Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-04-20

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~ 'watch, therefore, for ye1now not
what hour your Lord doth come Dur
ing this eventful week, upon which ween-
tered two or three lessons ago, He taught
them many things from day to day in the
temple, the record of which, with the
events of the week, occupies nearly third
of each of the gospels. One of these days,
as He departed from the temple, His dis
ciples called His attention to the great
stones and buildings, upon which, to their
great amazement, He told them that the
whole thing was to be thrown down.
They then inquired somewhat confusedly
as to when this should be and what would
be the sign of His coming and Of the end
Of the age. In Mark xiii, 3, we find that 1t
was four of the disciples who asked Him
privately of these things as He sat upon
the mount of Olives. IT. in reading the
three parallel accounts in Math- xiv,
Mark xiii and Luke xxi, we distinguish
between the destruction of Jerusalem and
the temple and the end of the age at His
coming, all will be quite plain. The Old
Testament everywhere teaches that He
will come to build up, not destroy, Jeru-
salem. rs in Ps eli, l6 lisa XIV, 9, 10, xii,
IL; Zech. xiv, s, :, S, O. 50 that we must
never confound the Lords coming with
tho destruction of Jerusalem, but always
associate it with the rebuilding Of Zion.
As. but know tbis-that if the good
man of the house had known in what
watch the thief would come he would
have watched and would not have suf
fercd his house to be broken up" The
coming of the Lord is associated with
vengeance upon His enemies, and the re
delnption of His people Israel, as In lisa.
xxxiv, s; xxxv, 4; kill, 4, and He will come
upon those enemies ms thief, suddenly
and unexpectedly, for their destruction.
I'll Thess. i, 7-9), but children of light
will not be thus overtaken, for they are
supposed TO be continually watching for
Him who loved them and redeemed them
by His blood that they might reign with
Him lRev. v, 8, 10; l Thess. V, i-6l
a. Therefore DO yo also ready, for In
such an hour as ye think not the Son Of
Man cometh We only wait for the com
pletion of the elect body, the church, be-
fore that body shall meet Him in the air
Il Thess iv, 1918, and inasmuch as He
only knows when the last member of that
body shall be gathered we keep on bearing
testimony. expecting any hour to be gone
to meet our Lord, saved by His blood,
serving In tho power Of the Spirit and
waiting for Himself.
10 who, then, IS faithful and wise
servant whom his Lord hath made ruler
over his household, to give them meat in
duo season." The virgins OF the next chap
ter tell us how to be wise, and the parable
of the talents teaches us how to BIO faith
ful Results and success He will sec to-
Wise and faithful is our part. The only
good and nourishing meat and bread for
the household is found only in the kings
larier, the all Scripture, - which Is all
sufficient for all His people III Tim. Iii,
16, I'D.
46. blessed is that servant whom His
Lord when He conleth, shall find so do
ing" Blessed is the man who has learned
for himself to dwell continually in Jeru
salem aud cat Mt the Kings table I'll sam.
tx, 13N Even though he he lame ON both
feet, happy and peaceful and satisfied
shall he be. Ho will be sure TO be telling
others OF the ABUNDANT and invigorating
food which the King supplies day by day
without fail tJer. lii, 80, "a; Ez. vi, 81,
aud thus He shall minister meat in duo
season to tho glory Of the King and tho
joy Of His people. | can testify that the
people are hungry for and receive greedily
the food which the King provides without
amy Of the accomplishments of the lxings
and devisings of man.
AZ. Verify say unto you that He shah
mako him ruler over all His goods" AS
Eliezer had control Of all tho goods Of
Isaac, which his father had given unto
him, that he might obtain bride for Isaac,
SO the Father, having given all things unto
the Son, has sent the Spirit with full con
troll over all to complete the bride of
Christ, and ho who is filled with the Spirit
has control of all as tho human instru-
mcnt through whom the Spirit works
"All are yours, and yc are Christ's, and
Christ is God So Il Cor. iii, 22, 23).
IS. but and il that evil servant shall
say in his heart My Lord delayeth His
coming If not wise, with lamps filed
and brightly burning and vessels full also
and faithfully using the talents and the
pounds occupying till He come then 1t
looks ms II we must be evil servants II
not constantly expecting Him, but saying
or acting rs If we said, He will not come
in my day, Hc cannot come for long
time yet, such and such things must hap
pen before He can come, Is there not dan
gerof being classed with the evil servantsi
40 And shall begin to smite his fellow
servants and to eat and drink with the
drunken. " TO eat and drink with the
drunken is suggestive Of all those, pro.
fcssedly the Lords, who find their Joys
and satisfying portions with the people Of
the world, who are intoxicated with Its
pleasures aud pursuits, its aims and am
billions, its fashions and follics They may
DO moral and temperate in the eyes Of the
woIld--yes. even teototalers, SO called
yet in tho eyes Of the Lord drunken and
blinded with tho transient vanities OF this
present life.
60 The Lord of that servant shall como
In day when he looketh not for Him and
In an hour that he Is not aware Of +" Let
all tremble to say, where Is tho promise
of his comingg" I'll Peter iii, a lest sud
don destruction come, from which there
shall be no escape Il Thess. v, 81. Rather
let us see to 1t that we SO abide in Him
that when He shall appear VIC may have
confidence ard not be ashamed before Him
at His coming Il John ii, 2Sl.
d. And shall cut him asunder and
appoint him his portion with the hypo-
| critics. There shall be weeping and gnash-
ing Of teeth" 1t is impossible for any Of
Christ's sheep TO be lost (John K, 27 2O),
for any true servant Of His to perish.
Such may have their works burned up
and they themselves saved as by Ere 81
Cor. lii, "A, ~. But there are many both
in tic pulpit aud in the pews who, being
hypocriNs, shall have to share the hypo-
critics portion. Tho Lord only knows who
they are. II IS not for us to judge each
other, but rather TO judge nothing before
the time until the Lord como q Cor ~, 81
If we judge ourselves as in His sight, 1t
will leave us neither time nor inclination
to judge others. Our business Is to be
wise and faithful servants, and by the
Spirit help others 10 be the same. Wher-
ever weeping or wailing and gnashine of
teeth is mentioned Ii Is ALWAYS for those