Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14


Chance: Hell is certain. I am
not giving you my theories and
speculations. but God knows and
God has told US and one ounce of
revelation is worth 10 pounds OF
speculation.
II you deny hell, just so you've
! got to deny Gods existence. And
| hell Is the basis upon which Chris
I tianity is built. Without 1t Christ's
| teachings won't hold together. He
! fought of heaven and hell, and II
| he was wrong on one, then on what
( grounds do you argue he was right
| on the other? II he was wrong in
+ one case, then by all logic, he was
wrong in the other and the plan
OF redemption is absolutely sense
less, useless
Why did Jesus become a man?
Why was God incarnated in the
! flesh? Why did He suffer on the
/ cross and be spit upon by men and
wear a crown OF thorns and bleed
/ and die-eXcept to rescue US from
the punishment Of an eternal dam
nation? That Is why He came into
the world and if there was no pun
[ ishment for Him to save US from,
| there was no use for Him to come
into it.
I wish I could believe that there
is no hell and that all people would
repent. Nothing would make me
happier than to see every man and
, woman on earth repent and be
saved. but if men and women per-
sist in living in sin and persist in
, rejecting Jesus Christ, it's perfect
ly right and proper and just that
there should be a hell in which TO
confine them. II people choose sin
instead OF salvation, II is for the
good of the universe and the glory
of God that there should be a place
of punishment 1t is right there
should be jails and penitentiaries
for the law-breakers. The man
that deliberately breaks the law
isn't entitled to the same consid
Grafton as the man who will keep
the law, and if he wants to break
the law, let him take the penalty
/ that goes with it.
If a man wants to defy God, no
body will stop him but please re-
member you will have to take what
goes with your life OF defiance and
your life OF sin. Sending the i'm
Epenitent to hell demonstrates God s
4 justice, and sooner than repeal His
law or suffer it to be trampled I'M
der the foot of man with impunity,
God gave His son to die to open
up a way whereby man might es-
cape hell, although he has violated
Gods law
Places Responsibility.
Hence, that rolls the responsible
ity for your damnation on your
shoulders, takes 1t off from God s
shoulders, and puts it up to you.
/ wish all men would repent and
make hell unnecessary so far as the
human race is concerned. l wish
everybody would keep the law and
make jails and penitentiaries IN
necessary. l wish everybody was
I yirtuous, then there would be no
houses of shame for wrecked man
hood and womanhood. l wish, my
friends, that everybody would re-
pent, and make hell unnecessary
/ so far as the rest of the human race
is concerned Those that haven't
repented and have gone there, their
case is settled so l have no argu-
ment about that.
And so, the freedom of the will
carries with it your privilege to do
right or wrong just as you please,
so God made mankind and woman
kind free. God gave man free
will and man has rebelled against
God. Can a king pardon rebel
while he is still in a state of rebel
lion, and would a government give
pardon to a rebel who refused TO
lay down his arm? Wouldn't a vow
to surrender be expected as the
grounds upon which they would
pardon them? Shall God Almighty
be untrue to himself? Shall eartiI-
" rulers maintain their rights
; when they would refuse to pardon
rebel that wouldn't lay down his
arms and do you suppose that God
, Almighty is going to pardon any
body when he is still in a state Of
= rebellion? He will not. He viii
mott So don't you accord man tbs
privileges that You deny God in the
world. Not at all!
The devil, you know, transforms
himself into an angel of light. II
doesn't always suit the purpose Of
the devil to be painted up black. He
always assumes the character IN
which he can gain the greatest hold
p upon people. And he transforms
himself into an angel of light and
in that disguise he does his mos
effective work. The plain devil in
sight wouldn't tempt anybody anf
anybody would be Disguised t,
think they've ever listened to hin
as much as they have and so the
devil don't do that Now, I dom
see how any sensible man or won
an can believe in rewards without
punishment. You can't believe In
summer without winter. you CAM
believe in daylight without dark
ness at all and you can't believe in
pleasure without pain, you cam
: believe in a heaven without a hell
and | believe, in a heaven to get tC
and hell to keep away from. and
: believe in a God who will boost tbs
. sinner if you will only climb. Thai
is what l believe
Gods Love and Mercy.
Now Satan argues with man or
the ground OF Gods love and Gods
mercy. He says of God. Why. he
is almighty and God could hays
prevented evil, and If he has al