Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-05
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describing hell as an everlasting
insane asylum where the incompatible
torment of an accusing conscience,
IKE tanged hound, stings forever,
and emphasizing that out Of hell there
Is no redemption, Rev. w. A. Sunday
last night delivered to about five thou
sand people his famous sermon taken
from the sixteenth chapter of Luke:
In Hell he lifted up his eyes, being in
torment
The speaker with a great deal Of
vfgor dwelt upon the more emphatic
points of his sermon, and endeavored
TO convey the awfulness OF eternal pun
1shment in the simplest manner that
all might fully understand that should
soul be doomed to hell, there Is no
way possible to deliver it back from
continuous punishment.
1he sermon was one of Mr.. SUNDAYS
most forceful ones and it was deliver
ed in such manner that little doubt
was left as to what hell is. The effect
OF the discourse was admirably shown
when fifty-two responded to the invita-
ton to come forward a. the close.
Previous to the sermon, the usual
song service was held. 'He Lifted
Me-" was the title of Mr.. Buffers
solo, which was followed with storm
OF applause. Following the announce
ments by Mr.. Sunday he began his SER
mon, which in part follows:
Copyright by Rev. w. A.. Sunday
Ny text tonight is found in the 16th
chapter of Luke, OF the whole chap
ter, the incident of the rich man ana
Lazarus "In hell he lifted up his eyes,
being in torment"
Some ono says that's flgurative.
Very well. let it go at that, for the
present, but it means that anything is
better than going to hell.
If were going to choose my sub
ject tonight assure you would not
speak upon this topic. I always do so
with reluctance. shrink from it. 1t
is not a pleasant subject for me to
speak upon. neither is it pleasant for
you to listen to, but minister has no
business to choose his subje cts. He
must go to the Bible to find out what
that teaches and then preach it to the
people, ana if he doesn't he is not a
faithful minister, no matter whether
what he breaches Is pleasant to his
audience or not
I wish I could believe that there is
no hell. Nothing would rejoice or de-
light me more, when I leave here
than to know that every man, woman
and child in Ottumwa and up and
down this valley had repented and &C,
cepted Jesus Christ as their Savior,
hut If men persist in living in sin
If they persist in rejecting Jesus
Christ and defying God, then it is
right and prorer that there should
be a hell In which they be conf1n d
If men choose sin rather than saliva,
ton. If thew choose iniruity rather
than God-then it is right and just
1t Is for the good Of the universe and
for the glory of God that there be q
hell 1t is right and Just that there
should be tails and penitentiaries in
which to cOnfine peonle who will no,
keep the law, and If it weren't for
the fear Of punishment, your life
would not be SAFE your property
would not be safe, and it is the feal
of punishment that holds many a man
and woman in restraint. You remove
the penalty for wrong doing and you
lift the food gatfs of iniquity. Re
move the penalty for takinr life and
I tell YOU your streets would flow
with blood. Remove the penalty for
breaking into a house, or for crackina
safe and burglary and theft would
be RAMPANT. Remove the penalty 70,
rape and such crimes, and your virtue
wouldn't be- safe on the street. It is
the fear of punirhment, OF iai1s o.
pen'tentiaries and OF the rome, that
holds manv man and woman in re
.strairt Remove the fact that there is
punishment for wrong doing and va,
'.ft the fooG gntes Of ini~ritv. Hal' Is
Just ps ,,urh manifestation of ths
Love of God as is Fer~en It is rim
and nroper to have iai's If peorle
want TO lrern the law Those who
brealy the 10y are not entitled TO the
same liberty as the man that keep
the law, ard the man that doesn.
serve God is not entitled to the same
privileges as the man that does You,
common sense will tell you that much
A Way Provided TO Escape.
After sending them to hell, aftei
manifesting his desire to save them
demonstrates Gods justice, in that ht
will uphold his law. and demonstrate.
his love i'll that he has provided wa.
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