Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-09-07
The CITY Of White!
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AS grains or SanQ thaJ pound the eDDihS
shore;
When these run out. as many more behind
AS leaves of forest shaken by the wind;
When these are spent. as many more to flow
AS blades of grass on hills and dales that
grow;
hen III Sc run out as many on the march
As starry lamps that gid the spangled arch;
When these are gone as many millions more
AS every moment in the age before
When all these doleful years are spent IN
pain,
And multiplied by myriads yet again,
Unjust in that free gulf In misery lie
And madly writhe to all eternity"
While the above belief expresses
the conviction of large num-
Der of conscientious christians, yet it
is gratifying that all have not been
deluded into this unscriptural doc
trine. Can any rational man suppose
that a God OF love will forever have
such place IN the universe as that
described in the foregoing?
Where did this horrible doctrine
originate? Go with me back to Eden.
There we find that God instructed
man and told him that the penalty of
sin was death. But Satan said, 'Ye
shall not surely die" Gen. "a.
This was the first lie that he told in
this world. BY and by men began to
die. Satan had to make his lie good,
SO he made man believe that the body
was just a shell and that man possess
ed an immortal soul.
This Is why the Hindoos do not eat
beef They are afraid if they do that
they might eat their grandmother or
some other relative, for they believe
in the transmigration of souls.
The Bible clearly teaches that sin
and sinners will not always exist.
We read in Ps. 81: 10, "For yet little
while and the wicked shall not be:
yea thou shall diligently consider his
place and it shall not be-" None
would envy the wicked if they could
see what their latter end will be.
In verse 20 we read, ''But the
wicked shall perish and the enemies
OF the Lord shall be as the fat of
lambs;they shall consume; into smoke
shall they consume away"
And Malachi tells US For, behold
the day cometh that shall burn as an
oven; and all the proud, yea. and all
that do wickedly, shall be stubble;
and thu day that cometh shall burn
them up" Chap. 4: 1. No language
could more emphatically state that
sinners will be destroyed. There will
be no place left for a never ending
hell.
John states that "He will burn up
the chaff with unquenchable fire. !"
Matt. 3: II.
1t seems strange that some should
should conclude that unquenchable
fire will last forever.
a fire that cannot be quenched will
simply burn on until all is consumed.
The doctrine that man is immortal
lead men to believe that they possess
life in themselves and thus 1T robs
Christ of his glory, and obscures from
the minds Of men the only life giver.
The teaching of the scripture is
he that hath not the Sou of God hath
pot life." John SIP. Life is only
promised to the righteous while the
wicked have the absence of life.
The wages Of sin is death. God Is a
sure paymaster and sinners will one
day receive their wages.
The lake Of fire is prepared for the
Devil and his angels, but God does
not want men 10 share ia it. Only
those who love and hold on to sin will
share the reward Of Satan. God loves
human souls and by his Holy Spiri
is pleading with all 10 turn to him
and live.
Peter says that 1.-THE day of the
Lord will come as thief in the night
in which the heavens shall pass away
with great noise and the elements
shall melt with fervent heat, the eartl
also and the works that are therein
shall be burned up" Nevertheless
we according to his promise ook fol
new heavens and a new earth, where
in dwelleth Righteousness.
Then the time will come when the
last rebel against Gods government
will be blotted from the universe
The earth will be made new and clear
and its inhabitants will enjoy its de
lights to all eternity.
There will be no death, no funera
trains, no crying or tears.
The wrinkles OF care will b,
smoothed from every troubled brow.
The new earth will be good place
in which to live.
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