West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-04-16
ETERNAL PUNISHMENT.
Another Article IN The Subject by a
Sp; ciai Conti ibutor.


better later On. ye, IL is one IT The foremost
questions of the osy aud our hisnd. Mr.
G is getting converted to the truth. as had
as he IS eonfounded.
In the frs, part Of his las, letter TO The
As1s he speaks II The doctrine OF eternal
tOrtu.e as au unreasonable iheor, but he
spoiis the g,'d of The assertion b, saying
that Satan is The author nf all evil and
'nr,hcr on he says that God is a Jealous
i'oi, visiting he iniqailies Of the fathers
upon tho children down TO the fourth ee er-
alton. - II Satan isihe author Of all evil
he should have said thar he did this. Next
he says that ''God will profane The holy
princes and make Jacob curse snd Israel
reviIng,' which alsp should have been
autibuied 20 Satan # God il not the Rulhar
OF evil.
Further ON he states that '1he permission
of evil implies the power To prevent i, OF TO
make !, work out permanent blessing in
the house of many mansions" In accord.
anee To- This assertion he agrees with state.
menl made in previous article that evil Is
blessing IN disguise or that the Creator
could not recompeuse for virtue unless evil
be present.. Lastly he comes to my rescue
by quoting ,ha, all things are of God the
Father
To make the matter very plain aud to
show the lack of reason in claiming that
Satan is the author of evil we will surmise
that there Is God of Jupiter and he meets
the God Of the Earth and the following dia-
10, ,ue ensues;
Jupisrr--"Mosl wise Creator of the Earth
am bewildered and come to you for AID as
/ understand tha, you are omniseieut
have created the largest planet that circles
the sun aud have created race of perfect
creatures on i, aud they have multiplied until
the plane, is full To overlooking and since
evil does not exist, they cannot die and
some of the creatures are 50 antique they ave
asking for change and since my planet is
p:rfeet and The creatures are perfect can
not go any further with my plan of creation
and can not reward them for any good
they have done because I have no laws for
them to transgress. What was your plan of
the ages ? Will You please tell me some
thing about your creatures 9''
Earlh--"Well my dear sir, you do not
seem to have accomplished complete
creation. You are where was centuries
ago when and my angels existed in heaven
and allowed my angels to trangress my
laws and TO taste of sin so that could leach
them the fruits of transgression and To those
who overcome gave crown aud to the
stubborn | gave outer darkness and am
reserving them TO be judged by the saints
that created later, who are the descendants
of Aoam and Eve, whom created in the
garden of Eden and gave them laws that
they might obey OF disobey as thought best
during the ensuing ages aud they disobeyed
at once. They ate of the forbidden fruit
abundantly."
Jupiter-"Dii you have any idea that
they would eat of the forbidden fruit 2''
Earth-''Well | should think that had
an idea that they would eat of the fruit,
made il so tempting and them so weak that
they could not help but yield to the ;empta-
tion as that was my plan of salvation.
thought il would be better to h ave little
skirmish once in awhile on earth than 10
have any trouble in the New jerusalem.
Jupiter-"Was there not some Satan or
evil spirit that caused your creatures to
transgress aud cause the human family so
much trouble1"
Earth - "Did you not address me as
omuiscient awhile ago and besides that il
would be impossible for Creator TO create
a creature greater than himself and besides
that should have given Satan power to do
anything contrary to my own will my cres.
ton would have beer failure and he would
have become the master"
Jupiter--''Then understand you to say
that you created both good and evil2''
Eauh--"I am Alpha aud Omega I
created all things and they are all good.
On the seventh day finished my work
did not get the Prince Of Darkness 10 do it
for me ] only use him as an agent in disguise
and 10 say that one Of my creatures is The
author Of anything is to say lha, my power
is limited and II my power is limited / could
give no assurance Of life beyond the
grave"
I Jopi,e,--"why then did you have sin 10
enter the world and then almost destroy the
world tor 'rangression by food Of waters
Eauh--'l destroyed the earth by water in
part to show my power and have created
things so holy iha, life briugs death and
again death brings life and since the life
that follows death is the crown Of life. death
Is more to be desired than birth, and since
The second life IS reward of the virtues Of
the FIRST life, IL necessitaies trial in the
hfsl life that may reward my creatures for
their deeds Of virtue where evil was present
! and The best way to teach obedience Is to
/ show the results Of disobedicnce. Creatures
can not rest until they tire, they can not eat
uniil They hunger. They can not expect
reward without labor, they can not appree.
late peace until they experience trouble and
50 by this time think that you realize that
] am God Of mercy and tba, behind
frowning countenance hide smiling face. ."
Jupiier-''Ioy Eureka Hallelujahi 7
shall yet adopt your plan Of creation. had
learned from many Of yoar creatures that
you created Devil who had become more
powerful than yourself and they we're teach.
ing 10 churches tha, this Devil would make
an eternal bonfire Of nearly all Of your
works Of creation unless they we're Of =
select few who reciied solemn prayers in
church. oh I am 80 glad that il is you that
is the author Of all things and that Satan Is
| only an instrument lr your hands and The