The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-28

revealed, and not to undertake TO teacn
God what He ought TO reveal.
Acting on the principal common TO all
the families OF Presbyterians, that the
final appeal in sll matters of controversy
must pe to the Scriptures IN the original
Languages, we must so the Old Testament
in its Hebrew dialects, and to the New
Testament in Greek, to learn what their
testimony is on this important subject.
The question before us is this: Is there
such condition of punishment IN the
future rs is usually understood by inc
word he'll. Other questions, such as
whether hell DO place or only con-
dition, and what are its characters
tics. VIII not be discussed at this time.
In the Old Testament the word sheet
is generally translated by the word hetI
1t is used between thirty and forty
| times. The root meaning, OF the word
| is, TO dig, to hollow out as tor 81 PIT. Ihe
| derivation, sheOi, is a noun, and is used
MS the Lame OF that which rs invisible,
unseen. This word Is used in various
senses. 1t is applied to the invisible
state of the dead without reference TO
their happiness or misery. Thus, Ps;
| 50: Is: "What man is he that liyc:h and
shall not see death2 Shall he deliver his
soul from the hand of the grsveH" or
from sheol, the invisible state OF the
dead. Also, rs. IL: 10: "rhou wilt not
leave my soul in he'll" that is, IN the
separate state of the dead.
1t is sometimes used TO represent grea,
trouble and anguish in this life Psalms
| IS, 5: "The sorrows Of hell composed
me about, the snares of death prevented
me-" Also Psalms ZIG, 3.
IL is used to express the righteous
judgments of God against sin. When
used in this sense it is frequently followed
BY the word translated destructive as IN
the text, Deut. 81, 81; "For fire is
kiudled in mine anger and it shall burn
unto the lowest hell"
1t is used to declare tho future conii-
ton of the wicked, Psalms Q, II: "Iho
wicked shall be turned into hell and all
the nations that forget God"
These arc but few of the many pas
sages in the Old Testament that should
be examined. These passages, taken IN
connection with sll the others, show,
First-Thst the doctrine OF future pun
ishment wss always received in the Old
| Testament Church. This doctrine was
never called in question by any number
of the people until the sect of the Sad.
ducers arose, less than three hundred
years before Christ.
Second-That while the doctrine was
less clearly revealed than in the New
Testament, 1t was not derived from The
imagery of the poets, CT the usages OF
the heathen, but by direct revelation.
Much has been written to show that
this doctrine IS merely an outgrowth of
the heather sacrifices III the valley of the
Son OF Hinnom, but here we have 1t
plainly expressed in the days. of Job and
OF Moses probably long before the Jews
knew anything about the denominations
OF Moloch.
Third-WhIle the term OF SAeot is used
in different senses, these all lead more or
lees directly TO the idea OF suffering as
the condition of the impenitent dead.
The use OF term in one sense, moreover,
docs not forbid that it be used N differ
ent sense VIXEN the change OF use Is eX-
planned. Because the name OF God, was
applied to idols, we are not TO conclude
that there is no true God.
Now let US examine the terms used in
the New Testament, that bear on this
subject. Two words are commonly used,
and they seem to be used interchange
bic. These are Hddes and GehennG. The
name, TdTtdTte, is used, l believe, only
once. The terms first named are used
about twenty five times. All of these
examples are contained IN two classes.
In one the name hell, is used as synon-
que for great wickedness, Mat. %. 10Th.
I'VE unto you Scribes and Phsrisees, n.y.
pocritesl for We compass sea and land to
make one proselyte; and when he is made
We make him twotold more the child OF
hell than yourselves" In the other
class the term is used to express tho idea
of the future punishment of the wicked
in its various phases. Mat. 10: 20: "And
If Thy right eye offend thee, pluck 1t out
and cast 1t from thee, for it Is profitable
for thee that one OF thy members should
perish, and not that thy whole body
should DO cast into hell" Luke II: 8.
"But / will forewarn you whom ye shall
fear. Fear him which, after he hath
killed, hath power to cast into hell; yea,
| say unto you, fear him." In Luke
&c: 1881, we have what is known as the
parable of the rich man and Lazarus, in
which we find this expression: "Aad IN
hell he lifted up his eyes, being in tor
mont" In Peter 2 4, hell, in the original
Tartarus is represented as the condition
of the fallen angels" "For if God spared
rot the angels tina. sinned, but cast them
down TO hell, and delivered them into
Judgement &c.
Besides numerous passages ofthis class,
that need not be- quoted, there are many
others thst are even palmer and more
forcible, in which the word translated,
hell, is not found, but in which the con-
dition of tho lost in misery is declared.
See Mat. IS, 81, sc. In this passage
the judgement is described. OF the
wicked it is said depart from mo ye
cursed into everlasting fire, pre-
pared for tho devil and his angels.
And these shall 20 sway into everlasting
punishment Is, 4l-42. "The
Son of Man shall send forth his angels,
and they shall gather out OF his kingdom
all things that offend ard them that do
iniquity, and shall cast them into fur
mace of fire; there shall be wailing and
gnashing Of teeth" To these an almost
indefinite number of passages of similar
bearing might be added. To what con-
clusioD, then, shall we Gomez Ii We
deny the punishment of the wicked, we
must also deny the reward of the right
oous, for they are supported by
the same kind and amount of
testimony. The old Sadducees
we're more consistent than modern
sceptics for they denied that there was
any future existence, either OF happiness
or misery.
Let us now review the ground over
which We have passed, and state such |
points as must, in the nature of things, be |
used as premises from which TO come 10 |
an intelligent conclusion:
We find Hebrew word used by |