Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-06-27


witness the words
in Thess. 1:s, 10. we turned to God
from idols to serve the living and true
God; and to walt for his son from
heaven"
II. The difficulty of watching Is
illustrated in the drowsiness of the
disciples in What. could
We not watch with me one hour?"
Matt. &c: 400. The spirit was willing
but the flesh was weak. A condition
of things quite as likely in the region
OF spiritual truth, If one may Judge
by the frequent appeals to Christians
to awake out of sleep, see Ephes.
5:14; Rom. 1911, IL; Cor. 1894;
1 Thess. Sc. There are few of us
who are not aware of this from actual
experience. alas! AS in the physical
SO in the spiritual sense. the longer
we have to watch the more difficult
task it becomes.
III. The danger of not watching is
seen in our Lords warning to the
church at Sardis-"If therefore thou
shalt not watch, I win come to thee
as a thief'' Grew. 3:3.) The thief
cometh not but for to steal, and to
kill, and to destroy John 10:10}.
by another in which Christ says:
But and if that evil servant shall say
in his heart, my Lord delayeth his
coming; and shall begin to smite his
fellow servants, and to eat and drink
with the drunken; the Lord of that
servant shall come in a day when he
looketh not for him, and in an hour
that he is not aware of, and shall cut
him asunder, and appoint him his por-
ton with the hypocrites: there shall
be weeping and crashing Of teeth"
(Matt. "a: 4S-51).
w. The accomplishments of watch
ing are:
ID Prayer mark 13: 1910 pray
Alright is to watch, but surely he Is
not watching who is not praying?
Hence men ought always to pray"
duke 1871 Not that we must ever
be in the external attitude of prayer.
as when the Pharisees loved to pray
standing at the corners of the streets.
but that our inward habit should be
one of daily communion with God, for
he heareth us always.
CD Service-'1oins girded about"
duke 1883. See 1 Kings 1s:46,
Prov. 31:17, 10. 1t is the slothful
busy servant may not have the partic-
ular thought of his Lords return mo
mentarily present to his mind, but it
is nevertheless the underlying motive
of his activity.
CD Testimony-"your lights burn
ing" duke 12:35). He who is watch
ing for his Lords return is speaking
of 1t, witnessing for him. Eye shine
lob in tha
the word of life" Phil- 2:15. 16) that
others may see the way of life.
". The rewards of watching are:
Cd Escape from danger-"Watch We
therefore -. that ye may be &C
counted worthy to escape all these
things that shall come to pass" duke
II: 36). Compare the context and the
parallel passages with II Thess- 1859. |
CD Bestowal of divine honor
Blessed are those servants, whom the |
Lord when he cometh shall find watch |
ing; verify 1 say unto you. that he
shall grid himself. and make them to
sit down to meat, and will come forth !
and serve them" duke 12:3O. 1t is, |
of course, impossible to apprehend the |
meaning of this promised felicity |
isaiah 64:4)-; we simply know that |
our LOrQ s language implies an eXdI- |
tation beyond our highest thought. |
CD Increase of power and opportu-
nifty who then is a faithful and /
wise servant, whom his Lord hath |
made ruler over his household, to give |
them meat in due season? Blessed is
that servant, whom his Lord when |
he cometh shall find SO doing"
All hail, the Coming Son of God.
He's Coming back again,
Hes Coming in the Clouds of heaven
He's Coming back again to reignl
Sinners whose sins washed away.
Nor left a single stain.
Go, hail. the Advent of your Lord
He's Coming back to reigni
Let every kindred. every tribe
Free of Creations pain.
Aloud Acclaim HiO Welcome back.
He's Coming back to reign!
All, soon with All the ransomed thronx.
Beholding Him once slain,
Wen see the rolling cloud. and shout
He's Coming back t. reigni