The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current, September 09, 1912, Image 2

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    ED 10 A PERSONAL
IT
Answers Aldrich's Challenge for
a Joint Debate During the
Fall Campaign.
Hon. Chester II. Aldrich, Lin
coln, Nebraska. Dear Sir: "n
rny arrival hotiu from a cam
paigning tour of the stale I found
your communication of August
19, ( h a 1 ! 1 1 k i 1 1 k me to a joint dis
cussion and making specific
Charges as to my attituile on dif
ferent legislative questions. I
am a plain business man and not
accustomed lo joint debates,
therefore I do not think it worth
while hiking up the people's time
with what would result, as the
tone of your letter indicates, in a
controversy on personal grounds.
Stands on Democratic Platform.
I stand squarely upon the na
tional platform adopted at Haiti
more and the state platform
adopted at (irand fslarid. If you
would ilke to have that platform
debated by men who are in the
Jiabit of engaging in joint discus
sions, I will gladly arrange with
the democratic state central com
Tiiillee to have a democratic
speaker meet one of your rep
resentatives in every county of
the state. If you are agreeable
to this proposition, I will be
pleased to make arrangements
immediately.
Now there are some things I
desire to say with respect to your
personal attacks upon me.
First. You stale that I am a
reactionary, was opposed lo every
contention made by V. J. Itryan
at the recent Italtiiuore conven
tion, and when the endorsement
of Mr. Ilryan's conduct was up
before the democratic slale con
vention for approval nine of the
Richardson county delegates voted
for Mr. Itryan and seven against
him. In reply 1 will state that I
am not the owner of my fellow
democrats in Ilichardson county.
These delegates, as all delegates
mount no, merely expressed tneir
own opinions on this matter.
In regard to the national and
stale conventions I will stale I hat
I am in perfect accord with both
platforms and will support (iov
ernor Wilson for president. I
am willing to have Mr. Itryan pass
upon my progressivrness and
qualifications, as you ostensibly
have grown most solicitous of
him and bis policies since you are
a candidate for governor. lie
has known me for twenty years, I
have entertained him at my home
and have been his earnest sup
porter every time he was a can
didate. In tiMiH I was a delegate
lo the national convention at Den
ver and assisted in nominating
him for the presidency.
Is it not, therefore, strange that
when I become a candidate for
governor I am deemed by you a
reactionary? l'erbaps it is not
strange, as I have heard it sug
Kested that you are a progressive
for ofllco only. However, since
you have raised (he question as
to Mr. Hryan's friendship, where
were you during all these years
and what was your altitude to
wards Mr. Ilryan and his policies?
Asks Aldrlch to Show His Colors.
I have staled that I am in sym
pathy with the democratic stale
and national platforms and will
support (Inventor Wilson as a
candidate for president. Perhaps
it would be well for you lo tell
the people of Nebraska what can
didate for president you are sup
porting and which platform.
Second. You slate that I op
posed in the legislature the in
itiative and referendum law. This
is absolutely false, ns the initi
ative and referendum had no more
loyal supporter in the senate than
1, and I voted for the measure, as
the records will attest. My legis
lative record is on open bonk to
which I invite the attention of (he
voters of this great slale. It is
true I voted for amendments when
I was convinced that I he original
bill was loo drastic or deficient.
At all times I exerted my best ef
forts towards such measures as
would be fair, reasonable and
equitable between man and man.
Third. You slale in your letter
thai I have made serious charges
against ou in I lie management of
our public institutions. I have
slated, ami stale now, that the
otllce of governor should be
primarily a business olVice, ad
ministered closely and watchfully
for Ihe best interests of the peo
ple of Nebraska, and if you would
have taken Ihe duties of tin1 oflice
more seriously, instead of for the
purpose of advertising- yourself
CONTROVERSY
ns a lecturer and politician, Ihe
people of this state would un
doubtedly have secured a more in
telligent and ellicieut management
of our slate penitentiary and
other state institutions.
You have been governor almost
two years and under date of Aug
ust L'O, lOt:!, I noticed the follow
ing interview of Dr. Frank II.
I.oveland, of Topeka, Kansas, who
is credited as an expert on prison
management: "I was shocked
and amazed that you Missourians
look upon your penitentiary with
a sort of dismal pride. With the
exception of (ieorgia and Ne
braska, the Missouri institution is
Ihe worst I have ever visited."
