Dale on the Destiny of the Impenitent
The Rev. R. W. Dale, so long as he was in a sense the guest of Yale College, considered himself bound in honor to say nothing against the recognized creed of the evangelical churches; but now that he has returned to England he feels entirely free to discuss the subject of the future destiny of the impenitent, and to avow that he has rejected the traditional belief. In an article published in The Christian Union, he sums up his views in this wise: “Eternal life is the inheritance of those who are in Christ. Those who are not in him will die the second death, from which there will be no resurrection. The chaff will be burned up in the fire which cannot be quenched. The dead soul will be consumed by the worm that dieth not. Those that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ will be punished with everlasting destruction.” Loyalty to Yale, he says, prevented him while he was in America from saying or writing anything in public about future punishment.—Selected.