Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-01-04

It is not onr desire TO create alarm
where there is no ground for fear; we
wish ever TO believe and teach the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing
out the truth.
All error is injurious, and thei e
can be no good in 1t to Us, and nc
benevolence ia imposing it upon our
fellowmen.
We short sighted, ignorant crea-
lures, bound for the next world, with
its realities untried by us, need a
very safe guide lest we make ms
take fatal, and irrerrievable. Our
only guide is the Word of God, the
Scriptures given 10y the inspiration
of God.
Did the Scriptures teach either
that there are no future punishments
for the wicked, or very limited du-
ration to those punisbments, it
would be gratifying information TO
the most of US sinners, in view of
present apparent possibility of a
failure to overcome sin. and stand
before the bar of God, holy, harmless
and undefiled.
Furthermore, our qualification
would be greatly increased by the
thought that all Of our felleowmen,
who had died in unbelief and inn
penitency, had been annihilated, aud
hence rendered incapable of suffer
ing, if it were only true.
as to hell-torments, those Of us
who have at times been deeply con-
victed of sin, and inclined to despair
of Gods mercies, aud can say with
David of Old, TIhe pains of hel! got
hold ON me, need no further proof of
a hell. There may be some, however,
yet unblessed with the Spirits con-
victions aud unfavored with tender
consciences, who need to lay to heart
Scripture teachings as to the fact OF
a hell
The consciousness of penalty for
sin and knowle lge of its nature
and duration ought to make us feel
our need of the Savior and flee to
Elm for refuge, and besides prove a
great deterrent from sin. If there be
a hell it is not wise to drug the con-
science of people unsaved, or saved.
with the idea of no hell. If it be oi
unlimited duration there is no be-
neyolence to poor, fallen, sin loving
man In telling him that it is short
and will soon terminate.
But what saith the Scriptures
What are its pa n and unmistakablt
teachingsY Let us notice a few o.
its passages
Mat. 25:41. Then shall lie sa,
also unto them on the left hand
Depart from me, We cursed, into ever
lasting fire, prepared for the devi
f and his angels,
~. For 1 was aD hungred. ant
We gave me no meat. l was thirst,
and We gave me no drink.
46. And these shall 60 away int
!. everlasting punishment; but til,
righteous into life eternal
Mark 9:43. ''If thy hand offent
thee, cut it off: it is better for the t,
enter into life manned, than havin,
t two hands to go into hell, into th
4 fire that never shall be quenched:
A. Where their worm dieth moi
and the fire is not quenched,"
r Luke BIT. Whose fan is in hi
r hand, and he will thoroughly purg
q his floor, and gather the wheat int
his garner; but the chaff he will bur
with fire unquenchable,'
9 Jno. 1886 s'He that belieyeth O
e the Son hath everlasting life: and
] that believeth not the Son, shall nc
}. see life, but the wrath of God abidet
on him.
ZuQ. 4ACSs IL ITO 1OIQ OcSU
L shall be revealed from heaven wit
His mighty angels,
" 8 In flaming fire taking vengeanc
J. on them that know not God, an
h that obey not the gospel of our Lor
Jesus Christ:
~ 3 Who shall be punished viii
- everlasting destruction from the pre-
D. epce of the Lord and from the glol
7e of his power"
= Jude 6. The angels which kel
- not their first estate, but left the
own habitation, he hath reserved
e. everlasting chains under darkne
o. unto the judgement of the gre
u day.
z Even as Sodom and Como
nj rah, and the cities about them in iii
." manner giving Themselves over