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 {^rcat wn.uiMi.'v- un>\ (Kimo.st dosir-j to know the tiiiili. AVc 
 may be iiii.v|;ikvn oi m.jiio points and aniW- little or no liurm ; 
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 mm us fuivvrr. i'.'tw. mo, tlioretbre, your serious utlentiou. 
 
 What wii.i. ukkimk of tiik Wkkko'.'' 
 
 Brethren — No one hut (lod himself can answer tliis question, 
 for ho .;(ly knows. J lo /ms answered it. We find his answer 
 in the lillilo. !!.■ t^lis us there, that if sin!u,'rs repent of their 
 wickedne-.- and IwYn-w. on the J.ord Jesus Christ tliey will bo 
 saved. Thiy will then be no lonj2,er wicked. The believing 
 sinner becomes a sa'ut, lives a holy life, anil is trained for heaven. 
 
 IJut if they live and die in their sins — ic/tai tlicn ? — what will 
 become of them V 1 say again that this is a very serious inquiry, 
 and that we should engage in it with prayerful solemnity. May 
 ♦,he Lord direct w aright ! 
 
 Let me remailc in the outset that the reply to the question 
 liofore us nuist l)u derived nuiiuly from the New Testament, for 
 the revelations of truth given in the New Testament are Clod's 
 last announcements to man. They contain all that can be known 
 on the point now to be considered. The whole matter is " brought 
 to light, ■■ and no i'lniher development is to be cxpecteu. I hold 
 it preferable, ther. I'oie, in pursuing the investigation on which 
 wc have now entered, to appeal for the most part to the authority 
 of the New Testament, Illustrations may be gathered from other 
 
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 portion. nrt!,oW.)nl„f(;,„l. Imt (l,o cl,.,,- :nnl ,|,vi,.iv,. .tato- 
 nuMits !,y which the cnnfn.voiyy is tn he M-ttk'.l, must iicc-sirily 
 1.0 soui^l.t for in tlic In.uk .,f f hr uv^y ai^i.-nsati..,. IJy a,|<,,,(ino- 
 tins cnuive, wo .shall 1.0 sparcl (ho trnul.lc of (■(.inVtiii!.' the 
 iiunuT.ms misapprehensions that prevail respedin- tlie nH".nin<r 
 ofc(M';rn passages in the IValnis an.l the IVoj.liets, \vhieh are 
 connnonly adduee.l l.y th.- a-lvoeafes of «;rrnr. Let n. place oui- 
 solves at the feet of the Lov<\ .lesiis and listen to his wunls, and 
 to tho words of His servants who wrote under the Invpiratii.n of 
 the promised Spirit. 
 
 Sunpnve, now, that some individnal, unnoquaintod vvitli tlic 
 dispuN's that have arison ainon,<r christians, were tn take np tho 
 New Te.^tament with a view to ascertain the purposes of God 
 with v,-,:>:ard to the final destiny of niaidvind. To what eon.dnsion 
 would he come V Would he not infer, naturally and neeess.rily, 
 that thoio is no hope for (hose who die in a state of un-odllness^? 
 However unwilling he mi-ht l)e to entertain the thouu-ht. and 
 however repu-nant it might l.e to his benevolent, feelin-s, would 
 he not he compelled to confess tliat it is tho ohvious ti'iehin.. of 
 ourlx.rdand His apostles? WouM such a reader dreain of 
 anything else? Couhl he imagine that the awful wor.ls of the 
 lioly volume can bear any interpretation, difFering n)aterially from 
 that wliieh is found to prevail among the vast majority of' chris- 
 tians •.' Would it occur to him even to guess that •' everlastin.^ 
 punislnnent" moans either the infliction of pain for a short period" 
 or the annihilation of the criminal, whereby he wouM escape 
 punislnnent altogether ? Surely, thoughts of this kind would he 
 far f)om him. He would see no escape for an impenitent trans- 
 Ki'ossor. He might wish it were not so, but stem impartiality 
 would forbid any different conclusion. In fact, nobody thinks at 
 first, of explaining the New Testament otherwise than in agree- 
 ment with the generally received doctrine. 
 
 And here let me offer a remark to which, in my opinion, con- 
 sidcrd.le importance is to be attached. It is to he carefully 
 noted that God's book is a plain book. It is indeed " hi^li as 
 
WHAT MI Mi UKCOMIO UV TIIK WICKKOV 5 
 
 IiGfivcii" :ni(l '•(li'cp ;i.s lu'll," and cnniiiiiis rojtresoiitat'ons wliich 
 tlio iiii'j,iit;('>r iiiliids (.•aniiiit uoiiipivlieinl ; Imt in rt'ft'iciiii' Intlioso 
 tnitlis, t!i<' i'';;lit, kiio\vl('(l^(! of wliicli is osi-Mitial to our lia|i[iiii(!ss 
 orsiffly, if: may 1"; alliriuci!, wltliout fear of fotitradii'liori, tliat 
 the >-ay'ii^s of tin; Hililc arc cloiir and easy to lie iiii Ici.-lood. 
 Aiiioiiij; (li(':-(! arc tlic dcclaralioiis ofilic iiispirod vrritois rc-pcct- 
 in;^ tiic d(i(i!ii (if till! ungodly. Is it imt, now, passiu'i; .'■•;iiiiij!;c, 
 that ninc'y nine out of a hundred of the readers of tlie saerod 
 volume — fjiat very plain hook — undcrstaml it a;^ toaeliin;:; tlie re- 
 mediless woe of the Avieked, if all the whlhs no sueh docti'ine is 
 there V 
 
 Tor -what are the faets of the case? They are hriefly these. 
 Christendom has heeii liroken int(» sects, divisions, parties and 
 denominat'ons ; and opinions the most diverse from each other, and 
 even of op[)osite character, have heen maintained hy them. ]>iit 
 on some topics there has always heen a suli>tantial and undis- 
 turhed un^ty. One of them is the state of the w'eked, dying 
 impenitent. That ///r'// sliall '• go away into everlasting punish- 
 ment ' has heen held witli undevialiug uniformity, hy persons of 
 uU cla.-'-es and persuasions: — hy the Ka.'-tern and the (jlreek 
 Chun.lies — by llomau Catholics and Protestants — hy ]C))iscopa- 
 Uans, I'leshyterians. and the various Congregational hud'.es — by 
 Calvinisls and Arminians. However difii'rintr from one another 
 on otiier sulijects, there is here a marvellous agreement. We 
 trace it in christian writings nil down the stream of time, from 
 the earlii'.-t period t(j the present day. Now, this is a moral 
 argument in favour of the truth of the doctrine. It is u legiti- 
 mate a[»i)lication of the celebrated maxim of Vincent of licrins (a 
 christian writer of the lifth century), which so notoriously fails in 
 regard to the pcint.s at issue between Protestants and lloman 
 Catholic,^. With exceptions, too inconsiderable to deserve more 
 than a passing notice, the irremediable doom of the impenitent 
 transgressor has lieen taught " eveiywhcre, always, and by all." 
 
