The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-18

THAT was l1sI FL Atla anl redeemed
! at Calvary. Hut le Second Death f.
a friend 10 God and 10 5ll who love
/ righteousness, slncelt will utterly and
forever destroy such ~ have love or
sympathy for aln and refuse 10 he
obcdient to tie Divine viii after full
Enlightenment
Ths AHsitypieal 4eshenna.
As The earthly Jeigssllem was lg-
lnre of me Jerusalem from above. ne
iliheaTenIy Jerusalem tlle ISinsdcg q,
.SGod that 8 % De cstablished IA sislll
4 the earth; So leiEiG and rs !. Gre and
lSeSortnsg pfefgured the ion ot
1.-The Second Death upon every Stlful
IiSInner. during or shortly after the ter
mihation Of Christi diatotial Ing
dom and reign and the delivery Of the
Kingdom back to God, with righteous
!ness fully established.
as the New Jerusalem viii not ne z
literal city. with. literal streets of gold
! ind eates 81 pearls and yalls Ct lew
els, neither the valley Of Hinnom nor
Line lake Of fire outside the city Of
jerusalem will be literal both are
gmbelical. The one represents har-
mony with God. the Divine blessing and
everlasting life: the other represents
separation from God. everlasting de-
strucdon; the Second Death.
Fire is never used as a symbol Of
preservation, far from 1t. It Is always
assymbol Of destruction. The addi-
| ton Of birthstone lntGnsifies the figure,
because burning birthstone is one Of
the most deadly Influences known IN
the world. 1t is not only deadly to
humanity and the larger animals but
\ also to insects and microbes and every
thing that has life.
An Old Testament Reference.
This same lesson Of the destruction
Of wilful transgressors. as represented
| in the destrnctiyeness Of the valley Of
| Hinnom (Geeaaa). Is furnished by the
Prophet. Isaiah lxyi, 22;2p. A famil-
lar sight in, Isaiahs day was the H.
eral valley Of Hinnom, used as sfgufs!
by the Holy Spirit speaking through
| him, pointing to the anhtype and tell ~
Ing OF the New Heavens and New
Earth-the new religious and secular
Organizations Of mankind which VIII
be accomplished by Messiah's reign
and that then evil doors shall not es-'
cane but shall be completely. utterly
destroyed. "They shall so forth and
look upon the carcasses Of the men
who have transgressed against Me, for
their worm shall not die, neither shall
their fire be quenched; and they shall
be an adherence unto all flesh" Moth
ing is said about looking at living be-
ings suffering torture, nor Is this the
thought. God never approved of tor
ture, but always condemned i. A car
cass is dead body.
How glad we should be to realize
that Gods great Plan will not Include
a great torture chamber containing
countless myriads Of His creatures but,
as the Scriptures declare stflSery crel2
Jture. in heaven and ihshEth lmds under
the earth win be heard saying, Praise
and glory and honor and dominion ana
might be unto Him that stitch upon
the throne and unto the Lamb forever.
Let Honesty and Truth Prevail.
Having demonstrated that neither
the Bible nor reason offers the slight
est support to the doctrine that eter-
nal torment is the penalty for sin, we
note the fact that the various church
creeds, and confessions, and hymn
books, and theological treatises, are its
only supports; and thdt dhdeF the In
creasIng light Of our day, and the. con-
seouent emancipation Of reason, belief
in this horrible, fendish doctrine Of the
Dark Ages Is fast dying out. But alas!
this is not because Christian people
generally are jealous for the truth of
Gods Word and for His character, and
willing to destroy their grim creed
idols. All no! they still bow before
their admitted falsities. they still
pledge themselves to their defense, and
spend time and money for their sup:
port though at heart ashamed of them.
and privately denying them.
The general influence of all this is
to cause the honestheartcd Of the
world to despise Christianity and the
Bible; and to make lypocrites and
seml.lnfidels Of nominal Christians.
Because the nominal church .clipgs to-
This old blasphetny, aud falsely pre-
seats its own error as the TESTING Of
Che Bible, the Word Of God, though
stiIl nominally reverenced. Is being
practically repudiated. Thus tho Bible,
the great anchor Of truth and liberty.
Is being cut loose from by the very
ones who, If not deceived regarding
its teachings, would be held and bless
ed by it.
The general effect, not ia: distant.
will be, first open in1dclity, then am
atchy. For much, very much of this.
lukewarm Christians, both in pulpits
and pews, who know better, are re-
sponsible. Many such are willing to
compromise the truth, to SANDER Gods
character, and to stultify and deceive
themselves, for the sake Of peace, or
ease, or present earthly advantage.