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saved and the lost. The intercourse NAV hay
been allowed for purposes of instruction, or a
this is parable. ii may have been imaginar
TOR the benefit Of those who heard The nm
sWer OF Abraham was in two parts. First, h
reminded the petitioner that the lost of the tw
men was IN the nature OF a retribntion or ad
| Justment. One had good things before death an,
! eHil things after death, while the other had eyi
things before and good things after TIN
thought is that this was not in the order O
| dlVine Justice or Decree but of human choice
ana seeking. One man had earnestly prize,
earthly goods as to lose the other while Lazarus
IN his poverty, had laid up treasures beyont
| tMatt. H:2O. Moreover, Abraham informed til,
| rlch man that there was Il gulf between them
| so that passage in either direction was imposs
ble. After death the righteous cannot perform
any ministry to the wicked, however willing
thcy might be, neither can the wicked visit the
righteous to receive any favor. The gulf what,
ever it was, was fixed. 1t would never be re.
moved (Eccl xi:3). This statement is fatal To
the doctrine of post'mortem conversion.
REFLECTlONS.-The rich man accepted Abra
hams statement final and felt that his own
destiny was fully and Justly determined. Immc.
diately his thoughts reverted to his fathers
house, where We're five brothers, all liable to
lead the same kind OF life which he had led.
w
becoming affection he requested that Lazarus be
sent to them to warn them. In this he mani.
tested confidence in the beggars goodness and
ability. The realities of the other world had
opened his eyes and given him some Just con.
ception of things. lie was, however, ignorant
OF the plan of God, supposng, as some vainly
imagine, that spirits, having departed. may re.
turn to this world But Abraham informed him
on this point. The five brothers in the nesh
had the writings of Moses and the prophets,
sufficient for all religious needs (Mal. iv:D, The
lost man had neglected these agencies as not
to know their value e Tim. ii:l5.1O. He there.
fore pleaded that If one from the dead
they would repent. II possible he would subvert
the divine economy and institute new order
OF things. But Abraham replied that il man
rejected the ministry OF the living he would
also reject that OF one restored from the dead
(John M:53). There the meditatons ceased, and
the narrative ended. Eternal joy! Eternal sor.
row! The living must heed Gods appointed
preachers e Cor. v:lD.
TEACHINGS.-Several matters are very plainly
presented in this parable the fact Of conscious
state beyond the grave, beginning Immediately
at death, in SORROW or in happiness; the separa.
lion between the righteous and the wicked 40
that neither class is transferred to the other;
the total removal OF all reformatory and pallat.
ing influences, whether from man or angel so
That souls enter upon an unalterable destiny
These truths are held by the orthodox church
OF every name. But questions arise here. Is |
property cure? Is poverty a blessing? Prom.
erty may be blessing and poverty a cure. I
The special point Jesus sought to illustrate was
The use to be made of either. One may be
ruined by wealth, II ii leads him away from
God u Tim. yi0) Undue thought OF this world
may shut out all thoughts of the next, and cor.
'upt and porrert the heart prov w.20 On