Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-05

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book, the next time you listen to a
sermon-and | don't give a rap who
preached lift that book, or that lec-
ture, or that sermon says there is no
! hell, then that lecturer or that author,
or that preacher is liar We have the
authority. This is the law and you
can't get around that to save your life.
It's the law.
He'll Is q place of bodily suffering.
In hell he lifted up his eyes. being
In torment" He'll is place Of bodily
suffering. That's plain, from the New
Testament
The words that God uses to express
the doom Of the unsaved and death
and destruction. Now, listen l will
/ quote to you from the Word Of God 20
clear your mind.
Rev. 17-s. The beast that thou
sawest was and is not; and shalt as
cend out Of the bottomless pit, and go
into perdition.''
! Rev 1920, "And the beast was
taken, and with him the false prophet
that wrought miracles before him, with
which he deceived them that had re-
ceived the mark of the beast, and them
that worshipped his image These both
We're cast alive into lake Of fire and
birthstone. And the devil that deceived
them was cast into a lake OF fire and
birthstone, where are also the beast
and the false prophet, and they shall
be tormented day and night forever
and forever"
Rev. 20:30. "And cast him into the
bottomless pit, and shut him up and
set seal upon him, that he should de-
ceive the nations no more until the
thousand years should be fulfilled; and
after that he must be loosed little
season.
\ II we can find where the beast goes
we can find Gods definition of perdi.
ton or destruction. And | read these
words: And the beast was taken and
with him the false prophet that
wrought miracles before him, with
4 which he deceived them that had re-
ceived the mark of the beast, and
them that worshipped his image.
These were cast alive into lake OF
fire burning with birthstone"
BY the Word Of God. His definition
of death. A lot of people seem 10
think that means total humiliation.
This is Gods second death: but
the fearful and unbelieving and the
abominable and the murderers and
whoremongers and scorerers, and
idolators, and all liars, shall have their
part in the lake which burneth with
fire and birthstone; which is the sec
ond DEATH
Then, my friends. perdition is q
place OF torment in the lake of fire
and birthstone. The second death, by
the Word of God, is place of eternal
torment for the unsaved Those are
the two words God uses to describe
the doom OF the unsaved-Perditior
and Death. Perdition is place in the
lake Of fire and birthstone. So deatl
doesn't mean humiliation at all. II
means eternal damnation according Il
the Word of God.
You say Mr.. Sunday, that's figura
tive. But hear me. Gods figures new
) er lie. Gods figures never overstate
the facts. You can't do away with tn
} truth by saying it's tigurative. If yor
, find something that is nnwelcome fol-
, you to receive then you say it's figurt
| tive, but that doesn't do away witt
the fact that back Of the figure lies the
fact.
Now listen. We use figurativt
language every day to describe facts
SO does the Bible When God told the
Jews to get out of Egypt he said: I"
, will take you to land flowing will
, that the land flowed with rivers of mill
, to describe the fertility. That wa
fgurative, but back of that was tn,
fact that 1t was a rich country I'll
q %i,yn To- =
the fact.
!, In Psalm 81 it says "He shall GOV
, er thee with his feathers Well, Got
I isn't a chicken. God hasn't feather
! and wings. You have sense enough Il
| know that, but the Psalmist says
l Like as mother bird covers he
. brood, so God will cover you" That
} figurative language. but back of it lie
: the fact that God will protect YOU
People say that Coils P. Hunting
ton built the Southern Pacific railroad
Y He didn't. He didn't drive shake .
! turn shovelful of dirt, but it was hi
{ brains that furnished the money L
T build it.
l So you see we use fgurative Ian
] guage every day to describe facts, an,
it only makes the thing stronger.
e Ny friends. back of the fact. Their
. is hell Never mind whether the fir
j is literal or not. Back Of 1t is the fac
{ that there is a hell and people ar
! going to go to hell If they reject Jes,
= Christ. T7'eurattve language onl
makes It stronger.
/ The next time YOU pick up hool
find out how much flgurative languag
. is in it.
Hell is place of remorse The ricl
n man didn't take very much to hell wit
3 him He didn't take his money, bn
7 he took his memory. You will not TAX
I much with you II you go. hope yo
won't go. You will take your men
4 DRY. You won't take your money :,
q your stocks. You will remember tn
$ poor you didn't help You will remen
4 Der that you lived for the almight
$ dollar. The gambler will remembc
$ that he lived to fleece people out O
9 their money. And the seducer will re
q member that he lived only to rob girl
= of their honor. The adulterer will re
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