The Detroit times., 1916-10-06
r,Ia,v Afternoons Sermon.

p0ly sunday spoke Friday after
noon o.. The Second Coming OF
Christ" as follows
Text Then We which are alive
and remain shall Or caught mp TO-
rcthr- with them iu he clouds 10
mcn, rhc Lord IN the air, and +o
shall va ever D" with Tho tar4
Wherefore comfort one another
with these words ~ Thcs ~ .l;.lS.
1.-THE meeting here mentioned 't
10 90 the greafes' Meeting tho H'
Die tells us anything about Ia,'r
have been SOME Vouds-fu. w"''
ings bu, never las there been one
e. comparp with fNI= 70 Na won
derful meeting The children ~ Is
rAel stood ON the shore ~ the Red
Sea. after Pharaoh pursuing host
had been destroyed ia the angry
watcra. and Miriam. the prophecies,
with her timbrcl. led the people in
sing7uc. sing go 20 the l0rd, for He
hath trumphed gloriously, the
horse and his rider he hath thrown
into he sea lex ~ 2lD And II
was another great meeting they had
NJ tho foot az NJ sinai. when the
law OF God was given 20 them amid
thundcrs and liRhtninEs. and IRE
and smoke That was great meet-
ing. too, on Mt Carmel. when Fli
fab. the sturdy Tishhi'e. dened the
prophets Of Baal; and that was a
great meeting where David danced
Before the ark OF God, as IL was
borne into Jerusalem
1T was a great meeting when Sol
pmon dedicated the temple. and the
glory OF the Lord came upon the
people. and those we're great meet.
ings that were held on the banks
OF the Jordan, when Jerusalem and
ell Judea went out 20 hear The man
who dressed IN camers hair and
wore a linen glrile. and lived on 10
Gusts and wild honey. 10 was a
wonderful meeting when Jesus
preached tho Sermon on the Mount,
and another when he fed the multi
tude with ave loaves and two fishes.
And that was a great meeting on
the day ~ Pcpfecost, when tho Spir.
n came Ike a rushing. mighty wind.
and under Peter preaching about
5000 were converted.
"All these were great meetings,
and any number az others have
been held. both In former times and
in our own day Those were great
meetings IN Tho early days % Meth
odlsm whom Wesley and Whitfield
preached 20 great multItudes In tho
fields Those were great meeting
when muliltudes were flockinR to
hear Finney and Moody: and great
meetings have since been held hy
other great cvangclists all around
the world but no meeting has been
held anywhere or IN any limo that
could begin TO compare IN lmp0r
lance with the greatest Of all meet
ings that g. 10 BE- held I'm tho air.
whom orr Lord comes 10 make MP
his Jewels That meeting "a tho ono
FOR which all others have boen pro
rarIng tho way. II win be the
browning meeting ~ all history Tho
rurposc az all that has boon done In
This world M 20 tho present time
IA beer to prepare for that great
meeting In 'hc air.
From Adam mankind haq been
marching etcn hv stop up n grand
stairway leading direct 20 that meet
Ing I'm Tho MIR Tho call of Abra
har, vas one stop toward r. and Va.
er1 aud hie ~ sons woro another.
j. rl ruling On FEynf wac another.
tn d,lifprancc under Moses anoth
cr tho conquest ~ Canaan under
Joshua another. and so on with ev
erv event ln sacred history II was
for this Jcgus suffered on the cross
20 mako ntonemcnt for Elm. II was
FOR this Ha arose from he dead
and assembled into heaven, where
lie took His place AZ the right hand
~ the Father II was for this tho