The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-05-08
And Declares That He'll
Means the Grave.
SAYS NOWHERE IN THE BIBLE
Is There Anything Mentioned
That Connects He'll
With Fire.
MODERN VIEW OF SUBJECT


ed States and Canada. declares tina
everyone goes to He'll. Mr.. Ritchi'
has some interpretations on the Bi
BILE that appear sensational anC
along a new line. In an interview
recently, he gave out some interest
ing information regarding variou:
prominent Bible subjects that re-
quire more than ordinary consider
alton to obtain their full meaning.
Il have a new cure for infideli-
ty," declared Mr.. Richie. ITO
prescribe the remedy we must find
the cause, which | believe is the
inability of the people to under
stand how a God OF all Love and
Wisdom and Justice, and having all
Power, could permit present condi-
lions and conduct human affairs as
proclaimed 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 the
.foreknowledge that most of the
human family 90 there, and that
He had al! Wisdom to plan other
wise. and all Power to do as He
pleased. Truly, the general relig-
ious teaching on this line is foe
TO reason and the mother of doubt.
1.-The Bible, taken as a whole,
presents no such idea of our bless
ed Heavenly Father, but praises
glorifies and exalts His holy char
acter. And so, when understood, it
will be as natural for average hui
man beings to emulate, love and
praise God as it has been in all HUI
man history for them to worship as
leaders and heroes those who have
shown greatness of character, eth
er in power or wisdom or benevo-
leuce. When rightly shown, the
character of our God will compel
the admiration and loyalty of the
masses infinitely more than the
character of a Caesar, or a Napo-
leon, or an Edison, or Bryan, or I
Roosevelt. What is the reason that
the character of God is so little /
reverenced, that the Holy Name OF
Himself and of the Saviour are |
made the commonest "cuss" words? |
We answer that it Is because His !
character is blasphemed by the
erroneous Hell" teaching of de- /
ceived Christianity.
well did Pastor Russell, of the /
Brooklyn, n. Y, Tabernacle say:
''If the Bible does teach that eter-
nal torture is the fate OF all except
the saints, it should be preached,
yes, Numbered, weekly, daily, hour
ly! If it does not so teach, the fact
should be made known, and the
foul stain dishonoring Gods Holy
Name removed"
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 sheol
is positively the only "hell" word
In the Old Testament. Its Hebrew
definition is the unseen state, or
the place of the dead. 1t occurs
sixty-fve times, and nowhere is the
word fire" associated with it.
Solomon said, There is no work,
nor device, nor knowledge in sheol,'
and he adds. whittier thou goest.'
Why? Because all in He'll are dead.
Referring to the resurrection, the
Revelator says Death and He'll
fmarginal reference reads 'Or the
grave"D delivered up the dead mot
the living) which were in them"
''Sheol is translated twenty-nine
times as hell" three times as
pit" and thirty-three times as
grave" In the revised version,
'sheol' is translated as hell" only
about twenty times out of the six
y
Slent, "hades." occurring eleven
times in the New Testament, is not
translated as 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 books use the word hell" in
the English translation. st. Paul
wrote fourteen books of the New
but never mentioned
hell fire. John never mentioned
it in his Gospel. nor in his three
Epistles; nor did Peter in his two
Epistles, nor Ruth. Ezra, Nehemiah,
Esther, jeremiah, Daniel. Hosea,
Joel, Obadiah, Micah. Nahum, Zeph-
,niah. Haggai. zechariah or Mala-