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•T. C. LOOM IS,
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THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 31, IB7H.
Valedictory.
About twoyears anil a half ago, we gave
the readers of the Gazette our Salutatory
■mi now we giVo them our benedietions
and say farewell. Circumstances over
which we had no control, render tl in
necessary.
In our conduct of this paper, we have
had prominently in view the benefit of
the county, anl our readers generally.
How far we have succeeded in our en
deavors, we leave the people to deter
mine, and the final issue of all things to
reveal. Whatever the decision may be,
wejhavo the Oonseioutliens that we have
duno the best wc could under the circum
stances.
Tho readers of the Gazette horo with
us during our novitiate as editor —from
some we have had advice that we did not
appreciate, while from others capable of
giving it we lent a listening ear, and have
been benefittud, and for which we are
grateful.
l'or the interests of the county we have
had some severe struggles, during which
we have often burnt the midnight's oil
while others wore enjoying the r repose.
For such, many have given u.t expressions
of gratitude, whilst others—a lew—have
manifested an indifference. These things
are now numbered with tho past, so let
them all be buried in the gravo of
oblivion.
Our associations with the people, so
for as <0 are aware, have been peucef I
and agreeable. We have many grateful
remembrances of this kind, and trust that
they are mutual.
W e ask you to forgivo our errors and
short comings, and as we have never
publ.shed anything through malice or
unkind feelings, we trust all will still look
upon us with favor.
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(iAZKITk as a county organ, and our
successor to the tripod, who is w, rthy and
well qualified, And now to one and all,
we have to say, howsoever painful to us,
farewell! furewellil
James A. Cio.mknt.
To the Reader* of The Gazette.
It is w ith considerable diffidence and
distrust of toy own ability, that I have
consented to assume the editorial charge
of this paper. He who undertakes to
provide, week after week, something that
will suit the vffYied tastes of hundreds of |
a difficult task to perform, and
1 have not so much self-confidence as to
believo that I shall always discharge this
duty in a perfectly acceptable manner. 1
believe, however, that those of you who
are acquainted with mo wilt give me credit
for aiming to do thoroughly and correctly
whatever l undertake, and I trust that
those of you who do net kuow me will at
least suspend your judgment until you see
what I will do. Whatever I think is for
the public good 1 shall advocate with all
the ability that 1 possess.
If others propose what 1 think wr, ngor
unadvisable, I shall oppose it freely, but
courteously. 1 trust, however, that you
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out assistance, can make an interesting
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i SUNDAY NIGHT. JANUARY 20th, 1878.
Summerville, Jan. 21st, 1878.
j J'ev. IF. A. Mil.tr:
Rev and Dear Sir:—Believing that
; the publication of the sern on you de
livered in the Presbyterian chur'h last
uiglit will lie productive of great good in
exploding the heresy, now so much dis
! cussed by the press and ministers in this
country and Kurope, we beg leave most
respectfully to request that you lurni-h a
copy for publication in next week's
Gazette.
We are the more anxious, because we
regard tho discussion of the subject
whotl cr or not tl ere is a Hell and
Eternal punishment, as unfortunate for
the cause of troe an l genuine Christianity
and because of its baneful influence upon
society at large, but wo rejoise that pure
Evangelical utterances are coining from
the Kaered desk, to thwart the pernicious
dogmas now attempted to be disseminated
among t e chunhes anl people all over
Christendom. Hoping you will grant the
request above expressed, we are with
great reapeot Your Sincere Friends,
G A It Tucker, Janies A Clement,
Arthur Coleman, G I) Hollis.
Joe A Bra niter, A M Sin. th,
G M 0 Brunner, H ) Henry.
Summerville, Ga., Jan. 23d, 1878.
Messrs. (}. A. 11. ViiAirr, Arthur Colt
limn, J. A. Hr inner, mid other*:
Dear Sirs:—Your note requeuing a
copy of my discourse on the doctrine of
etcrnr.l punishment, is tieforc tne
Thanking you for your faroral !e opinion
of hit effort, r bcrr.rith t r.d you a men
uscript containing the substance of my
remarks upon that subject. If they
should he made instrumental in bringing
men ro reflect upon the awful conso
quetices of perverting and “wresting tho
scriptures t > their own destruction," tho
glory is due to Him “who loved us and
gave himself for us.”
Yours truly, W. A- Milner.
Tkxt. “Tho wicked shall ho turned into
hell, mitl ull the tuitions that forgot God."
I'siilniH lx; 17.
