Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-10-22
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Editor News.
have been silent reader for some
time, enjoying the good letters from
others, but as | have few spare mo-
ments this morning. l will try and
contribute my little mite to our well
come paper. / have been reviled and
slandered and falsely accused, but l
am still on the job to defend the truth.
It is not pleasant to be held up and
roasted before the public, but if we
have no opposition we have need to be
troubled for he that will live godly in
Christ Jesus must suffer persecution,
and again Jesus says, "Woe unto you
when all men shall speak we'll of you
for SO did their fathers unto the false
prophets. :" The same spirit of perse-
cuiton exists today that did in the day
of Jesus and the apostles, but public
sentiment and the law will not allow
them to use violence so they revert to
all sorts of false accusations and sland-
ers, but if your hearts are right with
God you shall not be moved.
DR.. Blalock has said that I am only
half compos mentis, and perhaps it is
true, but think all intelligent Bible
readers will agree that bis three story
hell exists only in the Imagination of
one who is wholly non compos mentis.
First, he takes the Greek word
"hades," which he admits only means
the grave or state of death, and builds
the top story of it Then he digs
down and tries to make another still
worse place from the word "Gehenna"
which only means the valley of Hin
on, or the valley of death. but is some
times spoken of to. represent or symbol
ize the second death. Then he goes
on still farther and tries to make an
other still lower and worse place than
ever from the Greek word, 'tartarus,
tauros, as he calls it, which. accord
ing to st. Peter is prison where the
fallen angels are kept until the Judge
ment. The whole thing is ridiculous.
Who can imagine just and loving
God being tho author of such an out
ragous thing.
As to Pastor Russell, he has never
claimed to be a prophet. All that he
teaches is from the Bible. all of his
assertions are proven bv the Word of
God. Jesus did not say that no one
should ever know the time of His sec
ond coming. He said, "When ye
shall see all these things, know that it
is near, even at the DOORS" and sure
ly all who have the eyes of their un-
derstanding open, have seen good
manv prophecies fulfilled and still be-
ing fulfilled everyday. In the Book of
Daniel we read. "The words are clos
ed up and sealed till the time of the
end aud none of the wicked shall un-
derstand, but the wise shall under
stand" and we have many reasons to
believe that the time of the end of
GENTLE times is here. Who can read
about the terrible war of Europe with
out thinking of the Masters words,
"Nation shall- rise against nation and
kingdom against kingdom and there
shall be famines and pestilences and
in divers places - All
these are the beginning of sorrows, so
we must be nearing the great time of
trouble spoken of by the Prophet DAN
iel as being such as has never been
since there was nation, and Jesus
adds, 'No, nor ever shall be- We
believe all earthly governments will
be wrecked in the terrible reign of
anarchy that will follow this great
war. OF course, there have always
been wars but this one is different in
that all the world is affected by it
and the outcome would be awful to
were il not for the assur-
ance that the glorious Kingdom of
Christ is soon to be established In all
The earth, "For his dominion shall be
from sea to sea and from the ends OF
5he earth. Then peace shall flow like
\ river and salvation TO the ends of
jhe earth; then the knowledge of the
Lord shall fill the whole earth as the
waters cover the sea. Then all the
blind eyes shall be opened and all the
leaf ears unstopped The lame man
hall leap as the hart and the tongue
If the dumb shall sing f"
So, let US not dwell upon the hor-
'ors of the coming troubles, but look
orward to the glorious outcome.
AUNT BELLE,
Dunlap, Tenn,