y life and good, and death and evil."(954)
The death referred to in these scriptures is not that pronounced upon
Adam, for all mankind suffer the penalty of his transgression. It is the
"second death" that is placed in contrast with everlasting life.

In consequence of Adam's sin, death passed upon the whole human race. All
alike go down into the grave. And through the provisions of the plan of
salvation, all are to be brought forth from their graves. "There shall be
a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust;"(955) "for as in
Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive."(956) But a
distinction is made between the two classes that are brought forth. "All
that are in the graves shall hear His voice, and shall come forth; they
that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have
done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation."(957) They who have been
"accounted worthy" of the resurrection of life, are "blessed and holy."
"On such the second death hath no power."(958) But those who have not,
through repentance and faith, secured pardon, must receive the penalty of
transgression,--"the wages of sin." They suffer punishment varying in
duration and intensity, "according to their works," but finally ending in
the second death. Since it is impossible for God, consistently with His
justice and mercy, to save the sinner in his sins, He deprives him of the
existence which his transgressions have forfeited, and of which he has
proved himself unworthy. Says an inspired writer, "Yet a little while, and
the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place,
and it shall not be." And another declares, "They shall be as though they
had not been."(959) Covered with infamy, they sink into hopeless, eternal
oblivion.

Thus will be made an end of sin, with all the woe and ruin which have
resulted from it. Says the psalmist: "Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Thou
hast put out their name forever and ever. O thou enemy, destructions are
come to a perpetual end."(960) John, in the Revelation, looking forward to
the eternal state, hears a universal anthem of praise, undisturbed by one
note of discord. Every creature in heaven and earth was heard ascribing
glory to God.(961) There will then be no lost souls to blaspheme God, as
they writhe in never-ending torment; no wretched beings in hell will
mingle their shrieks with the songs of the saved.

Upon the fundamental error of natural immor