The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-02-04

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that the thcologi
cal He'll is nIost unreasonable. as all
will agree. The Theological Hell Is q
red hot furnace. manned with fin proof
devils and containing practically all
buma nifty. except the few saiBtly fol
lowers of Jesus He remarked upon
the different kinds of He'll II seemed
to him that each preacher felt that he
had a right to make He'll for all
noD-cburch members according to his
own conception. None seemed 10 think
1t necessary 10 20 to the Bible.
Fire Used as Symbol of Destruction.
The speaker reminded his audience
of the views of the sanity Thomas
Kempis. In which he described the hor
rible smells aud sights of He'll so
graphically as to make one wonder If
he had made a special visit and re-
turned to write description. The tor
lures of Hell. the saint informed us.
will be kept up throughout eternity for
the JOY of God aud the holy angels. for
the satisfaction of some kind of justice
W HiN II luC Sdinl nsiu Jul Nhl(b
we OF today are unable TO comprehend
Fire is used in Scripture as a symbol
OF destruction the Pastor explained.
an illustration of the final destruction
of all the wilfully wicked. People
know something about fiery trials and
about heaping fiery Goals npon their
enemies heads. fguratively. But when
ever the word fire can be twisted into
signifying eternal torment those who
love that kind of punishment for their
enemies are swift to take advantage
of it eternal torture is the just the
loving thing for the henfhen. for the
poor. ignorant and degraded who.
born in sin. in weakness. find them
selves discouraged and overwhelmed
by the Adversary, and for all not
church members
This sort OF thing has gone so long
that gradually everybody came to be
lieve it. and remarkably few have in
quired into its unscripturnlness. Many
sensible people held aloof from religion
entirely unwilling to confess them
selves believers of such a doctrine or
worshipers of such God.
He then showed that ministers. with
out giving their authority now tell va
rious tales about Hell. modified to suit
our more refined feelings Sume have
it with Il slower fire. not so red-hot:
others have ii merely place OF men
tai remorSe. In this they follow TO
some extent Dantes pictures of Pur
gatory. although NOT calling it by that
name or admitting that there will ever
be release from ii. They de''lare that
there is nothing in the Bible about
Purgatory. and forget that there is
nothing there about their kind Of He'll,
the Bible Hell being totally different.
The Rich Man In Hell. Etc.
The Pastor then referred to the para
BILE of The Rich Man ana Lazarus rs
one seized upon to prove that He'll is
a place OF torture. etc. He could not !
digress 10 discuss this pnraDle or the I
two figlIrative statements IN Reveal |
ton used 10 bolster the doctrine OF /
eternal torture But he offered free /
Df charge n hooklet making these tignr-
alive statements clear Whoever will |
address him Pastor Russell. Rrcoklyn. |
\. requesting II copy of pamphlet |
about He'll. will be promptly served
free. Many. after reading it. are en-
ibled to love. worship and serve God /
heartily. intelligently. as never before.
Where Is Hel7 Who Are There?
Our English word Hell. the Pastor
explained comes from the German
word hostile. u hole. 1T Is therefore
very good translation of the Hebrew
word SheoI. which signifies pit. hole.
crave The New Testament Greek
lives Hades "a an exact equivalent OF
sheol. The Psalmist's statement.
Thou wilt not leave My soul in
Sheol." st. Peter translated as Thou
wilt not leave Ny soul in Hades." st
Peter tells us that these words were
Tot true respecting the Prophet David.
Who used them: that he is still in He'll
sheol. Hades The words were a pro
'hecy relating to Christ's resurrection
God raised Jesus from the dead on
he third day raised Him. therefore.
rom Hades. after He mad been In
1ndes for parts of three days.
The Bible explicitly declares that all
lie really. not seemingly; and that
here would he no future life whatever
or mankind. unless God provides n
God has thus provided
q Christ who died for our sins. There
ore. ultimately all will he delivered
rom Sheol. Hades. the grave. Our
ord says that He will unlock the
omb. and deliver the prisoners. He
has the keys Of death and Of uadeA"