Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-04

AAAASus 4NO Ou0 TS1llS OF SCOIIS against
the justice OF our penitenttaries. It is
not fair that the criminal and the
murderers and the thieves should en-
joy the same liberty that the law
abiding citizen does. It Is not fair that
the sinner should enjoy the same
blessings in the hereafter that the
righteous man does.
Jesus opened up the way by which
man might be saved and rolls the re-
sponsibility Of your damnation off
from Gods shoulders and puts it up to
you.
Man sinned and God provided SAL
walton. which is proof that he wanted
you to be saved. II you had wanted to
have been saved and there was no
way for you to do so, then it would be
Gods fault: so he provided plan Of
salvation. and If you do not repent it
is your fault. wish all would repent
so that there would be no need of a
hell.
Will Not Preach Lie.
I do not want to believe or preach
Ia lie. I would rather preach the un-
pleasant truth. can not preach the
doctrine of eternal hope without hell.
A man who stands squarely on the
bible, and, without fear or favor
breaches the gospel Of God, there is al
ways gang that will call him bigoted
and narrow.
I am not going to stand up here and
say there is no hell, when God says
there is. am not going to preach
that death is an eternal sleep when
God says its either heaven or hell for
every one.
Your best friend is the one who tells
you of the spiritual and physical dan
gers that threaten YOU He's not your
enemy, he's your friend Then why do
you not thank the man who tells you
and warns you that your are going to
hell?
Roasts New Thought.
I know in these days Of the new
thought that its exponents have at
tempted to soothe the anxiety over the
world to come. Some say God is too
good to send a man to hell. They say,
I'm trusting In the goodness of God. 1
believe all people will be saved Will
that meet all the facts known to your
conscience? 1t it does you have a low
down contemplate conscience
Il know people who have been good,
who have become inoculated with the
doctrine of universalism, which is
turning men to hell by its false teach
ings. What would be the use Of the
plan Of salvation and all this preach
ing and this revival If all men were to
be saved by the goodness Of Gods love
anyway. I'm giving you what God
says, 1t Is not my theory.
Do Not Condemn God.
DO not condemn God because you do
not agree with him. That shows YOU
are weak minded. We are certain there
is hell. know that some Of the
ministers have given up the idea of a
literal hell. They have done it because
they wanted to be popular with a GER
tain gang or for some other reason No
man can stand and preach the word of
God without preaching eternal dam
nation" Does 1t prove anything ',e-
cause some scholarly fellow says he
does not believe in hell? That does not
change it.
Cites Instances Of Gods Wrath.
Take Noah. No one but him and his
family believed that God was going Is
drown the world, but he did Just the
same. No one but Lot believed that
God would destroy Sodom and Com
orrah, but he did. Your disbelief does
not change Gods purpose or alter the
fact. Your disbelief does not make you
immune. The best thing to do is to
put aside your prejudice and listen to
what God wants you to do.
Il have it from the words of Jesus
and from John, Paul, Peter and jude,
all of whom say that there is eternal
life for the righteous and a day of
judgment and hell for those who sin.
Jesus names the different kinds of sim
ners who will suffer in torment in hell.
He'll is Certain.
II am more positive that there is a
he'll than that the sun will rise to-
morrow morning. We are certain there
is from the word Of God. The only doc
tr1ne advanced that there is no hell is
propounded by some preachers, some
poets. and some literary people Your
common sense should tell you there is
a hell. AS you look around you, you
see men that are suffering because Of
sin. If you sin you suffer physically
in your bodies. A man goes out and
lives life Of sin. The sin does not
always manifest Itself az once in his