The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-07

up tue ufeS Iof 30 great q NUMBER thl
old negeess truly replied: Ios takl
your o0p 5rinlstons along NTH you." He'd
toiH be setf geaercfiRg. M
/ t2.) It is said that everlasting punish,
ment 10 out of proportion to the sins of |
few years here. We do not knoH--w6
cannot knoNA Who can properly esti,
mate sing Wdens does its influence
ceasef A man leads fellow.being from
the path Of virtue, and launches him on
g career Of vice.. From that wrong etast
he never returns-he dies in his sins. IL
not the evil of the seducer endlessly
fastened on the seduced2 But for that
bad influence he might have been brought
into harmony with God, and bave been
savod. Shall they not both suffer for
ever for their crimes? A man dies In his
sins--dies in rebellion TO God aud hatred
of holiness--Dsdtk ,fres his condition.
The Bible says so. .1n the place whore
the tree falleth, Mere IL shus 6e.o--Ecc.
IL: 8. "He that is unjust, let him bs
/, unjust still and. he which is filthy, let
him be filthy still; I; and he that is righ-
teous, let him be righteous still; and he
that is holy, let him be holy, still, ,Rev.
22:1l. Sin becomes endless; pnuisb-
ment is made eEdless-there is no want
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(3) It 10 said that endless punishment
is in disharmony with Gods goodness.
How do we know that2 Gods Justice
and righteousness are attributes Of his
nature, as are love and mercy. One will
not be exercised at the expense of the
other. Is God good7 Then He will be
good to his childras-His obedient fol-
lowers, who bear His image and adore
His name. Would it be justice to them
for God to take unsanctifed men into
HeavenY Would the unholy, unsancti-
fed nature enjoy the pure, holy blips Of
HeavenY Take bad men into the holy
society of God and Christ, and pure
angels and blood-washed souls, and they
would be out of place--would feel unen-
durable misery. would escape if they
could, would retire to some secluded nook
or corner, away from light and love and
purity, and aoouid set up a he'll Of their
o,oni 1t is merciful dispensation of
the great Gcd to assign the hopelessly
bad, the repubates, The irremediabIy vile.
to quarters by themselves. Among the
requests of the erich man." in Luke 10th,
he does not ask to be taken up to "Abra.
hams BOSOM" He did not want togo
there. Water in tall would afford him
come relief, but trausfercnce of self and
sin to the abode of perfect love would
have aggravated hia ra;seryl The o5uerse
of this Is true also. The eoul purified by
the blood of Christ, sublimated by long
and earnest conflicts with sin, BY long
paintings after holiness; TINS bysconstant
approximations having effloresced into
the image of the pure and holy God,
would not find he'll q iplaSa of torment.
Character makes Tie difference. Would
Paul, or McCheyne, or Summerfeld
groan and wriths e sshhfsust down into
perditiou2 No. They would. carry
Heaven, and holiness and .Jcaus with
them. ,-.r
(4) It is urged that hell is reform,
1lcasure The text denies it when it says
"everlasting punishment" Read the par
able Of the Ten Virgins: ssAnd the door
was shut. Afterwards came also the
other Virgins, saying, sLord, Lord, open
to U.S. but he answered and said, Verify,
! say unto you, Ikno,D you not "-Math.
%: 11-12. Read the. overthrow of Sod
ON and Gomorrah. Does it sound like
q reform nledsurc 2 See the destruction
that overlook Anaaias and Sapphin.
Does that look like a reform, measureP II
future punishment is remedial, then when
the lost are all expurgated and transferred
TO Heaven, or annihilataaa, Satan aud his
angels will be left alone. Will Satan be
Ea:ormed and taken back to God, too
The old Adrersary. the Father of lies, the
Dcceiver Of naenN Can you conceive ofhis
reformation If this doctrine of the final
restoration of all things to Gods favor
be true, cannot see the need for an
atonement. II supercedes the necessity
of Christ's death.
In conclusion, God sends no man to
hell. The bible no where teaches such q
doctrine. No orthodox minister preach
es it; but it is just es true that God vii,
not. by phyrical force put men into
Heaven. He desires their salvation. "Ha
is not willing that any should ner.,h, &c
that all should come To- repentanrs.''-- ''-- -
2 Pet. 3:9. "As I live, saith the Lord
God, have no pleasure in tho death of
the wicked; but that the wiked turn ffom
his way and live: turn ye. turn We from
your evil ways: for why will ye die ?'-
Eek. 49,: IL. Men choose peTdd;tion; Aien
make thsir oion destruction. He who hates
God and holiness has germi.,al he'll with
in him now. Milton makes Satan to say ::
(Which way fly is hell: myself an, iselI."
aAfi Jinholy man has in his heart the fires
of perdition, which in due time will burst,
out and corseme him. He can't get
away from himself, and unless: he turns
to God for help and seeks salvation
through Jesus blood, God cannot help
him. Every man will go where, in his
deepest nature, he desires to go."-lic.
Arthnr. He who is lost is moral suicide.
y4bEe:iren, what an awful reflection |!
Half the people Of this town cur neigh
bors, oqr fathers, our husbands, our wives,
our children-dre on the road TO endless:
1oOei Il any man love not the Lord
Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Mar
anatha."-1 Con. 1922. o, my 1-iends,
how will you meet the "wrat!. of the
!.amb?" BY the happiness of Heaven,
BY the horrors of perdition, by the Love
of God, by the Blcod of Christ, by the
shortness of time. by the value OF rar
souls, J. beseech you, turn to. God and
live. y6
It is related that some years ago, before
the Union Pacific Railroad had bound
the East and Californ!E together, when
travel to the Pacific coast was made by
Stage Coaches, an old stage driver lay
dying. In miserable shRnty, lit up by
din, tallow candle. the old man was
caiIed 70 contend with the Grim Monster.
He had been an ungodly man, had neg
lected religion; now the film of death
had gathered oyar his eyes, and the clam
my sweat was idsnping his brow !; there
had been no pr.S n, no lifting Of the
heart to God; as his breathing became
more labored, he was seen to put ono foot
out of bed aud swing it back and forth.
His attendant drew near and said: "Tcn,
Vhat is the matter % He said: HI an:
on The dolcs'. grade, and I can't get my foot