 It may not be amiss to observe, to<i, that the final punishment 
 of the wicked found a place even in l*agan systems. In some 
 
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 al ._.-pst,.,to_,,o,l,''Ma,-lcix.45;in,otV -.Lnnnatinn 
 
 41 ; t .:^ in thaf state thc-o will bo " woo,,:n, an.l .na^binV of 
 ^etb. ^'a,t.xxii.ia;fi,.. ..t).owo,.,nLh,K.t,".:vl '^J 
 -^iu.t,„o,.hod/'Ma,.kix..l.;;tl,attho.vtb 
 
 .^f., Luko x,„. r, ; that th. wrath of Go.l will •' abi.lo" upon 
 thorn. Jc,n„,. 3(1 ; that thoy. hall on,l„n-in,li,nar;„uLl 
 wrath. tnl,n]atMm a,Kl a„,n:nish," Ko,n ii. D: '■ ovorlastin. .lo- 
 ^truotum ln>in tho prosonoo of tho Lo,-(1," 12 Thos. i q%},^, 
 "blaclcio.. of.hu-kness f;,r evo,-," Judo in ; a.i.l thai fhey shall 
 
WHAT wii.r, rti;raMK ov tiik wh'kiiii? 7 
 
 I'avc •' tli.'ir |.;irt in tli(> liilco wliicli l,iinii.tli \villi fiiv fui<l hr.in- 
 ^tniic. wli'cli is di." .H'coiid (IcaMi," wliorc lli..y >Ii.ilI lio " f-.r. 
 nienlcd <l,iy :irM| W'^ht for over mikI over," Ilrv. xx. 1<> : xxi. S 
 
 Tlipso t'xinT'.-idns assure iis tliaf iii<M.iic(>i\;iiil(. misory vv'll 
 follow a lift' (if ilisoltL-dlcTKc In Coil; tii;it tlic i-ii.-civ will c "i- 
 nionce iniiiicilinirly !iri<'f ,li':it!i : an. I that tlnMv \si!l Ic no os-ajx' 
 fidin it. And tlry aiv t!i.- words of mir Lird and IH . ; po.-tles 
 wliicli " fatnio! jiass away." 
 
 Hut (d.ji-c(ors ns-crt in (»ppo«it;on to tlioso conclusi.iits, that thr 
 f^'ntinicnts contained in tlieiii arc not tau^lit in tlie Word of 
 Cu)il They fell us that the M'ords '• life" aiid " death," as u^..•d 
 in the Sorifttures, an> idways to l)e understood literally; and that 
 as "life" means " cxisteiiee." "death"' means " eoasinp; U) 
 exist." They say further, tli:it a< man has forfeited life hy'siii, 
 it ean only li*' re.iored hy Christ; tli.al it is so resloied to tlios(» 
 who believe in hiui, and that, consotiuently, "eternal life" is 
 " living.- for ever," whir'li means the ,<:;Ifr of immortality tobellev- 
 ors. wliile the uii,'4o<l!y will die. th.at is, ee;',>e to exist, or, in 
 other words, he .annihilated. 
 
 In order to nvet those and otlier ohjections. It will lie neeen- 
 sary, in the fir.^t |i!a(e, f,, in(|uire 'n\\o the meaning- of certain 
 word.s and j>hras.'s, usihI liy the sacred writers. 
 
 -Sour/' — "Hi'iKiT." 
 
 [ may remind you. that a jijrcat many -vurd,- are used in dif- 
 ferent senses, accordii^n; to the various inientions of the .■speakers 
 or writers, v,-hieh are o-enorally ,«cen in the eonneetions in wliieh 
 the words are em|)loyed, or may lie easily o-athei'cd from tlio 
 seope of the dis.-ourso. Thus, the word '■ table" ordinarily 
 mcan.s an article of furniture ; but the "ta1.!"s"' whieli Moses 
 threw down as ho descended from the mount, were .slabs of 
 .«tone, on which the law was written by the fin-rr of God ; and 
 gonealoojical " tables" are listf? of persons bolon^in;; to sueeossivi; 
 generations of families. Other instanees will readily occur to 
 your minds. 
 
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 wii\T wil.t, iiKcoMK or Tin; ui(Ki;i.? 
 
 S(. ill fli,. ,.;iM- Ih.fuiv US. Tilt. \v(0'(l iiMially tniii.l.itr.l '• .nul" 
 somwimcs ni.MMs •• lif,.," iui.l is so icn.K.ml' in vnv autliorizud 
 version. •' Tlicy are .lea, I wliidi ..nii;;lit llie yuiiiio- ihWd's /(/)■" 
 Malf. ii. •_'(». '• Taki! IK) tlinii^rht |;„. your //>;.," '.M;,tr. vi." 1'.'). 
 " He tliat liiiiletll liis /(/',- sli;i]| lose if." .M;,(*t. x. oD. 
 lay.lowii iny/Z/I'lor (liy sake." Jol,,, .xiii. ;i7. |„ 
 texts the (iivck w(inl u.sed id that whieli is eoiii!ii..iiIy and pi 
 ])or]y traiislateil '•.mhiI." 
 
 '^•'Uiet'iiies it „„,,Ms •• person." ■• Th(> s;,i,i,. .!,,y ih.'iv were 
 Jiilde.l iniio them al.out tJiive thousand .sun/s,"' .\rt< ii. 41. 
 '• AVe were in all in the shi[. ah(.iit two hinidiod three score and 
 sixteen hdn/s,'' A(!ts x.xvii. .'JT. 
 
 Sometimes tiie wonl rendered " spirit" is u.mmI for "wind." 
 "TIn> n'in>/ hUsiiWi where it li.stetli," .L.hn iii. S. v^nnu-tinie.s 
 for dispoyition. " Vu know not what manner of spfrif ye are 
 of/' l.uke ix. r,,-). The (ireek word is the .same in loth text.s. 
 
 Hilt Iioth these words are eiistomaiily eniployoilhy the inspired 
 writers, to de^i,^^lale tin- sup.jrior part of niaii'.s' nature, as distiii- 
 -uished from his l.ody. They teaeh us that man has not only 
 an animal nature, like other oru;ani/ed l.eino-s. hut also a rational", 
 iiitelleetual, or spiritual nature, entirely distinct therefrom, thou^di 
 Tiece.ssarily united with it, liere on earth. This is .sometimes 
 termed •* soul," sometimes '• spirit." 
 
 Tt is .sometimes termed " soul." " Fear not them wl.i.I. kill 
 tlio l.ody, Init arc not able to kill the .soul." Matt. x. 'JD. " Yo 
 shall find rest to your souls." Matt. xi. 2!). -hi vour i)atienee 
 p.>,^sess ye your souls." Luke xxi. 1!). " Th.'y watch tor your 
 souls." IIcl). xiii. 17. " Keeelving the end of y.mr faith, even 
 the salvation of your .souls" ; " Seein,^' yo have purilied your 
 souls." .1 Peter i. 1), 2± " Abstain from fle.shly lusts, wliicli 
 war n-a!nst the soul" ; " The Shepherd and Bishop of your 
 souls." 1 IVtor ii. n, -Jf). " I wi.sh above all thiuo-s that thou 
 inayest prosper and be in liealth, oven as thy soul prosperoth." 
 •> John ii. 
 
