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


are returning to Jerusalem. Part OF the
materials are alreRay on hand for the
rebuilding OF the temple, and with mod
ern appliances II won't take 40 years as
It did the first time II was built.
Political unrest of the people, and con
centration Of wealth. Twelve men practl,
cally control the wealth OF the United
States today. Twelve men can put the
United States out Of business.
"It means we are going to reign with
Him for 1000 years. The devil VIII be
chained In the pit. There will be no
saloons, no gambling hells, no brothels,
no murderers, no thieves. Christ is going
to reign for 1000 years.
"'And 1 saw an angel come down from
heaven, having the key OF the bottomless
pit and a great chain in his hand. And
he laid II on the dragon, that old ser.
pent. which is the devil, and Satant ana
bound him for a thousand years, and
cast him into the bottomless pit, and
shut him up. and set n seal upon him
that he should deceive the nations no
more, till the thousand years should be
fulfilled; and after that he must be loosed
for u little season.
"All this IL true, and at the end OF
the millennium reign the devil will get
out of the pit and for the first time he
will look upon the world bereft of sin,
and you'd think that IL the devil ever
turned, he'd turn then; but the devil
can't stand Il to see men decent, women
pure He will be loosed, I don't know
why this is. It's none of my business.
It's Gods plan and l won't butt In on
Gods business. He'll be loosed and he'll
go and tempt people, and he'll gather
flowers, and then fire will come down
from Gods heaven and consume him.
"Then Judgment will come; then comes
the end. We don't know what this will
be like Doubtless God will have many
SURPRISES for us. Think of being with
James and Peter, and John and Philip.
Think of hearing the story OF Jesus from
their lips! Think Of meeting Joseph, who
begged the body of Christ! Think of
knowing Mary Magdalene and the woman
who was healed by the touchl 1t means
that we shall be for a thousand years
with the Lord.
when we come back we shall not be
subject to limitations. We won't have to
walk 1 can go to the other world and
come here. expect to come back with
Jesus, and I expect to come back here
to Philadelphia. I'll come back to all the
places I've been and I'll see this old
site here where the tabernacl Gle stands.
Jesus wasn't limited after His resurrec-
ton. He could come and go. but no one
but His friends could see Him. Moses
and Elijah weren't limited. We're going
to reign with Christ. II you've been faith
full the Lord will let you reign. I don't
know bit He may let me reign over tho
Philadelphia district I'm going to be with
Him. The very thought fires me to the
end of my toes. If do, therell be some-
thing doing.
WORLD A PARADISE
I'VE will have faculties thousand
times more fit for enjoyment. The mil
lennium will be the greatest age of men;
II will be the fulfllment OF our dreams
The world will bloom and be litened unto
n paradise; the barren fields will blossom
like rose; instead of q thistle will
bloom fig tree; instead of the briars
will be the myrtle; conditions will change,
geographic aud climatic, and the old
world will reach the millennium in truth.
"You think this is great today, but just
wait If you want to see something. All
this is merely getting ready. Think of It.,
no poverty. war, pCstilence, no devil. No!
No! Think to come back when you have
no trouble. Think to come back when
you are not subject to the laws of this
old world, to be here in q glorlfied body,
when the devil has no power, to reign
forever with Christ.
"A man walked down a national pike
when he was a boy. He trudged 100
miles through the dust. looking for work,
stopping to rest begging food by the
wayside. Then he prospered. Grew to
| be a multimillionaire, bought a limou-
sine and drove back over this road.
| Looked at the people where he had
| stopped to rest and the houses he had
! begged food. He had never such a good
time In his life as going over the places
he had trudged 25 years before. Think
| of coming back as a member of the body
of Jesus Christ. My God, I can't see
why you hold your seat 1t means you're
| going to be suitably rewarded for all we
| have done. l don't understand why you
| don't accept Jesus Christ.
| Paul said, Have faith and then you
| shall have a crown of Righteousness
! 1T means If you are members of the
body of Christ that you will escape the
! day OF tribulatlon. Believers are the salt
| of the earth. the army which holds in
check the powers of hell. When they
are taken out the devil will have full
sway. and then you will see what the
old world would be If 1t were not for
Christianity. It's the same power which
made the Crusaders, from which you
men wearing the black and white sprung,
go to the Holy Land to rescue the temple
from the hands OF the infidel Turks.
| Christianity Is the only power that holds
the world today. When the Holy Spirit
Is gone the devil will have full sway.
Then will great tribulation come, Mat
| thew "a, For then shall be great tribula-
tion. such as was not since the beginning
of the world to this time, no, nor ever
shall be. And except those days shall be
shortened, there should no flesh be saved
but for the elects sake those days shall
be shortened
Daniel says there shall be times of
trouble. They haven't come yet. Every mar
Is not to be delivered. Only those OF
the body of Christ are true Christians
God pity any one who has to live here al
the time of tribulation. No one Is equa
to pIcturlng that awful tribulation. II
may come this very hour. 1t will bt
worse than the time the Hood destroyed
the land, worse than the bondage oi
Egypt worse than when the children
were torn and thrown to beasts IN tht
time that impelled the Crusader to go t.
the rescue. worse than the time wher
Nero played the fiddle when Rome burned
when he poured tar on Christians, huns
them on poles and set them on fire, ent
drove his chariot through the lane o.
human torches and laughed at theil
agony. Worse than the Spanish inqulsi
tion. worse than when Cortez destroyed
the Aztees, worse than the French revo
luton, worse than the dark ages wheI