The Nevada County picayune., 1910-10-14

these my brethren. ye have done 1t unto me. Matt. 25:4o.
 TIME.-Tuesday April 4 A n. 90. 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 it is difficult. and not so important. to decide the exact nature or time of the coming of the Lord to judgment. It 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 Mark 13:30, Luke 2l:32. and again in Matt f6: 2S, 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 dispensation. But 1t uOcS uVt eACluue tue great duu hlAoA 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 ac- tions. at every time of decision. For inatance, 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 ging on In course of drinking and rioting for 8 long time. suddenly find themselves drunkards, Tn i'll 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 inuumerable 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 of 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. He that is child of sin is an heir of sin; child of the devil inherits from the devil; a child of goodness and of God inherits from God. The kingdom of heaven. the Kingdom which con. sists in righteousness. peace. joy in the Holy Ghost (Rom. 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 "ye are Christ's."
 Ye have done 1t 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 it enriches our life if we keep in mind that we are rot only helping the needy. but ex. pressing our love to our Master.
 The unconsciousness of the right eous shows that their virtues were sincere and true. Whosoever does good deeds for the sake of the reward deserves no reward. and will obtain none. for the soul of goodness Is left out of such deeds.
 The cause of the doom was the re- fusal to ,lo che deeds that belong to the heavenly kingdom and to be ruled by it's mctivet. They refused to by 1t for heaven They decided to h-1 selfish lives. The plan of their lives was such tn all the evils of soci- ety-graft. ck Id 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: 1t 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. It is . statement of the fact that by the very nature of things sin leads to ruin, and righteousness to heaven.
 No evil can enter heaven. for if Ii did heaven would not be heaven any longer