The Wicked Suffer No More Than the Righteous in Death.
By Editor
Dr. C. B. Humiston, of Cleveland, Ohio, has devoted a good deal of time over a period of quite a large number of years to studying the conditions of people who are dying. He is said to have watched over 15,000 people pass away. He says that when he was a child, he was taught that the righteous died very easy and happy, while the wicked were compassed about with terrors and horrors; but in watching these 15,000 cases, he has come to the conclusion that the wicked have no more suffering in dying than do the righteous. He thinks he has exploded one of the orthodox theories of the church. Dr. Humiston may have upset a theory of some church-people, but he has not in the least regard made a new discovery, since we read, "For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men." Ps. 73: 3-5. Thus the good old Book has been telling us for all of these centuries that there are no bands in the death of the wicked. So the doctor has not made a new discovery after all. It is very frequently the case that if we would have more confidence in the good old Book, we would be saved a great deal of troublesome work, not to mention many mistakes and errors.