Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-30
we might know when the time dlr-aaweth

! ioiSt ioi g' hHoW hoa WiitH klt NIL
r ter OF the house cometh. at even. @
at midnight. or at the coclx-crowinl
Tor in the morning. lest coming suddcr
ly he find yon sleeping. A little chill
praying at her mothers. knee on tn
evening OF the interment of her father
said TO her mother. when she came Il
the part OF her little evening praye
when she asked God to bless her papa
Mamma, | cannot leave my papa out
please may say. Thank God that
ever had a dear papa" The mother
was moved TO tears by the child's re
quest, and the child climbed MP into
her lap and kissing her mother, said
Mamma. where is my papa" The
mother replied: The Lord has taken
him. darling. and he Will come some
day for you and mamma" After some
thought the child asked. Mamma
when VIII the Lord come for you and
me" The mother answered. Il don't
And the child replied, IF you don't
know when he is coming, don't you
! think we ought to pack up and get
ready, for He might come and find us
not prepared to go with Him" Then
we should live every day as II we
| thought the Lord might come on that
day. If an angel should come down
here tonirht aud announce that Jesus
Christ would come at Il o'clock to-
morrow do you know what would hap
pen? You would see general STAN
pede in this audience. Yes. many of
you would rush out of here and begin
TO stralghten up your lives. You would
begin to pay your debts and ask peo.
pie to forgive your wrongdoings. Some
OF you would fall upon your knees and
begin 10 cry for mercy. but would
say to you II you are doing things in
your life that you would not do If
you knew the Lord was coming to.
morrow, you had better turn from
them. confessing your sins to God
for aught we know he may come be
fore we lay our heads upon our pill
lows
Christians Caught AWAY.
And now what does the coming of
Jesus Christ mean to both saint and
sinner Well, for the Christian IL
means tina. we shall be caught up to-
sether with those who have been
raised fiom the dead to meet the Lord
in the air. Il Tbess. 4:161D, For
he Lord Himself shall descend frc.u
heaven with a shout, with voice of
he arch-angel and with the trump of
God and the dead in Christ shah rise
llist, then we which are alive and
emain shall he caught mp together
with them In the clouds to meet the
Lord in the air and so shall we ever
oe with the Lord" Cor. l5:51-52
Behold | show you mystery We
shall not all sleep. but we shall all
be changed In moment In the twinkl
ing of an eye, at the last tramp, fof
he trumpet shall sound and the dead
shall be raised incorruptible. and we
hall be changed" For the Christian
It VIII be the most glorious day of all
It win be our coronation day After
hearing one OF her ehapiains preach al
Windsor on the second coming OF
Christ, Queen Victoria came forward
and spoke to him, saying, "Oh. how
wish that the Lord would come during
my life time" why" asked the
preacher. does your majesty feel this
very earnest desire?" With the coun
tenance lighted by deep emotion the
queen replied. Il should 30 love TO
lay my crown at his feet" Yes. that
will be when we crown Jesus Lord Of
all. While II will be most glorious
day for the Christian. IL win be an
awful hour for the unsaved.
Jesus as Judge.
Jesus Christ stands before the world
today offering salvation to every one.
saying. Come unto me all ye that
labor and are heavy laden and will
give you rest?" but the day Is coming
when He will stand before you as
your Judge, when the wicked shall
hide themselves In the caves and the
mountains and cry for the rocks and
he mountains to fall on them and
hide them from the face of Him that
silteth on the throne. Some years
ago a man driving down the streets
Of one of the great cities lost control
OF his horses and was In danger OF
being dashed TO death Suddenly there
sprang out into the street a man
who seized the horses by the bit, stop
ped them In the mad career and saved
the drivers life. By a strange Co
Incidence years afterwards the man
whose life was saved was on trial
before the one who had stopped the
horses, who sat in the judges chair,
The trial was ended; the lawyers had
made their plea and the Jury returned
with It's verdict, when the Judge said,
Have you anything TO say why the
sentence of death should not be pro
nounced upon your" Then rising, trem-
bling with great emotion he said, Eyes,
don't you remember me?' and the
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