I am satisfied that in the English Bible there is abundant support for every position I have taken. I do not mean merely direct, verbal support; but also the support of reason and common feeling, which come from the same divine Source. I can well conceive, however, that some may have a conscientious fear that there may be something in the original that is opposed to the views that I have taken. It may appear very unlikely that the orthodox views that have so long prevailed should find such wide currency if they are not supported by revelation. It cannot be denied, however, that the translators of the Scriptures in many instances were strongly imbued beforehand with certain of those doctrines, and that in many cases they wrested the Scriptures to support them. So much is this the case that corrections and modifications have since been made--in some cases totally contrary to the original translations. Along with this, let it be remembered that there is, and rightly, a strong conservative feeling against meddling with the Divine Word. Notwithstanding this, there is in all honesty a feeling that certain translations call for a radical amendment. I think this statement will be thoroughly borne out by some of the translations I will quote. I have thus been moved to give some instances of mistranslation. Since writing the foregoing I have met with a treatise by Rev. Arthur Chambers, an English Episcopal minister, in which he quotes a great number of these. A number of them bear so directly on the matter we are treating that I feel that I cannot do better than quote some of them here. And in order to do this author justice, I will give also some of his own comments. Mr. Chambers writes: THE MEANING OF THE WORD "HADES." The Greek language contains two words which are used many times in the New Testament--"Gehenna" and "Hades." When the Greek New Testament was translated into English, one English word'--"Hell"--was, very unfortunately, made to do service for the two Greek words named above. "Hell" was used to express both the place of future punishments, and also the abode of those, who having departed the Earth-life, are existing as disembodied spirits, physically disembodied. As was to be expected, confusion of ideas soon arose in consequence, and ordinary readers became bewildered. Such a passage is Acts ii. 31: "His soul was not left in Hell," and the clause in the Apostles' Creed--"He descended into Hell"--instead of being understood as expressing that Christ at His crucifixion entered into Hades, seem to teach that He went into the place of punishment--Hell; where He never went. THE EARLY-CHRISTIAN CONCEPTION OF HADES. The foregoing conclusion is well-nigh unassailable, in view of the fact that the early Christians believed in an Intermediate State, which they, like the Jews and Greeks, called "Hades."