The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-23
The Second Coming
Copyright, 1917, by william Ashley sunday.

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miam Ashley sunday.
fur 1000 years" nobody would have
begun 10 look for Him before the
followers 10 be- always looking for
liis return. Just aa Simeon and
Anna watched ana waited tor lilH
first coming. 80 we should be- NatDh.
inE and waiting Tor His return. u
ig not enough to say. "Oh. I'm
christian. im an righu" We ar.
uos an right unless we obey tho
command 10 watch. for - ig certain
vs. Hs much Uf u command 10 look
fpr the coming Of tho Lord as 10 Doc
tI keep tho sabbath holy Nothing
OILS" VIII do so much 20 keep uH
right whore wo should be- iu our
roiigiou7 oxpcriNUcc. KnowiuE thnt
'h" bank examiner may drop iu at
any moment Keeps many a. cashier
from becoming dishonest
a l'ilc moro than 20 years ago
Mr. Moody called convention Of
Christian workers to meet in chi
,nEo, ana that convention was iu
,obou thcro boz MpOdy'a church for
two months, Hnd out of It came the
great Bible institute. The daily
program WAX TO spend the forenoon
ct tho church iu prayer ana Bible
study, and the afternoon aud eve
niug In doing practical Chriutlau.
work. a man who wna my assist
ant some years ago attended that
convention. VI" told me that one
day Nj Moody asked him to so
down among the anarchists. in tho
hard part of Chicago, and hold "a
meeting there. DO the best you
can" said Mr Moody, "and some
night I'll come down and help you DO
My friend said that promise was a
continual incentive TO him To keep
~ his courage aud do his very best
He didn't know when Nj Moody
would come, and 30 hc looked FOR
him every night. and the harder
time ho had, the harder no hoped
and looked This shows how the
constant expectation OF the coming
OF Jesus viii inspire ana encourage
us
In Gods own Time.
A great many say. - hclicyc the
millennium viii come first. then
/ Christ win come at the end of It."
What people think has nothing TO
/ do with II. but what Gud snys has
| everything TO do with a. Many have
missed railroad trains because they
l believed they would come ~ u time
/ that did not correspond with the
l official time card You win scc
| Gods time card " you carefully
/ read the Bible Not a word can bo
/ found in the Bible that gives the
| slightcst hope fos the millennium
/ before the return of Christ, but you
/ can find plenty OF verses that tell
/ you to look for the coming OF the
/ Lord first
Az we look hacl, over the 1000
/ years since christ, how far we scem
| To be away from the time when tho
/ Will OF God shall 10 done on earth
/ as n ts In heaven. Every edition
| OF the press seems to make II clear
that the devil is Htill having HIS way
/ Look at the roiEu of wiCkcdUoRs IN
our great cities la both high M,
and low, No college has ever yet
made II saint. or over viii Educn.
tiun may improve conditions, but II
can never change or cleanse the
heart Look at the lukcwarmncs,
and Indifference Ia the churchcl
everywhere, and see what many o
them are compelled to resort to IL
order 4" kehp iron. going under
See to what schemes ana dodge
and foolshncss some preacher
have to resort to to get anybody I,
so sTd hear ;I;0m,
There can be no millennium un
til Jesus comes: Il n Hts prcseuC,
that makes the millennium, Yot
might Az we'll talk daylight no
coming untll tho sun goes down
The millennium cannot begin unit
satan has been bound In the pit
Nothing tn more certain thun thaI
the glory OF God shall cover IN,
earth, but It win be after Jesus
GENES
Many have an idea the world viii
grow better and better until tho
coming OF the millennium, and
everybody win be converted and
YOU hear that stuff preached, but
the Bible does not teach any suci
trash
ON the day before the Hood thcr,
wore no doubt many people who
were sincere In thinking that TIA,
world was growing better and yet II
was so hopelessly wicked that God
had To destroy II. Some Of the mcr
who married into the family OF l.n
may have made the same claim foi
Sodom, only day or two before ~
destruction, no doubt Lot'a wife WA
OF the same opinion. on the day bc
fore the CruCitiXiun there were MOI
In Jerusalem who unduuhtCdl'
agreed with each other that thl
world was growing better The wOrl,
win grow worse and worse The,
: did eat, they drank, they marie,
' wives, they were given the marriag
until the day that Noah entered tn
y ark and tho flood came and d,
. struyed them all Likewise also a
= II was In tho days of Lot. they di
n eat, they drank they bought. the
sold. they planted, they buildet
u But the same day that Lot went ot
b OF Sodom Il rnincd fire and briu
stone from Heaven and dcstroyc
% them all Even thus shall IL he u
= the day whom the Son ot Man
N revealed. G.ukc l7:27-aO) Law
d lcssueas, vice and crime win IL
y crease, communism, uihilism, az
! archy, adultery divorce, graft, a
e. vim continue TO grow until the
e viii finally ripen into the ant
Christ
~ Christ Brings Millennium.
" Many think and preach that 'tt
p millennium win be brought about /
ID the increase OF knowledge, Cultur
v great discoveries, such as the gas,
q line engine, automobile, Cloctririt
.e rndhm. liquncd air, wircle
Z tclcgrRphy, airships, etc. The
~ have nothing to do with brinEir
u the millennium. II Is the person