Futurity / Published in aid of the funds of the Royal Berkshire Hospital.

  • Merry, William.
Date:
1848
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Futurity / Published in aid of the funds of the Royal Berkshire Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    keep my commandments.” “ Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the king- dom of Heaven, but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in Heaven.”* “ As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.”f Thus cautioned, let us consult, first, St. Luke xxiii. 43 : “ Lord remember me when thou comest into Thy kingdom,” (said unto Jesus, the penitent malefactor on the cross) ; “ And Jesus said unto him, ‘ Verily I say unto thee, to-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise !’ ” It has been properly remarked by learned authority that the phrase “ y.t] sy,e tern,” thou shalt be with me, implies an invitation such as that of a guest to an entertainment. What may this mean ? What must mean so direct and clear a promise ? How read ye ? To me it reads as a plain, simple, hopeful, blessed truth, not ap- plicable to the individual sinner only, nor having peculiar reference to times or persons, but con- veying to all, two distinct and important facts. First, that our departed spirit at once and im- mediately,—“To-day,''—enters into its new state
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