The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-29

Gated Is in the entering into me- anu if tnT
intimation Is that those who 1aii VIII
not have life at ail-that they wll lail
10 attain life. that they Will have no
eternal HE, either in pain or IN plea sura 1
Let us examine our text 1urther ana seV
this
Gehenna Typed the Second Death.
The word hell in our text is from the
Greek word gchenua, which. In turn, was
"a rorrtption OF the Hebrew WORD gen
hinnon, which signifies valley OF deatn.
There are two other words in the Ne"
Testament Greek translated nell III our
common version one of these, tartaruss
has no reference to humanity Whatever
but merely signifies Our earths atmos-
iailen angels are restrained in chains oil
darkness G1 Peter ii, ~. Inc otnel
Greek word rendered he'll in the New
Testament is hades, which corresponds
exactly TO the word rendered hell III the
Old Testament, namely sheol. And all
scholars know that both OF these WORDS
signify the same thing. Ihey are. useo
inierchangeably In the scriptures 10 oes
i.uate the state or condition OF death
the tomb. No person, of even sliEht cd
ucation. would for moment attempt 10
claim that eternal torment Is IauSht py
scheo, hades or tartarus. me grea.
stress OF all who teach eternal torment
falls. therefore, upon the word he'll lound
in our tcXt-n the original Greek, Ge-
henna,
What we have to say respecting ii VIII
undoubtedly be news To but few OF this
congregation. But since this sermon VIII
be reported in more than seven hunareu
newspapers of the land, our explanation
Will probably eventually reach ten mililon
people, tc whom the truth on the suDJect
will be new What we have TO say Is
not new TO educated ministers, however
and why, as pastors, they have kept me
sheep OF their flock In the dark on thc
subject is for them to explain. Ihey Ger
tainly cannot plead ignorance. Al very
most they can apologize that they hoped
that the misunderstanding would do more
good than the truth They seem To for
get entirely that this terrible misunder-
standing is not only wrecking The taith
of thousands, but dishoDoring our Crea-
tor-blasphemng His holy name His
holy character, by mlsreprcscntlnS IL ana
the divine plan.
Valley Outside Jerusalem.
I wish that those Of YOU who have
modern Bibles with maps at the back
would turn 10 tile map of the city OF
Jerusalem and there notice on the south
wall. dhc Valley OF Hinnom. That Is the
valley that in brief WAS called Geh-hin-
non, the Greek OF which is Schenna ~
of our Lords uses Of the word Gehcnna
stand related 10 that valley. For IL
sake of my larger congregation 1T VIII
be worth while for us 10 take a glance
backward at The history OF That valley
during many centuries before Jesus s
day.
The first mention of this valley in the
Bible Is found In Joshua tvN. 81, where
# is given as ono Of the boundaries OF
the tribe Of Judah. according To the lot
cast By Joshua in the division OF the
land that had come into possession of
the lsraelites. 1t is again mentioned sim
larly in Joshua xviii, l6. Tho next rel
crcnCc 10 this valley is found In III KINGS
/ xiii, To- There we read OF how Josiah.
. the good king OF Judah, instituted q
i great reform in the nation and abolished
! ldolalry. one Of the most heiuouS forms
! of the dolaIry having been prlcuccd iu
! this Valley OF Iiinuom which had gotten
/ fIy.,N ~, Had,
| tells US that The Israclites built In this
! TophctlIS the Valley OF Iiinnom. Il great
! brass image 10 tho heather god MoloCh
/ In various places they had groves In
which a licen,ious form or worship was
| enacted and then they rcSortcd 10 this
! Valley Of Iiinuom to offer sacrifice Of a
| most revolving, kind 10 the heatheu deity.
Sometime IT WAS a boy and sometimes 1t
was IL girl that was placed naked I'm the
arms Of tho great image after il had been
! fired 10 ~ red heat with fuel piled under
as a llUc, The cries Of these infants 50
| horribly sacrificed were drowned ny the
cheers Of the worshippers and various
| musical instruments.
| All ur this. indeed. everything akin TO
suffering, WAS strictly forbidden by tho
divine law given To Israel Aud they hgC
! bocn specially warned against this very
! form OF idolairy tLcvltiCus xviii. II. Dcu-
| tcronomy xvii. 100. II Is a gross mistake
aud slandcr Of the divine character and
law 10 suppose that ii ever sanctioned
| torture And IL is y Still worse sland-T
| upon God TO suppose that He would Him
| sclf do. and that for All eternity. what
| lie condemned in Ills fallen creaturcs.
The Lord declares all this through the
| Prophet Jeremiah tyii. 3l-3il. Here Cod
| particularly forewarned the israelitcs
| that their wrong course would eventual To
| in the terrible time of trouble which CAM
| upon Jerusalem in the year \ r.. 40
! when u was estimated that over Il mll-
| lion died at the siege Of Jcrusalcm. I'm
| ful1lmcnt OF this prophecy the Jews
| cast The dead bodies over tho wall -,
Jerusalem into this very valley Thus
| VIC read. ''Bchold the day IS como, saith
| the Lord that II shalt no more b. cIllor
/ TOpheth. nor. the Valley Of the Son ~
! linnom. but. tho Valley Of Slaughter
| for they shall bury in Topheth tll there
| bc no place. And tho carcasacs of this
! people shall be meat for the fowls OF The
! heaven, and for the beasts OF the earth.
| After the reformation made by King
Josiah the Valley of Hiunom was desc
| Grated To the intent that II might never
| afterward be considered nj for any kind
| OF religious worship sacrifice or cere-
mony. II became tho valley OF defIe-