The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-04-11

SDAY, APRIL IL,
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AS bit of personal experience by {
lady Of large brains and large heart
the following extract from letter Il
the New York Tribune by Mics Cath
crime e. Beecher deserves careful ani
thoughtful reading: ir G
In Baxteris Saints Rest given t.
me when 1 Was vainly trying to low.
God, It is written that the torments o.
sinners will be universal. The liquid
fire will prey on every part-the eyel
will be tortured with sights Of horror
the ears with howls and curses of com,
panions in torment, their smell with
fumes of brimetone, and no drop ol
water shall cool their tongue, no res
pite relieve their agoniss. President
Edwards. in . work given me to lead
me to love God, says the saints in
glory will see the sufferings Of the
damned with no grief, but rather with
reioioing. They will not be sorry for
them, but will be excited by joyful
praise. DR.. Emmons, whose preach
ing 1 heard when sorrowing for a
friend supposed to have died unregen-
crate. taught the happiness of 'the
elect in heaven will In part consist In
watching the torments of the damned,
and among them will be their own
children aud dearest friends f; and yet
they will sing hallelujah, praise the
Lord. My fathers friend, DIR. Gardi-
ner Spring, of New York, said that
when an angry God undertakes to
punish, he will convince the universe
that he did not grid himself in vain.
1t will be glorious when he who hung
on Calvary shall cast those who have
trodden his blood under their feet into
q furnace of fire, where shall be weep
ing aud wailing and gnashing Of
teeth. My fathers friend, DR.. Nehe-
miah Adams, of Boston, says it Is to
be feared that the fOrty-two children
who mocked Elisha are now in hell,
President Edwards, in his sermon,
Sinners in ths hands Of an angry
Cod, says you cannot stand an in
slant before Al infuriated tiger; what,
then, will You do when God rushes
against you in His swrath2 Spurgeon
Of England says at the day of jude-
ment thou wilt have twin hells; thy
soul sweating drops of blood and thy
body suffused with agony DR.. Tai
madge of Brooklyn, paints the mis-
cries of hell in . similar language.
The Methodist Christian Advocate
represents that this denomination, on
yearly average, gives only 81 cents for
zach person to save O.OO0, 600 BROTH
ers and sisters from wading chin deep
through the torments of eternal death.
The biographer Of president Edwards
rays that when preaching on the dan.
gers of hell, at times, the whole con-
yregation arose, emitting their breasts.
and grooming. Ny father re.
jected the idea ofliteral fire and brim.
stone torments, but 1 once heard him
in Cincinnati describe the miseries of
The wicked shut up together with ell
heir horrid passions, and 1 should
have been affected, as were the hear.
srs Of President Edwards, had I not
escaped by leaving the church, As did
my sister, Mrs. Stowe.
For the benefit Of those who claim
hat the doctrine of Q materialistic hell
s NO longer taught, we present the fol-
owing passages from book written
,y Rev. j. 8. Furnis, and published In
Eagland few years ago by ecclesl-
.stical authority for the instrustion
II the young.
We know how far It is to the middle
II the earth, 1t 10 just four thousand
niles 80 If hell is In the middle of
he earth it is four thousand miles to
he horrible prison of hell. Down in
his place is terrible noise. Listen to
he tremendous, tho horrible uproar Of
Of tormented creatures, mad
vith the fury of helll Oh! the screams
# fear, the groans of horror, the yel:s
# rage, the cries of pain, the shouts OF
'gOny, the shrieks of despair, from
Millions on millionsl There you hear
hem roaring like lions, kissing like
bowling like dogs, and vail
Dg like dragons. There you hear the
'nashing of teeth and the fearful
of the devils. Above all
'0u hear the roar of the thunders OF
iod's anger, which shakes hell to its
But there is another
ound. There is in hell q sound like
hat of many waters. 1t is as if all
he rivers and oceans ofthc world were
curing themselves with great splash
own Oh the floors of hell. Is it then |
eally the sound Of waters? 1t is.
Are the rivers and the oceans of the |
arth pouring themselves into hell |
10. What is it, then? ltisthe sound
{ oceans of tears running down from |
lillions of eyes. They cry forever
nd ever. They cry because the sui
hurous smoke t0rments their eyes.
hey cry because they are in darkness.
hey cry because they have left the
heaven. They cry because
le sharp fire burns. = The roof
red-h0t; the walls are red-hot; the
oor 10 like thick sheet of red-hot
on. See, on the middle Of that red.
Of floor. atanda girl. She looka