The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-02

(RASI0R RUsSEID) Ages, which. he
>------------------ said, still casts a
gloom over the masses and hinders
proper appreciation of the Divine char
acter re Love and Justice, He took
combination text: q Sheol l6etil.
will be thy destruction" Qiosea l3.lil
20 Hades ihelll, where is thy victoryf
Il Corinthians 1853.
My text. said the Pastor teaches that
Jesus win destroy the hell of the Ill
ble--the state Of death. lie will do this
by delivering all mankind from death
by the resurrection. Thus ultimately
He will gain His great victory over
sin ana death and deliver humanity
| from their power. No one but Jesus
can do this Hence we must wait for
the appointcd tine-the establishment
| Of the MesSianic Kingdom Meantime,
| it is ours to batter down the he'll Of
torment which FOR centuries has trou
bIed Gods saints. and turned the
hearts of many from their Creator.
The Pastor dealt some vigorous blows
at the doctrine he condemned. They
We're moi blows &c anger nor Of senti-
mont, but Of logic and Of scripture
His opponents are comparatively few,
he said. ana Of two CLASSES; Some are
/ good and honest. but ignorant Others
/ thoroughly informed. no more believe
in hell Of torture than does the Pas
| tor. but dodge the question and give
| the impression that they believe 1t, so
as To hoodWuk the people and Keep
them in darkness on a subject Of most
/ vital Importance 10 human happiness,
now and throughout eternity
The masses 1f Christian ministers are
lcdgcated Preachers in general know
| wen that the Bible does not teach
( hell OF torture that the words Sheol,
/ Hades. Gcheuua and Tarfdrus DO not
signify a place of torture. where all
except the sanity will externally suffer.
| These ministers do not come forth into
the open with me TO battle the error,
presumably because they do not real
iZe with us, that this terrible bias
I phemy against the Divine character
! lies nj the bottom of nearly all the god
lessness and the growing unbelicf in
the Divine Word now prevalent. To
me it is evident. said the Pastor, that
| reverence toward God and faith in the
Bible cannot be restored until this
great MolUch Of false teaching be de-
molished This explains my zeal in
exposing the errors of the past, and
for the reyealnent of the truth on the
subject Of future punishment.
The Pastor did not on this occasion
attempt explanations OF the three or
four parabes. which by miStransla-
tons. misunderstanding aud interpola-
tons, have been made to support the
God-dishononng doctrine that eternal
torture is the wages of sin, in contra
diction Of the Bible statement, THE
wages of sin is DEATH" He coutented
himself with reminding his hearers
that he had already preached on the
parable of "The Rich Man and Laza-
! rus" Of "Tle Sheep and the Goats.
and the Lords statement Where their
worm dieth not and their fire Is not
quenched;" and from the Revelation.
about the devil, the beast and the false
prophet being cast into torment. To
those who have neither heard nor read
his sermons on these Subjects. he offer
ed to send his views in printed form.
free upon postcard aTwIication.
The Gcd Of Al Graoe.
The God Of The Bih'c. sa;l he rs.
tor. is such one as every humaa
| heart reels au.i Graves. re is Il Cod
of sympathy aud hove. reSpefVins
whom it is declared that lie looked
down from His holy hahtation and be.
( held. and heard the grooming of the
prisoners. Psalm 103:i9 201 Then
I His own Arm brought salvation" lisa
I iah G3.5l The grooming of the pris-
/ oners was not In some faraway fur
mace. but here on earth In every
home Our race groans because We
are slaves Of sin. and sin is paying us
( the prescribed penalty death.
/ Jesus work at the First Advent was
only preparatory His death was nee
esSary as the corresponding price for
the sin Of Adam. Only by paying that
penalty could He obtain the right TO
destroy the prison-house Of death and
I deliver the prisoners by resurrection
from the dead His work was salts
factory Fie assembled to the right
hand of God. where lie awaits the
hour when lie shall take His great
power and reign
Then the lislt of the knowledge of
God shall fiji The earth, All will have
fullest opportunity for return to tod,
and only the willingly disobedicnt will
/ die the Second Death
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