glory that fadeth
not away." {25a} Not therefore at death, but at Christ's Second Coming
and appearance. What does S. John say? "We know that _when He shall
appear_, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is." {25b} Not
therefore until that time. What again does the great S. Paul say? "When
Christ, Who is our life, _shall appear_, then shall ye also appear with
Him in glory." {25c} Again to S. Timothy he writes, "There is laid up
for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord _the righteous Judge_,
shall give to me _at that day_: and not only to me, but also to all them
that have loved _His appearing_." {25d} There can be no doubt what S.
Paul means by "That Day." It is the day when "the Righteous Judge" on
His Judgment throne shall award the crowns to those who have fought the
good fight and kept the faith. This is the frequent meaning of the
expressions, "That day," "The day of the Lord," in the New Testament. "We
know it," says Dr. Liddon, "by a more familiar name given it on three
occasions by our Lord Himself, and on three at least by His Apostles
after Him: it is the Day of Judgment." {26} S. Paul, therefore, when he
says, "There is laid up for me the crown of righteousness which the Lord
will give me on that day," does not expect that crown until the Day of
Judgment.

These are a few out of many like passages, all showing that heaven is not
reached at death, but only after the Day of Judgment. From all which it
is clear that the Apostles had in their minds the firm assurance that
there was to be a waiting time, how long they knew not, or how short they
knew not, during which the spirit without the body would dwell in
expectation. If it were otherwise, if at death the spirit passes into
the light which no man can approach unto, into the Presence of GOD and
beholds the Beatific Vision, which, as we saw, constitutes the
consummation of happiness and perfection in heaven, I would ask, how it
can be conceived that our Lord would have called Lazarus back from that
supreme happiness, which eye hath never seen nor ear ever heard, nor
heart of man ever conceived,--called him back to mingle in the griefs and
sorrows, the pains and failures, the doubts and fears, the mists and
confusions of this earthly life. Was this the act of Him Who loved
Lazarus? Was there no other way of consoling the living sisters, than by
so great a loss to the vanished brother? Was it not to call him from
life to deat