Uriah Smith 
State of the Dead and the Destiny of the Wicked [PDF ebook] 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. On the questions here discussed there is at the present time a daily-increasing agitation in the theological world, The frequency with which these topics come to the sur face in the religious papers of the land, is evidence of this. Not only in this country, but in England and Germany, the views of Bible students on these points are in a state of transition. The doctrine that there is no eternal life out of Christ, and that consequently the punishment of the wicked is not to be eternal misery, is now able to pre sent an array of adherents so strong in numbers, so culti vated in intellect, and.so correct at heart, that many of its opponents are changing their base of operations toward it, and taking steps looking not only to a toleration of its existence, but to a compromise with its claims.