A DISCUSSION ON THR IMPORTANT QUESTION, DO THE SCRIPTURES TEACH THE DOCTRINE OF THE FINAL HOLINESS PREFACE. The following pages troat on subjects of vital importance. What is to be the condition of mankind in the eternal world is of great moment to every son and daughter of Adam.— The world disagrces on this subject. It is maintained by some that our race will be divided into two classes in eternity; one of which will be holy, happy, and in heaven with the Creator, and the other sinful, miserable, and in a place of torment with devils. In the succeeding pages both of these theories are maintained; and the arguments and proofs that were supposed by the advocate of each to sustain his view of the destiny of mankind, are stated and vindicated with much talent, and generally in a christian spirit. READER, as you are deeply interested in the realities of ETERNITY, peruse attentively and prayerfully this little book. Comparo each theory maintained therein with the Spirit and Word of Ged, remembering that must be false which clashes with them, and that must be true which accords with those infallable guides. Also weigh carefully and impartially the arguments and proofs for and against each theory, and let reason and the scriptures decide which is and which is not founded in truth. The Rev. Abel C. Thomas, who is the advocate of universal purity and bliss, is one of the most talented writers and preachers of the Universalist denomination. He is as well qualified probably as any man to defend his cause. The Rev. Luther Lee, who is the advocate of endless sinning and suffering, possesses evidently great ability, and undoubtedly did the best he could to sustain his theory. |