The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-07
The Beecher Farrar discussion.

The discuEsionsstarted BY beecher ana
the Dean Of Westminster still goes on
spacs 10 the newspapers. We presume
tia, the world Is to suffer a species Of
"sndless punishment from this time on
BY being compelled to read endless dis.
cussions Of the subjsct. The Cleveland
Herald, in order to bring matters to a
point, 50 far as thA. city is concerned,
ha. %propounded the following questions
to tho different ministers Of that city;
i. Do you believe in q hell1
q. II 60, what sort Of a place do you
think IL Ia, and where isit?
s. What classes and kinds Of people go
there7
s. once in, can they ever get ont2
6. What is the character Of the pun
ishment inflicted upon the lost soulH
7. Is the doctrine Of eternal damna-.
lion plainly aud necessarily derived
from The original Hebrew and Greek
versions Of the Bible?
d lA q Ddllel III uHll III GsnSnhaot Pa
Of the Christian religionf
To these interrogatOr les three Of the
ministers addressed have already sen'
in answers. Among them is a reply from
Raw. Robert Moffe 4, a minister who ID
known to quite a number Of people in
this city and IN Brooke County. HI
preached u series OF discourses at the
Disciples Church here n year or so ago
He replies as follows 10 each question
|. 1 believe there Ia a hell. Jesus says
"Fesr him who, aiter,he hath killed, hath
power to cast into hell" -.
2. Hell Is not "in US" for we cannot be
cast into ourselves. Il Ia not q mora
evil or hurtful state OF mind" because it
Is something into which the wicked are
cast after the body has been killed. It il
described in the Bible as "outer dark.
nsss""from the presence OF the Lord" and
"irom the glory Of his power" We car
locate it as easily rs We can locate
Heaven. -
3."The fearful and unbelieving, and the
abomiuable, and murderers. and who're
and sorcerers, and idolsters,
and all liare shall have their part il
The lake which burneth with FIRE and
birthstone, which is the second DEATH"
4. They are sent there because OF dis
obedience and transgression.
s, The punishment is eteTLaGing Matt
XIV: 40. In Matt. xviii: S.9 shell"
(gehenna), il substituted for "he ever
lasting FIRE" to put TO aionion). To be
cast into hell, and into "he everlasting
fre," are, in the language Of Jesus, iden.
tical expressions. 1.-THE ersrtaSstng, freI,
substituted by Jesus for the word "hell,'
il never, in a single instance, in the Ne"
Testament applied TO anything limited OF
temporal. The separation between the
righteous and the wicked is compared e
a"eulf fixed" 30 that those or either aide
"cannot pass" to the other. Luke, XVI
&c. nm,
q, II is described as "%torment,' "yen'
geance," destruction" CONDEMNATION
abanishmen,," "outer darkness" "ever'
lasting fire. '"ihe lake Of fire and brim.
stone." These are mos, fearful words and
phrases. They we're doubtless the besI
the Lord could find in human language ii
which to communicate His thoughts
Having chosen such forms OF expression
we are not justified in the conclusion tha'
hell has in Il any enjoyment. "Itis a fear
fulfilling to fall into the hands Of the liv'
ing God"
I. The English Scriptures are, in The
main, a truthful translation Of the He,
brew and Greek Scriptures. The word
hadees IL, however. Improperly translated
hell. Gehennu is used twelve times in the
New Testament, and 10 always properly
translated hell. Rddees is used eleven
times in the New Testament, and ten times
is translated hell and once grave. Ia
only one instance does il refer TO hell
and in this because the rich man was in
that part OF hadea called Tartarus, which
il equivalent in suffering to hell.
g. Faith in Jesus as the Christ the Son
Of God Ia essential to tho Christian re,
Iision. Such a faith implies u belief Of
all that He and His inspired Apostles
have taught.
Now Lot me suggest that the same
questions 10 answered in regard TO
heaven. The reader will see that these
questions are quite MS difficult to answer
M the others. It will also occur TO many
that the logic that proves there is nc
hell will also prove that there is nC
heaven. Il. MoFFErr.