The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-17
REV. SMITH TALKS.
sketch of scrmon-Theme; A Man In
He'll.

sketch of a scrmon-Theme; Man In
Hell.
an hell he lifted up his eyes,
Luke, 1913
1t is not my purpose to try to prove
to you that there Is q hell. God says
there is a hell. "Let God be true, etc"
III there was no hell, what would be-
come of the gold bugs and anti-Prohi-
bitionists? All bad men go to hell, 1T
matters not what kind of bugs or hum
bugs they are. Now let us notice what
kind of man is referred to in our
text, and the probable manner in
which he spent his life.
LIST. He was rich man; it is no mean
thing to be rich. Men are not sent to
hell for being rich. "He that believeth
not, shall be damned" Is the language
of the Holy Writ, and this sin is as
great in a poor man as in a rich one.
This man probably gave Lazarus some
bread, but at the same time he had
probably crushed the poor to make
his money. Some men will get for
tune by extorting from the poor, and
then endow colleges. Such men will
always 90 to hell, it matters not what
they may be otherwise. Better to be
an honest poor man in this world than
in hell rich man.
End. He may have been president of
bank, a gold bug, ETC., and loaned his
money at fifteen per cent, and was
very decided in his convictions as to
the falacy of the sub-treasury and free
coinage, etc. These conclusions are
not at all unreasonable, when we con-
slider the language of our text, I'm hell,
etc" See st. James LIST chapter 10.
3rd. Or he may have been the owner
of a large manufacturing establish
ment, and cut the wages of the poor
and compelled men to work on Sunday
or lose their job. This view of the
matter is deduced from the mans sur
roundings after he left this world. We
fear our text is very emphatic. "In
hell he lifted up his eyes" See St.
Matthew, 10th chap. %, "a, %.
Let US notice him from another
standpoint.
4th. He may have accumulated his
wealth by the manufacture and sale of
red liquors, the use of which had
ruined and wrecked many happy
homes, and being this kind of a man,
he uO uOuDl utu OltCh Cul SOU l. AohAoh
ton preachers, cranks, etc, and spoke
great swelling words; eyes stood out
with fairness, etc: see Psalm 70. When
we consider those eyes that once
stood out in fairness are the very same
that are now being Gifted up in hell, y
we see the reasonableneSs of our con-
clusion that at any rate, he was once
an anti-Prohibitionist, for there is just
where they have all gone and are go
ing, without very great change.
Let us now notice him from another
standpoint.
9Th. He may have been a church
member in good standing, deacon, a
steward, ruling elder, etc. Probably
he went to church every Sunday, said
his prayers, paid the preacher, taught
class in Sunday school, and on the
next Tuesday he walked arm in arm
with bleared eyes and bloated faces,
and voted with that political party
that had declared itself for free whis-
ky, and cursed preachers for dabbling
in politics, so then, we are not at all
astcnished when we consider the text
in it's true light. "In hell he
lifted up his eyes, being in torment"
9th. Whatever he may have been,
the text does not bear out the idea
that he was Prohibitionist while on
earth, though he seems to be soundly
converted now and wants the saloons
taken away from his brethren. LET
some one 60 from the dead!p' Many
people will never become converted on
the liquor question till ''In hell they
lift up their eyes,"
The above sermon was preached by
Rev. Sam Smith, d. D., LII. ID. N. X
Y. T., to the first o. church at M.
Immediately after the delivery of this
sermon meeting of the church was
called, and Bro. Jones, gold bug
banker, offered some resolutions to
the effect that Bro. Smith was dab
bling in politics, and it was to the in
terest of souls that he resign the pas
torate of the church. Bro. Brown who
had fired some of his men because
they would not repair his machinery
on Sunday, moved to adopt the resolu-
tions, and Bro. Superintendent of the
Sunday school who had voted for a
Kelley cure man for Congress rather
than a sober, Christian, Prohibition
gentleman, seconded the motion,
which was adopted by majority OF
two, and now the church is looking
out for drawing man" to fill their
pulpit. ***