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ation," whereas the proper rendking is " judg- .ment " as in the Revised Version. What Jesnsartid was : " Marvel not at this; for the hour iscoming in the which all that are in the gravehshailhear his voice and shall come. forth : they - thathave done. good (the Old Testament Saints, as wellas the followers of Christ) unto .the resurrectionof life (their trial- is past; they haye proved themselvesworthy of life) ; and they, that have done -evil ,(the unjust), unto the'resurrection of judgment."Krisis means a trial or testing followed bya 'sentence, which sentence will depend on theperso9's innocence or guilt. The English word" crisis " is derived from tl~e Greek Krisis. It isused in reference to 'any condition of affairs inwhich the issue is as yet undecidea: and thosewho are interested *are in anxious suspense, watch-.ing whether the result will. be success or failure,life or death. -After a judicial sentence has been passed, theperson is ;no longer on his trial; his judgment isover. The world in generalj the unjust, have neverbeen on trial 'as individzcals. The trial of taeirfederal liead took place at the beginning in theGarden' of Eden, and tlie sentence of condemnationwas" passed then. The whole race has been bornunder the sentence of condemnation,^ " born in sinand shapen in iniquity," and the vast majority '..have died without having escaped from that con-. demtlation, and, therefore; without any individualtrial. TJnlike those who have died in Christ, ofwllam Paul wrote : " there is therefore -now nocondemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus "(Romans VIII.? 11, these died without real faith, orwithout any faith at all " in that only name under3s,o-