The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-03-30


brought back from Europe were FIRST
entered there Those who had wounds
were carried to the left, and those
who were sick were carried to the
right. Later their cases were fully
diagnosed and suitable treatment pre-
scribed.
1t Is An Incomplete State
We read of the Judgment at the last
day, when every man shall give an &C
count and shall receive the reward for
the things done in the body, whether
they be good or bad.
There shall be a resurrection both
of the just and Of the unjust. Acts
24:15.
Jesus said to Mary on the first Eas-
ter morning: "Touch me not for am
not yet assembled to my father, but 90
and tell my disciples that | go to my
father and to your father and to my
God and to your Cod.
Then He said of the final Judgment:
But when the Son of Man shall come
in His glory, and all the angels with
Him, then shall He sit upon the throne
CT His glory, and before Him shall be
gathered all nations, and He shall sepa-
rate them one from another as the
shepherd separateth the sheep from the
goats" Matt 25:3l-32.
Augustus H. Strong said; "While
the Scriptures represent the interme-
diate state to be one of conscious joy
to the righteous, and of conscious pain
to the wicked, they also represent
this state to be one of incompleteness.
The perfect joy Of the saints, and the
utter misery of the wicked, begin only
with the resurrection and general
Judgment.
Do we ask, why this interval be-
tween life here and entrance into
heaven? Why an interval Of time,
even though the righteous are in the
Paradise of God and the wicked have
ceased to trouble them?" Could it be
otherwise?
Some years ago at little camp
meeting in the hills of Pennsylvania |
heard little old Methodist preacher,
who impressed me as Gods anointed,
trying to explain this doctrine He had
no education in classical things, but he
Impressed me as one who lived with
God until he entered into the very
courts of the Most High. He first asked
the question of why not a Judgment
Immediately at death, and then he an
swered: ut is like the settling of 4
bank account When | go to the bank
where my account is kept and ask that
it be closed, the banker will ask. have
YOU any checks out that may yet come
in, or any credits that may yet be out ?
And until my credits are all in and all
the checks against me have been met
| cannot close that account
80 in the great bank Of life, d. L.
Moody could not receive his full re
ward ct death, for they that are wise
shall shine as the armament and they
that win many to righteousness - the
stars forever and ever d. l.. Moody
won his thousands to Christ, and many
of them have gone out as statesmen
Under him, and he will receive d com
mission on their activity as well. The
influence that Moody started will go on
as long as time shall last. He could
not receive the full measure Of his
glory until time shall be no more,
"Will you on the other hand picture
one who has ruined souls? They &c
out and bring others down. He is in
directly responsible for their ruin
SO his damnation could not be full
until the trumpet is sounded that time
shall be no more.
80 each rests, waiting for the call
of God to enter completely into his
joy, or to hear the final sentence
Depart from me We that work imiquity
| never knew you'".
So live that when thy summons comes
/ to join
i The innumerabe caravan that moves
TO that mysterious realm, whore each
shall take
His chamber in the silent halls OF
death,
Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at
night,
! Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained
and soothed
| BY an unfaltering trust, approach thy
grave
Like one who wraps the drapery Of his
couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant
dreams.
William Cullen Bryant
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