Iowa, 1902
Condensed Sunday Sermons
FIRST BAPTIST.
At the First Baptist church yesterday morning Mr. Porter continued his studies in the Book of Revelation, preaching on "The Seven Seals," Revelation 6 and 7. In the course of his sermon, which was heard by a large congregation, he dwelt upon that awful cry of the day of wrath, "Rocks and mountains fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne."
It is a picture of men dreading the face of Christ. It is a picture of men crying for annihilation rather than look upon His face. What is the matter with that face? It was the most beautiful, the most winning, the most sympathetic face that the sun ever shone upon. Yet here are men preferring oblivion to a sight of it. A man sins against his wife. What, then, is the face he most dreads to see? It is the loving trusting face of the woman to whom he pledged himself to cleave til death. What is the matter with her face? A young man sins against his mother. He sins against her prayers, and tears. He is in the saloon taking his first glass. What is the last face on earth he would have look in at that saloon door? It is the face of his mother. Any face but that. What is the matter with that face? It is the sweetest and loveliest face in the world. There is nothing the matter with the face. The trouble is with him. A guilty conscience makes the face of love terrible. That is what was the matter with these men fleeing from the face of Him that sat on the throne. Will you dread or welcome the face of Christ?
—Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA, Sept. 1, 1902, p. 5.
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Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
World Is In Need of a Real Revival, Says Minister Here
Texas, 1920
In his sermon the theme of which was "Christ Standing and Knocking at the Door," Rev. J. F. Carter of the Thirty-third Street Methodist Episcopal Church South told his congregation last night that the greatest need of the world is "genuine revival of old-time religion." He said in part:
In the third chapter of Revelation Jesus Christ says: "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any man hear my voice and open the door. I will come in to him and will sup with him, and he with me." At the door of a lukewarm, indifferent, worldly, backslidden, apostate church the Lord Jesus is standing and knocking. Will the church hear his voice and open the door and invite him in to be its gracious guest? How tragical that the Christ is compelled to stand on the outside and knock at the door for admittance! But how far more tragical that some within will not hear his voice and open the door and let him in to sup with them and they with him!
But suffice it to say there are always faithful few, "a remnant," who are "the salt of the earth" that have not lost their savor; who are "the light of the world" that can not be hid. I thank God for these and take fresh courage and press forward with greater energy for the heavenly prize. But for these and their Christ and our Christ we would not and could not bear the burdens that weigh so tremendously upon us.
Christ would have the vilest sinner, the most indifferent, self-satisfied, stubborn backslider hear his voice and open the door that he may come in and be with him. Christ died for him as well as for "the ninety and nine" out on the bleak mountain side. He gave himself even for the apostate who openly renounces him and crucifies him afresh tonight: who forsakes Jehovah the God of his fathers for the god of this world; who surrenders the love of the Lord for the love and the passion of worldly power and of worldly influence that can not last. Yes. the price was paid for him who gives up the Christianity of the Christ for the philosophy and the learning and the wisdom of Plato that pass away forever. Aye, the Christ suffered and died on the cross to save a poor wretch like him, like you. Will he, will not you take warning before it is too late, lest God Almighty hurl his thunderbolt out of the skies and strike him, to strike you dead in his, in your fight against Christianity, against its holy teachings, as tradition tells us he struck Julian the apostate dead on the battlefield for his apostasy, for his love and his passion for worldly power and worldly, influence? God save Methodism. save the church from plunging deeper into worldliness, deeper into apostasy, from turning farther away from "the old paths, where is the good way," where the Lord is found and where his love and truth shine forevermore.
Your greatest need, my greatest need, therefore, is a genuine revival of old-time religion in the heart and in the life. And that's the greatest need of the church today. The Wall Street Journal, that is wont to be permeated with the cold metallic ring of the dollar, in a recent editorial said: "America's greatest need is a genuine revival of old-fashioned religion." Think of a journal like that having to tell the church, America, that the greatest need today is not the ring of the almighty dollar, not world power and world influence in the money markets, in the political forums, in the knightly courts of the parlors, but that her greatest need is a genuine revival of old-fashioned religion. Henry Watterson, the brilliant old Bourbon, but recently declared: "The only power that can keep this world from sinking into the hell toward which it is bound is the cross and the Gospel of him who died on Calvary." And a writer of a recent article in a leading magazine says: "The world needs a spirit-filled ministry that preaches the straight gospel rather than political science. The individual must first get an individual experience not in political science, but in the science of salvation, before he can help others to higher ground. We have been working at the wrong end of the line. We must come back to the Gospel plan, and preach the Word."
Now tell me if you will that the signs of the times point in another direction. Now tell me if you dare that there is no added need of preaching the old-fashioned religion in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. And then I will tell you that you have eyes and see not, ears and hear not, brains and think not. mouths and speak not — that you are as dumb as idols of stocks and of stones.
