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Oh yes! We believe that sin and suffering will finally be done away. All
the ransomed of the Lord will yet come to Zion with song!
I have thrown in these few illustrations by way of conclusion, thinking
they may be a pleasant offset to mere argument.
XXI.
THE FINAL DAY.
Everlasting Love--Resources of Infinite Wisdom and Power--Redemption
of the Whole Race--Forecast of the Final Day--The Conquest of Love
--Christ Is Satisfied--He Is Singing with Joy--Ancient Prophecy
Fulfilled--Adoration of the Heavenly Hosts--The Saviour Crowned.
The main subject on which there is a division of opinion in the
evangelical churches pertains to the ultimate destiny of the wicked.
There are three main points of view. There is the theory of Extinction;
there is the theory of Restoration; and there is the theory of
Everlasting Torment. Of late years there has been a great change as to
which is the correct view. For a long time eternal Torment was held to
be the orthodox doctrine. Men tried to believe it: it was the doctrine
of the church; and thoughtful men did not like to break with orthodoxy.
I can fancy that in cases where it was suspected to be untrue, men
recoiled from its examination, and satisfied themselves that it is a
mystery beyond human investigation. If a man's feeling stood in the way
of his conviction, feeling was repudiated as a dangerous thing in the
study of doctrine.
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