The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-02-25
THE UNIvERsAIIsT SATURDAY, FEBRUARY Is. 1888.

continuous DISCOURSE; the first verse in
the 10Th chapter, as it is in the original,
reads: When Jesus had finished this
DISCOURSE" which taken with the in
ternal evidence in the two chapters,
proves it to have occurred long ago
Christ himself having said: ''This
generation shall not pass away till all
these things be fulfilled"
VII.
Br. Streets third argument in re-
buttal was: The dogma of endless
punishment is contrary to the teachings
of the scriptures, which plainly assert
that the gospel has been preached to
the dead, and of the ultimate restora-
ton of all men to holiness and happi-
ness. In proof of this he cited a long
array of scriptures, such as the preach
ing of the gospel by Christ in the spirit,
after death, to the imprisoned spirits of
the antediluvians; proving by Peter
that the gospel was preached to the
dead, that they might be judged
according to men in the flesh, but live
after God in the spirit. That Christ is
Lord both of the dead and the living.
And that death and hell are to yield up
their dead, and when Christ and "his
kings and priests,'' who shave part in
the first resurrection" shall push this
grand missionary work to completion,
until there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow nor pain, and until all
things shall have been made new; then,
and not until then, shall redeemed hu-
manity sing the victorious song of final
deliverance:
30 death. is thy sting?
o grave, where is thy victory ~
Br. Street then closed by brief re-
capitulation and grand peroration
which carried the audience by storm,
and the preacher seemed to catch the
inspiration of the Apocalyptic vision Of
the mighty hosts that mo man can
number" the voice of whose praise was
like the rushing sound Of many waters,
as the last sweep of the divine arm of
human redemption, gathered from the
uttermost parts of the universe, the
last suffering victim of sin and death,
among the sons and daughters of Adam;
and under the grand marshalship of the
son of God, the everlasting gates fly open
wide to admit the fruits of the univer-
sal triumph of this last campaign of
=" the King of Glory" and the ponder
Gus doors are lifted high that the ban
ners of authority in this last eternal
victory over sin, death and hell may
pass into the holy of holies, where they
are to be delivered up to the Father
and the Son himself. Our great King,
the valiant Captain of our salvation, is
to become subject unto the Father, and
God shall be all in all. The burning
eloquence of the preacher touched all
hearts, and the shining tears of antici-
pating triumph and bliss came forth
from every Christian eye. We felt
that it was good to be there, for the
spirit of the Most High was upon us.
l think the fruits of the debate will
tend greatly to the advancement of our
cause in that, the most densely populat-
ed and wealthy section of our great
State. 1t will strengthen the hands and
stimulate the zeal and usefulness of our
good brother, Rev. J. M. Wright, of Far
mersville, who has labored here almost
alone for years, and who now has four
churches in that county which he
serves regularly.