The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-04-02
Two Works of Grace ~
y y and Gods
y Il Hand in it All
BY w. c. ANDERSON
CHAPTER TX.

Doubtless the readers of The COMET
are wondering in their minds what that
crank means by trip on The CoMET's
tail 20 the holy land. l accept the title
of crank, as Mr.. Wesley says if any
man teaches holiness in this life that
he will be called by such names. And
then, l find that it takes a crank to turn
anything, and the bigger the crank the
more power to turn, and so am anx-
ious to grow more and more cranky
that may get big and strong enough
at least to turn part of the world. Mr..
Wesley was one Of the biggest holiness
cranks that 1 have ever read after, and
he was the crank in Gods hand to turn
much of the world right side up. 1t
takes cranks to turn all kinds of ma
chinery, and l even have to have one
to turn my grindstone, but praise the
Lord, have no axe to grind for any
sect or creed under the canopy of heav-
en-. 1t is written, "And We shall know
the truth, and the truth shall make you
free" (St. John 8, 32) And again,
''1f the Son therefore shall make you
free, yeshall be free indeed" (St. John
8, 36.) Am / not free? Am I not a
child of king? Am 1 not a joint heir
with Christ? Rom. 8, ~ Am I not
in the fold? tSt. John 1O.) Am not
grated into the holy vine? est. John
10, 1-2.) Am not in the one body?
Il Cor. 12, 49, Have | not coveted
some of the best gifts? Il Cor. 10, 81. }
And has not God given to me what
asked for? Il Cor. 12, 2S.) Is God
not able to give what he promises?
rom. 4, 81 Is He not able to do for
us far more exceedingly, abundantly
above that which we are able to ask or
think, or has eye ever seen, ear heard,
or has it ever entered into the heart
OF man what God has in store for
his children who will press forward to-
ward the mark for the prize of the high
calling Of God in Christ Jesus? Then
what l want is faith enough in God
and love enough for humanity to teach
and preach truth as broad as earth, as
high as heaven and as deep as hell.
Some are within one step now, so to
speak, of that lower region, and We
must go after them with the truth and
snatch them as a brand ready for the
lake. Many people live in hell whole
life time and then go to hell to stay for.
ever Tell me not that man whose
heart is full of evil, and who is contin
ually feeding his sinful nature with al
kinds of evil thoughts and wicked deeds
and whose heart is full of envy anC
hatred, is he not in a miserable earthly
hell, though his home may be a man
sion? We have it in our power to make
our homes, though humble, little heav
ems on earth, or to make them hells fol
our wives and children. Tt is written
"For our conversation is in heaven
from whence, also, we look for the Sav
ior, the Lord Jesus Christ. (Phs. 3, 20.
AS we have run right up on the yer,
pith of our subject we will now get Of
board for the trip to the blessed land 0
promise just across the river Jordan
These are two great contending force
in the world which are antagonistic t.
each other. These forces are the tw
great spirits first, the good and the
then the evil. One of the unsettled
questions among church people is yhe
will the world be brought to Christ
before or after his coming? In othe
words, will the millennium be befor
or after the coming of Christ? We wi
try to settle this question by use of th
word.
1t is written that in the last day
perilous times shall come. QITim. 3, /
The last days spoken of here near
the closing out Of the present Gentil
/. dispensation. Every dispensation frol
the foundation of the world has grow
worse till God destroyed it or sent h
only Son to redeem it by his death Q
the cross. As it took the death, buriI
= and resurrection of the worlds redeem
er to save the people from sin, it wi
take his second coming in his glorifie
state to drive sin out of the world al
destroy Or subdue the power of sats
d for thousand years. The word ia
ther teaches that in these last days me
y shall be lovers of their own selves, co
: etous, boasters, proud, blasphemer
disobedient to parents, unthankful, u
holy, without natural affection, tru
breakers, false accusers, incontiner
faroa 1annicarc of thOcn that arn onO