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He is lying in the gate of the rich man, wanting to eat the crumbs from the table.

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Now imagine Lazarus, if you can, spiritual consciousness, neglected, full of sores. You see the picture very clearly, the rich man is really the animal soul. Now the word 'Lazarus' means 'Grace of God.' 'He who helps.' Now this represents within us a religious state of consciousness and in this particular instance a religious state of consciousness that is not given a charge for spiritual unfoldment because the selfish greed of the physical man or the animal soul, which the rich man represents, is crushing the life out of the force symbolized by Lazarus. We know him well, because he is in everyone of us. Now here we return to the first picture: 'There was once a man who was rich and who arrayed himself in fine linen, purple and find linen, and who every day lived in pleasure and in luxry.' We know this man well, do we not! Greedy and selfish, desiring continually to satisfy his animal soul or his appetites. 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets,' was his reply, 'neither will they be persuaded even if one were to rise from among the dead.' 'Not so, Father Abraham,' was his answer, 'but if someone would go to them from the dead, they would change their minds.' 'They have Moses and the prophets,' replied Abraham, 'let them listen to them.' 'Then I beg of you, Father,' replied the other, 'to send him to my father's house for I have five brothers that he may entreat them so that they may not come into this place of torment.' Besides all this, a huge chasm lies between us and you so that those who might desire to go from here towards you cannot do so neither can any come to us from where you are.' 'Child,' said Abraham, in reply, 'remember that you exhausted your pleasures during your lifetime and Lazarus in the same way, his sufferings but now here he is comforted while you are agonized. And, streiking out, he said, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus thither to dip the top of his finger in water, and cool my tongue for I am in torture in this flame!' And, in the spirit land, being in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. The rich man also died, and he was buried. By-and-by, however, the beggar died and was conveyed by the angels into Abraham's bosom. And there was a beggar named Lazarus, who covered with sores, was laid before his gate, and he longed to feed on the broken pieces which were thrown from the rich man's table but, instead, the dogs came and licked his sores. There was once a man who was rich and arrayed himself in purple and fine linen and who every day lived in pleasure and luxury. We read from the Ferrar Fenton translation: Today our lesson is based on the 16th Chapter of Luke, 19th Verse to the end of the chapter. Our subject is 'HOME OF THE SOUL AFTER DEATH' - 'The Condition of the Soul after Death.' Our subject this afternoon is one that we believe everyone in this room is interested in - we might say, people everywhere. This is the eleventh lesson in the course 'MYSTERIES OF THE FOUR GOSPELS'. This is the these of the song without words O'er all the beauty of skies smiling clear ģ. Beautiful flowers all sparkling with dew, It is Number 273, 'Beautiful Season of Joy.'Ģ.

You may not all be familiar with this song. Our poet Riley said, 'Every cloud has a silver lining and I turn my clouds inside out to see them shining.' So like old Job, 'When they say unto you, there is casting down, thou shalt say, lift it up.' So today I say our lesson is rather gruesome, but we are going to sing a song that can be used as an angle that 'Spring has come!' (laughter) We are going to sing about it. So we find that in our experience, when things look darkest, then the daylight is just ahead.

after they leave the body probably.Ībraham Lincoln, our great president, always tried to see something happy in every condition, especially a gruesome condition. It is the lesson given by Jesus about the condition of some persons after they are dead. Our lesson today is a rather gruesome one.

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