Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-23

Each earnest Christian who obtains
the assistance OF these Bible Keys and
enters into the treasures Of Gods
Word and becomes rich himself IN
spiritual knowledge and in joy and
peace OF heart is glad to call the at
tention Of others to these Bible Keys.
Thus the international classes Of Bible
Students Of all denominations in all
parts of the world are springing up
and q blessed light. we believe, Is go
ing forth from these. assistful to all
who love righteousness and bate in
EQUITY. Although / am the regular Pas
tor Of the Brooklyn Tabernacle congre-
CATION, there are several assistants and
| am privileged TO speak to thinking
Christians Of various parts Of the
world, especially In the United states.
Only the Lord knows how ! thank him
for this privilege of service. and for
the still larger opportunity afforded me
through the columns of some of the
principal newspapers Of the United
States.
My are handled by a Syndi-
cate, and I am advised that now they
appear In nearly FIVE hundred news
papers. a~ggregating a circulation Of
six million copies. or, according to
newspaper count, thirty million read
ers. All Of these dear people of every
denomination who do any thinking at
all, | am sure have had similar diff
culties to those which | experienced
difficulties in approaching how our
Heavenly Father could be a good Fa-
Their, a good God. a loving Creator
and yet provide for his human crea-
lures such terrible destinies as all the
creeds of the dark ages set forth.
There is not a thinking Christian in
the world who does not need the cor
rect understanding of the Bible in
order to be able to stand in the evil
day that is upon us. All need to give
heed to st. Paul's words, Take unto
you the whole armour Of God. that
ye may be able to withstand in the
evil day, and. having done all, to
stand Ephesians vi, l3l. Our day
is a blessed one in respect to it's won
derful opportunities and privileges.
but 1t is an evil one in the sense of
being a time of great trial and testing
Of faith to C~hristendom.
Thinking minds are rejecting the
doctrine of eternal torment and gener-
ally at the same time rejecting the
Bible and denying that it is the in
spired Word of God. These dear
friends are stumbling into infdelity
and think that Higher Criticism and
Darwin's Evolution theory are new
light. What they need is to see that
the true light is in the Bible and that.
wearing u grandfathers' spectacles,
we inherited the Word of God and
wrested it to u W injury and to
the loss of our peace of mind and fel-
lowship with the Father and with the
Son and with the holy Spirit.
The Key to the Scriptures.
Whoever gets the proper understand
ing of our text has in his possession
the Key to the Bible. If he will use
It. passage after passage will open for
ulh anu tue NDOte NOIO Vi OOu Ut
comes a new and glorious revelation
of Justice, Wisdom, Love and Power
Divine. Jonah was in the tsh's belly
he was buried alive. 1t is this that
is referred to in our text. The words
hell-belly signify 0rdDe-belly or belly
grace. The context shows all this,
telling us additionally that sea-weeds
were wrapped about the Prophets
head and hat God heard his prayer
and delivered him from the hell-bellv.
or beIly-0rape. on the third day by
causing the fish to vomit him up IL
you have a reference Bible note that
in the margin there is a reference TO
the words of our text, saying. He
brew, the grave" All! says one. The
translators merely made a mistake
and translated ii hell when they should
have translated it 0rdUe. Yes. | an
swer, and they made the same mis-
take in every case in which they used
the same word SheOl throughout the
Old Testament. AS it is. SheOl is trans
lated craze more times than it is trans
lated hell in our Common Version: but
ii should be translated Craze every time.
There we have the Key to the Bible.
The hell of the Bible, the penalty for
sin. is death. the grave, the tomb. 1t
is o an everlasting hell. for special
S%criptures declare that She0L helb shall