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 away for  fear  and  expectation  of  what  shall  come upon the  whole  world."  But  not  all  will  suffer equally  from  fear,  for  the  Gospel  adds  that  when these  things  begin  to  come  to  pass,  Christ  will  say  to some:  "  Look  up  and  lift  up  your  heads,  for  your  redemption is  at  hand."  In  Paul's  description  (Thess. iv.  15)  of  Gabriel's  arrival  and  trumpet  call  to  judgment, there  is  a  tone  of  hope,  of  triumph  almost, "for,"  he  says,  "the  dead  who  are  in  Christ  shall rise first,  and  then  we  who  are  alive  shall  be  taken  up with  them  to  meet  Christ,  and  so  we  shall  be  always with the  Lord."  Hope  and  despair,  therefore,  will be  at  the  bottom  of  all  the  differences  between  the wicked  and  the  just.  For  when  at  the  trumpet's  call, and  under  the  shadows  of  darkness,  the  earth  and seas  shall  have  given  up  their  dead,  how  eagerly  will the  souls  of  the  blessed  rush  to  embrace  and  inhabit and  glorify  those  sweet  companions  of  this  earthly exile,  their  bodies,  so  long  separated  from  them,  but now  to  be  reunited  with  them  forever.  Together they  bore  the  burden  of  life's  day,  and  conquered  in life's  battle,  and  well  may  the  soul  now  cry:  "Arise, sister, the  winter  is  passed  and  the  rain  has  gone; arise, my  beloved,  and  come."  Each  being  in  perfect accord  with  the  other,  both  may  well  exclaim with  the  Psalmist:  "  How  good  and  sweet  it  is  for brothers to  dwell  in  unison."  But  alas!  the  case  will not  be  such  with  all.  With  what  reluctance  and loathing  will  the  lost  soul  join  issues  once  again  with its  putrid  body,  what  mutual  recrimination,  what agony!  God's  final  act  of  mercy  to  the  damned  will