Word: hells
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...became a medical corpsman, married an Alexandria girl named Phyllis Ann Jenkins, and last February was shipped off to Korea with the 1st Marine Division. One night just a month later, Corpsman Hammond found himself in a hell on earth-bleeding from wounds and pinned down by murderous mortar and artillery fire with other men of a Marine platoon which was attempting to assault an enemy outpost far in advance of the main line of battle...
...mixed in the Northwest's public v. private power squabbles, the choice raised charges from public powerites that he was hand-picked by private powermen. Pearl insists he has no partisan interest in public v. private power disputes, though he supports development of the Snake River's Hell's Canyon by multiple private dams instead of one public dam. His reason: the multiple dams will produce more power in less time. Said Pearl: "The question is not one of public v. private power, but one of economy and engineering facts...
...will continue to say no to the doctrine of a total and final reconciliation [between God and the Devil], but the heart, which 'has reasons which reason knows not of,' will go on yearning for and expecting the answer to be yes." If the answer is yes, Hell will also have to close down eventually, and Papini's heart has its reasons for this, too. "Many Christians . . . think that a God who is truly a father cannot torture his children eternally . . . that, at the end of time, that is, the present world, mercy will have to prevail...
...ordinary author would not be noticed in Vatican circles, at least for years, but Papini's eminence and identification with the Church were enough to draw down upon his book some sharp looks and wry faces. "Shocking and silly," said a Vatican spokesman. "We know little about Hell, but the little we know is precise because it was the Lord himself who told us. First, Hell exists. Second, there is 'unquenchable fire' (Mark 9: 42). Third, it is 'everlasting punishment' (Matthew...
...doctrine of Hell is not a matter of opinion, but a well-defined fact and an established principle. This law is not susceptible of modification like human laws. Therefore, a Christian is not authorized to speculate on the subject...