and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and when the guests have drunk freely, then that which is worse. You have kept the good wine until now!"
I believe in law; I believe in immortality; I believe in the momentum of a life.  And if the momentum of a life be downward, and be unchecked by the strong arm of God, how can we hope that it will be arrested by the frail and yielding barrier of the grave? ... If sin conceals the worse that is behind tomorrow, may it not also conceal the worse that lies behind the grave?[9]