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witness the words
In Thess. 1:9, 10, Eye turned to Goo
from idols to serve the living and true
God; and to wait for his son from
heaven"
IL. The difficulty Of watching Is
illustrated in the drows1ness OF the
disciples in Gethsemane-"What, coulo
We not watch with me one hour
Matt. 6:4O). The spirit was willing
but the flesh was weak. A conolt1oH
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 Epnes'
5:14; Rom. 1871, II; I Cor. 1884;
. Thess. SIS. 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
a task it becomes.
III. The danger Of not watching ls
seen in our Lords warning to the
church at Sardis-"If therefore thou
shalt not watch, will come to tnee
as a thief" (Rev. $3.50 THE thlef
cometh not but for to steal, and to
kill, and to destroy" John 10:1O.
This last figure is partly interpreted
by another. in which Christ says:
"But and If that evil servant shall say
In his heart, my Lord delayeth MS
coming; and shall begin to smlte MS
4o RI
with the drunken; the Lord OF that
servant shall come in a day when ne
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. 24:48-5O.
w. The accompaniment Of watch
ing are:
ID Prayer mark 13:33)-To pray
Alright is to watch, but surely he 10
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.
(2) Service-'1oins girded about"
duke 1885. See I Kings 1S:46,
Prov. 31:17, 10. It is the slothful
servant who Is not watching. The
busy servant may not have the partic-
u1ar thought of his Lords return mo
mentarily present to his mind, but 1t
is nevertheless the underlying motive
Of his activity.
90 Testimony-"your lights burn
ing" Guke 1885. He who Is watch
ing for his Lords return is speaking
of it, witnessing for him. "Ye shine
as lights In the world; holding forth
the word of life" (Phil ELS. 16) that
others may see the way of life.
V. The rewards of watching are:
Cd Escape from danger-"Watch ye
therefore that ye may be &C
counted worthy to escape all these
things that shall come to pass duke
21:36). Compare the context and the
parallel passages with II Thess. l:5-9
90 Bestowal of divine honor
BLESSED are those servants, whom the
Lord when he cometh shall find watch
ing: verify l 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 $40; we simply know that
our Lords language implies an exaE
tation beyond our highest thought
We are told that the bridegroom In
England formerly waited on the
guests, and that favorite freedmen
were thus treated by Roman masters.
In some such way our Lord in the
great day Of his coming will inVert
the established order Of human ar
rangements in his purpose to increase
our bless edness. Indeed is he not
ever doing that even now? Is 1t our
service for God or Gods service to US
ent Joy?
90 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. Verify
I say unto you, that he shall make
him ruler over all his goods" Matt.
24:45-4T. Compare with this the
parallels of the talents and Of the
pounds. Also Luke 1929, 80; 1 Peter
6:2-4; Rev. 1921 and PIT.
All hail, the Coming Son of God.
He's Coming back again,
He's Coming in the Clouds of heaven,
He's Coming back again to reign!
Sinners whose sins are washed away,
Nor left a single stain.
Go, hail, the Advent OF your Lord,
He's Coming back to reign!
Let every kindred. every tribe.
FREQ of Creations pain,
Aloud Acclaim His Welcome back.
He's Coming back to reign!
All! soon with all the ransomed throng.
Beholding Him once slain,
Wen see the rolling cloud, and shout
He's Coming back to reign!
God has no pleasure in the death of
the wicked 1t is life he offers us
yet men persist in choosing death. 1t
Is JOY he longs to put into the hearts
Of all-yet they choose sadness and
suffering. Why are we SO blind?-
Selected.
4 good word is an easy obligation;
but not to speak i'll requires only cur
silence, which costs US nothing.-Til
lotson.