Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-03-26
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SEVERED BIBLICALLY.

The reason why there are so many
vacant seats in our church meetings
today is. "There is a famine in the
land, not a famine for bread, nor a
famine for water, but of the hearing
Ct the words of the Lord" (Amos. 8:11,
49, Our churches have developed
into social clubs" where elaborate
rlusical programs are rendered and
popular lectures are given on worldly
themes, hence the people have left the
churches and gone to the theaters al
moving picture shows and have lost
the desire for spiritual uplift.. (See
End. Tim. APO. Bible students are
still agreed that there is a heaven for
tie righteous and a place of punish
ment for the un~righteous. After seven
years Of Bible study and research I
have discovered that ne punishment
for sinners according to the Bible
is the very opposite of the teach
ings of the creeds. That the
Bible proclaims a corrective methol
Of punishment and not a vindictive
method,I believe can be clearly shown
from the scriptures. For instance
David a nan after Gods own heart
was punished right here on this earth
fol his sins. (Read all of the 18th
chapter of End Samuel.)
Moses was exiled to the land Midi.
al where he was punished until he
was corrected for Staying the Egyp-
tan. (Read the first to fourth chap
ter of Exodus.) The prophet Job
says: Behold happy is the man whom
God Correcteth." COB SID Jesus
Christ says: MANY stripes" and "few
stripes" will be the method used for
correction when He returns to earth.
duke IL: Al to 49, Of course we are
to not understand that these stripes
will be literal but symbolic; no doubt
stripes of shame and contempt. dan.
1872. :
st. Peter must have had this same
thought in mind when he said, "BS
whose stripes We were healed" list
Pet. 2:24.) Peter also says the un-
] just wont be punished until the judge
rIent day. (2nd Pet. 2:9.) In the
! Parable of the sheep and goats, we
/ have a picture of two classes. The
sheep" we understand represents the
people who will be obedient and be
corrected, and the goats" we under
stand are the d~isobedient who will re-
fuse correction and will be consigned
to eternal fire prepared for the devil
and his rebels. Fire is here mentiond
az a symbol of destruction, as fire is
a symbol of destruction and not a
symbol of preservation, as is taught in
our creeds. MAT. 25, 31-41.) This
agrees with your quotation that
fGod is ABLE to destroy both SOUL
and body in Gehenna." (Mat. 10: 10
49, Webster's old blue back speller
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
In the Bible we read that "The Soul
lIi6I6 AAOL II SAoAA OAOs NH6Oh.
In our creeds we read that the soul lie
Immortal and therefore indestructible
+ lover Ave hundred scripture texts at
firm the humiliation Of all the final,
Iy impenitent. All of our creeds con.
firm that the scriptures are mistaken
II takes a course in the Moody Theo.
1O0;ooI canofnor ~ ,Hudor IN Paw nr
!, Gray to learn how to twist the wore
perish SO it will read preserve
"Helifire" in Mat. 1923 is synonymoul
, of "The Second death" in Rev. 21:S
, Christ meant the same in both places.
Oh, yes, Bro. Pryor, there's a hell o
punishment for the incorrigibles, blu
. as Paul says it will be ETERNAL De
STRUCTION." (2nd Thess. 1870 no
Eternal Torment. I notice your OBJ
s lection to Christ's returning to cart
f and men being resurrected and liv
: again on this earth, to which we reply
n The second coming of Christ is men
e toned in the Bible three hundred an
Q MY Cl6AI IAAAOS WIN l. o4A (AO RAON
Y l need. The Bible is brim full of tn
q resurrection and the earth being in
d habitedA by these dead people and
Is could quote you hundreds of sciptur
# texts to prove it,lbut space prohiOti
h Anyway one place that will convine
IS you is in Acts g. 1921 where Pete
II says the restitution Of all things vi
h begin at Christ's second advent. Or
l. of the things" here referred to is Ii
u restoration of the dead. The Lord
5 prayer instructs US pray I'll
kingdom come Thy will be done o
9, EARTH as 1t it is done in heaven
(Mat. 6:10.)
"a Replying to your reference 10 On