The New York herald., 1878-02-24

heatluc vision AMI all the c0n6equent
bliss which God has prepared for HIS elect. This de.
prvation Is eternal and hnai, and Is torture whicn
only the lost can comprehend The pain oil sense
proceeds from the direct infections OF the Divine
justice which bear upon the souls and bodie
OF the damned. There Is the prison OF hell,
unIying worm Of remorsa There is the society Of
the imE iors and the demons And there Is, as tho
principal tormcut, the eternal IRE to which power Is
gwen upon spirit ana matter, anu 10 burn and
not consume Although there Ia no solemn definition
oil the Church determining the hre OF hell to be real
opinion, from which NO Catholic can safely de-
part. This belief Is IN accordance with tho
woras wod 1 our ro saSratve sense
ploy language likely TO deceive. lu he flames OF hell
all shall be punished according to their deserts aud
far the essential Dain OF he reprobate Is cor
cerncd, tnere can be NO mitigation nor cessation.
zine smoke OF their torments shall ascend up forever
and ever" Catholic heoogians And this doctr ne 10
be uIl accord with right reason, though the reveia
lion OF God can never be opposed by any true
l"goa nsumenI nefo n, oogns % ,s " nnnishmep,
Sin has in1nite mafice, and an eternal punish
ment alone Is adequate 10 It. Again. the reprobate
aud far ne can turns from God forever. he
ought therefore, to DO punished forever. Ihus 81
Gregory SILT belongs 10 the great justice oil the
Judge That they should never be without punishment
In this ie never wiling TO be without sin.
Anu u IS * n HIS laws
Eternal pain is the only sanction which either JUS
tacs his own attributes or operates asa warning 10
tho wayward wills OF men.
THIS UNITARIAN coScEPTroS OF THE DOCTRINE
DR.. Henry W. Bellows frankly and gratefully con-
fesses he could ask botter summary OF his
views than Is presented the last paragraph but
OF DR.. Porter's paper And II othodoxy accep,s his
general positions and admits the CONCLUSIONS he proves
from them there no longer DO any seri
GUS dispute among spiritual anu Christian men OF
any school OF theology upon the subject OF eternal
punishment DR.. Bellows slmost wishes that those
who have hithorto represented the milder or
liberal OF the Divine government In It's
Ing and enforcing Dr. Porter's statement, and
avoid prejudcing It's general acceptance by oding TO
II doubtful specula.ions or pushing u 10 needless OK.
this doctrine, Dr. Bellows says the Uni
tarians believe in eternal punishment IN
the only sense In which President Porter
sesms believe IN III e., In punlshment limited
by no definite boundary IN time or eternity beyond
which 1t cannot extend in punishment thai Will last
as long as sin lasts and will be If sin is eternal
ana that the nero evcnt OF death aud change IN our
spirit's Will not alter our moral ana spiritual
holy moral Sovereign and KIND Father toward HIS
subjects and children They believe that God
pounded OF justice and mercy, Holiness aud
bencvolence, il rather they do not each imply tho
other IN .heir perfect form. Dr. Bellows conesses
that the Unitarian philosophy OF mons perfect moral
freedom casts very solemn and Threatening shadows
upon the future of wIliu and impsnltent trangros-
sors We do not see how mon can be made holy
against their wills, be less than miserable long
they will not b. holy; and our observation and
perlence Of human wiIfulness this world does
encourage hope that may not continue tor ill.,
dohnite and practically daieess periods in states
OF beings Fools alone make moca ut SID.
orthodoxy the subject OF eternal punishment wus
The alleged hDality OF human ate as determined by
tho OF the soul at the moment Ut death. Unita
rams reject the ideas lie mainly state
OF probation and the only state. They mold that lie
is state Of education and discipline, and still more,
q state of being Tor its own sake. They admit tho
lmmo rtaity Of human beings by creation and
believe that already under tho operation and
sway o eternal laws that govern spirits In all
ceivable worlas. They cannot with their reverence
Tor the freedom OF Tho will ana the rce play OF
spiritual laws be among those who think moral
vIi laS
iorcibly terminated by fiat of divine benevoence
at any iulurc date. Nevertheless, they object
the old orthodox view Of the hnallty OF human
probation At death lacking probability, as dsrc-
gardipg present experience OF Gods govern ment
tho constitution oil mans spirit. 1t rs y doctrine
cruel for the worst, too fatering for the best
President Porters statement oil the relations OF The
moral " mo exegetcal side ol the question Is ex-
actly the view that Unitarans hold They believe
the general testimony OF the New Testament 10 bs
10 iuil accord with the testimony OF mans moral
rature IN regard the OF the divipe govern.
