Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-12-17
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1t seems that "Uncle Tom" does
| not fully COMPREHEND my position. l
have been humble in trying to set
forth some of the teachings of the BIZ
BILE out have not SAT- OF meant to in-
| fer that we are to have a second
chance, but 40 say that we must
| have fair chance, for we read in the
| Bible that it j. Co.'s will that all
shall be saved (preserved) and come
| to knowledge Of tue truth, but only
| those VINO have the full light and
| novleGge of the truth are now on
| trial, anu so if we are fully enlighten-
ed aud have tasted Of the joys to come,
| been made partakers of the Holy Spir-
| it, then If We fail to make our calling
and election sure, we are lost. We
reaa, "Ba tuou faithful unto death
and | will give you crown of life,
bnt during the reign Of the Messiah,
all who did not have fair trial DUR
ing the present age, must then have
an opportunity for life for "God hath
appointed 6ay in which He will
juIg9 the 9orid in righteousness by
that man Christi whom He hath or
dainei, whereof lie hath given assur-
auce unto all men in that He hath
raissd Him from toe dead Acts H.
81 'NThsn it snail come to pass that
all who will not hear (obey) that
prophet SHALL be destroyed from
among the people Acts 1928. Think
of the millions of people who have
never heard of Gods wonderful plan
of salvation. Tuey have never heard
the "glad tidings of great joy which
shall be unto all people, We know
that Jesus is the door of life and how
can we come in by the door unless we
know of the door Only the Church,
the body of Christ, is fully enlightan-
ed. The world is still in darkness but
some have more light than others and
the light they have had, for Jesus
ON In the day of judgement than for
Capernaum where His mighty works
were done. We read in the 18th chap
ter of Ezekiel that Sodom and her
daughters Samaria and her daugh-
tets, and also Jerusalem and her
daughters shall return to their former
estate and that Jerusalem shall be
ashamed, and Jesus says the men of
Nineveh shall rise up with this gener
alton and shall condemn it, FOR they
repented at the preaching of Jonas,
and 'behold greater than Jonas 10
here. Luke 1883.
1t seems that Blalock keeps on try
ing to make me ont liar because /
said that he admitted that hades only
meant the grave. Now, we know that |
he asid that hades is translated grave |
several times, and it seems to me that |
Is admitting that 1t means the grave. |
All who will read tine 3nd chapter Of |
Acts must see that hades. even when |
IL is translated hell. only means the |
grave or state Of death, for the Apostle |
Peter shows that the Psalmist David |
was speaking of Jesus when he said,
"Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell |
or suffer thine holy one to see cor
ruption." Now, we could not think |
for q moment that our Lord and Saw
Tor went to worse place than the |
tomb, the state of DEATH 80 we see the |
Bible hell Is not eternal torment but
simply death. The wages OF sin is
death but the gift of God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord"
Uncle Tom," you are welcome to
your own opinion concerning spiritual
gifts, but If any miracles are being
performed by the church nowadays,
I have failed to observe them. True,
we are to covet the best gifts. but
think the best gifts are those that are
developed, such as love to
God, brotherly love, patience, kind
ness and sympathy for all.
The article by G. K. Chubbuck was
good, although he may differ with
me on some points. like his letter.
It teens with loving sympathy for
sinners. True, we are in lost and
ruined condition, dead in our sins I'M
til we accept Jesus as our Savior and
His precious blood cleanses as from
all sin.
W. M. Leach also gave us good
article, and find no fault with Uncle
Toms" letters, although we may not
all see things in the same way, yet
such letters are helpful. They cannot
fail to be uplifting and beneficial.
What we need in this day of unbelief
and scepticism is encouragement and
rather than abuse and de-
rision. We may be evil spoken of
and slandered, but let us endeavor to
live SO the words of our mouth, as
we'll as the meditation of our hearts
and the conduct Of our lives shall be
pleasing to our Lord, and honor to His
name, to whom belongs the glory and
honor and kingdom forever.
ISABELLE COWLES.
Dunlap, Tenn.