Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-09
HAPPINESS IN HELL"
The Subject Upon Which Or. Miyart III
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The Subject Upon Which Or. Miyars Has
Written.
Philadelphia Press: DR.. st. George
Mivart, whose articles on Happiness
in He'll" in an English review. have
attracted SO much attention, stands
head and shoulders higher than most Of
his scientific contemporaries. His edu-
cation was very broad and his work in
life has been equally comprehensive.
He was called TO the bar in 1856. ap-
pointed lecturer at ST. Mary's Hospital
Medical school in 1862, elected Fellow
of the Royal society 1867, and has
since been made the recipient of honors
from various institutions all over
Europe. In law, medicine, theology
and natural history he is equally at
home.
His favorite haunts are far away
from crowds IN a delightful nook of
Surrey, where he has for neighbors Sir
Philip Magnus, a frairy Of Franciscan
monks, and, in the distance. a gun
powder factory. Chilworth is his rail-
way station, and he rents Hurstcote
AlOLh AtLC ohhO va &NOA AdAldt W
whom he has dedicated a book.
DR.. Mivart first wrote his "Happi-
ness in He'll" in somewhat larger form
than that which 1t has now assumed,
and he had some thought of publishing
il as a volume under the title of The
Happiness Of Hell"-a title since varied
with excellent discretion.
DR.. Mivert's view is not entirely new,
although he has developed il in an or
iginal direction. Swedenborg main
tanned hat damned spirits are happy
in their love for evil, and an eastern
gentleman has recalled, in connection
with this discussion a remark made by
Ralph Waldo Emerson. This gentleman
happened one Sunday to be dining in
the interior of New York state, at the
home of a distinguished clergyman,
where Emerson was a guest. The cler-
gyman invited his guests 10 attend a
meeting that afternoon of members OF
all sects 20 hear a free discus
sion on some religious subject.
The subject proved to be What Is
the True Basis of Religion" and
love, v~ariously defined. was assented to
be the basis OF all religion. Not many
had spoken, however, before there were
calls for Mr.. Emerson, and he re
sponded with a very concise and beau.
tiful description of human and divine
love, and agreed with the other speak.
ers that love was the basis of religion.
When he sat down a rabbi arose and
said hat he could not agree with what
had been said, especially by the last
speaker. whose ancestors he remem-
bered had been clergymen and prided
themselves on being God-fearing men
rather than God;loving men. The
rabbi then argued tina. fear, and no,
love, was what kept men upright and
religious.
In his reply, which was rather vehe-
ment and very eloquent, Mr.. Emerson
used these words; Il wish you could
understand, sir, that the whole uni
verse is saturated with love, and that
the devils in hell are happy in that
they love mischief"
1t may also be remarked that it is
part Of the Jewish religion that, while
there may be no happiness in hell in
the sense in which DIR. Mivart uses the
term, there is one day Of respite in
seven, during which the lost souls are
relieved from their sufferings. At the
end of the Jewish Sabbath it is custom
airy to prolong the recitation of certain
prayers in order to lengthen the res
pite granted on that day TO the damned,
for as long as the faithful have not ter
minated the evening service the wicked
are not obliged to return to Gehenna,
ia order to take up again the course OF
their punishment.