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Show BEECHER'S RELIGION. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's latest convictions were expressed by him last Sunday, when he said "When people ask me if I believe heaven is a locality of a place fenced in from all trespassers. I reply in the negative. Heaven is as boundless as the universe. If you ask me if I think there is a hell-that is, a locality or a pit from which no inmate can escape-I once more make a negative reply. Do I believe that there is no punishment beyond this earth life? I say there is no place of endless torment, but I do think there must be a certain form or degree of punishment that will extend for a limit into eternity. This punishment will be the remorse for sin committed. We shall be a great while in the other life before we cease to be sorry for the misdeeds of our earthly career. But ultimately peace and happiness will come to the souls of all." |