The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-03

the whole subject OF future punishment Is removed
entirely out OF the domain OF wrath and vindcrive
ness of the Almighty, and is placed wholly on the
ground OF the necessities OF moral OF law and
order In the universe. And this view was very gen.
orally Endorsed by the prcachsrs meeting Of that city
II, their subsequen. gathering. DR.. Thomas says,
however, that John Wesley has not many followers
In the Methodist ministry to-day who beheve In
iorm that there are Christians who hold that
are punished on account Of Gods wrath ana vindct-
ivssess rather than N consequence o. 'near own
law which joins penalty 10 sin oy links when only
grace
The Standard itself makes "a mathematical calcua-
ton based on figures probably not ovcrsiated, 10
show that the copies Of editorial and other newspaper
column literature Of the subject for the past three
weeks II joined end to end, would reach around the
world The subject, adds gives the orators on an
nADss A SUMNER RESORT
But the richest phase OF the discussion 10 Chicago
comes out open letter from Dr. Ryder pastor OF
ST. Paus Universast Church that city, 10 Professor
Swing and DR.. Thomas. He offers them his congralu-
tons these young converts not TO too far IN their
born lest the religious ord should yet have
the strange spectacle of tho Unversallsts defending
tho hell oil the Bible against the denial OF II by the or
thodox party. Inc secular press oil Chicago. COM
menting on The sermons OF those jealous converts
sairicaily calls attention to Hadss as summer resort
tor the discmboded.
The Rev. Or. Noyes through tho Interior tells tho
readers OF that paper that science has found out moth
ing new. and indeed, nothing At all, IN regard 10 the
uluro Of the wicked Sir. Tyndali the chief apostle
OF evolution, looks to future darker than tho
'blackness OF darkness" anu teiches fataism more
absolute than any ever held by any thcoIogian.
Neither astronomy, nor chemistry, nor any OF tho
natural Sciences" he says 'nor all the discoveries
together which this age has made has any lsnt
whatever upon tins subject The spectrum analy sis
when brings reports from otncr worlds, Is utterly
silent upon the question whether The holy and the
wicked 90 hence to dwell together in happy
love, or whether thew 60, the one 10 plest
abodes, ana the oner TO regions OF despair The lcle
phone enables US to speak 10 one another here over
intervening miles OF dstance but we turn The little
trumpet TO speak into eternity aud no voice gives US
BACK reply. What do men mean by their empty and
deusive and knocking words about the ignorapce OF
the past and the enlightenment OF the present as II
the present this question stood revealed in new
clear igntS There is no new light on this qacs-
ton. The New Testament gives US tho only iufOrinu-
ton that We can ever expect 10 have In this lie.
ExgGETIcAL REASONS FOR ETERNAL HE'LL.
Professor BOISE, OF Morgan Park, H. defends the
orthodox translation md meaning given TO the word
.everasung' or endless against the presumption Of
Dr. Hanson III nivcrsalist) who has challenged evan
geca ministers ana The evangelical press pubic
discussion of words aud doctrines. Or. Hanson had
made structures on DR.. Galuslla Anderson's cx-
cgess the Greek word ai0nt0s-evel lasti ng-and
Professor BOISE declares that IA lew minutes exam
nation shows how utterly reckless, unscholarly and
OF DR.. Hanson really are, and that too, subject
OF the most serious monent 10 every human being !"
The Professor shows that this word IN hi; or IFS
simpler form occurs 1917 times IN the New Testament
ana always has relation to endless duratiou whether
OF life or OF punishment The Interior defending It's
party against the theory OF humiliation which some
OF the Chicago papers characterized as projection Of
Darwnian theory OF survival of tho ltes into the
world declares that the type OF theology which
has shown the most persistent disposition and ability
survive the attacks on the laih Is Cavinlsm. "lt
As stood the brunt of assault from rival systems now
Tor about Two thousand years. and Its prospects Of
ultimate survival are at this time IN the ascendant"
The Northeastern Christian Advocate declares that
the teaching Of eternal penalty Is not new nor Is II
old In u sense That promises It's abrO2ation among
other things also old Not one man, II adds, who now
opposes the orthodox Bible doctrine oil eternal PEN
atty has produced solitary new thought or thrown
new suggestion into an old thought on tho subject
during the current discussion. The idea of penalty is
mans conscience, and the Bible iorcos the conclu
sion that penalty Is us enduring as Heaven. "Why,"
the editor OF the Northeastern asks ''why iDveigh
against prisons and penalty when they are AVOID.
aUIe? whatsoever WILL let him partake OF the waters
OF lilo freely. AS our simp,e Methodist theology has
ever taux h all may DC saved and saved gloriously
easily. Every single soul on earth may have an
abundant entrance into the Kingdom below aud
above, Now is tho accepted time, not In the mere
that God ~ mpurtunae 10 save, hut that man
tired heart longs now ivr rest and salva ti0u."
