Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-03
Sees IN END OF WORLD"
END OF DIsPENsAT|0N
Word World" in New Tes.
lament Invariably Misunder.
stood, Says Rev. Hunley.
"ALwAYs' IL COMPREHENSIVE
Covers whole Period Of Great Com
n,isston, and is Coexteasive and
Coterminus with 81, Declares Ham
over Avenue Pastor, In Sermon.

Rev. ]. r. Huniey, pastor OF Han
over Avenue Christian Church.
preached yesterday on Tho Presence
Of Jesus" He spoke. In part, as fol-
lows:
How htting Is this closing word
Of tho great gospel Of Matthew.
Precious beyond expression Is the
truth II contains. II you will read
the context you will SEQ that the
promise Is conditioned upon obedi-
ence of the great commission. Co.
Ing into all tho world. making dis
ciples. baptizins them. teaching them
to observe WHATSOEVER he had com
manded. preceded this precious
promise. No one can claim this com
forting word who is disobedient to
the commission.
Look carefully at the words OF
the promise: Lo. am with YOU al
ways. even unto the end of the
world Your American revised YER
sion Will help you here. The margi-
nal rendering substitutes .au the
days for always and the consum-
nation OF the age for the end of
the world And thus It reads: 10.
am with you all the days. even unto
the contamination OF the age Now.
that Is very suggestive. The word
always Is comprehensive: IL covers
the whole period Of the great com
mission and Is coextensivc and CO.
terminus with 1t. But the phase. all
inc days.. participates and indi :
vidualizes the days. Each separate
day the promise is I'm force. He 4.
win us In bright days and in dark
uays; in happy days and In sad days.
Day unto day He hovcrs near us.
MS presence steals away the chill
ana the blight OF the souls winter
by Its warmth and radiance. And In
summers neat He is the refreshing
OF great rock In weary land
The word world in the New res.
lament liz nearly always misunder.
stood. The end OF the world here
does not mean the destruction of
the planet, but the end OF the dis
pensation. The end of the age will
be marked by HIS coming again.
Until that day dawns. 10, Lam with
you all the days Day by day He Ia
ever at hand-just there at our side.
the great Unseen Guest. the abiding
Presence. 1t EloriHes the common
place Aye. and we should walk
softiy as with unsandled feet, for
His presence makes life holy. The
Christian sees the world through
anointed eyes and the glory OF God
rests everywhere. Even above the
shame and sorrow of earth's dark
night Is seen the divine presence OF
Him who shortly will emerge from
within the veil. For. at the con-
summation of the age. the clouds
shall roll back as scroll. and. unto
them that look for Him. shall He an
pear a second time. apart from sin.
unto salvation.
DO you experience any dificulty
in realizing the presence? Well, it
Is great fact which you must learn
to recognize. All about us in the
natural world are forces which we
are coming TO learn about. Just now
the scientists are disclosing TO us the
power of electric currents to bring
TO us through a little machine at
tached to the ordinary electric light
socket the music and messages given
In distant cities. Shakespeare speaks
of the music OF the spheres The
vibrations that make the air tremu-
ious about us might be heard by the
natural ear without an instrument
II II were delicate enough to receive
them. These unseen forces OF ma
ture ought to lead us to see the
reality Of the spiritual. II souls are
in tune with the Infinite, there is the
reality OF presence closer to us tba n
breathing and nearer than hands and
feet. The vibrations OF the spiritual
world reach ears more delicately at
tuned than the natural ear or any
instrument invented by man. The
one preparation is to be in Christ
And In Him the heavenly ministrants
come and go in a way Of which
Jacobs ladder was faint type"