The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-09-07

YOUNGSTOWN. Pa. Sept THESE
words from the lips OF the Master have
been grievously misunderstood. Tho
teaching OF our Protestant childhooo
was to the effect that only the sammy
elect would go to heaven and that oth'
ers would not only lose heaven Dut
gain an eternal life in torment. inus
our text was understood 10 Poi, o.,
what practically the whole worm VI
mankind would be compelled 20 rhuuIe,
This hell was pictured TO our chliuhoou
minds from outside the Bible as heateo
70 a white heat II we expressed won
der or surprise that any human cIea
ture could endure such CONDITIONS 80
long the answer was tnat @o1 - maLs
exercise His omnlDotent power 10 maxi
us ireproof and pain sensitive. some
theologians OF the Thomas kempls
school OF thought Went so iaE a. ar, ~
ferings and to show that the neat
would form kind OF ASBESTOS cover
ing which would shield them from
me assure OF it's Intensity. But those de-
luded theolo sians proceeded 10 sNplatn
that these outer coverings would crack
and shell off every little while, leaVing
the poor victim freshly tender that ms
suffering might be the more intense.
or course. these theoloSlans OF tns
lnast had their difficulty In dealing Win
'fhe worms. They could imagine devils
v no would oversee the torture as pc
ing made immune to pain ny tne chie.
torturcr the Almighty God. But just
how to imagine the worm getting aIong
in go great q heat and how they would
In any wise increase the torture OF ene
moor sufferers was to many perplex-
ity But patient thoughtfulness hiohg
these cruel and deviltsh lines enspIeu
some to formulate the theory that tne
worms would be fiery ones, llVlns IN
fire deliehting In tire--worms that
would bore through the incrustauons
and add still further TO the nor loiS
sufferings or the worio OF "ianA'n
WAS This what Jesus MeRntf
Teacher
such conclusions should be drawn from
Ills language? And did He stop snort
OF the description from reasons u fhis
pathy or modesty or shame Is TINS
The general teaching OF Gods Word OF
has great and terrible mistake been
made7 And nave We We m 4, as literal We
erred we misunderstood. The Great
Teacher who rebuked His dlsclplss
James and John. when they ueS ft,u " "
call fire from heaven upon the cry Oh
Samaria because the people thereoi re-
fused TO sell them food Tor the MAST
the sympathetic one who SAID 70
tben "Ye know not what manner OF
spirit We are OF; the SON OF MAN caile
not to destroy mems lives. nut 10 say
thenf'--oould that Son OF Man an IN ,,r ant
Heavenly Father had less OF the spiIt
OF love and righteousness thah lhe wv
impetuous discipiesie ,b psu d isc i'm.
netuousIy might have been Wiling 10
destroy the earthly life or the San mar.
tans the Heavenly Father' OF sti'i ,roat
demoniacal disposition. would tr re
practically all mankind ten mlllioh
times worse than that ana use DINiht
Power to all eternity 10 pTrpecu e,,,, ,,'s
which His own Word declares WcTe
born In sin. shapen IN inlquly III SIN
did their mothers CONCEIVE t IT'LL
earthly creatures, TOO, whose environ
ment was unfavorable and whose Al
versarv, the devil God neither destroy
ed nor bound? -. 49, haor-
ers IS not suppose BILE. We must TOOK
for some explanation or me master
character and with the Heavenly rain.
er's character and more consistent
with our conception OF what Just
Loving Wise and Powerful reauot
would do II does not answer the pur-
nose to say, as 50 many do, Bosn' 90
not discuss such a matter Nuuous
now believes such Things. lHLs ,,,
Scripture repudiated would snake ON ON
confidence In the whole Bihle ~.
rightly explained ana undcfstoou ~
would settle md ffft-f etse.etf -l,- In
the Scriptures a. Divine message.
This then must be our object
merely 10 cast from us the ueVi',sn IA.
depreciation OF the dark ages, put ~
ascertain the true interpretation To
oct the true lesson from the words o.
the Great Teacher. Thousands are di,t
ing or into more or less open lnhheLlty
simply because OF the irrational Inter
pretation given 10 this text ana two or
three others. And these errors naNe
bag,,rue fastened IN our HlnuS iIpH
childhood DAYS that they have become
mart and parcel OF our very lives. so
tbet many OF VS. would have been In
clincd AZ one time TO dispute the very
exlstenco of "a God as much AS 10 dts
mute such slandcrous misrepresenta-
lions OF Hls glorious character
Entering Into Life.
Let us go back to Jesus day and IN
mind Mace ourselves with those who
heard Him utter the words OF our text
and ronteNt The Teacher had just
snid "If thy hand offend thee. cut II
Oft is better for thee To enter into
NE MANNED than. having two hands,
10 go into hell. into the Are that never
shall be 0uenched. where their worm
dieth not and their Are is not quepch-
81 ITO said the same in the follow
ING verses respecting the foot and the
eve Was Hc speaking literally or hg-
uratively9 Docs any sane person sup
nose today that Jesus advised a literal
cutting OF 81 n hand or foot or the
plUckiug out 90 an eye? Assuredly
rot And the person who would foi-
low his counsel iu that would be con-
sidered unbalanced IN mind. We all
recognize what lie did mean namely,
1 that VI any who desired To- have eternal
life found that they had hiudrauccs of
appetite or pleasure or Wh0t not, ~
ifUar 40 them >uF IN eye. foot. hand
these precious, but disQualtving sins
or " roug -doiugs. SHOULD Doe put away -
NO matter how precious they Nore--no
matter how highly esteemed. By wny
of contrast. The Master suggested that
| ~ the retaining Of those things would
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