River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-05-16
Declares Every
One Goes To He'll

Alfred |. Richie. Bible Student
of wide reputation in the United
States and Canada, declares that
everyone goes to hell. Mr.. Richie
has some interpretations on the
Bible that appear sensational and
along a new line. In an interview
Yesterday he gave out some inter-
esting information regarding var
ious prominent Bible subjects that
require more than ordinary con-
sideration to obtain their full
meaning.
II have new cure for in6deli-
ty'' declaied Mr.. Richie. To pre-
scribe the remedy we must find the
cause, which | believe is the ina
bility of the people to understand
how God of all Love and Wisdom
and Justice, and having all power,
could permit present conditions
and permit human affairs as pro-
claimed by the dominant creeds of
Christendom. Unbelievers choke
at the idea of the great Creator
providing an eternity of any kind
of torture for His own creatures,
especially if He was gifted with
with the fore-knowledge that most
of the human family go there, and
He had all Wisdom to plan other
wise, and all Power to do as he
pleased. Truly the general relig-
ious teaching on this line is a foe
to reason and the mother of doubt.
The bible, taken as whole,
presents no such idea of our bless
ed Heavenly F t h r, but
praises, glorifes and exalts
His holy character. And SO, when
understood, it will be as natural
for human beings to emulate, love
and praise God as it has been in
all human history for them to wor-
ship as leaders and heroes those
who have shown greatness of char
acter, either in power or wisdom
or benevolence. When rightly
shown the character of our God
will compel the admiration of 10y
atty of the character of Caesar,
or Napoleon, or an Edison or
Bryan, or Roosevelt.
What is the reason that the
character of God is so little rever-
enced, that the Holy Name of Him
self and of the Savior are made
the commonest "cuss" words? We
answer that it is because His char
acter is blasphemed by the erron-
eous Hell" teaching of deceived
Christianity.
Well did pastor Russell of the
Brooklyn, N. Y, Tabernacle say,
If the bible does teach that eternal
torture is the fate of all except the
saints, it should be preached, yes,
thuudered, weekly, daily. hourly!
If it does not SO teach, the fact
should be made known, and the
foul stain dishonoring Gods Holy
Name removed! l understand a
free copy of his pamphlet, Food
for Thinking Christians" which
examines eyerv mention of He'll
in the bible, can be had by address
sing him.
Everybody goes to He'll, Why
because He'll is the grave or death
condition, to which good and bad
alike go to remain until the blessed
time of resurrection, judgment
and restoration to perfection of all
the obedient. The Hebrew word
shoel is positively the only hell
word in the old Testament, It's
Hebrew definition is the unseen
state, or the place of the dead. 1t
occurs sixty FIVE times, and no.
where is the word fire associated
with it.
Solomon said, There is no work
no device, nor knowledge in shoel, =
and he adds, whittier thou go
est" Why? Because all in He'll
are dead. Referring to the resur-
rection, the Revelator says Death
and He'll marginal reference reads
"or the grave'') delivered up the
dead (not the living) which were,
in them"
"Shoel" is translated twenty
nine times as hell" three times
as pit" and thirty-three times as
grave" In the revised version,
"shoel' is translated as hell''
only about twenty-five times out of
sixty-fve times, and its Greek
equivalent, "hades" occurring eleven
times in the New Testament, is not
translated las hell" at all. but is
left untranslated, because the Bible
revisers knew it did not mean eter-
nal torment.
Only sixteen out of the sixty six
n. IL