 It is sometimes termed " spirit." " The si)irit indeed is wil- 
 
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 llii;;. liiit ihi' lli'.li is wi'iik," Mall. Nwi. II. " And li' r . p'rit 
 finiK' ;il;;i"ii." Luke viii. Ti't. " I-'iili'-r, iiiti» l!;y liaiii!- I fniii- 
 iiicii'l iiiv ,-|iirif." Ijiil<(! xxiii. \'<'i. " A , |i!rlt liaili nut l!"'-ii imd 
 luiiii's. a- \f M'c nic liavc." I 'iki- wiv. •">'.•. " linid, .Ic ii^. rc- 
 I'civc iiiv ?|iii'it." A(!t,s vii. r»!). "Till' liinly ], dead lica i c of 
 hill. 1 it ihc .-iiTit is lit'i liccaiir III' rii;l|t.(iii:-iii'.-.^"' ; '• 'I'lir 'jdrit 
 it,>j('lt' Ii('aii';li witiic.-s with (iiir .■-pirit." I'uiii. viii. 10, l'». " No 
 iiiMii kiiowcili till' fli'ii'.r-^ fil' !i man savi' ilii; spirit nriiiaii wli'i'li i,«i 
 in liiiii."" 1 Cni'. ii. II. " (lldrify (1(1(1 in y<»ur liody .ind in 
 ymir vpii'li." I Cor. vi. 'JO. ''Tliat >1m! may lio Imly 1 m'Ii in 
 liiiily and In >piiit." I Cor. vii. 'M. " Tlio ;;T!ico of our Tjonl 
 Jesus Clu'i.-t 1)1' witli your spirit." l*liilt'nion 2r>. 
 
 In rill' pas^a;.;'! Iiotli wonls twc. omploycd. " My soul dotii 
 iniiiiiiity till' liord. and my spirit Iialli rojiticod in (lod my Sa- 
 viour." liulic i. ti>, 47. 'riiis is a case ofllt'lirow paraili.!isn« ; 
 tin; '"sou!" in till' first liiiili of lliu [laralKdisin nnswcrs to the 
 ■• s])irit ' in tlio second. 
 
 A\'(' I'aii iiM\v tako anotlicr sti'[>. 'i'lic soul or spirit of man 
 exists ai'fi'r dcatli. IMaii's pnwci' caiuint toiicli it. Ik; <"iii kill 
 the liody. lait llii' soul is out of liis n;u-li. So oiir liord o.xproHS- 
 ly (Icriari's : •• l>t' not afraid of tln'iii that kill tlio body, uimI after 
 tliat liavi" no nioru tliat they can d.o." Matt. x. 'iS. liuke xii. 4. 
 Til full accordancu with this dirlaration arc tlio words of the 
 apostles. •• Vc :u-e coiac — to tlie ^pirit.s of ju.st men nmu; ycr- 
 feet." ]\'h. xii. '2-2, 2'.>. "The .-pirits in prison." 1 I'.' .r iii. 
 I!>. Il'l'i'ii iii'^f to (ho antodiluvi;',!! tian.-,i!;ressors who were swept 
 away li_\ the IIi;od, and whose ".-p'rils" ar(! still in prison, wait- 
 ing for the judgui"ut. " 1 s;uv under the altar the souls of ilieiu 
 that wer<> hlain for the Word of (Jod." llov. vi. 0. "1 .^aw the 
 souls of iheiii that wer(! heheaded fortUe witness of Jesus." llev. 
 XX. 4. Their JioiU.cs had iirngled witli the dust, or sunk in the 
 .sea — in .sonu! cases they had lieeii hiirned, and their a.-lies scat- 
 tered to th(^ winds ; but tlieir soids were " under tlie altar," safo 
 with (jod. 
 
 All this is illustrated by the course of luiniaTi thought on this 
 
10 UHAT M'lI.L lUCCOMK OV TIIK WfCKCI.? 
 
 subject. M, .11 a..., nn,] ...on;^ .11 naCn,,,. Alt)..,,,!, *l,oy ^vo,,. 
 unable to ;;;-... ,),.. huum-UdUy ot'thv .oul. t!„. wl.: ,.,on of an- 
 cient t„n:.s„-.n.,l lor it in a y.ry ^ati.fa.-..,, v uv.uun: Th.y 
 boiaiha;,l,os,.,Iisasp;ritual.nl..aneo. ,11^;.,, .„,| dliu^r.u, 
 fvou.ihcU.ly. They cxpatiafod on it« capa,.;iv il. k„.v]M.-e 
 ■•ni.l <-..nf.nMod impr„vcn,«nt, .m,:1 j„.tly luf^nvd tl,..f t],o c.xN 
 tencu of a being .0 disfin^uisbed, would nof h, i;,,,;,,,! t.. tb. 
 fbw years alloliod to u.an upon tbo oarfb. Tln-v w.to In.prc.s.d 
 w.tb tn,. fiK-t, tbat ,bc retributions of virtu,, and'vi,.,. In ib^,vorld 
 are xcry unequal, inasmuch a. good men are obcn .wrwbebned 
 by calauu-e;., ^vbilo bad men prosper. Tuoy .-nnHudMl thero- 
 fure, tbat there must be another state of exisione., in whieh tlu-e 
 .cennng nregularities will be rectified, n.d all n,en receive their 
 cue deserts. Their sentiments have been clearly .-xpressed by 
 Addison, la his '-('ato." - i .) 
 
 " It must be su: Plato, tlioii ro.ison'st woU, 
 
 Elso whence this pleasing hope, this fbnd desire, 
 
 This loir,'lnf^ after immortality ? 
 
 Or whence this secret drea.I, a"n,I inward horror 
 
 Ot fallin- into naught ? Why .shrinks the saul 
 
 r.ueic on herself, and .startles at -lestrnction ? 
 
 'Tis the divinity that stirs witliin iis; 
 
 'Tis heaven itself that paints out an hereafter, 
 
 And intimates eternity to man. 
 
 * * * « * 
 
 " The soul, secured in her existence, smiles 
 At tlie drawn (ia--(>r, and defies its point. 
 The stars sli.all fadeaway, the .sun himself 
 Or.w dim with .a-e, and nature sink in ve.n-s. 
 But (hou Shalt flourish in immoital youth, 
 Unhurt amidst the war.s of elements'. 
 The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds." 
 
 llu; this ndated to the soul only, and wn< probalde eoniectnre 
 not certa.nty. Of the resurrection of the bod v. th. ;uHM<.nt j,.,. 
 theti bad no thought. Jt was ,.ut of the rani^^ of pussihiHty i 
 their estimation. V/hen adverted to b ^^ '• 
 
 
 >y Paul at Afhen:^, it 
 
 was 
 
WHAT WILL BECOMR OF TIIK WICKKD? 
 
