valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite, the same is Jerusalem." For further confirmation of this important truth, see the 7th and 19th chapters of the prophecy of Jeremiah. The word Gehenna is found in the New Testament twelve times only, it was always addressed to the Jews. Nothing is said of Gehenna to the Gentiles. This word is found Mat. 5, 22-30; Mat. 18, 9; Mark 9, 43-47; Luke 12, 5; Mat. 23, 15, 33; and James 3, 6. become of Mr. P's "decisive," text? says God can leave the soul" in sinking, hopeless, dying, agony"-when he intimates that God will do this; we are induced to ask, do christians worship the true God who is "good to all"- -or do they worship a Moloch, burning with immortal vengeance, and pouring the sulphureous streams of never ending wrath on millions of his own creatures? Math. 10, 28; 4. We now come to his fourth and last class of texts, which, he says, "represents the punishment of some men as remediless. Under this head our author refers to James 2, 13. "For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath showed no mercy. But this is nothing to his purpose, for a man may have judgment without mercy in a certain sense and at a particular time, and yet not be excluded from mercy ever afterwards. The remaining part of the to which he referred is, "and mercy repassage joiceth against judgment." Mr. P. again refers to the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost. See Mat. 12; Mark 3, and Luke 12th chapter. His object in this instance is, to show that the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost cannot be forgiven. It is true the blaspherner could not be forgiven during a certain period of time. But his forgiveness is not eternally prohibited, as may be seen by a careful attention to the several scriptural phrases used in relation to it. "It shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come." "" Locke says "In the writings of the New Testament aion outes this world, commonly signifies the state of mankind before the publication of the gospel, as contradistinguished to the evangelical state or constitution, which is commonly called aion mellon, the world to come." Pierce says, "The world or age to come is a Hebrew phrase, and signifies the times of the Messiah, oulm eba." Macknight, Whitby, Dr. Owen, Parkhurst and many others agree in the explanation of the phrases "this world and the world to come, with the quotations I have made from Locke and Pierce. It shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world or age, i. e. the dispensation of law then drawing to a close; neither in the world, or age to come," i. e. the age of the Messiah during which miracles were wrought. "He that shall blaspheme.... hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation," Mark 3, i. e. while a blasphemer, he cannot be forgiven but will be exposed to condemnation as lasting as the nature of the case will admit. It shall not be forgiven." Luke 12; i. e. according to the limitation already given resWe have no reason to pecting this subject in Mat believe that the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost can be committed at this age of the world. It was committed by Jews who witnessed the miracles wrought by Christ, and maliciously ascribed them to "the prince of the devils." That the period will come when all the Jews shall be forgiven is plain, for "all Israel shall be saved" Rom. chapter 11. Mr. P. next quotes Prov. 29, 1; "shall suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy." But this destruction is not said to be in a future life, nor is it said to be final: what then does it prove? If the Bible taught endless misery as plainly as our modern preachers do, such passages as that which I have just noticed would never have been quoted by Mr. P. We are then referred to Phil. 3, 19; "Whose end is destruction,"-and Heb 6, 8. "Whose end is to be burned." On these passages Mr. P. says "If it should be said that these texts do not mean the last end of the wicked, the remark is without proof." To which I reply. If it should be said, these texts do mean the last end of the wicked the remark is without proof! Mr. P. says "As well might we say that Rom. 6, 22; ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life, means not the last end of the righteous." We grant it. That mankind do enjoy everlasting life through faith, while in this world, is perfectly clear; "He that believeth on me hath everlasting life." John 6, 47. We have now carefully examined Mr. P's direct arguments from the scriptures, in favor of endless misery; and if we are not grossly deceived, they have vanished like "the baseless fabric of a vision," leaving not a wreck behind. If eternal misery were sincerely believed, and its "proper influence" felt, the result would be fanaticism, insanity and despair. “As music fills the grove, Redeem'd from death and sin, SERMON II. The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going." Prov. 14, 15. It may be very questionable, whether, according to Mr. Parker "superstition and scepticism" are both "founded in credulity." The justly celebrated Claude thinks superstition usually springs from servile fear, an inclination to idolatry, hypocrisy, or presumption. Scepticism is doubt, indecision or unbelief. While therefore superstition may be produced by credulity, or easiness of belief; scepticism (or skepticism) evidently proceeds from an opposite principle viz. an aversion to believe any thing. But whatever may be the origin of superstition or skepticism, we agree with Mr. P. that both are evils, productive of much misery amongst mankind. We are pleased to learn that Mr. P. considers it the right and the duty of men to think for themselves, study the word of God, learn its doctrines and practice its precepts. In the exercise of this acknowledged right, we proceed to examine his second Lecture. He thinks there is too much pretension to free inquiry, and too little exertion in the attainment of the knowledge of the truth. To this sentiment, we give our unqualified approbation. But we have never before heard it suggested that Universalism proceeds from a want of exertion in |