The daily sentinel., 1910-02-08

an ism" But the answer given un-
der this caption IL not mine but the
one advanced by leading Protestants
in general, viz: There are two places
to one of which every soul of man
must go. II is either to He'll or to
Heaven. "Of course only the Sanity,
the overcomers, the footstep-followeTs
of Christ go to Heaven. All the re-
mainder of mankind, including the
moral man. the heathen, etc, etc, go
to eternal torment, without any pros
pect of escape. We confess that be-
tween the Protestant and the Catholic
theories we prefer the latter. But
dear friends, neither of these theories
reach either the head or the heart.
But dear friends, We do not have to
accept theories" from any source,
but turn to our Bibles, and get Gods
plan of Salvation, to which the head
and heart can both assent. All the
foregoing theories" are based upon
the assumption that man has inher-
ent Immortality, that death, death
does not mean death,-that the dead
are more alive than they where be-
fore they died. The reason for this
very common mistake is, that the
Christian as well as the Heather are
preaching from the wrong text. The
truth is stated in Gen. 2:17, For in
the day that thou eatest there of thou
shalt surely die" A statement of
fact with which science. and all our
senses agree.
The lie is stated in Gen. 3:4: And
the serpent said unto the woman ye
shall not surely die" The Devil
was liar from the beginning, "Jno.
S:44. So man sinned against his
Creator, Gen. 3:12, and the sentence,
For dust thou art to dust shalt thou
return" Gen. 3:19, The wages of
sin is death" Rom. 6:23, Where
fore as by one man sin entered into
the world, and death by sin; and SO
death passed upon all men for all
have sinned." Rom. 5:12. So you
see dear friends that death, and not
torment, is the wages or penalty for
sin.
Notice dear friends, we all agree
that Jesus died for our sins, that he
paid TO justice the ransom. or cores
ponding price. for the sinner. He
afterward ascended upon high, ito
appear in the presence of God for
u.s." How could this be true If etern-
al torment is the penalty. He GER
| tainly must be suffering the tortures
ory be true. So inherent immortal
| ity, is not basis for hope. But the
death of Jesus Christ as a ransom"
is the basis for all our hope in a tu-
ture resurrection from the dead, to
| restitution to perfection of life.
Notice some Scriptures: "Tbe man
Christ Jesus who gave himself n ran
som for ALL" First Tim. 2:5-6. He
| is propitiation for our sins, and for
the sins of the whole world" First
Jno. 2:2. Il will ransom them from
the power of the grave, 1 will redeem
them from death" Hos. 1914.
A Resurrection Necessary.
III there be no resurrection of the
| Christ is not risen, your faith is
vain, "Ye are yet in your sins" First
| Cor. 15:l3-17. Inherent Immortality
| is not possessed by man. God only
hath it. First Tim. 6:16. And these
blessed promises are sure to all man
| kind, all the families of the world.
In thy seed (which is Christi, shall
all the nations of the world be blest."
Gen. 22: :1S; Gal. 3:S, 16, 20. Thus
does God plan as revealed in His
| word, the Bible. satisfy both the
heart and the intellect. Thus is truth
stranger than fiction, the word of the
Lord than the sophistries of men or
doctrines of Devils.
This wonderful sermon should
| have been heard to be fully appreciat-
ed. Mr.. Sullivan lectures in Colorado
Springs Feb. IL and 13 and in Dem
n H..