The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-25
CHANGED IDEAS OF HE'LL
s--pv1vALo OF THE FITrEsT IS FAST
KILLING THEM ALL

- All Religions Begin by Pro-
ding Horrors Wherewith to Scare
r.,,-s for Their Beneft-Rivalry and
esveeery-Christianity as Ever In
+na I,ead-Mythology a Bad Second
80 +he Rest Nowhere-Fierce Joy
If Puritan Destructiveness-
r,,.5sricka FerTlGId in Popular Science
Monthly.
The idea Of place for the punishment
.fror death of wicked men is found in most,
Enough not all, of the religions of the pres
- time and Of antiquity. According to
80 beliefs the punishment is to last for
over. according to others the tOrments are
- continue only for time, and are to re-
srIt in nurifying the imprisoned souls and
citing them for heaven. The roman
Catholic religion has both a purgatory.
or Mace of temporary torment, and
tou which is everlasting. No idea of
.,orsItv was connected with the classic
bodas-it was simply an underworld where
d,yelt all those who had the misfortune to
Iva dead. irrespective of their conduct in
,ifa The word comes from the Greek ad-
iective meaning unseen. The English word
beli had also originally the same meaning.
l. is derived from the Teutonic base hal,
,vbepce also the Anglo-Saxon helan, to
hide $50 that the original sense is the hid
den or unseen place" OSkeaD.
EGYPTIAN.
The conception of future existence which
laws claim to the greatest antiquity Is that
NJ the ancient Egyptians. According to
tia FgvDtien belief, If the great judgment
resrlfed adversely, 1.-The condemned soul is
eithar sc1urged back to the earth straight
vav 10 live again in the form Of a vile
nina. as some Of the emblems appear to
Denote: or plunged into the fortunes of a
borr,d hell of fire and devils below, as
numerous engravings set forth; or driven
INTO the atmosphere, TO be vexed and tossed
nv tempests. violently whirled in blasts and
clouds. till its Sins are expiated, and another
probation granted through renewed ex-
istence in human form"
PARsEE.
From Persia, also, we get a religion of
great acknowledgements in
a modified form, is hold to-day by the small
BODY of Parsis still to be found in Persia
and India. Acc riding TO the Parsi belief
tie good after death pass safely over the
bridge Chineva., which stretches from
Mount Albert up to Garotman, the blissful
realm Of Ormuzd; while TIE wicked fall
from the bridge into the Gulf of Duzahk.
which yawns beneath, where they are tor
mentod by d@vas. -.
BRAHMIN.
The Laws of Manu-, enc of the early
sacred books of Brahmii ism, names twenty
one bells. Punisu ments for different sins
are to be reborn into one of these bells, or
to return to earth as a beggar, cripple,
lerer, or in the form Of a rat, snake, or a
louise, the penalty being in each case appro-
pria to the crime. Punishment need not
be endless for any one, as each successive
life is a new probation, in which righteous
less wins admission to a higher stage of
existence
BUDDHISM.
In buddhism, which is one of the re-
hgions Of China and the state religion of
Tibet and ether countr es of Eastern Asia,
future punishment is provided for in a great
he'll, c-uprising a system If 1856 lesser hell.
The tormeats of these hells are depicted in
many Buddhist b oks and paintings with
much detail and yividness.
X
CHINESE.
a.
Contuciansim tells nothing whatever about
punishment after this life, while Taouisn
has theory Of ietribution much like that
OF BrahmGuS.n.
HEBREW.
The jews in Old Testament times, had
no idea of hell There is no mention of
punishment after death in the teachings of
Moses, nor Is this doctrine taught by the
prophets. The word sheol, which is trans
lated by hell IN the King James version of
Tue blDle, meant simply the abode of the
dead and correspondent to the Greek hades.
USED In tie New Testament and other
GFeek writings Gloomy and repulsive
IDEAS We're associated with sheol, similar to
those We connect with death and grave, but
~ was tie destination of good and bad
aAAe, ana not place of punishment. The
troubles Which the wicked and the enemies
Oh the Jews were threatened with by the
prophets pertained to this world.
lucy were pain, disease, loss of pos
sessions and kindred. hostility of
ueleupors, death and indtgnities
70 tne dead body The idea of sheol frat
T9l@lie modified after the Persian captivity.
+ne pace was divided into two parts. which
. %eie separated only by the width of a
oiiteau. one OF these divisions was for the
kboCu, waiting resurrection, and was called
IricyoI ~ OCueI, seC apart Tor the
SSl s, was called Gehanna This latter
Ei,, saall {, means 1.-THE valley of the son of
1annn, ana was originally the name of a
L. Gu's"'e OF Jerusalem in which the
a. nau piactced the fiery worshiD of
aud where afterward offal from the
.l5 ana the bodies of criminals we're
boz, I? lie consumed by the fires ALWAYS
a. P' turning there. The idea of Gehen1a
resra pto i oI future punishment had ap-
6'Ire da ~ ia3olulcal theology and become
Christ 0''99 century or more before
CHRISTIAN
cbi az lne coming Of Christ there were tbrae
ssos sec's among the Jews TIE Pbari-
hei1nIIIo were by far the most numerous
MIS-, 9u Vudt sinners were kept forever in -
lev III III Ihe underworld; the Essences he
jsf,,a.t.1 aV Ihe vicious suffered eternal nm
dUcass' ~ III dark, cold place; aud the Sad
boi7 'T7IUuSht that the soul died with tho
Scri,.,,lue first threats of hell in the
TbeIs a- Us occur IN the teachings of Jesus
men, "a Three words in the New Taste.
KIM J Llicn We're translated by hell in the
as CO O-tle' Bible; hades, meaning the sanne
whob ,a neIe In Greek literature. Gehenna
ce,tar vas properly the hell of Hebrew Con-
Iey.s3' S"u IS uniformly so rendered in tho
once Il; iss.soh; and Tartarus. used onIy
Gr4as 49,. ser H., A., which is the recynlar
aer ~. - IoI The place of punishment
Melt r.q, The place of future nunisb0
region ~ ed in Christs teachings iS y
ho. ssanLS nosoever shall saw Thou
Aqttbeg, oa ~ danger Of tie hell Of fire.;
btob-s, w. =, revised version. the tira
god for n'I and unquenchable. aft is