The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-13

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Of teeth
Pictures and the Reality.
"Some say there are figurative. are
only the pictures Of what God seeks 10
convey to our minds II these are but
the pictures Of this place where the
worm dieth not and the fire is not
Quenched, what must the literal rcali.
~ be-? Some one asked John Wes
ley once, Do you believe In literal
hellT And he said II believe In lit
eral water, | must believe In literal
fire' Jesus said He that shall bias
pheme against the Holy Ghost hath
never forgiveness, but Is In danger Of
eternal damnation You may take
these statements In this book as com
Ing from the lips OF Jesus Christ
"The very laws Of nature teach that
there in punishment for every viola
tlon OF law. Take the law Of gravitH-
tion which holds the universe togeth-
er You had better not violate this
law or you viii suffer. II man
jumps from the upper story Of build
ing to the sidewalk and Is picked up
bruised and mangled because he ylOlat.
cd the law Of gravitation, shall his
friends curse God and say that he
caused this mans pain aud sufferingi
He did In the same way that he sends
men to hell He has made the laws aud
II they are disobeyed punishment must
result
Hell Is for Punishment.
Take the laws controlling the
electrical current which lights the
the streets and houses and propels the
street cars. What do you think OF the
fellow who says that God kills the
man who puts his hand TO the live
wire? And yet God has killed him In
the same way he sends men to eter-
nal punishment. The very character
Of God demands Il hell. God Is pure
and holy and can not associate with
men who are not pure and holy
'Do we believe In good government,
any way What do you think Of the
man who wants to destroy all govern
ment, who cries Away with the judg.
es, away with the courts, away with
the Officers, because the law has pro
yided his relative or friend VI his lib
erty because that relative or friend
has violated the law; Some people say
that the idea Of hell In out VI hAr.
mony with the idea of a just God.
over IN Tennessee a Judge was
riding along the road one day to reach
town where he was 10 sit holding
court. He overlook an old woman and
asked her to ride She accepted the
invitation, and as she got out Of the
carriage the judge noticed that she
was cold and thlnly clad II was n
cold day and he gave her the money
with which to buy Il warm wrap
OGds Love IL Different.
The next morning he was to try n
man accused Of murder. An old wom-
an walked In aud seeing the Judge
said There Is the Judge that IL to try
my boy Anow ho * good, He will
save my boy He was good to me
when | WAS tired and cold The evi-
dence was heard, the jury brought In
verdict Of guilty and the Judge sen
fenced the boy to the penitentiary.
Was that sentence out Of harmony with
| the character of good manf
There are lots NJ people who ask
| how God can punish a manl There Is
not "a man here hut would spend his
last dollar to defend his son TO keep
him from the penltentiary or the gal
1 lows. God doesn't love that way. His
purpose IL to protect the righteous aud
punish the wicked Some say we VIII
suffer In hell for q while and then es'
cape. That Is a kind Of self-redemptlou
scheme. II such a thing were possible
/ this world would have had no need
| for Christ. He would not have need
ed To come here TO suffer and die.
1T isn't right, they say, 10 punish
us through all eternity for the sins Of
few Years. To say this would he e
saw that the penalty for breaking q
law ought to be determined by the
length OF time II takes TO violate the
law. Let us see n that reasOnlu,
holds goods. A man plans for sil
months TO rob bank Another be-
comes angry at his neighbor and say
IN kill you, and shoots him.
No Change After Death.
II took the one six months, the 9th
or few seconds, and yet no lnwyel
IN the world would put up Ns defens,
that the punishment for the one whC
committed the murder should he light
or than that of the one who robhet
the bank In proportion as the time I
took 10 commit the crime was short
er. The amount " the penalty In de
termined not by the time hut by tn
enormity of the crime committed
The officer who arrests the crimlr
al the court which tries him or IN
psnitentiary IN which he Il confine
have ne power 10 change his charaC
ter, | am talking 10 sinner now VIII
win die sinner he resurrected sin
ner. and so into hell a sinner beat
has no power 10 change you, the iudp
rrent bar has not power 10 change yo,
" q man he an eternal sinner his pur
ishment must he eternal Yet neonI
say I don't believe In he'll They a
not believe, then. IN the Rihle. But II
hell he whatever n NAV be. onr sol
into II and you have hell conNmma
cd