Excerpt from Future Punishment: Or Does Death End Probation? With Illustrative Notes From the Writings of Eminent British and American Scientists and Theologians The Doctrine of Future Punishment has for many years engaged the attention of thinking minds, on both sides the Atlantic. Notable departures from the old faith have but stimulated enquiry, and led to greater study of those portions of God's word which treat of this all important truth. The result cannot be otherwise than beneficial. Although in the somewhat severe conflict of opinions, the discussion may not always seem profitable or promotive of Christian charity, yet in the end it must lead to a more intelligent conception of the truth, and a deeper reverence for the Volume of inspiration. This treatise has been written and compiled at the request of the Publishers, to meet a felt want in many Christian homes. Volumes by specialists in Science and Theology abound, but these for the most part are beyond the capacity and comprehension of the ordinary reader, and only treat of some one phase of the question, with which the writer is specially concerned. An attempt has been made in the present work to discuss, however cursorily, nearly all the leading views held regarding the future punishment of the wicked, in the simplest possible language, and at the same time to include in the Notes and separate papers, the more scholarly and abstruse discussions of thoughtful minds, both in the old world and the new. To students, therefore, as well as to the general reader, it is hoped that the volume may at least be helpful, if not exhaustive. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.