 11 
 
 
 f-cnii{,-l with (lorision by some, whilo otliers coldly Intimated tliclr 
 desire to Iienr him further «ui tlic matter, as a no\o] theory, :i])out 
 which they mi;>-lit ho willinp; to know more. 
 
 The Lord Jesus Christ has "hrono;||f lif,. ;i„d immorlality to 
 h/j;ht,." TI(! has tn:ido that dear which was oliscui'o hefore. 
 He has oiven ii.s "a sure and eertain hope." Tfo has plainly 
 (ohl n- ;hat the soul .survives the hody. Tt is not corniptihle, 
 Tt is v.nt mortal. It is eapahle of everlasting^ cxisfcnoe, and 
 will cxiit forever, unless vMini-lity Hud shall sec fit to Mot it 
 out of hei(i<^. TJut there is no announcement of such intention. 
 Inexact agreement with these statements ar 'lo numerous 
 referenees to a future state in our Saviour's diseoun^cs and para- 
 bles. He sets before us, in the most vivid point of view, the 
 difF(>ren(-e between the righteous and the wiclced. Of the un- 
 faithf.il s(>rvant ho says, that "the Lord of that Forvant will 
 com.; in a day that he looketh not for him, an<l at an hour when 
 he is not aware, arid will cut him asunder, and will appoint 
 him his port-on Avith the uidielievers." Luke xii, 4(;. Laza- 
 rus, inunediately aft<-r death, is conveycul to " Abraham's bosom." 
 Abraham, L^aao and Jacob are expressly declared to bo "livino-," 
 thong], (heir bodies are still in the sepulchre ; and this is sai(f in 
 reply to 8adducean objectors, who held tliat there is "no resur- 
 rection, neither angel, nor spirit." Matt. xxii. 23, oo ; Acts 
 xxiii. S. The rich man h.ad no sooner died, than "in ludl he 
 lift up liis eyes, being in torinents." Luke xvi. 23. Nor can it 
 be fairly objected that this is a j)arable, for the truth tau-ht is 
 not afti'cted l)y the di'ess in which it appf>ars. The Saviour 
 doubtle;-s intended to assure us that at death the soul passes at 
 once to a state of bliss or woe. TIio body dies, but the .«oul 
 lives. 8o also wrote; the Apostle Paul : " We know that if our 
 earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, wo have a l.-uild- 
 ing of (Jod, an house not made with hands, eternal in tlie hea- 
 vens ;" "Willing rather to be absent from the liody, and to be 
 present with the Lord ;" " TLiv^ng a desire to depart, and (o be 
 whh Christ." 2 Cor. \. I, S ; Phil. i. HH. 
 
12 
 
 WHAT WILf. I!i:COME OF TirE WICKED 
 
 At tl.e last (Iny tlio bo.ly will bo nu^o(l, and oacli body will 
 ha.o Its own spirit ao-ain. Ere man is siuiumoiumI to tlie jmlg- 
 iiHMit so;:t, lie will lie restored to liis completenrss. He w:?s 
 cmnposed of body a.id soul on earth, and, so coiistiluted, served 
 God or sinned against l.ii.i. ]Jody and soul will be re-uniled at 
 the re>urreelion. The very men who serve.l (Jo.l or si„„ed 
 against hhii will "appear before the judgment seat of ('jirist, 
 that every one may receive the things dene in hi.s b.uly, atconi- 
 iiig to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad." \l Vnv. v. 
 10. "The Son of 3fan shall send forth his an-els, and shall 
 gatluM- out of his kingdom all things that offend, a'nd them whieh 
 •1" iniipiity, and .hall ea.st them into a furnace of fire ; there 
 t^hall bo wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous 
 shine forth as the .^un iu the kingdom of their Father " "^ Al-^t 
 xiii. 41, 4;]. 
 
 "LlFK"--"DKATir' — "EtKUNAL LlPE." 
 
 What is life ? That man really lives, in whom the union be- 
 tween soul and body is j.reserved. The body may be half -lead- 
 ened by paralysis, or deprived of its lind.s ; but^as long as the 
 vital functions are performed — as hmg as the blood pursues its 
 course through the system, conveying and diftusing new vi-.mr 
 there is physieal life. The blood itself is often termed' the 
 "life," because its healthy ilow is essential to existence. The 
 breath is spoken of in like manner. It is " the breath of Kfe." 
 Again : the powers of the soul may be otdeebled, or may have 
 fallen into a state of derangement, eclipse, or apparent Mispen- 
 sion, through son-e disorder in the bo.lily orgaiiization ; but so 
 long us the soul retains its connection with tlu^ body, the man 
 lives. What, then, is death? Popularly spea,cln-, it Is the 
 cessation of the bodily functiens— the stoppage of tiie nnichluery 
 of life — the change of the animate into the inanimate ; but it 
 may be more properly define.l as the separation f)f the sotd froir. 
 the body, in consequence cf the above-mentioned cessation. 
 Then the soul enters into the state, happy or misi;rable, for which. 
 
•ll llOll}- will 
 rt the jiulg- 
 *. lie was 
 Uod, .'•■(.'I'vc'ij 
 rcMiiiili'd at 
 I Of .viiinoii 
 of Christ, 
 'tly, ai coi'ii- 
 J ( i>r. V. 
 !, and sliali 
 (hem wliic-li 
 lire ; tlioro 
 ic ri'»]iteoiis 
 r."' 31utt 
 
 ! uniiiu bc- 
 
 lialf ijcad- 
 nig a,s the 
 pursues it.s 
 t!\v vi<;()ur, 
 Mined tlie 
 nee. The 
 h (if life." 
 
 may have 
 lit Mispeii- 
 1 ; lint so 
 . (he man 
 
 it i,s the 
 inaohinery 
 e ; hut it 
 
 i^oul fron-: 
 co^fi-ation. 
 
 for wliich 
 
 \VirAT WILT. IIKCOMK OP THE WICKED? 1:^, 
 
 It 1ins hcen prepared, and the bcdy lieocines the prey of corrup- 
 tion, awaithigtho " tn.nipet-blowin- thne" (to adopt an epithet 
 ■!><■•! hy <ine of tlie converts in an island of the Paeifie), when 
 ••all that arc in the graves shall hear the voice of the.Sm of 
 iiir.n. and shall come forth; they that have done g.M»d, nnto the 
 rcMUTection <.f life, and they that have done evil, unto the resur- 
 reetion of damnation." John v. 29. 
 
