The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-21

fol doctrine OF eternal punishment cannot be
irren.iaily, that God was hend. BY PHILOSOPHY
Satan has been expelled from The AR.
cavcrns and cells where he made his hid
ing place; and when science shall have done
her work perfectly evil spirit will DO LETT in tho
moral sense OF mankind has had 0u, one voice-tnat
OF protest against this eternal hell. Gould II be
believed that lie whose name 10 love originated sucn
q fearful place? Was there q wife, mother or
friend who believed that OF her kin or connections
would 80 down into the eternal abyss 10 De there
burned forcverY II Is easy enough 70 say that he'll
exsts but TO believe H. never. Some people VIII say
that hell Is written IN the Bible, as revelation OF
divine truth, and must accept II. But the speaker
who looked upon the Bible upon any other respect
able, ancient book thought differently Addressing
himself TO those who believe the Bible, he iaiaht
say optional with them TO believe the table or
not, Just as they might choose. l. may be sa,d
surely il has no place in the Old; for
the practical common sense OF tho Hebrew people
never believed it, they believed in place OF shadow
or darkness, but not in he'll The terrible words
"Depart from ye cursed into everlasting nre,
the oulh OF Jesus, but against His loving ma.
ture 10 utter them. This doctrine is sprung upon US
now because IL is essential 10 the Chrstian scheme
II 10 a part OF the plan VI redemption.
CHRISTIAN PORT
Tho Christianity OF the world-whether Greek or
Roman, Catholic or observation-disclosures together like
u compact com pete ediGce. Deny the Trinity
ana you do away with the divinity OF Christ; guore
stroy the necessity TOR the whole machinery
sruced for the redemption Of souls and hence OF the
Of Christianity demands that there must be beavcn
one side. counterbalanced by hell on the other
Ii the nre OF the latter be extingushed then the
Christian may have good time Of ~ but hell cannot
DO disavowed without pulling down the whole edihce
OF Christianity. II is remarkable that the people
consigned TO hell murdcrers, thieves, swind-
lers, put n1des whose in6deIty wc are told, peoples
hell. In this respect the great Fiorentine poet
Dante, was an innovator by putting people INTO nell
who transgressed the moral law, instead OF dis
believers as before his time. People say that # you
exiting uish hell The idea OF redeening mauKind may
race Is II true that we must be bounded 10
heaven like herds Of cattle TO the market Fear
IS an idea which nevor yet succeeded in humanzing
For two thousand years nearly God has been
set before us as vindicuve judge sapposing ne ap-
peared AS merciiul father. would the world have
been any worse? VINO can believe that the love OF
the Supreme Being who rules the universe could ac-
compsh nothing by mercyy II mon are taught to
believe that millions OF their fellows doomed TO
eternal punishment beyond the grave they will un-
doubleday become indifferent 10 human nappiuess.
AS men arc becoming cultivated this horrid doctrine
is dying out; but II will hardly leave Christianity,
ridden ourselves OF Satan and eternal punishment
then we Will see the universe from point OF view
truly honorable and worthy OF the rational mind.
REFORMATION ALWAYS WITHIN REACH
SERMON BY REV. J. NJ PULLMAN.
Rev. J. NJ Pullman preached in tho Universalist
Church of Our Saviour, Fity-seventh street, near
Eighth avenue, from the text, "Whereiore God also
hath highly exalted him, and given him a which
It Is impossible, said tho preacher, for human
guage to express strongly and clearly tho final
success OF the mission OF Jesus Christ Everything
in heaven, on earth and beneath the earth shall DO
brought to bend at the ieet OF Jesus Christ the
Saviour and Redeemer Of the world. 1t is curious and
sometimes amusing 10 notice the variety OF VIEWS tho
weakness OF logic and the puerility OF thought dis
played the discussion OF this subject from the pulpit
during the past lew weeks. 1t seems as II we might
reduce oil the sermons the orthodox side OF the
house into class. They seem to be bent on
showing how God Almighty can got along without
saving all His people One preacher takes concord.
