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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-02
RECEIPTS FALL OFF
November Treasury Statement shows
ShrinknGc of S1.aNlnnn.

Washington. December 1-Customs
receipts of tho government for Novcm-
Der fell of about $4,5O0O0o compared
with November. 1912, according to the
monthly Treasury statement issued to-
day. November was the first full month
OF operation for the new tariff law If
the month Was fair test OF the rcvc-
nue-prOducing powers of the new law
the annual revenue will decline more
than $4,000. 900.
The ordinary disbursements for No
vember exceeded the ordinary receipts
by s2.713.732. compared to an excess
OF receipts for the same month last
year of S4,S34,529
For the fiscal year to date the dis
bursements have exceeded the receipts
by $3.50 100, compared to an excess
or receipts last year OF sl.S17,337 The
receipts for November were s555I5-
49,. The net balance in the general
fund at the close OF business Saturday
was S119.i66,l1l. and the grand total
assets in the Treasury S2,0iGS27. 2Ol
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-02
Difficulties of so,d,crs

Washington, d. c.. December I.-uow
the American border patrol has found
1t wcll-nigh impossible to. enforce the
embargo against the shipment OF arms
ana ammunition into Mexico was de-
scrloed In report from Brigadier-G en-
oral Bllss, commanding the forces on
tho border, made public to-day at tho
war Department. Practically the en-
lire population along the internationa
line, tho report said, is In sympathy
With the Mexican rebels, and as a re-
:, -. re uuanSiti@s OF war munitions
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-02
SUNSET EXPRESS HELD UP
Passenger Agent 81,
DcNfJ, by Iiaudif

Los Angeles. Cal, December l.-Train
No. . ON the southern Pacific the sun
set Express. was held up just west OF
Los Angeles tonight The hold-up
man boarded the train at Pomona. ri.
L. Montague: travelling passenger
agent OF tho Southern Pacific, tried to
Interfere with the hold-up man, and
was shot dead y sheriff's POSSE is
searching for the bandit
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-22

IL would he necessary for US to know what
God 5 in Himself. how necessary He
IS 20 the soul for its peace and happiness
and also. how strong and vivid Will be
the attraction for God felt by the soul
after death. This terrible knowledge
shall the reprobate have during all
eternity. and will feel that attraction in
all It's force and vividneSs without being
able TO satisfy IL in the least. That tor
naent viii be as great as il will be end
less
This attraction toward God We cannot
exreIisnce NOW, but. when our souls are
urfettered hv death. this truth Will be
brought home to us in all clearneSS and
force. Indeed I seems that, even in the
light of reason, when We remember what
God IS to man and what man Is to God,
We can get some idea, not of how painful
and cruel the loss of God is, but of how
painful and cruel il ought TO be.
God is our Creator. He is our first
principle and last end. He made us for
Himself. alone, so that in Him alone can
We find the perfection of our being. This
IS the order of our creation: and in the
realization of this order alone can We
find joy and happiness. Where disorder
IS we must nave misery and evil. Now,
suppose a soul were to miss this end for
which II was created and were forever
unable TO reach il, everything in and OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-22
Terse Paragraphs on Future Punishment.

Dr. Radcliffe (PresbYterian)-The doctrine of endless
punishment for the finally impenent is awful truth.
Father Snyth (Roman Catholc)-F1el is made up of
three thnge loss of God the suengs Of soul and body
and the eternity of that loss and suffering.
DR.. helms (EpiscopaD-Sin is automatic; punishment
that is, the suffering of the sinner, always follows
necessary result
Dr. Pierce (Unitarian)-If there is such place the
conventional heaven it is unpopulated
Dr. Van Schaick (Universaist)-1n time and eternity
Gods work will go until all souls saved
Dr. Whitehouse (Baptst)-To say that eternal punish
ment" does punishment without end is
that eternal life does not life without end.
DR. Miller christian Scientist)- That shall all attain
the and fulness of Gods likeness inevitable
Dr. Prettyman (Methodist) Having no Scrptural guild
this subject the individual is bound by any
doctrine No dogac doctrine is taught in the Methodist
Church.
