A RATIONAL AND SCRIPTURAL EXPOSITION OF THE DOCTRINE

OF THE FUTURE PUNISHMENT OF THE WICKED, AS HELD

BY THE GREAT BODY OF CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS OF

ALL AGES, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE UN-
SCRIPTURAL DOCTRINE OF A SECOND PROBATION.

BY

REV. S. M. VERNON, D.D.,
AUTHOR OF " AMUSEMENTS IN THE LIGHT OF REASON,' " “ HISTORY AND

REVELATION," ETC.

PHILADELPHIA:

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.

TO

MY BROTHER,

REV. LEROY M. VERNON D.D.,

SUPERINTENDENT OF METHODIST EPISCOPAL MISSIONS IN ITALY,

THIS VOLUME

IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.