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

him 20 eternal punishment, would
produce a flame Of which material
fire would be but feeble emblem.
4. Character is permanent in lIades.
There are no changes of character,
ale that is righteous, let him be
righteous still" Between the rich
man and Abraham there was a "grcat
gulf fixed so that there was no pass
ing between them. This is not n
material gulf but the pcrnancncy of
natures laws. A course of sin once
begun can only he arrested by the in
terpo,iliOn of Divine power, such as
is displayed in the gospel, and when
the soul enters llades in sin, it passes
beyond where this power is ever Of
tered. Probation is all on this side
Of the grave. The soul that enters
the spirit world in sin will go to the
Judgment sinner There is 10 pro-
baton after death.
D. The souls of men meeting in lIa-
dies recognize aud know each other,
the rich man saw aud recognized not
only the bcggar who had lam at his
gate but also Abraham whom he had
never seen. In the l4th chapter of
Isaiah the prophet describes the de-
scent Of the spirit Of NebuclIadnezzar
inlo hadcs, and represents the spirits
there AS coming forth to meet him
with reprOacles, 'llades from be-
meath Is moved 10 meet thee at thy
coming, how art thou fallen from
Heaven oh Luciirr son of the morn
ing. How art thou come down TO
The sides of the pit, thou ART become
like one Of us.' they recognized
the spirit of the King as The one who
possessed such great might on earth.
What great consolation in this.
Those who have known and loved
each other, may meet again and love
| and know forever.
aye shall join the loved and just ones
In that land Of perfect day,
Harp strings touched by angel fingers
Murmur ON my rapurcd ear,
Ever more the sweet song fingers,
We shall know each other there"
q. lladcs is not the final, but only
the temporary abode of departed
spirits. In the first chapter Oi Revp-
lailun, John saw a VISION of the
Living Christ in the midst of the
seven golden canlleslicks, aud heard
him saying, IL am he that livelh, and
was dead, aud behold | am alive for
eycrmOrc. and have the KEYS of lIa-
des and of death" This was spoken
10 comfort the church in severe per-
secutium when many were being put
to-d"alh, but taught them they
should not fear 10 die rs he had died
an'l was alive again. and would new
er die again, ana as the result of this
lac had the keys OF llades aud of
death, was able to deliver their souls
from IladeS and their bodies from
death. Again in Cor 18th chapter,
after an elaborate argument by the
Apostle 10 show that because Christ
rose from the dead, that therefore
all men should rise, the Apostle en-
ultingly SAYS 10 death where Is thy
sling,O lladrs where is thy victory 7"
thereby proclaiming that both death
and llades should lose their prizes as
the result of his glorious re>urrect-
in power. Again, in Revelation
20: l2.l4, we have Il representation
of the appearance of the Judgment
throne, and the rising of the dead,
where il is said, "And the sea gave
up the dead which were in it, and
death and lladcs delivered up the
dead which were in them, and they
were Judged every man according To
tlirir works Here we have death
delivering the bodies of men, and
lladcs their s0Hls to be judged, and
awarded their final destiny. While
the righic0us in lladcs were happy,
ii has only been rest and comfort from
sorrow and labor, not reir0rd, and
while the wicked have been torment
ed it has been only the criminal
shut up in prison awaiting trial
with the certain assurance of c0nvic-
lion and punishment. But now lla-
DIES Yields them up, the righteous
from Paradise or Elysinm. the wick
ed from Tarlarus. where they have
been confined under chains of
darkness awaiting the Judgment.
They all come forth now to
be judged and awarded toI
this final DESTINY. Then death and
llades being henreI,0rIh empty and
useless are destroyed, "Death ana
lIaies were cast into the lake which
hurneth with fire aud birthstone"
And then the final award. The wick
ed first. whatsoever was not found
written IN the book of life was cast
into the lake which hurneth with fire
aud birthstone. which is the second
death" Whatever this may be, it is
the final destiny aud abode of the
wicked. Then the "new Heavens
and the new earth appear and the
new Jerusalem" comes down "from
God out of Heaven" as the "Taber-
nacle Of Sod which shall be with
men," And where "God shall he
with them and be their God" and
where they "shall serve him forever
and ever" And there shall he the
final abode of the righteous. In the
"Tabernacle of God" the "ncw Jer-
nsaleln' which comes down To the
new earth" the old earth having
beFp renovated by fire becomes new,
as the charcoal .crysiali2es into the
diamond AMI the "new Jerusalem"
as the Temple of God comes down
from Heaven and there with God,
shall the righteous reign forever
Go wing your flight from star to star.
From world to luminous world rs far
AS the universe spreads its flaming wall;
Take all the pleasures of all the spheres
Multiply each through endless years
One moment of Heaven is worth them all"
1vy, w, es