Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-13

witness the words ,
in Thess. 1:s, 10. I'VE turned 10 uou
from idols IN serve the living and true
God; and to wait for his SO" ''0
heaven" ,. %
IT The difficulty of watching Is
illustrated in the drowsiness vi 'nI
discinles in What, coulu
We not watch with me one h'ui
Matt 26:40). The spirit was Willie
but the flesh was weak. A conulIioh
of things quite as likely in the resioN
Of snjritual truth. if one may Judge
by the frequent appeals 10 Chils'I''
TO awake out of sleep, see EPneS'
5.14. Rom. 1911, u; | Cor. 1884
Tbess SO. There are Few OF US
who are not aware of this from actual
experience, alas. AS IN the pny si0"l
so in the spiritual sense, the longer
ve have TO watch the more dlhcuiI
a task It becomes.
iii. The danger of not wa'chins
seen in our Lords warning 10 'no
church at Sardis-"If therefore lnou
sbalt not watch. | will come TO thee
as thief (Rev. 3:3) The thlei
cometb not but for to steal. and 10
Lin and to destroy" John lo:lo),
This last figure is partly interpreted
nv another in which Christ says;
But and if that evil servant shall say
IN his heart, my Lord deiayeth us
coming; and shall begin TO smile MS
follow servants. and to eat and urlhh
with the drunken; the LORD OF tna'
servant shall come In a day Wheh ne
looketh not for him, and in an noun
that he is not aware of, and snail cut
him asunder. and appoint him his por-
ton with the hypocrites; there snan
be weeping and gnashing OF 'ee'n
Matt. "a: 4S-5D.
Nv The accompaniments OF "alch-
ing are: ov
, CD PRAYER MARK 13: 33)-To pray
: Alright is to watch, but surely ne Is
: not watching who is not praying
Hence men ought always TO pray
r Uuke 1871. Not that we must e|ei
a he in the external attitude OF prayei
{; "a when the Pharisees loved 10 pray
e standing at the corners OF the streets
e hut that our inward habit should Dc
y ono n, daily communion with Goo, loi
g he heareth us always.
v 10, Seryice-"loins girded ABOUT
8. Unke 12:35). See | Kings lo:1o
e Prov. 3l:17, 10. 1t is the slotnl u
70 servant who is not Watching Inv
n busy servant may not have the par'ic
B. Mar thought OF his Lords return mo
re uentarily present to his mind, put
a. nevertheless the underlying motlV
s. of his activity.
as 70, Testimony-"your lights burr
es two" ~ r,-o 1o:35). He who is water
e, inc for his Lords return is speaKln
at Of it, witnessing for him. fe sun
n "a lights in the world; holding lott
st the word of life" phil 2:15, lo) Una
he others may see the way or Ire.
at V The rewards of watching are
o. m Escape from danger Watcn
lp- .oforo that We may be
in counted worthy to escape all ines
ng things that shall come to pass 'Luf
'es 21:36). Compare the conteN' anu =
parallel passages with IL Ihess' 10
ga (2) Bestowal Of divine hohoi,
an oplessed are those servants, whom u
srn I'D when he cometh shall find waite
nst inc. verify | say unto you, that
OF shall grid himself, and make lhen
co cit down to meat, and Will come lor
ar and serve them" duke 12:3D. IL
the ~ course. impossible to apprehend I
ne' meaning of this promiseu in y.
IN Isaiah 64:4; we simply kno" u
lrg. our Lords language implies an ex
oia' tat;on beyond our highest tnoug
No are told that the bridegroom
- England formerly waited Oh
Guests. and that favorite lreeom
llsh nero TINS treated by Roman maste
any In some such way our Loro III
INST great day of his coming VIII INV
oor' tho established order OF human
CO. ronoements in his purpose to lncre'
To orr b,essedness Indeed is ne
ach- ever doing that even now? is II
ioio service for God or Gods service 10
her hitch furnishes the secret OF our pl
OF "hich Aui
.ns ent Joy?
Ane' (3 Increase of power and oppo
nitv Who then is faithlui
'uiu wise servant. whom his LORD n
NADIA ruler over his household, to
nv" them meat in due season? blesse'
that servant whom his LORD W
80 he cometh shall find so doing. We
tha 7 say unto you, that he shall m
49, him ruler over all his goods IN
~. 24:45-4O. Compare with this
90 marbles of the talents and OF
mounds. Also Luke 1929, 80;
b:a-4: Rev. 1921 and 21:7.
All hail. the Coming Son OF Co.,
,aper He's Coming back again,
toxn He's Coming in the CLOUDS OF heaN
He's Coming back again to reii
best
I'll as Sinners whose sins are washed
o has Nor left a single stain,
20 hail the Advent OF your Lor
oni' Hes Coming back to reign!
/ can
sions Let every kindred. every tribe.
,ot;on Free of Creations PAIN
Aloud Acclaim His Welcome oac
. 'he He's Coming back TO reign!
ordi
loses Ali soon with all the ransomed IN
mot. Beholding Him once slain,
Wei see the rolling cloud, ana
He's Coming back to retgnl