Dr. Simon Oewish)-The Jews do not insist hell
as credential of Gods justice Why should Jew
dogatize about hell when he had the reality of it earth
for centuries?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-22
DR.. John Ven Schaick, Universalist.

Dr. John Van Schaick.. one of the best
known ministers of the capital. is pastor
OF the Churc;l Of Our Father, the leading
I'jiye-Ss;ii.t Church in the south. He is
c,r1juepri, qualified to speak for his
church upon a subject on which they diff
Ter from most of the other Christian de-
nominal tons:
Il am asked what we Universalsts be-
leve and teach about future punishment.
Il can reply, in word, in the Language
of the church which l represent:
The certainty of just retribution for
sin and the final harmony of all souls
with God.
This does not mean no future punish
ment' But it does mean no endless hell
No man, unless he SO desires, need mis-
understand the modern doctrine of future
punishment as contrasted with the Old.
1t is easy to talk fiippantly about the
looseness of our doctrine: about saving
all men anyhow, of taking sinners to
heaven easiis as the righteous. of
death anu glory univerSalists but such
statements are based on ignorance or
Sectarian bitterness
CLEARLY and Enthusiastically the Univer-
saist Church teaches that though hand
join in hand. the wicked shall not go
unpublished Steadfastly it asserts that,
whatsoever a man soweth, that also
shall he reap
But just as clearly and steadfastly it
maintains that future punishment. to be
Just, must have a purpose: that that
purpose can be no other than the chang
ing of the individual, and that. in time
and in eternity. the work Will go on until
all souls are saved
The old theory was that the real
punishment for sin was reserved for
eternity The final sentence was kept
for the future. Up to the time of death
the door was kept open through Christ.
After death the door of hope was for
ever shut
1.-The modern Universalist doctrine as
serts, on the contrary, the present, in
slant and continuous punishment of SIM
The moment a law of God is violated,
that moment forces are set in operation
TO punish and restrain. There is no in
slant of delay. Fire burns in the blood,
disease eats at the tissues. remorse
gnaws at the heart. Every totterng
drunkard every wasted victim of lust,
every dishonest adventurer. with dry rot
in his soul. testifies to the truth and
awfulness of the present punishment of
sin. Every boy driven back by suffering.
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There is no such thing as a universal ac-
cident. and that change which the en-
tire race undergoes through death is
worthy of a better name than punish
ment.
Death is a natural phase of earthly
life: 1t is the separation of the temporal
from the eternal in man. Death is the
awakening from that prolonged and
disturbed sleep that we have learned
to call life. 1t is the release of the
soul from the limitations of its physical
body.
Death is another name for Opportu-
nifty. 1t is not so much another chance
as it is a chance. We have not yet
really lived: we have just practiced at
living. Who shall say what pent-up
power is resident in us. waiting to be
released? OF this we have some intima-
tons now: in most of us feeble enough.
high warnings and eager hopes. AL
ready "a spark disturbs the clod' but
who shall say in what manner the soul's
ardor shall burst into flame in the freer
air that follows death?
The simple fact is that much of the
crime, vice ard suffering in life arises
from the limitations of the flesh and
from our ignorance of its concealed pow
erS. While some few when in the earthly
body will doubtless make considerable
advance toward emancipation from these
limitations. yet for the ma io-ity prob
ably death will bring to them the first
revelation of their power of spiritual I'M
foliment
Who knows how strong the feeble
motive shall become when clothed with
a body of less physical resistance to
spiritual uplifting: The passion for the
perfect smolders in ever heart The
spirit within us ever cries. Abba Fa-
Their. though, with many, the cry is
smothered and inarticulate
The feeble drop ont OF the race? I'M
possible For. in the realm of the spirit
compassion. sympathy and helpfulness
are the sign and measure of progress
and greatness. There. in that country
beyond the grave as here. whatsoever
would be chief shall become servant of
all. BY a strange law of our nature it is
the one sheep that has straycd that we
so after until we find it.
