As regards the sleep of the soul, it is a miserable doctrine that comes simply from Satan acting on man's reason.... The Lord tells the thief he shall not wait till the kingdom, but that he should that day be with Him in paradise. Was he to be fast asleep, knowing nothing of Him, or anything else? It is monstrous! We are " absent from the body, and present with the Lord; " but if that means being fast asleep, we might as well be at the other end of the universe! " To depart and be with Christ is far better; ' that is, being fast asleep and unconscious is better than serving Christ and ministering to His glory! The apostle did not know which to choose, to live, which was Christ, or-be fast asleep! It was gain, that is to be unconscious, compared with serving Christ faithfully here 1 But not only do these passages show the moral absurdity of this notion to every spiritually-intelligent Christian, but there is no such thought in scripture of the soul's sleeping.