The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-02-02

iOiS HdleI, uOiy uule Lue mdSS,
Ind the Extreme Unction, gets into
Purgatory. for he may be helped out
If 1t by further masses, etc.
We are not complaining at this We
think it a great deal better than b
Protestant theory; but we leave it,
said the Pastor, for those who like 1t.
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 a better God and a 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 Mar In Hell, Etc.
When once the human mind has be-
come settled upon certain convictions,
no matter how foolish, it seems able
to- find support for its d~elusions, con-
tinued the speaker. Thus M of our
Lords parallels has been seized upon
| to prove that Hell is a place of torture,
parched tongues, ETC. We cannot here
| discuss this parable or the two fgura-
tive statements in Revelation used to
| bolster the doctrine of eternal torment;
| we must confne ourselves to our text.
But we can offer free Of charge a
| booklet which we have written with a
view to making these igurative state
| ments clear. Whoever will address
| me-Pastor Russell. Brooklyn, N. Y
requesting a copy of a pamphlet about
Hell. will be promptly served free of
charge. That pamphlet will settle all
| your questions, supplementing what |
am saying to you today. | take pleas
ure in giving it away free. because l
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,
intelligently. as never before.
Where Is HeII7 Who Are There7
Our English word Hell comes to us
from the German language-hOehIe,
signifying a hole. 1t is. therefore, a
very good translation for the Hebrew
word Sheol. which signifies a pit, a
hole, a grave. The New Testament
Greek gives us Hades as the exact
equivalent CT Sheol. Whenever Sheol
is translated into the New Testament
Greek the word Hades is used. Thus
the Psalmist wrote, Thou wilt not
leave My soul in Sheoi" (hell-the
grave); and st. Peter translated this
in the New Testament rendering 1t.
Thou wilt not leave My soul In
Hades' (heIl-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 Sheol, out of
the state of death. out of the grave
condition. st. Peter explains that the
words were a prophecy relating to
Christs resurrection-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 a shred Of authority
anywhere for the absurd statement
sometimes made by cornered clergy
men, that Paradise is on one side OF
the creek and Hades on the other
The Bible tells Of a Paradise, but 1t Is
future. 1t tells of Hades, the state OF
the dead; but it is present, and is to
be destroyed In the future. The de
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 viii be ~destroyed-it
will be a grave no longer.
Good, Bad, Rich, Poor, In He'll.
At a 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
spread; and both Catholics and Pro
testants helped to spread them, and
no doubt many were deceived into be
lieving 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 al
death; but it does tell that all, both
good and bad, rich and poor, go to
Hell at death; that King David weni
fn Hall ard &c still %h0ro No+o Al.
Apostle Peters words, David is not
assembled into the Heavens (Acts
2:34.) David is not one of the elect
Church. He was never called to the
Heavenly Calling. He was not a fol
lower of Christ; for he 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,
which will eventually be world wide.
We remind our readers that the Bible
history of four thousand and more
years has no reference to any other
He'll than Sheol. We remind you that
although our Bible was translated by
people who believed in a fiery Hell,
they We're unable to translate quite
half of the occurrences Of the word
Sheol by our English we'd He'll. They
were Obliged to translate the majority
as grave or pit. They should not have
made any exception; in every case the
word should have been rendered grave
or pit; for this Is what it means.
Jesus was raised up out Of Sheol.
Hades, the tomb; for His death had
been a sacrificial one. and there was
no real cause of death in Him. But
there was another person brought back
Jonah, who the Lord declared was typ
ical Of Himself-Jonah's three days IN
the belly of the fish corresponding to
our Lords three days in He'll, Hades
the grave. The resurrection of Jesus
was represented also in the experiences
Of Jonah; for on the third day the
great fish yomited him forth. Jonah,
describing his experiences while buried
alive in the belly of the fish, say "Out
of the belly of Hell cried l, and Thou
heardest my voice." etc. The fish vom-
tied him upon the dry land. He was
rescued from the Hell-belly; for the
belly of the fish was his Hell, or grave.
The Bible Is very explicit In declar-