At the sounding of the trumpet, when the saints are gathered home, We shall greet each other by the crystal sea; When the Lord Himself from heaven to His glory bids them come, What a gathering of the faithful that will be! When the angel of the Lord proclaims that time shall be no more, We shall gather, and the saved and ransomed see; Then to meet again together, on the bright, celestial shore, What a gathering of the faithful that will be! At the great and final judgment, when the hidden comes to light, When the Lord in all His glory we shall see; At the bidding of our Saviour, “Come, ye blessed, to My right,” What a gathering of the faithful that will be! When the golden harps are sounding, and the angel bands proclaim In triumphant strains the glorious jubilee; Then to meet and join to sing the song of Moses and the Lamb, What a gathering of the faithful that will be! J. H. KURZENKNABE. The Resurrection Of The Just [Illustration.] The Resurrection Of Christ. "I am He that liveth, and was dead; ... and have the keys of hell and of death." Rev. 1:18. 1. Concerning what should we not be ignorant? “But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, _concerning them which are asleep_, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.” 1 Thess. 4:13. 2. What is set forth as the basis for hope and comfort? “For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, _even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him_.” Verse 14. 3. When will this resurrection of the saints take place? “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 [precede] them which are asleep. _For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven_ with a shout, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God: _and the dead in Christ shall rise first_.” Verses 15, 16. 4. What will then take place? “Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” Verse 17. 5. With what are we to comfort one another? “Wherefore comfort one another _with these words_.” Verse 18. NOTE.—The hope of a resurrection from the dead to a life immortal is the great hope set forth in the gospel. 6. Concerning what did Christ tell us not to marvel? “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.” John 5:28, 29. 7. What is said of those embraced in the first resurrection?