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by R. A. Torrey

Lesson III

That There Must Be a Hell in the World to Come

The third great lesson of the year 1917 is that there must be a hell in the world to come. In recent years men have had no faith, or a very hazy faith, in there being a very dreadful hell in the world to come, but these present days demand Hell. What else can compensate for the nameless, indescribable atrocities committed by German officers of culture and intelligence upon the women and children of France and Belgium, but a hell as awful as that described in the Bible? In the light of the events of the present year, of course, there is a hell. If there were not, there would be a strange and unaccountable lack in the moral order of the universe. If I did not believe in Hell in such days as these it would be difficult for me to believe in a holy and righteous God.

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