_Second._ That there shall be no reward in another world, for virtue, righteousness and obedience rendered to God in this life. _Third._ That there shall be no punishments in the world to come, for disobedience, corruption, and crime, committed in this life. _Fourth._ That the death of Christ amounts to nothing, as the consequences of sin all follow now, and fall upon man just as they did before he died. _Fifth._ That repentance amounts to nothing, as the punishment of sin is simply the natural result of a violation of a natural law, and must follow its violation whether you repent or not. _Sixth._ That there is no pardon of sin—that as you put your hand in the fire, the burn must follow—as you spend your money, you must become poor—as you dissipate, your physical energies must be impaired; so, as you sin, in all cases the penalty must follow. _Seventh._ All this being conceded, the grace of God is at an end. There is no such an attribute as mercy in the government of Jehovah. _Eighth._ No love of God is manifested either in the life or death of Jesus, nor has his death produced any change in the world. No wonder that infidels hail this theory with joyfulness, flock around the Universalian preacher, and call him “brother.” His operations are fatal to the Bible, to the mission and divine authority of the Lord Jesus, and better calculated to turn the whole subject of religion into ridicule, than any open infidelity ever advocated in the world. By this kind of circumlocution, the Bible is now sought to be subverted, and its influence upon the world destroyed. But all men of discernment can see, that this is only a scheme to pull down and destroy—that it has no efficacy to save, to make good, or improve mankind—that it can do no good, in any event, to one soul of our race, either in this world or the world to come. It is only an instrument, one of the most effectual instruments of unbelief, in destroying all good, all virtue, and all piety. PERSONALITY OF THE DEVIL. Denying the personality of the Devil. Here we have more _negative preaching_—more _denying_. What a world of gospel there is in this! Who is to be saved by denying the personality of the Devil? Who is comforted and built up with this sort of stuff? The infidel laughs. The Universalist nods assent; but who repents? The scoffer is delighted. That is the man for him! But does he quit scoffing? We have recently heard of a man who had stripped his feet bare after a rain of a warm summer’s day, and, walking up through the mud to an old preacher, denied the personality of the Devil; when the preacher, pointing behind the man, replied: “He must be _alive_ and _personal_, for _there is his track fresh in the mud_!” Another preacher allowed that when the Devil has a man so completely blinded that he does not believe there is any Devil, or that he is a personal being, he never expects to have any more trouble with him. He will never listen to the truth any more.