1915
While it may not be possible to say which one of the seven vials of wrath the angel of Revelation is emptying on the earth, it seems to be pretty certain that this war is one of them.
—Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, WV, Nov. 17, 1915, p. 4.
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Equal To All Occasions
1915
Great Scotch Lawyer Never at a Loss for an Answer — Samples of Erskine's Wit
A writer in the British Weekly, reviewing a biography of Henry Erskine, lord advocate for Scotland, gives, among others, the following examples of his wit:
A brother advocate who had little or no practice died in embarrassed circumstances. His death was announced to Erskine by Sheriff Anstruther, who added, "They say he has left no effects." "That is not surprising," was the rejoinder. "As he had no causes, he could have no effects."
Erskine did not despise the lowly pun and once inscribed upon a tea-chest the words: Tu doces — Thou teachest.
The lord advocate maintained a great reverence for religion, though surrounded by friends of avowedly skeptic opinions. One of these was Hugo Arnot, an attenuated, lantern faced man, who usually rode a white horse as lanky and sepulchral-looking as himself. Returning from a Sunday afternoon ride, Arnot met Erskine coming from divine service, and called out to him: "Where have you been, Harry? What has a man of your sense to do consorting with a parcel of old women?" Adding with an extra sneer, "What, now, was your text?"
"Our text," replied Erskine, impressively, his eye fixed sternly the while upon the white horse and his rider, "was from the sixth chapter of the Book of Revelation and the eighth verse: "And I looked and beheld a Pale Horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.'"
Great Scotch Lawyer Never at a Loss for an Answer — Samples of Erskine's Wit
A writer in the British Weekly, reviewing a biography of Henry Erskine, lord advocate for Scotland, gives, among others, the following examples of his wit:
A brother advocate who had little or no practice died in embarrassed circumstances. His death was announced to Erskine by Sheriff Anstruther, who added, "They say he has left no effects." "That is not surprising," was the rejoinder. "As he had no causes, he could have no effects."
Erskine did not despise the lowly pun and once inscribed upon a tea-chest the words: Tu doces — Thou teachest.
The lord advocate maintained a great reverence for religion, though surrounded by friends of avowedly skeptic opinions. One of these was Hugo Arnot, an attenuated, lantern faced man, who usually rode a white horse as lanky and sepulchral-looking as himself. Returning from a Sunday afternoon ride, Arnot met Erskine coming from divine service, and called out to him: "Where have you been, Harry? What has a man of your sense to do consorting with a parcel of old women?" Adding with an extra sneer, "What, now, was your text?"
"Our text," replied Erskine, impressively, his eye fixed sternly the while upon the white horse and his rider, "was from the sixth chapter of the Book of Revelation and the eighth verse: "And I looked and beheld a Pale Horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.'"
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Sees Lord Coming in the Clouds of Heaven
1915
"God intended the truths revealed in the book of Revelation for the special benefit of the churches. We read, 'I, Jesus, have sent mine angel to testify these things in the churches.' Rev. 22:16, said Evangelist Booth last night. In a sermon on, "Can the Book of Revelation Be Understood?" at the tent, Washington avenue and Twenty-sixth street.
Continuing, he said:
"All heaven is interested in the messages of the book of Revelation. God gave the truths to his Son. Christ sent his angel to John, and the prophet wrote the messages for the church. The book is called the Revelation of Jesus Christ. 'The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John, who bare record.' Rev. 1:1,2.
"A special blessing is pronounced on the book. 'Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein, for the time is at hand.' Rev. 1:3.
"God never intended these sayings to be sealed, and has warned against teaching so. 'Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book; for the time is at hand.' Rev. 22:10. Christ is revealed in every chapter and verse of the book. The fountains of life flow freely from the truths of the book, and all are invited to drink. 'And the spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will let him take of the water of life freely!'
"Fearful penalty is pronounced on one that would take anything from the book. But how could I as a minister take the whole book from the flock? Well, simply by declaring the book sealed and not for the people. I, however, read the fearful result, 'If any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away His part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things written in the book.' Rev. 22:19.
"The book of Revelation reveals two great fundamental doctrines — Christ's second coming, and the preparation to meet him. It contains messages for the present time. The people who will be developed in the last days, as a result of the preaching of the truths of the book, are described, 'Here is the patience of the saints; here are they that keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.' John then sees the Lord coming in the clouds of heaven. Rev. 14:12,14."
The theme tonight will be, "Will Rome Rule the World Again?" The study will be illustrated. The thirteenth chapter of Revelation will be considered.
—The Ogden Standard, Ogden, Utah, July 12, 1915, p. 8.
"God intended the truths revealed in the book of Revelation for the special benefit of the churches. We read, 'I, Jesus, have sent mine angel to testify these things in the churches.' Rev. 22:16, said Evangelist Booth last night. In a sermon on, "Can the Book of Revelation Be Understood?" at the tent, Washington avenue and Twenty-sixth street.
Continuing, he said:
"All heaven is interested in the messages of the book of Revelation. God gave the truths to his Son. Christ sent his angel to John, and the prophet wrote the messages for the church. The book is called the Revelation of Jesus Christ. 'The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John, who bare record.' Rev. 1:1,2.
"A special blessing is pronounced on the book. 'Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein, for the time is at hand.' Rev. 1:3.
