Sabbath Evening Lectures; Or, the Refuge of Lies and the Covert from the Storm (Paperback)

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. 1844. Excerpt: ... LECTURE V. DIRECT ARGUMENTS FROM SCRIPTURE, TO PROVE THE DOCTRINE OF ENDLESS PUNISHMENT. II. Thessalonians i. 5-10. Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may he counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. It would seem sufficient to convince any man that the system of universal salvation is the offspring of depravity, because it perfectly assorts with the feelings of depraved nature; and because, in all its bearings and influence, it is hostile to the great truths of the Bible. Its language, and tone, and spirit are as opposite to the scriptures as light to darkness. Every one must perceive this, who has ever heard a Universalist preach, or has read any portion of those writings, in which their distinguishing views are set forth. The inspired penmen are ever persuading men "by the terrors of the Lord," and exhorting men to "turn from their evil ways lest they die." They endeavor to beget in us a fear lest we fail of entering the glorious rest of heaven, --lest the word of the Lord prove "a savor of death unto death." They are ever telling us of "the day of judgment," and of Jesus Christ coming "in flaming fire to take vengeanc...