The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-12
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Any More Pain; For the Former Things i:
Are Passed Away" CRevelation xxi. y. i;
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and all of his children. The arrange
ment is that, ''since by man came
death, by man came also the resurrec-
ton of the dead. For as all in Adam
die, even so all in Christ shall be
made alive. But every man in his
own order q Corinthians XIV, 21-23).
Doctrines of Demons"
The truth about this matter is severe
enough; it shows forth Divine Justice,
intertwined with Divine Mercy and
Love. We admit our present I'M
worthiness of life eternal and feel
grateful for proposed assistance
through Christ. but cur great Adver-
sary, operating through ignorance, and
superstition and fear. seized the op-
| portunity TO deceive us and misrepre-
sent our Creator by bringing in what
st. Paul designated. doctrines of
/ demons Il Timothy iv. u. These have
been promulgated. not merely in heath
en- lands, but amongst the civilized.
These false doctrines have tended to
ALLEVIATE the hearts and minds Of hui
mainly from God and his revelation;
they have put barrier between God
and his creatures.
These doctrines Of demons are pre-
sented from various standpontS. but
they are alike in one respect; namely.
they all teach that God deceived our
first parents when he told them that
the wages of sin is death" These
'ddctrines of demons assert the con
trary. that man cannot die. but must
live somewhere to all eternity Thus
on the basis of mans fears. this doe
trine that God thrust immortality upon
his creatures. the demons built up for
US a theory SO horrible as to be nau-
seating and terrifying to every sane
and healthy mind. These doctrines
of demons" have been promulgated far
and near. and with various cOloringS.
but in essence they are all the same.
They have come down from the dark
ages" represented in all our creeds,
Catholic and Protestant
Our Catholic friends have developed
this thought to Il nicely. They tell us
that of those who die. only a mere
handful are fit for heaven and go
there Immediately. They tell us that
the most reprehensible class heretica!
rejectors of Divine Truth. will be sent
to a hell of eternal torture where they
will never die. They assure us. how
ever. that the number who will re
ceive this extreme punishment is small
in comparison with the race as a
whole. They tell us that the majority
Catholics and PrOtestantS, civilized
and heather. are unfit for heaven ut
death, and likewise not deserving of
eternal torture, and that thus the great
mass of mankind nine out OF every
ten. 90 at death to Purgatory. there to
suffer for centuries or for thousands
of years in eXpiation Of sins. and for
publication of their souls. th6t they
may be eventually fit for Heaven and
its blessings. Our hearts rebel at such
81
ing our Catholic friends, and our own
forefathers who We're Catholics credit
for being as sincere as ourselves. we
conclude that the light of our day. and
the light of our intelligence. will not
permit us 20 believe and rejoice iD
such a view Of the hereafter" as this.
We say to ourselves, Surely the Great
God has something nober than this in
reservation for his creatures.
Protestant Views Worse.
What shall we say of the Here
after from the standpoint of our
Protestant creeds? How do these com
pare with the Catholic views fore
going-hOw much worse: When our
forefathers thought they had found
something erroneous in the teachings
of Papacy, when they concluded that
Purgatory was not to be found in the
Bible, they heroically determined to
cast it out of their creeds But alas,
When discarding it. they did not re
alize that they were making bad
matter worse. They held on to the
OONlIl4Ic VI NtILiOlIS, tIldL Ni'u IHA4
created man so that he could not die,
and could not be destroyed. and so
they proceeded to interpret matters
along that line Realizing the Scrip
| turalness of the proposition that only
the sanity were fit for heaven. and re
jecting the theory of Purgatory, they
logically consigned all except the saint
ly thereafter to eternal torture Alas,
How inconsistent it is; how strange
that we ever thought Divine Fore
knowledge Wisdom, Justice. Mercy.
Love and Power should have created
man to the number Of thousands of
millions. with the forelnowledge and
fore-intentiOu and desire that they
should suffer an eternity Of torture
Parting Of the Ways.
Thus, ny dear hearers. You With my
self and others 81 the iH'pli-ru, ppa-
pie of the world, drd ourselves tnGay
in most trying position. NuT ,.rr.,
have repudalrd She &o.;..Ar g. otsr
nal torture rs being un-, &r;ai-l!'-' uo
worthy even @! q Gesj .ir r:n be.
lieve neither ia 81 H;f"ajp., o. ,'n;u-
ries. nor in eJnrl1l tor'vr. as % cD1s.-
quence or penalty for AGtm'S d#egra
ence in eating 9t th2 forbidden 'Hu,.