The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-27
ELDER Ev.fNs on HELL.
What shak erism Teaches on Divers Points-
How he Hopes 60 Convert Bob lngersoii.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sn Shak-
or,sm "a ,bo Naz.re,h Of Cbria,ondop Ono
eiS'n 10 'no N"''i'.n y, WI .. ono
hundred years ago the Christ spirit. through
Ann Lee, broke tho seven scns with which the
Ii,,lo nj written n, tho ipsido tho ou,siJo
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and on the backsidc, was sealed. The unlearned
could not read this book. because they know
roi,ncr uohrc,v nor Grenk Ncithnr could mo
hethcI hepr'w nor urcoh' N..'"cI cuu'u 'ne
learned. because II was sealed In the old
hcnvcn and old cnrth there WINS not mnn who
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upon II, 80 M 10 READ even what was written
upon the outside thereof II took IA Christ
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woman " .,v"s '''o '."'' ,'''' y,y'' ~ ''"" ~
contents. what new thcolOgy did she read Z III
there ara TO be n new earth and new heaven in
-. - a., c,.,,a,t ,,l,,,,,h ~, i,o,. hi,io.,
r,oJ IN ,ho oTaira NV manu- hc Gr, I
foundations-of both the old and new should
ho ,,,oori,. 80. tors,,o1 t. 4, INV ,,.r,oI ,b,,
ue ciehrS uhu'rsVV"u' Is any h"lNcl un'
the rulers IN the old earth and heavens-Church
and Statn-nre not able To bpar oven n look into
,hose nr,,c,nlss ,ho, underlie tbo now orJo, :,
tnose priholpi"s 'h". uhucriie 'h' nv" oruoi III
Church and State. which will supplant the oldl
1t is like the change In life relations NJ Pcnta-
wss c nj al bgrpsanv in The I RHan Ma
All existing forms Of Christianity. Whether
Catholic Greek. or Protestant, are. In their cs-
scnce. Church and state organ znlions. Cot
le'tively they are the church IN the Wilderness
state-l26O years This Church in III. Wilder
ness claims authority. in the name Of God. ms
against the right Of private judgment in mat
tiers Of faith and conscience. It assumes to reg
uate the human understanding. Tho suhor-
dinate Protestant -ects-littlc images-prOtest
against this claim 10 authority and infallibity
on the part " the Greek and Catholic churches.
while they each In lis sphere. exercise the same
power as those churches 50 far a. they can con-
trol the State. They send heretirs to prison in
this world and to an eternal he'll in the next
II asserts that belief is a product OF the will.
not n result of evidence that salvation + re-
ward OF belief not the result Of cen-ing to do
evil while dnmnatiun-et hrll-iH the
punishment for not believing some Theological
mystery that the teachers thereof don't prpfr
To comprehend Ii asserts that war l. "A Chris
tinn element the Church and state in one ma
ton may properly wage Christian warfare with
the Church and State Of another nation, thus
max ing he'll upon earth The Church from the
Catholic hierarchy 10 its least image claims
the right Ia use State laws and state power To
restrain her.tlc- To support an inuui -iiion.
At present In America II socks ~ inilnt pc
culinary loss and to o.trncise hrrctr- from
good society That is only the beginning. The
Church teaches also. that there j. No. probation
beyond the grave" no progrr--ion-nt death
eternnl happiness perfect and complete. or
eternal he'll IRE excruciating. helpless. hope
less endless physical pain. AMI horrible mental
agony Finally. IL teaches that the Oh earth
and heavens which are to hc DESTROYED at the
Day Of Judgment. are the material earth aud
heavens They will be burned with material