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Show SAYS EVERYONE GOESJO HELL Alfred I. Ritchie, a Ulblo student of Iwcde roputatlon In tho United States and Canada, declares that everyone goes to hell. Mr Ititctilo has soiuo Interpretations on tho Blblo that appear Bcnsatlonn! and nlong a now line. In an Interview yesterday ho gave out some Interesting Information Informa-tion regarding various prominent Ulblo Ul-blo subjects that reiiulro moro than ordinary consideration to obtain their full meaning. "I havo a now euro for Infidelity," dcclnrcd Mr. Hltohlo. "To proscribe tno remedy wo nust find tho uautso, which I bollovo Is tho Inability of tho proplo to understand how n God of nt Lovo nnd Wlitdom and ,'uhtlcc, and having all Tower, could po rolt present conditions nnd conduct human hu-man affairs as proclaimed by the dominant creeds of Christendom. Unbelievers Un-believers choko iu tho Idea of tho srrnt Creator providing nn eternity oi nny kind of to 'tun for Ills own crcaturcB, especially If Ho was gifted gift-ed with tho fore-kn'wlodgo that most of tho human fatilly go there, and that Ho had all Wlmloiu to plan otherwise, other-wise, and nil I'owor o do as Ho pleased pleas-ed Truly tho goneral rollgio-ts teach-In.; teach-In.; on this lino is a foe to rencon nnd the- mother of doJb' The Bible Glorifies God. "Tho Blblo, taken ns a wholo, pro-seats pro-seats no such Idea of our blessed Heavenly Father, but praises, glorl-f;cs glorl-f;cs nnd exalts Ilia holy character. And so, when understood, It will bo as natural for average human bolugs to emulate, lovo and praise God as It has been In all human hlBtory for them to worship ns leaders and heroes he-roes those who havo shown great-nesB great-nesB of character, either In power or tvlsdom or bonoolence. When right-iy right-iy Bhown tho chnracter of our God will compel tho admiration and loyalty of tho masses Infinitely moro than So character of a Caesar, or a Napoleon, Na-poleon, or nn Edison, or a Bryan, or a noosovolt. What Is tho reason that io character of God is so llttlo reverenced re-verenced that tho holy namo of Himself and- ot tho Saviour are mndo tho commonest 'cuss words? Wo answer an-swer that It Is becauso His character s blasphemed by tho erroneous Hell" teaching of deceived Christianity. Chris-tianity. ' Brooklyn, N, Y., tabornaclo, says, ' tho Bible doos teach that oternnl torture tor-ture Is tho fato ot all except tho saints. It should bo preached, yea thundered, weekly, dally, hourly! If does not bo teach, tho fact should bo mado known, nnd tho foul stain dishonoring God"B Holy Namo route ro-ute 'ed! I understand a frco copy of his pamphlet, 'Food for Thinking Christians.' which examines every mention of hell in tho Blblo. can bo had b addressing him everybody goos to hell AVUy' Becauso hell is tho gravo or death oontlHien, to which good and bad " Uo co to icmnln until tho blessed tlmo of resurrection, judgment nnd uotoratlon of all the obedient. Tho Hebrew word 'shcol' Is positively tho only 'hell' word In tho Old Testament. Its Hebrew definition is 'tho unseen tate,' or 'tho placo of tho dead.' It occurs slxty-tlvo times, and nowhere Is the word llfo associated with It. No Work In Sheol. "Solomon said, 'There Is no work, nor device, nor knowledgo In "chool," and ho adds, 'whither thou gocat,' Why? Becauso all in hell are dead, rtofcrrlng to tho resurrection, tho Rov-clator Rov-clator says 'Death and hell (marginal reference reads or tho grave') delivered de-livered up tho dead (not tho living) which wero in them." "Sheol is translated twonty-nlno times as 'hell,' threo times as 'pit' and thlrty-threo times as 'grnve.' In tho revised version, 'sheol' Is translated as 'hell' only about twenty times out of tho Blxty-five Blxty-five times, and Its Greek equivalent, 'hades,' occurlng eleven times In tho Now Testament, Is not translated as 'hell' nt all, but Is left untranslated, untrans-lated, becauso tho Blblo revisers knew It did not mean eternal torment. tor-ment. "Only sixteen out of tho olxty-slx Blblo books ubo tho word 'hell,' In tho English translation. St. Paul uroto fourteen books ot tho Now Testament, but novor mentioned 'hell fire.' John novcr mentioned it in his Gospel, nor in his threo Epistles, nor did I'ctcr In his two Epistles, nor Until, Ezra, Nehemlnh, Esther, Jero-mlali, Jero-mlali, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Obadlah, Mlcah, Nahuin, Zephanlnh, Haggal, Zccharlah or Malachl. Strange (hat all theso holy Apostles nnd Prophets did not harp upon the danger of falling fall-ing Into thnt 'tako of firo' which Is supposed to bo tho doom ot billions of humanity! "No wonder that muh turn nway In disgust, full of fear and doubtl No wonder that church pews are empty and no ono seems to carol No wonder that hundreds of thousands aro Infidels, Infi-dels, or aro fast becoming such! Tho sure cure, tho only euro, Is to get a knowledgo of Gcd's truo character, for to know Him Is to lovo Him. With presont-dny Bibles, Blblo Helps, Concordances, Con-cordances, Bible Dictionaries, and Studios In tho Scriptures, no one need bo in tho dark." |