Perhaps you can tell the people
of Nebraska before flection what
you have done during your term
of ollice to bring about a change.
Blame Rests on Governor.
As a citizen of this slate I feel
humiliated at such criticism and
in view of Ihe occurrences at our
slale prison last winter, I would
not know wheTe to place at least
a part of this blame, unless upon
the governor of I his slale, whose
appointees were in charge and
whose adminisl rat ion of this in
stitution determined the charac
ter of its management. The pen.
pie of Nebraska perhaps, do not
understand that you are more
culpable in this mailer, in view of
the fact that Ihe slate senate,
while in session, by resolution,
asked you to comply with the
provisions of our stale constitu
tion and present your appoint
ment for Ihe ollice of warden to
that body for its approval. Why
did you Iben refuse to perforin
your constitutional duties?
In further substantial ion of the
charge of mismanagement of our
Nebraska stale prison I refer you
to Itc'v. 1 (). Johnson, one of the
early settlers of tins state, a
member of the M. K. church in
good standing, formerly grand
master of the I. O. O. F. of Ne
braska and slale representative
and chaplain of the penitentiary,
who endeavored to have some
needed changes made in Ihe man
agement of that institution, and
who resigned because he could
not approve of the methods used
hy your administration in the
management of the penitentiary.
I am also informed that many of
your loyal parly men called on
you in person and tried lo in
terest you in securing a different
management at this institution.
Should Debate With Himself.
Fourth. As lo a joint discus
sion, 1 would suggest that you go
lo the larger towns of (he slale
and debate Ihe question as to
whether you are a Taft republican
or a bull inooser; also discuss
your abandonment of La Follctlc
as a progressive candidate for the
presidency after you had declared
that !!" per cent of the republicans
in the slate were for him; also
whether you are now for President
Taft or the colonel; also whether
you support the republican plat
form adi iit nl at Chicago and
whether you still claim lo be a
member of that parly, or whether
you support Ihe colonel's platform
and claim to be a member of the
progressive parly.
After yon have fully decided
this question and Jon have taken
the people into your confidence I
would suggest I hat you then be
broad and big enough to get olT
of one ticket or the other. I do
not anticipate that you will lack
any publicity in your campaign
for governor, whether you run
upon one or both tickets, as you
have just had al your disposal the
placing of 50,000 of Ihe stale's
money in patronage by way of
advertisement of Ihe proposed
constitutional amendments in
newspapers selected by you in Ihe
slale. You also have $1,000 for
railroad expenses, $2,000 for fur.
niture repairs, $500 for conting
ent expenses, $5,500 for mainten
ance of servants, and you also
asked for $2,500 to supply
groceries, meat, etc., for yourself
and family (the last Hem not be
ing allowed). This money was
appropriated by the stale, all of
which I voled against, and will
not accept should I be so for
tunate as to be elected. This ac
counts in part for your venomous
attack on me.
I have not known the lime nor
the inclination to meet you in
joint discussion, as I think the
people have had enough vaudeville
in the governor's ollice.
Vaudeville Accomplishments.
As slated in rr.y declaration of
principles when I filed for this
important otllce my life work has
been ns a school teacher, fanner,
merchant, banker, county treasur
er and slate senator and I am
making my appeal as a business
man. I have been so busy looking
after my private affairs and en
deavoring to serve the people
when in public otllce thai I have
not had sulllcient time to prepare
myself in all the arts of chaulau
qua or vaudeville circuits. I shall,
however, in my own way, meet the
people of Nebraska during the
campaign and explain my views
on state issues and hope that my
candidacy will appeal to their in
telligence and judgment. As to
my standing as a citizen, morally
and otherwise, I must depend on
the opinions of those who know
me, and I invite the closest in
vestigation. In conclusion I will say that ifi
I am fortunate enough to be elect
ed governor of this great state I
will be found al the executive
oflice at work during business
hours, except at such times as it
may lie necessary for me to at
tend to the business of the state
elsewhere, and at all times I will
exert my best efforts in behalf of
Ihe citizens and institutions of
Nebraska, with a view of not, only
giving lo the stale an economical
and business administration, but
of also giving a greater meaning
to that fine motto of Nebraska,
"F.quality liefore the Law."
Yours truly,
JOHN II. MORHHFAI).
