The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-10-04
The GREAT HEREAFTER.
Vague Terms Applied To the Future World
in Many Lands.

in Many Lands.
Among vague terms applied % tho
future world are the following: "Ihe
great hereafter" 1.-THE other world, "
"futurity," "the great somewhere
elso." 1.-THE after. life." "the farther
shore" "the spirit world" "the unseen
universe" "the great beyond" IT Is
unnecessary to inform you that "the
sweet ultimately" Is an American
term. A famous Frenchman, when
dying said that he was about 10 go in
10 the great perhaps" Similar terms
are ''the dim unknown" and "tho un-
known dark" In poetry the future
world Is 1.-The happy land, far, far.
away" the Gland o the lcal," Tho
world beyond the stars" "daybrcak," "
'the mansion OF light, 'Jerusalcm tho
golden, "tho better land, 1.-THE realms
OF the blessed" 1.-THE happy islos,
"beyond the wavclcss sea-" 'thc fair
day." 'the celestial Shore" "the
harbor Of rest" 1.-THE sovereign, dim,
illimitable ground" CamOens terms
IL 1.-The Lethean dungeon" and "tho
somber shades avernal" Anglo-SaXOn
poems refer 90 "the green worlds On
Paradise" Mrs. Barbauld calls Is
"the brighter cline" Goethe speaks
OF joining "tho ghostly nation
Shakespeare terms it 'tho undiscoy-
cred country" and "from whose bOurn
... ,.,tp,nu LInur ffav
Poe calls IL "the distant Aidenn." "tho
Plutonian Shore" and "the Lethcan
pence OF tho slSios " To tho negroes
OF the Southern States OF America the
future world Is. both In conversation
and hymns, edo oder gidc Oh Jordan"
"de shinin' strand, edo golden city"
"de Land oh Canaan" "EdcD's bliss
ful shore. " or "Canaan's happy shoro.'
To Bunyan, Heaven is "the celestial
city" and "Sion the golden" To Col
onel Ingersoll the other world is u
"shoreless sea-" The Scotch call it
"the eternal Sawbath. TO tho red
Indian Of North America tho future
world Is "tho happy hunting grounds" ."
Bower says: "NNo journey across tho
isthmus Of now 10 the continent OF
then" The general term applied by
the ancionts TO the future dwelling
place OF spirits was "tho Indor world -
and this term has boon much cm-
ployed In medieval and modern pO-
ctry. A similar term Is "tho neither
world" According 20 the ancient Por-
SLAMS, all spirits returned TO Ormuzd,
the vital principle Of life and motion.
The Karins Of Burmah call Heaven
"tho new city" Buddhism tcachcs
that the future life will bo blssful quics-
ccnco in Nirvana The Mussulman's
"Al Araf' is the region between Para
disc and llados. whore those who aro
neither good nor bad remain. When
engaged In battle the Slayonian's shout
"lIu-ray" ("to Paradisc!D. The spirit
Of the good Japanese when ho dtci
eats OF tho Wasuregusa, or horb OF for
gotfulnoss and all sad memories arc
thus dispclcd, aud tho soul Is "truncod
by its taste for cvermoro." Tho
Egyptians beloved that imm cdiutcly
after death the soul descended into tho
lower world called Amcnti, aud was
conducted To tho "hall Of truth, whore
IL was judged in the presence of Osiris
and OF his forty-twO assessors Tho
good were then conducted TO Ahlu,
or the 'pools Of poacc." Ihcso
were tho dwcling-placos Of tho blest.
Tho wicked woro condemned to se-
rics Of transmigrations in the bodies Of
animals. II after many trials sufficient
purity was not attained, they were
condemned to complete annihilntioU by
Shu the Lord Of Light. In tho my
thology OF Greece and Romo the abode
Of the dead il named hadcs, or the roalm
OF Pluto. Tho proper namo OF this re-
gion was Erobus, which was the DWELL
ing-placo OF the virtuous as we'll as tho
wicked. This was in later times die
vidod into Tartarus, whore the wiclIod
wcro confined, and Elysium, the abode
of the blessed. - English Rare Bits.