Thousands of tho wisest, anil millionsof
the best men whef have ever live t upon
this earth have regarded these w ords us
terrible words. Believing that they assert
the existence of a place of eternal tor
meat, and that they describe the people
who shall inhabit it, they tremblodat the
consciousness of their own ill div ert, mid
hoped amt prayed that t' cy might le
delivered fix m such an awful fate. But
‘‘certain men’’ who have "crept in un
awares" would have us to believe that ,
there is no such place as hell. They tell
ns that Jehovah is too just and too
benevolent to consign any of his intelli
gent creatures to "the blackness of dark
ness forever."
1 n calling vour at tent in to this herotica
dogma, of which wo hear so much through
the soeular and religious press, it may not
he amiss to inquire, in the first place, as
to how it happens that nior. of tho nine
teenth cento.y are fi und advocating such
a notion as this. An eminent divine is
reported to have sail, that it is the
"result of establishment.” Because of
that union of Church and State in some
countries whereby the stipends of clergy
men are as promptly paid r.s the salaries
of municipal officers, he conceives that
men ate induced to enter tho ministry j
who know n< thing of Paul’s “woo is mo !
if I preach not the gospel. But with all j
deference to the learning and ability of
Dr. Ldhvicli, 1 must dissent from his
explanation.
In tho first plae , the advoca 'y of the
hi retinal views now under consideration
is not peouliar to those churches that are
united to the State. It is a fact, that,
in this country whero we know nothing of
establishment—except by tho hearing of
the ear —there are some who maintain
the doctrine that there is tio hell.
But aside from this, tho scriptures
assign another and tho truo reason for
this departure from sound doctrine, as
well as for all such shameful defections
from Bible truth- In the twentieth
chapter of Acts, Paul i;; repioaonted as
delivering this charge to "the Elders of
the Church" at Ephesus: “Take heed
therefore unto yourselves, and to all the
tl ck over the which the Holy Ghost
hath made you overseers, to feed tho
Church of Go 1, which lie hath purchased
with Ills own blood.” The reason which
he assigns for exhorting those Ephesian
j elders to this strict fidelity towards the
blood bought church of our divine Re
deemer is couched in this prophetic and
significant language: “For 1 kfcjw this,
that afler uiy departing shall grievous
wolfes enter in among you, not sparing
the flock. Also of your own selves shall
tueu arise, speaking perverse things to
, draw away disciples after them ”
j The apostle here predicted, not only that
; there would l>e false teachers—wolves in
i sheep's clothing—who would invade the
! fold of the Shepherd ami Bishop of our
j souls; but also that somo of those false
teachers should ari-e from within those
very i-hurches which he himself had been
instrumental iu planting. Moreover he
not only foretold, that heretics from
without and from within, would harrass
and annoy the blood-bought church of
Jesus Christ; but be also informs us why
they would arise. Not because of the
unfaithfulness ol those wi.otu “the Holy
Ghost hath made overset r.s of tho spiritual
fold; not because Ct rist would be unable
to prevent their intrusions; not because
there would be established churches; but
“To draw away disciple* after them.”
The reason why there are so many advo
t cutes for all sorts of new-fangled notions
i in science and in theology is because
j Diotrcphes is not the only man “who
| loveth to have the pro ennuen-e.” It is
tiieir utuanctified ambition, their hump'r
j ing and thirsting lor the applause oi his
world; it is their desire to be hadere that
! prompts men to become hanberda hersn
divers and strange doctrines. Pau s a ys
“moi> shall arise speaking perverse things
to draw away di-ciples after them.”
Having thus endeavored ti indicate
how it lias come to puss that we have
i men who would rc.-urrect the non-cn.-ica
error of j-ast ages, let us now inquire il
any advantage could accrue to men from
the universal acceptance of the dogma
that there is no hull. As ration;. 1
creatures it becomes us t > ask ourselves
whether we would he benefitted or injured
by falling in with th- advocates of this
no Vo I creed. What then is to he gained
by the acceptance of the no hell hypoth
ec ? Is anything to be gained in eternity?
No; for, if tho do trine is true that titer
is no place “where their worm dielh not
and the fire is not quenched,” the final
abode of every man who lives on earth
wil‘ he that "city which huth foundation
whose builder and maker is God." If
there Ih; no hell, just as sure as "this
corruptible must put on incorruptinn, and
this mortal must, put on immortality,”
just so sure shall every man live in
heaven. With referrence to eternity
then, it is manifest beyond dispute, that
nothi g is to he gained by the advocacy
or by the aoceptanoj of the no-he'l notion.
But is there any benefit to bo derived
from the acceptance of this doctrine hero.
Take away the penal sanctions of the
I)iv ! ne law; and all tho injunctions of the
word of God would become merely ad
visory. Men would bo free to do as they
please with reference to tho life, liberty,
and property of their fellow creatures.