Local News
Frank McKlroy was a business
visitor in Omaha today, going on
No. 15 Ihis morning.
J oil ti S. Hall, the furnace man,
departed this morning for Oenoa,
Neb., to look after some business
matters. Mrs. Hall accompanied
him as far as Omaha.
dene Urady and sister, Miss
Leona, went down to Watson,
Missouri, Saturday evening, where
they spent Sunday visiting with
relatives and friends. Their par
ents have been there for Ihe past
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nicholas
and Mrs. C. M. Seybert of Louis
ville were in the city yesterday,
being guesls at the home of
Deputy County Treasurer Mike
Tritsch.
Itennelt Chriswisser departed
Ihis morning for Osmond, Neb.,
where he will visit relatives and
also accompany Mrs. Chriswisser
home. Uncle Hennett. thinks
about one week is enough of liv
ing alone.
Lee Skinner of the Lincoln
Telephone and Telegraph com
pany returned Sunday from Oma
ha, where he had gone totnoet his
wife. Mrs. Skinner had been
visiting her mother at Seward for
the past two weeks.
Park Chriswisser, Lester llur
rows ami K. II. Wescotl and wife
were visitors in Nebraska City
yesterday, going in Mr. Chriswis
ser's line touring car. Mr. and
Mrs. Wescotl. visited friends for
the day, while Park and Lester
look in the sights of the city.
Queen Quality Oxfords,
' the $3.00 quality, your
choice at $1.25.
E. Q. DOVEY & SON.,
JJe JeeJ JeJe sa
John Volk of Pekin, Illinois,
came in Saturday evening and
spent Sunday here with the fam
ilies of his brother-in-laws, Jacob
Trilsch and M. L. Friedrich, de
parting this morning on No. 15
for Pierce county, where he has
large land interests. Mr. Volk
expects to remove next spring to
Nebraska and engage in farming.
P. S. Karnes left Tuesday for
Warren, Truinhle county, Ohio, to
attend a reunion of Company D,
Second cavalary. Mr. Barnes
served Ihe United Slates 3 years,
10 months and 20 days during the
civil war. He has a record of be
ing in 'A engagements, among
which were: Sheridan's ride at
Cedar Creek, three days' fight in
Ihe Wilderness, Spotsylvania
Court House, Five Forks, Peters
burg and Appomattox Station,
where Lee surrendered.
ROBERT WILKINSON
DUNBAR
L.J. HALL
UNION
Wilkinson & Hall
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DIVINE REWARDS '
ARE ETERNAL
Parable of the Sheep and Goats
Clearly Explained.
GOD'S MESSAGE TO MANKIND.
Pastor Russell Corrects Soma Misin
terpretations of Holy Writ Eternal
Life Is a Gift of God and the Bless
ing Will Not Be Conferred on the
Wilfully Wicked The Church Will
Sit With the Messiah When the
World Is Judged.
Columbus, Ohio,
Sept 8. Pastor
Russell's text here
today w as, "These
shall go away luto
everlasting pun
ishment, but the
righteous Into life
eternal." Mat
thew xxv. 4(5. He
said:
We hare been
In all sorts of con
fusion respecting
(EMroOyssELL)
the future, be
cause we have not studied the Bible's
testimony critically. For thlrteeu cen
turies the Bible was almost unknown.
The bishops of the Church were erro
neously supposed to be successors of
the Apostles and to speak with the
same Divine inspiration and authority.
Printing was not yet Invented and
education was confined to a wealthy
few. No wonder the Inspired Mes.
sage was lost In a mass of human
tradition, much of which was devilish
nonsense! We have been gradually
progressing from darkness to light,
though fettered by hobgoblin figures
and each other's threats and perver
sions of the Divine Message. It Is
safe to say that the Bible Is being
more critically studied today by ear
nest Christians of all denominations
than It ever was before. The result
of this study, and the advantages of
our time, are manifesting themselves.
Divine harmonies are filliug heads and
hearts once distracted by clashing
creeds. Take our
Text at an llluitration.
Once blindly we read this Parable of
the Sheep and Goats and applied It to
rewards and punishments as a result
of tilings done In the present Age.
Now we see that its proper application
belongs altogether to the next Age of
Messiah's Kingdom. It distinctly
states this. It Is Introduced thus:
"When the Son of Man shall come In
Ills glory, and all the holy angels with
Him, Ihrn shall He sit upon the Throne
of His glory; and before Him shall be
gathered all nation, and He shall sep
arate them one from another as the
shepherd divideth the sheep from the
goats."
