The sun., 1900-01-15
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO HE'LL
There are Those in This City Says the
Rev. Francis Burgcttc Short OF
Epworth Church.

Rev. Francis Burget.e Short, pastor of
EpWorh NJ. r. Church, delivered a
torceiu and eloquent sermon to Q large
congregation lest E.ght. He took 10! his
subject Hell" HIS text was from st.
Lake, chapter rs, verse %: "And in
he'll he ll.td up his eyes, being in tor
ment."
Among other things Pastor Short said:
From the comforts OF luxury to the
torments Of hell! What vast changes
soon take place. | do not be-
ieve in sensatonalism; detest it. and,
yet, judging from the number OF people
in this city who belong to no church,
who openly and pereistently do wrong,
who do not acknoW ledge Jesus Christ,
nor respect their fellow men, VT all must
conclude that thousands OF people Of
tins beautiful city are going to hell. We
are moi doing the best We know how,
neither for God, our fellow men nor our
selves, aud il there were no hell there
ought to he one, into hich should be
cast that civilized individual who fails
to DO Il very best for an concerned IN
this life But taerc are multi
tuJrs Il bad men-wickpd men-men
wAo WE0rg their fellows, insult their
creator and destroy themselves What
shall become o( these Surely they are
lit TO i've neither win saints nor
angels.
".As to the fire oi he'll know nothing
and pray God never shall, but to be
forever driven away from God and good
people would be hell enough foT me.
Forever away from God and good people
means to be forever with the devil and
bad people. Could anything be worse
than this? Stop Consider Ask yourself
the question, could anything be worse
than this? i y
.'Some do not believe in hell because
they do not want to. Their deeds are
evil, but justice demands that wicked
ness shall be punished. A way OF escape
has been provided in Jesus Christ for
every human being, and ii We refuse to
utilize this plan oi salvation we deserve
whatever punishment may beiaIl us. No
man has to go to hell. Ills own sins
will take him. Tie sin oi Indifference
! is rushing multitudes over the precipice
OF Destruction. They are dying without
Christ or without hope. My friends, /
beseech you this night to stop! Consider
your life. Behold the danger Eternity
away from God. Out Of harmony with
yourself and surrounded With discord,
wailines and lamentations, The voice OF
earth's Saviour speaks to you. He pleads
with you; give Me thy heart, why will
ye die.
life is too short ard eternity too
| long for us TO take any chances. i IS far
better to be on the right side. We may
sometimes cult the above doctrines, but
we all know that we should always try
to do right. There is something more
important than being Baptist or Cath
olic or Episcopalian or Presbyterian or
Methodist. II is OF infinitely more I'M
portauca that Ue be- Christians.
~ arm not asking YOU to become
Methodist neither is the good Alalol
Hilton persuading men to become Pres
byterians. but we are asking men to gel
right, to do right and to stay right. q
pay Your honest debt TO your fellow mel
and your debt to God. Do no
allow the momentary pleasures TO blind
Won SO you cannot look upon the eterna
Joys. a life OF poverty and eternity Will
God, and those v no have gone before Us
is far better than life Of riches al,
; eternity in hell,
BE sure OF the destiny oi yonl soul.
cannot save you but
Sent by my Lord to you cali
the invitation is to ali;
You need not one be lett behind,
For God has hidden all mankind.
: "May it never be said of any here a
, biz 10 written Of this one III sacred writ
. In he'll he lifted up his eyds being i
torment y