~ phrases in the Word or God for duration,and those which in'fll>lve endlessness, llN all 611 tM mk of good.1. 'Bttt while we refrain from asserting the abllolute endl- iie. ef'future' punishment,, we do affirm: (l) That God has not shown• an end U, it.· (2). That eTI\ry moment a sinner eont,inues t.o harden ,his heart agaitM God,, he is doing 1rhat; h'e oa.n, to m1ike repentance an impossibility. '(3) That if a 'lltan· resistB Dmpe· love hete; n~ -0n~ oan show what i11 to ru:ake him more yielding hereaffllr~ (~) !l'hitt eVery man •will :be dealt with by God in -absolute and unswerving equi~. WaateYer' may ·be &!1)' individual theory, all thette four, last-named positions are abaolntel)' oertldn;· Objection: But how about the heatb_en worldP What will be t:he-oondltion of•the men who ·have lived in pagan darkness? Will they neeessarily b&'l01Jt<tleea11Be they have had less light .than others? We reply: (1) .No; not uece,;., atily.,, The Soiripture again and agaia ·t,eache~ that men's salvation does not depend Oil' t.he,measnre•of light God •B&w fit· to send tmim, but on the use which they shall: lr;n-e tmide-:of ·the 'light t!iey 'ha.d. (2) We have' no doubt whatever that before thia great. deoitiR'I uay -oomea, ewry chil4 of man will .have been brought into direct contact with ,the claims of-th'e Lord Jesus Christ, for acceptance or rejection; and 1hai, no "Bi!Ul ever :reach«is the,-Ortlcisl point of its probation till lllleh is the case (cf. 1 Pet. i•. 6). ·· Howc,ould thett!ube ·IPi common bnsis of judgment ,if some !,SQ,. nt:ver lieard of Jesu? Our-Lord will 1n~t come _till hec has all things; ill readinesidojudge the living &lid thtt dead. , , ,,;JJt Finan,., IT BEB:ovM ilVBRT ,Jl>AN TO ~EPA-Bl! 'fl"OB THU DAY. Whatever-may be ~are .fl t.o tbe time or place hi• which these treril€ndous. sceues will be enacted, there ie quit-e enough ,of clearly revealed truth ·rei,peoting..it to. grre men urgent:reasons ~ preparing t,-o meeJ the!r Ood; •and to f!lake .pastors ,and _tesehers pa8$ionatoly earaest m eett11,g bMdrii•the1r hearers the solemmty of the.destimes whiohdoom ,before e,very man. Jslist as eaeb: atotn•df matter· ·is related to every uther, 116 has eacl,, moment of our iime a beal:ing •upoo the-last, the supreme; the·decisivw day., Every da:y wfl1re pili'ng up thou~,. w_ords; ,deMe; which take. their nl.!,ce for good or.evil in the fabrio .of character; and ilS 1s,ohamciei> at last, 10 wwl, lie, the award. ., · ··. i . :. A1 w]le ~f, rea.d:r for that day, · . · • - • . . ;. - •
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