The Church Is not included In this
parable at all. It relates, as we see, to
the world "all nations." Other Scrip
tures show us thnt when the nation
shall thus undergo their trial for life
or death everlasting the Church will be
glorified. As the Bride of Christ the
shall sit with Mm in Ms Throne and be
associated In His work of Judging the
world. Note how clearly St Paul ex
presses this, saying, "Know ye not
that the saints shall Judge the world?"
(1 Corinthians vi. 2.) Thus it Is the
trorld's Judgment Day that he else
where mentions, saying. "God hath ap
pointed a Day (future a thousand
year Day the Day of Christ), In the
which He will Judge the world In
righteousness by thnt Man whom ne
hath ordained." Acts xvii, 31.
A right understanding of the doc
trine of Election helps us gradually to
a proper view of the Divine Program.
The Church la being selected out of
the world according to faithfulness
and character-development. In prepara
tion for great service for the non-elect
The Messianic Kingdom, with Christ
and the Church In control as the Royal
Priesthood, is appointed for the very
purpose of blessing the non-elect
world "all nations." For a thousand
years the work of bringing all to a
knowledge of the Truth will progress.
To this end Satan will be bound at the
very beginning of the thousand years
and the light of the knowledge of the
glory of God will fill the whole earth
as the waters cover the great deep.
With all thus brought to a clear com
prehension of righteousness each will
be on trial, and will cither come Into
harmony with the Kingdom or remain
an alien and lover of sin. All the lat
ter are In the parable classed as goats
wayward ones and will thus place
themselves at the left hand of the
King in His disfavor. On the con
trary, all who learn the ways of the
Lord and come into accord therewith,
are symbolically styled "sheep" in the
parable, and by their conduct will
gradually take their places at the
King's lUht hand, or place of favor.
Shef-Goata Fire.
The Parable shows the conclusion
of the world's Judgment. All will
then have taken their plaees, either
ns sheep or as goats either In the
King's favor or In Ills disfavor. The
sheep class will then hear His "Well
done," "Come, ye blessed of My Fa
ther, inherit the Kingdom prepared
for you from the foundation of the
world" from the time the world was
established. -Matthew xxv. 21. 23, 3t.
The world whs made for mankind.
Adam being its representative was the
King of earth. He lost his dominion
X 3
MAWMHWial ii A &aV- J
when he lof his relationship to his
Creator and IokI bis riyht to eternal lift
by his rtisobedieuce. The sheep claw
will represent all of Adam's race
brought back to infection by the proc
esses of Restitution during Messiah's
reign. (Acts ill. 10-21.1 To them will
?ome the dominion which Adam lost
and which Jesus itdrcincd ut Calvary
and which He will ji'tr to the worthy
ones at the conclusion of 11K thou
sand-year reign. Next, the fate ef (lie
goat class 1 stated not in literal lan
guage, but symbolically, indeed, the
Prophet and the Apostle declared of
Jesus that "He oeued ills mouth in
parables," and that "without a para
ble spake He not unto the people."
In other words, everything that .Ksuk
said to the people in general was fig
urative, in order that only those of
right condition of heart might be able
to understand Him.
The message of the great King to the
gout class will be, "Depart from Me.
ye cursed, into everlasting fire pre
pared for the Devil and his angels."
(Matthew xxv. 41.) We might as well
insist, that the parable applies to literal
goats as to claim that this penalty is
literal tire. All who have studied the
subject will freely ndndt that fire
throughout the Bible Is used figurative
ly to represent destruction. Fire is
not used as a symbol for Adr.mic death,
the sentence upon all of the race, be
cause God from the beginning purposed
the setting aside of that sentence
through the redemptive work of Jesus;
hence Adam'e death Is not destruc
tion, but In tlie Bible Is styled, sym
bolically, "falling asleep," and resur
rection is styled "awakening from
sleep."
But when picturing the Second
Death, the Bible uses strong terms,
representing destruction in the fullest
and most absolute sense. Mark the
words used: "Perish," "Second Death,"
"Everlasting Destruction." We even
overlooked the plain explanation which
Jesus gave us when He said, "the lake
of fire, which is the Second Death."