into the pulpit to show that the phrase,
"the wrath Of God,n occurs more frequently
IN tue New Testament than The phrase, ''the love
OF Cod" That Is TO say that there is more OF the
earthly, passionate and sensual III the Divine Being
there is OF pure divinity. The best, The author
ICED teacher OF the character OF Co.. is Jesus Christ
and He never the phrase ".ho wrath OF God' or
"tho anger OF Goa" from first to last. Another
preacher says that II abandon the belief In ever
lasting punishment we must give up the hopo OF ever
lasting Joy. III there Is heaven there can be no
hell That Is much to say " there Is no sick
thero can be no health; II no darkness, then
light; II no evil, therefore no good, thus making
goodness dependent upon badness aud God dependent
upon the devil. The only condition OF suffering and
punishment consistent with the acknowledged At
tributes Of cd Is temperatures Eternal suffer-
ing, not as means, but as an end, intended not 10
S be SS ssas Justice utterly yd %eGsy
Thus every hand seek to maintain the popular
belief In place OF eternal torment But the doctrine
Is fast loosng its hold. What want not weak
enIng faith what Is FALSE but definite knowledge OF
what is true. rhe existing theories with regard 10 the
future state are, first. eternal punishment; sec
ond, an nj hat.on; third, reformation and resora-
ton. Now Universasts claim that the first Is not
true BECAUSE in tho first place. for every single pas
sage in scripture which seems to confirm the belief IN
eternal punishment two can be shown which favor the
doctrine Of final restoration; second, the doctrine
OF eternal punishment Is impeachment oil the at
tributes OF God; third, II Is repeliant TO The better
instincts OF tho human soul; fourth, 1t Is immoral
impractcable; sixth, assumes the eternity
OF EVIL with rs the point TO be proved
seventh It inconsistent with the character Of God
depicted by jesus; eighth, 1t is OF heather origin
ninth, has always owed It's prevalence to priest.
craft and s.atecraft hnaly Gods power could never
control OF evil Against the doctrine OF annhiation
UniversaiIsm advances those arguments; hrst, II is
against Scripture; second, II Is palpa0ly unjust;
third, It makes primitive evil eternal; iourtn, 1t
would defeat Gods purposes; fifth, II would show
Chrisrs failure to save mankind; sixth, It makes
Christianity impossible; seventh, Is Of pagan
origin eighth It is opposed to Gods character as
shown by Christ ana finally 1t removes the strongest
moral sanction IRON the soul oil man 10 feel that ne
surrender his beng whenever he Will II Is man s
belief IN the unescapeabity OF existence which chiefly
holds him a conception and discharge OF his duty
1t sometimes objected 10 tho doctrine oil na restora
ton that the nvcoracy OF habit VIII prevent many sn
from reforming lsouls are controlled IN tns
world by evil habiis from which they bnd 1t impos-
sblc 10 break II will be the IN tho world 10
come. Now, did Christ ever save "a soul without en-
aiding II 10 overcome its evil habits? why should IN
corrigbity be greater in the next world than IN thisS
Dr. Pond says that souls IA he are s1li Tree agents
and II they repent may still be saved But, he asks
did devil evor repenIY Now what want OF know l.
edge Of the human soul does this argument show !!
Drop a sinner into Dr. Ponds hell and no will
scramble out again MS quick as he can. We believe
that punishment must exist long as sim It's chief
function beng corrective. Observation-Disclosures
is always within reach oil the soul The reconcIng
work OF Christ not end with our death-both tho
good and the pad will need Him hereafter
A CHANCE IN ANOTHER woRID-REv Il. @.
swEETSER.
Rev. Mr.. Sweetscr, Of tho Third Unversalist
Church. Blocker street, preached last evening on
ana repentance, selecting for his text Isaiah, Will,