The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-11

punishment the fact has been ELECTED that there
now no universalsts such as our fathers knew. Unit
vcrsalists are now become Restorsonists. The tidal
wave 81 excitement which has ATTENDED ths discussion
has subsidized. leaving convection all minds. almost
those who reject Gods pardoning love. We afford
TO turn away our thoughts IRON the contom-
pation of the doom OF the impenltent aud
TX them upon the glorious condition Of sinners
redeemed by the precious blood oil Christ. What shall
which may dwell with delight Tho aged APOSTLE
John, writes u his Christian brethren, saying, "Be
loved, now arc we the sons Of God" He cannot how
declare to them all the glory which this sonship
Involves He afirms that tho glory OF the sons Of
God has not yer been manifested, but" he adds.
ave know that when II shall DO manifested we shall
DO ike him." We are Coos children, therefore We
snail be like our Father God. No man uninspired
would have dared mako oucn assertion. He
would have ieit that mon, conscious Of ilLdesert
would never believe such an nmaxng statement. Men
iustinctvcly feel that the poor heather WAS right
who SAID sit too much to say that We are soma
OF God Let the translation be, sWc shall DO per.
mitted to kiss his ieet.'" Our sonship involve,
similarity. but not equality We shall be- similar ia
God in appearance. IN glory aud IN power. The
Christian may allow his imagination 10 couture up
tho splendors oil kngly palaces. the magnuccnco Of
royal robes, the brliuncy OF crown Jewels ard ycl
he shall not be aole TO apprehend tho sum Of the
glories which shall be revealed In him ~ last
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT-REv. j. J. MUIR
The Rev. J. j. Muir, pastor of the Macdougal s:rcct
Baptist Church. preached last evening from the text
.'Shal not the Judge Of ali tho earth do right ?"
EXODUS xiii, 25) Tho pastor began his discourse
by asking tho question, els tnero a future punish.
ment for man p" which he answered in the Affirmative
and sustained his argument by quotations from IL
Bible and also Inc laws which govern human nature.
Man, no reasoned, was rational and
sponsibe creature, and was therefore amen
able to law. The penalty for crimo was not
decided by the transgressor but by the judge.
All must submit to the decision OF the judge,
matter what tho penalty may be- The criminal,
he stood before the bar OF justice, should submit to
tue verdict and upon that depended tho penalty for
his crime. Another line Of thought said the preacher
- that no one ivcs up to his conceptions OF right
What sought 10 be ascertained, no said, was
II Jesus Christ, tho founder of Christianity, had
taught the doctrine OF future punishment Tho
preacher declared his emphatic belief that tho
saviour mad. quoting tho text, Matthew viii, II,
which described those who will DO cast into
outor darkncss"rherc shall be weeping and gnashing
Of tccth." Also In Matthew kill, where hs warns
hypocres against the fires hell in the parable Of
tho rich man, and In Lazarus Ia represented the
dition Of tho lost soul begging for drop OF
In that graphic description Of the Judgment Matthew,
twehtythird chapter) declared that the good shall be
rewarded In heaven and the bad consigned to eternal
punishment. What is the nature OF this punishment
Speculation cannot solve tho question. God, who
only knows the future, can solve that problem When
scohers can tell what SIN il then he, tho preacher
would describe tho nature OF tho hcli OF the damned.