The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-03-15

GUS as 10 meaning
In important places that l have beef
unable to reach such conclusions a
amount to positive convictions" Sucl
an expression Of bewilderment SHOULD
ut least suggest the need Of sympathy
and patience In setting forth our View
on this subject.
There are some things, however
which are evident. First of all, this
theme has q prominent place In the
New Testament, being referred to 3Os
times, or In one verse out of every %
Again, the early church evidently
thought her Lord might return at any
time; IL such an attitude were taken
more than nineteen centuries ago, II
would seem to be ever more approprl-
ate now.
Charles III. Spurgeon expresses him.
self In these sensible words: "Read
for yourselves and search for your.
selves; for still this stands first and is
the only thing l will insist upon-the
Lord will come. He may come now ;
he may come tomorrow; he may come
In the first watch Of the night, or the
second watch, or he may wait until
the morning watch, but the one word
he gives us all is, Watch! Watch |
Watch! that whenever he shall come,
we may be ready to open to him, and
to say, In the language of the hymn,
Hallelujahi
Welcome, welcome, Judge divine!
$50 far as / know we are scriptural
and therefore perfectly safe In our
statements about the Lords second
advent"
Waiting.
First, we are ito await for his Son
from heaven" Il Thess. 1 :10).
Let us wait hopefully. The Thessa-
lonian Christians were troubled as to
their dead friends, lest they should
miss n Of the glories Of the kingdom
to be set up when he returns. But
Paul bids them in the fourth chapter
Of his first eplstle, not to sorrow, for
the Lord will bring their friends with
him. He explains that the Lord shall
descend from heaven and, the very
first thing, will raise the sleeping
saints; then he will catch them up In
clouds, together with the living ones,
to meet him In the air, and so they
shall be together, forever with the
Lord. They are to comfort one an
other with these words. And how
these words have comforted and
strengthened the ~sorrowing through
the agesi
Let us wait patiently. James was
writing to oppressed people when he
said, "Be patient, therefore, brethren
unto to the coming Of the Lord"
Christ's coming will right all wrong
so we may patiently endure injustice,
misrepresentation and oppression.
1.-THE coming Of the Lord draweth
Let us wait actively. st. Peter
Of fastening the coming Of the
day Of God (H Pc. 3:12 r. v. marg.).
This we can do by being pure, living
with our loins grit and laboring to ex-
tend the Kingdom. John Wesley was
once asked how he would spend the
time II he knew he were to die that
night. He replied: "How, madam
Why just rs I intend to spend It now.
| should preach this night ut Glou-
rester, and again at FIVE tomorrow
morning; after that I should ride to
preach in the afternoon
and meet the societies in the evening.
should then repair to friend Martins
house, who expects to entertain me,
converse and pray with the family as
Usual, return to my room at ten
commend myself to my heav-
'nly Father, lie down to rest and wake
Up In glory" Putting the coming of
he Lord In the place Of death we have
lere the correct attitude of the Chris
Ian.
Looking.
Another word Is used In Titus 2:13:
Looking for that blessed hope and
he appearing Of the glory of our great
Tod and Savior, Jesus Christ" This
vord, like the word swatch" expresses
ur earnest expectation of an event
7hich may occur at any time. It is ,
favorite position with popular theo- .
,gians today that Christ will never ,
eturn to this earth. But even some :
Tho expect his return and expect It |
the millennium tell us that GER .
hin, events must occur before Christ q
an come back. Yet the one thing
'hich seems to be made clear by the a
lew Testament is the fact that L
hrlst's coming may be at any time.
Loving.
The final word is found In II Tim
As: "And not to me only, but
nto oil them also that love his up "
Holy Samuel Rutherford !.
ell expresses this attitude. He says, o.
dare not challenge himself, but his
,sence is like a mountain of iron on
y very heart. o, my Lord, come .,
yer the mountains at one stridel O =,
me, run, run and hasten the mar ~
age day-for love Is tormented with
IN
Reader, do you love his appearing2 n
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