meat They believe that this earth is TO DC the
place Of ANAL judgment; that Christ in person ID TO
be the judge. and look upon the reference
10 personal devil and material he'll as pictorial
phrases parallels They believe in the personality
and moral freedom Of God as they do Of men, and
therefore think that God Is as responsible 10 HIS
creatures Tor exercising HIS power Justly and beng
pantly than they are responsible to II IN for
their sins Hence Tue Doctor trusts anu believes that
lie VIII ultimately the whole and their iu
ture u manner that VIII not violate human Tree
dom, or inJure auy moral Law, or reproach Divine
holiness; perhaps by Inc experience OF sulering; per-
haps by lie Influence Of redeemed SOULS perhaps ny
the release OF spirits from physicaI bonds and
the corresponding increase OF ther susceptibility
moral Influences; perhaps by improved social,
moral atmosphere aud moro favorable conditions
which into our conceptions OF future life, and
only the earth an0 its future Inhabitants from the
common OF scisiness and SIN, but all the worlds
and all the souls in them, from the moral and spirit
ual which 1t seems 70 me God VINO wishes to be
known as Father, aud who has been represented by
such Son Jesus, must nave Tor His ultimate pur-
pose and needs for His Justification AS Croator.
SALVATION DAMNATIoS DEATnr
The immediate salvation death OF all Souls by q
DIVINE nat, Irrespective oil iDOra spiritual state
and character seems 10 the Doctor equally unscrip-
tural i'm moral and probable Is 1t consistent with
our notions of justice ana goodness, that Omnis-
cencs should Voluntarily bring into an existence,
winch He t0resaw would be Infinitely miserable,
single spiritual being, made IN His image and called
His chiidY He'll aud heaven, in their old objective
forms, equally coarse IN their appeal TO selfish nope
fear, sre not going to give up their hod ou the
popular mind al any challenge OF reason or a higher
spirituality. But they viii slowly die OF the
steady Increase OF moral and spiritual light
AS phantoms fly before the rising that
wouiu all arguments in the dark 1t would Tor
reasons OF present policy, be misfortune TO nav6
even the crude ana coarse dogmas Of ChrisIend ON
PASS away under Influences less than those which
leave more truly Impressive, restrictive ana inspiring
notions OF the Divine government, aud OF
tunes In their places 1he Doctor sums up his opinions
the subject IN the very language by frcsdenL
Porter, SO tnat IL will be seen how very thoroughly
they agree in the ethical considerations OF this ques
tlon
THE BAPTIST HE'LL
Dr. William Il W ians, one Oi the oldest, as he Is
one Of the aDlcs BaptisL ministers In the city, gives
his aud his deuOmination's views oil luture and
eternal punishment Gods revelation, he says, lnd
Gates great remedial processes 10 restore, enIghten
and guIae the conscience. He cites the atonement OF
Jesus Christ the presence and influence OF holy
SPIRIT the acceptance tue trutns vi tne Gospel ny
iaith, including tnose OF n luture state Tor OF
bliss ot woe, proof OF the extent and
intensity Oi those remedial processes he cites
tho case of Judas lscsri0t, oil whom Christ
said better that he had never becu born, hich
would lille force II alter misery, however
protractcd, there should come to him Tina restora-
tsn. Could IL De sad vi Judas, this endless llc
suppleinentiug long woe, that 1t was not boon TO
have been purnf Aud II CHRIST used words thus
elastic delusve, yet actually foreseeing and pur
posing the nnal bestowal oi paradise upon HIS
betrayer, how couid Tue Judge HIMSELF be alb
solved from the accusation OF having em-
pioyed nugatory and ''valn words" though Tor
every such word He had said must expect TO
meet reckoning2 In one oi The great penitsntial
Psalms " Is said oil God tDat he Will be justified whom
he judgoth. psalm IL, Al Dr. Williams argues from
tne tact that man 10 redeemed by Christ only ana
that no provision mas been made, lar as have
any indication In scripture or IN the moral govern
Inent vi God, Tor the redemption OF hends and de-
mons, that punishment must We eternal. Neither
men devils Can repent vi themselves without Dr.
vine help, and when sucn help IS refused or Is not
given they must con lin IN SIN, anu hence pun