El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-20
HE'LL. REALITY,
SAY5PREACHER
John Edward Brown De
cIares It's Up to These
Who Violate the Laws.

death. and the speaker admitted that
men might have such control Of their
feelings as TO face death without out
ward betrayal Of Gear, but the fear
and questioning were there, be said
THE bravest men fear death, the
evangelist declared we love life,
we cling 10 life, because it IS beauti-
ful e biz thing We Tear death, we
dread death. and II we can DO so
coura EeOuslys we shun IT, IS hat IS it
gives ana psrpetuates me n ,,!, Y
10 that produces ceathE The Bible
teaches Us that the something called
sin produces the something called
death in the Garden OF Eden, man
had eternal life. but he sinned. and
brought forth death. The devil was
Gods command You shall not surely
die. but shall become wise" And it
was true. for 10 sin is 10 become wise
with q fearful wisdom.
Hell q Reality.
What Is SIM To some 10 is an in
tangible, imponderabls influence that
floats IN the air To others g IS a
mothers think who blame all the bad
ness Of their children on association
with the bad children Of the neigh
bOrs. / have heard ministers in the
pulpit declare that sin is a roaring
lion going about seeking whom he
IS a violation OF the holy laws OF
holy God. Lots Of people 80 about
saying. 7 don't believe in the exist
ence OF q literal hill A lot OF these
people won't be IN he'll five minutes
before they'll all change their mindsi
Z say 20 people that don't believe in
he'll. that they do not believe in law,
because for every law there is a
heaven side Of Observance and a hell
side Of violation, Whether you spend
your life here in peace, contentment
and liberty or whether you spend 10
ia a he'll on earth Of poverty, disease
and bondage depends upon whether
YOU obey or violate the laws laid
down for the guidance Of your little
sojourn on earth. and I believe the
same thing is true the other side Of
the grave
Two Sides TO All Law.
lIr. Brown proceeded TO give ex-
amples OF how laws Of nature vary
in their effects upon man, being bene-
ficieDt or destructive. according as
they are applied I'm sitting out
under an apple tree I'D in Arkansas"
he said. with q little Sister. And,
bless your heart you haven't seen
anything II you haven't seen little
sister But I mustn't get talking too
much about that or III be bawling
right here I do get homesick- Well,
little Sister sees an apple Up in the
10 get IL Do 7 get III Just watch
me throw a stick up IN that tree.
Down tumbles the apple and as ]
give it 20 my child. ! bless the law
Of gravitation. Then I 80 in 10 my
study. on the second floor OF my
home, and so 20 work Little Sister
is playing around the room Pres
entity I hear q scream and. as ] look
around. my heart stops beating. There
IS no one in the room but myself I
rush 10 the window and look out. On
The cement pavement below lies q
little mass. crushed, bleeding. NY
child. dFiugl Do ] raise my voice 10
heaven and. before God. curse the
law Of Eravitation2 ] DO not But
there is shown the heaven side and
he beu side OF that natural law.
Whether you live in heaven OF he'll
this side the grave depends on
whether you observe laws set 20 gov
ern your earthly existence You can
see 10 work out here But where
finite mind can not 60. revelation is
given God steps IN and says
laws operate in Just the same way
with regard 10 the life after death.
Build Character for Eternity.
'arhe wages OF sin is death What
e the death 20 which sin leads2 There I
are az least five deaths which follow
sin: do not know how many more Z
Sin is death 10 the conscience. Where
does the conscience abide: how does
q operate? We do not know. yet Il
is a tremendous factor in every life. I
None escapes hearing the voice Of :
conscience commend the good deed I
OF condemn the bad. But you can sin