The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-12-03
Doctrine of An Everlasting He'll
Disputed By Evangelist Cotton

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from which the word 'he' is trans
lated fs the Greek word 90 henna "
which SlEnines the Valley OF fiuunm.
near Jerusalem, I'm which fires were
kept constantly burning % consume
tho bodies % mHlefactors md rubbish
which was brought from The city and
cast therein. II liz found in twelve
places in the New Testament. two 90
winch are The following Matt sag.
Mark 9.48
The Gehenna in Tho valley Of Hin
nom ~ a very at type az the final des-
truction OF man. when ne ahaH be
burned ny root and branch The ma
lurnl result Of sin -is death. Tor tho
wages ~ sin ~ death Man If-le eft
alone in HE extreme wickedness
would In course ~ time ubNtrrate
hunstlt ana the race and when God
cute him on 10 becomes an act OF
mercy az we'll as one OF Justice
In the origin OF muu God gave
hls unstrIs tho breath 90 ME and
man became living soul The
dust as one part united With tho
breath as tho second part produced
the living soul The latter constituted
man one might compare this formR-
ton 10 simpl" sum in arithmetic.
one and two make the sum OF three.
The dust is ono. the breath Us two.
one. or two and you have done away
with The third. the soul Where is
it' Do Isn't any place IL is nom
existent The dust by ltsclf ls inani-
mate and the breath is Illuminate un-
tii Y is united with something Sepa-
rated man returns to tho dust. iust
the place whore God said De would
oi aust thou art and un-
90 dust thou shall return Gen 3.Iq.
pr man was IN "a conscious state
after death 4 would not he returning
20 tho place from which hc came
the dust. Mon. in the Scripture is
SPOKEN - af mortal Ooh 4I7l and
anything That is mortal ig subject TO
death or experience O cessation Of
life. a total discontinusrcc OK CON
Pciousnfss TT man exists I'm a con-
scious state following death 70 would
Do contradiction or the scriptures
which declares that "God only hath
Immortality" Tim e.I6
Ever since Satan told that first lie
In Eden. when he denied THAT death
would bc the result ~ sin. in the very
face or death itself no working up
on mans natural drend Of death and
uVon his distress az the thot ~ be-
Ing separated from loved ones has
been eudcavorlpg 90 persuade men TO
believe that tho dead are not dead
and that men do not die. Tdolatry.
htethonlsw. suirttUulisn. 0ccultism
and the whole brood OF false isns Of
this kind deal very largely with
clearly indicate their origin. and
should he warning % all 20 let them
alonc--to have nothing whatever 20
DO with them. Ihey are from beneath
and not from above.
From the DAVIS 81 the ancient patrI-
Hrchs tho Bible has taught n rcsu~-
rection Job spoke 90 10 "a n time
when hiu expectations would be full
allied. David az "a time when he would
SEQ God Daniel declared ~ go be the
slime whom rews rd would he civ en- 20
the children OF God The New Tesfa-
ment HhOuntE with its teaching Con.
corning u christ said Marvel not at
this. for Tho hour 5mirg in thu
which all that are I'm graves shall
hear hts voice. and shall come forth,
they that have done good unto the
resurrection Of life and they that
have done owl. unto the resurrection
Of damnation. John 5.eF-t9.
III man should SO 20 he8 ven imnne-
diateiy following death there would
be little need ~ a. resurrection. nor
OF second advent ~ Christ The
erroneous teaching concerning mans
nature and the other eide of death
has resulted in wooful Indifference
20 the most sublime event OF the ages
the coming ~ christ end The resur-
rection The Sacred Word declares
man VIII put on Immortality az the
resurrection. not ~ death AZ the
resurrection we claim tln victory
over tho grave and not az death. 3
Cor ih.bl-5h The theory that would
send tho soul az the righteous 90 hea-
ven &C death would at Tho same time
c0nsign the soul ~ flo wicked 90 "a
place ~ punishment az death Just
imagine for examine how unjust this
would make God 0It 90 De-
To illustrate Here are two men
who aro alike in degree % wicked.
ness The fret ono u ga I've thou
Sand wears ago and the second died
day before Yesterday and they both
Sc 90 tins Im Eiu8rr piacc of tore
fNhU Fr|Ir.a. j. FHU
Ave thousand years ago. while not
worse than the second man. II tore
mented thaf much longer This terri-
Bile doctrine hes caused murc re- ola
and sconers than any other doctrine
However promising or rles Sing it
may be at first 70 iH downward nnd
destructive fn foudonrv and Mite
mHtely leads away from God. into
unbelief In IT'S word and into SIN.
~ promises life hy denying death.
and apparently mn kcs good Satan r
lie IN. Eden $50 shall not surely dic d"
How much better It fs ta believe
The 9rrinta!1i teHthiug that after
death there Is no o0usclausufHe. Wnr-
Their ~ fs thousand years OH one
wear between death and Tho rcsurre--
tion. 90 tGe decd t ia no longer than
the timc between two coufoeufIrr
Thoughts only tr HH who orr alive
and waiting r. .er fIn f'ur seem i.ur
Those who in lfe Erre teerfar Hr.
nuaiuIn1 nIfr tre email frfrr
forth fll IEhtrr ted wIn arr
aefccr hear 1850 r- fuaf fs .uf
who ir natural rIrrr taref hf
rs call ~ "a familiar fhr period
of e'rrn rr rrfs pH'nf
nf tine 4. nHr
Tho scrauA e.r.re or CHRIST wf
he q very literal HnH rra' .ate event
in 'itk manner Ha .0ft IHe ra-rH