The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-02

When minlsters give this parable.
they should eXpla n that PARABLE
means prophecy. something fore
told and tell the people that Abra-
hams fathers were pagans and could
not go to heaven. Abraham was a
good man, and could not so to hell;
which place, us u burning fire, exists
only In the Imagination OF some
ministers Abraham died and was
gathered to HE fathers. then he was
laid In the ground with his fathers.
Lazarus was carried by angels into
Abraham's bosom. The word boa ON
meanB to enc 0se, to encasa; then
Lazarus was buried In the earth, which
was Abraham's bosom.
The finger and tongue are members
OF the body, which We see buried in
the ground, and Abraham said they
would not be persuaded though one
rose from the dead. He does not say
from heaven or hell, but the dead. 1t
IS much more pleasant to think OF all
the dead as resting in the grave.
waiting for the resurrection. than to
think that the wicked dead have been
10 torment for ages. What person OF
candid. thinking mind, and honest
heart can accept as being all right
such teaching as the following as be-
ing in the Bible. namely. that death
means eternal life In misery! 1hat
life" in the Bible, does not mean life,
but something else; and that death
signifies separation from God In a
state OF sin and misery forever.
That everlasting punishment"
must necessarily be. and is ''everlast.
ing suffering" when the Bible SO dis
tinctly defines 1t everl sting destruc-
ton, simply the second DEATH Rev.
20. IA. The soul that sinneth, it shall
die. Ezekiel is. 4, 90. The wages OF
Sin is death. Romans g. 20. They
talk about the death that
never dies; the linn ortal soul. the
spirit &C., as II those terms
were found on every page of the
Bible; and yet not one therein named,
They talk about an INN ortal soul
having been breathed into Auam at
his creation. But when we turn to
the record, we lind no such thing there
taught; but that God formed man of
The dust Of the ground. and breuthed
Into his nostrils the breath of life, and
man became living soul, and when
man dies. that The breath. or spirit
of life, returns to God who gave 1t,
and the man-the whole man-is then
lead.
II he was q righteous man, then.
'dend in Christ" or 'asleep in Christ. F"
who. wheii he returns. will ruise him,
he whole man, from the the grave to
ncorruptiOility OF nature. and eternal
lie. Not once In the Bible Ia man
,alled immortal in this state. but he is
,alled mortal man. They talk
bout the soul being an entity, indie
pendent OF the body. the real man,
yoing to heaven at the death OF the |
,ody, not the death of the man; for
ay they The Nan shall not surely die"
and 30 said the serpent In Ed0n) and |
lie body into tho grave, aud at tile |
the soul to leave heaven |
ND come back to he reunited to the |
'ody, then to be Judged to see wheth- |
II - is to 60 back to heaven, or go to !
lell.
The soul of the wicked, say they, |
.oes to hell at death; comes back at |
he resurrection of the body to be |
judged, and II found that It's deeds |
nd been evil wbile in the body before |
eath, then 1t goes back 20 hell, TAX |
ng its body along. too. there In hell |
o burn ard writhe In terrible and in. |
escribabie torment forevermore. This |
5 the kind of STUFF popular theolo.
.ians have been asking us to take |
With closed eyes and open mouths. Bs
ne teaching OF the scriptures, the |
evelations of an infinitely wise aud |
rood God. Job 81, $, Ecc.eslastes 8,
9-2l.
When Christ, who is orr life, shall |
ppoar. then shall ye also appear with
i'm In glory, Colossians 3:4. When |
hrlst comes he will emite oil who
ike the rich man, huve been satisfied
With the good things OF this world.
md will reward all. who place their
rust In Him. Zech. l4;l2 and Rev.
0:i0. The words 'fortvcr and ever
n this passage are used to denote
certain period. like the ''saronc
and the perpetual incense, "
ot without end. Elk. 1893 and sos;
ut as II is written, eye hath not seen
or ear heard, neither have entered In
, the heart of man. the things which
cd hath prepared for them that love
i'm. Nj.