The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-19
.GODCAN' TDESTROY
OF SOUL
Man May Be Damned, but He
Cannot Lose His
Being.
cHALoNER's PHILOSOPHY
He Further Discourses on Scrip
lures as He Has Inter
preted Them.
Especial to The Thnes-pt.pa,ch. ]


Charlottesville. Va. October ls.-John
Armstrong Chalonerl devoted two hours of
, to-day's hcaring to further discussion OF
his religious convictions and of the philo-
sophy OF life he evolved from his four years
critical study OF the Scriptures while con-
fined in Blooming dale. which views he will
bring out in book entitled The Impotence
OF Omn.potcnce' or Brief Studies of the
Scriptures
There are no material discrepancies in
the Stiptures." said Chaioncr, land what
few there are, are not strong enough to
shake tho faith OF an intelligent mind Sin
is of ex-chemicnl compound. allied to
poison OF a certain kind. which requires flre
TO purify it-hence purgatory and he'll.
What He'll Is.
Hell is a scientitc receptacle for immor-
tai. non- perishable essences of a deadly
to the place OF departed spirits. and are
there put through chemical process by
which the moral hydronhobin or sin con-
,racted in this world Is cnutcrized on. OF
them by fire and other tebrituges. II these
spirits don't want to live. II they are fund
amentaily lazy and would rather die than
TO work to purify their souls, then Eener-
Gus God says die Dannations is scienti-
hc process the elimination OF all mental
qualities from the life essence God cannot
man can lose his houl II he elects after
death to be damned. but he cannot lose his
being. His is' immortal. All men
tai qualities are stripped from the life es-
serce Of q soul II II elects after death to be
annihilatcd The essence of all life II heat
ire. flame. and the life essence of a per-
son, after being stripped OF all mentality Is
thrown into the receptacle tor evil spirits
a lake OF hre, Thus nrc meets lire Fire
lives with lire forever and without pain,
and the horror OF the lake OF nre is for
ever removed for lre cannot hurt IRE"
Chaioner sis to defend the sayings OF
Christ and of Jehovah. and make the Scrip
lures the old household book OF consolation
and support In world where poverty and
debt is the rule. 1 am devoted to the hap
p'ness and comfor, OF the poor man.
made n vow while in BbominEdaic that
cost price. the comfort which I had gotten
out OF restitution OF the sacred scrip
two right and left wings OF my So o-speak
literary line OF battle bring back TO the
probation NJ applied to the Scriptures. rec
ognozing that the Scriptures are speciHcai-
~ o-acies and nlled with contradictory
statements and the Law OF creation. The
law OF creation demands that man should
be In ignorance OF the ways OF God. This
Is not done to piIue the curiosity OF men.
out because the laws of creation demand
mat In order to get a pure act. springinE
from the fountain OF the heart and unpol-
from the intellect. men must have doubt
a9eeompanylns every moment o! their ex.
istcnce, here below. With knowledge all
virtue In the act disappears.
Would BE Robbed of Virtue.
III there was absolute certainty that God
existed and could and would reward all
virtuous acts here below, the virtue In said
good acts here below would necessarily b.
stripped of about 90 per cent OF Its virtue
and virtue and policy would go hand in
hand. 1t would be OF you pay your
penny and you take your choice.
Hence. God does not show himself; He
hides His face. and there are no longer
miracles. II there were everybody would
be good. because II would pay. II Christ
came 10 Chicago everybody would do as
lie said, provided He came with power
end not az THIEF. They would serve
Chr!si as humby as his thousands OF EN-
ployes serve Rockefeller"
Cha!oner forcibly scored the falsely
called" higher critics. who make assaults
upon the Scriptures.
They should be called liar critics and
lower criiica. 2" nc said. ..The Ignorance
OF their logic is appalling. They use logic
to deceive through faliacies."