Six Addresses; Theological and Religious

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876. Excerpt: ... IV. Malachi IV: 1--3. FOE, BEHOLD, THE DAT COMETH, THAT SHALL BUBN A3 AN OVEN AND ALL THE PEOUD, TEA, AND ALL THAT DO WICKEDLT SHALL BE STUBBLE: AND THE DAT THAT COMETH SHALL BUEN THEM UP, SAITH THE LOED OP HOSTS, THAT IT SHALL LEAVE THEM NEITHER BOOT NOR BRANCH. BUT UNTO TOU THAT FEAE MT NAME SHALL THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ARISE WITH HEALINO IN HIS WINGS; AND TE SHALL GO FOETH AND GROW UP AS CALVES OF THE STALL. AND TE SHALL TREAD DOWN THE WICKED; FOR THEY SHALL BE ASHES UNDER THE SOLES OF TOUR FEET IN THE DAY THAT I SHALL DO THIS, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS. And there was war in Heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place any more found in Heaven.... And the devil was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. The popular theology of the Christian Church has adopted in its system a theory of the origin of evil, analogous to the views expressed in the words I have read to you out of that symbolical book--the Revelation of John. Evil is of heavenly origin; its birthplace is heaven; its destination is the fire of hell. The existence of what we term evil is evident to man; its origin and future have in all ages engaged the attention of philosophers. The conflict between good and evil is such a striking fact that men have at all times pondered on the issue of that war. H Whatever the difference of opinion as to the cause of evil, in this men agreed that evil cannot prevail. Men always believed in the triumph of good over evil. But what is the fate of evil after its defeat, or rather, what is the nature of its defeat? The answers may be reduced to two. One is that evi...