The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-15
Charles Reign scovIITe Spoke on the
Topic, What the Bible Has to
Say About He'll, Last
Evening.
ETERNAL PENITENTIARY
This Was His Definition Of the Place
High School Night Tonight
and Big Crowd 10
Expected

The meeting at the tabernacle last
night was as full of pep and enthus-
1asm as usual. The song service was
kept up at fever pitch by Chorister
Stewart. and everybody that can sing,
ever could sing or thought they could
sing, sang with plenty of vim and
vtgor. Though the crowd was slight.
~ smaller than usual there was no
lack of enthusiasm noticeable. A fea-
ture OF the service was the quoting
OF Bible verses by members Of the
congregation. This was followed by
the ministers OF Keokuk each giving
the text upon which they had preach
ed their first sermons. Several funny
In connection with the preaching OF,
their first sermons. Mrs. Scoville's
solo was most delightfully."- sung, her
selection being "On Ny Knees"
Tho Sermon on He'll.
The subject OF Evangelist ScovfIle's
sermon as previously announced, was
What the Bible Has to Say About
He'll" He opened his sermon by say
ing that he was going to speak on s.
subject very close to all present He
chose as his text the words OF Christ
in the fifth chapter OF Mathew, con-
corning cutting off member than
losing the whole body In hell. There
are many men. who would like to be-
lieye that there is no he'll and to cut
out all the verses in the Bible that !
speak OF hell. At this point in the !
sermon. DR.. Scoyille took time to ex- |
plain the relative meaning of the diff !
ferent words used for hell in the Bible. |
He explained that the words "sheoI !
and "hades" mean simply the world |
after death and not hell as is general
~ thought. The word gehenna, how
ever, means the place of suffering in |
fgurative language and il fire ana
birthstone is the Bible expression for |
hell. what must hell really be?
The latter part of the sermon was !
along the line OF thought that there |
is sin and sickness in the world and |
that the wages Of sin is death, There |
is sin and there shall always be SIM"
the speaker said. THE man who de- /
MES the fact OF sin in the world. goes
through this life with his eyes shut
for the evidence and penalties of it
meet one on every hand. And yet
some Of us walk up and down the
world and say there Is no sin. It is
not what DR.. Scoville says about it, !
or the ministers or some church but
what the Bible says and the Bible
says there is sin in the world and
that there is a hell. Hell is in the
Bible. Therefore It is certain and hell
Is the eternal penitentiary. J.
Hell represents the place for those
who are eternally incurable," was the
speakers definition OF hell
Would Rise In Wrath.
The sermon was closed with the
thought that the wicked shall not
stand in the Judgment or sinners in
the seat Of the righteous. If $500
criminals were let out OF the peni-
Tertiary tomorrow, everybody would
rise UP in wrath and yet some men
demand that God should have no place
Of punishment for the wicked who
break His laws.
At the close Of the sermon the
usual invitation to hit the sawdust
trail" was given. Owing to the at
tendance being somewhat smaller
than usual, the number Of trail hit
tiers was not up to the usual mark
The two extremes were to be seen in
"glory row. An old woman and q
young girl hit the traiP together,
and in one case a whole family en-
mass The number of trail hitters" |
in the three meetings OF Sunday are |
estimated at about 400. Tho number |,
last night was about fifty.
Tonights sermon subject will be
What Have They Seen In Thy
House"