If there is such place as the con-
vention3l heaven it is appropriated for
all who might go there would he below
helping their weaker brethren climb the
ladder of life = gloat.ng over and
finding happiness. as they are supposed
to do. in the sufferi:Cs of those in the
conventional torment But not
all ministering sririts?
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that soul is out of order: for it there
can be neither peace nor happiness, but
only eternal misery and horror. This
pain of loss. this eternal privation of the
sight or God, is hell, properly so called.
and is a. fitting punishment for mortal
sin. which In its very nature. is DELHI
crate turning away from God.
The second characteristic of hell is
the pain of soul and body. Besides the
pain which the soul endures in the loss
of God, each of its faculties shall suffer
its own peculiar torment. The memory
shall be tortured with sins committed,
their trifiing causes, their paltry pleas
ures: hence follow remorse, rage and
hatred of self. The mind shall be tor
mented with the thought that it can no
longer know God as Il Father but must
forever know Him as an inexora Die judge.
The will, no longer attracted by God,
shall be drawn irresistibly by evil.
The body. also, shall suffer ortures,
and these are expressed by one Wu,.1-the
fortunes of fire. a fire kindled by the jus
tice of God. 1t is of the faith: we must
believe that there is the torment of fire
in hell. That is to say, those who are
lost shall suffer the pangs of burning.
The third characteristic or element of
hell is its eternity. Here is the most
appalling side of the question. and the
one which. more than any other, is OBJ
jeCted to; but it is not less certain than
the Others.
Indeed. I may say it is more certain,
because simpler IN its statement and
definition. Forever and forever shall the
reprobates yearn after and hate God.
Forever and forever shall they, in all the
faculties of the soul and in all the senses
of the body. be tormented. The day of
mercy for them is past. justice. and JUS
tice alone. must hold undisputed and TN
interrupted sway.
such, as I have briefly and imperfectly
stated it, is the doctrine of the CATHOLIC
Church on the subject of future punish
ment. This doctrine. however, must not
he considered in isolation, but in it's re-
lation to the body of Christian truth. The
doctrine. in itself. seems terrifying in the
extreme. hut when viewed in its relation
to the incarnation we see that God
wishes sincerely the salvation of every
soul, and any man who wishes sincerely
to be saved shall never be lost.
NO man shall be lost. except through
his own fault For Christ has made the
salvation of every man a posSb slity. and
il remains for every man, through his
cooperation with the grace of God to
make that salvation fact"
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public interest and made the s"''
timely. Then the writer casts aoo"' ''
the human interest note.
The present theme. however. Is NOT "iiiS
always timely, it is more than timely
for it treats of eternity: and surely III"
subject lacks not human interest Whlch
touches the future eternal existence OIL
every reader. Politics may bore some
people: it is hard to see now one leeiS
indifferent to his hereafter.
The Star has approached TINS SUD
ject with full appreciation of its lmpoF-
tancc and dignity. 1t has Stunned all sen
sationalsm; it has avoided anything lhat
might tend to arouse bad controversial
blood. 1t has sincerely and consclen-
tfously endeavored. through weeks OIL
effort to obtain from representative
clergymen the doctrines OF their respect
i've churches on this solemn subject. Ihat
II has succeeded well, il submits the 1ol-
lowing as evidence:
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that he is not going to forbid or 90
anything to prevent a lost soul from
becoming holy. 1t Is sin, ana
nothing but sin, that makes NELL thal
puts a man in hell, that keeps MIN III
hell
Now l am by no means an authority
upon Methodist theology; however, 1
have no hesitation in giving express
sion to my personal attitude toward
the great question OF future PUNISH
ment:
Our single source of authority on
the question is the word of God. out
side of this source there are 1nt1ma-
tions of immortality, thus. the uni
versal longing of the human heart,
the inequalities and injustice OF HE,
the constitution of the human mlnd'
all find an echo in the hope OF the
future Yet there is nowhere in ma
ture a demonstration of even the fact
Of q future life. This is at it's basis,
divine question, and a divine 1act
must have a divine witness. 1t Is
just this witness that is furnished
us in the teachings of Jesus.