 IJut this is not all. Inasmuch as all enjoyment is the <rift of 
 tlK' ever-living and hdinitely Messed (J(,d, and inasmuch as his 
 anger is the greatest calamity that can licfall a rational hein<^ 
 the woHs" life ";md"d,,,th" came to he usal as expressive 
 <h-vr:ptions of divine favor and blessing, on the one hand, and 
 on ih.o other, of the righteous dis].leasnre of tlu^ :\I.).st Iliuh. and 
 ef the mi.sery thence accruing. The: e were Hebrew modes of 
 thought and expres-sion, which tlu; writers of divine Imoks. bein-r 
 Jews, naturally ad..pted. The following passages illustrate the.-e 
 statements : - T liave set before thee this day "life and <r„(,d, and 
 ■l*"a.h and evil." " I have sot l)eforo you life and death. Me>s- 
 uig and cursing." Deut. xxx. 15, 10. " Thou hast trranted me 
 life and favor." Job x. 12. - Thou wilt show me the path of 
 life; ui thy presence is fulness of joy." Psalm xvi. 11. '-In 
 tliy f:,v<.r is life." Ps.:dm xxx. 5. '• So shall they be life unto 
 thy soul, and grace to thy neck." "They" (the "words") 
 '• aro life nnto tho.^c that find them, and health to all their il-sh." 
 '' Keproofs of in.structioii are the way of life." " Whoso findeth 
 me lindeth life, and shall t.btain favor .f tlie Lord." " in the 
 way of righteousness is life, and in the pathway thereof there is 
 no death." "Hope deferred niaketh the heart sick, l.ut when 
 the <lesire cometh, it is a tree of life." " The law of the wi.se is 
 a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death." " The 
 light of the King's crmntenance is life, and his favour is as a 
 cloud of the latter rain." " Understanding is a well-sprin- of 
 life to him that hath it." Prov. iii. 22 ; iv. 22 ; vi. 2;] ; viii ""35 • 
 xii. 2S ; xiii. 12, U ; xiv. 27 ; xvi. 15, 2i>. " Wisdmn giveth 
 ^ifc to hnn that hath it." Ecclos. vii. 12. " Lord, by these 
 
14 
 
 WHAT WILL IJECOMK OP TIIR WrCKlJD? 
 
 things men live, and in all tlit'so tilings is tlio lifo of my si.irit." 
 'sa. xxxviii. 1(5. " Tlio words tliat I ypoak uuto you, tlu'y arc 
 
 I 
 
 spirit, and they aro life." .Jolni vi. (J8 
 
 Tiicri! is another class of passages, in which the words " life" 
 :;nd "death" are used to designate opposite spiritual condition.'?, 
 '■life" importing tlie state of tlie renewed soul, "death" that 
 of the unregenerate. The ujigodly are said to he "dead in 
 trespas.'^es and sins." ICphes. ii. 1. " Slie tliut livoth in jdea- 
 surc is dead while she livcth." 1 Tim. v. (>. " Fo]h)w mm,', and 
 let tlie dead bury their dead." Matt. viil. 22 ; that is, let tho.-^o 
 who are spiritually dead bury tlu>e who are literally and i)liysi- 
 eally d(>ad. IJut the lieliever in Jesus " is passed from death 
 unto life." John v. 24 ; 1 John iii. 14. lie is " quickened to- 
 gether with Clnist." Ephes. ii. 5. lie "yields himeslf unto 
 (iod as (ino that is ahve from the dead ;" and ho linds that " to 
 he spiritually minded is life and peace." llom. vi. 12-, viii. G. 
 
 We are now prepared to consider the meaning of the phrase, 
 "eternal life." Some suppose that it imports living forever, 
 or innuortality, and nothing more. But that is a great mistake. 
 " Eternal life " is an emphatic expression. Here, iji this world, 
 lie only lives, in tlio true and e.xalted sense of the word, who 
 lives for (Jod. The Apostle I'aul said, "For me to live is 
 Christ." Phil. i. 21. Now, "eternal life" Is living everlast- 
 ingly for God, in the exercise of the holy celebrations and the 
 experience of the holy enjoyments of heaven — being "with 
 Christ " — " for ever with the Lord " — having a perpetual abid- 
 ing pla(;e in tho "mansions" which the Saviour has prepared for 
 his people. It is not merely immortality ; all men are immor- 
 tal ; it is an immortality of bliss and holiness. 
 
 You will SCO that this is the right view of tho subject, if you 
 consider the manner in which " life," or " eternal life," is ."some- 
 times contrasted with its opposite. Look at llom, ii. (5 — 9: 
 "Who will reorder to every man according to his deeds : to them 
 who by patient contihuance in well-doing seek for glory, and 
 honor, aud immortality, eternal life ; but unto them that arc 
 
 
WHAT WIU. BKCOMK OP 
 
 THE WICKKD' 
 
 15 
 
 113^ s]iirlt. ' 
 I, tlii'y arc 
 
 r(l,s"lifo" 
 r;(iii(lit;i)ns, 
 :'atir' tliiit 
 '•(load ill 
 h III plc'u- 
 w 1110, and 
 , let tlio.'-e 
 I lid i>liy.si- 
 (iiii deatli 
 ;koi)t.'d to- 
 lesU' unto 
 
 that "to 
 2 ; viii. G. 
 10 jilira^e, 
 ' tor over, 
 t mistake, 
 liis world, 
 void, wlio 
 live in 
 
 evcrlast- 
 i and the 
 i<^ " with 
 tual abid- 
 !j tared for 
 e iimnor- 
 
 it, If you 
 ' is f?omc- 
 ii. 0—9 : 
 : to them 
 lory, and 
 that are 
 
 ^contentions;. ,1 
 'less, indiiiiiat 
 
 ;"• '1" ""t ohoy the truth, Imt ol,oy unrighteou.s- 
 
 you see, on the 
 
 :<'n and an<riii>h 
 
 IL 
 
 ere. 
 
 OIK! 
 
 lo, "eternal life," and on the olhrr, not 
 eea_.m. ,,, I.,,- I,,,, "indignation and wrath, tri]>ulation and 
 ""g^l'-^H. Mhai dn.s (his show us, hufethatas (h. " lifo " 
 
 '« u, ,ln. favn. of (i.d and the l.pplness thoii,.n n.uhin. 
 >^o the want of i, i- (i,„r, ,ij.,,,,,,,, i„di;:nation ? Ao,,;„ • ..ii; 
 
 |I'at hehov.h in th- ^^nn hath everlasti... lifb ; and ho that 
 '""l.oveth no, tho Sou shall not see life ; but the wralh of (lod 
 My,u :,„,•' Johuiii. '](;. Jlere, also, the opposite to 
 
 1^3 .s '-th,, ,ra,h of (Jod-^uid it i. expressly doHared that 
 t abido,!, on ,!.. transgressor. There is not li,o si;<ditest 
 '"'it of Its ivnioval, ' 
 
 I ^nniy n.,th..r rnniiid you that the limited view of " oternal 
 iitt which I. laid l,y so.no persons does not han.ioniso with the 
 well-la...vn ..ntinmits of the Jews, the sect of (h. Sa<ldueeos 
 -xeepted I |„.y already believed in the inn.wntality of rh. soul 
 lo be told ,l,at If thoy received Christ they would live for ever 
 would have iH.en no ,vo.pel to them. The "eternal lite " whieh 
 il'oy cxpee.nl was something fi.r more glorious than mere im- 
 '"<'|;t''l' y. h was that enjoyment of God whieh ean only bo 
 '■''ah.ed I^- a pure and ema.ieipated spirit. It was th, full ,al 
 
 saKl ^^ ^\l.at good thing shall I do, that I may inherit eternal 
 ito lus ,,nes(ion in.plied that he knew of eternal life, and 
 ooked fi,r It Uit desired to be inO.rme.l by what means ho 
 unght attain the ble.sing-how he might gain or deserve it His 
 ■nqnn-y was not. " Shall I live for ever ? " Wt, ^y^.t ,,,^1 1 
 'I" to seeure a ),Iaee in the homes of the blessed?" 
 
