neglect of Christ. " Lord/' they say, " when saw we thee, — and did not minister unto thee T' Let this thought sink down into our hearts. Characters on earth will prove an everlasting possession in the world to come. "With the same heart that men die, with that heart they will rise again.
Let us mark, in the last place, what luill he the final results of the judgment day. We are told this in words that ought never to he forgotten, " the wicked shall go away into everlasting punishment : hut the righteous into life eternal."
The state of things after the judgment is changeless and without end. The misery of the lost, and the blessedness of the saved, are both alike for ever. Let no man deceive us on this point. It is clearly revealed in Scripture. The eternity of God, and heaven, and hell, all stand on the same foundation. As surely as God is eternal, so surely is heaven an endless day without night, and hell an endless night without day.
Who shall describe the blessedness of eternal life ? It passes the power of man to conceive. It can only be measured by contrast and comparison. An eternal rest, after warfare and conflict, — the eternal company of saints, after buffeting with an evil world, — an eternally glorious and painless body, after struggling with weakness and infirmity, — an eternal sight of Jesus face to face, after only hearing and believing, — all this is blessedness indeed. And yet the half of it remains untold.
Who shall describe the misery of .eternal punishment ? It is something utterly indescribable and inconceivable. The eternal pain of body, — the eternal sting of an accus-