(Revelation xx, 14.) St Feter, sum
ming up the fate of the incorrigibly
wicked, says that they shall be destroy
ed like natural brute beasts. (II refer
ii, 12.) Only n bugaboo of eternal tor
ment, hundreds of years old, could have
so alarmed us that we failed to note
these matters long ago.
Meanwhile, alas, while many of the
learned hare abandoned the doctrine of
eternal torment, they have practically
abandoned everything else in the Bible,
because they supposed the Bible to
teach this Inconsistency. Let us not
follow them into "Higher Criticism"
infidelity and total rejection of the in
spiration of God's Word, but let us
compare Scripture with Scripture and
use our God-given reason within the
boundaries of God's Message. So doing
we nre seeing more and more the glor
ious perfection of our Father's charac
ter and of His inspired Word.
Reasoning by Contrast.
Some shallow thinkers have been
thrown off the track of religious Inves
tigation, reasoning thnt if there Is a
heaven, there must of necessity 1k n
hell of torment. But the contrast
which the Bible establishes in respect
to the sinner and the saint Is life and
death and wof heaven nnd hell. As a
matter of fact the Bible nowhere
promises heaven to any except the
Church of the First-borns, who nre
now being called out of the world for
association with Messiah lu His King
dom. The world of mankind never
lost heaven and is nowhere promised
heaven.
Adam's loss was an earthly Eden, a
human perfection. Jesus declares that
He "came to seek and to save that
which was lost." The work of His
Kingdom for n thousand years will bo
the bringing of earth to a Taradise
condition. And ne will restore all the
willing and obedient of mankind to all
that ico lost, bringing them back
again to the Image and likeness of
God in the flesh. Adam possessed
these qualities when he was declared
by his Creator "very good," and was
given the dominion of earth.
When Adam was placed on trial in
Eden he was endowed with perfection
of life and organism as a man. God
said not one word to him about heaven
or hell, but did let before him life and
death. If he would be obedient he
should be privileged to maintain his
life nnd nil his perfections and bless
ings everlastingly. If he would rebel
against his Creator's laws and tie dis
obedient thereto he should die be cut
off from life. He was disobedient, and
was expelled from Eden Into the nc
cursed, or unfit enrth. where he died a
slow death, battling with thorns nnd
thistles. This has been the fate of his
entire race death mental, moral and
physical decay to completion.
"Life or Death Blening or Curting."
Addressing the people of old through
the Prophet God declares, "I have set
before you life nnd death, blessing and
cursing choose Ii8 that ye may live."
(Deuteronomy xxx. 19.) The hope be
fore the Israelites was of a resurrec
tion a "better resurrection" to the
faithful. (Hebrews xl, 35.) Not a word
was said to them in nil tho four thou
sand years down to Jesus' day respect
ing eternal torment, or nny hope of life
in nny condition except in harmony
with God.
When telling the object of Jesus'
coming into the world, nnd describing
mnu's redemption from the penalty of
death, we read, "God so loved the
world that He gave His Only Begotten
Son. that whosoever believotli In Him
might not perish, but have everlasting
life." (John III. 10.) What right had
we or anybody to twist the word perish,
which means destruction, to make It
mean everlasting life in torture? Such
perversions and wrestings of the Sorljv
tures have brought great discredit upon
our God nnd great confusion into the
minds of His people. We should uote
with emphasis the o:itnit so force
fully stated in this must p.vcious text
"uut perish, but hi.U- eM-rliistiti life."
Certainly whoever gets the everlasting
life will not perish; whoever does not
get it will perish. How plain God's
Word!
Notice again the various terms used
in respect to the Savior and His work.
Tho wo'd Savior signifies I.LV'Jiver.
We would have seen the benur of this
If w- had not been befoggc-.i is re
ypecN the penalty, death. Whoever
sees that " the wages of sin is death"
must pcrfnne see that the great need
of the world is a Life-Giver-to rescue
then) from the death nalty by a res
urrection Again, our Lord represents
Himself ns th Great Physician who Is
able not only to rescee from the tomb,
hut to heal all diseases, all the im
perfections which 4:e to mankind as
incidentals of the death penalty.
near ego In Jesus' words. "He thnt
hath the Son lmtb life; he that hath
not the Son shall not life, but the
wrath of God (as expressed in the
death penalty) ebideth on him" to him
It becomes the Second Death. This ex
plains also the meaning of Jesus'
word-'. "Ye will n"t come unto Me that
ye nny have Vft" And igaln. "I am
come that they might 'rare life, and
that they might have it more abun
dantly." Whnt can be plainer than
thnt "The wages of sir. Is death, but
the gift of God Is eternal life, through
Jestiu Christ our I ord?" Romans
vt, 2X
"Into Everlasting Pun-shment."