"And the teachings of Jesus on this
subject are found chiefly in His para
bles Here the revelation is rather
dspensational than eternal For in
stance. the final result of sin In the
ca Sc of the man who had not on the
wedding garment was: Cast him into
outer darkness.
Here the Great Master draws the
curtain upon the tragedy of a life
that has missed its mark. On the
other hand, the teachings OF Jesus
with reference to life beyond is al
ways connected with the redemption
that is in Him. Here the path grows
bright and brighter into the perfect
dav The test and demonstration is:
AS / live We shall live also
Here is divine witness to life, and
this witness is made available to US
through the power of His spirit. The
simple proposition then is that revela-
ton as 20 the outcome of sin closes at
the Judgment. but the divine light on
the question of righteousness makes
eternal life a present and conscious eX-
nerjaDce
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every girl reclaimed through sorrow,
bears witness that il does the work.
Whatever else is alleged against the
doctrine. there Is one criticism that is
forever debarred As John Coleman
Adams says: II is not a doctrine that
offers the transgressor any nope of es-
cape from the consequences OF his evil
acts. 1t is unCompromsng in its warn
ing of doom and discipline of the Of
fender
Even il Jesus were weakly willing 70
bear the consequences for us. He could
no more do il than He could arrange for
us TO take corrosive sublimate into our
bodies and have the consequences APP
pear in His. There is no element OF
chance, either in the matter of punish
ment or in that of escape. There is alb
solute certainty Of punishment. accord
ing to law. and escape through the OPP
Grafton of law only by its fulfillment and
satsfa cton.
Upon what. then. is this modern doc
trine of punishment based? First, upon
the character OF Almighty God as re-
vealed TO us by Jesus Christ. Second,
upon the broad sweep and general ten
dency of the Scriptures. Third, upon
the voice of reason. the instincts of the
heart. the nature of the universe-al Of
which reveal the nature and purpose OF
God
no doctrine has reconstructed civili-
cation like the doctrine of the Father
hood of God. Ii God is an infinite Father,
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God cannot eternally torture His children.
He cannot create with the knowledge
that large part of those whom he Gre
ateS will go to utter moral ruin and
amending perdition. II He does. He Is not
a Father He knows nothing of the
duty of father nor the love of "A IA
Their.
Shall not the Judge of all the earth
do right? The battles of the text. how
ever, no longer rage. The old book Is
read today witk a larger knowledge ana
n trucr faith 1t is sufficient TO say that
no ideal of Fathcrhood was ever given
TO the world higher than that given by
Jesus Christ.
And no element of that ideal strikes
a truer note than the response OF the
Father when. in a far country. the prod
igal repented and said: / will arise ana
20 to nv Father and when he was
even vet a great way off his father saw
him and ran and kissed him..
Even so. we believe the Father above
seeks His children. He will not let
them escape His love and mercy. His
resources are infinite. 1t is terrible
thing to be loved by such God II we
arc bound to rebel. Ii is a glorious thlnS
If we submit. He cannot rest until He
has purged us of evil. Through lmmu-
tahlc law He makes us suffer the con-
sentences of our sns-and through inn
muta BILE law He draws us back.
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or desire or hope. there is but one tr-
bunal-what has God said about it? And
the question is not what Skillful exegesis
and dominant will can wrest out of this
or that isolated text. but what is the
evident and consistent impression and
meaning along the whole line Of Scrip
ture?
THE most impressive and frequent
teachings of this terrible lesson are by
Jesus Christ. whose name is so often
used in claim of sentimental benevolence.
He used the language of the common
people and His teachings are repeated
and consistent from the beginning to the
end of His ministry concerning the
'Gehenna of Fire. OF course He often
taught by metaphor, and His metaphors
have been so elaborate that He is blamed
for popular conception which is due to
Dante and Milton. But the absolute fact is
He taught in a way that none in His day
miStOok.
