Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-03-20

sleep.
II do not believe the sad story
Ofagcs ol steep in the tomb"
The Savior who came forth from
the spirit world to reveal IL 10 uN, hit
the ven, ami permits us 10 look aud
see its conditions, aud there we behold
two men who once lived upon cal1h,
the rich man and Lazarus, they are
alive, they are cOnversing. Aud their
Iic i, as real as life and CONSCIOUSNESS
are un this side the grave.
> Both the righteous and wicked
rnIrr HGdeS after death. They do
uol mingIe together, are separate but
both are there. The Savior as we
have surn was in hades between his
death and his resurrection. Ills
soul was not lett ~ HddeS, neither
did his flesh ste rUrrupIlon. Aud
vel lac SAID To the DIVING thief who re-
penied, This day shalt thOu be win
me in paradise. Then paradise
must be IN HddeS In Mr.. Wesley ;
nuIes on Luke 10th he says 1T VIII
bc observed that the rich man and
Lazarus are both in HddeS, though in
different departments Of II. The
ancient Greeks had the idea that lla-
dies was composed of Two depart
mcnts. Paradise or Ely sium, and Tar
larus, the one the abode uf the right
eOus, the oIhrrOf the wicked. Aud
with this the Savior seems To agree.
Aud st. Peter tells us ii Pet. =: 4
that the "Angcls that sinned were
cast down To hell (rartarus) reserved
under clouds of darkness until the
Judgment There, then, fallen an
gels, and the souls of wicked mcu
are imprisoned, while the righteous
are in Paradise, awaiting the final
Judgment, but both Tarlarus and
Paradise are in llades.
3. lladcs is 10 the righteous state
of happiness, and to the wicked a
state of torment. We are not told in
what consists the happiness Of the
righteous or the torment Of the wick
ed. We are only told that Lazarus
was "comforted' and that those "who
die in the Lord are blessed from
henceforth, for they rest from thcil
labors, and their works do follow
them" And the rich man lifted VI
his eyes in torment, and was tor
mented in the flame. But this il
enough. The righteous rest ant
are "comfortcd" Toll and labor art
over, rest has come and il comes i'm
mediately after death. Shutting
their eyes upon one world, they open
them upon the other. But while w
are only told that the righteous rest
ETC., there is something else saic
about their exchange of worlds
from which we infer source of hap
piness. Lazarus was carried by
Angels to Abrqhdm's bosom. Thel
the righteous as soon as they are de
liverea from the body have the asso
citation and guardianship of the an
gels till they reach the association o
the "spirits ofjustmen made perfect.
Lazarus was with Abraham. Wha
a pleasant thought, that as soon ~
tile spirit leaves the presence o
friends upon earth it appears anon!
TIE good and great Of the past, VIII,
have died, as we'll as among its owl
immediate friends and loved one,
who have died in the Lord. 1t il
said the rich man was tormented il
a fame, vet we are not to suppose il
a literal material flame, as the spiri
would not be hurt by a materia
flame spirit is not subject to mate
rial law. But the rich man hat
enough else to produce torment
without literal fire. He had Sc
his heart upon wealth, and all th,
habits of his aflectional nature wer,
formed under the domination of tha
principle, and now he has awakenc,
in world with that same natur,
and habits where there is nothing
absolutely nothing to crafty it. IL,
has lived wholly for the world, ant
has left the world behind him, so h
has awakened there an eternal pau
per. The victim now of his owl
"shame, and everlasting contempt.
Then remorse for his sins, regret 70