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SPIRITUAL MAGAZINE NO. 15
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And also can we say
That on the judgment day
The one will be rejoicing,
The other mourning stay.
 
8.
Christ tells us very plainly
The gate is open wide
And many enter vainly
In worldliness and pride;
The way is very broad,
It is an easy road,
Which leadeth to destruction
And sorrow's dread abode.
 
9.
We read with greatest wonder
In many places more,
That Christ with trumpet's thunder,
While angels round Him soar,
Will come upon that day,
The Holy Scriptures say,
When everything material
Will crash and pass away.
 
10.
And then must all assemble
To meet His searching glance,
Both strong and weak will tremble
To see that countenance,
The reckoning to hear,
What each in his career
Has done of good or evil —
Oh, children, think and fear.
 
11.
Our secret inclinations
Will then be open thrown,
Our strongest aspirations
Will in the light be shown,