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No doubt such descriptions are awful. But are they not reasonable, if
eternal torment is true? It is no use to turn away awe-stricken from
such details; they are quite in harmony with the main idea of torment.
Get the main idea right, and all such details will disappear. In fact,
they have largely disappeared now. Why? Because the main idea is really
disbelieved. Yes, disbelieved, though it is confessed. Surely, this
disloyalty to what in our inmost souls we believe to be the truth is
disloyalty to the Spirit of Truth.
Spurgeon's words are horrible enough; but they are far exceeded by
others. Take the case of the Rev. J. Furniss, in a book of his on the
"Sight of Hell." This author would be fiendish, if he were not silly.
Here are his words:
"Little child, if you go to hell, there will be a devil at your side to
strike you. He will go on striking you every minute forever and ever
without end. The first stroke will make your body as bad as the body of
Job, covered from head to foot with sores and ulcers. The second stroke
will make your body twice as bad as the body of Job. The third stroke
will make your body three times as bad as the body of Job. The fourth
stroke will make your body four times as bad as the body of Job. How,
then will your body be, after the devil has been striking it every
moment for a hundred millions of years without stopping?
"Perhaps at this moment, seven o'clock in the evening, a child is just
going to hell.
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