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Show PURGATORY "FIRES" NOT YET, BUT SOON. Word Purgatory Not In Bible, But Teaching Is There. Saintly of Prosent Time Fow, Yot All Must Become Holy Ero They Will Be Grantod "the Gift of God, Etornal Llfo, Through Josu Christ." 'JJBvU'Mg2ilBP'ra Indianapolis, OcL jj??fiy3 27. The world-re BBjffifcu ftf&J renowned Pastor Bfcn IwT 3M IiusRC" Is here. We PHS32' rePrt one of his PWJJffi'ifr -ffill discourses from the $Y$K$8!ii) text "Some men's jP A'l?"la 8lnB R0 before WfsltL ,$&$ to judgment, and fl9tt!V &w?nl S0IDC' 9 follow IHM gfti after' (I Timothy IBHrfk'lP$ T 24 He Rald ffWft fiffgy Gradually, as the llPASTQR. gtlSSELLjj eyes of our under standing open to the true beauties of God'8 Word, we And tliat; while the rosp Error of thf past has some foundation In the Truth, the two nre very different Wrong Viows of Future Punishment. Wrong views of future punishment have dlvldod Christians into many sects. Our forefathers were not to blame; ability to read was not common com-mon until within n century Further more, for centuries the nible was out of the hands of the people and clerical real tried to bring the whole world, through fear. Into the Church. Now. all thinking people repudiate the torment theories, and many are turning from the creeds, and from the Bible, the supposed foundation. The present trend Is toward Higher Criticism. Evolution In Franco, It claimed, ninety-six per cent of the people peo-ple have lost nil faith In religion: In Geruinn.v. ninety ppr cent How un pnrtant (hat the people should lenru that God lias mndi generous provision for nil through Christ, and that fJi-will fJi-will bring nil to n knowledge nl Christ: thnt very wilful s,lu innsi bc:ir Its int permit? The Mitojprt of fururp punishment i most Important. The people shi.ulil know rejspw ting the word Hell In the original Seripturcs-thnt Sheol of tin-Old tin-Old Testament represent the Bible teaching of Moll for the first four thou snnd years, nnd thru ITjuIp In the New Testament means the :iuip: that thoe word do not stnnd for torture, but foi the stnte of drnth Humanity arc redeemed re-deemed from the grarp by the de.it h o: Christ, and Sheol. nde the grave sh.ill be detioved dining Messiah' rek'n Ilosen vlll. N. Kninh ssv. S; I Corinthians v. .1-1. ,V Gehenna tlre means the unrbage-fur ; nnre vullev uuMde Jerusalem: It h ' Fvmlinllciii of -.lii' destruction of the ; tnially Impe'iirput Purgatorial Firos of the Dible. Tbeup .ire s mlor:i! The bureh Is now on riht fir everlasting' life oi eirlastiii death. The world's (inrg:i torlal period will he under the super vis-fun of the Chnri-h -I for v-r. 'J St. Peter fell of piiigntfiiinl tire-which tire-which nov are purifying the saints '"Think it not st.jnge concerning the fiery trial vvlihli shall trv vou. w though Mime stinngi l Iiluu: happened unto roil " .lesns refi'neil tn rhes.. imr gatorlnl epei lenses: read I .lohu III 13: .lohn xv. H: Manhew rvl. 21 SL 1iiii1 Miyf. that Christ "learned ohpdleDri bv (he things which fie Mif feied.M and that "If we sntTer with Him we shall also reign with nirn " The Scribes and I'hnrlsees perseentefi Jesus; He forewarned His followers that "n nam's foes hnll be they of his own household " St. Paul points nut that In the end of this Age dery trials will come upon the Church: "The tire of thnt day shall try every man's work of what sort It Is" Faith built with the gold, silver and precious stones of Divine Truth will come forth nnpcorcbed Jesus declared to the Church. "Through much tribulation shall ye enter the Kingdom." These are purgatorial tribulations for which we may give thanks. A The World'i Purgatory Soon to Begin. The world's purgatory will begin with a severe ordeal upon all mankind, man-kind, but will continue In instructive tribulation upon all needing the same, The "firea" will be symbolical. The. New Age win be ushered in by "a tlnje of trouble such as never was since there was n nation." ("Daniel ill. l.l Jeans declares that unless that trouble were checked np flesh could be Baved: bpt because of the Elect. thoe dnyo shall be shortened. The Messianic Kingdom King-dom will end the strife and nnnrchy St Peter used symbolisms Indescribj lflg these troubles: The "sea" represents repre-sents the restless peoples: the solid "land" earth represents the social structure, whpse "monntains" are the Kingdoms nnd whose "heavens" are tho ecclesiastical powers. (II Peter 111. fo, 10. 12: Psalm xlvi.) The Apostle graphically pictures the elements of Society In violent ngitntlon. resulting In a grent 'hpnt" which will consume theRo. He then pictures the New Dis. pensatlon. "The new heavens" will be the Church in glory. "The new earth" will bo Socjety reconstructed. Who cannot see the capitalistic elpment. the labor element and the sclnl element In, Crent danger of tho conflagration Dl finely fpretold? The Lord pictures mankind anxious to know and obey the Truth. "Then will I turn tint" the pen-pie pen-pie a nure Messagp. that Jhpy may all call uporj the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one consent." Zeph. lii, 0. |