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He v. N. D. George (" Univ. not of the Bible" 

 p. 384) has the following question and answer: 

 " Was the belief of endless punishment common 

 ~both among Jews and Gentiles in our Saviour's 

 time r 



Universalists shall speak for themselves, as 

 their testimony will not be doubted upon this 

 point. 



" The Pharisees, it is well known, believed in 

 the endless punishment of human souls." Lec- 

 tures by W. H. Fernald, p. 79. 



" It is generally admitted that the Jews, in our 

 Saviours day, maintained the Pagan notion of 

 immortal happiness for the righteous, and 

 undying pain for the sinner.'' Letter in the 

 "Trumpet" of Feb. 3, 1838, by W. C. Hanscom, 

 a Universalist minister. 



" That the Pharisees believed in a punishment 

 after death, we do not deny." Wittemore's 

 Notes on the Parables, p. 62. 



" Jews and heathens believed in endless pun- 

 ishment." Balfour's Essays, p. 326. 



Mr. Balfour, in his " Inquiry," p. 200. Where 

 he attempts to show that the Jews obtained their 

 views of endless punishment from the heathen, 

 says: 'The introduction of this and other 

 lieathen opinions among the Jews was gradual, 

 but in the days of our Lord had become general, 

 with perhaps the exception of the sect of the 



