw -i
INni through the luilutnre II the Greek phi
o-llhy he'd their thinkers 20 ponder ON the
higher problems Of life, ana - try To- solve them
- philnr iihi'al reasoning. one oi these was
te apparent injustice ut God in dealing with
the righteous and the wicked on this earth. and
the Pharisces stepped in with the theory that
.
rAed % earthly existence, but extended into the
lie ~ come. The controversy was keut up for
over threo hundred years. ana the longer
Il Vac continued the ner'er 1t became.
unil the Pharlscrs had matrrlal 2ed their doe
time ly giving names un1 assigning DlAse- 10
Nari, ana pun nishments alter death. Thc
il.N' ~ reward they called Paradise, the Gar
uen Of ten. after the known brauti al resort
OF lhe ht~l par; and thht ul punishment they
c,lled q Ohinnuu iGehennnl. This GrhinnOn
WIS formerly o fertile valley near Jrrusnlem.
wherr At various times lsraoltish children had
u, reason In after agrs held 10 bc Il most
apmlnAhie spot aud IN look ins out for name
tlis one Suggested itself 10 the jewish theolo-
ciana rs tlle iitlst. II was certainly the only
ian' u7'd by them for H." imaginary pa'r. ~
divine rctrihutlOn. The locality Of rith'r the
p'A'o oi reward or punishment was II matter Of
T. N ninnui. ih" minds " the people being rat
isne1 " IN IN" faith in "A first and second Gc-
lcnne. ani first and second Paradise. whore
twsrl, pr pun -hments would be- dispensed by
hpl IN" current Of opinion, then, was that
thr on aud the wicked the other. This waS the
lrst reward or rctribut ion-the second wnH 10
come ~ the 1, ru1rcct on Vhnn God would have
LIS gsn raj judgment day The rewuri ui tho
lia would he the enjoyment Of eternal life and
Vs RESI- 'ndrnt glory OF God A. 10 the pun
!shm"hl ~ the wicked nt the resurrection, the
opinion Of the theOlOgians was divided. one
s"ton ~ ths Phar!sees held that the wicked
would hni revive, or be rcsurrectcd at nll. but
would be cicrnally kent in the grave as thor
prison. But from the Ialmud we learn
thR some Of them believed in "A general res
urfe,t0n. and that the bad would receive from
bh their final doom. which was to enter
ueh"nuN again. but whether for time or for
eternity was not settled They hcstated 10
uarh NE eternal punishment Of the wicked, Tor
me rraSJn that repentance might take place
Shortly beflr- death and their first GehennA
PROV sum len, 10 cleanse ard save the sinner.
Insy were only free IN prOnouncing eternal
hun"rlus 10 lnides, HpOsuites. hetrnyers Of tho
hNlOns fAus", and those misleading others In
IN. IhM Gehcnna WAS place u fire was the
%nW1i assumption BECAUSE MolJch was n
neat ~ liul; ana the words, Behold tho day
c3in"h mat shnll burn IN an oven, wer" con-
nhrr'd % refer to the judgment day. Iho
!pwah 10 'trlno ~ rewards and punishmcnis
ils nat"riHIllrd. could never aitrWHrd attain
We wye Or dignity II an article of fnilh
iNh 'nr-uonlly adopted IT II not surprs
X ~ Us lrst propagaiors were npoSiat'
niu V'' religious notions current nt thnt tln"
bll What strikes MS with surprise isthat Mt III,
h'ernI me some diyinrs uphold theunilquntet
a1N 'nr oi u mnt'rHl Paradise and hell n
aie dn 'rIne TINT WIS only an oir- hoot of th'
ilNil 'NI lat the Sull lucrpA