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The Bible speaks, moreover, of ssthe
worm that never dies" and the
"smoke of the bottomless pit,
ascending forever and ever.''
Your correspondents quote many
texts that speak of spiritual death,
and assume that they mean total am
nihilationl Spiritual death is sep
arat,on from God, and an abandon
ment of the soul to all evil. God
said to Adam, "In the day you eat
thereof You shall surely die." So
he did die-was instantly cut off
from God, though his soul
was not annihilated. So of all the
texts given. God is too merciful,
some say, to allow soul to endure
an endless he'll. But He was not
too merciful to destroy all millions,
the whole world by an awful food.
He burned up Sodom, destroy ed
Pharoah and Egypt, exterminated
the Canaanites, and by most ter
r1ble judgments destroyed Babylon,
Ninevah, Jerusalem and whole
Jewish nations tor their sins, and
to this day, before our eyes, His
curse rests upon both Palestine and
the Jewish people. If God is not
too merciful to do all this, or to
permit all the miseries and horrors
that now and for ages affiict this
world, how can we think He will
not punish the wicked in the next
world? 1t is admitted, too, that
the fallen angels will suffer for
ever. Why not wicked men also?
Fallen angels are far higher or
der of beings than men are. As to
the special locality OF hell the
Bible does not tell US, nor does it
say where heaven is. The Bible
don't make hell, but only reveals
the awful fact.
The elements that combine to
make up the horror and misery OF
hell may be summed up as follows:
First. Loss of all earthly good.
Second. Entire separation from
God, the source Of all good.
Third. Utter abandonment and
final withdrawal of Holy Spirit.
Fourth. Full dominion of all
evil passions; no restraint what
ever.
Fifth. Remorse, or the opera.
tions of violated conscience.
Sixth. Evil associations in hell
all are evil.
Seventh. Utter and hopeless de.
spair.
Eighth. The continuance of all
evil propensities, but with no
power to crafty them.
Ninth. The full knowledge that
the suffering is endless.
Tenth. The remembrance that
they might have been saved, but
rejected the gracious offer.
/ Eleventh. Perhaps, also, posi-.
tive inflictions by the Lord.
All this the Bible warrants us in
concluding. Sin and suffering are
inseperable as cause and effect
Lost souls must continue to sin
and therefore continue to suffer
Reason, facts, philosophy and the
Bible warrant the conclusion thai
nothing once created is ever ami
hilated, either of matter or spirit
The form changes but the existence
continues.
| Nothing can be more certain
from the Bible than the reality o
hell, however much we may shrink
from the idea, or wish it was no
so. The righteous who love Got
and are changed into His imag'
cannot dwell together with th,
wicked who hate Him and are to
tally opposed to Him in character
Gods presence and glory are tn
essence of heaven. A wicked maj
there would be more wretched thai
lin hell. We're there no hell to b.
saved from, then the Son of Go,
need never have died in agon,
and blood! Let no one delud
himself with disbelief in the reali
ty of HE'LL 1t is madness to do 90
| But let every man turn to the Lor'
Jesus, believe on and accept Hin
as a Savior. God Almighty ha
given him as the sole and only wa,
to be saved from this fearful, awfu
hell. G.
SuicIded at Columbia.
T. T. Montrief, who formerl
lived in the western part of thi
county, committed suicide q
Columbia Wednesday morning abou
II O'Clock by cutting his throat
A telegram from Columbia say