The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-01-23

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could not be outer darkness ant
buring fire at the same time ''Fr
and birthstone" "blackness o
darkness" cannot both be literally
applied to the same place aud be-
aides material fire would necessi
tate a material body, And Scrip
ture nowhere promises the resur
rection Of the bodies Of the wicked.
! The rehabilitation oi the body is a
sign OF dignity and glory--and this
IS promised only to the righteous.
{: So far az we can see from the word
oi God, the unrigllteous dead will
arise bodilsss aud be turned into
hell 10 suffer a soul torment for.
ever. Oh, nv friends, this is more c
horrible than bodily punishment,
tncorporiety only adds horror to the
picture. Think how we suffer now
more keenly OF soul than we do Of
body. 1t is even said that Jesus
died OF broken heart II this be
true, his suffering soul as we'll as
his suffering body rebukes our
colduess, and our sin. This. il
nothing else ought 10 ,ead the SID
ner to accept salvation. namely the
thought that lor that body upon
which he places such lavish,care TO-
day, there will never BE- ressur.
rectlon. A soul without body is
an awful thought--and soul in
he'll without one is horrible 10 con
template.
If Their hell is not literal fire. we
may rest assured from the figures
employed by New Testament
writer's and by our Lord himself.
the punishment is more terrible
than Il it were material fire cou-
suming material body. Thsre is
nothing comforting ia the thought
that hell is not liter al fire. Turn
sinner. turn to God. ere God turns
you with all The wicked into hell.
Ill WIEN IS HELL. In one sense
Hell is here and now. If by beliey-
ing on the Son man may havcmow
havel eternal life, it follows that by
dlsbclievlng, he may have tuow llaNc)
eternal death. Surely, at least, there
are Ioregeams of eternal life. so arc
there forctastes Of eternal punish
ment. thought 50 one nightas
sat up with a poor man, a chloraI vic
I'm, and literally SIT on him part -tf
the time, heard him talk about police
men IN the trees, and saw him irving
to pick scrpent> out Of my hair, and
pointing to devils at lie foot of the
bed. ] think SO now, as | look into
The races OF men (or what were once
merI staggering along the streets of
our city. the fumes Of Hell consuming
Their vitals, the language of Hell upon
their lips, and hell-tlluughts in their
brain, Yes, yes, there are foregleams
of tn" outer darkness, Gtful flashes of |
the furnace of fire.
But Hell is also in the future
world. This worlds punishment is
not the only punishment, there is
more beyond the confines of time and
present space. The Nations assem-
Died before the great Judge. Matt. % |
arct'erctold that punishment follows
Judgement, that fire prepared for the
devil and his angels is the lot of the
failhlcsS, while eternal life is the re-
ward Of he righteous. Hell must he
III the future world, since the word
''Eicrnli' is wider than the present
age,
Hell is everlasting. Ten thousand
times ten thousand years are like one
sand among the nllmberlesS sands GA
the shore, in comparison to the great
eternity Dear friends there are two
destlnics but only one eternity. The
choice Of destinicS is now in your
hands, but will not be always. Choose
now the Christ and Eternal life, began
on earth, in you, will continue for
you forever.
May the Lord help you so to live
that you shall live forever r-in
heaven An eternity Of bliss and
blessedness awaits the man who
.urns to God, but hell is yawning
or the wicked man who lorgets
lin.
'Eternity!-W Where?" 1t floats in
the air;
Amid clamor or silence, it ever 10
there!-
The question so solemn-"Eternity.
Where?'
Eternity !-Where?" Oh. Eternity
Where?
With redeemed ones In glory? or
friends in despair!
With one or the other-"Eternity?'
Wnere?'
'Eeternty!-Whsre?" Oh, friend,
have care:
oon God will no longer His judy {
mcnt lorbear- ,
'hus right may decide you-"Eter-
nity.-Wherc?'
Eternity .-Where?' Oh! ETERNITY!
Where? :
'riend. sleep not, nor take In the
world any share,
ill you answer this question
ETERNITY Where?".
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