...more was meant hy this contrast than temporal calamities, is evident by the close of the 23d verse. " For if the mighty works which have been done in thee...Sodom, it would have remained until this day." But it may be necessary here to obviate an objection. " The day of judgment'' is supposed to refer to some...

...long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum,...exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell ; for tf the mighty works which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until...

...be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for this city." " But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable...for the land of Sodom, in the day of judgment, than forthee." The first idea generally gathered from these passages, is, that as the inhabitants of Sodom...

...similar to what it had been at Nazareth, for this is the dismal account which he himself gives of it, " And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven,...more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgement than for thee." Whatever were their motives for wishing his longer continuance among them,...

...at the day of judgment than for you. — And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shall be brought down to hell : for if the mighty works...land of Sodom, in the day of judgment, than for thee. 5. Such, Sir, was once the disposition of a people, who now surround your throne with reproaches and...

...should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes ?" Isa. v. 4. I know I shall be reminded of, " And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven,...in Sodom, it would have remained until this day." Matt. xi. 23. But to this I have only to reply, that it must be a very miserable system of theology...

...long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum,...the mighty works which have been done in thee, had bten done in Sodom, it would have remained unto this day.i6 *St. Matthew xi. 21— 23. May God grant...

...future state ? Again, it is said, verse 23, " And thou Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shall be brought down to hell : for if the mighty works,...done in Sodom it would have remained until this day." See also Luke 10: 13. Did our Lord here mean — if the mighty works done in Capernaum, had been done...

...and you yourselves thrust out. Lu. 13:28 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shall be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works,...done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. Matt. 11:23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. Lu. 10:15...

...on Capernaum will not be exacted on America for its indifference to righteousness. Christ remarked: "Thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt...land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee," (Matthew 11:23-24). How tolerable will it be for America if it continues to ignore the plea of mercy?...