Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-31
REDEMPTION OF Man.

In several uowsIoptrs, Iurpsr.inb 10
rive = general idea CT the pfobho'e
number Of souls now So abiting tile
regions assigned to the Nv cI"a''so
mankind, after death. he statistic
we're irt pub i1rci 10 the English
E,,,ttuEsys' Nara. Hc, and wcfa Is 70
IDENTIFY oompilsd lot tue Iuip'lo 81
holding ~ TO nd,culc the doctrines OF
Christianity. Thp wfi,Cr Efrivts al
tho conclusion that the populau q
hell now amounts to tvv hundred b.
ious aga MT on. billion clgh. huudtel
millions of souls Ia heaven. Inst II
say, Tor every saved pors1n, There
az. In his calculation over Que huGi tri
los. onos. But tho premises on which
the nsurra rest sfo twisted CT Of al.
,smblance 10 truth AMI prove uo'hin >
1, not tho authors ABSOLUTE ignttancr
about the sutjeoi With wu ch no deals
His argument russ somewhat Ike
lhiG
In round numbers the earth hRa q
population Of 300, 100000. OF whom
zoo. 900, 900 arc pfoicsssd Chflstiant
the other i,OyO,OyO,OOO being MoaDm
medans, Buduhitts, pagaus anu htA'h'
eu,, The whole Taon was condomuol
to eternal punishment Or too sin oil
Adam, The was ana Il no rodcmp'
ii,n awe through the death Of Chrlsi'
Biblloal chronology gives no earth
period Of 0 900 years. From Adams
lime down 60 the da.l Of tho Oir'h o.
Christ WAS 1000 yVar', curing which
me all humtn souls wrto lost, The
~ puINtion Of the g'o during taH'
1000 years averaged, We will tHy'
l,UOO, 0OO, 900. Three generations, or
5000, 900, 900, passed away each
century. Forty centuries, therefore,
cousIgnsi ~, OOj, 900 900 human soui-
Il .ternnl nfr. In the liHJO
yeats which have ciar'oi sluco tho
birth Of Christ 57.OOO,OOO,oOO more Of
human beiugs have lived anu dlrd' II
all the Christians, nominal and roal,
VINO have ever lived on the face Of the
earth have been sayoi, they would
uotrumbsr more ,hsn $4,000, 100000
Now, N we dtGup. the latter num-
her from tho grant total OF III OOO,OuO,'
900. the number which have bccn born
..ucr the creation. We mad that lol.'
900, 700, 900 Of souls are now suffering
iue tormeu,s II he'll against a possible
5000, QUO 900 who have escaped But
his IL not tho whole Truth. say thal
10 prr cent Of the s1'calleG Chtlsiianl
nave b,su saved, when IL very doubt
fol. then heaven contains a population
Of lsls than 500, 900, 600, willis that Of
hell aggregates upward Of 200, OOo,OvO &
900.
70 anyone familiar with Scripture
dol,ilue on the subject tho uuBurlity
4 the above In 40 plain Ne u need no
F.lutalon. But II well illustrates the
general principle that wiliul iguoIanco
about Christianity II nUArly slwaS
responsible Tot inridelily, Just as ignot'
anco about Motmonlsm has bees u dir
tiugulshiug feature OF It's viruleri
OF onents. II has been the csse from
CELSIUS Of ancient fame, down TO the
prr,snt age.
Holy writ emphalicsliy declares that
tho number that will be lost ultimately
ia comparatively small, Peter had d
,peciai revelation On the subject thai
"GOd Ia no Tespector Of per'0ns, hut In
every nation he that teaTeIn Him, an
vorksth righteousness, Il R.csp,e
with Him." one Of the promises ~
the steruAl Father lO His beloved s0r
Is thus SIprstsed In holy viii: "A'l
OF me, and stall give thee th
hesthon for thine Inheritance, EuJ
the uttsfmost parts OF the earth for tny
possession" And consequently at Lar
He will indeed he the kiug OF king
RuI Lord OF lords, All enemies shal
be iuUduoi by Him, death not eX
30 ted, and HsIrs itself shall sur
10 NtI I've luhhNllhNAH ia NlN ANAA VI
dt.d may be- lu lged "acc riding /
heir wutkt." rhaI the "mrrcy 0
0dru urrtu Tor ever" anI that III
~orS OF salvation, cons quently, eG
lpntu even beygnd lte On earth Is nls
clearly taught, Peter say : "Fyr tni
cause was the Gospel preached also I
them tnsl are dead, that thy migh
he JUDGED according to men m th
hrsh, hut live according 10 Gol in N
splrt."
The gloomy doctrine Of the all bu
total victory OF evil over good hn
no tOundstion In Christianity. Every
where In God'S Word, both ancisr
aud modern, tho dsolaratlo
Is made that power and Il,
mi0ion aud glory belong to Chrh
forever anu ever, anu 1t IL has alvey