The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-23
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1sslssfs - - 1gypaaass. Persians, Chinese,
Hehrsws, GssSks, alohammedans.
sAvagss "a otAers.
The idea e plaoe for the punishment
after death of wicked men ID found in most
though NOT ~ of the religions of the pres
emit time and q antiquity, writes Frederick
A. Fexnald IN the Popular Science Monthly.
According TO some beliefs, the punishment
y to last forever; a0cording to others the
torments aro 70 continue only for short
time, and are 70 rebuilt in purifying the i'm
prisoned souls and hitting them for heaven.
No idea Of penalty was connected with the
classic hAdes-it was simply an under world
whore dwelt Ill those who had the misfo.-
tune TO be dead. irrespective Of their con-
duct in life. The word comes from the
Greek adjective, meaning unseen. The
English word hall had also originally the
same meaning Il h derived from the leu
tonic hal, whence also the Anglo-Saxon
helan, TO hids, % that the origina. sense is
the hidden OF unseen place. The concep-
ton Of future existence which lays claim
70 the greatest antiquity is that
Of the anoisnt Egyptians. According to the
Fcynt;an h.l;af, = tha c-.,. ;ndoment re-
80. 8 N. l-S---,. 4, 49,, =
sa ~ a0vssssly' me condemned soui is
either scourgsd back to the earth straight
way, TO live again Ia the form Of vile ami
mai, % some Of the emblems appear to de-
note; q plunged into the fortunes Of hor-
rid hell of IRE and devils below, as numer
ous engravings ~ forth; Or driven into the
atmosphere. to b vexed and tossed by
tempeats, violently whirled in blasts and
clouds, till it, sins are expiated, and an
other. probation granted through renewed
existeno6 81 human form.
From Persia, also. W. get q religion Of
modified form, il held to-day by the
small body Of Paris still to be found in
Persia and India. According to the Paris
belief, the good after death passes safely
over the bridge Clinevat, which stretches
blissful Ieali6 ~ 0lmuxd; while the wicked
fall from the bridge into the Gulf Of Du-
gahk, which ynwn beneath. where they are
tdEmente& ~ d@veA
tlThe LAxs q Manu-. one Of the early
se = a dsn
10, to Be- reborn into one Of these helis, or
10 return to the earth as beggar, cripple
Or leper. d ii the form Of a rat, snake or
. louise. the penalty being in each case ap-
hot Be endless for any one. as each success
sive life Is q new probation, in which
righteousness wins admission to higher
stage Of existence.
n Buddhism, which is one of the relig-.
Thibet ana other countries Of eastern Asia.
future punishment = provided for in !
great hell. comprising system of l36
Lesser hells. The torments Of these bells
are depicted IN many Buddhist books and
The 1nnniahmanta recorded in the Jade
rive friohtful pict. &c Of the fortunes Of
Dad Inen; n Buddhist temples these
are y small ana
70 powder, the dust becoming ants, feas
and lice; pestled in Z mortar and mashed
g Jelly il iron mortars; chopped in slices
and hacked to pieces with hatchets; the
tongue Of deceit and lying pulled out; sawn
81 falling mountains; women cast into
lake 81 blood; crossing the narrow bridge
ma falling among fiery serpents; the cal
dron 81 oil for those Who waste rice;
drunkards with the cangue and standing on
3est tied, and large stone on
The back. Us fercS. indGs administering hot
drinks. 4 man going into the
mill head foremost, with the legs sticking
ont, and dog coming out l 1elow IN me
t.,s.s i. ~ = hill 81 Knives; cast on lake Of
~, rha;ned tnsn RID ahaty cylinders iron
dnnreon. darkness within and fire without;
lashed With burning iron wires; when
th;rstv. drinkino molten iron; eating red
hnt ;rS,n halIs: 6eeeQea, there. is the freezing
hall. the burniHQ h6ll and the hell of bub-
Kim ;nc fiith. m
a. fnr the two other religions of China,
Can ~ tails nothing whatever about
nnnishment after this life. while Taouism
kss fhaory 81 retribution much like that
II Rrshmanism.
Tha Jeva in Old Testament times had no
s;daa of 4 he'll. There is no mention
y ana taa0hinos OF Moses. of Il
=, nnr; ~ sfter death, nor is this doc.
ttr;na tauoht 81 the prophets The word
shsol which u translated by hell in the
a a ths 400 81 the dead, and CORE
s...,,r.x.s - ~ Greek hades, used in the
re Testsment and other Greek writings
GIromv and repulsive ideas were associated
vith eheol. similar to those we connect with
fiaafh ma the grave, but it was the destin-
Axiom AZ 5000 and bad alike. and not q