Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth. Luke 21:26. O that God’s people had a sense of the impending destruction of thousands of cities, now almost given
The Field is the World
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Matthew 28:19. While in California in the year 1874, I was given an impressive
The Elijah Prophecy
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to
Hastening Our Lord’s Return
He will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. Romans 9:28. In the prophecy of Jerusalem’s destruction Christ said, “Because iniquity shall abound, the love
Parallel Disappointments
Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. James 5:11. Not infrequently the
Faith of the Reformers
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 1 Corinthians 15:26. Luther declared: “I persuade myself verily, that the day of judgment will not be absent full three hundred years. God will not, cannot, suffer this wicked
The Hope of the Second Coming
He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. Revelation 22:20. The [second] coming of the Lord has been in all ages the hope of His true followers. The Saviour’s parting