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have done It into one OF the least "
these my brethren. We have done II
unto me" Matt. 25:4O:
TIME.-Tuesday. April 4. A.. D. 81.
The same day as our last two LESSONS
PLACE.-On the Mount Of Olives.
Suggestion and Practical Thought.
That there is a day Of Judgment IS
a fact. but it is difficult, and not so
important, to decide the exact nature
or time of the coming of the Lord TO
judgment. 1t is said in Matt. 24:29-34'
that this generation shall not pass
away till all these things be accom-
plished," and 1t is repeated In Marx
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 Wnen
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 d~ispensation. But II
does not exclude the great and tnal
| coming and judgment day at the end
Of that age.
There Is really a judgment day at
every great crisis Of the nation or OF
our lives, at death, at the coming OF
rewards or punishments for our &C.
tons, at every time of decision. For
instance, we have seer within the last
few years many persons who nave
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 beer
going on in course of drinking n
rioting for a long time, suddenly find
themselves drunkards, In Ill health,
| incapacitated for their best work. They
have been brought up at a 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 innumerablc 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 hestoWal
of the Holy Spirit, the experiences OF
the gospel, the renewal of the heart.
sanctifcation 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 OF
God, like God, and therefore heirs
heirs of God, and joint heirs with Je.
sus Christ. Every n must be the
heir Of him whose child he Is. He
that is a child of sin is an heir OF
sin; a child of the devil inherits from
the devil; a, child of goodness and Of
Cpd inherits from God. The kingdom
Of heaven, the kingdom which COZ.
sists in righteousness, peace, JOY In
the Holy Ghost from. 14:17), in which
saints reign over infinite forces and
powers to make them minister to hap
piness and good: "All things are
yours" because we are Christ's."
Ye have done it unto me. the poor
and needy and sick, and all the
classes whom Jesus helped in Pales.
tine are his representatives now on
earth. The only visible expression of
our love to him is through them.
What a privilege this is to show our
love to our Master. How 1t enriches
our life if we keep in mind that we
are not only helping the needy, but eE.
pressing our love to our Master.
The Inconsistencies of the right,
COuS SuOW0 Iunl lASll IuSo "StS
sincere and true. Whosoever does
good deeds for the sake of the reward
deserves no reward, and will obtain
none, fer the soul of goodness is left
out of such deeds.
Unconscious goodness is the highest
form Of goodness. The beginner II
music counts his measures, and stud.
les on what note he shall place each
finger; but the perfect musician
strikes the right notes and expresses
the right emotions almost as naturally
as he breathes or as the birds MARBLE
their morning songs"
The cause of the doom was the re-
fusal to do the deeds that belong to
The heavenly kingdom and to be ruled
by it's motiver. They refused to F.,
fit for heaven. They decided to Ii
selfish lives. The plan of their lives
was such tn t all the evils Of soci.
ety-graft, ct lid labor. poverty, degra.
dation, crime, oppression, drunken
ness, disease, could go on without any
effort on their part to put an end to
them.
The punishment is like the sin: It
omits heaven and JOY and God and the
companionship of the good from our
lives, and adds the everlasting fire.
This is a warning of love. 1t is q
statement of the fact that by the very
&c tl;,o, Gin lnoJc m r1in onI