"Then They Will Go Away To Eternal Punishment, But The Righteous To Eternal Life."

O eternity!
(James Smith, "The Way of Salvation Set Forth")

My soul is immortal--
it can never cease to be.

It is destined by the immutable 
decree of GOD, to exist eternally.

O eternity! 
Who can conceive your dimensions!

Forever--
who can grasp the mighty idea!

To exist forever--
solemn consideration!

Millions of ages as numerous . . .
  as the stars in the skies,
  as the sands on the sea-shore,
  as blades of grass on the surface of the globe,
  as leaves which fall from the trees in autumn--
are as nothing in comparison with eternity!

But where shall I exist? 

How will I spend eternity?

In happiness--or in torment?

That will entirely depend upon 
the character, the state, the condition, 
in which I live and die.

If I live in sin, if I serve self 
and satan, if I die accursed--
then I must suffer the due desert 
of my deeds. 

But if I savingly believe 

in JESUS, if I live unto GOD, 

if I die under HIS saving grace--

then I shall possess and enjoy 

glory, honor and eternal life--

and these forever!

Let the solemn fact that you 

are immortal, deeply impress 

your mind. Try to realize 

the overwhelming thought:

"I must live forever!
 I must live forever in 

unspeakable happiness--

or inconceivable misery!
 

My eternal state depends 

on my present state.
 If I live unconverted--

then I must die accursed. 

I am lost, and once lost, lost forever!"

O eternity! Tremendous sound! 

Incomprehensible idea!

"Then they will go away to eternal 
punishment--but the righteous 
to eternal life." Matthew 25:46

   

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