The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-05-22
Bob Jones Monday Showed Why Chris
q tians Were Expecting Second Coming
. of Savior at Any Hour.
PASTOR RUSSELL iNu false RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS flAYED
Evangelist Says Sde Issue Doctrines Are Inventions of the
Devl-First of Two Sermons i"Atonement" Preached
Monday Afternoon-Delegation of Electric Company
80 Employees and City Nurses That Night.

There Is nothing to lead US to believe
that He Is coming in a figurative way.
And when Jesus does come he will
change the vile bodies of those who
have accepted Him" (this literally
means change the Inundated
bodies') so that we shall be like the
Master. The citizenship Of Christians
Is In heaven. anyway. They are
strangers I'm a strange land down here.
Another thing to remember. Christ's
coming will be a bodily coming. He
foretold this Himself when, after Me
mad risen. he said. I'm effect: Don't
touch me for l have not ascended." +"
lie meant that, as was the custom of
the high priest. He must protect his
body from being defiled by any pos
sible means until He had presented I'm
person the sacrifice Of His blood to
the Father in heaven. or course. af-
terwards He appeared again on earth
and called Thomas to put his fingers
In the nal holes In his palm, as a
proof that He was indeed the Christ.
A passage that gives us q striking
proof OF Christ's bodily coming again
Is that This same Jesus shall so
come In like manner as he went up,
and Jesus Is n body now. sitting at the
right hand Of God.
Christ's coming will be n visible
coming. John told us this, and His
coming will be both sudden and unex-
pected. IA the bible says "like llghtn-
ing" Jesus has commanded us To
watch, and although no man can give
n date for the Masters coming, the
rapid fulfillments of prophecies, par
ticularly as regards earthquakes and
wars and rumors of wars leads to
the belief that the second coming of
Christ to this earth is not far distant
III you want TO live right begin to
expect Christ. said Mr.. Jones. Jesus
Is coming to- judge and to reign and
those Christians who remain on earth
at his coming shall arise to meet Him
and be like Him. mo saved man will
die IL he's alive when Jesus comes"
And those Christians who are dead
Will have the honor of arising first TO
meet their Lord and Saviour. In this
connection Mr.. Jones told a touching
story OF young college boy who died
some time after having been convert
ed under Mr.. Jones ministry. The
mother asked the evangelist 10 point
her out the most comforting passage
I'm the Bible. This was the passage he
showed her.: but I would not have
you to be ignorant. brethren, concern
ing them which-are asleep, that yc
sorrow not. even as others, which
have no hope"
When the invitation was offered
twenty-five came to the Mercy Seat.
The Afternoon Service.
Many Of the business houses OF the
city having closed for the four o'clock
service yesterday. a CROWD n.uch larg-
err than usually comes to the taber-
nacle In the afternoon, assembled to
hear Mr.. Jones speak on the subject
of the Atonement. or. as it is often
rendered "at-one-ment." And II was
an atonement by blood. The Bible
stresses this by lifting the sacrifice Of
Christ far above that holy sacrifice of
the old priests. who offered the blood
or bullocks and oxen as sacrifice.
And Christ, through the power Of the
atonement is our mediator with God.
The death Of Christ, said Mr.. Jones.
IL more magnifed than any other
event In His life. and despite the cries
or some against preaching bloody
gospel" the cleansing power Of tho
blood of Christ Is Gods only remedy
Tor n man sick I'm sin. Jesus Christ
Himself said IL came to this world.
not To live. but Ia die" lie died ON
the cross To save souls. and We should
not shrink from the fact of his bloody
sacrifice. made In our behalf. be-
cause that IL the only thing that can
redeem poor lost soul. And Christ
Intends for those who have come to
him by way OF the cross, To give ont
the JOY that they have received to
help others along lirc's way. Like a
well from which no water comes Is
the man who says he is "a Christian
and does not tell of the joy that ha.
blessed him.
Christ knew that people would for.
get many things that occurred i'm hi.
stay on this earth. In fact. manN
things that occurred were never writ
ten, but He stressed the point that W,