West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-02-05
KNGW0OD PRESTON FEBRUARY

from the beginning and stood not In the
truth because there Is no truth in him, when
he speake,h lie he speaketh Of his own,
for he Is liar and the father thereof. God
does no, ins,iga,e this primal liar then; "he
speake,h of,his own.
Our friends parable is severe ON the pre-
sent heavens as arc also his criticisms. We
suggest tha, We cannot judge individuals.
the leaders of advanced though, do not ad.
voeate the eternal torment dogma, nor the
Bible either, to their shame Il will be, and
those who do work the devilish scheme are
no, fully aware Of its paren,age and do not
"will to do the lusts OF its father"
The theory Of hell fire has its root fixed
in the "Constitutions" OF Loyols, which has
been called 'ahe most irresistible organ
ever forged for the subjugation of the
human will."N II appeals most deoisively to
the obedience Of the pupil. once for all. and
when applied as directed by its founder Il
never fails of Its object. Its chief basic
principle is just what our friend Is contend.
ing for, viz; "rhe end jus,i6es the means. 4"
Let us pluck out, not our own eyes, but the
eyes OF all opposition in order that good
may result. How different from our Lords
course. lie was opening the blinded eyes
and letting the evil fall where II belonged.
Loyola's good thing was OF course the estab-
lishment of his fathers. kingdom in the
earth and he was successful.
The line of reasoning out from the propo-
sition tina, God is responsible for earth's
evils Is briefly; Having caused all the sin
God is bound in simple justice to abolish Il
eventually and when lie wills that men
shall not sin then there will be an end of
sin Thus God is the only wiful sinner
and His creature n mere puppe,, now in.
fiueneed and compelled TO do sin and by
and by influenced towards and compelled TO
do righteousness. The vile parentage OF
this blasphemy is cloaked by the suggeuions
OF Gods wonderful love and providence,
evidences of Ills goodness etc. Change
the wording Of the proposition aud II should
read "rhe adversary disPuishcd as an
Angel of Light"
The word "Gehenna" occurs eleven
times. II is the Greek way OF spelling
'walley OF iIinnom" on the South and East
offhe city. II is n symbol of destruction
as also the city Is used to symbolic the new
capital of earth. The prophet Isa speaks Of
1t without naming Il, "When men shall wor-
ship before the Lord" in the New Jerusa.
lem and mentally $50 forth and look upon
the earcasses of the men that transgressed. +"
Not alive nor in torment but dead oifal and
refuse of the ages.
The word "Iiades' Is the Greek equiva-
lent of Sheol. II occurs eleven times and
Is once rendered "grave." =" II means the
condition Of death into which all 90 and
from which all have been redeemed Its
destruction Is written "And Death and
Hades delivered up their dead and Death
and Hades we're cast into the lake of FIRE."
This lake of fire says the Revalator Is seThe
Second Death" utter destruction, Gehenna.
The word "rartarus" occurs once in the
Scriptures and is translated by six words
thus "and cast them down TO He'll" Our
translstors thought that was what ought TO
be done with the angels that sinned and they
could not catch the sense Of Peters figura-
tive language by reason of certain blind.
ness through that which does "eyil that
good may result"
Our friend may hear the knell TO his
thought that mot one life shall be destroy
ed" but let that pass now, let him uphold
his cause, there are many texts that appear
for his side. Some of them have been
fixed" The adversary Is no weakling and
God has not weakened his might nor touch
ed the eye Of his intellect. Gods appeal is
70 all the might that can he raised against
Himself. His victory will not be by His
might alone and Ills methods are 'arue and
righteous altogether" Let the texts be
produced till every doubt be removed. AS
the light shines forth the owls and the bats
OF earth's wisdom and ignorance will ny a.
way In confusion. and as the "sun Of right
eousness" rises with healing in his beams,
the miasms Of earth will clear away. "The
glory OF the Lord shall fill the earth and all
flesh shall see IL together" G..