The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-07
HELL FURTHER DISCUSSED.
nors rTERNfL AG0Nr t"AIT siNNhnS
wv uuO DIE NOT REPENTfNG!
v.x wui,sm y. Corhit Pictures the
r,.,x Horrors that the Damned Endure
.'.,.r-o -other Preachers Holding 90 the
..,ns ,rrorment, and some Assailina IL.

u,ll was Yesterday again u topic tor mhhy
...o,ous Several firm believers III the uoe'rhc
'S.n.,l..s punishment came 10 the front ana
~ these was tho Rev William i. Corpt'
=, TRINITY Methodist Episcopal Church Jer-
", rnv He said last evening that ior thirty
ss,sn ycars he had ransacked hnraries IN thc
,nyoa,ieation Of the subject Nlolch' u'seusoS
IN the human body required violent renleuies'
"a soit was with the human soul IL was noe.
ossary to bring before sinners hen WIN at,
.shorr,rs its fiery lake with its names. and
.N ..,,,a If the damned ascending from II
Wv 49, aul over. The man who Stunned doing
,.a. a traitor 70 God. and cared more for
r,,i,ri,y with the people than for his duty
~ ti.,inctly Understood that there were de-
-. ~ punishment In he'll. as there were
s.araes NJ nappiness IN heaven. The penitent
no, who repented on the cross, had not
lac in heaven like ST. John and ~. faul.
plsi, common sense taught that II was not So
Tho man who had the most light on earth, ana
the boat opportunities for knowing MS DUTY
and neglected II. was the most responsive. ms
w,s no, his opinion; twas Jesus Chrlst steach-
In, What were the punshmcnts oi hcn' In
,hs first place. there was the loss Of heaven
n, the unconverted heaven would be IKE
beautiful landscape to q blind man. or music TO
, deaf one There was no mirth IN nell. no
wine cup no happy New Year. no glee In hell
an sensuous delights were lost All uxurles OF
bodv and mind we're swept away 10y the flrst
glance of the eye OF God. There was sensible
pain or II his hearers pleased tn put \ so. pun,
fuI sensation in he'll. In the Bille me wicked
nni tormented with fire and hr,ms'3ne
II was no, Mr. Beecher not Mr. ,SS2r-
bt who SAD ms, oS, as IN ranrusep,da tas py by
their being plunged into fire. The agony con-
sisted in painful snnsMion' Whs ,',ete @ riasy say
Ths Bbie declared the fire was not to be
auenched Mr. Wesley said that II there was
fire IN hell 1t was material IRE. ior there was N, no
such thing known as lnmaierial nre. bui
suppose. said the preacher. that we say tnM
thesc are only figures Of speech. Great God 4
The nuestion as to whether the material body
would not be consumed 10y fire had been raised;
There was material on thls earth that hat could ,,h
out losing the sixteenth part OF an ounce, The
fesurrected body was incorruptble and i'm
nal Goi could lei shadrach, Meshach. and
Abednego pass through the iiery furnace and
come out without even tho smell OF hrs upon
them he could also put the body IN hell where
II could not be consumed. There was not
man In the house who could hold his finger
IA msnn, te hnug fain,ine What Would become of him
in hell when placed in bath OF nref How
fsrcely the flames Of hell would hiss ana seethe
around the souls OF sinners.
The Rev Jas. VI. Pullman, in the Cniversalst
Church Of Our Saviour, said that II he thoueht
God had created human beings anu doomed
them for any cause. e cverlasting punish
nent without warming them of their liability TO
it. he should regard Him as an infinite mon
The Rev f. c. sweetser. In the Bleecksr Street
Univer-lllst Church, said that one hundred
years ago very few doubted the do trine OF eter-
nal punishment for those who died impcniicnt
The harsh doctrines OF Calvin We're spread over
Europe and this country. John Murray was
he Ne %as way perseated Fhe laws " Of some States
disqualified Uniycrsalists from testifying as
witnesses. The sabbath was kept a- day Of
dread and terror while the fear q hell was the
principal argument used TO make men Chris
tians lis lurid smoke and pirhy rames OBJ
fsured the heavens and cast q pail over So
cety. Ii was reign Of religious terrorism.
AMI drove many worthy mon INTO lnnlelUy.
