The Doom of the Majority of Mankind
Examination of the historic and current beliefs of why we are doomed and destined for hell, and if they are valid, by Samuel J. Barrows. Published in 1883.
“To admit that God has so created and governed the world that the vast majority of the race are destined to perish, is a reflection upon the divine mercy and goodness; but also upon the divine wisdom. A farmer who, by his own inaction, should allow the greatest portion of his crop to rot when he might have gathered it all, would be considered a poor farmer. A king who should so manage his realm as to involve the far greater part of his subjects in hopeless misery, would be considered a very unskilful ruler.”