The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-02-01

that u N conceded that tho first EpIstle
OF the IhrshaIonians Is the nrst written
by Paul and hs wrote IL u the young Lons
verts st Tb.ssalobra aud venture TO
say that the young ,buv.fts ot Pro7-
inencu have Iuo'e intelligence than those
young conve'ts. 1bef. is no portion of
scripture given for private Interpretationi
anu believe The reason that We have 50
many Christsns who are las l sand the
other day. eoou in spots, and mighty
poor IN other spots, Is because they read
only lew verses aud chapters II the
blbic. Ih,y are not rounded out
Ia Their thriAtian tharat ters as they
would tie II they took all the scripture.
Now, IL the ith chapter of lst ThossaIon-
iaps, beginning with the nth verse, we
read, For tive believe that Jesus died and
rose again, sven 10 them also that sleep
IN Jesus VIII God bring with Him. For
Tins We Say unto you, by the word of the
Lord, that we witch are alive aud remain
unto the coming III the Lord shall not
prevent them that are asleep. For tho
Lord Himself shall descend from heaven
with shout, with the voice of the arch
angel, and witb the trump OF God; and
the desd,n Christ shall rise first; then we
which are alive and remain shall be
caught up together with tbcm in the
clouds, to meet the Lord ia
the air.. and SO shnil we ever
be with, the Lord Wherefore comfort
one another with these. words" Now,
people say that Is too wonderful To be
true, too good Ia be- true My dear friends
HIS coming ia glory isn't halfso wonder
fnl ~ His coming IN. humiliation.
Think of His being born
here IN rbanger. coming in humisstion,
being spit upon, nailed TO the cross. II is
morc wonderful than 'iits coming in
gloty. Il would have been more godlikc
for Him Ia have come in the glory of the
angels. but Tie has come once, and lie IL
coming again IL is only question of
time. Then again in the 18th chsptcr OF
Mark, SD To 37t verse: Take We heed,
watch ana pray; for yvknow not when the
time is For the Son OF Man is
as y inan taking a far journey who left
his house and gave authority TO his SER
wants and To every man his work and
commanded the porter TO watch. Watch
ye therefore; for ye know not when the
master OF the house cometh, at even, or at
midnight, or at the cock growing, or in
the morning; lest coming suddenly he
find you sleeping" You never heard OF
Christ speaking OF His return that He
didn't tell His disciples TO watch. They
are not told 10 watch for the destruction
of Babylon or for this sign or that sign,
but to watch for himself. Now we are
always safe in doing what He tells us TO
do. II Is always safe to obey Him. Now
let me read these three verses, "Watch we
therefore, for We know not when the
master OF the house cometh, at even
or at midnight, or at the
cock growing, or in the morning: Lest
coming suddenly He find you sleeping.
And what say unto you say unto all,
Watch" In these verses, three times lie
repeats that word "Watch." / am not
going to tell you the day or the hour, hut
you just watch. Then in another gospel
He says, "Two women shall be grind
ing at the mill; the one shall be
taken and the other shall be. left.
Watch therefore, for We know not what
hour your Lord comeih." Now, believe
that Is going to be literally fulfilled. You
will find two grinding at the mill in India.
saw them In the East, and while two men
are at work i'm the field In China, two men
will be in bed in America. There Is going
TO be a separation bye and bye
That scofiing, snecring, jeering in
fidel is not going into glory
with that sainted wife and those ssinted
children of his, Let us believe it, my dear
friends. In the 21st chapter of Luke, 32d,
SD and 34th verses, we read, "Verily say
unto you, this generation shall not pass
away till all be fulfilled. Heaven and
earth shall pass away, but my words shall
not pass away. And take heed to your
selves, lest at any time your hearts be over
charged with surfeiting and drunkenness,
and cares of this life, and SO that day come
upon younnawares.p II is hetha; is up and
watching W no sees the morning star. Those
that sleep don't see the morning star,
do they? And IL we are on the watch,
we are not going to be caught unawares.
The Lord has warned US over and over
again not TO be like our servants who are
drinking and carpusing, for we don't
know when the Lord may come. Now,
every true child of God is to watch
for himself, want to prove ali this by
the scriptures. First Thes. 1st chapter,
Sth, 9th and 10th verses, "for from YOU
sounded out the word of the Lord not
only in Macedonia aud Acheia, but also in
every place your faith to God-ward is
spread abroad; so that we need not speak
anything. For they themselves shew
OF us Nwhat manner of entering
in We had unto you, aud how yc
turned To GodsA'fr from idols to serve
the living aud true God; and to wait
for His Son ,iresn Hesyeu, whom He
raised from the dead, eyen, Jesus, which
delivered >use from the wrath. toscoue.v
Now, nptice,Eslt that watcbfor HIS, Son
from Heaven. Now do you know tho duty
OF every, son ~ God tort Tho last
5000 years, ever since Adam fell in
Eden, was to watch for
n man from Heaven. They were looking
for the Messiah. Then when lie went
away, he said "Clo. and watch. am
coming back again. will not tell you
the day nor the hour, but you wait and
watch" Again in the I'd chapter
OF Titus, beginning with the 18th
verse, Looking for that blessed hope,
and the glorious appearing of
the great God and our Saviour,
Jesus Christ; who gave Himself for us,
that lie might redeem us from al iniquity,
and purify unto Himself peculiar peo-
ple. xcalous of good works. These Things