The "one thing needful" is to go with the Gospel message first to the individual, and then to the crowd. Jesus never moved from the multitude down to the individual but always from the individual up to the multitude. The New Testament revivals never went from the people down to the individual, but always from the individual up to the people.
—Galveston Daily News, Galveston, TX, April 19, 1920, p. 8.
In his sermon the theme of which was "Christ Standing and Knocking at the Door," Rev. J. F. Carter of the Thirty-third Street Methodist Episcopal Church South told his congregation last night that the greatest need of the world is "genuine revival of old-time religion." He said in part:
In the third chapter of Revelation Jesus Christ says: "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any man hear my voice and open the door. I will come in to him and will sup with him, and he with me." At the door of a lukewarm, indifferent, worldly, backslidden, apostate church the Lord Jesus is standing and knocking. Will the church hear his voice and open the door and invite him in to be its gracious guest? How tragical that the Christ is compelled to stand on the outside and knock at the door for admittance! But how far more tragical that some within will not hear his voice and open the door and let him in to sup with them and they with him!
But suffice it to say there are always faithful few, "a remnant," who are "the salt of the earth" that have not lost their savor; who are "the light of the world" that can not be hid. I thank God for these and take fresh courage and press forward with greater energy for the heavenly prize. But for these and their Christ and our Christ we would not and could not bear the burdens that weigh so tremendously upon us.
Christ would have the vilest sinner, the most indifferent, self-satisfied, stubborn backslider hear his voice and open the door that he may come in and be with him. Christ died for him as well as for "the ninety and nine" out on the bleak mountain side. He gave himself even for the apostate who openly renounces him and crucifies him afresh tonight: who forsakes Jehovah the God of his fathers for the god of this world; who surrenders the love of the Lord for the love and the passion of worldly power and of worldly influence that can not last. Yes. the price was paid for him who gives up the Christianity of the Christ for the philosophy and the learning and the wisdom of Plato that pass away forever. Aye, the Christ suffered and died on the cross to save a poor wretch like him, like you. Will he, will not you take warning before it is too late, lest God Almighty hurl his thunderbolt out of the skies and strike him, to strike you dead in his, in your fight against Christianity, against its holy teachings, as tradition tells us he struck Julian the apostate dead on the battlefield for his apostasy, for his love and his passion for worldly power and worldly, influence? God save Methodism. save the church from plunging deeper into worldliness, deeper into apostasy, from turning farther away from "the old paths, where is the good way," where the Lord is found and where his love and truth shine forevermore.
Your greatest need, my greatest need, therefore, is a genuine revival of old-time religion in the heart and in the life. And that's the greatest need of the church today. The Wall Street Journal, that is wont to be permeated with the cold metallic ring of the dollar, in a recent editorial said: "America's greatest need is a genuine revival of old-fashioned religion." Think of a journal like that having to tell the church, America, that the greatest need today is not the ring of the almighty dollar, not world power and world influence in the money markets, in the political forums, in the knightly courts of the parlors, but that her greatest need is a genuine revival of old-fashioned religion. Henry Watterson, the brilliant old Bourbon, but recently declared: "The only power that can keep this world from sinking into the hell toward which it is bound is the cross and the Gospel of him who died on Calvary." And a writer of a recent article in a leading magazine says: "The world needs a spirit-filled ministry that preaches the straight gospel rather than political science. The individual must first get an individual experience not in political science, but in the science of salvation, before he can help others to higher ground. We have been working at the wrong end of the line. We must come back to the Gospel plan, and preach the Word."
Now tell me if you will that the signs of the times point in another direction. Now tell me if you dare that there is no added need of preaching the old-fashioned religion in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. And then I will tell you that you have eyes and see not, ears and hear not, brains and think not. mouths and speak not — that you are as dumb as idols of stocks and of stones.
The "one thing needful" is to go with the Gospel message first to the individual, and then to the crowd. Jesus never moved from the multitude down to the individual but always from the individual up to the multitude. The New Testament revivals never went from the people down to the individual, but always from the individual up to the people.
—Galveston Daily News, Galveston, TX, April 19, 1920, p. 8.
Bible Conference at Grace Baptist Church
1933
Rev. Frank C. Torry will conduct a Bible conference during the week on the following subjects: "The Revelation of Jesus Christ and the Church," "The Revelation of Jesus Christ in Heavenly Preparation," "The Revelation of Jesus Christ and the Preceding Judgments," "The Revelation of Jesus Christ and the Man of Sin," and "The Revelation of Jesus Christ and That Which Follows."
—Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, PA, Feb. 18, 1933, p. 3.
