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CHURCH NOTICES THE SALVATTON ARMY. Bath Street. Resident Officer: f . MAJOR A. FLETCHER. 10 a.m. — Sunday School. - " . 11 -a.m.— Holiness Meetin^/ • 6.30 p.m. — Trayer. 7 p.m.— Salvation Meeting. . Everyone Welcome. ■ :; f GOSPEL HALL, Oxford Street. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1949. 11 a.m. — Worship 2.30 p.m.— Sunday School & Bible Class. 7 p.m.— Gospel Meeting." THURSDAY, 7.30 — Prayer Meeting. FRIDAY, 3 p.m. — Women's Prayer Meeting. A Hearty Welcome to All. ST. ANDREW'S, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Minister: REV. A. SALMOND, MA. (N.Z.) . ■ BA..(Cantab.) SERVICES, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16. 10. a.m. — Bible Class and Sunday , Schools. 11 a:m. and: 7 p.m.— Public Worship. . 2 p.m.— St. Andrew's Hall, Waitarere — Youth of Church Observance. . , SEDDON ST. CHURCH OF CHRIST (Near Railway Station).. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, . 1949, 10 a.m.r— Sunday School. 11 a.m. — Communion and Service. A Hearty Welcome To All. THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH, Seddon Street, Weraroa. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1949. 11 a.m. — Breaking of Bread. 7 p.m. — Gospel Service. Preacher: Mr. R. Gibson. WEDNESDAY, 7.30 p.m. — Prayer aii'di Ministry. . QUEEN STREET HALL SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1949. 2.30 p.m.— Sunday School & Bible Class. 6.30 p.m.— Prayer Meeting. 6.50 p.m — Hymn Singing. 7 p.m. — Evening Gospel Service. All Heartily Invited To Come. FRff., 2.30 p.m. — W|om(en's Prayer Meeting. ST. JOHN'S METHODIST CHURCH Minister: REV. H. S. KINGS. SUNDAY/ OCTOBER 16; • 1949. 9.45 a.m.— Sunday Schools & Bible Classes. 11 a.m. — "Behind the Scenes." 7 p.m.— "When God Waits." ' 2 p.m.— Ihakara Hall. After Church Friendly Hour, A Hearty Welcome to All. QUESTIONS FOR EVERYBODY. £)0 you know that the last Judgment is the "Great White Throne Judgment," see Rev. 20:11-15. This Judgment r concerns the *Dead," that is the . linsaved dead (dio^ the living) ahd 'is5 distinct fiPonk the "Judgment Seat of Christ," which concerns the Christian believers, and is also distinct from the Judgment of the Living Nations of Matt. 25. This Great White Throne Judgment does not take place in 'heaven or on earth, but in space, see verse 11, Heaven and earth having fled away. Here Death and Hell are cast unto the Lake of Fire. This is the second death, verse 14. Reader, do you know that this will be your portion if you die without Christ? BIBLE TRUTH. Concerning The Death State. \\/HEN Luke records the death of iStephen (Acts 7:60), he does not indulge in any of the high-fiown death-bed rapture so prevalent in modern religious literature. He simply says, "He fell asleep." Or when Paul has occasion to refer to deceased Christians, he does not speak of them as "standing before the throne of God"; the words he employs are in. keeping with those already quoted' (1 Thess. 4:13), "I would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others who have no hope." There are no exceptions to these cases in Bible narrative. All Bible allusion .to the subjeet of death is as unlike .modern sentiment as it is possible to conceive. The Bible speaks of death as the ending of life, and never as the commencement of another state. Not onee does it tell us of a dead man having gone to heaven. Not once, except by an allowable poetical figure (Isa. 14) or for purposes of parable (Luke 16: 19-31) are the dead represented as conscious. They are always pictured in language that accords with experience— always spdken of as in the land of darkness, and silence, and unconsciousness. Free literature in relation to Bible Truth gladly sent to any address on application to H. W. Christie, McDonald Road, Levin.