drink." — It is not for nothing that St. Paul writes to the Galatians, "They would that I should remember the poor ; the same which I also was forward to do." (Matt. XXV. 42. Gal. ii. 10.)
Let us learn, lastly, from these verses, the great import- ance of looking forward to the resurrection of the dead. This lesson stands out in a striking manner in the language used by our Lord on the subject of showing charity to the poor. He says to the Pharisee who entertained Him, " The poor cannot recompense thee ; — thou shalt be re- compensed at the resurrection of the just.*'
There is a resurrection after death. Let this never be forgotten. The Hfe that we live here in the flesh is not all. The visible world around us is not the only world with which we have to do. All is not over when the last breath is drawn, and men and women are carried to their long home in the grave. The trumpet shall one day sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible. All that are in the graves shall hear Christ's voice and come forth : they that have done good to the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil to the resurrection of damnation. This is one of the great foimdation truths of the Christian religion. Let us cling to it firmly, and never let it go.
Let us strive to live like men who believe in a resur- rection and a life to come, and desire to be always ready for another world. So living, we shall look forward to death with calmness. We shall feel that there remains some better portion for us beyond the grave. — So living, we shall take patiently all that we have to bear in this world. Trials, losses, disappointments, ingratitude, will