The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-12

talking about Divess Well, say you have
nothing but that thief on the cross-you VINO
put off repentance-you like to quote that, Il You
want to ride into heaven on that thtefs back
You absolutely want to get down and associate
with condemned thieves. You refuse TO go In as
gentleman and whole-hearted Christian.
eternity-that after serving there time one
may go to heaven. If / can't get into heaven
without frst going to hell an! serving sentence
and then going there as ali ex convict, dont
want to 60 at ALL You don't need to be afraid OF
going to heaven as an ex-convict when you ge'
in he'll you are going to stay there.
You saw. II don't believe hell is like you pct
ure it." You won.dd like to know where all the
birthstone comes from. You are niled up WIZ
the devils conundrums all the time. Tnere Is
a puzzle department in newspaper 10 AeeP PEI
pie of little ntellects, vino don't read, en- ioyed
The devil has a puzzle department for peopl.
who haven't got brains enough for anthing eise
to rack around with rubbing up against preach
ers, with those little Bible conundrums Always
trying to catch somebody-people who are going
! believe that Bible from Id to lid and If /
didn't believe everything in it, would not be-
lleve anything in it. I'll take my chances in
eternity with you who want to pick
out what you believe and what you
don't want to believe l believe hell is
is ire and birthstone unquenchable. l believe
1t is somewhere and there for a purpose. God
said He put it there, and that everybody who
goes right for it here will be landed there when
they leave here, and when they get there they
will stay there forever.
| remember few years ago when chromos
were sent by railroad out in Kansas to negroes
in the South They were gotten up to show a
big two-story frame house. with green blinds and
red chimneys, flower garden in 'front.' the
on
down IN the perspective. and wagons and bug
gies around They gave these to the col
ored folks, and good many of them
went out there laughter looking for that land
OF milk and honey, and they walked back nome
That is a sample Of what the devil offers to do
for US. You had better take Gods word about
hell aud keep out of it. / believe my father,
and mother, and my precious sister are In
heaven. | believe my wife is or the road, and
that my children are on the road, and will stay
on the road; and | want to go there and | will
not go to hell if there is anything to keep me out
of it.
Some of you say that in your actions and life
there you will continue doing as you do here.
You live lying life here, and are perfectly con-
tented with the kind of life you are leading now.
Suppose you continue it throughout eternity
Run the thing through the grave and through
eternity. all on this side called life and all
on that side called hell Would you be
satisfied with that2 Would you want to be
liar forever, and everything about you lies,
illusions and delusions. Everything an ever
lasting lie! Would that be your idea of pleas
ant and nice hell to live in2 Suppose you are
covetous, greedy man on EARTH how would 1t
suit you to be reaching out forever for money,
and stocks, and focks, and herds, and
houses, and lands and yet when you
were gathering them together they would
disappear from your grasp leaving that terrible
hunger of avarice never to be appeased. Ii you
loved gambling in this world how would it suit
you to sit in hell forever and hear nothing,
nothing, nothing but the flip of cards. the rattle
of dice, and the roll. roll roll Of the wheel for
overland never win anything. How would
it suit you if you loved dancing
to dance through the lurd corridors of hell for
ever and never be able to stop and put an end to
the everlasting whirl. Or suppose you sit DOVE
in hell and see single sin staring at you for
ever No variation-sitting, sitting, sitting
and the everlasting staring until the
eyeballs ache with an unutterable aching and
you can never move your eyes away from that
slow, unmoving spectace9 Suppose you are a
driDker. and you crawl forever and ever over
the cinders of hell. you lap lap lap that hellish
fluid forever. God help you to form better
conception of what hell is than to think it con-
tinuation o: this life here.
May God help us all night. and give US the
blessing of the Holy Spirit to quicken our con-
sciences into life. and to say that by the bless
ing of God will make peace while It is yet day,
and before the night cometh.
The benediction was pronounced by Rev. John
V. r. Miller.