 " Pkiusu "_" Destroy." 
 You are aware- that much importance i.s attaehed to theso 
 words H has been assumed that whatever perishes or is de^ 
 ^n^ed .s absolutely put out of existence; and that, tlierotbro, 
 -hon the sold ,s sa,d to "perish," its entire destruetien is tauoht 
 
16 
 
 WHAT \vi],i. i!i;roMi'; ok tiik wickkd? 
 
 Wo cannot destroy anytliiii^-. Wo can only clianuo tlic nvAo 
 of c.v'stonco, or sci)aruto a .-iilif^hsnco into parts, lircak it to frng- 
 niont-. reduce it to its elementary forms, or render it unlit for 
 the inu])ose wliicli it was iuten.led to servo, and thus destroy It 
 as lai' as that jmrpose is eoiiceiiied. Nothing- more i- in our 
 power. It is for (Jod only to eans(> anythino; to peri.-li. " Jle 
 can (-.eate, and lie destroy." A\'lietlier ho has actually -lotroved 
 any l;ein,i^^ or suhstanee, cannot he proved. I (ind the fo!|.,\v;!i^r 
 oliseivatlons in a discourse ly a lively writer of the last century : 
 "A prophet says th(! Civat.u' innijhrd the dust and >ii,'(ix>(rc<l 
 the water when he niaih' the world. He calculated to a nicely ; 
 and so much water, so nnuli air. and so on, went to make u[) 
 sucli a world as this. Tlie first ((uantity is hero still ; and though 
 man can gather and scatter, move, mix aiid unmix, yet he can 
 (lest. oy nothing; the ptitiefactiou of one thing is a preparation 
 for the heing. and the hloom, and the heanty of another. Thus 
 ii tree gathers nourishment from its own fallen leaves, when tiiey 
 decay. Something gathers \ip all fragments, and nothing i.s 
 lost." (llohinson's A'illage Sermons, p. 422.) 
 
 \ou have, no douht, oliserved that the words in (juest'oii arc 
 used in varimis senses ];y the inspired writers — all falling .•-liort 
 of amiihilation. T will adduce some passages. 
 
 Sometimes the reference is to death. "Herod will seek the 
 young child to destroy it." Matt. ii. 18. " The flood came and 
 destroyed them all." Luke xvii. 27. " He also perished." Acts 
 V. ;]7. Now, we have already seen that death is not destruction. 
 The man who dies does not literally perish. His soul lives on. 
 His body falls a prey to corruption, but it will live again. 
 
 Sometimes a thing is said to perish when it is rendered perma- 
 nently unfit for its accustonuMl use. So it is affirmed of the 
 bottles that "burst" and are " marred," that they "perish." 
 Matt. ix. 17 ; Mark ii. 22 ; Luke v. 87. 
 
 Sometimes the idea of defeat is presented, as when a nu.u is 
 baffled or overcome. " 1 will destroy the wisdom of the wise," 
 1 Cor. i. 19. 
 
( tlio mndo 
 It to frfi_j>- 
 
 t iiiillt for 
 destroy it 
 i- ill our 
 
 ■II. "Ho 
 ili'>tniyc(l 
 
 t i-ciitiM-y : 
 
 >/ii'"s/irrif 
 
 a nicely ; 
 
 iiKike uj) 
 
 11(1 (liuu:j:;h 
 
 et lio e;in 
 
 n'|);ii':it'Mii 
 
 -'1'. Tims 
 
 iVlien riicy 
 
 luthiiiir is 
 
 t'st'on are 
 liiij^ i-liort 
 
 seek tlic 
 caiiio and 
 
 Hi." AftS 
 
 istniotion. 
 liv('^> on. 
 ill. 
 
 :hI iierina- 
 n\ of the 
 ' perish." 
 
 a iiiau is 
 lie wise," 
 
 WHAT WILL BECOME OP THE WICKED? 17 
 
 Sometimes the word imports danger, lo.s.s, injury, ruin. 
 "Destroy not him with thy moat, for whom Christ died," Horn, 
 xiv. 15. "Through thy knowledge shall thy weak brother 
 perish, for whom Christ diedV" 1 Cor. viii. 11. That "weak" 
 christian was grieved and stumbled, not aimiliilated. when he 
 was "destroyed" by the incon.^ideratc conduct of his brother. 
 The "destruction of the flesh" to which the incestuous man 
 was sentenced (1 Cor. v. 5), was certainly not annihilation, but. 
 the infliction of pain— }muishment. The "destruction and per- 
 dition " threatened to tho.so who " will bo rich" (1 Tim. vi. 9). 
 refer to the state of ruin— spiritual, and sometimes temporal— 
 into which such men often fall, even in this life. "The worM 
 that then was," says Peter {'2 Epist. iii. 0), "being overflowed 
 with water, pori.shed;" but it was not annihilated. 
 
 What, then, is the destruction of the soul ? What takes place 
 when the sinner "perishes?" Does he cease to exist V Is he 
 annihilated? Far from it. " Eternal life," as has been suffici- 
 ently proved, is the everlasting enjoyment of God's favour in 
 the world of purity— the holy happiness of the never-dying soul. 
 It is promised to the believer that he shall not "peri.sh." but 
 have "everlasting life." To " perish " is the opposite to that 
 " everlasting life," that is, it is the experience of the righteous 
 anger of God against sin, in the unutterable miseries of the 
 world of punishment. The phrase " everlasting destruction," 
 used in 2 Thess. i. 9, is obviously equivalent to " indig-nation 
 and wrath, tribulation and anguish," with the addition of the 
 idea of endlessness. 
 
 Once more. You cannot but have remarked, that the inspired 
 writers always speak of future punishment in terms that indicate 
 the most poignant distress — intolerable pain. Whatever figures^ 
 are employed, whatever representations are given, that punish 
 ment is something that will he felt. What else can be the mean- 
 ing of fcuch expressions as "weeping and gnashing of teeth"— 
 "tribulation and anguish"— " torment ?" Who does not see 
 
 that they are totally inconsistent with the notion of annihilation? 
 2 
 
t8 
 
 WHAT Wll.r, IliCrOMK OF TIIK WICKKD? 
 