We aro asked. Does not the word
everlasting, as applied to the goat class,
signify ns long a period ns the same
word applied to the sheep class? W"
reply, Most assuredly so. The punish
ment of sin is to be everlasting, and
the reward of righteousness Is to be
everlasting. There is no question on
this point The question Is, What is
the punishment for sin? The thought
less at once will say, Fire, torment,
smoke, blazes, devils with horns and
tails nnd pitchforks, a !a Dante's In
ferno. But we nsk for n Scriptural answer.
What does the Bible say Is the punish
ment for sin? Nothing like Dante's
answer is to be found in the Bible,
however much we might imagine that
it was printed In every page and that
we have read it scores of times. The
Bible Is most explicit. It declares,
"The wages of sin is death;" "All tho
I wicked will God destroy;" "The soul
that slnneth, It shall die;" "punished
with everlasting destruction." These
abundant and redundant Scriptural
testimonies on the subject should set
tle the matter of future punishment to
every reasonable mind especially when
there Is not a Scripture to the con-
! trary. either In the Old or In the New
i Testament
! I do indeed remember certain of our
' Lord's parables which, taken literally,
j might mean the literal cutting off of
a hand or foot, the literal plucking out
i of the eye, the biting worms possessed
of immortality, and literal blazes un
quenchable. These we have already
; discussed and may yet again refer to,
I hut not now. We content ourselves
I with the generally accepted and ren
i sonable proposition that parables are
; never to be accepted ns teaching doc
i trines, but at very most as illustrating
: them.
I The Bible contains not u skigle sug
j gestion of eternal torture as a penalty
i for sin. It tells of no place beyond
I the bounds of time nnd space where
Dante's poem will find its fulfilment
ii uocn leu vi a uiki ut untune justice,
Wisdom, Love and Power, whose de
cree is that eventually all the wicked
shall be destroyed: that eventually
there will not he one inharmonious
note throughout the Unlverso to mar
j the glorious harmony nnd perfection;
inni every Knee snau dow nnu every
tongue confess to the giory of God;
that there shall lie no more dying, cry
ing, sighing; that God's will shall be
done on earth even ns It Is done In
heaven; that eventually, "Every crea
ture In heaven nnd In earth and under
the earth shall be heard saying, Praise,
! glory, dominion and might be unto
Hlra thnt sltteth upon the Throne and
unto the Lamb forever."
Analyzing It Carefully.
Let us look still more deeply Into
our text: Let us note this word pun
ishment in the Greek. It is kolasin.
Its usago lu the Greek classics signi
fies, to prune, to cut off. A secondary
meaning of the word Is, to restrain.
Death is n most effectual restraint
Tho punishment which God has pro-
! vlded for sinners Is that they shall be
I cut off from life, cut off from all the
, blessed privileges which God provided,
I not for them, not for rebels, bnt for
! sons In fellowship with Himself.
I The punishment ngnlnst Father
(Adam was cutting off from Edeu nnd
Its blessings, from being the king of
( arth, from fellowship with Ills Cre
ator, from being the son of God, from
enjoying everlasting life. All this ent
j ting off was included In his death sen
tence. Jesus came that Adam and his
jraco might not everlastingly perish
that they might bo rescued from the
power of the grave by n resurrection
of the dead, that nil might thus
'through Him come to a full oppor
tunity for life everlasting. Nevertlie
less tho Divine Law still stands. The
I Wages of sin still is death. Therefore.
! whoever shall receive the grace of God
In vain, whoever shall sin wilfully, ln
'tentlonally. nfter full enlightenment,
'shall again be cut off tills tlmo to per
ils!), because "Christ dleth no more"
no more shall death have dominion ovci
Him. Tho opportunity which Ills
.Kingdom shall grant for every crea
'ture, for every member of Adam's race,
I to return to Divine fellowship and ever
lasting life, will be so complete as to
Jneed no repetition. Those who die the
I Second Death will be without a reme
dy, will perish In everlasting destruction.
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