The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-04


three reasons given Ter eternal punishment we're That
God would vndicate HIS msjsy, gioriiy His Justice
the miscries Of mo damned their and gratitude
was Increased. The speaker then picture OF
sapphire battlements ana looking upon his unbe-
licving vile III hell ana feeling thrill OF inenabie
delight at the contemplation. That the doctrine
of former days, but civilzstion had ateYod It, The
argument that the sight OF the opposite misery
you are eating good d,ansr nothing win AID so much
zesi 10 your enjoy ment as The knowledge that some
poor wretch Is starving at the door.
SPECIMEN TORRENTS.
IL was folly to believe that hnlte man could commit
infinite offence. He had seen pictures OF hell from
stratiord. Shakespearc's birthplace In OF them
n tram OF the wicked were represented passing Ia
doIelul procession down the throat Of an imm enss
idol, where were cluldrons IN which tho Lost ones
smmcred and boiled Iu one corner a humber Of
the blessed appeared, eacn oil whom wore grn from
ear, as II they were saying. aha, ha what dd
Tell your" In another punishment tho devil was
shown jerking souls out OF bell and pitching them
Tho speaker next read from u tract by Mr. Fur.
ness--"Appropratc name, by the way" SAID he--a
description OF the torments OF little child In
a furnace. God very meTc'ful to that little child.
tie ioresaw u 1t grew up II might grow WORSE aud He
would have TO punish II sui more. SO Goi iu His
hood. recollect the fret time l ever rea
tnai. said Mr. IngersoiI was when one
OF my daughters. about seven years OF aye, Wal
lying IN tho room, presumably asleep, aud read II
aloud Sue Sat up III bed and asked, "Who sa.t
wna Ssy :" ,reash that's
told her they DID, rhen, shc SAID, al snail never
step into "a church whiie live GOOD night" Aud
she never has yet
Mr. Ingersoii said no would next take up tho New
Testlmenl--he "tidings OF great JOY" where ser
waits taught obey thor masters win fear aud
Troubling TINS was the saiut alton OF the most mer.
cifu Cod to WHO worked Tor nothing and received
upon his naked back tho cruel lash as csal-tcnder
Tor labor performed This tho salutation to the
slave ondcavorng to keep from. savage Dooahounds,
with his q, c on the Moth star How arc ii Die cn.
DO treated The Bible? he stor Abraham
anu Isaac aud Jepthns daughter were nero brought Ia.
believe IN the RI hts OF children aud the DC jcrucy
Al cui Opk q j
devil and ask him whcrehe had been. He said. "Wa
ing up ana down the country" Tho Lord s,ii, ''Aavs
you noticed this man, JoO, here. What good mar
he Is Tho deyii SAID no had never been tried. God
then TOOK away from hun his properly and children,
ana altcrward gave him BACK more property ani chill
dren 10 show what JOB made out OF H. Was ,sat tue
idea OF human affection Ii QUO had chiii, matter
how deormcd, he iovod H. ana would not be satisfied
10 have God destroy it api give him others
IN its place. The Bhio taught tho Jews ihit
those suffered from their belief should be put
death. wat TO ask You, but want 20 DO 1t rev.
eseniy H. AZ Is tended Goa gave tuose laws TO the
Jews, ai,crward this same God TOOK flesh upoa
Himself and came among the Jews and taught dit
icrcnt reiigoh. ana thess jews IN accordance with
tue law wnlcn this same Goa gave them, crucined
HIM, didn't He reap what tie had sowns
MORAL BASKKUpTcy
|! Adam had not s.nned there would have been no
death. We could hot have lived, Tor the world would
have been tull long ago. therefore, We are indebted
to tho devil Tor our existence. 1t strikes
me that what they call the aioucnent Is a sort
o moral bankruptoy--a provision by which
man IS allowed tho privilege oil SHINING OF credit.
OF bookkeeping breeds extravaeance Of siu. Ho.
would IL act II every man In Now York had the prvi.
lege OF declaring himself bankrupt every Saturday
nghty Tho Augustnan creed on the doc.
trine OF the Trinity was thon read by
tho speaker and commented on In comic
Vho New Testament contains
lessons OF love toward our fellow men. Tho question
SHOULD be looked at Ia tho light OF the nineteenth
century, 1t should be tried by our braiIs ana hearts
and what we know and think aud hope and love. M
persons could agree wnat the Biblc taught 1t was
like siynDoard at two cross-roais. One ancieD tman
said that the signboard formerly pointed In another
direction, another that IT. mad been Interpreted III
particular way aud So on The religion OF thc Bic!a
was SELFISH teaching mon to regard their own SILVA
tion alone lie could ind no words 10 express his
horror OF that doctrine. Orphcus with his harp had
charmed tho Internal regions AS stonco and tho har-
monies OF nature were rescuing from the prison OF
superstition tho torn and bleeding heart OF humanity.
