River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-01-28

ture reserved for others. From their
viewpoint happy is the man. the wO-
man. the child, that through baptism.
molly water. holy candles. the mass.
and the Extreme Unction. gets into
Purgatory. for he may be helped out
Of it by further masses, etc
We are not complaining at this. We
think it a great deal better than the
Protestant theory; but we leave it.
said the Pastor for those who like it.
We notice. however, that very few
seem TO like it for themselves; nearly
all prefer these fortunes for their OPP
ponents If any one is happy in these
beliefs. the Pastor does not wish to
disturb his serenity He was merely
addressing the growing multitude who
are looking for better God and bet
ter future than is held out by the
creedS OF the Dark Ages Others
should not read his sermons. he said,
nor come to hear him.
The Rich Man In He'll, Etc.
When once the human mind has be
come settled upon certain convictions.
to find support for its delusiOns, con
tinued the speaker. Thus one of our
Lords PARALLELS has been seized upon
to prove that He'll is a place Of torture.
parched tongues, etc We cannot here
discuss this parable or the two figura
dive statements in Revelation used to
bolster the doctrine of eternal torment;
fnX
But we can offer free Of charge
booklet which we have written with
view to making these tigurative state
ments clear Whoever will address
me Pastor Russell, Brooklyn, y. y
requesting Il copy Of Il pamphlet about
He'll. will be promptly served free of
..harge T at pamphlet will settle all
your questions, experimenting what
am saying to you today. | take pleas
IRE in giving it away free because |
know the joy, the blessing. the relief,
It brings to many earnest. honest
hearts. | know that many after read
ing are enabled to love worship and
serve the great God Of Love heartily,
ntelIigently. as never before.
Where Is He'll? Who Are There?
Our English word He'll comes to us
from the German Ianguage-h0ehl6.
very good translation for the Hebrew
word Sheol, which signifies a pit. a
hole, grave The New Testament
Greek gives us Hades as the exact
equivalent OF She0l Whenever Sheol
is translated INTO the New Testament
Greek the word HHdes is used. Thus
the Psalmist wrote. Thou wilt not
leave My sour III Sheol" theIl-the
grayeI; and st Peter translated this
in the New Testament. rendering it,
Thou wilt not leave My soul in
Hades" (hell-the grave).
St. Peter tells us that these words
were not true respecting the Prophet
David. who used them; that he is still
IN Hell, in SheOl. in Hades. He says
His sepulchre is with us unto this
day The Prophet David had not yet
been resurrected out Of Sheoi, out of
the state of death, out of the grave
condition. ST Peter explains that the
words were a prophecy relating to
Christ's reSurrectiOnt that God raised
Jesus from the dead on the third day
raised Him. therefore, from HadeS.
after He had been in Hades for parts
Of three days.
There is not shred OF authority
anywhere for the absurd statement.
sometimes made by cOrnered clergy
%loo Dn ic cid nf
the creek and Hades on the other.
The Bible tells of Paradise. but it is
future 1t tells of Hades, the state Of
the dead; but it is present. and is to
be destroyed In the future. The Gle
struction Of Hades. Sheol, the grave,
will progress during the thousand
years of Christ's Reign. Every time
an individual is resurrected from the
dead. his grave will be destrOyed-it
will be a grave no longer.
Good, Bad, Rich, Poor, In He'll.
At time when the Bible was not
in the hands of the people, and not
considered necessary to them, because
they had the creeds. various errors
SpIGdOs anu UOCL AdIIlOIICS anu ~
testants helped to spread them, and
no doubt many were deceived into be
ieving all that they said. We are not
charging them all with hypocrisy, but
with error with being out of harmo-
ny with the Bible. The Bible does
not tell about any going to Heaven at
death; but it does tell that all, both
good and bad rich and poor, go to
He'll at death; that King David Went
70 He'll, and is still there. Note the
Apostle Peters words, David is not
ascended into the Heavens" (ActS
2:34.l David is not one of the elect
Church He was never called to the
Heavenly Calling. He was not fol
lower of Christ; for be lived centuries
before that time. His blessing Of res
direction will be to human nature
earthly nature; and his reward will be
a share in that restored Paradise