Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-07-26
WHAT We NAY EXPECT BEFORE THE LAT
TER DAY GLORY.

WHAT WE MAY EXPECT BEFORE THE LAT
TER pAY GLORY.
We may expect believers to be so full
of missionary zeal as 70 count no labors
in this field any self dehlaI.
We may expect devout mothers to train
up their little ones with the perpetual re-
ference to the conversion Of the world
They will lay their infants finger on Christs
great command, and pointing to the "ark
map of the earth say, My son, here 'syour
work.
We may expect ministers Of the gospel
to urge upon all their hearers, without ex-
cep,ion their personal privilege of being
(no, simply contributors, butt co-workers
with God, in this blessed undertaking.
We may expect to see Chr'sts minis
ters preparing themselves, not Tor this
city or that city, this field or that field but
for the whole world, and not daring to fore
stal the indications of Providence by any
engagements or alliances, which would
hinder if they desired to 60 to the Pacific
Hes, or to Africa.
We may expect to sec Christian COM
muni,ies more interested and excited by
news from Christ's kingdom, than men
of the world now are by wars and rumors
of wars.
We may expect to see whole Churches
reused by the mighty appeal of the word
of God, rising as with one heart, and OTTER
ing themselves joylully to this work; those
who are fit to be sent, to go, those who
ought to remain, to yield their substance
10 the labor of love.
We may expect to see merchants and
mechanics, aud farmers, and men of lear
ming and men of inherited wealth, count
ing up their gains, not for themselves or
their families, but for the work olthe Lord.
We may expect to sec young men IN
colleges and schools ardeutly pursuing
studies which may fit them to interpret
the word of God to people Of every ma
ton.
We NAV expect to see vessels !oosInS
from our quayS, treishted with the Cos
pei, and manned by pious crews who shall
carry to remote countries the SAVIOR OF
Chrisl'S name.
We may expect to see volunteers in this
war, as we find them in worldly causes
And as we find hundreds ready to enlist
in doubtful enterprises, when the banner
of liberty is unlurled in foreign lands, so
we may expect to find hundreds offering
themselves willingly "to serve as soldiers
of Jesus Christ"
We may expect men of talent and wealth
in the bloom of life, going singly, and
without seeking patronage, propagate the
Gospelin foreign parts, just as we now
see the same things taking place in the
selfish concerns Of commerce.
We may expect to see our monthly con-
certs for prayer thronged with warm-hear-
ted worshippers, painting for tidings from
the harvest ofunconyerted nations, pray
ing for Christ's coming, and rejoicing to-
gether at the establishment Of his king
dom.
We may expec, the Bible to become
more truly than ever. the book, the one
book of Christians; that it will be more
studied than ever before, and more than all
other writings; and that other works will
be valued, i'll proportion as they are nearer
or more remote with respect. to the Scrip.
lures; in proportion as they explain or cor.
roborate the word Of God.
We may expect. IN consequence, that
pious mechanics, plain disciples, will so
grow in Christian knowledge that when
they journey from place to place, they will
be teachers of the Gospel. Thus the tent
maker and his wife were to Paul "hefpers
in Jesus Christ" (Compare Acts xviii, !,
3, Rom. xvi, 3. f.
Lutheran Observer.