The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-20
WHY PEOPLE
FEAR. DEATH
DIR MILLS DISCUSSES THIS SUB.
JEcT IN STRONG SERMON,
At Fourth street N. Z. Church SUNDAY
Morning-rakec Text From
Hebrews 2:l5.


\ strong sermon was preached by Dr.
\. ". Mills. pastor OF the Fourth
street NJ. L. church SUNDAY morning
he took as his subject: why People
, ear Death and IL WAS one OF the be 4
,rnons That this pastor has delivered
since his arrival In the city
! Taking Tor his text Tic brewS 2.i5 DR.
! Mills said Ia past a. follows. William
1 M.bertSrce by long and persistent agi-
| tation brought about the abolition OF
| slavery Tor tac negro :ace in the British
/ colonies. Alexander the Second freed
/ from slavery the surf OF Russia. Abrn-
I nam Lincoln, suppprted by victorious
I armies OF fhe Union loosened the let-
! tiers that bound the black race in stv-
: cry IN this country. But long before
tne slave ship ever touched the coasts
. or AFRICA. long before the surf OF Rus
! sla felt the sting Of his masters knotted
! lash. there was need OF an emancipation.
/ lhe fact Is that We all belong to a
slaNe-born race Each individual is held
/ In bondage until by the act of another
, he j. made free There are different
I kinds Of slavery. First of all there is
I the slavery 10 Ignorance. There Is a
J great deal OF 10 In the world today The
! MnIlI mas not been emancipsted from
| that type of slavery by any means And
| the religious that tend to shackle the
| mind OF man and think they can keen
! men and women from receiving truth
! are destined to come 10 their death
NEE. mere Il the slavery Of sin. The
J scriptures say know ye not that whom
! ye Yield yourselves servant TO be-
! ~ se,HImi ye are. SIN forges fear
O. - NV "a Athlnes stronger than
: chains OF iron and steel by which IL
B holds It's victim subject 10 tmpuise or
} caprice. oh, men will the world learn
! ne st5eggtn OF the chains which sin
Then there Is the slavery Of fear. and
, thlS brings me 20 my real theme The
: ieaT ot death l. only one OF its forms.
I hut II Is the most common Who IN this
! .ongresaunn who IN this world. has
not az some time felt it. or observed Il
] ~ ON, lou Shudder at the thought
/ oi death and shrink from its presence
| as from n pestilence or a creeping rep
! tile. II has been said that the Gear OF
I death is benevolent thing on tbe -
] "t nature Tor 10 puts restraint urou
/ thoSe who grow weary of lie IL IS
] Victorious love 81 ne and be s6Sol,I,ss
~ destitute OF the fear OF death. Every
1 thlhs depends upon ones idea OF death,
! iils autute towards death is determine 4
, by what he feels 20 TO be
/ . lh IN" case OF some. no doubt Il Is an
2 t'llation 81 pain ia the hour OF diving
I 'h"t occasions fear. Since pain usually
Z accompanies disease. and disease usu-
l any. TT unchecked, terminates In death
! ,ntE naturally arrive at the conclusion
] .n"t the climax OF pain must be felt IA
! the hour uf death. However oftener
o imam thl~. Tear ~ due TO strong and t,ra-
. cious attachment TO the things Of This
! present world. our affections weave
1 themselves by earthly ties and earthly
) lnt.rests.and we cannot bear the Thought
D on helnE torn away from those objects
ahn separated from those interests As
the vine chngs 10 the harbor 10 do We
q TO our anchorage. We are bound "a
earth 10y So many tender ties and the
thought OF separation from our friends
,tutlii"~ uS. but there are those in
this world TO whom physical rain = a
stranger. capacity for pain may he a
matter or nerves. man may boast
that he never gets nervous. aud may he
nevertheless. have heard
more than one man and NOR. than one
..- ..d~t that they never get uerv-
Gus. but nevertheless they may be
I a.. l' ni"y '' '"urag" or ~ may he stolid-
ny which accounts for the endurance
on pam ~ some. Il was pagan but a
seeker after God. who said Know then
that % mans life Is worth only so much
a~ thc things are worth for which hu
Another fear is the fear ~ the isdr-
mont There ts conviction thar we
cannot N'il escape. that death q. not the
'Hp 81 Hf". That 30 is not an OF death 20
ni' That The accounting i- vet 20 he
l.'n'. th' record @" Pc met. the Iudg-
in'rf 20 h' rendered. the final destiny 10
Do" fN.d Let one who mas lived "a
worldly Hfe. whose career has been tra4
'I . Treasure. .eEer. have bout ON. hour
DO fh" chamber OF reflection with death
waiting 90 the wicket, be- has been ser
want and his master summons him H. a
o., k"u.nE DE- thinks uf his sins. his
WIIiIl errors. bis neglected duties hts
narrow. selfish. wicked aims. and rs com
scleugs throws ITS white light ON the
srrrcn "t memoir Che day Of Judgment
Then there are those 90 whom death ie
King of terrOre. because they fenr
o''.h b. the 'ud ~ ali. after death Moth
ing Ih" tho SHIT ~ ceasinE Co.. bio
utter arUihilatUu. total destruction az
human personality. i4 indeed oIroNilu
f' Tho normal mind.
This tn'n ie the slavery Zoo which So
- pe.- ~ Fa1- ~ ecraratior a.,
fear ~ Judgment. the fear Of faIiue
uesG o. there dolivcrance
u. IS Nat $40 he free from these
Ll.rfIrE Tears. free NOW and always
The" questions wiz be answered ncNt