The ST Paul (Minn.) Chronicle tCatholic) says this
alone Tue ctcri,ai welfare OF ali men, but IL lies al The
base Of all public and private morality. AS there 10
but one hope Tor eternal lie Tor all men through tile
soul oil Catholic Church. the Chronicle III
Is hope Tor the well being ot society through
the restraining OF evil ana tho strengthening OF good
by the doctrine She everywhere iearlessiy
teaches. There was time when this doctrine
Of future eternal punishment was preached by the
churcn but now the Chronicle ADDS change has come
over complexion the clerical teaching, and TO-
day lew cergymon have the courage tU nnuouncc tnnt
human guilt will suner punishment in the future
-
very happy future awaits mankind; that even tho
murderer, uter temporary waiting upon the thrcsh-
OLD Of heaven will be admitted 10 The angelic society.
In other words, tho argument Is that the Almighty
condones crine ana tnat tho supposed divine laws rc
corded the Scriptures arc mere words with no pur-
pose or meaning
INHERENTLY OF SIN McRK IMPORTANT.
The Independent New York; thinks The question OF
eternal uaerlng little relative importance beside
The kindred question, VIII stu DO eternal? "We hear
CONSTANTLY says, ''Of the question OF eternal sui
ierpg or eternal punishment, and seldom Of eternal
IN go In ~
nor any good beng desires sin 10 be eternal. Ii II
should be eternal II viii DO because He cannot well
help II. II Is no small argument that SIN Will hnay
In some way cease; that God hates and Will be coin
PEELED, by His own nature, 10 put stop ~ IT, II He
il any way that will hot do more hurt than
good. His power BENG supposed to lie unlimited II
Is easy conclude that SO fearful thing us SIN.
never ending, perpetualed through a The ages ever
anu forever dotying tho Almighty, must cease" Inc
editor then tells us that there IS nothing In nature
in the character OF God or Of HIS pust government
give any reasonable hope that sin wi over be coI-
pletely destroyed out OF The universe. Aud II not
then punishment must be coequul with sin.
In answer to tho liberal cry Tor restatcment OF the
orthodox views punishment the Christian Advocate
says That Meth odism took Canon Farrars Journalism
aud Mr. Bcccher's Cavinlsm In hand more than II
century ago anu made all the restatoment on these
subjects mat this dIspensatiOn will ever need. The
odnOr OF the -idcocate however admits that slew
thoughtful men hold TO the material torment idea,
though every thoughtful man must confess inability
10 determine absolutely what The manner oi being
Will be IN the next world Cicero, he SAYS. about
NIFTY years before Christ taught that stu Is not TO re-
ceive future retributIvc punishment THIS ioavcn
corrupted The whole lump; soon society was moral
ccsspoo. But tine propnet OF Nazareth warning Of
tue dannatIon OF hell, arrested TINS disinte2raton.
His reasons Tor believing la future ana eternal pun
snmeut are - rnc Iuct OF sin It's uisnegratiug and
hardening power, the destruction by courses oi stu
oil the Godwurd faculties IN man, the natural history
OF sin, mprobaDility OF better chance hereafter
than here, Gods hatred oil stu and HIS
reriUuiive punishment Of 1t even IN this Lie; His
separation OF the righteous from the wicked anu HIS
pictures OF tie condition. oil the lost which exhaust
The power oil the human mind ~ conceive OF or COM
prehend their ieariuluess, aud, hnaIiy the dccIara
IONS of the Bible that the punishment OF tho wicked
or hualy nntenitcnt Is eternal An cxegcsis OF Tue
Hebrew and Greek words Is also given, aud The cd
tor concludes that II there Is only bare possibility
that this true II Is the height OF reckless
ness to do less tnun ones utmost through ali Inc
years ut all possible cost to avoid that possible DOOM
The Christian iHeiyeacer contents itscl! with citing
the Chaidee The RabDiacal and the Hcllenistic use
OF tue word gchenna as explicitly conveying The idea
never ending punishment ana That our l'oru hus'
have used III this scuse. The liked and regual
moaning of the word, both ny ctymVlo2y and usage,
Greek and HellcpstIc IT adds Is everlasting" aud
when II means Otherwise " IS ny iisurativc uppca
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