Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-20
A RICH MAN IN HE'LL"
IS THEME FOR SERMON
Profiteers Who Steal From
Fellow-Men Slated for
Hades, Says Pastor.
TALKS on ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
Rev. Carter Ashton .Jenkcns I. Heard
hnht Night la Ono or a series OF
1hrcr Sermons In Calvary baptist
Church.

Declaring that :nc hearts of
wealthy men. companies or corpora
tiohs that are stealing from men
by excessive prices" would soften,
mat they would cease such practices.
would lower rents. would cut the
prices in all things wherein there
rVw IL cx'ortion. IL only they knew
their conduct was carrying them
headiong 10 he'll" Rev. Carter Ashton
Jchkcus. pastor "f Calvary Baptist
church. last night preached one Of
Il series Of three sermons on Eco
Homic Conditions Taking as his
subject, "A Rich Man in He'll" Mr..
Jcnkcns spoke. in part. as follows:
Both Abraham and Dives were
rich. IL is no crime to be rich But
these two men differed in life and so
III death. Death changes nothing.
As man dies so he continues
lowed Him b. faith. Dives found his
pleasures. hopes and rewards here.
lie treated the great realities OF the
universe as fiction. lie lived as II
there were no future Perhaps he
belonged 10 that pitiablc and shall
low class Of people who say, Il don't
believe In hele' Christ answered
this silly creed by lifting The cur
tain and pointing you 10 man ac-
tually in he'll.
1sib1c Sufficient RcycIntion
olives intima,cd IL was not. Abra-
ham contcndcd IL was. This is the
question OF the ages. The validity
and suf!icicucy OF tn. word OF God.
The first sin oc the race was unbe-
lief in the sufhciency Of the word OF
God. Dives contcnG,d that IL Gods
messages were augmented by the re-
tlIrn OF "a messenger from the sheet
ed dead. his brothers would rcpcnt
Hut had not God don. enough? what
would lie say 10 you who have the
New Tcstamcn; and the life of Christ
they did not have? Dives supposcs
there would h. peculiar efficacy in
The return Of one from the dead lie
felt sure that II some one would tell
the narrowing story Of damnation
paint all the horrors o: lost soul i:
tell Of its anguish; its blightca
hopes. its eternal misery. his five
brothers would repent. But this il
mistake. God has revealed the
whole truth. and If His word can't
he accepted. who would be com
Detent witness? Why should Abra-
ham send Lazarus, VINO had only
Moses and the prophets to save him?
And. mark you, Abraham was saved
before Moses was born or "A prophecy
was written. surely Abraham could
not intimate to men that God then
had not done enough for them.
Necessity of Repentance.
They Will repent Those hard
hearts OF wealthy men. companies or
corporations ;hs, are stealing from
men by excessive prices would stop;
wonld lower rents. would cat the
prices in all things wherein there
is now eXtortion. If only they knew
that their conduct was carrying them
headloug To hell. Dives clearly
teaches us that he di;i no; lay s"f-
Hcicnt stress on eternal things: did
not really believe the Bible He did
not realize the sacrcdncss nf life
tho majesty Of di"!nc law. This man
saw these things. but too late. The
wise man sees them nov and acts
upon them row. We learn. too. that
what We DO Tor cUy loved ones must
be done here. All communication Is
broken AT death"