Unrestraiijvl by the tear of future punish
meat, ui'/i would become tyrants, thieves,
murderers umi liars. There would be r.o i
saoty to proper y, anl no seemity for!
liberty, end no a.-suranco o! life. Might [
would make right. Men would 1 ecnrne
and :viis incarnate. This earth would boa
hell. “I o aid the concept! m imagine the
v/le, depraved and reckless of ihe earth,
even as they are in tho flesh, ull gathered
to themselves. Empty out upou some
island of the sea, all your p isons, with
all the “hells” of your populous cities;
all the haunts of licentious icss and crime;
all tho dens for the plotting of dishonesty.
Let there be no virtuous mon to move
among them. Lot it be the plaee where
law with its threats comes not; where the
usages of respectable life with their
restraints come not; where the philan
thropist with his appeals comes not;
where angels and ministers of mercy come
not; where the restraining grace of God
comes not; and tho hope of amendment I
comes not; nor the fear of retiibu inn
a'tcr death. Let all the fierce wickedness
that is in them work itself out in i car
nival of every lust and revelry ot evert
pa .sien.” And do you not see that you
have an exac* picture of what this world
would he without the penal sanctions o
law? Verily, my hearers, iUit were po- !
ibio to exterminate from tho breasts of !
meat this “fearful looking for of judg- :
nient and of fiery iu donation that -hall j
devour the adversaries" of tho King of
Kings and Lord of lairds; if it were pos
sible to hush that still mall voice within
as which always whispers and which
sometimes utters in thunder tones, thn
“every one of us : hall give account e.f
him seif to God; if it were possible to per
suade men that there is no such place as
that described in iho scriptures ns "the
lake that burneth with fire and brimstone
—where their worm dieth not, and the
fire is not quenched,” the passions of the !
children of men would goon run rampant
over every injunction, whether human or
divine. The strongest arm would hold 1
all the property; feudalism and tyranny j
would deprive men of all their civil and
religious liberties; life itself would lie as
cheap as air; might would make right;
earth would be a hell. Xothing, there
fore, is to be gained by the acceptance of
this senseless creed either here or here
after.
But what shall we lose, if we accept
the teachings of these new lights and they
after all turn out to lie false? \Ve shall
lose Heaven —Heaven with its pearly
gates, its golden streets, its "snowy robes
and branchy palms!" We shall lose
heaven —that city which hath “no need :
of the sun. neither of tho moon, to shine j
in it; for the gloty ol God doth lighten
it, and tho Lamb is the light thereof 11"
\\’e shall lose heaven with its tree of life,
its seraphic songs, its perfect and per
petual bliss! !1
B it let us look at this matter from the
■ standpoint of scripture. The existence
of hell is unmistakably asserted in tho
toxt. Though falsa teachers may deny it;
though they may ridicule those who
| assert it, the doctrine that there is a place
' of eternal torment is plainly aad un
i equivocally taught in the language of the
I'salmist. It is to no purpose that
heretics remind as that the Hebrew word
“shcol” means the grave. Every theo
logian knows that it docs sometimes mean
the grave; but the question is, does it
mean the grave in this text? The merest
tyro in Biolicnl knowledge is aware of
the fact that “shcol” is sometimes trans
lated the grave, sometimes tho pit and
sometimes hell, but the question as to
whether it means this, that or the other
in a particular | asaaga is a different
question ultogeth r. Now. I maintain
that the word “shcol,” in this text, is
correctly rendered hell- Uttered as a
sdemn threatening, and designed to af
firm something with reference to a par
ticular class, it cannot with any propriety
or wuh any sense, be translated the
grave. No intelligent man could have
committed such a blunder as to say that
j “The wided shall be turned into the
crave jam] all the nations that forget
God.” Such an assertion would amount
to nothing; it would convey no threat; it
would affirm n ithing peculiar to a par
ticular class. On the contrary, if these
words were uttered, not merely hy an
intelligent maa, but by one "who spake
as he was moved by the Holy Ghost,"
if they were intended as a solemn threat
ening, and were designed to uffiiuj some
thing with reference to the wicked as
contradistinguished from the I i h too us,
they taach the doctrine th it there is a
hell—a hell of iudiscribable misery—a
hall of uuutterable and ot unending woe.
But in farther confirmation of this
doctrine, let me remind you that it is in
terw >ven into the very warp and woof of
the scriptures. Like the key-stone of an
arch, remove it, ami you destroy the in
tegrity of the entire building. The
sublime doctrines and tho hcart-cheering
promises aad the gracious invitat ons and
the moral precepts of the Bible all totter
and tumble and triturate and terminate
with the extinction of this doctrine.
“Many." says the prophet Daniel,“many
that sleep in the dust of the earth shall
awake, some to everlasting life, und some
to shame and everlasting contempt."
