Telegram-herald., 1886-05-10

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81 eIeFHa. tQfHeuglsn. i believe ihzt Ds1
Is meTeuu| snd ttal lis meney endareih tor
ever. fds n0i believe thaG God Nil tor
ment ans portion " the creatures ~ his
oan creation forever such . d9zma ios-
tfs ihe aisaiiy at jehovah and aetames
hl- All ~ u0ns name. The scriptures Go
nos teach aoy such lbei Naturt aud fea
son reTcl against e. All The eraelties of
earth all the assaslualiuns. murders "a
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atrocities of such God. Nav, al the
atrocities ever committed on earth, are la
hnilesimal conffasted herewith. Nor
could Sod be deemed just u meie oui infn-
Ne punishment against hulte SIN. It -
aereel that uniIe sin Is infinite in lts result
hence the punishment must also be Of in-
Unite duration. Bul n hal is that punish
menU The wages ~ sln Is death, and
second death D. spoken Of NOW death
means the extinction % being, and not thc
prsiougaiion of ife in a state 81 conscious
torment The ail-~lse Creator vii not
hold man respons' bic ior what he could not
aHoid. lie knows our ffalties and Als
judgment viii be Just The idea of dying
and yet never diving Is out of harmony with
ali that We cali reasonable IN death means
diving AMI Yet never 10 die. then life By tie
same rule must mean living and yet never
% live. Were tins 50 then sinners would
have the best of a..
Il believe 10 the grand old doctrine of the
resurrect. IN. ! believe that the saved viii
have bodies given unto them Ike unto
Christ, glOn!ied body. Handle me and
see said Christ 10 his disciples after his
resurrection, a spirit hath not flesh and
bones as ye see me have. do not believe
that The souls Of tbe dead do inmeo lately
pass into glory or enter The regions Of The
damned a. immafeTial ghostlcal entities.
II death be the gate unto eternal life then
why weep for those who pass through such
ail-glorious portals
a minister of my acquaintance once said
while preaching the funeral sermon oi "A
member who lay in his coffin IA front If
the pulpit. Friends. why weep? No doubt
the immortal sprit OF our departed brother il
towering over us and with his companion
angel spirits are even now smiling on the
scene. What picture earth weeping tears
OF bitterness auu heaven smiling al our
tears. If such is truth. then wherefore
weep?
IL do not believe in hypocrisy and cant.
believe in a religion which shows Itself in
the practice of the precepis which il en-
Joins. Ne shall know them by their fruits.
That man. be he a non professor, who aids
lis fellow in sickness, poverty and distress
il my brother thousand times over rather
than a member of my church who has only
q name u live while he Is practically dead
| believe with the Apostle Jalne, that Faith
without works is dead DO not believe
that mankind are going 10 have a heav-
eulv home sOmeWhcr in the skies.
Christ said Blessed are the meek.
for they shall inherit the earth. ! belive
The earth was made for man and man for
the earln. The scriptures sustain me ln
this, and echoes. IL is well. God knOweth
them that are His and that the great day If
Judgment viii separate the wheat from. the
clatf ! DO not believe that We are the only
people that snail be saved. Such a creed is
botn perniciOus and damnable. II is proud
and selfish and devilish The judge Of all
the earth shall do right both Dy ami for all
believe il Is infinitely better 10 be per-
secuted for righteous can Sc than 10 have
al the hon0rs of earth conferred on rs with
ont the favor of God. There are those who
Quibble over the personality of the devil. /
believe that as Christ Is manifested in his
followers 50 j the devil ia his
and il such quibblers would but
open their ewes they might perceive scores
OF devils stalking about ~ human forms. !
believe II there Nas less Of The tear of man
and the devil IN ia, minds of men today
and more of the fear of God d. would be the
better for the world In conclusion. ] be-
lieve that since God has opened for us such
a blessed way OF salvation II j. our bounGen
duty 30 do our little part IN the matter Of
heart and life preparation. And DO not
believe that any who neglect such prepara-
fion viii have A. little consc euce a, 70 fail
20 acknow ledge the justice of God IN barring
them from entrance 10 his everlasting king