Can there be a shadow of doubt as to the appalling need of the individual and of the world? Many are the voices telling of wonderful panaceas, that. will cause wars to cease, and lead nations to beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. These schemes are about as substantial as an erection made out of a pack of cards. The world has not progressed a fraction of an inch on the road to real peace and security.
And lastly, how brief life is. A few short, fitful years, and then—DEATH. What of eternity? What of eternity? Unlike the beast of the field, man does not cease to exist. The soul of man lives on and on and on. Man is responsible to God. He must meet His Creator. " Every one of us shall give account of himself to God." (Rom. 14:1212So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. (Romans 14:12)).
If so, there must of necessity be a resurrection, but how shall each one of us stand before God? Heaven and Hell are realities. And what sinner is fit to be in a Heaven, where the presence of a Holy
God is supreme? Is there no prospect of happiness for the individual when he departs from this life and enters eternity? it is to answer these questions that we put pen to paper.