The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-07-10

pointed out IN con-
- yincing way, that q
man must reap as he
.sows. The audience is
making good response
&sssS 10; Dr. Wetgle' g leader
shin; IN. t1e song service and thereby
is developing q fine feeling OF TEL
lowship.# 4 a."
There will be no service in the
tent tonight, but a street meeting at
1880, conducted by Capt. Orchard
will be held. Sunday morning SER
vices in the churches. Sunday after,
noon at 3 o'clock a w0man's mass
meeting in the Methodist church
which will be addressed by DR..
Weigle On "Strong Womanhood." Ev-
cry woman and girl in the city IS IN
vited to be present at that great
meeting At the street meeting at
1880, H, e. Rice will speak, and at
s O'Clock inthe tent on Beltrami ave-
nue. at Fifth street DR.. Weigle will.
preach on .:"Why Did Judas Betray
Christi" The tent will be enlarged
for this service. ~
Services Monday evening, subject
to be announced later. Tuesday eyle enn
ing the subject will be 1.-THE ss " P9a' !.
Coming of Christ" f$,5};..,,,,
as follows: ~,
"Text: I am tortured in this
flame 1924. g.
I'm these wrods God draws back
the veil that hangs between time and
eternity, and gives us vision OF the
suffering OF lost soul. A soulfthat
has 'tur1ed down every call of Cod
and lived only for the pleasure OF
sense. It il a harrowing'picture CIV
On by Jesus Christ himself? g., il
Men say they don't want to be
but I'd rather be hell
scared than be hell-scorched. am
told that some scholarly ministers
have given up the idea of there being
= hell. But you can take 1t from me,
they, never gave. UP their belief in
hell beca use OF anything they, found
in the Bible:, It's no, evidence OF a
man being hraaney when he questions
things in the revelation OF God hut
rather looks like stupidity on his
part to match his little cheese-bo
intellect against the revealed wisdom
of the God who made him.
"God doesn't care for what you be-
lieve or disbeljcve. He didn't have to
confer with your stupendous intellect
when he laid his plans for the uni-
verse and how to run It. sometimes
believe that the people who try to-
argue against there being a He'll are,
the most likely to go there. when a,
man goes out Of his way to turn his
little garden hose on the other world
in an effort to put out the fires OF
hell it IS pretty strong evidence that
he has not been living right. the
chances are that man like that Wall
not hesitate to lie or steal, or any :,
things else that's low and vne. know
why some old degenerates don't want;
to believe in tits too uncomfoYt- i
able a place for them. They'd bel1eNfs
in hell If 1t had green tables ana,
plenty Of Milwaukee Schlitz onftAp.
"Let me give you a verse that In
fidels and free thinkers and other
truth-rejectors don't like: Tt is ap-
pointed unto man once to die and aft
er that the Judgment The thought
of retributton for sin is very distaste-
full to them and so they laugh and say
they don't believe in it. Sometimes
their, laugh sounds like the whistle OF
the badly frightened boy who passes
the graveyard at midnight.
"God wouldn't waste time telling
you to flee from the wrath to come II
there Is no coming wrath to flee from.
The salvation Of Jesus Christ was
never intended primarily to keep
man out Of hell. but to take hell out
of the man., not to hurry him to
heaven, but to put heaven into his
soul. And God is doing all in his
power to save you, but He cannot ride
over you imperial will and save you
without your desire and wish. Some
of you mag be so near hell now that
all you need to do to land there is to
stop breathing, and when I remember
that I feel like reaching out and pull
ing you back. ~
"Perhaps someone says the Ian
euaRe Of the Bible in reference to
hell is all figurative. They mean by
that that it is merely a shadow, but
did YOU ever notice that when you
see the shadow of house, the house
itself is usually not very far away?
Suppose the flake of fire." referred to
in the Bible is but figure Of He'll;
will the reality be any more pleasant
to think Of? What II the words bot.
tomIess pity and "Outer darkness"
are hut shadows, will He'll be any less
frightful to the lost sinner? fs3i,
ssomeone says, maybe there isn't
any He'll. But I say, maybe there
is a He'll, and because there may he
a He'll, isn't is an evidence of your
having. good sense to heed the warn
ing and escape Hell? A man may not
expect to die within the next few
years, but because he knows he may
die, he buys life insurance so his fam
lily are provided for in case Of his
death. A ship may not be wrecked
on its voyage across the sea, but be-
cause there is a possibility OF 1t being
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