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emember their sin no more "-Jeremiah XXXI, 31-34.Again, in the 35th chapter of Tsaiah, we read regarding,:'$ the reign of Christ, the time when the desert shall rejoiceEi; and blossom as the rose: "Then the eyes of the blindri shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall. be unstopped.Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, andthe tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wi~'erness shall' waters break out, and streams in the desert.". ,6:. The Resurrection of the Unjust.i" Thus the testimony of God's Word, dear friends, is thate l 1 moral, mental, and physi~al imperfections will be re-# moved by Christ, not suddenly, but gradually. With the=k exception of the saints, who have died in faith, everyone:@ will be raised from the grave with the same imperfectcharacter such as he has now. If a man is vicious in thislife-time he will be raised with the same vicious character.Moderately good men will rise moderately good. It willnot profit anyone to say: " I am to get another chance. Iwill do as I like now." Solomon, speaking to such, said:"Rejoice, 0 young man, in thy youth; and let thy heartcheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the waysof thine heart, and in the -sight of thine eyes: but know1 thou, that for all these things God will bring thee intojudgment "-Ecclesiastes XI, 9.In the resurrection, just as it is now, the developmentof character will be gradual. In the present Dispensation,evil is permitted by God and is prospering. "Now wecall the proud happy: yea, they that work wickedness areset up; yea, they that tempt God are even deliveredn-Malachi 111,~~. The consequence is that the people arepursuing the downward course of sin; for it is apparentto every right thinking man 9 t the world, left to itself,is not learning righteousness. Because sentence againstan evil work is nut executed speedily, therefore the heartsas