Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-28

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No. TS!rg- lNHlsIIiN NULE
~ l>TEti.IcENT PEOPLE
7-- v-i-- ->'.f - oe-tEe thai pee
pie y-ctzS> Christianity realIy be
!lsyst - au ETERNAL hell. .iut have
met - waWs good, earnest men and
~oueu who ac,ually believe in this
immoral fearful hlichtins. corrupt;nr
ioct.im, that uow repruach IN! sci:
Tor having runUiu,d silent 50 luuc.
/ have met mothers whc lived IL per-
petu;!l agony because they believed that
their sons or tauShtcrS, who had not
cl braccd som. form OF religion. were
burning in everlasting ire. know
of o., mothc. who went insane he
cause some Christian minister had told
hal that there WAS no hope Cor her
chill. that her loved one must he con
Jisncu to everlasting torment.
1T is simlly Uncomfortable tn me that
prisons OF intelligence can profess It
believe i'm such doctrine. This awful
conception is due "a neutrality-suspicious.
of the Rilic. I; is friEhtful and
D!aSrhcmouS thing TO associate with
GCd this doctrine OF everlasting pun
!Shmcut. No greater insult or h,as-
phcmy could be hcaprd upon Him. who
loves every one OF his children with
love infinitely greater than the love
OF 4 mother for her child. 70 :,Scrihc
to Vim anything 50 horrible as ever
lasi,i L puniSnmcui
ut Il just as reasonable to ask YOU
20 believe that loving mothers would
= burn out the eyes of their children with
red hot irons as to ask you To believe
that God could have iMiinit. love for
his children, Yet condemn them to
eternal punishment. The error may lie
attributed to great extent TO the
INSTRUMENTATION OF the original Scrip
lures attending the various 'trausla-
tious OF the Iiblc. Modern biblical
scholars have corrected many OF tho
mistakes OF the carly transintors. and
have shown uS that wha, WAS inter
pretc,i as meaning hell or eternal
punishment has quite a different mean
ing. htluSious 10 hell in the Bible
arc shown to have the meaning Of
limited punishment
y" ErER>N. NI>HME>T.
THE SPEAKER DECLARES
In tho ON. HUNDRED and Thirty
ninth Psalm, we lead: If make my
bed ia tho grave. bchol. Thou AR,
there. Til, mou. ~ Interpretation of
grave is 'hcil' The man who did more
Than any other. ana perhaps all others.
10 spread in the world the false fear
ful conception II everlasting pilishm III
VA" John Calvin because John CAL
VIII caused & man 10 hr burned at .hc
STAKE with green wood he was able 20
pcr>u"d" himself that cod would IN
the STmo manner runiSh men Calvin
mad, not the heart O! the thTisti.r. He
h&'i not thu faiutoSt suggestion OF the
,rc"n@e OF tho Chris; spirit in him
w" VIII he p!uishcd for ofr ,tpS
'hoih IN th.S wur!" and III the ne / hut
We W'1 not be- e .rG;CIly pHniSM"d. No
punishment is ie.::4!ti4atr ",lat i, 40,
Inflicted for Iii" purpose. 0. Improving.
correcting ana making Us better. Sin
inevitably brings punishment, upon us
" We sin &c mrst suffc" the cousc
Quencss. II We do not suffer sufficient
y ia this world. further punishment
VIII come 10 Us IT, the next. Put GOA
MI! punish ~ only TO the c%t.ut our
sin merits HI w.n punish US 10 make
~ better
eternal punishment, would NOT hs
consisten, With III. lov- God l,. foi
every one Of his children Those whc
"ou!" t"N YOU tic; tn" justice OF Cos
inHSi -" satisfied through eternal nan
!-tme"i Hs' Tic word justice hccaus.
sounds belt" thau revenge
Eternal puai>nmrn, for oilyu.c.
Hoi"nii'.n could aot hc considered b;
any Intelligent person rs the Justice o.
God Il would hc ,re revenge Of Go.
an" I" attribute ~" spirit OF r.y,uy.
10 linn y hhsph"ny cod would l.,
m i""nt' brute u D., turu,l his. emil
dftn IN EVERLASTING. ire
inns "o''r'n" rt everlasting: punish
heht has inspired tho deepest hatr.,
against rh' 'uriatiuu church. II I
On" 81 NE @r :t'-. stumbling hlocl.
encountered nE Clrl,tiuur. Uc.yn
and hell arc lo, places. eiuier. il. ,I,j
VOL! or ~ ih. nest Thcy an, cor,
hitionS Here upon EARTH So. ma, ;i,.
~ maven or 'h bel! according to on.