Telegram-herald., 1890-12-01
RICH Nan IN HELL


rich Han w&s then Ia . hserAl axe of
Ere. - he'll Z andefsieoa ta *. taen BE
certainly w4s Dsl dead. & aeaI. co0i1
he thlDk, &eI lex ana tAlks n, Ead
& the hsslS descf ptloa ~ TIE 1o2a he
trae. aua as acne shall i've. anti ths
ltsglKeF eouass, 4 follows thai Il tlis
sceAe = i't<fal. L e locates t.ey0nd the
fes4rrectlpa. "a i thsn thai. Al TIE
VClce u the Sea 81 Nan, tie eeAd coins
taftn. 'Nhpn the son af Nan shall
come ia HIS gioFf AID al tae holy
s1ses wlfa kliu. then shAli tAe Klne
a4y, toals, ys blessed II lns Father, Ia
AVft tos h1ngdon prepared Tor you.
etc Matt 1xN S4-3o. The Paradise
Abraham bosoI0 Then sh8i ae ssK
unto teeH TIE ungosiy rich men and
others, depart tlom me, ye uursod,
INTO everlasting nfs alst verse. bat.
you SEX, = TIE flea man Has not cast
INTO the LAKE of ire Al death, why ala
ChrisG say So SAY that ht " as, and q d
Chrlst dld not intend sng such thing.
bat the translStofs have rendered tie
Greek hGdes 'heli' when Il should
have been the grave The Greek for
the lake Of Ere is 'Gehenna, aud not
'hades.' The new version nas 4 .hAdes'
instead OF hell. The D0uay Bible sAys
'He WAS buried ia he'll j. Z. in 'Aades
or sshe0i' The Old Testament uses
tie word 'she0l 10 designate that place
which IN tbe New is called 'hades
Thus IN Ps. XVI. TO- written M Hebrew
David SAWS. IN speaking Of Christ; For
thou wilt not leave nay soul IN sneol,
ing ia helfl The New Testament, IA
quoting this text and expressing the
words IN Greek, says: Thou viii lot
leave my soul in 'hades' lEnglish hell. ,
Bee Acts ID, p.
We ask, aid Christ so into hellg that
IS, heli-iire, at deSthg No; but into the
grave. Thus We nee that the rich man
HAs IN the grave ana net in hell, a.
commonly understood, and the Bible
says, Eccl. TX, 10. There IL no work
nor device, nor knowledge IN the grave
etc. Pc. XVI, 3: For IN death there
Is 20 remembrance OF thee so man
lieth down and nseth not, till the
Heavens be no more; they snail not
awake, nor be raised out Of their sleep
Job XVI. p: 'His sons came 10 honor
and he knoweth Il not, aud they are
brought low, but he perceiyeth Il not
OF them"
IL dead, you ask, how then could the
rich man have such solicitude for me
five brethren? IL literal, this parable
can have It's application only after the
resurrection. Ii an alleg0ry, the lam
gIage is admissible. Toapply IL sooner
lat the death of the parties named) II
literal, at once renders the account out
of harmony with the general teaching
of the Scriptures concerning the cOndl-
ton and location of the departed. Then
again, IL IL inconsistent. Did the angels
carry the literal poor man at death into
the literal bosom of the patriarch who
WAS also dead2 VINO are willing 10 take
such position? Not many, ! am sure.
The truth is that, at the resurrection,
the righteous, represented by the char
acter Lazarus, will be raised from tue
dead to immortal life, and the joys OF
Paradise. But the wicked, VINO are
represented IN this parable by the rich
man, will wait one thousand years.
when they too will be raised unto ever
lasting destruction IN the lake of fire.
See Rev. Xxx, 5:l5. But, as far as the
rich man and the poor man are con-
cerned, from the time they close their
eyes in death, until they are opened
by the llfe-giver, II will seem as but q
moment, the same SIS though they en-
tered at once upon their reward, or
punishment.
This narrative then. If literal, can
only be true after the resurrection. IL
a parable land the might of evidence is
IN Its favor Christ has spoken Of thlngs
IN an allegoricsl manner, representing
life and animation 10 in&nlmste OBJ
jects, to more fully set forth the lesson,
which he was endeayoring TO teach;
and he did II in a manner familiar 10
all at that time. That the wicked are
now suffering IN nell, and the righteous
now rejoicing IN Heaven, there is from
this account of the rich man and Daz-
arus no proof whatever. On the whole,
1t is = lesson OH the vanity of q life of
greed and selfshness, and, At the time
given, was so understood.
In the words of an eminent scholar
and Christian. we close: 'One view
only maintains harmony between tins
and other portions of the sacred writ
ings; and that Is the one set forth IN
the discourse, namely, that Christ, fol.
lowing the example Of the prophets
uses the figure OF personification and
anticipates, as transpirng III the grave,
scenes which substantially occur be.
yond the resurrection. Amen.