The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-01
BARNUM AID sANKEY.
The showman's viewsOi Future Pun
fshment.

The BhOwmHn's VieWsOi Future Fuh'
fshment.
Hartford Evening Post.
At the meeting in the South Baptist
Church Thursday night Mr.. Moody ap-
preached Mr.. p. T. Barnum with the
usual question, "Are you Christian
II think d man is very unwise VINO
don't believe in Christ and the principles
of Christianity" replied Mr.. Barnum.
Moody-You believe that is the only
true road to sslvation2
Bsrnum-Yes, l believe no man can
be saved from sin except by turning
away from it and practiclng the precepts
of Christ, and nobody can cheat the AL.
mighty. The fulfllment of His laws
brings peace, while the infringement OF
them brings trouble and sorrow.
THAT is what l believe" said MIR.
Moody, and he passed on.
Soon sfterward Mr.. Ssnkey asked q
young lady sitting next to Mr.: Barnum
whether she thought her ,oorks would
save her. She replied she thought good
works would count some toward her SAL
walton.
Sankey-There is where you are mis-
taken. If Your works were piled as high
as this church they would be ne service
to you. Here ia my Biblel Just show
me, if you can, where works are ever
counted as as any cvail.
"Eyery man shall DO rewarded accord
ing TO his works." ssid Mr.. Barnum.
Ssnkey-"He that believeth not is con.
demned already"
Barnum-"And this is the condemna.
ton, that light hath entered into tho
world and men choose darkness rather
than ligat."
Sankey-Do you believe all sinners
will be saved2
Bsrnum-Dsre you pray that any shall
be damned?
Sankey-l pray that all may repent
and be saved.
Barnum-Do tho angels rejoice over
the salvation of that very last lost sheep
that you sing 80 sweetly about in the
"Ninoty and Miner"
Sankey-Of course they do.
Barnum-Well, il you and the angels
and all good people pray for the ultimate
repentance and salvation from sin OF all
sinners, will not their prayers DO answer.
ed2 Do you not spray in faith" without
doubling" as you are commandedf
Here another gentleman asked MIR.
Bsrnum if he did not believe anybody
would go TO hell.
Barnum-Not to hell Of endless tor
ments, sir, for no such hell ever existed.
st. Paul in all his epistles and preaching
never used the word hell" in IN his lite,
so far as the New Testament testidcs,
and yet st. Paul said he had mot failed
to declare the whole counsel of God" and
that abe had kept back nothing thst was
profitable" to men. There will be no
ch,LdleSs mothers in the paradise of god.
Death and hell are to be finally destroyed;
every knee must bend and every tongue
confess. Christ will put all things under
His feet, and He has promised to draw
all men unto Him. He will render up
all to God, ana God will be all in all.
The way of the transgressor Is hard; and
those who persist in "riotous living" Will
be brought to the husks and the swine,
but the Good Father, whose mercy eh-
iureth forever and extends over all His
works, will wait with open arms until
that last wandering, bruised and battered
sheep, slowly, tremblingly wendS its way
back to the fold-snd then the poor
mother who had so long prayed AMI
wept for the return of her wsyward soR
will ioin all other reunited families and
the choir of holy angels in singing an
thems of praise and thanksgiving to God,
the Savior of the world mot part OF the
WORLDLY, for at last overcoming evil with
good and establishing everlasting right
eousness.
At this point the gentleman who &C
companied Mr.. Bsrnum reminded him
thst 1t was time TO go.