ETERNAL, EVERLASTING, FoBEvER-REv. JAMES
Il. rUi Imam.
AZ tho Church of Oar Saviour, F.ny-sovonth
street, corner oil Eishth avenue, the Ray. james
NJ. Pullman preached, or, rather, delivered u dis
course Oh "Bibe Study the Words Eternal
Everlasting, Forever" The text was taken from
Acts, vnL, so ana 3l-"Understand thou what
thou readcsl? And no said, How l except
some man should guido me?" Mr. Pullman SAID
the words "cterna, ""everlasting," "orcver In oui
English version OF the Bible TRANSACTIONS Of tho
Greek word ana ITS derivatives. rnese English
words have come. In tho process OF time, TO have
meaning which Goes not inhero IN the Greek words;
the meaning, namely, Of strictly endless, intermnA.
to translate them by any English words when
signify interminablc DURATION They never stand
thut Idcu except implication when applied to God.
Inc nrst surprise winch awaits tho who
down To read tue gospels through with reference Ia
dom used. lie will Gnd the phrase everlasting pun
sDmcnt" but once, everlasting fre but twice. aud
he should connue MS reading to the gospels OF Luke
and John lac would md these expressions NJ ait
II they understood Jesus TO teach the doctr OF in>
tcrmnabc tormcnts ny tues, phrases II is very
guar, ~ say the las that tney ia repeat thouI
apostles.
Origen, the greatest scholar Of his age was I'm.
vcrsaisl, teaching Tho 1uai redemption OF all Ia
Christ yet nc used the phrases eyoriasting punish
ment ssnre and destructon' to describe rctncdlI
suffer ,ngs that would certainly cease. You may ASA
way these things havo not been Understood beoroY
reply ny asking why the rotation OF tho Garth was not
Understood before Calico, the Law or Rravitation DO
lore Newtons Bishop Buticr, author Of Tho
analogy" said thai II 'the whole scheme OF Scrip
ture ever comes to 10 Understood, u must DO ht
way natural knowledge IS arrived at
VIZ, by tho continuance and progress Of learn
s Ivy ana ,,o o, noe,y ana py particular per
lDg ntlmaons scattered up and down In IT, which
overlooked and disreearded by tho generality of tue
world" IL may be ASKED If Jesus did not teach
cndnss punishment how did It become 'orthodo1
doc,rnes" might reply 81 asking, IL Jesus oid nos
teach papal supremacy aud tho doctrine of the real
presence or Observation-Disclosures how aid they become
orthodox doctrine and rem lin until the Reiorma.
tion9 or did tho iniin. date second coming vi
CHRIST become inc deiusivo expectation Ut every
GRAFTON Of CnrIstiankf
But, YOU may say, II Jesus taught Universaiism,
Why wore cot His disciples and the Church fathers
uniyersastsy reply that many OF thcm were and
that tho doctrines OF the Univcrsaists ORTHODOX
enough durng The first 800 years OF the Christina
Church. ''Yo have made the commandment OF God
Of none effect by your tradtons'' was said Dy jesus
TO tue jewish CHURCH, and might have been SAID by
Hin ~ the Christian Church had He appeared agaia
nt the beginning oil the fourth century. Tradition
always bcea tue chief source OF corrupt doctrno aud
the resource OF relormcrH has ever been, Il Is now
~ The fountain oi truth-tne original record.
THE JUDGMENT-REv. L. c. swEETSER.
The subject OF DR.. H. G. Sweetscr's discours,
In tho Third Unvorsalist Church was "Thc Judg
mcnt." HIS text was taken from Matthew XII.
GOA brused reed shall ho not break and smoknt
flax shall no not qucnch TIL no send forth judgmcn
unto victory" The preacher said that tho belief II
retrlbution In some form other both Tor good
evil deeds intcres by nature In tho human breast
But though all men have by nature tho samo vagu
idea OF tho existence OF rctributivo justice all mel