The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-17

single copy. was therefore driven at last TO show
What mad said, IN order 20 deisna myself against =
preface mentioned. At the shortest possible notice.
soms Of the reasons on which my views were
ssvcrsst critics would think have been led 20 write
IN . different and q fairsr lone"
Once more. then would ask, ..What - It that
have advocatsdf What Is Il that have impugnsdp
ine VI an interval between death and doom, during
which state-whethsr be regarded as purgsIorizl as
the aon 10 which II belongs be long or snor--we
NO Scrptural or other reason 10 deny the possible
and s.noscs,on Tor e.. sous Of men; ana hays
added that can ind nothing In Scripture or else
nscsssarily terminals with earthly lie Sav. never
denied nay, have sndeavorsd % support and Mus
. .sass' sns doe'rins q r..r'Ou.ion both IN
never SAID, ~ / am siandsrously reported to
have said-thaI there Is he'll, but only land surely
this should have been regarded selI-evdent pro-
pesston) that he'll must mean what those words mean
Of which It Is the protested lransia.ion and that
those words-HAdes, Gshenns, Tartarus-mean somo-
thing much loss inconcelvabie, much less horribly
hopeless, than what hell originally meant, ana than
teachi ngs. l have not maintained Universalsm, IN
spite OF much apparent sanction Tor such hope III the
unlimited language Of ST. Pau. because NOT wish
dosmaixe specting things uncertan and because
wished 10 give iull weight 10 every serious consider
such a hope. have earnestly mainiained that no
soul can be saved while II continues IN sin, saved
BY any means except the efficacy oil Chrisrs rsaemp
Canon Farrar brings his defence 10 q close BY
answering particular attacks OF his critics personally
Professor Jellett, Principal Tuloch, DR.. Hunt, Mr..
White M. Arthur and others are answered more or
less conclusivsy. Lastly ne takes up Canon Ryle:--
And when Canon Ryls says:-"As the END Of Q, 600
old weapon che daring faisshood .Ye shall no. surely
die. 20 persuade men that they may live and die
one would nave said Of 80 qlarDg abuse Of that
(Which would tell equally against any who preached
the forgiveness OF sIns) and OF tins attribuon OF
primitive Catholic opinion to the devil, and ting
idennncation Of those VINO mold It tsaints though
many o. them have been. in nowise inferior IN holt
ness 10 Canon Ryle) with the devips emssarics-one
would havc said OF HIM who spoke thus, had he becn
less excelient man tnan the vigorous ana worthy
Canon-
"Hc niger est: hume tn, Romano caveto."
But II Is more charitable 10 refuse such
marks serious. What would canon Rye say were
fasehood, when las ! supposel ne teaches that men
may 1--we IN SIM and yet MOI die but even on The Ded
Of death DO saved ~ repentancef l Should be every
whit as much justified IN saying this 70 him as ne Is
10 saying II 20 me, Tor ne holus exactly what hold,
that men may De saved from death upon repentance
~ Chrisrs merits, even though they havo ahmed.
But one accustomed 70 this style Of theological dis
cusslon, and ono can make large allowance. One
could hardy expect that eminent teseners should
confess tnat they have been mistaken ali their lives
and abdcssing me papacy Of their inaiiibie opinions
should 60 numDly back ignorance again. Yol We ali
ought this ii necessary But let who canaot
accept our hope Ioarn ~ least deeper wiSaom ana
truer charity IN the attempt TO relue It 10 20 on
repeating sucn Arguments oil Inc Dark Ages those
which nave quoted ~ 10 rely on bows and arrows
battle fald swept It's whole surface IRON every
point OF vantage by tho mighty artillery OF modern
war. They may identity us, II II SO pieases them,
with the emissarieS OF S~tan but certain passages OF
the Gospel 10 which tho Pharsecs were blasphe-
mousy guilty OF similar Identification might m Ike
them pause and tremDic, lest In so doing they should
be guiity OF very iriEhtiul SID. But we shall not
retaiate. Do they love Godr SO do We. DO they
put Their trust IN Christi So do we. But let them
dsnounce they WILL our hope iCr ourselves Tor
our fellow men proves tnis only-that our trust 10
the love Of God DEEPER our faith In the efficacy OF
Cnrlsrs redemption Is stronger and larger than 10
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