The fool-killer., 1919-08-01
They Keep On
Slandering God
They Do Not Know the Differ.
ence Between Punishment
and Torn MT.

ence Between Punishment
and Torn mt.
Republican, Ark,
Aug. 4th, 1919.
Mr.. James Larkin Pearson,
Boomer, n. c..
Dear Sir:
After Reading your paper for
some time And will have to say
there is Nothing to your argue
ment you read the Bible and try
to twist it Just to suit you But
Am glad to say that you and All
the peaple that Believe as you
Do cant change gods pans so you
had Better get Rid of such be-
lief as you have and give your
hart mind soul and strenth to
god if you are going to fix your
way or a plan by Which you Will
Be saved christ Died in Vain But
Christ Fixed a Way Where by
We Might be Saved and there is
no other way if there is no
Everlasting Punishment What
Was the need of christ Comming
into this World and Dying on the
cross that we might be saved
from our sins am sending you a
Booklet Entitled He'll and Ever
lasting punishment please Read
carefully and notice scriptures
carefully that is given far ref
ference Also the writer of the
same Book has Written A Book
on Christ's Kingdom and reign
also Christ second comming and
What Will fallaw it will Do you
good to get them and read them
Very truly yours
J D Willis
REPLY.
My dear Mr.. Willis:
am genuinely sorry for you
and all people like you. The
great trouble with you is that
you are terribly ignorant and
don't know it. Look at your let
ter, printed above, and notice
how beautifully it is spelled, cap
! italized and punetuated. YOU
spell the name of God with a lit
| tie g and commence about half
of your common words with cap
itals. And there is not period,
comma nor any other punctua-
ton mark in the whole thing.
That certainly does look like you
know something. Amt you q
pretty thing to be trying to in
struct an editor? If | were in
your place | would be ashamed
There is no sense in supposing
that a man as ignorant as you
are is capable of forming an in.
telligent opinion about anything
You ask: if there is no Ever.
lasting punishment What Was
the need of Christ Comming in
to this World and Dying on the
Cross?
You poor, ignorant, fuddle
headed simpleton, | double-dart
you to point out any place where
I ever claimed that there is tt
be no Everlasting Punishment
for the wicked. Why, man,
, believe in everlasting punish
ment just as strong as you O.
anybody else, and | have repeat
-edly expressed that belief il
every article ] have written Of
the subject.
: Yes, indeed, l believe in ever
, lasting punishment, but tn
; thing I do NOT believe in i
{ everlasting TORMENT. Now T.
: just bet a purity that you al
i too big a gump to see the differ
' ence. But there is a difference
;. and a big one. Right there i
where all you blabber-mouthe
i orthodox folks get tangled up i
= your whiskers and fall dowr
e You have never learned the di1
ference between PUNISHMENT
and TORMENT. You thin
II that the only way God could il
: flict everlasting punishment on
e sinner would be to keep hir
e; alive and in conscious TOE
o MENT through endless eternit.
Now listen to me just a mir
y ute. Suppose a man in you
e. community commits a murde
+ and he is tried in your court an
l. sentenced to the electric chai
q In telling me about it you woul
!. say that the man was going I
) get a terrible punishment fe
" his crime. And yet in using tt
n word punishment" you woul
# not mean the conscious physic
:? suffering the man would expe
ience at the moment OF exec1
ton; for, as a matter offact, /
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