"Will the resurrection be of all the dead, Grace? the wicked as well as
the righteous?" asked her father.

"Yes, papa," she answered; then read aloud: "'Marvel not at this: for
the hour is coming, in the which 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.'"

It was little Elsie's turn and she read a verse in Acts pointed out by
her mother: "'And have hope toward God, which they themselves also
allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just
and unjust.'"

It was Ned's turn now and he read a passage selected for him by his
mother: "'For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also
received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures;
and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according
to the Scriptures.'"

It was the captain's turn again and he went on with the reading: "'Now
if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you
that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no
resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: and if Christ be not
risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and
we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God
that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead
rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised, and if
Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then