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An Introduction to Christian
Science
HELL
References
for Study
The following passages are from the Bible (King
James Version) and the writings of Mary Baker
Eddy.
Luke
16:19-31
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in
purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every
day: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus,
which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And
desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from
the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and
licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the
beggar died, and was carried by the angels into
Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was
buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in
torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus
in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father
Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that
he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool
my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But
Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy
lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise
Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and
thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us
and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they
which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither
can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that
thou wouldest send him to my father's house: For I
have five brethren; that he may testify unto them,
lest they also come into this place of torment.
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the
prophets; let them hear them. And he said, Nay,
father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the
dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If
they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will
they be persuaded, though one rose from the
dead.
The
First Church of Christ, Scientist, and
Miscellany
p. 160:19-21
I am asked, "Is there a hell?" Yes, there is a hell
for all who persist in breaking the Golden Rule or
in disobeying the commandments of
God.
Science
and Health, p. 196:11
"Fear him which is able to destroy both soul and
body in hell," said Jesus. A careful study of this
text shows that here the word soul means a
false sense or material consciousness. The command
was a warning to beware, not of Rome, Satan, nor of
God, but of sin. Sickness, sin, and death are not
concomitants of Life or Truth. No law supports
them. They have no relation to God wherewith to
establish their power. Sin makes its own hell, and
goodness its own heaven.
Science
and Health, p. 588:1
HELL. Mortal belief; error; lust; remorse;
hatred; revenge; sin; sickness; death; suffering
and self-destruction; self-imposed agony; effects
of sin; that which "worketh abomination or maketh a
lie."
Miscellaneous
Writings, p. 237:2-13
The olden opinion that hell is fire and
brimstone, has yielded somewhat to the metaphysical
fact that suffering is a thing of mortal mind
instead of body: so, in place of material flames
and odor, mental anguish is generally accepted as
the penalty for sin. This changed belief has
wrought a change in the actions of men. Not a few
individuals serve God (or try to) from fear; but
remove that fear, and the worst of human passions
belch forth their latent fires. Some people never
repent until earth gives them such a cup of gall
that conscience strikes home; then they are brought
to realize how impossible it is to sin and not
suffer.
Message
for 1901, p. 15:13-20
A sinner ought not to be at ease, or he would
never quit sinning. The most deplorable sight is to
contemplate the infinite blessings that divine Love
bestows on mortals, and their ingratitude and hate,
filling up the measure of wickedness against all
light. I can conceive of little short of the old
orthodox hell to waken such a one from his deluded
sense; for all sin is a deluded sense, and dis-ease
in sin is better than ease.
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