The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-06-26

OVorSeor:
first chapter There many chapters on the second
coming of Christ that it difficult select the most i'm
portant We have this discourse in Matthew twenty
four and in Mark thirteen, we'll in Luke tWentyone
Let us read together, beginning with the fifth
Ouke Fl $685. was read in concert)
After prayer, Conductor Thomas sang a solo the
Hymn entitled Christ Returneth," the congregation join
ing in the chorus:
It may be at morn, when the day is awaking,
When sunlight thro darkness and shadow is breaking,
That Jesus will come in the fulness of glory,
To receive from the world Ellis own
Cho-O Lord Jesus, how long? how long
Ere shout the glad song?
Christ returneth Hallelujah; hallelujah Amen
Hallelujah Amen.
It may be at midday, it may be at twilight,
It may be- perchance, that the blackness of midnight
Will burst into light in the blaze of His glory,
When Jesus receives ellis own"
While it's hosts cry Hosanna, from heaven descending
With gorifed saints and the angels attending,
With grace on His brow, like halo of glory,
Will Jesus receive ellis own
Oh joy oh delight should go without dying,
No sickness, sadness, dread and crying,
Caught up through the clouds with Lord into glory
When Jesus receives His own
General Overseer: In the Gospel according to St. john
the fourteenth chapter part of the third
II will come again and receive you unto Myself that
where am, there We may be also'
In the Acts of the Apostles the first chapter the tenth
and eleventh verses
And while they looked stedfasty toward heaven, He
went up behold two stood by them in white apparel
(Which also said, Ye men of Gailee why stand We
gazing up into heaven? This Jesus which is taken
up from you into heaven shall in like We
have seen Him go into heaven
The doctrine of the second coming of Christ occupies
very large space not only in the New Testament but also in
the Old Testament Many of the prophecies in the Old Tes
lament relative to the first coming of Jesus the Christ also
refer to His second coming.
Any person who does not accept with all his heart this
doctrine will utterly fail in his endeavors to live the Chris
an life. If every person in the world today knew that
Christ would descend from Heaven before tomorrow
ing there would be great commoton. mention this to
show that long keep in mind the fact that Christ
coming again. that fact will be inspiration to
shun evil and to do good.
God however, has fit, in His Word, not to reveal
the day the hour He has only told that there to be
time which will be known the day of the Lord-a
period designated he end of the Gospel Age and that
there will appear signs in the heavens and in earth-re
ligious, social and cvil-whch will that
living in that period; and exhorted always to be
ready; and told further that the coming of Christ
is to be the approach of the thief in the night.
think all can that God has very wisely concealed
the hour and the day. the week and the month"; and the
There not any question that close study of the Scriptures
will reveal the PERIOD and tell with considerable
curacy about where in that period of time known
"the end of the Gospel age" the day of the Lord"
SOME SIGNS THAT THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST NEAR
HAND
We have read the twenty chapter Of Luke and the
discourse appears in Matthew the twenty fourth
chapter and in Mark the thirteenth chapter 1t true that
they do not all forth the facts but they do all set
forth of the facts.
We told that in the last days there shall be wide
spread nquty that there shall be little of the faith of
God the earth that the question might well be asked
"When the Son Of cometh will He find the faith the
earth by that not that there will be any of the
faith but that few will have the faith of Cod compare
lively speaking that it might we'll be asked "When the
Son of cometh will He find the faith the earth p?
At the time that this condition prevails the
called Churches will be decevng the people by preaching
emasculate Gospel by holding so-caled Great Revivals
and telling people that the world is getting BETTER and that
they going to usher in the Millennium That is: they
will cry, Peace Peace when there is peace. DER a.
811) They will cry Peace when destruction is right
upon them and they will call attention to the of
cvization they will point you to the number of buildings
they have erected Church purposes the amount of money
that has been contributed and unless people have their
minds and hearts we'll stored with prophetic TRUTHS they will