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 so irrational and monstrous and cruel in itself—so utterly repugnant to every true Christian feeling and to every just conception of the character and government of God—is it unreasonable to suppose that the Divine Being would some day vouchsafe a further revelation to his children on this subject? If there ever was a subject on which the minds of men were in utter and impenetrable darkness, and on which, therefore, a further revelation was needed, is it not the very subject we are considering? And at what time should we expect the revelation to be made, other than that when it seemed most necessary—the time of densest spiritual darkness, when such preposterous ideas as to the nature of hell and future punishment as those I have here presented, were generally taught and accepted for revealed truth?