The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-06-26
Negatively Richard J. Hill


Dear friends, all | wish is to call
your attention TO an earnest study
Of the Scripture. | am here to de-
fcnd the name Of Jehovah God. [
wish to say that the Eternal Ter
ment Doctrine is blaSphemouS 10
the name of Jehovah.
want to remind the people that
The late Pastor Russell was a SER
vent of God and | am glad to be
able TO tell any where that the God
| serve and the God that Pastor
Russell served is not a Fire and
Bl limStonc God.
want TO denounce all doctrines
contrary to the plan of God. do
it because the people ought to know /
the truth. We are not here TO dis
cuSs Pastor Russell | thought that
we were here to discuss the queS-
ton of Eternal Torment in lake
of fire and birthstone. If my OPP
pCnent means TO win on public sem (
! limcnt, he is beaten now.
want to say this about Pastor
Russell and | am through. Pastor
Russell did two great things; one
thing he said, was that the Gentiles
had lease of power for two thou
send five hundred and twenty years
(2,520), from COG b. C.. to 1914 A.
, ID. He told the world that the Gen
tile time would end about this time.
: Let the world answer as 10 whether
this is true or not.
The two worse things that Pas
tor Russell did, was to throw the
wafer hose of truth on He'll and put
out the preachers fire; that was too
bad. But he went on telling the
truth without money, without price.
He gave his fortune of 100000 10
the cause of truth, yet more he gave
his life to enlighien the world con-
ccrning Gods plan. Next he always
had seats free, and no collections.
The preachers could not stand this.
If Pasor HuSscl hlG not have done
this, he could have advocated, dan
cling, ba ling the jack, holy rolling,
or anything else: if he only had
, not have advocated seats free and
no cCWeCtion.
] am sure we did not mean 20
take so much time TO discuss Pas
tor RusSel. Gel yogt Bibles and
think. / want YOU to convince
yourselves thai Grave means He'll
| Psalms, 40: IS; and Hell means
Grave-PSalms 55: 10, marginal
reading. They both mean the same.
want to say dear people, think!
And do not be lead off by emotion
aliSm. Most of the preaching done
over the country is explained by a
story told of an old Colored man
down in Alabama: The old fellow
! had large crop of cotton, full of
grass, he worked awhile and went
t. dinner, leaving the mule to Craze
in the shade, when he returned, the
mule was still standing in the shade
He looked at the mule and then at
/ the cotton, and grass all around, he
| saw SO much grass and the sun was
| shining very hot, so he looked up
/ toward the sky and said: 20 Lord,
/ the sun am so hot; the cotton am
/ 50 grassy and the work am SO hard,
Pse believe dis Niggar am called to
| preach" (uproar of laughter). And
| he has not returned to that cotton
1 patch since. The Colored man is
1 not the only one, whose preaching
1 is based upon the principles OF this
story.
Man is the subject of this debate.
i 1t is important to know what man
/ is, in order TO properly determine
! whether he is of such quality of
i being capable of everlasting punish
/ ment. 1t is necessary for one to
/ krow what thing is, before he
] can properly care for that thing
A man who has never seen sheep
i or has no knowledge as to what one
l looks like could not be trusted to
/ 60 into a bunch of mixed animals
and care for the sheep. Such one
is liable to pet and care for wolves,
bears, goats, etc. All the preachers
claim to be busy trying to save
souls but if you would ask one,
i "What is Soul?" or What does ii
look like?" he would possibly
j scratch his head and say that is
] too deep for you and if would tell
you, YOU would not understand it.
] A. matter of fact, the majority
! of the preachers know nothing as
to what soul is, and would moi
i know one if they met it in the road
at noon-day.
Man is a soul. THE Lord God
j formed man of the dust of the earth
/ and breathed into his noStrils the
i breath of life, and man became a
1 living soul" Gen. 2: 7. The Bible
i declares that man is of the earth,
] and that he is not spiritual, First
i Cor. Is: 45-47. Man is not spirit
] being as spirits have not flesh and
/ bones, Luke "a: 80. Spirit beings
] have spiritual bodies and human
! beings have human or natural
1 bodies, First Cor. Is: A. Adam,
! the first man was not spiritual.