He replied that he believed that the word "aion" would more
fully meet the case, and that that word would more exactly accord with
the capacity of our finite mind, the word "forever" expressing an idea
entirely beyond our comprehension. That seems to be good sense, and more
in harmony with the whole trend of Revelation.
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I have issued this treatise under an assumed name; not because I am
specially careful of my reputation, but rather because I wish the work
to be regarded solely on its own merits. If any reader feels disposed to
write me, either briefly or more at length, and whether in criticism or
commendation, I shall be glad.
Address,
HORATIO,
Care Austin Publishing Co.,
Rochester, N. Y.
I.
DIFFERENT THEORIES.
Fear of punishment--Early Impressions--Men of piety and learning--Fact
and figures--Mental or material fire--The theory of conditional
immortality--Why invented--Moody--Divine failure impossible--Future
operations of grace--Restoration--A plea for charity--Other worlds--The
heathen--Devout use of the imagination.
There is a general fear of suffering after death. Such fear may be
derived in part from early impressions and education, and in part from
the conscience that God has given to every man. But whatever their
secondary origin, these sources of fear have been divinely ordained as
means to an end.
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