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men will not be able to lay hands upon him, as they did
before, to take his life, but he will come in great power
and glory, attended by the holy angels.

Then the dead shall hear his voice, and shall come
out of their graves, and appear before God in judgment. ©
O! what a fearful day that will be to those who have
despised and rejected Jesus, and what a day of joy and
gladness to those who love him. Who will not want
Jesus to be his friend at that time? But he cannot be
our friend then, unless we are his friends now.

There are very many who doubt God’s word, and
think, because the world has stood so many years, that it
will always stand, but God has plainly taught us in the"
Bible; that the end of the world is coming; that the
heavens and the earth shall pass away.

You remember what became of those who did not
believe what God said in the time of Noah. For .one
hundred and twenty years Noah preached to the people,
warning them of the coming flood; but they laughed at
him, and refused to hear'God. At last the dreadful hour
came, and God took Noah and his family into the ark,
- but sent'the flood on all those who did not believe, and
they perished. So we are told it will be when Jesus shall
come again, he will gather his loved ones to be with him
in heaven, but the wicked will be cast out forever.