The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-01-12


the sister almost died Of fright, but
the son afterward gives his account,
and he says: "That gave me nerves of
steel and gave me courage that has
never faltercd. . But, my friends, |
do not think the turrets of darkness
or the spectral world swept by sirocco
and euroclydon will ever prepare q
soul for the eternal land of sunshine.
I wonder what is the curriculum in
the College Inferno, where man,
having been prepared by enough sin,
enters and goes up from freshman OF
iniquity to sophomore of abomination,
and on up from sophomore to junior,
and from Junior to senior, and day Of
graduation comes and the diploma is
signed by Satan, the president, and
all the professional demoniacs attest
the fact that the candidate has been
sufficient time under their drill and
then enters heaven. Pandemonium,
a preparatory school for celestial ad-
mission All, my friends. while Sa-
tan and his cohorts have fitted vast
multitude for ruin, they never fitted
one soul for happiness-never.
Again. wish you further to notice
that another chance in another world
means the ruin of this. Now. sup
pose wicked man is assured that al
ter lifetime of wickcdness he can fix
it all right up in the future. That
would be the Generalization of socie-
ty, that would be the demolition OF
the human race There are men who
arc now kept on the limits of sin by
their fear. The fear that if we arc
bad and unforgiven here it Will not be
we'll with us in the next existence is
the chief influence that keeps civiliza-
ton from rushing back into semi
barism. and keeps semibarbarism
from rushing back into midnight say
agery, and keeps midnight savagery
from rushing back into extinction.
Now, the man is kept on the limits Of
sin. But this idea coming into his
soul, this idea of [another chance, he
says: "Go to. now. I'll get out of
this world all there is in it. Come,
gluttony, revenge and uncleanncss
and all sensualities, and wait upon
me. 1t may abbreviate my earthly
life by dissoluteness. but that will on
ly give me heavenly indulgence on a
larger scale in shorter length of
time. I will overtakc the righteous
before long. 1 will only come in
heaven little late. and will be q
little more fortunate than those who
have behaved themselves on earth and
then went straight to the bosom OF
God, because [ will see more and have
wider excursion, and [ will come into
heaven via gehenna, via sheol!'
Hearers! Readers! Another chance
in the next world means free license
and the demolition Of this. Suppose
you had ease in court, and all the
judges and all the attorneys agreed in
telling you the first trial of tit
would be tried twice-the first trial
would not be of very much Importance,
but the second trial would decide
everything. On which trial would
you put the most expenditure? On
which trial would you employ the
ablest counsel? On which trial would
you be most anxious to have the at
tendance of all the witnesses? Cob,
you would say, if there are to be two
trials, and the first trial does not
amount to much, the second trial be-
ing everything, everything depending
upon tLat, [ must have the most elo-
quent attorney, and | must have all
my witnesses present, and | will cx-
pend my money on that If these
men who are impenitent and who are
wicked felt there were two trials, and
the first was Of no very great impor-
tance. and the second trial was the
one of vast and infinite importance, all
the preparations for eternity would be
post mortem. post funeral, post sepul-
chral. and this world would be jerkcd
off into impenitency and godlessness.
Another chance in another world
means the demolition Of this world.
Furthermore, my friends-for am
preaching to myself as well as
to you. we arc on the same level: and
though the platform be little higher
than the pew, it is only for conven-
icnce, and nat we may the better
speak to the people: we are
all on the platform. and ! am talk
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