St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-08

say that people who do not believe in
hell are bad. Now if there isn't any
hell, as many say, why do they so often
get mad when other people tell them
there is one? It's because every one of
us. deep down in his heart. believes in
hell. So say this question cannot be
solved officially. Nor can it be solved
scientifically. There is a conflict be-
tween theology and science, and there
always will be until man knows every
thing. If we say that everything I'M
shall never make any progress.
they only show evidence of
higher laws than we at present have
knowledge of. This matter of hell is
one of revelation. There is TO testi-
mony on the point except that of the
Bible, and everything else must be
ruled out. My rule of Interpretation is
to believe everything III the Bible, I'M
less know it TO be figurative. There
are plenty of references in the Bible to
this hell-a literal hell. The Bible is
full of words that show that there is a
time Of future retribution to the wicked,
and if you spiritualize these words you
destroy the life of the Scriptures.
What kind of place is he'll? The
Bible tells us, in Revelations, that it is
lake of fire and birthstone, and in
great many places in the Scriptures we
find the same words. Now | don't
know anything about this but what the
Bib says, and | believe this just as
much as | do anything in the Book. 1t
may be figurative, but [ don't know
it, and you don't know it, and SO |
believe it to be literal. 1t is better for
us to bow to the testimony of the word
and believe it, than to reject any part of
it. People say: ''YOu don't want to
scare people into hell" but Noah was
scared into working a hundred and
twenty years to build an ark, and he
was the only man saved when the flood
came.
GA third question is this: Is the pun
ishment everlasting? The Bible avs
there is an impossible gulf between
heaven and hell. L know that some
modern theologists have thrown suS-
pension bridge across the gulf, but |
don't believe it will hold anybody up.
If you say hell is not everlasting, then
heaven is not everlasting, and it will be
closed up by and by and the universe
will become chaos some day.
Now who will go to hell? The
unwise. The fear of the Lord is the
beginning of wisdom" and he who does
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adulterous, the wicked of every kind,
the unbelieving, the unthinking, shall
perish into hell. And we are assured
that those who believe shall be saved.
The only evidence, then, that we
have on this subject is that of the
Bible. 1t is not what one preacher
thinks, that is to decide. If any Of you
were to know that you would die to-
night you wouldn't say, as have heard
people say, He can't scare me- 1
don't want to scare anybody. wish to
warn you, as L would warn a blind
child that was going to walk over a
precipice. Life is uncertain; death is
certain. | would not for the whole
world go to my Slumber unless | felt
sure that my name was in the Book of
Life. want you to join me-"
In speaking of the evidences that go
to show that there is a he'll. DR.. Nun
hall introduced sensational episode,
which was not lost upon the audience.
"a girl in an Indiana town lay dying"
said the evangelist, land said to her
mother, who stood by her bed, What if
| should go to help Her mother
sought to reaSsure her and said. 'Oh,
there isn't any hell. That's just bug
aboo of the preachers to scare people
into getting religion AS she spoke
these words the daughter sat up in bed
with eyes starting from their sockets,
and pointing straight ahead with her
arm extended and look of awful hor-
ror on her face. screamed, Mother,
there is hell, and am going straight
to it, and she was dead. In tWenty-fOur
hours that mothers hair was white as
snow, and she is now raving maniac"
As he told the story with dramatic in
tenslty the silence, except from the
speakers words, was painful, and as he
paused an instant after the word
maniac" shudder ran over the audi
ence, and more than one female face
paled. The story had marked effect
in swelling the number of conversions.
To-day will be observed as an day of
humiliation and prayer. Services will
be held in the House of Hope church
from 10 a. m. to 4. m. The topics and
speakers will be changed every hour.
Dir. Christie will lead off with the sub
lect of ''COnfeSsi0n," followed by DIR.
Dana, who will speak On ''Praise.' The
noon hour will be occupied by Mr.. Ran
dali, who will talk about Religion i'll
Business" From 1 to 2 p. m. DR..
Smith will discuss Religion in
Church." followed for an hour by DR..
Mabie on Religion in the Family"
The meeting Will close with consecra-
ton service; Or. Munhall will preach
in Market hall in the evening on the
subject of Heaven" Prof. Towner
and the large choir will furnish music
DR.. Munhall says that the cause has
been wonderfully blest in st. Paul. Up
to last night about 1900 people had
made confession OF faith and fully 100
mora ininnA thQ ranks Iact ayaninr