 In sliorf, wo arc drivon (o adojjt oiio of tlicso altornativn.s, vhhn- 
 tlio words of the BiMc/doscriptivo of tlio fiiluro miwiy of (lio 
 unp;o(lly, aro to lu; midcr.slood in llioir plain and coniiiion accoj)- 
 r;ition, or olso that hook sorely docoivos us l)y tlu-caloiiino- us 
 with pain and piniishiiKMit, which will never ho infliittod. Which 
 of thc^o altornativos will you accept? I think I hoar you say, 
 "Lot God 1)0 true, hut every man a liar." And every man is 
 a liar, who tells us that the Aliniglity, all-lK.ly (Jod wants either 
 the j)owor or the will to puuisli rebels against him, and therefore, 
 merely |)iit.s them out of the way— or, that he does not mean 
 what ho says. 
 
 And now, what is the word of tlie Lord respecting sin and its 
 ctmsequoncoa ? 
 
 Thus writes the apostlo Paul :— " IJy one man sin entered 
 Into tho world, and death by sin." Ilom. v. V>. " In Adam all 
 die." 1 Cor. xv. 1>2. The sin of the first man has involved all 
 his posterity. We nui.st all die, because Adamsinnod. IJut if, 
 as h^omo maintain, death is ceasing to be, or annihilation, then 
 tlio wicked, according to thorn, arc not punished at all ; for, 
 a.s Adam's children, they musf. die ; and if there bo no exi.stence 
 after death, there is no account taken of their sins, and no 
 punishment can be inflicted, llow contrary this is to the oft- 
 repeated thrcatcnings and statements of the Bible, T need not 
 ^top to prove. 
 
 "Sin entered." What followed ? Adam's children— all of 
 
 them — have trod in his steps, — have made his sin their own, 
 
 aro spiritually dead, as ho was, tho moment he transgressed ; 
 and arc liable to everlasting death, the penalty of sin— oven the 
 outpouring of the direful curse, tho righteous anger of the Most 
 Migh — tho perpetual banishment fronn his presence. "All have 
 -inned, and come short of tho glory of God." Rom. iii. 23. 
 " The Scripture hath concluded all under sin." Gal. iii. 22. 
 
 The Lord Josus Christ has " suffered for sins, tho just for tho 
 unjust, that he miglit bring us unto God." 1 Pot. iv. 18. His 
 glorious work liius a two-fold a.spcet— as it affects all men, aud as 
 it affects believers. 
 
WHAT Wir.r. BECOMK OK TIIK WICKKD? 
 
 1!» 
 
 Tt JifTictH all men, iiiasinuch as tho utorieiiicnt was sufiiciont fur 
 tlio .sins of tin; wli<il(^ world ; iiiasiniicli a.s tlio nicsi^afu of recon- 
 ciliation is sont (o the wliolo rac(,', and will in due (itno Ijo actuallv 
 coinnmn'cafcMl to all nations ; and inasmncli as tli(! ori^rinal i-cii- 
 tonc(! oC (l(;atli on account of Adam's sin will he visilily icvc'i'scd 
 at tlio last day. Then, '• in (Miri.st shall all ho mado alive," 
 (M!or. XV. -I-2), for "all that aro in the ;,naves shall hear I'lis 
 voice" (John v. 2!)), and "there .shall he a re.suncction of tlu; 
 (h'ad, hoth of tli<; just aiul unjust." Acts xxiv. If). 
 
 It afi'icts believers. The death of Christ is (he'r life, for 
 "bein;; justified by faith, they have peace with (jlod," 'who 
 "hath made him to be .sin for them, who knew no .sin, that they 
 mi^lit b(! made the ri^rhti'ou.'^ne.ss of (Jod in him." lloin. v. ]'; 
 2 Cor. V. 21. _ As "joint heirs" with the Redec^mer, they .share- 
 in all the spiritual blessin;^s which ho has procured, and will at 
 leM,o;!h be raised to the gh)ry in which he dwells, to be happy in 
 perfei^t holin(;ss for ever and ever. 
 
 The redemption proces.s is K<*^"o "" everyday, aiid in all })arts 
 of the world. Souls are continually delivered from the cur.^Je 
 and the bondai^e ; tho "dead in tres[)asses and sins" are ipiick- 
 cned by divine power, "according to the riches of li's orace • " 
 and pardoned rebels become tho i«ons and the servants of God 
 Almighly. As the ternj of their .service expires, they an; trans- 
 ferred to his [)alace, and there they will live in ineffdde bli.ss till 
 the mystery of Cod is finished. Then there will bo a general 
 gathering of all the generations of mankind from the beginning- 
 of the world. The lledeemer-king will ascend the throne of 
 judgment. TIo will say " unto them on his right hand, ' C 
 
 ome. 
 
 ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you 
 from tiio foundation of the world.'" Jfe will say "unto them 
 on his left hand, ' Depart, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, pre- 
 pared for the devil and his angek' " Execution will innno- 
 diately f()llow. " These shall go away into everlasting punish- 
 ment, but the righteous into life eternal." Matt. xxv. ol, 4(). 
 
 "Not so," say some, boldly daring to contradict the Lord ; 
 "when man dies, he sleeps. Tho wickeil wake no more. Thev 
 have sunk into oblivion and nothingness. The righteous will be 
 roused at tho resurrection." 
 
 I know that they "that sloop in tho dust of the earth shall 
 awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlast- 
 ing contempt." Dan. xii. 2. But what is it that sleeps? Is it 
 tlio soul or the body V 
 
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 WHAT WII-L BECOME OP THE WICKED? 
 
 You arc awaro tliat it is a common usarro of speech to anplv 
 to a compound being cr tl.in- such epith.is as, strictly speaking 
 Ijchmg only to the several parts of which it is com|Kj..l — |,o- 
 <'ausc those parts, though separahle, are ordinarily fouii.l in 
 union, and so united, constitute the cniplete hody or thin^r 
 I cat and drn.k, or work with my hands ; r.r. I take a walk Tn 
 ho fields ; — these are b.ulily ar-tions (mly, yet they are ascribed 
 to the whole man. I meditate, I am sony, or I am glad ;— those 
 are the donigs or emotions of the mind only, l,ut they al^o are 
 ascribed to the whole man. We ..ay of the man that he eat^ 
 drmks works, or walks, when we refer only to his body • or that 
 ho thinks, or is glad or sorry, when wo refer only to his mind 
 hvery one undei-stands this mode of .^.peaking, and nobody is 
 ueccived by it. ^ 
 
 So, in all ages and in all countries, it has been customary to 
 speak of death as sleep, and dead friends are said to sl(>en in 
 their graves. The figure (for it is nothing but a figure of speech) 
 IS manitestly derived from the appearance of the corpse, so simi- 
 lar to that of a person who has fallen into u deep sleei) But I 
 ask again, what sleeps'^ The body, aiul the body only, — and 
 that oidy in a figure. It seems to sleep. The spirit, mJanwhile, 
 !S tar, far away. 
 
 rr/'f"*'"^ Josus," said the dying Steplien, "receive my spirit " 
 Ihe historian records his dying j.rayer for his enemies, and adds, 
 ^ And when he had said this, he fell asleep." Acts vii 50 (30 
 Hut It was not his .spirit that "fell asleep;" tlio Saviour to 
 whom he prayed had received his spirit ; the body only slum- 
 bored or seeined to slumber, in death. And it is a beautiful 
 thought Ihere will be an awaking. The sleeping one is not 
 unnilnlatod. Ihe sleep may be long, but the waking-time will 
 eome._ Ihc chri.stian cemetery, as the word imports, (Icoimeter- 
 wn), IS a sleejnng^,lace. And when we deposit the remains of 
 u christian brother in the tomb, wo may say : 
 
 "Grave, the guardian of his dust- 
 Grave, the treasury of tiie skies : 
 Every atom of tiiy trust, 
 Kests la hope again to rise. 
 
