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.,1pFs ABOUT A HE'LL.


ing Punishment After Death
-.-rola in Popular Science Monthly.
r. NJ a place for the punishment
r N wicked men is found in most.
' -ot ali. of the religions of the pres
g. and Of antiquity. According to
tal;sfs the punishment is to last for
ord;ne, TO others the torments are
;oIs onIv for a time, and are to
on.in ,snrifvi1g the imprisoned souls and
u u ~ for heaven. The Roman Cath
gsr In has both a purgatory, or place
eiIs torment. and hell, which Is
ihYiia' No idea of penalty was con-
ilS .li.h the classic Hades-it was simply
eu &c rorId where dwelt all those who
~ ~ ,',sfortune to be dead, irrespective
L. If conduct ID lie.
ne ! comes from the Greek adjective
W leaning unseen. The English word
"a ti-e eIso originally the same meaning.
Ia e-.;,.ad from the Teuronic base hal,
- slso the Anglo-Saxon hetdr. to
- mat the original sense is the
e.. ~ unseen place" tSkeafl. The con-
'. If future existence which lays
=, - the greatest antiquity is that of
a L, Egyptians. According to the
---ian telef If the great Judgment
- adversely 1.-THE condemned soul is
- scourged back to the earth straight
- live again in the form of a vile
,ai as some of the emblems appear to
70 or plunged into the fortunes Of
"a he'll of fire and devils below, as
.srons engravings set forth; or driven
he atmo phere to be vexed and tossed
,smnests. violently whirled in blasts
cionds. till its sins are expiated. and
+ssr probation granted through a re-
tradexistence in human FORM"
THE PARsEE HE'LL.
r.oo Persia. also. we get religion of
aDtiouity-Zoroestria in
~Hlifed form, is held to-day by the small
A. of Parsees still to be found in Persia
tiIndia. According to the Parsee belief,
yood after death pass safely over the
Sye Chinevat, which stretches from
mi Abort up to Garotman, the blissful
I'M of Ormudd; while the wicked fall
u the bridge into the Gulf of Duzahk,
I'M vawns beneath, where they are tor
Istei bv davas. At the end of the
n. comet will fall upon the earth,
j,nipg vast conflagration, by which the
LEle earth will be melted, and the molten
ram will pour down into Duzahk, carry
with it the sinners who are on earth at
Ifs time. Here they and the earlier
korsrs. except I'll ose already redeemed by
|bsprayers Of friends, will burn for three
kay and nights, and then, thus purified,
WILDE receiI ed into heaven. Afterward
HI he davas, and even the arch-fiend Ahrl-
hap, will nave their evil burned away, and
Hill also enter the abode of light.
The Laws of Manu." one of the early
'acred books of Brahmanism, names
wenty -one bells. Punishments for different
inns are, to be reborn into one of these
Tells, or to return to earth as a beggar,
ri pie, or leper, or in the form of rat,
make, or louise. the penalty being ID each
sse appropriate to the crime. Punishment
ICED not be endless for any one. as each
uccessve life is a new probation in which
igheousneSS wins admission to higher
igher stage Of existence. In Buddhism,
Ihich is one Of the religions of China and
be state religion of Tibet and other coun-
hes Of Eastern Asia, future punishment is
rovded for in great hell, comprising
Tstem Of 1876 lesser hells. Tie torments of
leSe bells are depicted in many Buddhist
DokS and paintings, with much detail and
yidn5ss. As for the two other religions
China, Contucianism tells nothing what
Ter about punishment after this life,
nile Taouism has a theory of retribution
UGH like that of Brahmanism.
THE JEWISH sHEoL.
The Jews in Old Testament times had no
ca of hell. There was no mention of
after death in the teachings OF
oSeS, nor IS this doctrine taught by the
ophers. The word Sheol, which is trans
ted by hell III the King James version of
Bible, meant simply the abode of the
ad, and C responded to the Greek Hades,
ID IN the New Testament and other Greek
ltlngs. Gloomy and repulsive ideas were
oclated with Sheol, similar to these we
meet with death and the grave, but it
IS the destination of good and bad alike,
d not place Of punishment. The trouble
lch the wicked and the enemies of the
VS. were threatened with by the prophets
'talned t. this world. They were pain,
ease, loss of possessions and kindred,
stlhty Of neighbors, death, and indigni-
to tie dead body.
The IDEA of sheol first became modified
er the Persian captivity. The.place was
Hded INTO two parts, which were sepa-
.ed only by the width of a thread. One
these divisions was for the good awaiting
direction, and was called Paradise: the
er, set apart for the wicked, was called
lenna. This latter designation means
Ie valley of the son of Hinnom.n and was
the name of the gorge outside of
usalem in which the Jews had practiced
fiery worship of Mooch, and where
erward otfal from the city and the bodies
criminals were thrown, to be consumed
the fires always kept burning there. The
q OF Gehenna as a place of future pun
nent had appeared in rabbinical theology
become quite detailed a century or
re before Christ. He'll was represented
nav ing special apartments for different
ds of torment.
me place. from its darkness. was called
ght OF Horrors" The fire of Gehenna
SAID to have been kindled on the even
OF the first Sabbath, and would never
extlnguished. The religion of Islam is
racterized by lack of originality. and
Mohammedan hell contains nothing but
ny made variations of the Gehenna of
Jews. 10 the man that disobeys the
cepts OF the Koran it is promised that
ou snail cast him into hell fire: he shall
lam therein forever