THE

ORIGIN AND HISTO

OF THE

Doctrine of Endless Punishment.

BY

THOMAS B. THAYER.

Prove all things: hold fast that which is good. - PAUL.

STEREOTYPE EDITION.

BOSTON:

JAMES M. USHER.

BT

837

747: 1856

Cop. /

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by

JAMES M. USHER,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

THIS little work is written for the purpose of furnishing a sketch of the argument by which it is shown that the doctrine of Endless Punishment is not of divine origin, but traceable directly to a heathen source.

It is not intended as an elaborately philosophical or critical discussion of the subject, as the size of the volume will show; but only as a popular presentation of the method of proof, and of the leading facts and authorities on which the argument rests.

Those having time and the sources of information at command, will enter into a more thorough investigation for themselves. For such this work