The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-05-31

cause and tdect hell Is the place where
sin. the cause. works out its legitimate
effects. And the * effects are uniform
and invarisble. Namely, suffering
Wicked men and devils make their
own hell II they we're In heaven as
to locality. they would still be in
hell as TO experience: 50 IL there were
no local hell at all. there would still
be as many bells as there are devils.
and wicked. incorrigible. God aban-
doned men, in the universe. Hence il
is worse than folly. aye tits madness
to reject the doctrine OF hell upon
the plea that God is too mercfful to
punish sin.
We shall speak lastly of the doc
trim OF Future Happiness. That holy
and beautiful city-the future home
of redeemed man. The city full of
throne and crown and harps and
songs, is also one CT the inevitable in
situations in Gods universe. Heaven
is not simply a pearl-portaled city
with golden streets and jasper walls;
for ali these might exist with no |
heaven in them at all. Heaven is |
the place where holiness and moral |
purity as a cause work out their
legitimate results; which are joy and
blessedness that shall never diminish
in their nature. or fail in their dura-
ton. Holiness and purity make
heaven. Hence it does not depend
upon harps and songs, and throne
and crown; nor upon pearly portals,
nor streets of gold nor walls of jasper;
nor does it depend upon the Bible for
It's existence or its bliss. Ali these
lnefible glories and beautic scenes
which are described to heaven are
simply of heaven, but they do not
make heaven. They are because
heaven is. Show me world of spot
ess purity where goodness and right
have absolute sway; where
very sound that falls upon the ear =
S tone of sweetest melody, where
very object that meets the eye is one r
f exquisite beauty, and every sensa-
ion of the soul is thrill of ineffable .
Oy, and / will show you a heaven =
nth jasper walls or without them.
So we conclude that these wonder
Tuths are as real and as much part
nd sun and stars are real and a part
His physical universe. That holt
ess is as real and as essential in
lie universe as the law of gravitation.
Man may reject the Bible, deny the |
tistence of God and scout the doc D!
inc of hell; but he will still find II
mself surrounded and confronted by VI
finite authority, by those eternal lie
uths and by the inevitable. III
The sailor may get mad at the ocean -
i'd burn his charts, and say: There
no sea-" but the sea remains the -
me storm-tossed, tempest-swept,
rilous sea as before. The man who :"
lieves this chain of revealed truths
d lives by them, will find first and NV
It and all the while, that he is in -"
.,., 90 til -, tn;
re of things, and with the laws 90
ich run through the physical world '"'
through the spiritual universe o.
use grand and memorable laws oo'
ich girdle and bind all things to 40
throne of God. Gods laws are a go
unity is stamped upon all Gods
rks. WI
ne self-same law that moulds tear,
md bids a trickle from its source,
'claims our earth sphere,
md guides the planets in their
course"
o we conclude that there Is a sys-
of moral truth in the universe
oh involves the wonderful doc
es OF our religion. The Divine '''
lrnation, Human Immortality, Per-
al Holiness, Regeneration, Moral
ravity, Future Rewards and Pun
facts are they.
they are facts independent of rev. eue'
a.. - = ~ thro
ta,.'. ~, aski
Y were in the beginning with God "e'
Bible simply reveals Gods wis .
, power and holiness, but does not
tie them. So with all truth God vain
d sin as much In the sad day when o"u'
tered into mans heart, and threw Do'"
into the world and blighted the 0'iio'
/ of his own planting, as He does
Y; and loved holiness just the s'i'e
!. He has the same power now, D"''
girt Him when he laid the founda- io'e
of the earth and kindled the SUI o'' y
al fires of the sun, and scattered
stars like crown Jewels through nnHE