| Show RELIGIOUS FEAR STILL HAS ITS PLACE IN LIFE Not of Future T Torment 1 but of Present Day Ills Says Rev E Er E. M M. M Bennett In his sermon yesterday at the Unitarian Uni I tarlan larian church Re Rev F. F M. M Bennett Dennett de declared declared declared de- de I that the place of or fear rear In religion religion 1 ion has not yet et been superseded A A. A little more fear would bo be wholesome for Cor us morally moraU and religiously religiously not not not necessarily v the old fear nf of the futures future nun Dun n n and t tho e future hell heU but the I I n I fear of ot the present punishment and tho the i present hell heJl Into which he said Bald sins gins sinsat sinsat at once plunge us He lIe said In part For all souls truly wise tho the old fear feal has vanished and tho more potent fear of or tho the present judgment of or evil has come to take Its place We e are arc not enough afraid of tho present judgment da day because we have not yet et awakened awak awak- awakened ened to Its full Cull significance Perception Perception Perception tion of Its meaning Is dulled b by tho the evil which we wo harbor in our lives When we are trul truly awake wo we shall heed It and more thoroughly amend our ways to escape Its direful Judgments People sometimes speak as though the they were glad to be bo released from the theold theold theold old fear of hell not realizing that the tho present hells Into which the they plunge themselves b by their sins and evils are aro area aroa a thousand times time more to be dreaded The old time future futuro hell holl was not comparable comparable com corn parable to tho the punishment which Is actually ac- ac Lually given to tho the evil life now and here As we sow so do wo we reap evil fruit for evil e seed and the crop Is not long ong In crowing This is hs a fact which modern science sciences Is s continually proclaiming The hell of or science Is more sure uro an and fearful than the old ohl hell of theolo theology The old theology theology the the- said ald you rou will be damned for your our sins Modern Modem science says your our sins 1 1 1 d 11 d I t. t b tl not on v. v y rate amne you ut u fey kill you ou bod body and soul so that you OU OUma ma may dra drag through this world little beter better better bet- bet ter er than a corpse with not even enough 11 life Ife ro to realize that you OU aro are practically dead The habitual and excessive use of lIquors and narcotics weakens eakens the tho ph physical phys phys- s 's I Ical cal energy of the tho cell life Ufo and the power Dower of tho the human will All physical 1 cal al excesses quickly burn out ont tho the body an and tho the soul All AllIce Ice vico and crime all an brutality and sensuality all lying greed reed and self indulgence In elC-In quickly leave their heir physical marks on all who Indulge Indulge in- in in Sn them to say nothing of the remorse emorse or spiritual paralysis which tho hoy thoy cause Not anI only do these surely till the bod body of ot the one who commits them hem them but the they blight the bo bodies les and souls of or their descendants giving thorn thom thomas themas as Inheritance curses Instead of or blessing bless bless- InS InS' ng This Is no longer th the tho punishment for or which theology Is responsible This Is s the tho hell which science through h Its great leaders Darwin and Huxley and Spencer and the more modern and better Informed scientists is continually continually all ally proclaiming It has been said that thata a a. sure and wide knowledge of the laws of or physiology y will do more to cause avoidance of or evil e and to banish It from life Ife than all tho time old-time revivals re and ancient fear of ot future futuro torment |
