The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-29
DEAN YARRARs ~HELL."
Nm views Dcsoribsd - the Orestess q
D>sus u CHRISTIAN Dellevers.

To rHB EDIToR OF TEE buN-SR: One.
would imagine that the most n,ornenfon
question Of the ultimate destiny OF the
human raoe after death would b all,
Absorbing with teachers and preachers.
But there "a no subject which ID 20 desipf
edly ignored In the pulpit and 90 pcrsist.
entity ridiculed In the world as this question
whether there n hell Of torment or not.
In the spring OF 1885 Ipurchased copy
Of the revised English translatio1 Of tle
Old Testament, Just publlshed. and tnca-
dentally I bought . copy OF the Ionoon
Punch. The leading cartoon Of this humof.
ous publication represented two storee.
Over the door OF one was s6heol" and over
the other HELL And on the latter door
was inscribed sNow closed This car
toon was intended to draw attention 70
the fact that the translators OF the revised
edition OF the Old Testament had retained
the Hebrew sSheol," and had not rendered.
II HELL" as In the authorized version.
Now. II Ia evident that the late lsmcnted
Dean Farrar has been credited with an
absolute unbelief in hell a. place OF future
p,Inishment. On the contrary, Dean farraf
ALWAYS asserted that his views had been
misunderstood alike by friends and oppo-
nents. and he Gives this a. . reason why he
printed and published his five sermons
preached In Westminster Abbey on 'Eter-
nal Hope
In his preface to this volume OF sermons
he discusses with very great reverence tine
| four prevalent views OF eschatology: UNI
| yersalism. or the final restitution OF all
things, a. advocated by the Rev. Andrews
Jukes, the eminent author OF works on
the sTypes' and .Oherings' Of Scripture;
Conditional Immorta atty ~ .propounded
bv the Rev. E. White; 'Purgatory, a.
| formulated by the Roman Church, ana
| THE Common View Of modern Pun
tanism. 49,.
SO far from DR.. Farrsr encouraging I'M
belief he deals with the whole subject In .
very reverent and scholarly manner. He
| treats IL as q man fully conscious OF his
enormous responsibility. and he says he
could not accept any one OF these four
views of hell for the following reasons:
| The dogma Of 'Universalism' he did not
| And clearly revealed In Holy Scripture,
| and he rejected It because Il Ia impossible
| To estimate the hardening effect OF an obsti-
nate persistence In evil and Of the powsr
Of the human will to resist the law and
reject the love OF God. The theory OF
Conditional Immortality. he could not
| accept because II rejects that instructive
belief which has been found In almost
| every are and every race q mankind. and
because It seems to leave u the khastly
conclusion that God will raise the wicked
| from the dead merely that they may be
| tormented and then destroyed. III
Roman doctrine OF .PHreetSry. eve Su wSp
| he rejected on the ground that he held
| 10 be connected with the abuses OF indpi-
eences, pardons, works OF eupereroeatpn
and purchasable masses for the dead.
The Common View OF neu q ~ .rGi s.s w
| Spurgeon and the late Dr.. Taimafe. ".
| Farrsr considered to be absolutely con-
trary TO both the teachings Of Holy SCRIP
ture and the early teschngs Of h a., Sn urs
lieve In hell. and have not seen sin9e
notice Of the late dean in any secular paper p
which this statement has not been tmpiied.
| Now, DR.. Farrar was very sensitive on 1n
point In his preface TO his sermons ne
sThe statements which have been 20 FRI
| ouently circulated In England and Amsf3A
| that have denied the existence 81 he'll q.
denounced the doctrine OF etens! pun9 s.
| Of what have tried to teach.
| Now, what are the views OF the late Dr.
| Farrart Simply that IN the great unknoWn
| future there viii be Eternal HOPE; Y.
| EarTaTe statements arc ~
in modesty Of expression and in cultured
diction, that no apology need Dc maoo .or
| q quotation Of his very words: he wr1tes
In Els preface 10 Eternal Hope:
Restore the ancient belief in an inferno me
happy |.rsnsstion. q our Eps ols b SiS Rs:
SSd 9 ntepprsstascr sbsn from
!: sG,.S;. T ;aa S .S q:
to Revelations which sneak OF love and a
mercy and a triumph Of long suffering over
S ciIsbis With the belief that the unhappy race
| Of Gods children In THIS great family OF man a
5su al but at ,Ss ys1s ho SsR'S
heart faints and 10 sick with horror; nve 20
the reason and the conscience Of man . soms
to oStrae re ali that il noble and holiest within
them: separate from the notions OF he'll tss
human passion: accept the msrciful eptniep
which the Church has always psrnittsd.
he sAs r n.. 81 9ot d.Senna
ion, . nat mos. men VIZ :. ~ s .ssa;;
az !. H. ::u anS sSp books S from IS ess
and added Incomps!ab!y 70 Sur lsye 81 oodd
e; aSd h aS shs Ss q Su me 2 i:
who ran Rad these words without deep
emotion, now that the author Of them has
| himself passed into that unseen world,
Il the mysteries OF Wnlcn n9 Crs0us Win 8fees
modesty and with profound learning. TO
explain to the human mindi DR.. rarrars
NE was one Of singular purity. His con.
captions Of truth were always clear and
defined. He alvey taught from the ve,y
words OF Holy Scripture, he felt very keenly
the brand Oh heterodoxy which had been
placed upon him BY his brother clsrsy,
and now he has passed into that world OF
charity .where we shall know even a. Ne
How little do many Of us realise what Q
load has been lifted from our minds BY
| s,,ch views as those which Dr. Farrar en-
deayored TO PROFOUND.
How many Christian souls have closed
their eyes in death with most terrible FORE
holdings Of endless misery. The poet Cow
per, the disciple Of Newton. the great evan.
reiical preacher. died with the honest
Convection that his soul Was lost and that
he was going TO hell. Oliver Cromwell,
The great Puritan Protsctor. was troubled
With the came fear on his death bed. Tell
me-" he said TO his chaplain. can . man
who ha: bssn once IN re: fali s Az .ad
lain's reply. 'Thsn," exclaimed the dying
Protector. am safe, for know ] was opcs