Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-05-04
Eternal Punishment.
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Birthstone and the Fires that
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ETERNAL PUNISHMENT.

ETERNAL PUNISHMENT.
sermon Delivered by kev. samuel Robin
son at the Episcopal Church. Miies Citv,
on sunday Evening April Goth. 1890.
TEXT-Rsv. l-ls-"l sm He that liveth and
was dead; and behold. I am alive 70 ever.
more, Amen And have the keys Of hell snd Of
death"
On Ess'er morning / preached on
TIE subject If the Risen Christ. and /
stated that the fact of the resurrection
meant vicfory-victory over Desth and
He'll And / stated US clearly As
cnuld what that meant. That It meant
exactly what Saint Paul stated when
he said. "Ie, He the Risen Jesus,
must reign until he hath put all enc
mics under his feet-and reign sll and
in ALL" That sslvati m II for all: for
every child of God. yho il the Father
Of fsll.
o. course this means denial of the
eternity of punishment. doctrine II
which some people cling with won.
deifni ienscity. I want in the sermon
this evening to put before you exactly
what / believe on that matter: To be-
perfectly honest with you. That
conceive IL n clergymsn's duty. To
speak the uu'h no matter what the
results may bp.
Now, believe that the doctrine al
eternal punishment ought to he de-
MED from every Christian pulpit,
Why? Because OF its evil fruits. A
good tree does not bring forth corrupt
fruit. and We owe IT, this doctrine ol
eternal evil all the slaughter and
cruelty done by different triumphan,
sect- 10 the name Of God. 1t gave
birth to the inquis'tiOn. II drove the
Jews to unu'tersble misery. II burned
thousan nds of innocent men and women
for witchcrsft 1t tortured and rent
the bodie. and souls Of men. II de.
populated fertile lands. II ruined ma.
lions. 1t kept the world fnr centurie.
In dsrknes. Held back civilization
and In all ages urged on the dogs o.
cruelty and fansticism to their &C
cursed hnnting.
So dreadful we've Its deeds that 9
door Of escape was provided from II,
fill horrors by the church of the time
The doctrine OF purgstorv and %
prayers for the dead was the reaction
ir I'm its terror- and saved religion
Unrelieved by this merciful iuterposi.
tion. etsrnsl punishment would hsv'
slain the world. Those, my f'iends
were is fruits In the past and on tbi,
one account We ought 10 deny ID,
truth; but now We ought to figh
against it's lies day by day, for We who
do not believe II have no notion of the
harm II IL doing to those who believs
IL. We are bound tn contend against
IL u we haze any desire that Q noble,
Christianity should prevail among
men, for its teachings drive men Il
Atheism. The less educated classes
who yet feel strongly and perhaps
more strongly than the educated. IN,
things OF the conscience snc Of tn,
heart, say that II denies oil their mora
instincts; and, 30 II does. II makes
them look upon God M . tyrant, and
they turn away from Him In dread
aud hate. II makes the love of God al
revealed 10 Christ Jesus cruel mock
cry, and ill We free the teaching o
Christianity from this doctrine, relig.
ious teachers will still continue Il
give-as they do now-the greates
impulses to infidelity among al
classes. an impulse much greater thar
any given by sli the materialism o.
philosophers or all the attacks 'f inf
del lecturers.
What 10 its influence on educated
people? This: 1t throws an air Of &c
don over the whole Of Christian
teaching; these men cannot believe .,
II they believe in God; Il Representa-
ven apart from God, no Idea ut oil h
the minds; they know, being accus'
toned TO reasoning, that the Idea o.
everlasting punishment 10 simply In
conceivable. Then they are told thai
IL 10 bound up with the whole Chris
tiau doctrine; that II they do not b.
lieve It they can not believe the rest
They do not like openly 10 leave thsiI
church or their sect and 10 show thai
they are unbelievers; they are thu
driven to mere conventional assent
iii by degrees Christianity drops alto
Rethsr out Of their hearts - . life-im'
| pelling power, They zee, what they
believe TO to fiction walking about
| uureprovsd amoug doctrines, which,
q unacompAnied BY th's traitor, tsey
could receive - honest and true; oul
which, bound up with II, they mus