The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-02
LIFE BEYOND
THE GRAVE IS
ABLYO|SCUSSED
REV. e. E. RICE AT EAST HILL
BAPTIST C HuRcH, GAVE FINE
PORTRAYAL or THINGS ABOUT
WHICH THERE IS MUCH
WORLDLY DOUBT.

The pastor, Rev. E. E. Rice, preached
at the East Hi Baptist church Sun
day, the theme being 1.-The Disembod-
led and the Reembodied State or
Life Beyond the Grave" He said in
part:
''Of the embodied state we know
much. but OF the disembodied and re-
embodied states we know only as 1t
has been revealed to as In the Book.
Some people claim they have conmu-
nicated with the spirits beyond, but
this has been held in doubt by many.
I understand the Bible to teach that
the diSembodied state Of the wicked
Is the hades hell. This Is where the
rich man lifted up his eyes. His body
was buried but his soul went to the
hades hell where he was very much
alive as seen in Luke 16. There
believe the spirits OF the wicked dead
TO be. There they are In torment,
waiting the time when soul and body
will be united and In their reembodied
or resurrected state they shall be cast
both soul and body into the Gehenna
hell or what is known as the lake of
Gre. He hath appointed a day in
which he will Judge the world in
Righteousness The Lord knoweth how
go deliver the cody out of temptations
and to reserve the unjust unto the day
OF judgment to be finished
The wicked souls in the hade5 hell
are reserved until q day when they
shall be brought forth to unite with
the bodies which come from the grave
and they shall be judged. And the sea
gave up it's dead which were in 1t and
death and hades delivered up the dead
which were in them"
'.And they were judged every man
according to their works and death
IRE" This la the Gethenna fire.
This will be the reimbodied state
OF the wicked. Men have made an
effort TO get them out but the Bible
leaves them there.
AS to the saints their disembodied
state Is the paradise ,hsaven, into
which Paul said he knew a man that
was caught up to the third heaven
q Cor. 12.) Notice he was caught up
into paradise but only TO the third
heaven. There he heard unspeakable
words which II Is not lawful for man
to utter. There the wicked cease from
trumbling and the weary be at rest
1t will be = place of rest. To Daniel 1t
was said And many OF them that
sleep In the dust of the earth shall
some to shame and everlasting con-
tempt. But so thou thy way till the
end be for thou shalt rest and stand in
thy lot at the end OF the days" In
Rev. g. we read And when he had
opened the fifth seal, ] saw under the
alter the souls Of them that were slain
for the word OF God, and for the test5-
rnony which they held. And they cried
with loud voice saying, How long,
o Lord holy and true, etc And white
robes were given unto every one of
them. and 1t was said unto them that
they should rest yet for a little season
until their fellow servants also and
their brethren that should be killed
as were they should be FULFILLED"
From this disembodied state the
saints viii come forth to be united |
with their bodies. and in their reem- |
bodied or resurrected state they shall !
reign in realms more sublime To the |
OF the Lamb will come when
his with hath made herself ready and |
shouts OF Hallelujah will be heard as |
the voice OF many waters, for the Lord |
God .omnipotent reigneth. Then like |
a flower that gives forth its fragrance |
our eternal home will materialize |
And I saw q new heaven and a new |
earth. and John saw the holy city
New Jerusalem coming down from God |
out OF heaven prepared as a bride /
for her husband" /
We shall soon step out Of this body |
we may be called upon to uncloth /
quickly and depart in haste, or it may
gradually. Nevertheless it will come
1T is appointed untb man once to