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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 20 – The First and Second Resurrections
and his loss, will of course feel it less; to him

of older years, more capacity, and

consequently a deeper experience in sin, the

burden of his fate will be proportionately

greater; while the man of giant intellect and

almost boundless comprehension, — who

hence possessed greater influence for evil,

and so was the more guilty for devoting his

powers to the service of that evil, — being able

to understand his situation fully, comprehend

his fate, and realize his loss, will feel it most

keenly of all. Into his soul the iron will indeed

enter most intolerably deep. And thus, by an

established law of mind, the sufferings of each

may be most accurately adjusted to the

magnitude of his guilt.

That the degree of suffering which each one is

to endure is taken into the account as a part of