Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-07
he Second Coming
of Christ, {" Sunday 5,
Topic atAuditonum

resort. to to get anybody TO go and hear
them.
%hsre IL Is gf s no .hs, %
6m mn ,,iI,,.i You might as we'll talk Of
Satan has been bound In the pit. Nothing
shall cover The earth, Su, il vii be g AFTER oT
Jesus Gomez.
AND WORSE HE SAYS
Many have AN idea the world will grow
nehiy fn@ 0e 5S Sn. shS eSnr Of the
yer,.d. and you hear tina, stuff preached.
as' Ss sSs sf
no doubt nany people who were sincere
better. ., ~ and yet It was so hopelcssly wicked
may have made the same claim for Sodoin,
no doubt Lots wife was Of the 30 same opinon.
ON the day before the crucinxcn there were
with, each other ,ha, Tho world was grow
Ing Ing better RS, The world will grow worse and
married wires they were. given in mar
az i;iisewise Wise. also as 1t was In the day'
goqsh,; hey sold they planted a"i t they
bulided But the same day that Lot went
from IIeHyen and destroyed thorn ali Even
aEuS rhHii Il be on The day when the Son
lcssn"sS. vice and crime VIII increase: com
%4as ara .hif' eonnIe 4" te m
tho wiii finally ripen into :he anti-chTis;
PERSONAL HEiGS sy 9I ci.HJST
MAN think and preach that the rnilien-
MUM vii be BROUGHT about by the increase
f! as the gasoline engine. automobile. cleo
,se h. r.d,pm, i?uihed, air, wireless ,sler
| 70 do with bringing the millennium. IL is
the icnnium hose wn ns have sHa BEEN GT'n ass
( greatest blessing to the world were filled
with ;his hope-and preached II
ne wOEu y! God yittats and
traiized by the traditions OF men when lie
tro"hc IN present times Instead OF soin.;
! 70 The Bible TO find out what God says. the
see .yhat the great men of his church nave
.saching takes It's color from the glasses
,he rnnbis year just as was the case in
Was noe by tae h high n's u;a Ssg
I tie. Ln, was rejected and cruciiied an
deadly ming /, il TO accept the traditions Of
things Too many Wa o arc e' no sSSS ms sSeq
7 y: Israel are as much in the dark as
NEED TO DEFEND on GOD
The truth IL no harder TO get at than
the hush and shell H.. we need 20 depend
NOR vpon the. Hoy sp.ri; and jess upon
! those who near us viii also hear the voice
y Goa THIS our or rossSr ha, has no' to What
about II that Sctiics the question. and SET
/ What does the bible say shout it? A::d
! what need 10 do Is 10 take The Bible
/ means, Bis men have been mistaken about
/ vital things just as often AS little ones The
I biggest hat, bu, the one who knows the
channel best, We should let the Bible speak
l - uS Just as God means IL should, without
dis!ortins i by the prejuiiccs and vasaries
! own camel int" II and STRAIN out some
body e!As,s gnai
prophecies already falhllcd. The curses
:" o vii be She bi%s.nss Pie Rnss se s1.a
hs pnn Do down @s" OF M H, ee 5hs
also must he the building up. The rejection
The s s TIE r aa c 90 s' Of n1 chr st
was literal. visible and personal aud what
second coming Will be altogether spiritual!
II his nrst adven; was with real body
why not the same with his second coming
TuL, ii.iED TO LETTER
ssi hsn JSsq. 4fs; zane me sna Hest pre-
aud should this not teach Us 10 expect that
| rnerc are very many more prophecies con
corning mis- second coming than his iirssi
Us the AMOS; favorable opportunity possible
TO prepare for It! II tne humllity and
literal and visible. should not his Coming
Ia power ana glory be also literal ana
S %ns' 5 5Eht bon sa ,hs the
ever mean anything hut literal Judah. Zion.
Israel and Jerusalem! SoIne enc has called
TWO or three Places in ,he Whole hoe New T Te
lament where such names are used In what
way. Jerusalem occurs eighty times, and
in every ease is unquestioHably literal. OK.
10y snrh Gmalty,ns terms az heavenly"
and onI% sog c Js% nGnur ie' iinss
and israGlito occur Forty times and all
/ literal Judah and Judea about twenty
| times. ana literal in every
/ ON MOUNT OF OLIVES
I John Bunyan studying the pas
sasss fo:,e!ting mat me feet OF The Lord
should stand on the Mount OF Olives, and
f. tnat the Mount of Olives means The heart OF
INC believer; that II Is only fisu-atyc cx
IN ;he heart OF the believer. and the Holy
spin, Will dwell there But don't thinis it
che Mount OF olives. two miles from, Jeru
Taisn, on the east s And ,,, that is why the
ously, even when he was shut up in Bed
While face to face With them, Jesus taught
His disciples to be In canstnnt expectation
stood Him and lived accordingiy. Thry
preached the doctrine and laugh, ii in their
ANYBODY ever understood the Lord cor
nigh, hand The ruth lie Eays then, down
what hope is there that anybody else may
HIMSELF TO BODY
self the members OF Ills body at the
very moment when the last soul is saved
necessary to complete that body-for the
body of Christ must consist of "a certain
number OF souls or IL never could be COM
pleted. If it were an infinite number 1t
would be an endless task, and Jesus would
never return. for iin can more come
without his heavenly body than no could
com. the first time without human body.
| !, is the completion Of the body OF Christ.
therefore, that will bring him, and this
shows how we may help and hasten His
coming, Looking for the hasting unto the
coming OF the day OF God wherein the
heavens being on fire shall be dissolved and
the elements shall melt with fervent heat"
g. Peter Ill. I'D
Every time do personal work or try
ITO get anybody saved, may he doing
somcthing that will bring the coming of
the Lord. Instead of BEING discouraged by
looking about us and seeing what small
prospect there Is OF the whole world being
converted IL will set bones on fire To
think that perhaps the last man needed
to complete the Lords body and bring ,Tc-
back to earth may be converted this
very day Tina, gives us something definite
and tangible To work for and hope for, don't
you see?
COLONEL CLARK WANTED
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