The New York herald., 1878-03-31


Jesuit, pursatory. He seems 10 have the science
OF surveyor among all the secret tracks ahd the Tor
midabls divisions OF the 'bottomlcss pitt Beilarmiu
informs thero are beneath the earth four dit
iersut places or proiouud place divided into iou'
parts. The deepest OF these places is bell II con,
ia,ns all The souls Of The damned. where WI
and likewise all tho demons Tho place nearest
hell 10 purgatory, wherc souls purged, or rather
ines He says that the same fires and the tor
alike In both thsso places, tho only differ
duration Next 10 purgatory the limbo OF those ln-
fapts who die without having received the sacra-
ment; aud the fourth place Is the limbo OF inc
before Dirth OF Christ but since the days OF the
Redsaner this last dlvison Is empty IKE an apart
ment TO be let.
THE PAGAx's AND ixPAxrs HILL
"a later Cathohc tnsoIoais, the famous rillemont,
all the ustrous pagans the eternal tor.
msnls OF hell because they lived before tue time OF
Jesus and therefore could not DO benefited w the
ss%nsaS =, a h. own y, swopS rsmo:
'rhus by his own hand hc onded his miserable life
begin another tho misery of which will never end
Yet history records nothing bad OF this PRINCE Jor-
observes that he added this reelection III his later
editiVn so that tho good man he grew older grew
uncharitable IN his religious notions IL Is In this
manner TOO, that The Benedictine editor OF "Justiu,
Martyr" speaks OF the lustrous pagnps. The fAther
resemblsd HIM, inllinss thiak they fixed
he'll but tho Bensdctino editor takes good pans TO
clear good Ia,her from the shameful imputaion OF
supposing that avIrtuous pagan might DO saved ~
well us a Bsnsdc'ine mons"
"Authony Cornelius, q lawyer In the sixteenth
century wrote small tract, whicn was 80 eicctually
suppressed u monster Of atheism that copy ~ now
only 10 be found in the hands Of tho curious This
author rdiculed tue absurd and horrid doctrine OF
"niant dAmnation," and was Instantly decrisd rs M
atnsis, and the printer prosecuted 20 his ruin"
DR.. Adam CiurKs's Commentary In proof that tho
word 'hell Is from the Saxon heian," and means 20
. slate roof on his house hc heIIs IT, or
covers bis books With paper he bells them
In critical cxegesis OF the Greek words Translated
.liie" and "hre' In connection WIN hell Mr Small
makes the point that underlying all Is tue idea that
nrc OF he'll IL 10 burn itself out, consume ashes
but not 10 be Quenched. But tha as Ia the fires OF
Gcnenna Jerusalem, the OF tho ofai there
consumed were not buried "heled," 30, by infer-
ence tho ashes OF consumed sinners vii! not be
cred In eternity But as ths word '.puri' ~ used IN
the SCRIPTURES the OF cleansing US by fire,
there Is q chance for some OF the scmtcrcmated 10
escape alter they have been sufficiently purgated IN
hell.
A HOT FOUNDATION FOR CHRISTIANITY.
"Americus," oi tnIs city, gives iui permission TO
those who insist going 10 he'll but nc cannot ad-
right OF CHRISTIANS to discard certain dogmus
Of the Bible tina. may os ooJec.'onsbe ana to alter
convenience. Since Tho beginning of Chrisaniy, he
says, tyrants ana martyrs alike have believed IN tho
existence OF hell NJ place aud state OF punishment
for the wicked aud some oi them quite content
TO assign their enemies 10 the Internal abodes In-
deed The doubts aud dsuias OF hsl says, very
modern and are peculiar charactcristcs OF
age-namsy, throwing oil all tnc0nvenlent RESPONSE
Diit,es. But while such antcipuions regarding post
morte,n existence may not DO pleasant to many per-
SOUS especially such do not load vrtu0as lives,
It IS glaringly absurd 10 blink them or reason them
away after The manner OF some The goal OF tue
Christian Is heaven, and the Book mat civil
ixed men swear by 10 explicit enough. "Amer-
,ess" thinks rssarS,ns 0S,n heaven %o,r rv,, ana
that wncn they give up the hell doctrine which
the basis Of their creed. The Christian ''crsed"
must bo u queer compound or iormula 10 have such
many bases. Ono class Of correspondents tell
thut Christianity Is based upon the divinity Of
Christ; another OH His atonement; u thru on His
Puau ~ m.
based he'll and that u Is NO use for Us 10 phoso-
puize about ariccs Of faith, and he who attempts II
w come 10 grici. "Philosophy and faith, ne thinks
antipodes Of each other and canuot be ANAL
ga,nated." Wonaer II "Americus" ever heard Of
10 iath or Christaniiyf No religion, he says, can
exist without taithicast OF all Christianity. when is
founded upon II. "Faith In heaven and nell 10 the
lou ndxtiun oil the Christian monument, but though
differences OF opinion have madea perfect babel Of the
Cuurcn OF CHRIST, OF the workmen have hereto
lore dared question the existence OF that great
ner.stons hell"
.'oH HE'LL"
'One OF the People," working woman. sends us q
synopsis Of what she knows about hell. For why
should she know much other tolk about this
topic which the heoiogians jump ~, she says. as II Il
know no moro ABOUT It IMAM tho baby" When they
dead, however, they will realize the solemn here.
aiter not before Tnis correspondent thinks It is
sacr,iegc Tor any one, minister or To set him
sell up AS dissecier Of tho attributes OF God" "lt
Is conceit and presumption bordering on piasphemy
TO ounvass such themes. What do they know about
ny Tho question OF hell has become regular
nuisance" Our correspondent, no doubt, viii DO
GLAD 10 know shat The Board Heath are empower red
abats nuisauces IN this city, and now that their
attention Is directly called 20 H. VIII attend 10 this
This ''nuisanco used to DO ''conlncd TO the lower
orders-stablemen, corner loaers," &c.-who woro
accustomed ~ use the exclamation, ''Oh, hehl"
But now, when 'Ono oil the People" goes TO
church, she hears nothing but "hell again. F"
And the so.calied divine announces that u
cernin country should bo thrust into the
s.lowest depths of hell" She thinks OF US oven
here ''experence hell OF time the Of our
fellow mortas because wo have not tho tact and cum
ming that they POSSESS" "ihcy uro the riders, we
the ridden ,hey play hell with u.s." SO that havo
to pass through "a thorny help every day Of our
lives This, a. Ioast, Is different II not more
durable nell to that which otner correspondents de-
scribe or protest against
an" thiuks there has been talk enough about hclI
Ito sicken anybody" awe do not want 10 know" he
says "whcther there Is he'll not, but people will
be Interested 10 know something about heaven It
will do more good and bring more people 10 tho
Saviour than preuching about hell Some time ago
bought place Of music ontitlod, Heaven Is the
Other Sidc.' While my wife WAS delighted with tue
music WAS pleased with tho words Of tho song, Tor
they have done me more good than hundred sermons
would do and II tho pastors were 10 read these words
IRON Their pulpits they would 90 moro good than by