The Fire of Hell
Man Stands Alone
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MAN STANDS ALONE
Death proves that man is alone. In this world, he
lives with others. He has family and friends to keep
him company and support him. But death will tear
him away from all such attachments; it will isolate
him from his friends. Death proves that, in this
world, man stands alone; he has no friend or helper.
Every day, everywhere, people see this happening.
They see others living amongst family and friends
in this world. Then suddenly death descends upon
them and isolates them from everybody. They find
themselves in a pit where there is no one on either
side. How strange and striking this event is; but few
take heed of the lesson that it teaches.
In this world one has friends to help one at every
stage of life; but after death one will be alone in the
grave; one will have to contend with the angels
alone; one will come before God with no one to
support one.
Man thinks that he has everything in this world, but
in fact he has nothing. Death comes to convey this
reality to man in the most conclusive possible way.
