The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-06-24

A PICTURE OF HELL.-The Rev. j. s.
Furnis, British clergyman. has given the
following description ot hell, which he de-
| signed for the instruction Of the young
1t ls hard to believe that people. either old
| or young can receive either comfort or i'm
structions from such red hot picture of
the bad place as Mr.. Furnis so vIvidly
draws: 1--WE know how far is to the mid
ole OF the earth--it is gust four thousar d
miles. So if hell is in the middle of the
earth 1t is four Thousand miles to the horri
ble prison of hell Down in this place is a
horrible noise Listen to the tremendous
the horrible uproar Of millions and millions
OF tormented creatures, mad with the fury
OF hell! Oh! the screams of fear, the eroans
or horror the yells Of rage, the cries of
pain, the shouts of agony, the shreks of
despair, from millions on millions! There
you hear them roaring like lions, Kissing
like serpents, bowling like dogs and vail
ing like dragons. There you hear the gnash
ing OF teeth and the fearful blasphemies of
the devils. Above all you hear the roar Of
the thunders of Gods anger, which shakes
hell to 1T foundations. But there is anoth
er sound. There is in hell sound like
that OF many waters. 1t is as if all the
rivers and oceans of the world were pour.
ing themselves with great splash down on
the floors bell. Is it, then, really the sound
of waters 1t is Are the oceans and
rivers OF the earth pouring themselves into
he'll Ne. What is it, then 1t is the sound
OF oceans of tears running down from mill
lions of eyes. They cry forever. They cry
because suiphur0us smoke tOrments their
eyes. They cry because they have lost the
beautliul heaven. They cry because the
sharp fire burns them. The roof is red
hot The floor is like thick sheet of red
hot iron. See, on the middle of that red
hot iron floor stands girl She is about
l6 years OF age. She has neither shoes nor
stockings on her feet. The door of this
room has never been opened since she has
set her foot on this red hot floor Now she
sees the opening She Iushes forward.
the red hot floor. Listen She speaks.
She says: L have been standing with nv
bare-feet on this red -het floor for years.
Day and night my only standing place has
been on this red hot floor. Sleep never
came on me for moment that mi ght for.
get this horrible burning floor Look
at my burnt and bleeding feet. Let me 90
off this burning floor for one moment
on for a short moment Oh! that in his
end less eternity of years | might forget the
pain only for one single moment. The devil
answers her questions: DO you ask for a
moment-for one moment-to forget your
the never-ending eternity of years shall YOU
ever leave this red hot floor
TEE TRAGIC END OF A YOGNG MAN.
Mr.. Miles F.. Mason, young man, son of
Col. L. A. Mason, of Castor, came to Char
lotte few months ago and took a position as
clerk In the AIR Line depot As is usual,
the force was cut down when the summer
months began, and Mr.. Mason, being one Of
the new men, was suspended. He was,
however, offered a position on the passenger
train until fall, and accepted it. Night be-
fore last he appeared at the Air Line depot
just before his train was about to leave, in
high spirits, wearing on the lapel Of his
coat button-hoe boquet, which, he gaily
some of the boys about the depot,
had been given him by young lady whom
he had just left. One Of the men careless
ly said to him that he wasn't used to run
ming on passenger train, and that he had
better quit before he got hurt. The remark
evidently made no impression, and was an
swered with some expression Of Indifference
as to the danger.
At Cowpens the passenger train meets and
passes the freight, and also takes on wood.
Mason got out of the train as usual and
aelped to fill the tender. When the pas
enger train left, the freight pulled in from
he side track, and as it passed by the end |
# the platform where the wood was piled,
he engineer saw the BODY of man lying
partly under it. 1t was Mason, badly crush
d and gasping for breath. They lifted him
10 and tried to administer relief, but he was
unconscious, and In less than ten minutes
led. One Of his arms was broken in two
r three places and the upper part OF bis
ody was mashed to Jelly.