The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-02-25

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shall be an lend of SIM" that sin is
the wages of death; therefore, when
death is destroyed, as the scriptures
teach it will be, and there is no more
pain nor sorrow, there can be no more
punishment, therefore the everlast-
ing" as applied to the punishment of
the wicked ceases also.
8. We are also taught that Satan
is to be bruised and bis works destroyed;
hence punishment, the result of sin,
must cease.
v.
BE-. Streets first argument in rebuff
tai was: Endless punishment is con-
trary to the teachings of the Scrip
lures relative to the reign of Christ
in his kingdom. He must reign till all
things are subdued unto him, both in
heaven, in earth and under the earth.
1. All are to be made alive in Christ.
2. God holds eternal and infinite re-
sources for it's accompl shment. To
subdue unto Christ means loving ODE
dience to him. 4. He sits as a refiner
of silver, making all punishment for
our good-endless punishment could
compass no end for good. 5 If the
reign Of evil is endlesss, then all things
can never be subdued unto Christ, nor
all souls gathered together under one
head in him; but this would contradict
the scriptures; therefore the dogma of
endless punishment is false. These
positions were amply fortified by the
scriptures which Br. Street adduced.
Br. Streets second reply consisted of
a clear exegesis of the parable of the
rich man and Lazarus, in which he as
sumed that it was not a literal fact, nor
was it designed to teach the liual des-
tiny of two individuals, nor the destiny
of the righteous and the wicked. /.
If it were, the causes Of the difference
in destiny would be the cause for diff
ference now. The reasons for the diff
ference in this case, so far as the rec
ords show, are that one was rich and
the other was poor; therefore it would
follow that all the rich must go to hell,
and only the poor and beggars can get
to heaven. 2 "Abraham's BOSOM"
whatever that means, could receive
none but beggars full of sores. 8. 1t
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righteous mnst forever remain in sight
and hearing of the damned; listen to
their cry for relief without the power
or inclination to help them, and still
remain happy themselves. We must,
therefore, seek some other and more "a
tional teaching of this parable. We be-
lieve it represents distinction in class
es; the ushering in of the kingdom of
Christ and the end of the Jewish dispen-
sation; the bringing in of the Gentiles
into the kingdom of Christ; the taking
of it by violence, the violent coming from
the East and from the West, and sit
ting down with Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob, while the children of the king
dom are cast out.-"ye yourselves cast
out into outer darkness. :" Remember,
the rich man was still son of Abra-
ham. This view is in harmony with
the scriptures and the teachings of Je-
sus, that the "harlots and publicans,"
the Gentiles, snOuld go into this king
dom before the unbelieving Jews, and
yet that " all Israel shall be saved.'
vi.
Br. Streets second argument in re-
buttal was: The dogma of endless
punishment does violence to the pas
sages of scripture relied on by its ad-
yocates to prove it; such as those pas
sages in which the term damn, damna-
ton, hell and hell-fre occur. l. These
expressions do not occur in the new
version, nor, in Bible language, do they
mean endless. The term krisiS, the
original, has no such meaning as is con-
veyed by our English words damn"
and damnation." 2. In proof of
this Br. Street cited the fourteen pas
sages in which the word occurs in the
New Testament, and showed the alb
surdity of translating it " damn" and
damnation" by substituting those
words in number of the other seventy
places where it is translated Judge"
Judgment" condemn" and ICON
demnatiion," in which he showed that
to translate it damn or damnation in
any of those seventy places would make
superlative nonsense. For instance:
Damnation must first begin at the
house of God % " Behold princes shall
rule in damnation ~ "For damnation
am come into the world !" damn
not, for with the same damnation that
ye damn, ye shall be damned % etc, etc.
Mr.. Nelson attempted no reply to this
convincing argument and overwhelm-
ing scripture proof.
Br. Streets third reply consisted of
an exegesis of those parallels cited by
Mr.. Nelson and held by him to teach
the dogma of endless punishment, viz:
the offending hand, the strait gate,