The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-04-14


less torment, and not long-enduring
discipline, and there are several words
in the New Testament, meaning abso-
lutte endlessness. Had our Lord in
tended to teach intending torment he
would not have used the equivocal
words, but would have employed some
or all of the unequivocal ones. Joseph
us and Philo describe endlessness by
dthanaton, dteleadeton, aidios, etc. The
latter never uses aionion for intermin-
able duration. Josephus describes the
endless imprisonment in which the
Pharisees believed, as eirgmon aidion;
endless punishment, they taught as
didios timoria, he says the Essense teach
never-ceasing torment, (timoria adidleip-
TOM, deathless misery (athanton tim
orian. He also. speaks of thanaton
dthandton, deathless death, never-dy-
ing death. None Of these expressions
are ever found in the Bible, as they
would have been had it designed to teach
the doctrine. Jesus never uses the
phraseology employed by the believers
in the doctrine of endless torment,
among whom he lived. Besides, there
are other terms found in the New Tes-
lament signifying endlessness, but
never connected with punishment, or
suffering, or sin, or death. Such as
aphtharton, ansaranton, q Pet. i.3,4)
amarantinon Il Pet. v.-4) aptharsian,
athanasian Il Cor. XIV. 51-4.) These
words occur many times, are never
found with anything that will ever end.
And thus it follows that the doctrine is
not taught, as the words are never con-
nected with punishment that are alb
solutely necessary to prove it. Mr..
Hall having used the Emphatic dag
lot, as an important witness on his
side, this testimony was quoted from
his own witness. The Emphatic dag
lot says endless duration is not the &C.
curate meaning of the word.
Great reliance was placed by Mr..
Hall on the reduplications in Revela-
lions rendered forever and ever" cages
of ages.) And here he was guilty of
! gross Misrepresentation He declared
that his opponent had admitted in his
New Covenant that certain form of
the @onian phraseology denoted abso-
Lutte eternity, and that the wicked are
said to suffer endlessly by these exact
words. He read from Hanson's trans
lation this note, Here is form of the
eonian phraseology that denotes eter-
nal DURATION" all the generations of
the icons of the @ons, tou aionos ton al
onors." But he suppressed the rest of
the paragraph: sHad Jesus and the
apostles intended to teach endless pun
ishment, would they not have employed
this language in connection with pun
ishment," showing that the language in
Revelation differs from that in Ephe-
SLAMS. Then turning over to Revelation
he quotes eis tosls aionas ton oionoa, and
back to Ephesians he repeats tou aionos
ton aionon, emitting pasas tas geneas,
thus creating the impression by sup
pressso veri, thattsse phrases are iden-
teal, and that his opponent had given
away his case. Letters had been re-
ceived at Henderson that Mr.. Hall
would cut up his opponents translation,
root and branch, and this was the way
he was to do it, by garbling, suppress
ing and misrepresenting its words.
For, in reply it was shown ~ that the
| fulflment Of the words in Revelation
is to be in this world, ''day and night"
| (2) that ages of ages must denote linn
tied period, and inasmuch as an age
being limited no mum Der can consti-
tute eternity, and ~ that the words in
Ephesians, describing the glory of Christ
denote eternal duration, not because
the words t0u dionos ton 0ionon are
used, but because they are qualified by
pasas tas geneas, +" all the generations
In addition several texts were quoted
by DR.. Hanson, in which similar
phraseology to that in Revelation is ap-
piled to things of limited duration,
showing that forever and ever, should
be understood as expressing limited
duration, in Revelation, as it does else
where in the Bible.
On Wednesday evening Mr.. Hall
continued his line of assertion and
assumption, quoting passages contain
ing the words "hell." ''lake of fire."
''lost," "damnation," etc., without
exposition or exegesis, compelling DR..
Hanson to continue to establish neg
alive, or permit the audience to go
away with the conviction that as the
texts were not explained" they over
threw his position and sustained the as
sumptions of the affirmative. For ex-
ample, Mr.. Hall admitted that Hades
does not mean condition of poSt-mor-
tenn torment, but said as Dives was
in torment in Hades, in that case it
meant endless punishment, and there
fore that the text proved the doctrinel 1t
was replied that as Hades was afterward
emptied and then destroyed REV. Xxx.
10, IA, the rich man was released and