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Excerpt from The Soul in the Unseen World: An Inquiry Into the Doctrine of the Intermediate State The Shadow of Death falls so frequently across the pathway of life that the thought of "the things that are to come hereafter" is one from which there is no escape. St. Paul, in his Epistle to the Thessalonians, says, "I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope." The Apostle then dwells upon the Second Advent, and the rising again of those who sleep in the dust of the earth. He briefly sums up the joy of the new life in the words, "so shall we ever be with the Lord," and adds, "wherefore comfort one another" (i.e. exhort or strengthen one another) "with these words." St. Paul might have dwelt upon other aspects of the life hereafter, such as the meeting again with those whom we have "loved long since, and lost awhile," but he does not do so. He has a profound sense that the Presence of Christ is the supreme need of the soul. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.