April 24, 1910 — Probation After Death

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Subject: PROBATION AFTER DEATH.

The Golden Text: “I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction.” Hosea 13:14.

Responsive Reading:— Psalms 88:1–6, 9–13; 49:6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15.

1 O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee?

11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

13 But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

12 Nevertheless man being in honor abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me.

The following Citations comprise our Sermon

I
The Bible
(1) Ps. 68:19, 20;
(2) Rev. 22:13–15, 17.		 Science and Health
(1) 291:12;
(2) 240:18;
(3) 68:2 (At present);
(4) 72:13 (Mortal);
(5) 327:29.
II
(3) Rev. 22:8–11;
(4) Rev. 20:12;
(5) Jer. 32:17, 19;
(6) II John 1:8.		 (6) 290:3–10, 16–32;
(7) 291:23–25 (As death);
(8) 76:32 (The recognition).
III
(7) Isa. 42:1, 6, 7;
(8) I Pet. 3:18–20;
(9) Rom. 6:8–10.		 (9) 334:24 (The Revelator);
(10) 34:29–32;
(11) 35:10;
(12) 46:13–26
IV
(10) Rev. 21:7, 8;
(11) Rev. 2:10, 11;
(12) I Cor. 6:9–11.		 (13) 36:1–4, 21 (They; It is);
(14) 492:7–12;
(15) 353:22;
(16) 254:16.
V
(13) Isa. 60:18–21;
(14) Isa. 32:16, 17.		 (17) 296:4;
(18) 233:1–15;
(19) 256:1–5;
(20) 511:17 (The changing).
VI
(15) Isa. 52:10;
(16) Rev. 7:9, 10, 13–17.		 (21) 77:5;
(22) 406:20–25 (We can;
(23) 520:5 (Human).