The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-04-19
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eat / say unto you, that
E-DS yrssser than the temple
- a-Christ's coming is the
..slt IT, 30 Who hate Him. but tho
! 90 ~ = Who love Him. ~, 4
tsss tuesday afternoon AA
pa !, me temple at Jerusalem %
I'D DIV 's EvESrs-JesuU,s as asks ss.cs the
rprssI .,,u lMark12:SsM; he te "a. rs
- guss'o ~ widows mite Mark II 2 a.
- from INC a - desire to see Jesus
!. Srei I voice from Heaven
r sss Jesus then leaves the
30 800 -o.ed in to-dsy's lesson ana
uttered it again Nat. a;1-14:
D'soxDrSa AccoUNTs-na''- . -
ySrl- u,RDPIAcEs-1. What store1
s. os .ln. N ~ere q feet long, IA hlgn,
d them Whnt buildings! Herod's
Dr. s.;ldingof great magnihcence'
-;,S out-buildings, nineteen acres.
eng VIII Life marble, with golden roofs
~ q - d EOt oneStOHs upon o"0taST'
&c, - letter in 4. D, 20, when the
si 2 = Titus, destroyed Jerusa-
Ds'ns' ~ T. sAc1 b. the sign, etc: Mattne"
"a his question more fully, as APP
VI g, q. coming, and the end OF the
~ ..,xn coxSG OF CHR1sT-Thls was
nSIOOs ;Dcluding the whole Christian
psanls..ss,r but 1t was threefold- q At
Sqsns1l. ...;on Of Jerusalem, when the old
bsdsu 80 $50 Il Judaism ended, and Chris
80 firmly established The com
ts'lg y. .,,;eed to take place during the
gsss P saoroe Of the disciples Mark 81;
B .. y s 8: Luke 9:96, "a. This was a
u n Pal coming. (2l There will be a
y 800, ,.ore complete coming when the
o., ,.ss nj be converted to Jesus, and His
Eaasn, ., q This, too, is real personal
! which sill the ''signs" given in
81 - : srDly. (S) A coming at the day
49,. .ut Matt. Is; / Thess. 4:13-18.
i ,ny no,ns: great numbers in the
-, s.,.v years pretended to be the Mes
~ ration against nGttOI Palestine
- ~, this was full Of wars, and the
na r. Trpire vas full Of disturbances
go $3.50. u there were several in the
- -. = Csudius and Nero, A D. O-6S;
90 Esssr.at severity. Fdmtacs: there were
ls rSasr Caudius. See Acts IL :28-)
= =. t,1Imony. not against but unto, them
S.ss.s tbe Gospel would be made known
Z n..nd among al nations: this was
. : ssd the destruction Of Jerusalem
=. Pm. is, written A. d. s.; Col. Id.
v,;tten A. D. or. 13 he that cTadurcth
ss0 nd sAsa be saucd must mean o. that
.l..s Jewish Christians, who, despite all
ss,sI,us and prosecutions, should abide
as.itsst should be delivered from the na-
srdcalsmities; o. that those who should
raurs the greater tribulations Of the last
-, auuto the ends should escape all
M things that should come to pass"
hsInke 1856; while it may be univer-
uay,ptei to mean 81 that every one. In
esT age who should endure to his otcH
wisie., death, should be saved. Sdvcd:
wTChristan, needing Chrlst's warning,
uzNdfrum Jerusalem, and not one was
rxths l. 1OO, 900 who persisted there.
cnETs- Calamities Foretold. God al
N dFes warning before He strikes,
INNS preacher Of righteousness to
hention for one hundred and twenty
ankhre the food came upon the earth
MaOthis time could not plead thai
@Mreceived no warning. The Israel
AMmany years Of solemn warning be
isAsy we're sent into bitter captivity,
Mays that He sent them prophets, IRIS
Yuperly and sending them" TO warn
nsHOi The certain and sad end Of theil
n0lafy. As Jesus sat once on Mount
vHel De mourned over the city, and de
cared AatOften He would fam have gath
aed Der children as a hen gathers hel
a0a under her wings, but they refused
~ geaue oher. At last, all gentle offer.
eng GOFniuily or carelessly rejected
sSels came ne announcement Of bitter ca
aInes. These we're not, however, inflict
= AT lOfV years more. Had the nation
Eepennd, eyea Il he eleventh hour. the,
would have been saved
anese calanites Of which the peopl,
800 o.s,.Olwarnedi renindu rs of other grea
W. Wig Egnts which are hung out in tn,
, "Osu q God 70 al sinners God call
~ ~.uuga Ills Word, bidding them repent
~ ..s ;T :, : drawn aside by Jesus Him
Es. D., anu .ne future is revealed to Us
~ sn. aau nel, life and death, blessing
"a, sa.u.k are clearly made known
1870 49, aOresold the calamities about to befaI
! l.. ,aie 40 more clearly than He Ia
INT e - sOfrOWs which await the impen
h asanities Fulfilled. To drown the in
SYm~ &c., {. q : world was an awful thing
.s snsu 'ne time came, judgment failed moi
Aeh M. uanon into captivity, with q
r ~. ~. experience involved. was a fea,
So So let when the time of long sutfe,
aaIsS 49, ~. y sa end, Gods threatenings wer
aIsr s ~ 2 the letter. To doom the cit
AeRo ssslen to the horrors of the siege b
{ sne, 1.a1 !, army was q dreadful act Ye
stsr, IN 'ess was the cty overthrowu wit
set sI1 - Oestruction. In fact. the mid
hS.,a !. severe penalty is a thing drea(
q ms I proportion TO the magnitude {
'ssaasring involved. Men NAV tiiuc
81 ,Ia - u 2 70 ntiict the penalty come,
ApeSss.s - GOd's penalties are onlv Jus
eassssa.lu lunches. An nature teaches thi,
NM 49, nlnches in nature from exactin
&rssn penalty Of a broken law. In n
9ner.OOl grace, God has, indeed. show
IA rn;S: U bearing Himself the penalt
Nm 4 y race. II now they refuse n
hnsre I'm nus manifested, there remain
1s, PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS
NH ''Oai things endure, temporal On,
sabe ana. .uas Jesus promises or threaten