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the only sphere where the human intellect can rest, and be happy in the place and state where God is; where he is seen as HE IS ; and where he can be enjoyed without interruption in an eternal progression of knowledge and beatitude; by Jesus Christ our Lord, as the cause of our salvation, the means by which it is communicated, and the source whence it springs. Thus we find that the salvation from sin here is as extensive and complete as the guilt and contamination of sin: death is conquered, hell disappointed, the devil confounded, and sin totally destroyed. Here is glorying; to Him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and has made us kings and priests to God and his Father, be glory and dominion forever and ever, Amen! Hallelujah! The Lord God Omnipotent reigneth! Amen, and Amen."

2. The Bible teaches that all shall be taught of God. Thus it is said, "They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea."-(Isaiah xi. 9.) "And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees; of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread over all nations."-(Isaiah xxv. 6, 7.) "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people. And they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his

brother, saying, know ye the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more."—(Heb. viii. 10—12.)

In considering this testimony, two points are worthy of special consideration. First. The universality of the work described. All are to be taught of God—not one nation, or one class; but all nations; all, from the least to the greatest. Second. All thus taught will be holy and obedient; they will dwell together in love; they will be kind and affectionate; the fiercest and most wicked will be amiable and excellent. This accords with the language of the Savior. "These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee as thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent."-(John xvii. 1-3.) Thus, when all know God, all will be heirs of salvation.

3. The Bible teaches the destruction of all sin. This was one of the objects of the Savior's mission. 66 For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil." (1 John iii. 8.) "Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!"— (John i. 29.)

Not only is Christ said to have come that he might destroy sin, but he is represented as being fully successful in this mission. "For unto us a

child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this."-(Isaiah ix. 6, 7.) "The pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities." --(Isaiah liii. 10, 11.) Paul says, "Now once in the end of the world hath Christ appeared, to put away sin, by the sacrifice of himself."—(Heb. ix. 26.) This shows, as Christ died for all, that his sacrifice will put away the sin of all. Hence St. John says, that "the blood of Christ cleanseth from all sin!"-(1 John i. 7.) He also says,

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that " we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world."—(1 John ii. 1, 2.) language can be plainer, no proof stronger. All sin, then, will be destroyed; every heart become pure; all be saved with the washing of regeneration, and thus become fit temples for the Holy Spirit. "It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel; I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the ends of the earth."(Isaiah xlix. 6.)

What a change is here contemplated! We see a world redeemed and fitted for the glories of heaven; and sin, the foe of human peace, the waster of human hopes, exterminated from the wide creation, and all the hearts, where its desolations have been witnessed, filled with love and rejoicing. Glory to God in the highest!

4. The Bible teaches the destruction of all death. There are three kinds of death mentioned by the inspired writers, viz., the death of the body, (Gen. xxv. 11;) a moral death, (1 John iii. 4;) and national death, (Eze. xviii. 31, 32.) In this last sense, it is applied to the Jewish nation, and called the second death, and used to represent their destruction at the close of their dispensation.

Many, I am aware, suppose that death is employed to denote endless punishment; but the Bible gives no such intimation-for it does not contain the expression, endless death. You will find this in the writings of all partialists, but not in God's word. Besides, the Bible uniformly declares, that death shall finally be destroyed; and that the period shall come when death shall be unknown. "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: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes."-(Hosea xiii. 14.) "For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death."(1 Cor. xv. 25, 26.) "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."

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(1 Cor. xv. 55—57.) "Forasmuch, then, as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage."(Heb. ii. 14, 15.) “And there shall be no more death."—(Rev. xxi. 4.)

Dr. A. Clarke has truly said, "Death cannot be destroyed by there being simply no further death; death can only be destroyed and annihi, lated by a general resurrection. If there be no general resurrection, it is most evident that death will still retain his empire. Therefore, the fact that death shall be destroyed, assures the fact that there shall be a general resurrection: and this is a proof, also, that, after the resurrection, there shall be no more death."

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Perhaps it will be said, "True, man will be raised above the power of death; he will be rendered immortal; but this is no evidence of happiness; he may be raised to immortal agony. I reply, this would not be the destruction of all death; for millions would remain in moral death, and suffer tortures infinitely more fearful than any which are here endured. Besides, St. Paul teaches the end of moral death. "As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive." (1 Cor. xv. 22.) To be in Christ is to be a new creature old things are passed away, and all things are new. Therefore, in the resurrection

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we shall bear the image of the heavenly," we shall be in the kingdom of God: "tears will be wiped from all faces ;" and all will be "children

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