The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-07
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ghile regard the teztitself sass.
ting fofever.this question, yet there ar
| qthes arrgpnents which n a- 4 b. nolieeI
az cSfyobDfstive.
td} enay derive az ;. uent Sron
the trcdtftoraI belief ees men of all sges
savage and civilized. ~ s-s'S'
! In ailaystems Of religinn the doctrinl
OF fntuse punishment hns, had q ,sIIAch
Inc aflcient Greeks had theis Tafkaru,
thei Latina their h.Jernus, the Mort
Aaegtcan Indian consigned his foes I,
qieArF waste, where 20 cooling streer,
and' pleasant hunting grounds WEI,
GnoWn. Oar word Hell is In Anglo
Saxon and Danish word, meaning Ia,
abode ofievil spirits after death. Hsk
China.uan, "Where will you 20 vher
you die?" BE answers, al shslI no T. I,
hell TO receive the punishment for m,
sins" l1'his ON the authority or Dr.. i
6: Hartwell, our Missionary to Cbjns
This belief is universal Il Is worthy O
consideration in she argument.
| ~ We haye what -ill call i,yes,i,an n
Tee evidence in favor Of my position,
All denominations of Christians. In AL
| the ages since Peter and Paul TO the prea
ent time, hsss held the doctrine tha IN,
future puniahment of the wicked voiIld
Dc, endless, and men who have reiccted
this dogma have beeu regarded as un.
sound. and have been expelled from ths
Churches. To this rule know of fno
exception. This belief. coming down
from the days Of Christ, accepted b. The
Christian world as tbs TEACHINGS of s;crin.
ture, long chain, all connected, with no
link wanting, the conscnsus of. the Chris,
tian Churches and OF q large majority OF
Biblical critics is very strong evidences in
favor Of the common Interpretation OF
the .te3t. "
lal Coming &c The Scripture, 1 offer
you what Twill call incidental testimony.
~ OF Judas Iscariot our Lord said :
1t had been good for that man If he had
not been born" ."-Matthew 26:24. AN
who believe in future punishment believe
that Judas was lost. This / take for
granted. But If from ssfhst lost'estate tie
Betrayer could escape and 20 to Heaven.
then hie' blessedness would be complete :
his life would be holy and happy. and II
in the far distant future he shall ascend
to Heaven, then the words of jesus cam
not be understood, for no life of sufferinqs
can be 80 extreme in duration or degree
40 to outweigh an eternity Of bliss Which
he shall ultimately enjoy.
w Again, Jesus said: "Whosoever
apeaketh word against the Son of Man
1t shall be forgiven him; but whosoever
speaketh against the Holy Ghost it shaW
not be forgiven him, neither in this scorld.
neitherin TIE scortdto con,c."--Ifnth. IL: So.
May we not infer that men had commit
ted this dreadful sin, that they were then
in danger of committing it3 or Why these
warnings of Jesus7 We have one sin.
TO-, against the Holy Ghost, for which
there il no forgiveness, not in the future
world. We have one man, Judas, whose
misery is 30 extreme that his Master said
Of him :'Il:: I: T@eTe bttt4ter Tor 5hitn that he
had moi been bor1." The case 10 made
Gat. One ePple groHif. g and ripening on
q tree is proof conclusive that the tree
that bears it is an apple tree. Here are
two proofs to the same effect. These are
but "side-light" proofs, however. Who
can say that these are exceptional case: 2
Does an exceptional apple grow and
ripeH on fig tree? :
(d) Let ua consider the direct teach.
ings of Gods Word. 1t plainly declares
that the conditions Of men are forever
fixed Mt death.
In the text the words Everlasting" as
applied to the punishment of the wicked.
and eternal" as applied to tile bappi-
iisss of the righteous, mean the very
same thing. In the Greek, in which our
Lord spake, the eaine word 10 used to
describe ;P,s,ishm:,,t ap,. ths happiness.
1t is dionios and pesns endless in dura-
tion. If Everlasting" here has O limit,
then does not eternal" have the same
limit? If this. text does not teach the
endless punishnent of the wicked, then
it does not teach the endless happiness Of
the righteous. When one state Ceases,
the other will cease, too. If happiness
to good men beyond the grave is cease
less, ,theH misery to bad men must be
forever, too. This tex., If it proves any
thing for the Universalist, proves too
much; J.. e., that Heaven and hell will
both have IN end in the future ages.
Greek scholars tell US that this word
Gionios is the most expressive word for
endless duration in the Greek language.
They further tell Us that if this syord
does not mean endless duration in the
most absolute sense, then there is no word
in that language to express the idea Of
endless duration. DR.. @. w. Clarke, in
his, s,notes ON Matthew 25:46 saya: ''fhe
misery of the wicked will be as enduring
and endless as tie blessedncss of tho
righteous" He goes on I, ly the word
t'aionios, translated ll:ting here, is
used in the New Testament seYenty-one
times, as follows: Three tines it is ap-
piled to the long, indefinite past, twice to
completed eternity without beginning or
end, fifty-one times to the future happi-
ness of the righteous, seven tinies to the
future misery of the wicked, and in the
eight remaining instances it involves the
idea of an unending future. s
In scripture language thu pt 0 of tho
lost is called "a place Of toln7ont, ""hell-
fire,p "where their worm dieth not, and
their fire is not quenched"-Mark 9:44.
"The. lake that burpeth with Are and
birthstone. Rev. 2i:3. "The bottom
less Rev. 9:2. ga place Of outer
darkness, where there is weeping and
gnaahing of teeth."--Math. 8:l2. "a
furnace Of fire" e."-Math. 18 AZ. "The
wrath of God, the second death, "un-
quenchable fire. Luke 23:17. BLACK
ness Of darkness" judo 13. "Tormen-
ted in fire and birthstone. ."--Rer. Ii: 10.
i'I am tormented in this hame.n-Lr1ce
1924. @Tho smoke Of their torment
ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they
have no rest, day nor night" Rev. ID: IL.
Consider all these descriptive terms. 10
they not prove-sif words can provo any
thing-thatthe punishment OF the wicked
will last forever
Jesus and his Apostles know the sig
nifcance &C these words; they knew
what f.,vce they carried with them, and