Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-03

hyperboles. We prefer. however, "
the words as looking forward to EVEN an
yet consummated. the whole panoran
mundane history passing rapidly bao.
Savior's eye, and skctched in brief
nant sentences. 1t is the languaaa =!
with whom a thousand yeas ara VI
day.--4fter that h'ibulation. lis i
subsequent to the events before mar.
Christ is speaking OF last things in r.n
the those days" being eschatolosjca'
and he portrays coming events as ri
in this great scheme. without ratsrera
other intervening incidents in time
men gazing from a long distance sea
glittering heights of two snow. cro
mountains apparently in close proyil
and take no account of the vast tract i
be of very many miles. which lies he.l
them" -DarEened. As narrated in
8: II.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
With great Do,re,' ana glory. The lin
His open triumph is approaching. His
er and glory Christians already proc
but the world does not yet acknowlpjd
The day is drawing nigh when tbey
no longer gainsay the King of Glory
shall fall before Him. though it be TO
infinite shame, and confess His "grea,
err and glory"
The Lord is now rejected and by the vorl
owned,
By the many still neglected and by the te
But soon He'll come in glory-the time Isl
ing nigh,
For the browning day is coming by and by.
Gather together the elect. 1t is a bd
hope. We all sorrow over Loneliness.
there comes q thrill to the heart at Ii
as there comes to us the thought Cd
great assembly Of the church OF the
born. What a gathering that will
Our friend from Japan has Just been te
us. his comrades, meeting about the
quoting board, and tears the while sAi
in his eyes, of what longing sometmes
pressed his soul in distant and BENG
isolation for kindred sympathy and lei
ship. Think OF it. brothers. everywt
from the four winds. from he utter
part of the earth God SHAH q
together his elect" Some time
weary toiler. there at your task. you
look up and see Gods angel sent JorWy
Learn a parable of The fg-tree, or raI
learn the fg-tre parable. Let the fig. !
teach you her lesson. They are ali teach
Hugh Miller wrote of his life-work ami
natures rocks and mountains and cale !
grand book My Schools and School.ll
ters"-God bless him for it! EverywherI
went. with pick and hammer he was led
ing of life and God. The rocks, the m
all have message for US.
Tongues in trees. books in the running bra !
Sermons i'll stones, and good in everything |
! And nature is full also Of prediei
God uses the earth to herald his com.I
and to admonish man by many signs
| tokens to prepare Tor the coming 0! !
great and notable day of the Lord. HawI
learned from nature her parallel"
1t Is nigh. ecen at tie doors. The revh1
says. He is nigh" At Christ's appnl
there shall be. as it were, tokens of hisni
ness. Have we the discernment to red
nize the threshold signs, these knocsi5
at the outer door? II SO. we must keepg3
near to the word. and deeply imbued Il
the spirit of the Christ. When the u
Jesus came in the flesh there were d
Anna and Simeon, q few star-guided VI
men and d group OF angel-visited shepke1
to recognize him ere he gave public Did
ration Of his mission. Shall it be so agl
when the day of his second coming brel
upon us?
Ny aroyd shall not pass aray. Like hI
self. it was impossible that they should
holden OF death. Did he not say, q
words that speak unto you, they are sE1
and they are life." The most living Vi
thing left amongst us to-day is this word
truth. The guards fell, the seal melt
like wax. the stone was rolled away ch1
was stronger than they. So some tjme1
sky shall be rolled together as a scroll, I
elements shall melt with fervent heat,
Christ's words shall not pass away. ~
are stronger than all else here. and WI
mundane things shall be consumed the.1
of God alone shall stand unscathed in
general demolition. Says w. N. C1
The Bible is the only book that shall
into eternity. 1t lasts because it is the1
turc Of God who is eternal. Treasure
word.
For Ye kno,c not nhen the time IS. y
tainly not. ii angels and even Christ in
mediatorial capacity. did not knF
Strangely enough. Christ importunes u,
consider the times. and yet assures US y
the day itself shall conc upon US as ~
in the night. The same lips that say m
that it is Nigh" add FOR We kuom not Vi D
the time is" That is. Of the genera!
proach OF that day We may become ava
but its breaking will be with the suddenn |
OF the lightning flash. This. indeed y
parable OF the man taking a far lourls
seems to imply. The length of the Joufl
AID the work given to every man set ~
reasonable boundary lines and mean. !,
testing. They may help us along with !. GU y
signs to discover when the Master l. u. 4
proaching and is nigh" But as to w' i.
ne shall come lat even. or at mdnlgh..'
at cock-crowing. or in the morning
man can tel-"but the Father" ,
and achat 1 say unto yo,t I say nnlc -, !
,ratch. Why not unto all? Watchin $; =.
are loyal souls: waiting in working. ~ ~
Watching spirit has been the life pFese';r,
tive of the centuries. How many haIe .h@
and died in the faithful keeping Of INV NV
words! And shall we say that with ap \
them. living or dying. their Watching If
vain? They saw not the notable ia, das, "a, |;
to each Of them the time of mo-tallty WI
veritable day Of the Lord. DIR. Bols DISH /
Just been conducting his class throusn ~, /:
strong. stirring sentences of Peter > a 4
ties. and when asked concerning tao. ,, i
sages which describe the Lord is n.%t
has quoted reverently and with le orj
emphasis the sweet words OF our i ~, =,
John a: 60 and prepare PLACE ~ ro Il
And If / go to prepare ., place lo aoi ;'d
acln come again and receire you I ha a:t
self. that where am there ye may 10 ,.;" ~,
II we watch rightly for such Il co .ion
shall not fail Of proper prepara.a,Haurr .
the coming that is with clouds ana E'V''
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