The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-12
For tie Democratic Advocate.



Messrs Editors AS something has
been said about the Devil, Others are mix
ious to know about hell. You win please
publish tc-your readers the following
Why is it sometimes in the New Testa.
meat Hades, sometimes Gehenna, aud
once Tartarus2 Did the Jews under pa
tfiarchs aud priests have the idea Of fn-
ture punishment and rewards, or did they
get it at Babylon r. The word shell
has lost its original Saxon meaning and is
now used only in the sense of place Of
future punishments. II Is derived from
the Saxon "hclan," 10 cover, signifying
merely 'sthe covered or concealed place"
the habitation Of those who have gone
from this visible terrestrial region to the
world Of spirits. The German word for
hole is derived from the same root as the
German word for hell, according to Bostch.
er. In this sense it corresponds closelyto
the Greek Hades, for which it is used in
the English translation. In the Saxon
Bible no such meaning was given the word
as now attaches to it, and it was one Of
the many mistakes Of the King James
transators that in their desire to change
the Bishops Bible as little as possible
as;aL ~ osaa"e1 s"'S Molu, eue meaning OF
ma.;an sc ;e e,sn saeu luaei sorus 'Isns'Ir-
r. - P.''s.,y c,, n'eu' .u
word "Sheof occurs sixty-fiye times. In
the Greek text Of the Septuagint aSheol'
Is rendered 'Hades," with two notable ex-
ceptions, when it is given as ssthanatosp
translated tbirtv.one ;;,nas M as-.snS 5"so. .h;.
ty.one ,imes s,LslIS INA 't..a sssas, ,; '1.n sHl
Inc deriva,;on of aShnoI' = 4, da.l p,s
least obiectionable bvno,bas;s asysa"a ~ Il
inc thai Il 4 from ~, ,noaa;,s a. 4.
boIlow Tho exoo, sonsa L - y
oyioinollv nsed csn onIv II s,,s,,';.sI , \ -
its GENERAL mean;n, ~ ..ooreraa "a - -
ceaied nl,cep 4 sn,,e;en,is avsas ',:, g.. III
practical nurnoscs II i ,sod = ~ ~ o,d M
Testament 10 indicate the final ,bode or
G the good AS well rs tbe had The Enal;sL
: word .orave'' h ~ bro.d and ;,aatrs.-
D general sense uTn .ho ,,ray. ,rh;,Le.
/. thou goest exactly renders tbe uehro,r
nIn SheoI whitber thop o,es, All ~
/. to asheop when ihev die aceord;n. -
o the Hebrew writers aud Il i Il tho;r
9 opinion "yery deem adark y ,.w;,b barsn
4 and ,svatesn and as;,uased bonaa,h NJ -
n Josephus saws that one Of the Jewish .ects
The harasees--believed rewards and
punishments were meted ont 10 men n
their disembodied state. but as n noonle
the Jews did not belieye difTerentIv fyam
i, the writer Of Eeolesiastas that ono 60
a befell alike the righteous and the av;l
0, both went to aSheoI'' without anv de6ui,e
rs ideas Of what happened 10 them ,bsra Il
Ie anything happened at all. or that aSheolr
t had any definite meaning other than the
/ English word grave In the Ea~lish
It version of the New Testament the word
d ''hell' occurs twenty.three times twelve
IN times standing for ,.Gehenuan and eleven
OF for "Hades. 'sGehenna', is a Hebrew
&c word compounded Of aHinuom. a mans
y, name, aud "yalley.n literally ,ue.n;no
ID eHinnoms Valley or .the vallev !,
NJ Hiunon. IL was not used before n,
Is captivity. Barnes says that aHinnom'
y Valley was place near Jerusalem where
is punishment was awarded for slight Of.
i lenses, but the rabbins derived the mean
e, ing that was attached to it, of place o.
OF sighs aud groanings, from tradition tha,
&c human sacrifices were there offered IN q
le Moloch. Losing its local aud retaining
70 its general sense, it was used by later lie
< < brew writers to express the gloomer Of tb,
&c two ideas of the grave that gradually cam,
Is to be embodied in .Sheol, the word wa,
a adopted into the Greek w;thont chance
n IL was useu by Hebrew writers OF Grcel