The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-01-06

50 come in like manner. as ye have
seen him go into heaven.
May | give YOU little parable
said Mr.. Gilman 1T is one OF my
own making. \ certain mother SAID
To her two daughters. This day ye
shall have a house party. | shall go
down into the city and buy the
things necessary for the luncheon,
and while am absent We shall go out
and invite all the children in the
neighborhood TO be present. And
the mother took her departure, and
while she was away the Two daugh-
tiers remained by the window TO see
whether she was going TO come back
or not And when the mother re-
turned with the things necessary for
the house patty. and the luncheon,
behold, none of the children in the
neighborhood were on hand to take
part in the gathering because the
two daughters had not gone out and
invited any 10 be present. When
Jesus Christ took His departure from
this earth He told His disciples that
when He should return He would
give them all great house party.
In other words. hat He was going
| To prepare a place for them, that
where | am ye may be also, and on
! His return the great marriage sup
per of the Lamb was TO occur. Mean
/ time, while He was away, getting
things ready, so to speak, His disci-
I pies were TO go out and invite Others
TO he present: they we're to go forth
and preach the gospel to every crea-
ture Shall We who profess to be
Christians, be like little children.
watching, waiting to see whether or
not He is going to keep his promise
that He would come back again?
Shall We forget TO tell others that
He is coming some day 10 unite us
with Himself once more? Verify, If
We do. there shall be no one to meet
Him but our own sweet selves when
he comes. There will be no guests
from the neighborhood invited to the
supper. And yet, many good people
are wasting a whole lot of valuable
time. arranging the date when Christ
is to again appear; while churches
are being established along that line,
and they are forgetting TO tell 9th
ers the necessity of being prepared
state the other day a number of peo-
pie who had been listening TO the
exhortations of n man named Spang-
Ter, modern prophet who insisted
that the world was coming TO an
end on December "a. arrayed them
selves in white and gathered in
cemetery and waited for the appear
ance of the Christ; but the Lord
failed to appear, and the prophet for
got 10 show up, and the keeper of
the cemetery drove the people out,
and they betook themselves To their
homes. a thoroughly Disguised out
fit. Jesus once said To His disciples,
1t is not for you to know the times
and the seasons, which the Father
hath put in His own power. No man
knows when the Lord will appear.
No one can set the date when Jesus
shall descend from heaven with a
great shout, and all His holy angels
with Him. when those who sleep in
their graves shall come forth and
those who are yet alive shall be
caught up in the air, ever 10 be with
Him. But there is a sense in which
Jesus comes to us at any time. at
pected. He comes TO us. as He came
10 that poor Austrian who was lamp
ing dynamite with a broom stick at
the smelter the other day. and sud
denly the broomstick was shot clean
through his body. He comes TO us
as He came TO the people in a prov
ince in southern Italy few days
ago, when Suddenly the earth sank.
and the tidal wave came. and cities
and villages went crashing down. and
a scene of horror followed sach as
has never been witnessed before at
least in modern times. When such
disasters as these happen, there are
those who declare that they are acts
of God, sent upon a people because
of their wickedness. Again, there
are others who yehemently resent any
such imputation. and maintain that
natural causes alone are to blame.
But, in either event, what lesson Is
there in such catastrophes? DO they
not teach us, that in such an hour as
We think not, the Son of Man COM
eth? Do they not teach us that in
the midst of life we are in death,
and whether death comes to us
quickly, Unexpectedly and in some
terrible manner. or whether we are
permitted to live out our three score
years and ten, and then fall peaceful
ly asleep with the ones We love gath
cred about us, we should so shape
our lives that we will be ready TO
meet our Savior-wen he comes And
rest assured. that if We are not both
ering ourselves over the day when
He shall appear, but that We are full
filling His commands and are earn
estly seeking to keep others into the
kingdom, Ne shall be ready when He
comes -