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CHAPTER VI. 



THE FINAL DESTINY OF THE REJECTED. 



IN the organic world, the rejection of the unfit is final ; 

 those living beings which are overpowered in the 

 struggle for life perish, never to rise again. Is it the 

 same in the spiritual world ? Is there a resurrection 

 for the elect only, or for all 1 and if the rejected of 

 the present dispensation are raised up to a future 

 existence, is it that they may be made fit for the 

 Kingdom of God, or only that they may suffer the 

 punishment of the sins which they committed on earth? 

 In reply to this last question, if we believe in a 

 future life at all we cannot doubt the reality of re- 

 tribution. In other words, the law of cause and 

 effect, under which actions pass into character and 

 character passes into destiny, is continued into the 

 future life for both good and evil. " He that soweth 

 to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption, and he 

 that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap 

 eternal life." l " He that soweth sparingly shall reap 

 1 Gal. vi. 8. 



