The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-01-30


that the theoiogi-
cgi He'll Is most unreasonable. as all
will agree The Theological He'll Is u
red hot furnace. manned with trepr0of
devils and containing practically all
humanity. except the few sanity fol-
lowers Of Jesus. He remarked upon
the different kinds Of He'll Ii seemed
10 him that each preacher felt that be
had right to make He'll for all
non-cburch members according to his
own conception. None seemed to think
II necessary to 20 to the Bible.
Fire Used az Symbol OF Destruction.
The speaker reminded his audience
Ut the views Of the sanity Thomas d
Kempis. In which he described the hor
rihie smells and sights of Hell so
graphically ,is to make one wonder II
he had made special visit and re-
turned to write description. The tor
lures of He'll. the saint Informed Us.
viii lie kept up throughout eternity for
thr Joy OF God and the holy angels. for
the satisfaction of so,ie kind of justice
Witch the saint had in mind. but which
We Ut tuda, ARE unable to comprehend.
Fire Is used In Scripture as symbol
OF destruction. the Pastor explained.
an Illustration of the final destruction
Of all the wilfully wicked. People
know something about fiery trials and
,.i,-iIt brapins fiery Goals upon their
etlrsiiirs heads. fgurativeiy But when
over the word lire can h- twisted into
signifying eternal torment those who
love that kind OF punishment for their
Of II eternal. torture is the just. the
loving thing for the he,then. for the
pnuf ignorant and degraded. who.
born IN sin. in weakness. find them
selves discouraged and overwhelmed
by tue Adversary, and for all not
church members
This sort OF thing has gone so long
tiiai gradually everybody came to be
lieve It. and Remarkably few have In
quirpd into ~ nnscriptnralness. Many
sensible l'eohe held aloof from religion
entirely, unwilling to confess them-
selves i,pIie ,rs of such u doctrine or
worshiI'ers such u God.
He then slowed that ministers, with
oui giving tier authority. now tell va
rious tales nlnn,f He'll. modified to suit
our uiorp refined feelings Some have
n with slower fire. not 40 red-hot;
others have 1t merely a place of men
tai r.invise In this they follow to
some extent Dantes pictures of Pur
Eatory. although not calling It by that
naue or admitting that there will ever
he release from It. They declare that
there n nothing In the Bible about
Purgatory. and forget that there Is
nofhing there about their kind of He'll.
the Bible Hell hcing totally different.
The Rich Man In He'll. etc.
The Pastor then referred To the para
BILE of The Rich Man and Lazarus US
one seized upon to, prove that He'll Ii
\ place of torture. etc. file could not
digresx "a discuss this parable or the
two tigurative statements IN Revela-
ton used to bolster the doctrine of
eternal torture. But he offered free
OF charge a booklet making these figur-
alive statements clear Whoever will
address him Pastor Russell. Brooklyn.
N. Y.-rpquesting a copy OF a pamphlet
about He'll. will be promptly served
free Many. after reading it. are en-
abied to love. worship and serve God
heartily. iDteIIigently. rs never before
Where 10 HeIl7 Who Are There?
Our English word He'll. the Pastor
explained. comes from the German
word h6shie. hole. IL II therefore u
very good translation of the Hebrew
word SheoI. which signifies pit. hole.
grave. The New Testament Greek
gives Hades Ms IN exacf equivalent of
Sheol The i'salmist's statement.
Thou wilt not leave My soul in
Sheul" st. Peter translated as Thou
wilt not leave My soni IN Hades" St
Peter tells us that these words were
not true respecting the Prophet David.
who nsed them: that he ia still in He'll.
Sheol. Hades. The words were a pro-
phecy relating to Christ's resurrection
God raised Jesus from the dead on
the third day raised Him. therefore.
from Hades. after He mad been In
Hade< for parts of three days.
The Rihle explicitly declares that all
DE rsatly. not seemingly: and that
tscre vruld h. no future life whatever
fns mankind. unless God provides a
rca,rrertiou. t;ud mas thus provided
b Christ who dicd for nnr sins. There
f6cp. intimately. MI will he delivered
<t6m el,,nt Hades. the grave. Our
x]prd sen that f1r will unlock the
VoioD. IND deliver the prisoners He
-has fh< kcys 1t drnfh and VI Hades."