Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-02-19

Elder j. l.. Yates of the reorganiZ
ed church OF Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints, took for the subject of
his sermon yesterday Future Pun
ishment of the wicked" Extracts
from the sermon are given as fol-
lows:
The wicked shall be turned into
hell, and all the nations that forget
God. Psalms 9:17. The hell here
spoken of does not mean the grave,
as some think. If hell in this read
ing means the grave. the righteous
must go to Eell also. fer all people
so 10 the tomb. No, the wicked must
go to hell but the righteous shall
be saved from that experience. He'll
is a condition of misery, and place
of torment and Imprisonment for the
wicked from among all nations who
rebel against God.
As there are degrees of reward in
the heavenly condition. indicated in
the bible BY such scriptures as re-
fer to the third heaven. etc, so.
also there will be degrees of punish
ment melted out to the spiritually in
corrigible in hell. Degrees in hell,
is a condition required by exact JUS
tice and is indicated by the many
stripes and few stripes bible state
ment as well as this from Deut.
80 p: For fire is kindled in mine
anger. and shall burn unto the low
est hell
so there is a heaven, first. sec
ond and at least the third; and there
is a low. lower and lowest hell The
degrees of torment nesdful to be
endured b, the wicked may he de-
termined both by intensity and dur
| alton. The bible plainly teaches that
all of the poor unfortunate sufferers
who must be thrust into hell be-
cause of their wickedness will be de-
! livered in due time and come out I;
but later, there will be some few Who
| because of The unpardona ole sin
Will go away into the second death
For oiblo proof that the wicked may
come out of hell after sufferings of
wrath which their own wickedness
has brought upon them let us no.
| tice the following:
The r. n~p al~o a'~d and r-r'
| buried, and in hell he lifted up his
eyes. being in torments, and he cried
| and said Father Abraham, have
| mercy on me and send Lazarus, that
! he may dip the tip OF his finge-
in water and cool my tongue: for
| am tormented in this flame ~ '''-f
| 16:22-24 The wicked man was then
| informed that there was great gull
| fixed between Abraham ana the pace
where there is no water so that they
who would pass between could not:
| in other words the fact that the
wicked man was prisoner in bel
is emphasized. but there is not 8
| line in the chapter attempting t.
| deal with the question as to whether
\ the prison doors will ever open.
! Some have taken the language to
infer that the prison doors or he.
would never open, but it is bar.
/ Inference. The prophet Ztchariai
shows thai those very doors mus
| open VIXEN God wills. and that it i.
| Christ the Mighty Conqueror who
| bridges the gulf
| read this great prophecy which has
the power anc authority of the WORD
of God in it. Let us remember that
In the pit, or place i'm hell where the
| wicked rich man was, THERE WAS
| NO WATER.
Here is the ward. concerning the
redeeming power of Jesus Christ:
| AS for thee also. by the blood oi
thy covenant / have sent forth thy
! prisoners out of the pit WHEREIN
| is NO WATER.
What pit is that? That is where
the rich man was<-in hell.
The prisoners in that awful place
are not entirely hopeless, as is shown
by the very next verse of the proph-
ecN: Turn We to the stronghold, ye
prisoners CT hope: even today do
d"clare that | viii render double unto
thee
Well may we crown Him Lord
Of AL
Hell must deliver up its captives
Here is another scripture which
says SO in plain words And tn s.
gave up the dead which were in ii
and death anG hell delivered up the
dead which were in them, and they
were judged, every man according to
their works.'-Rev. 20:13 Thus, hell
is first emDtied of it's prisoners, and
then hell itself is destroyed ""cr-A
80 to the next verse: Death and