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 scarcely one  sermon  of  all  those  Our  Lord  preached during His  ministry  in  which  He  does  not  warn  sinners of  the  hell  that  awaits  them. For example,, speaking of  scandal,  He  says:  "  If  thy  hand  or thine  eye  scandalize  thee,  cut  it  off  or  pluck  it  out, for  it  is  better  to  enter  life  blind  and  maimed  than having  two  hands  and  two  eyes  to  go  down  to  hell." And this  hell,  He  tells  us,  is  eternal. He compares the world  of  souls  to  a  great  field  of  cockle  and  good wheat, to  be  separated  in  the  great  harvest  time — the end  of  the  world,  but  then  separated  forever — the wheat  to  be  gathered  into  His  barn  and  the cockle bound  into  bundles  to  be  burned. His Church, He  tells  us,  is  a  net  cast  in  the  night  of  time into the  sea  of  this  world,  to  be  drawn  forth  by  the angels in  the  morning  of  eternity,  when  they  will separate, and  separate  forever,  the  good  fishes  from the bad — the  virtuous  souls  from  the  wicked. The story of  Dives  and  Lazarus  which  we  have  often read — could words  assert  more  plainly  a  heaven  for the blessed  and  a  hell  for  the  damned? So plain, indeed, is  this  truth,  that  all  men  admit  it  either explicitly or  implicitly,  for,  if  they  deny  a  punishment after death,  why  do  they  not  enjoy  this  life  to  the full? Why do  they  obey  human  laws  or  abide  by  a code  of  human  morality? Why do  they  not  plunder and outrage  and  murder? Why fear  man? Why fear God? Ah, I  deny  hell  with  my  lips  to  soothe my guilty  conscience,  but  my  life  and  heart  and soul cry  out  there  is  a  hell — an  eternal  hell. For I  know  that  my  God  is  a  God  of  infinite