"God never intended these sayings to be sealed, and has warned against teaching so. 'Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book; for the time is at hand.' Rev. 22:10. Christ is revealed in every chapter and verse of the book. The fountains of life flow freely from the truths of the book, and all are invited to drink. 'And the spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will let him take of the water of life freely!'
"Fearful penalty is pronounced on one that would take anything from the book. But how could I as a minister take the whole book from the flock? Well, simply by declaring the book sealed and not for the people. I, however, read the fearful result, 'If any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away His part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things written in the book.' Rev. 22:19.
"The book of Revelation reveals two great fundamental doctrines — Christ's second coming, and the preparation to meet him. It contains messages for the present time. The people who will be developed in the last days, as a result of the preaching of the truths of the book, are described, 'Here is the patience of the saints; here are they that keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.' John then sees the Lord coming in the clouds of heaven. Rev. 14:12,14."
The theme tonight will be, "Will Rome Rule the World Again?" The study will be illustrated. The thirteenth chapter of Revelation will be considered.
—The Ogden Standard, Ogden, Utah, July 12, 1915, p. 8.
Sermon Series Is Based on Revelation
1915
Beginning last Sunday evening Rev. John Robertson Macartney began a series of sermons upon the Book of Revelation at First Presbyterian church. This much-neglected book of the sixty-six books contained in the Bible, will be expounded during the coming months after the same manner in which the Book of Daniel was unfolded during the last season.
Among other remarks in the opening sermon the speaker said: "This series of sermons will endeavor to unfold the teachings of the mysterious signs and symbols of Revelation. A distinct blessing has been pronounced by God upon those that read and 'hear the words of this prophecy and keep those things which are written therein; for the time is at hand.'
"The writer of this book is the disciple, John. He is the author of the Gospel of John, three epistles and the Revelation. Under Emperor Domitian, John, who was the pastor of the Christian church at Ephesus, near the close of the first century of our Christian era, was banished to the Island of Patmos in the Aegean. sea. There in the year 97 A. D. the visions and messages contained in the apocalypse of Revelation, were given to him. The meaning of the word revelation, which is the translation into English of the word apocalypse, is an unfolding. The book is an inspired portrait of the Son of God; it is the epiphany of Jesus, the description of His personal glory to which prophets and martyrs look forward with waiting hope. This same Jesus was manifested to John on Patmos not for a passing moment, but glowed and moved before him, while Christ unveiled before John's eyes the panorama of future events of 'things shortly to come to pass.' John as he was bidden by the Saviour sat down at once and wrote the things that he saw, and the words which were spoken. This accounts for the difference there exists between the language of John's gospel and the language of the Revelation.
"The Revelation is written for believers in Jesus Christ. The man of the world, the soul unillumined by the spirit of God, cannot comprehend the teachings nor symbols. The Bible says the things predicted or foreshown are to be studied because for this very end they were inspired and that they may be understood by the servants and people of God. The apostle Peter tells us that there is 'a sure word of prophecy unto which we do well to take heed as unto a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawn and the day star arises in our hearts.' "
The sermon on Sunday night will cover the first chapter of Revelation. Topics of consuming interest will follow in regular series.
—Waterloo Evening Courier, Waterloo, IA, Sept. 25, 1915, p. 6.
Beginning last Sunday evening Rev. John Robertson Macartney began a series of sermons upon the Book of Revelation at First Presbyterian church. This much-neglected book of the sixty-six books contained in the Bible, will be expounded during the coming months after the same manner in which the Book of Daniel was unfolded during the last season.
Among other remarks in the opening sermon the speaker said: "This series of sermons will endeavor to unfold the teachings of the mysterious signs and symbols of Revelation. A distinct blessing has been pronounced by God upon those that read and 'hear the words of this prophecy and keep those things which are written therein; for the time is at hand.'
"The writer of this book is the disciple, John. He is the author of the Gospel of John, three epistles and the Revelation. Under Emperor Domitian, John, who was the pastor of the Christian church at Ephesus, near the close of the first century of our Christian era, was banished to the Island of Patmos in the Aegean. sea. There in the year 97 A. D. the visions and messages contained in the apocalypse of Revelation, were given to him. The meaning of the word revelation, which is the translation into English of the word apocalypse, is an unfolding. The book is an inspired portrait of the Son of God; it is the epiphany of Jesus, the description of His personal glory to which prophets and martyrs look forward with waiting hope. This same Jesus was manifested to John on Patmos not for a passing moment, but glowed and moved before him, while Christ unveiled before John's eyes the panorama of future events of 'things shortly to come to pass.' John as he was bidden by the Saviour sat down at once and wrote the things that he saw, and the words which were spoken. This accounts for the difference there exists between the language of John's gospel and the language of the Revelation.
"The Revelation is written for believers in Jesus Christ. The man of the world, the soul unillumined by the spirit of God, cannot comprehend the teachings nor symbols. The Bible says the things predicted or foreshown are to be studied because for this very end they were inspired and that they may be understood by the servants and people of God. The apostle Peter tells us that there is 'a sure word of prophecy unto which we do well to take heed as unto a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawn and the day star arises in our hearts.' "
The sermon on Sunday night will cover the first chapter of Revelation. Topics of consuming interest will follow in regular series.
—Waterloo Evening Courier, Waterloo, IA, Sept. 25, 1915, p. 6.
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