Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-03-01
BIBLE No GUIDE
 SAYS BISHOP Prelate of Catholic Church Declares Church Lived
 Before Scriptures.
COMPILED ACCIDENT
Tells Audience Something About Re- yealed lruthS-He Ans-
 Wers Questions.

In another of his scholarly lec- lures on Catholic doctrine at the Elks Theater last night, Bishop J. J. keane, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, spent much time on the relative historical standing of his church and the bible. His contention was that the latter cannot be a safe depository of truths, and that the church alone was dele gated to teach the faithful. He told how the various chapters of the bible were written, and maintained that the compilation of it's pages were merely matter of incident. Tonight Bishop Keane will lecture on The Pope
 During his sermon Bishop Keane answered a number of questions, in- cluding the following:
 What is He'll?
 It is a place, state or condition to avoid. It is more important to keep out of it than to know what it is The church has not defined precisely what it is The scriptures are obscure and men do not agree about the meaning of the scriptures. The great truth is that death settles our state for ever; that our one happiness is be- ing with God, and those who are not with him, are lost forever. We are certain that Hell is eternal, but we cannot picture eternity, nor do we know whether there is the sense of succession of time. It is intending life in pain. The main pain is the loss of God, and the conviction that it is through our own fault We know not exactly what the other awful pains are
 If God loves man why does he send them to Hell?
 He does not; those who are lost go to Hell themselves. Hell is the final outcome of sin. The man who does wrong and chooses to remain in sin, shapes his own destiny and goes to Hell as naturally as the idle man starves. He who sins grievous- ly puts himself ct enmity with God; separates himself from God, and if he continues in that state of enmity until he dies he remains eternally fixed in it. God cannot accept as a friend one who fully persists in be- ing his enemy Heli is the creation of justice and the sinner is unfit for the abode of the blessed.
 Why did God promulgate com- mandments and thus create causes for sin? ~~ ~.
 Evil does not arise from prohibit tion. Certain acts are intrinsically wrong before any commandments. A little child reaches out it's hand to the flame or to the red hot iron, but the mother commands 1t not to touch. It is not the mothers command that makes the fire burn, but because it burns she commands the child whom she dearly loves, not to touch it. So God commands what is for our good and prohibits what is wrong, be- cause it will grievously injure His child, but what is wrong, is wrong before he prohibits it.
 In handling his subject, ''The Church of Christi, last night Bishop Keane in part said:
 "Now, since the all-important truths revealed were to become the subject of certain developments, and of consequent growth, but without losing their identity, it was neces- sary that some home for their per- servation, some organum for their propagation should have been pro- vided What provision did He make ?
 Some would say He gave us the Scriptures, but that position is un- tenable. First, because historically