The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-01-28
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Mnc, is spokca Aud wri:ti: :bai;: Tie
social e!emcn. with ,He ssvod i: lc:,T'r.
NJ doubt thi5 will be one oi The nys x
rerieaced, But the fact tina: there ,s.i
be = social ccme!i: a:iiil Ike !csi, a"',
that This will add to their punishment
and misery, IS nut often though: Gi.
Oar Lord ard Saviour Jesus Chris; said
Of those wEon, lie shall piaco on lis
left hard in Tia; gre&; day .!"d
these shall 20 away into everlasting
punishment" Just what :hc nature OF
that punishmen; Will he, wc may net
now fully know. lu, we DO know bat
it will be severe and without end. And
wc know, too, that ore element in the
misery Of the los. will be their asso2ia-
tier with devils, and hose that wii! be
like them in character. III the tscl!-
ers in tha. wretc;,ed sn3dc will be un-
holy. They have IN !oTe 70 God, nor
to another. There will be no bencvo-
lent feelings il any hesrt. all vii! be
hateful and hating one another"
Malice wil! reign in every heart. There
will be no sympathy, no kindness, no
cool will. n! will be derelict il t;air
nature and III all their condact. There
will he gathered ali the o.scouring of
the earth, 81 the vile and the y.c,oaa,
all that indulged in all sorts Ct wicked.
ness. The wrctched dens Of ;nfamy
and of iniquity will pour their inmates
into lha; prison Of Gesp";r, where lhey
will be Mutual jormen!ers, aud Use their
power to augmen; each others wretch
edness forever aud ever
Were there 10 other source Of mi.ery
this would be enough. This would
cause every cup- to overflow. This
would be hell indeed-a punish
ment greater than could be borne. Pres
ident Dwight, in bis sermon OF the Fal,
len Angels, says:
Perhaps there isnot a more affecting,
mere overwhelming consideration to a
selious mind :han this : that evil men
will hereafter be confined in the sane
habitation with these Eatefu! beings
who are possessed of g disposition to do
everything which is injurious 70 Gcd
and their fellow creatures, and 10 perpe-
trate III! tie crines dictated b. malice,
cruelty, deceit aud revenge. 10 be i'm
prisoned in this world with 2 collection
ofabaoloned villains to bo hated and
ac-p;scd, deceived and betrayed, ep
pressed and insul;ei, wounded to tic
soul with uuccasing cruelty and treach-
cry, and broken down with scora and
insolence, even for OF present and mo-
meutary life, would, l think, be lot
sufficiently dreadful to lacreate the soul
with agony. What then must be the
nature ard misery of confinement! With
these powerful, active, sagacious beings,
whose minds ore all maices, fraud ana
cruelty, and whose endless being is only
succession of rage, revenge and de-
spsir" :"
We wonder no. that it should be the
earnest prayer Of the Pss!mist Gather
not my soul with sinners, nor my life
with bloody men,"
If we would avoid that misery we
must here cast in our lot with the peo-
pie of God. 1t must be the language
of our hearts "your people shall be my
people, and your God shall be my God"
We ourselves must be the people of God.
In the separation at the great day,
each and every one W. be put with his
own class, and his everlasting abode will
be in his own proper place-tbe right.
eous with the righteous, and the unholy
with the unholy; the friends Of God
with His friends, and His enemies with
His enemies.-PrcSJyerian banner.