Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-04-09

any time OF day
or night the fires.
with their ascend.
ing smoke. could b. seen in this val
ley Jesus makes it a symbol Of hell,
where the worm dieth not and the
FIRE is not quenched.
Now. ought city 70 have a valley
q Hinnom into which the refuse shall
be cast Or should the city leave it,
refuse 20 decay In its streets. filling
the air with contagion and death
There are no two opinions on this
subject among civilized people. Every
rumeut Tor hell Those who refuse
lie In Christ become refuse" In
character sooner or later. and IN the
nature Of things must be removed 70
a place apart
= cemetery is a necessity. The
bodies 81 the dead must not 30 left
In rho homes % the living Every
cemetery is. therefore. an argument
Ter he'll The spiritually dead soul
e. ike a dead hodv. In that II is in
state 80 moral putrsfactiou and car
res vith % the deadly cnntaSion q
sin r Il refuses % receive life Il
must q necessity ~ placed apart
with rs spiritually dad companions
last SUNDAY afternoon I visited chi
Cages Gehenra. known A. Cook coan-
- ilIl. where men whose liberty 10
a menace % the community are kept
The existence % that iail can ~ d
fsudet only o. the ground hat q "a
right % separate TIE had from the
soud
SIN Ought - BE Punished
F.ven savarss believe that What
they regard as sin should b punished.
and civilized nations have no di-s--
ence % sentiment IN ths, regard Il
needs 10 b res'ated thar there Is
something IN Cod Tor sinners 10 fe--.
lie Is no moral veakliag. who. prompt
81 hy soft ssurinentaiism. permits
criminals 10 destroy his righteous gov
eminent The preaching Of this gol
Of putty has been long enough filing
he'll. here and hereafter. with vic
tins
Sin left TO ITSELF makes hell.
"Wickeiness- says Isaiah. burnett
Ike a FIRE
In the parable 81 the rich man and
Lazarus the fires Of torment have
flames ~ memory. reason. magma
ton and conscience son. remem-
her." Memory IS immortal and will
pass into the future freighted with It's
burden o. neglected duties and priv
ileses. The rich man uses the word
therefore. which shows thar reason
Is immortal He requests Abraham II
startle his five brethren By the r.
turn Of Lazarus from the dead. and
this shows that Imagination Is also
immortal to fan the flames Of memory
and reason And every line o, the
parable bears witness to the fact that
conscience Is immortal. with its sting
OF Temorse.
Tue fires which burn the soul are
hotter than the fires which consume
the body. Pollocks description NJ
hell in his Course OF Time makes
one shudder and yet IL YOU will give
his words the symbolic meaning he
Intended You are compelled 10 ac-
knowledge their truth.
Through all that dungeon OF untaalnS
fire
! saw most miserable beings 4ars
Burning continually. yet uneonSur7asi-
Forever WASTING. vet enduring still
Dying perpetuailv. set never dead
know that such hell exists. for
have seen there. and ! have seen men
and women on this earth burning
continually. yet unconsumed. forever
wasting. yet enduring still: dying pe--
retually. yet never dead" IL is In,
another way Of expressing what the
Bible means bv the ~bottomiess pit-
forever falling without striking b,t.
tom. forever sinking in the moraI
scale. forever growing worse. and vet
not becoming 80 bad that you cannot
grow worse still. Everlasting degeu-
eration' The soul with infinite ca
pacity for good or evil chooses the
evil and ie:c!0ns townward through
eternity Death will not retard but
in the worse environment Of a pIace
spart will accelerate the downward
course
\ coarse ait asked an old preacher
where he would get all the birthstone
for making an orthodox he'll. and biz
wise reply vas. Every man will fur.
nish his own birthstone"
Degrees of Punishment.
This principle IS admitted bv every
court Of justice. Jesus said Of the
wicked: These shall go axav in,n
everlasting punishment" and the
same word. everlasting" applies "a
heaven It does not mean .eauaI-- or
indefinite Everlasting punishment,
will certainly follow everlasting sin.
ming. the degree Of punishment being
In proportion to the sin. II is reason.
able 70 conclude that IL a man will
not repent in this world with an On.
vironment Of good and evil. he will
not repent In the world apart. where
there is environment OF only evil.
He who has accepted Jesus Chris,
as sin-beaFeF and Lord need have no
fear OF hell In getting rid Of sin
he has put out the ires that make hell
here and hereafter.