 " Hark ! the Judgment trumpet calls- 
 Soul ! rebuild thr house of clay ; 
 Immortality tiiy walls, 
 And eternity thy day." 
 
 
WHAT WILL BECOMK OF TIIK WICKED? 
 
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 The remarks already made will suffi.o, T think, to show vou 
 that the .s.,ul of tho christian docs not sh-op, hut enters imme- 
 diately into joy No other meaning can he fairly .nvon to the 
 Fu^sages which have been .luoted.* The Aposth."l>atil ext)ecte.l 
 that as soon as he should depart he would he with (.Mirlst which 
 hosfud was "far better;" and he desired to be "absent from 
 ho body, that he mi|jht be " present with the Lord," evidently 
 hehevino; that as soon as he died he would bo in that nre-en-J 
 >iu . 1 28 ; 2 Cor. v G, S. The inverted thief was n/ot bid?le^; 
 to look for asleep of ages; but "to-day," said the lovhi.r He- 
 decmer, whose words eould not "pass away " — '• to-day^slnlt 
 thou be with me in Paradise." Luke xxiii. 43. 
 
 I pass on to another view of the subject. The advocates of 
 the anndulation scheme differ among themselves with re.rard to 
 the tune ot the annihilation. ° 
 
 Some maintain that it takes place at death — that when a 
 wicked man dies, he literally comes to his end. If so that nnn 
 of course,^ undergoes no punishment. He may have spent a 
 long lifc m disobedience to all the laws of the Almighty, and 
 revelled in all manner of vice, without restraint ; and now (Jod 
 has simply lee him go. According to tho theory of these per- 
 sons, that wicked man will never feel or know anylhino- of the 
 anger of (xod again.st sin. lie has lived in defiance of Jehovah 
 to the last moment of his existence, and has dropped out of 
 being untouched by tho hand of justice. How far this is con- 
 sistent with the Scripture declarations of the righteousness of 
 the Most High, and of his abhorrence of iniquity, 1 leave vou to 
 judge. •' 
 
 _ Others are shocked at this kind of annihilation. They sec that 
 It IS opposed to tho Apostolic declaration : " It is appointed unto 
 men once to die, but after this the judgment" (Heb. ix 28) • 
 and they have therefore devised another expedient. They tell 
 us that the wicked will bo raised again at the last day, brou-^it 
 to judgment, sentenced, and then annihilated. They affirm that 
 
 » The reader will probably remember a passage in the Old Testament • 
 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was ; and the spirit S 
 return unto God who gave it." Eceles xii 7 
 
 The Apostle Peter says: "As long as"l am in this tabernacle:" 
 •bhortly I must put oft this my tabernacle," L' Peter i 13 14 \\h- 
 Tnm' "r " M^* T " ^" th\t^bernacle." and expected soon to " put 
 It oil Can there be any doubt that the Apostle referred to his mif 
 
 or spirit, and that the " tobernaole " was his Oody ? 
 
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 MtliCM tor u In,,.- fm,,., how long no oiio know.s • it wJIl -it 
 
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 m.thM^ hnt -tho hasok.ss falmc of a vision." Who.v in tl ;. 
 
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 ho wok<.a w 11 .0 tc.,n,,o.a,y y l>„;„t out. if you' can, tLu'l 
 
 sago.s m whu,;h .(, ,« .l.chu-od that thoro is ho,.o for a n.an who 
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 oo-ex ons.vo. (ur Lo..l uso.l tho san... word in .loso ihh.' 
 oh .1!,, •• pu.nsh.nont " of tho wicko.l will la.t as lon-^^ 
 
 tho 1,(0 o tho riijhtoous. If the ono may .ou.o to an °or I 
 «o may to othor JJut .livino truth ch-hu J that lK„h H 
 
 "evorlastin--. Matt. xxv. -10.* 
 
 ^ Look at it, too, in anothor jK.int of view. The un.ro.lly mar. 
 
 s .on away to puu,shnrnt. IIo is .o.t away us he\ \\^ 
 un,^o,lhm...s-and ho ,s sont to be pnulshcd. ft is puni.huH nt 
 uml nothing n.oro. It doos not Jh.n his hoart. It is , "' 1 !; 
 ad_a,,tod or dosignod to pnuluco that (.fF-ot. He goos into' tho 
 pnson a,: ungodly n.an ; ho sins all tho t:nu> ; andl.o wiH on ' 
 out m a worse .state than ho wont in-a nmro ungodly n.an th r. 
 over. h. owed ton thousand talents at tho° l.ogiu,,- / 
 
 borrow the phra.soology of one of tho paraM, 0, and if if\: o 
 possible to pay off the debt by punlslnnent-whioh it is n'Z' 
 wi I owe ton thousand more when the term is ended an.f tint 
 debt; aooo.v ing to tho theory, will never bo paid at all, for ho 
 cruninal w;l! bo put outof existence. JJut I will not '., on- 
 
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 WIHT IVII.r. nETOMi; Of TIIK WICKED? 28 
 
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 WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE WICKED? 
 
 niliilation," said Dunton, one of tho chief actors in that dreadful 
 tragedy. Steeled and stujnfied by the thought ho sat calmly 
 on the bench a« minister of mis-called justice, and doomed hun- 
 dreds to death without feeling a pang of remorse. "Death," 
 they said in those days, "is an eternal sleep," and then they 
 went to their plunderiiigs, their debaucheries, and their massacres, 
 with glee infernal. What wonder ? Did not the tree produce 
 its natural fruit ? 
 
 Men and brethren ! I have endeavored to place before you 
 the "true sayings of God" on this important subject. It is at 
 our peril that we " add to his words," or " take away" Irom 
 them. " Be not deceived, God is not mocked ; for whatsoever 
 a inan soweth, that sliall he also reap. For he that soweth to 
 his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption ; but he that soweth 
 to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit roar) life ' ' • - - 
 
 vi.7.8. * 
 
 everlasting." Gal. 
 
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