in his bosom. And he cried and said,
Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the
tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this
flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime
receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he
is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and
you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence
to you can not; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him
to my father's house: for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto
them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto
him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said,
Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will
repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead." Luke
16:19-31.

Soul-Rest.

The immortal soul of man is a conscious entity, whether in sin or in
righteousness. If in righteousness, there is a blessed consciousness of
peace, rest, and contentment. This internal sense of happiness man enjoyed
in his primeval state. By disobedience an awful change came over him, by
which the peaceful rest and full satisfaction of the soul was destroyed,
and the terrible miseries of sin were experienced. In sin the soul still
retains its consciousness. There is in fallen man an internal knowledge of
incompleteness. There is a missing link, an awful vacancy, and a kind of
intuitive knowledge that he must give answer for certain moral
responsibilities unto a great Creator. There are deep longings, restless
fears, dark uncertainties, and desperate strugglings for a satisfactory
hope.

By the entrance of sin into the world there was implanted in the nature of
man a "lust of the flesh," which seeks the pleasures of the world. This
never brings contentment to the soul. It reaches to something far beyond
for rest. Jesus came to this world as the soul's Rest-giver. "Come unto
me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take
my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and
ye shall find rest unto your souls." Mat. 11:28, 29. The name of Jesus is
sweet to the soul whose cry is not stifled by the "lusts of the flesh." It