The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-05-12
From The Daily Item. May 7.

NUM- Dciio'o III HELL, Ia
throw my Bible into the fire." In this
manner last night Bob Jones char
acterised rs false. the modern day
ideas of some that there is mo such
thing as helr' In the sense of It's be-
ing n burning place of torment" as
stated-in 18th ST. Luke.
Tbs Woodmen OF the World were
the t~abernacle's guests last night and
over 400 OF them filled the front sec
ton Of seats to the right OF the ros-
trum.
Mr.. Jones had announced "Hell''
for the subject OF his sermon las,
night. and the tabernacle was crowd.
ed with an audience who heard, many
for he second time. a sermon which
conferred about the life or the rich
young man who died and went to hell.
Mr.. Jones having used this same text
for n previous Sermon. developed
along different lines. The evangelist
said. In beginning his talk last night
that no took for granted his audience
was an orthodox one. and believed I'm
b Bible. He said he failed to see
how anyon could believe I'm the
atonement and not believe In hell, for
NJ your sin killed God himself. II
will damn you In hell forever" Some
contend that the story OF Lazarus and
h rich man Is a parable" but the
Bible does not say so. and the two ex-
tremes pictured are two wide apart
for the story TO have been set down
as a faere rgurative illustration. Nir.
Jones says that II Il were loft 20 his
own Impulses re would prefer always
10 speak Of heaven but the awful
facts Il hell can't DO rubbed out. and
these facts have got to be faced at one
time OF another. The rich man was
q ph~iianthropist. he was doubtless
popular. he fed the very beggar at his
gate, and yet. not having given him
self into Christ's keeping. his soul
woke up n day In He'll. Doubtless.
said the speaker. the rich man may
have thought somehow that he would
no to heaven. Just as many men OF
the present day do. mo soul ever
woke up I'm He'll that expected to get
there"
Many men OF today say they have
hell on earth or hell I'm nay bos-
om." but you may have hell In your
bosom but " you don't repent you'n
have your bosom I'm hell" strength
ening his statement that there Is a
burning OF torments. Mr.. Jones says
that the Bible does not teach that the
wicked dead will change when the
resurrection comes. but II does say
that the good shall arise. clothed In
righteousness. And II Is not for us
TO think about what Is written.
AIR. Jones then drew some striking
pictures OF bells on earth. the harlot's
dwelling. the drunken son In the
home. the drunken father I'm tho
home. but the worst OF these pictures
is but n drab outline to the awful pic
ture that God himself has given OF a
place OF weeping and wailing and
%gnashlng OF teeth" where outer dark
ness prevails. Standing out predomi-
nant I'm every picture that we might
paint OF earthly bells In the note of
desire for something better. the hope
%lessness. and the burning wish to for
get. But none OF these illustrations
can compare with hell. itself. where
every wicked deed will be painted on
the very walls. where we will want
so many things which we cannot pos
sess. n where We Will know that
hope no longer exists. but that there
In an awful gulf between us and any
thing better. the gulf OF separation
which IL spoken OF In the story of
Lazarus and the rich man. Giving an
example Of friends and ever mothers,
who send their own loved ones To hell,
Mr.. Jones told two gripping stor, -.
ono OF n IA who took poison be-
cause he was reared In a card playing
punch-drinking family and hence had
come To ruin through lack OF stabil-
lty. md finally thought tina the only
way out was TO "end u ALL" The other
story that he told was OF a young cir
who had taken the wrong step and
WINS being run away from home n,
her own mother. when she reached
the gate. she turned and showcrcd q
rain OF sarcasm on the beautiful
mother who had started her on tho
road TO ruin. because she wanted t.
make her popular" There ar,