The Washington herald., 1918-01-28
What SHALL END BE OF
Them THAT OBEY not
THE WORD OF GOD?
EVENING SERMON

pot 60 to hell II you viii accept
the Christ that ] preach TO you.
What shah the end be of them
that obey not the gospel Of God7"
Hear me! There are. three incom-
prehensible ties TO me Don't think
there are only three things don't
know or don't you think that I
think there are only three things
1 don't know. say there are three
things that I cannot comprehend
First: Eternity; that something
away or yonder. somewhere You
will think Il will end. II leads on.
on. on, on and on
And there is space. When you
go out tonight. look up at the moon.
240. .0e0 miles away. could walk TO
the moon. Walking forty miles a
day I could reach the moon in
seventeen years, but the moon
is one OF our near neighbors. All.
you saw the sun today. 92.5oo.O 900
miles away. / could not walk TO the
sun II / could charter a fast train.
going fifty miles an hour. it would
take the train zl5 years TO reach
the sun
And the third: TIE third ts the
love OF God to a loss and sin-cursed
world. and mans indifference TO
Gods love How he has trsmpied
Gods love beneath his feet / don't
understand don't understand why
you have grown gray-haired and
are not a Christian / don't under
stand why you know right from
wrong. and still are not a Chris
tian. don't understand IL.
Some people deny that their suf-
fering In the other world will be
eternal fire. Do you think your
SCOTS can extinguish the flames OF
hell? Do you think you can annihi-
late hell because you don't believe
in it?
Belief I'm Hell.
You say, 7 don't believe there
is a he'll" Well. there is. whether
you believe it or not.
You say. Il don't believe Jesus
Christ IS the Son of God" Well.
He is whether you believe it or
not.
You say. q don't believe the
Bible is the word of God" Well.
il is, and your disbelief does not
change the fact and the sooner
you wake up to that the better for
you.
You say you don't believe there
is hell, but that doesn't do away
with the fact that there is a hell
What difference does il make
whether the fire in hell is literal
or the fittest emblem God could
employ to describe to us the terri
BILE punishment? Do you believe
the streets OF heaven are paved
with literal gold? Do you be-
lieve that? When We talk about
gold We all have high and exalted
ideas. How do you know but that
God said streets of gold" in order
to convey to us the highest ideal
our minds could conceive of beauty
1t doesn't make any difference
whether the gold on the streets in
heaven is literal or not. What diff
ference does il make whether the
fire in hell is literal or not?
when we talk about fire every
body shrinks from IT. Supposing
God used that term as figurative
to convey to you the terror OF
hell You are a fool to test the
reality Of #. 1t must be an aw-
full place il God loved us well
enough TO give Jesus TO keep US out
of there. i don't want to go there.
Heaven and Hell, Toe.
Suppose there is no hell? Suppose
that when We die that ends il. I
don't believe il does. I believe there
is a hell and l believe there is a
heaven, and Just the kind Of a heaven
and he'll that book says. But sup
pose there is no hell Suppose death
] is an eternal sleep. believe the
Bible: 1 believe its teachings; ] have
the best Of you in this life. l will
live longer. be happier, and I'll have
lost nothing by believing and obeyinE
the Bible. even IL there is no hell. But
suppose there is a hell, Then I'm
saved and YOU are the fool. have
you beat again.
What shall the end be OF them
that obey not the Gospel Of Cod
What will some do? Some will be
stoical. some will whimper, some will
turn for human sympathy.
There is a way that seemeth right
unto men, but the end thereof are
the ways of death"
One man says Moses made mis-
takes. Moses may have made some
mistakes. but I want to tell You
Moses never made a mistake when
he wrote these words: Their rock
is not as our rock, our enemies
themselves being the judges" He
never made a mistake when he wrote
those words.
say to you. you are going to live
on and on until the consultations OF
the heavens are snuffed out. You are
going to live on and on until the rocks
crumble into dust through age. You
are going to live on and on and on
until the mountain peaks are inciner-
ated and blow by the breath Of God
TO the four corners OF infinitude.
What shall the end be-"