Jesus says in the twent.v-flfth chapt. r of
Matthew: “These shall go away into I
everlasting punishment; but the right
eous mto hfo eternal," In tho sixteenth
chapter of Lute, it is wiitten, “There
was a certain rich man. which was cloth and
in purplo anj line linen, and fared
sumptuously every day. and there was a
certain beggar named Lazarus, which was
laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring
to be fed with the crumbs which fell liom
the rich mans table: moreover the dogs
eatue and licks 1 his sores And it came
tc pass that the beggar died, and was
carried by the angels into Abraham’s
bosom: the tieh man also died, and was
buried; and in hell he lift up his eyes,
being in torment, anl seeth Abraham
afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And
he cried and said father Abraham have
mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he
may dip tho tip of his finger in water and
cool int tongue' lot l am tormented in
this flue a. But Abraham said, son,
remember that thou iu thy lifetime
raooivedst thy good things, ami likewise
Lazarus evil things: but now ho is com
forted, and thou art tormented. And
RESIDES ALL THIS, BETWEEN US AND YOU
THESE IS A GREAT GULP FIXED: SO THAT
THEY Will It WOULD PASS FilllM It 'NCE
TO YOU OANNOr; NEITHER CAN THEY
PASS TO US, THAT COULD COME FROM
thence. If these passages do not
teach that there is a hell, a plaee of
eternal torment, neither,|do they teach
the doctrines of immortality, of the
resurrection, andjof a place of- unending
bliss.
But, Brethren, the undertaking of our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ dem
onstrates that there is a hell. The
scriptures teach us that this Divine
being—the co equal with God—his well
beloved Sun—emptied himself of the
glory and ot the felicity of heaven, and
came down to this earth, became incar
nate, took upon him the form of a servant
and “was Tempted in all points like as we
are, yet wi bout sin.” They tell us that
when our Divine Redeemer sojourned
here, he spake of his death and of his
sufferings as absolutely indispensable to
the salvation of men. “As Moses lifted
up t e serpent,” said he, “as Moses
lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
even so must the Son of man be lifted
up, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have eternal life.”
lie not only spake of his death as that
which was necesarv in order to the salva
tion of perishing men; but as that wh.ch
he voluntarily gave in order to save. The
scriptures teach us that though this God
man “went about doing good,” he was
“despised and rejected of men—he was “a
man of sorrows and acquainted with grief:
he was apprehended, moeked, seurged,
crucified: but tchyf To “save.” To ’
save from what? From hell. Reason,
Science. Philosophy, Deism, Skepticism
nor Infidelity can give us a better answer. i
The Bible doctrine that Jesus came to
1 seek and to save the lost; that he saves
his people li ou t heir sins— that lie saves
front lie!) -is joat as certain as.tho
Divinity, the incarnation, the death and
the resurrection and asc nsinn of Him
who “boro our sins iu his own body on
the tree."
But toe Bible not only tealhos that
there is a h 11: it also teaches us who
shall be turned into it. ‘ The wicked
shall be turned into hell and all the
nations that forget God " The word
which is here rendered “wicked,” is t c
same word that i. trauslu'ed "the un
godly" in the 1 t P alm. It and nates
not flagrant transgressors, such as thieves,
murderers, adulterers and liars; but
practical atheists--iu-n who live as if
there were no God—men who have this
world uppermost in their thoughts, pur
po-es and affections. It m,y be that
many of them are not destitute of civil
virtues; it may be that mat y of th .in are
lovely as to their external deportment,
but they live “without God and without
hope in the world" —they “walk accord
ing to the course of this world.” Oh!
my hearers, it is a solemn utterance;
"The wicked”—not the very wicked—
"the wicked shrll bo turned into hell, and
all the nations that forget God-" They
may be numerous but their numbers can
not avert their doom. "The wicked seall
!_• turned into hell, and all ihe nations
that forget God.” God grant that, in
stead of our accepting this heretical—this
damning doctrine that there is un hell,
wo may ail go away from this place be
lieving—fully, firtul.', heartily—believing
that,
“There is a death whose pang
Outlasts tho fleeting breath.”
God grant that, instead cf our being
“carried about by every wind ol doctrine
by the sleight of men, and cunning crafti
ness,'whereby thev lie in wait to deceive,”
we all may live and die in tlu faith tbat
Jesus saves from hell—Mr. Beecher “et
id ounie genus” to the contrary notwith
standing. God grant that we may not
only go away from this place hulievng
that there is a hell; but with the [>eaee
destroyiug convict on that, if we forget
God and continue impenitent, we shall be
tun ed into it- God grant that wo may
go away from this place remembering
that Jesus, and that Jesus only, can save
us from that awful doom. God grant
that we may go to cur homes, to our
businesses, to our trials and our pi a ures
praying—earnestly—importunately pray
inc; Jo us, my Master, save me now
Save me from the power of sin. Give me
of thy grace to-day. Grace give, take
what th ni wilt away.
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