[PRESS ASSOCIATION.] THE FUTURE STATE,
BISHOP CEOSSLEY'S VIEWS. AUCKLAND, 2nd April/ "People don't go to Heaven when they die, or to Hell either," was a remark madejjy the Anglican Bishop of Auckland (Dr. Croesley) iv a midday address to men to-day. It was a popular belief, he said, but if it was true, where would be the moral of the Day of Judgment long afterwards ? "Oh, no." he continued, "when we come to the root of things, the old Church is never far wrong. People wlien they die don't gv to Heaven or to Hell, but depart to a state where they may be with Christ, and who can tell but that in that long state of waking the truth that was so darkened here, the life that was co cruelly wrong, may be set right? There is nothing to warrant it, but thank God there is nothing to say that it is impossible. The Church of God is always praying for her dead, and a man who thinks it Popish or superstitious to kneel down and pray for his blessed mother loses one of the wealths of intercession. I pity that man. It is not purgatory, but we do believe in never leaving out of our prayers those whom wo love."
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 80, 3 April 1912, Page 3
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212[PRESS ASSOCIATION.] THE FUTURE STATE, Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 80, 3 April 1912, Page 3
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