Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-05

often. mistaken as the little bugs. The
safest pilot Is not the man that knows
the channel and how to steer clear of the
rocks. Some people think he Is, and
that's the same trouble in the church.
They follow these men and try to find
Christ and the way to eternity.
WHEN BODY is COMPLETE.
when Jesus Christ comes-I don't know
when that will be-no one knows when
that will be, but He will come-when
Jesus Christ comes He will reveal Him
self to members of His body, and only
those who are truly saved are members
OF the body Of Christ. Every member Of
the church ought to be a member of
Christ, but every member is not. Only
members who are truly Christians are
members OF the body of Christ That's
tho work of the true Christan and when
the last soul Is converted. to complete
the body OF Christ. then Christ will re-
veal Himself. We don't know when that
will be- It may be tonight. That is an
Incentive to work. Every time I preach
or you do personal work l am and you
are doing something that will hasten
the coming of the Lord, IL sets my
brain on fire to think that the soul needed
to be saved TO complete the body of
Christ may be right here in Philadelphia.
1 don't know.
WORLD WILL NOT END.
THE notion that when Jesus comes
back the world will come to an end is all
nonsense. Business will go on just the
same, but there will be days Of great
tribulation. At the close of the days of
tribulation. Jesus will return with the
members of His body and then He will
show Himself to the wicked, and then
every one will see Him, and then will
begin the days of the millennium. The
Jews will receive Him: they will accept
Him During or before the tribulation
the Jews will be restored to Jerusalem
and will rebuild the temple and worship
in It, Then will come an anti Christi
don't know who he will be-some think
he may be great king or the devil in
carnate He will go to Jerusalem, per-
fern wonders and delude the people, and
the people Will worship Him in the tenn
pie; AMI then Jesus will come and de-
stroy the anti-Christ by the glory of His
coming.
There are three distinct phases of the
coming of Christ. He'll come back again
anu tHe DeileNeFS VIII De changed IN the
twinkltng of an eye, and meet Him In
the air. Then will come the trlbula-
ticn, during which the Jews will 20 to
Jerusalem and build the temple. An anti
Christ will come and then Jesus will
come back with the Saints and set up a
millennium, and He will reign for a thou
sand years. The Jews will accept Him.
Nations will be born in n day. The vlsi-
BILE churches will be left here, but they
will have no power against the devil.
Why? Because there'll be no HOLY Spirit
in the world
"'For there shall rise false Christs
and false prophets and shall show great
signs and wonders insomuch that if II
were possible they shall deceive the very
elect. Immediately after the tribulation
of these days shall the sun fall from
heaven and the powers of heaven shall
be shaken. And then shall all the tribes
of the earth mourn and they shall see
the Son of Man coming in the clouds OF
heaven, with power and great glory and
He shall send His angels with a great
sound of trumpet and they shall gather
together His elect from the four winds
from one end of heaven to the other. So
then, because thou art lukewarm and
neither cold nor hot, 1 will spew ye out
of my mouth That's no picture of the
Turks nor the heathens of Africa nor in
Siam; that is the church after the Lord
what will 1t mean to be in that meet
ing In the air? 1t will mean to be a
member of the body of Christ, royal mem
bers of the rulers of the universe, a
most excellent being. Not all will be
saved on the return, but many will be
saved after the return, yet they will
not be as we are. They'll be members OF
the royal household, but We will be mem
bers of the body of Christ, and live and
reign with Christ.
WE SHALL BE CHANGED.
eve shall all be changed in the twink
ling of an eye. II means that our bodies
! shall be forever young. Feebleness and
wrinkles will disappear We will no longer
be subject to decay. We will be changed
| in the twlnkling of an eye, in moment
for this has all been arranged. Some
| will give up old age and become young
| some will go from sick beds TO theil
health, some will go from pain from which
| they thought they could never be cured.
"Imagine, how the angels will crowd tC
| the battlement of heaven and look dOwT
when the event takes place, Look arounC
YOU and see how the world is going
1t looks like the end would never come
but no man knows the hour. An hon
before the Galveston flood no one though
| of II. An hour before Mt Pelee erupteC
| no one thought of any danger. An houi
before the earthquake at San Francisco
no one imagined 1t would happen. Blu
| In Seattle, Wash, were acres OF machln
| cry; the President In Washington pressed
a golden key. Five minutes before thu
acres of machinery were silent banner
were furled, men stood with bowed heads
| but when he touched the key the ma
chinery was set in motion, banners un
| furled and shouts arose, Five minutes
| before It didn't seem as though II coul'
| happen. So 1 say you can't tell by ap
pearances. All signs point to the grea
event.
Here are some OF the signs: The radi
cal tendency today TO depart from tn
true Christian faith. Never has ther
been such a turning away from the Bibe
In New York city half the preachers don
believe IN the divinity OF Jesus Christ.
'second, prophecies that are fu.hlled
The Gospel has been preached in ever,
nation on earth.
Third, the worldwide expectancy o
all true believers that He will come.