This aching is the reiteraton Of the
Old Testament thought and the key
note of all New Testament word. 1t is the
atmosphere of the Bible There IS no t. ach-
ing of restoration humiliation. such "a
is preached by various sects which have
sprung up here and there, and which,
through mistaken and false ideas of the
Word of God and His aim. ghty justice.
seek to read into the plain words of
Scripture a meaning that is a distortion
Of the text and which God never intended
should be put upon it. The general. uni
form and characteristic language an
nounces the historic faith CT the church.
The eternal hope is not RECOGNIZED any
where The promise OF the Gospel is in
this world: the judgment IS for deeds
done in the body here AMI expia ted in
tie next. according to the plain and strict
mandate of God set forth in the Holy
Scriptures.
For the words eternal. 'everla sting,
forever mean what they say-or else
they mean nothing. They are, through
cat the Holy Scriptures. applied inter-
changeably to God AMI man. The very
same words-tho Identical words. If repe-
titfon will make M meaning any stronse'
are used to express the eternal duration
of God. the endless reign of Christ. the
unendne happiness of the redeemed and
the amending judgment CT the lost. If it
means endless continuance in one in
stance, it means that in all.
This age is the age of probation.
When death closes that probation, the
persistence OF character perpetuates and
confirms the divine arbitrament. Human
reason is not the qualified judge either
of its justice or its propriety. We are
the malefactors, and the prisoner at the
bar is not a good judge of the measure
of his guilt. The contrary doctrine to
that held by us puts n higher estimate
upon happiness than holiness, gives mere
henevolence a higher rank among the
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much as the man of meager moral attain
ment. No one Is so sure of its truth
as the man whose life is regarded as be-
yond reproach.
Therefore the question. What is to be
the future punishment of the wicked?
loses Itself In the larger question. What
awaits all humanity after death? Those
who have failed to pass in this school of
life, are they to be given another chance?
Are the feebest to drop ont of the race?
Will only the fit survive? Granted that
the good and the bad are not two dis
tinct classes of people. but the same peo-
pie in different degrees of goodness, what
becomes OF them after death?
Here. again, is the inevitable pre-
vious question What is death? Is it
accidental. punishment Or progress
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-22
DR.. Forest ]. Prettyman, Methodist.

DR.. Prettyman, it is enough to state, is
al present presiding elder over the Meth
odisx churches of Washington as we'll as
chaplain of the United States Senate. He
has set out below not only the doctrines
of the church upon the subject. but has
also added his personal views:
There is no dogmatc doctrine upon
the subject Of future punishment taught
by the Methodist Church-that is no
dogma or theory as to the conditions and
method of punishment for sin after death
is set forth in the doctrines of the church
as essential to membership or ministry
in it.
1T seeks to embrace in its dogmas
only those great truths to which the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-22
Dr. J. Wallace Radcliffe, Presbyterian

Dr. Radcliffe, pastor of the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, of Wash
ington one of President Wilson's favorite
places of worship, has long been leader
among the clergy of the Presbyterian
Church militant. He replies:
The doctrine of the endless punish
ment of the finally impenitent is awful
truth 1t is no field for the profane de,
batter or the vulgar ranter. Its solemn
conception is overwhelming. The mis-
taken philanthropy which seeks relief
from it's declaration commands the SYM
pathy of every Christian, but it is a false
charity which seeks to ignore or belttle
the truth or soften its emphasis for the
sake of a temporary ease. The issues
are too tremendous.
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natural nay, the necessary result of sin
Sin is automatic: punishment-that is. the
suffering of the sinner-always follows.
as a natural result. The only relief must
come from what men call supernatural
source-namely from some redemptive
power That redemptive power is a rem
edy only for those who use it. Antitoxin
helps only those diphtheria sufferers who
have enough faith in its efficacy to cause
them to use it.
THE argument that the sinner is not
always punished in this life is not sound.
because the statement is not true. He has