The Dolores star., 1905-03-10
RELIGIOUS.
Some Things Ought to be Settled.

| By RALEIGH RICHARDSON WHITE.
| Falsehood secures patronage through
ignorance, but truth is confirmed by
examination.
| Imagination is sgeat tchemer.
How easy to imagine a stump u ghost,
| And transform number of stumps into every
thing but host.
But Imagination cannot force dead
stump to grow into a beautiful tree.
neither can man 'dead in trespasses
and sins" grow himself into a saint.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or
the leopard his spots? Then may ye
also do good that are accustomed to do
evil.' But God will help by his spirit
and word If we ask him. We may go
Oh in darkness as to the right or wrong
of what we believe and practice, be-
cause we neglect to examine the Bible.
A mistake made about where the soul
will be in eternity is of too much inn
portance to leave unsettled. The duty
of citizen can be known by the con-
stitution. The destiny of the soul can
be settled by the Wnrd of God. A re-
lection of the constitution will not
leave the violater any the less guilty.
This rule is also applicable to those
who deny the power of the word of
God to govern them. "There is way
which seemeth right unto man, but
the end thereof are the ways of DEATH
Will honesty save a man? No. He
may be honest but wrong. Christ alone
can save the soul. ''The blood of
Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from
all SIM" ''If thou canst believe, all
things are possible to him that be-
lieveth." SPY him all that believe
are justified from all things" "He
that believeth and is baptized shall
be saved; but he that believeth not,
shall be damned.p 'If We believe not
that am he, ye shall die in your SINS"
One thing you should settle as to
whether what you believe is in accord
with the word of God, or does it only
seem to be right to you. 1t is well to
know that "A verbs legis non est
recedendum-From the word of the
law there can be no departure" "Ye
are my friends, if We do whatsoever l
have commanded YOU"
In tifty-two places the Bible calls at
tention to a place named hell. Is hell
only place of imagination? Or has
God misrepresented it fifty-two times?
God says: "Your agreement with hell
shall not stand.". "The wicked shall
be turned into hell" "Rather fear
him that is able to destroy both soul
and body in hell" "How can ye es-
cape the damnation of hell?" "And in
hell he lifted up his eyes being in tor
ment." Hell then is u place where
those who reject the word of God are
to be punished.
You cannot afford to accept the
Pantheism of Spinoso which teaches
that God is everything and every
thing God" This would make God
hell and hell God. God is not hell,
God is love,N and hell Is place
created for the devil and his angels,
where wicked men choose to make
their eternal home. This you should
SoetiV 90 W " hciS yVu W III live III elef-
nifty. The idea of being acquitted of
your sins after your soul has been
turned into help is a fanciful counter
felt of satan to cheat you out of heaven.
The question ought to be, How can
escape hell? The only safe thing to do
is to accept Gods offer which says: 'If
we confess our sins, he is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins, and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
A penitent confession of sins made by
faith in Jesus Christ brings salvation.
Therefore being justified by faith, we
have peace with God through our Lord
Jesus Christi "Dost thou believe in
the Son of God?" "They that gladly
received his word were baptized !,
and the Lord added to the church
daily such as should he saved.n Their
baptism on the day of Pentecost was
an open profession of their faith in
Christ as their Savior; and it was also
| the means of their becoming members
Of the church in Jerusalem at that
time.
Some things ought to be settled.
Dolores, Colorado, March /, 1905.