they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. If in this
life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But
now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them
that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the
resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ
shall all be made alive.'"

"Yes," said Grandma Elsie, "we needed a divine Saviour, and Christ's
resurrection proved his divinity; as Paul tells us here in the first
chapter of Romans, 'And declared to be the Son of God with power,
according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.'
Peter too teaches us that the resurrection of Christ was necessary to
our salvation. It seems plainly taught in this verse of the fifth
chapter of his first Epistle. 'Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us
again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the
dead.'"

"Yes," said Violet, "Jesus said to his disciples, 'Because I live, ye
shall live also.' His resurrection is surely the pledge and assurance of
that of his people."

"Papa, does everybody have to die?" asked little Ned.

"Everybody except those who are alive when Jesus comes again, as he will
some day in the clouds of heaven. This is what the Apostle Paul tells us
about it in the letter he wrote to the Thessalonians. 'Them also which
sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the
word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of
the Lord, shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself