The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-03-08
RATcHFULNEss

Luke I2 :35.4S.
The passage which forms this les
| son Is the conclusions OF the address
on covtepusness which we began to
study la6t week The subject was
| not wholly changed, and we would
do well tp hold in mind that what our
Saviour says here Is said primarily
OF the temptation to- covetousness.
though, Of, course, his words can have
wider aplieation.
1t Is also wel1tto hold in mind that
this passage dis mot referring to what
we usually speak OF as the Second
coming 6f Christ. At least I tb;rE
that it d0esJnot The second COMING
of Christ is that event at. the iena OF
all the ages which will bring history
itself to close. It VIII be followed
by tn resurrection and the final
Judgment. 1t is not possible for Iis
to think that this great event ia
liable to come at amy hour. The
Scriptures do not encourage, us in this
/, expectancy; and, those who try to
cultivate 1t are liable to become fan
But this passage and great many
i seT passages speak OF the cunning OF
4 Christ intoyOur lives that We can live
IN daily /and hourly expectancy Of.
We must remember that the Christ
VINO Is coming at the. end of all the
| aGes is new living and reigning over
tnis World and especially over his
chure people and minister's. While
! ne ~ absent from It, so far as bodily
preF Fence is concerned, vet, he In :nres.
| eng In spirit. lie sees and contdoIs
| ~. And IT Is He, who comes IN iiudg-
Tiest TO nisf ih tI1is life ~ q
"A young Baptist minister q few
4 years ago was living In gross sin and
A mas 5esn- ser: a, good long time. he
conhaently thought he had so severed
his ace IDS tast he could 10 IN. B Ard
yet. In am hour; tllat he fhouRht not
land byyways he never dreamed Of. he
was, utterly exposed and was appoints
ed his portion with the hypocrites
This Is but q sample.
4 NOW psll8t sFe 5usnt to realize Is
this: That 1t was Christ Himself
i ssssiie Ii Judgment ON this young
minister Chrtst did ret figurativeiy
come ip-he literally, really came to
him. He win not more Certainly aIifi
literally he at the final Judgment than
4 he waR at the Judgment that came ON
that man. -
Now. as Christ came to thu man, an
1 Se Is liable TO come to every disc}nIe
and especially to- every minister.
ihese advas.sS q christ to iudRment
Ia this life ere not confined ~ tinfiI:
yiuuais. he thus comes to faIniiies,
TO churches. TO nations. But our lea.
son today deals with his coming tn
lnuliVtduals, He Is thus liable to como
any day and am, hour. II is}nott OiIS
:, fs sea!ssi;ensble IS; to- be ever expecting him.
istts.s f1sS NOT only comes to Judge; he also
! Is12aenly- comes t9 bless. It Ia per-
4 tentty yondeTfus how, as We say. the
III siset o toTstfie turns In good name
!; I. lts ana ne is raised at once to honor
sna .Ls power = In every single instance
]htneses arc acts OF our Christ Let US
4 ene:Ssufe study this lesson In the liRht
( OF these suggestions. 0eF95Ss ~
&, To All Dlsciples. %st.
The figure OF the Master. Versea
S9-SSs In that age men had slayes
nom Lney would often require to rem
DER unreasonable service; and whom.
4 tney would nnmercifully est ft5fs ilfe
smallest Offenses. 81 In shat atpp fha
wedding feast was the ennviyiaI 49,. -. !.
sion ana at wedding fsssfs mar, s,yo,,sd
eat and drlng until Tar into the niSitt,
ana Wonsol return home at any oi6
4 no ". stsd fesdS TO pour out uniiuait4.
4 ss9 s9 RAJ &c on Rny cor servant that was
z not res To- open 70 hina at the firat
s ,J.soutAtt . u HIS 4oOt-teH an6 to wait on
ntm In every detail OF his ffeeus md
4 Ehims q hose servants staysd wide
Il syake ALI night. with thair c.sssess ~,
and sheir laIebs not only bnrafnR. btIt
tEinsIasp 20 they would burn bEight-
in were the domestic scenees
q Tat Christ lave ..a dir s.,z7 q,
= 4serSe to point the lesson OF how his
ipieS shspld be ready for: him
1tseY must he 50 liTinx that they wiIl,
lgps READY To- Welcome him. And they
{ must be thus ready all the time, even
et those times when Il seems impos-
4 q lble Tor him 60 como. Note the fart
that the readiness which Christ refers
= to Is the diRess OF life, stthe clothes
Rfrllad and kIiaa ID aiiIIA hass-s.Es. ia te.
not enough to be always expecting
Christ This expectancy wilfs do no.
Y gcod unless II iseebs orc dressed reaSfy
20 meet Christ And the dress 70
:, - yz0TR. On this ever present occasion
4 n the dress os q life that sccofds
i with ChfEstE commandments HIS
truth must be brightly burning "a our
hearts
sghaye man s-s ss..::;s tassr555Eissii u,
welcome Ghfist, they viii find him
net an unreasoning. whInnSicsI ana
1 ltyfnnisql mastef hpt enc mos tofS-
~ ilfif o. 2tFiE Il
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