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TENTH REASON.

"The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God."

Psalms, ix. 17.

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ELEVENTH REASON.

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest; this shall be the portion of their cup."

Psalms, xi. 6.

TWELFTH REASON.

"And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt."

Daniel, xii. 2.

THIRTEENTH REASON.

"So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web." Job, viii. 13, 14.

FOURTEENTH REASON.

"He that, being often reproved, hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy."

Proverbs, xxix. 1.

FIFTEENTH REASON.

"The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites: who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?"

Isaiah, xxxiii. 14.

SIXTEENTH REASON.

"Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver." Psalms, 1. 22.

SEVENTEENTH REASON.

"So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from

among the just. And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth."

Matthew, xiii. 49, 50.

EIGHTEENTH REASON.

"And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven: But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

Matthew, viii. 11, 12.

NINETEENTH REASON.

"And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of

teeth."

Matthew, xxv. 30.

TWENTIETH REASON.

"Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels."

Matthew, xxv. 41.

REMARKS.

1. We see why Universalist ministers cannot and do not answer the objections which are brought against their system. Because there are so many reasons against it. It would take them a whole eternity to get through. But that would be too long for their present purposes. Therefore it is, that, while they have our arguments, and send their industrious scribes to obtain them, yet they pass over all of them, and cover their defeat by the cry of "persecution." It produces an effect, to send their scribes to obtain our arguments, we allow, and especially when they send for our sermons-but the public will not thus be deceived. The public wish to know if the arguments which have been advanced from this pulpit, from Sabbath to Sabbath, against Universal Salvation, are answered. We do not claim age, or much experience in handling the oracles of God. We do not boast of any triumph. We only say, that if our arguments are not answered, we shall claim, and the public will claim for us, the victory of David, who, with his stone and his sling, by the strength of the almighty God, slew the boasting chief of the Philistines.

Again: We see why Universalists contend that we misrepresent their system. Some of them start back, as all candid inquirers after truth will, from the legitimate results of their system. They

say we will adhere to the system, but not to its tendencies and results. They tell us we do not understand their system. Surely it is no difficult matter to understand the idea of "no future punishment." But this subterfuge will be in vain. The public understand the system of "no future punishment,” and a man of common understanding can see how such a notion wars with heaven, earth, and hell. What they mean, however, when they say we do not understand them, is, that we do not fully comprehend the various ways of sophistry to which they resort, in handling the word of God. To know the wickedness of the human heart fully, we confess, is the prerogative of God only. But we may expose enough of it, by the help of God's truth, to convince some of their folly and danger.

Finally: We see, in view of what has been said, how impossible it is for any man to be sincere, who is a Universalist. When the evidence is all against a man, is it possible for him to be sincere? Nay, is it possible for him to believe at all? The most that any Universalist can say is, that he tries to believe in his system, and hopes it will prove true. Further than this, no Universalist can proceed. Reason upon reason, and objection upon objection, and absurdity upon absurdity, meet him at every step, in the dreary desert of Universalism. He may say that he is sincere, and say it, too, for the purpose of begetting confidence in the minds of others for his system. But the public will still ask, "How can a man be sincere, or how

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