The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-07
UP the fires for so great a number,"th
old negress truly replied: you taks
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old negress truly replied: "You take
your own birthstone along acith you." He'll
aoiK be sey.gcne1ating.
p2.) It is said that everlasting punish
ment is out of proportion to the sins OF a
few years here. We do not know-we
cannot know Who can properly esti-
mate sing Where does its influence
cease? A man leads fellow.being from
the path of virtue, and launches him on
a career of vice.. From that wrong start
he never returns-he dies in his sins. Is
not the evil of tn. seducer endlessly
fastened on the seduced? But for that
bad influence he might have been brought
into harmony with God, and have been
saved. Shall they not both suffer for
ever for their crimes2 A man dies in his
sins-dies in rebellion to God and hatred
Lof holiness-DeGth fres his condition
The Bible says so. aIn the place where
tn. tree falleth, there it ohaH de."-Ecc
11:3. "He that is unjust, let him be
unjust still; and he which is filthy, let
him be filthy still end he that is righ-
teous, let him be righteous still; and he
that is holy, let him be holy still" ."TRev.
22:1l. Sin becomes endless; punish
ment is made endless-.there is no want
of proportion between them.
f3l It is said that endless punishment
is in disharmony with Gods goodness.
How do we know that? Gods justice
and righteousness IRE attributes of his
nature, as are love snd mercy. One will
not be exercised at the expense of the
other. Is God good? Then He will be
good to his ckildrm-H;s obedient fol-
lowers, who bear Bis image and adore
His name. Would it be justice to them
for God to take uasancti6ed men into
Heaven? Would the unholy, unsancti-
fed nature enjoy the pure, holy bliss of
Heaven? Take bad men into the holy
society of God ard Christ, and pure
angels and blood-wI!shed souls, and they
would be out of place-would feel unen-
durable misery, would escape if they
could, would retire 10 some secluded nook
or corner, away from light and love and
purity, and auouM set up a hell Of their
o,oni It is a merciful dispensation Of
the great God to assign the hopelessly
bad, the reprobates, the irremediably vile,
to quarters by themselves. Among the
requests of tho erich man." in Luke 10th,
he does not ask to be taken up to "Abra-
hams bosom." He did not want togo
there. Watei. in hell would afford him
some relief, but transference of self and
sin to the abode of perfect love would
have aggravated his miseryl The obverse
of this is true also. The soul purified by
the blood Of Christ, sublimated by long
and earnest conflicts with sin, by long
paintings after holiness ;; thus by constant
approximations having eiHoresced into
! the image c,f the pure and holy God,
| uonld not find he'll a PLACE of torment.
| Character m1kes tie difaenee Would
Paul, or McCheyne, or Summerfeld
groan and writhe if thrust down into
perditiou? No. They would carry
Heaven, and holiness and Jesus with
them. go
(4) 1t is urged that hell is reform
measure. The text denies it when it says
Everlasting punishment" Read the par.
able of the Ten Virgins: "And the door
was shut. Afterwards came also the
other Virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open
to US : but he answered and said, Verify,
say unto you, L kpo,0 you not .'"-Math.
%: l1-12. Read the overthrow of Sod
ON and Gomorrah. Does it sound like
a reform metIsuref See the destruction
that overlook Ananias and Sapphia.
Does that look like reform measured If
future punis shment is remedial, then when
the lost are all expurgated and transferred
10 Heaven, DIR annihilated, Satan and his
angels will he left alone. Will Satan be
reformed and taken back to God, too !?
fThe old Adversary, the Father Of lies, the
| Deceiver of men y Can you conceive of his
reformation If this doctrine of the final
restoration Of all things to Gods favor
he true, cannot seq the need for an
atonement. II supercedes the necessity
cf 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 il: is just as true that God will
not by physical force put men into
Heaven. He desires their salvation. "He
is not willing that any should perish, but
| that all should come to- repentance" -
g Pet. 3:9: "'As l live, saith the Lord
God, 1 have no pleasure in the death of
/ the wicked; but THAT thewilled turn from
his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from
your evil ways: for why will ye die ?"-
Ezek. 33:11. Men choose perdition; Men
make their DION destruction. BE who hates
God and holiness has 81 germinai he'll with
in him low. Milton makes Satan to say !:
(Which way fly is hell: myself am heN."
An unholy man hns in his heart the fires
of perditio1l, which in due time"wi burst
out and consume him. He can't get
sway 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."-Mc-
Arthur. E[e who is lost is q moral suicide.
My brethren, what an awful reflection
Half the people Of this town-our neigh
bors, our fsthers, oar husbands, our wives,
our children-are on the road 10 endless
1coe! 81 any man love not the Lord
Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Mar
anatha."-1 Con. 1922. o, my friends,
how will you meet the wrath of the
Lamb?" BY the happiness of Heaven,
by the horrors of perdition, by the Love
of God, by the Blood of Christ, by the
shortness of time. by the value of your
souls, 1 beseech you, turn to. God and
live.
1t is related thaG some years ago, before
the Union Pacific Railroad had bound
the East and California together, when
travel to tae Pacific coast was made by
Stage-C Coaches, an old stage driver lay
| dying. In miserable shanty, lit up by a
dim, tallow candle, the old man was
called to contend with the Grim Monster.
He had been an uneodly man, had neg
lected religion; now the film of death
had gathered over his eyes, and the clam
my sweat was dalnping his brow; there
had beaa no prayer, no lifting of the
heart to God; as his breathing became
more labored, he was seen to put one foot
out of bed and swing it back and forth.
His attendant drew near and said: tom,
what is the matter?" lie said: "I am
on the dopn- grade, and I can't get my foot