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A CHRISTIAN ROMANCE. 539<br />

"crowns made of beautiful leaves which grow not <strong>Alexander</strong><br />

"old, and they shall dwell with Him for ever, forKTmsl"<br />

"the days of gladness shall neither perish nor come<br />

"to an end. Hitherto eye hath not seen, and<br />

"hitherto ear hath not heard, neither can be de-<br />

"scribed or conceived by the mind the things which<br />

"God hath prepared for those who have endured<br />

"patiently from the creation of the world; but for<br />

"the fiends and devils, and for the sinners He hath<br />

"prepared punishment and the flame of fire, from<br />

"which there is no escape, for ever and for ever.<br />

"And for those who have heaped up riches the<br />

"punishment is fire, and brimstone, and ice, and<br />

"snow, and the abyss of Sheol, and gnashing of<br />

"teeth, and the worm which [p, 341] slumbereth<br />

"not; and they shall have no comfort during the<br />

"length of their days and their seasons. The doom<br />

"of the wicked is to be in the tortures of Sheol al-<br />

"ways, and although they suffer torment they shall<br />

"not die for ever and for ever, even though they<br />

"endure such anguish in the pains of Sheol as<br />

"cannot be described.<br />

"This is the reward of the sinners, which is<br />

"according to their works, and the reward of the<br />

"righteous is according to their patient endurance.<br />

"He that hath suffered patiently here, and whose<br />

"days in this world have been few, and whose joy<br />

"hath been little shall rejoice [there] in a multitude<br />

"of days and in a length of days and seasons<br />

"which cannot be numbered. Hearken, moreover,<br />

"O my brother, and I will tell thee. The joy of

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