Mighty changes have taken place In the uast
well as other church members. There Is u
storm rising that will sweep away OIL dogmas
aud let in Mood OF liberal ideas, In twenty
five years tho doctrine Of eternal punishment
will be regarded, like that Of witchcra!t, relic
Or. Taimage announced that next Sunday
morning he would preach on: " ls future pun
ishmentA myth. Joke or a tremendous iac'
The Rev Almon Gunnson. in All Souls Uni
versalist Church. Brooklyn, said; The agita-
ton on the subject OF hell has bu, Just COM
century Uniyersall-ts have laborei II becom
ing the accepted idea of those whose swords
have clashed with ours in hostile strife. The
brightest mtrects everywhere deny the exist
ence of hell. Those who defend 1t do So not SO
much on the ground OF conNiction q, On the
ground OF eXpetl l"ncy-not ~ punishment iur
Sins committed. but on the theory that sin will
exist Ia another world and. h"0ause sin i- cter.
Aal punishment will be endless. The days oi
the dogma OF he'll. that no man darys defend
are numbered. Next. honest men Will dcmuui i
arevlson OF the creeds oi Of,lodoSy and there
Will le the sevcrcst struggle 81 tho century
Honesty will demand an honest statement, cone
seryaism Will deny II. and the controversy Will
D. severe. hut honesty Will triumph. and the
essential idea on which the Universe llst Church
j. built and which Il has lahQrel for until II
has leavened the world II orthodoxy, will be;
cone in'orporated as ihe fsarlessly expressed
The Row. C. T.. NJ Carthy Of the American Free
Church said However | may differ with
may think Of hin, pers9nally. must a. knowl.
edge his power in the Christian Church Of this
country and | heartily agree with him in the
deearat On that II the doctrine Of he'll endless
torment were true. God would be hend. We
Will get Just rs much hell ia THIS world and the
ieXt IA We bring with US and make Tor our
Selves aAi no more. \ man makes his own
heaven Or his own hell. according 10 his
while upon earth. II We are in heaven or he'll
III sllfit here tonight, So VIII We 1e III heaven
81 ha! wA.u we die tomorrow Us the case may
be- Mr. Mccarthy referred 10 Dr. Lambert
whom 4 lai known as member u the Man
lauan Liberal Cub, acultivatel gentleman whc
believed iu nothing, and who at last found him
prison lie aided, iii | hal been him, or had
believed us he did would have shortened my
l'syeY quickly. Tempted by mammon, ne has
cultivated but erring gentleman like Dr. Lam,
bort ua. NJ through that fearful ORDEAL
Know ul 400 hell 80 terrible as his. And 20 II ie
with us al. we Will have Just ~ much holl here
q "" make for ourselves and Iust as much
hereafter ms IS good for US.
The Roy. & W. Breckenridge, OF the Seventh
Avenue Mothodi-t Church, Brooklyn. preached
ltom thc text, Then shall he say unto them on
tle l'u haul, depart from, me-, ye cursed, int
a-ling ilre prepared for the devil and his
angels. Here" said the preacher, God
speaks % certain individuals, and by his com
inand they are consigned 10 place of ever
lasting IRE. II, then, there be devil there
must be- place Of abode prepared for him
eni that place can be no other than hell
Is rrpresented as place OF eternal torment
Tho idea Of there being a he'll has been trans
mlurd from generation to generation and the
MpnKht Indicates that II originated with God
llls De- 10. then IL must bo found In the Bible
1he word ls used eleven times by Christ 10 ex
press m TIE most forclble language a place o
erae.ng and neyer-ending torment. The
spul That 0bscures those passages in the OlC
testament referring TO he'll is lifted when W.
COM ll the New Testament. the teach ngs O
Wh'll ar So plain that none may mistake tht
n''ra meaning of the word 10 he none otnel
IAh place Of everlasting torment"
,,th' Nev. George X. Allen. Of the North Bap-
u, CAuf't, Jersey City. said that the duration
hul 'hArii ter ot eternal punishment IL mo
ni.n'lut iu0 ,tlon for man. Christianity from
u'Nri} lr-i has been divided on this subject
- wll n"yer lose it, interest II Is preached
HpA VH uulpt II IL spoken Of al the ilres de
"a" common opinion IL that tho soul survives
Itidl lheit DIS no state Oi probation IN the neX
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