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 "Thou  shalt  not  murder,"  and  the  punishment  of those  who  keep  the  bare  letter  is  exclusion  from  the kingdom of  heaven. The spirit  of  this  commandment is:  Thou  shalt  avoid  not  only  murder,  but even the  least  approach  to  it,  wherefore,  guard  well thy temper  and  thy  tongue  and,  above  all,  settle  thy differences with  thy  neighbor. The one  means  to  be employed  is  an  honest  effort  to  live  at  peace  with  all mankind, and  the  reward  of  those  who  make  such  an effort — we  have  it  promised  in  Our  Lord's  own words: "  Blessed  are  the  peacemakers,  for  they  shall be  called  the  children  of  God."

" Christ,  rising  again  from  the  dead,  dieth  now  no  more, and  death  shall  no  more  have  dominion  over  Him" — Rom. vi. 9.

SYNOPSIS.

Ex. : Indestructibility  of  Christ's  material  and  mystical  body.

I. Possibility:  1. Founded Church. 2. Free  will. 3. License and  liberty.

II. Fact proved  from  :  1. Figures, Isaias and  Daniel. 2. Synagogue. 3. New  Testament  and  end.

III. Inquiry a  duty:  1. Invisibility. 2. Scandals. 3. Evidences.

Per. : 1.  Faith  at  last  day. 2. The  remnant. 3. Exhortation to fidelity.

Brethren, St.  Paul's  denial  of  the  possibility  of death  ever  again  obtaining  dominion  over  Christ's material  body  is  equally  true  of  Christ's  mystical