Life and Death Eternal: A Refutation of the Theory of Annihilation (Classic Reprint) - Tapa dura

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This volume is not written in reply to any one writer. As matter of fact, more allusions will be found to the writings of Mr. C. F. Hudson than of any other author for the reason that Mr. Hudson, having devoted the labor of years to the subject, has presented by far the most respectable work in advocacy of the doctrine of annihilation. His chief treatise, Debt and Grace, unquestionably combines a great amount of labor, and a very high degree of dexterity in the presentation. It has been cus tomary for some evangelical writers to praise the fairness and candor of his discussion commendations which we can account for only on the supposition that the writers have never followed him, as we have done, through any considerable number of his quotations and interpretations. We have made no attempt at a review and criticism of his procedures, except in a few instances where it lay very directly in our way. To do so would require a larger volume than his own, and would change the character of the discussion.

We have commonly employed the term annihilation to designate the cessation of existence which these writers advocate. We are aware that many of them object to the term as not be ing fully expressive of their mode of stating and arguing the case. We would only say that we can not be debarred the use of a convenient, indeed an indispensable, term, out of deference to their preferences. We state their views and arguments fairly and fully; and it will be found, we trust, that the validity of our reasoning does not at all hinge upon the name by which we characterize the system.

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