The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-13
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Sunday School lesson for Oct. is, IyIU
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these my brethren. ye have done "
unto me-" Matt. 25:4o.
TIME.--Tuesday. April T. A.. ID. 80.
The same day as our last two lessons.
PLACE.--On the Mount OF olives.
Suggestion and Practical Thought.
That there Is day OF Judgment Is
a fact, but 1t is difflcult. and not so
important. to decide the exact nature
or time of the coming OF the Lord to
judgment. II is said In Matt. 2i:29-34
that this generation shall not pass
away till all these things be accom-
pished." and 1t is repeated in Mark
1880, Luke 21:32. and again in Matt
1928, there are some of them that
stand here. which shall in no wise
taste of death, till they see the Son
of man coming in his kingdom when
the Son of man shall come in the
glory of his Father with his angels.
and then shall he render unto every
man according to his deeds"
This must refer to the destruction
Of Jerusalem and the end of the old
dispensation or age, and the coming
of the gospel dspensatlon. But 1t
does not exclude the great and final
coming and judgment day at the end
of that age.
There is really judgment day at
every great crisis of the nation or OF
our lives. at death. at the coming OF
rewards or punishments for our ac-
tions, at every time of decision. For
instance, we have seen within the last
few years many persons who have
been for years growing rich by graft
and dishonesty and have suddenly met
their judgment day, while others have
been reaping the rewards of faithful
service. So young men who have been
going on In course of drinking and
rloting for a long time. suddenly find
themselves drunkards, in i'll health.
incapacitated for their best work. They
have been brought up at judgment
day. while those who have resisted
temptation and been faithful and true
are also reaping their rewards.
Then shall the king say unto them
on his right hand. The sheep, the
righteous Come. Draw near to your
Elder Brother, to your Father, to your
home, for here is the place for you.
Ye blessed of my Father means exact
ly my Fathers blessed ones" denot'
ing not simply that they have been
blessed by him, but that they are his.
| Blessings innumerable had come to
| them through their being willing to
! become his children and accept the
kind of blessings he had to bestow
such as his loving care. the bestowal
of the Holy Spirit. the experiences OF
the gospel, the renewal Of the heart
sanctification by the Spirit, the power
to become children and heirs of God
the gifts and fruits of the Spirit. eter
nal life, the favor Of God. the rest In
the everlasting arms. the pavilion un
der the shadow of his wings.
Receive not by purchase, or by la
bors, but by becoming children o.
God. like God, and therefore heirs
heirs of God. and joint heirs with Je
sus Christ Every one must be the
heir of him whose child he is. Ht
that is child of sin is an heir o
sin; a child of the devil inherits from
the devil; a child of goodness and o
God inherits from God. The kingdom
of heaven, the kingdom which con
slsts In righteousness, peace. Joy II
the Holy Ghost (Rom. IA: 40, in whicl
saints reign over infinite forces ant
powers to make them minister TO hap
piness and good: "All things arr
yours" because I'VE are Christ's."
Ye have done 1t unto ME. the poo
and needy and sick, and all tn
classes whom Jesus helped in Pales
tine are his representatives now ol
earth. The only visible expression o
our love to him is through them
What a privilege this is to show ou
love to our Master. How it enriche
our life II we keep In mind that W
are not only helping the needy, but G,
pressing our love to our Master.
The unconsciousness OF the righ
eous shows that their virtues wer
sincere and true. Whosoever doe
good deeds for the sake OF the rewar
deserves no reward and will obtai
none, for the soul OF goodness Is lei
out of such deeds.
Unconscious goodness is the highet
form OF goodness. The beginner
music counts his measures, and stut
les ON what note he shall place eac
finger; but the perfect musicia
strikes the right notes and expresse
the right emotions almost AS natural
as he breathes or as the birds warb
their morning songs"
The cause of the doom was the r
fusal to do tho deeds that belong
the heavenly kingdom and to be rule
by It's motiveB. They refused to
fit for heaven They decided to II
selfish lives. The plan OF their live
was such tk all the evils OF SOC
ety-graft, ckud labor. poverty degr
/ datlon. crime. oppression, drunke
, ness. disease. could go on without ar
5 effort on their part to put an end
. them.
The punishment is like the sin:
omits heaven and Joy and God and Il
companionship of the good from o.
J lives. and adds the everlasting fire.
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