Rev. Frank C. Torry will conduct a Bible conference during the week on the following subjects: "The Revelation of Jesus Christ and the Church," "The Revelation of Jesus Christ in Heavenly Preparation," "The Revelation of Jesus Christ and the Preceding Judgments," "The Revelation of Jesus Christ and the Man of Sin," and "The Revelation of Jesus Christ and That Which Follows."
—Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, PA, Feb. 18, 1933, p. 3.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Preaches on Theories About Revelation
Phoenix, Arizona, 1908
Subject of Rev. A.R. Maclean's Sermon
At the First M. E. church yesterday Rev. Alexander R. Maclean, in deference to the wish of many of his congregation, repeated one of the evening discourses lately given by him upon the Book of Revelation.
He told his hearers at the outset that it was his purpose, in this sermon, to go rough-shod over some of their old theories touching the second coming of Christ, and he asked them to give him a patient hearing as he had given the theme a careful study for fifteen years.
The Book of Revelation is one of the most wonderful, most mysterious and most difficult books of the Bible — so much so that we have almost left it as a sealed volume. Unfortunately it Was placed at the end of the Bible, when, following its chronological order, it should have been given a much earlier place. It was the first book written by John. The Gospel of St. John was written twenty-five years afterwards.
Men who have devoted years to the study of the Hebrew and the Greek languages have discovered, and practically agreed, that the Greek, in which the Book of Revelation was written was the work of a man unfamiliar with Greek idioms, and that the discourse is as mixed and incoherent as would be that of a German on first coming to this country, and trying to build up good English sentences. When you compare the tangled and uncertain phraseology of this book with the Gospel and Epistles of St. John, you quickly see the wide difference in their diction. When Revelation was written John had just come from Ephesus. After a series of years he mastered the Greek language, and his work shows it. It is logical, precise and elegant. Indeed he became so proficient in this ancient tongue that some of his commentators aver that his Gospel, and the three Epistles, could have been written by no other hand.
The Book of Revelation was written between the two great historic fires, the burning of Rome and the burning of Jerusalem, and was written for contemporary purposes, dealing with what were then live questions; while the Gospel, and the three Epistles of St. John, were written in his old age. At the first writing, it was a question of change and alarm, of disaster and bloodshed. When the others were written, none of these things were in marked evidence; in the churches, or in the kingdoms of the world.
There are three conspicuous theories as to the second coming of Christ. The Futurists believe in the future fulfillment of the prophecy made in the Book of Revelation. The next class believe that that book simply anticipates the life of the world, historically, for a given period. The Praeterist school claim that the prophecy has been fulfilled already, and that Christ has come as foretold.
By one sect, which has a wide following, the year 1000 A. D. was believed to be the year of His coming, and numbers went to Judea to meet Him. But He did not come.
The Millerites proclaimed that His advent would be in 1843. Time after time the date has been set only to lead to disappointment. The Thessalonians believed that Christ had come. Paul argued that He had not come. The great apostasy, the falling away in the churches, that Christ predicted, which was to be manifest before His second coming, had not come. The Man of Sin has not yet been revealed, the Anti-Christ has not come.
The Thessalonians did not look for a visible Christ. Nobody has seen Jesus in His second coming. He is coming with clouds as He went away; He will be obscured by them, seen only by spiritual eyes.
All the authors of the New Testament looked for His speedy coming. "Behold I come quickly," He said. "This generation shall not pass away till these things be fulfilled," and many such passages.
Mr. Maclean is thoroughly optimistic in his predilections. He believes the church of Jesus was never as good as it now is. It is a queen compared with the apostolic churches. It has more Bibles, and better men and women, than ever before. The Golden Age of human experience is coming — it has not gone. Tomorrow will be better than today. Twelve centuries ago our Anglo Saxon forefathers drank blood from human skulls — roasted their victims before slow fires because of their alleged religious heresies.
It is a wonderful thing to live today. The thought that the world is growing worse is a nightmare; let us get rid of it. It has been getting better, is getting better, and will be getting better. Open your eyes! Jesus Christ is reigning — has His hand on the nations. We look hopefully forward to the establishment of His kingdom in every continent, in every land and in every island of the sea. In a discourse to be given later, Mr. Maclean promises to give proofs further substantiating his views, and his interpretation of the Book of Revelation.
—The Arizona Republican, Phoenix, AZ, April 8, 1907, p. 8.
Subject of Rev. A.R. Maclean's Sermon
At the First M. E. church yesterday Rev. Alexander R. Maclean, in deference to the wish of many of his congregation, repeated one of the evening discourses lately given by him upon the Book of Revelation.
He told his hearers at the outset that it was his purpose, in this sermon, to go rough-shod over some of their old theories touching the second coming of Christ, and he asked them to give him a patient hearing as he had given the theme a careful study for fifteen years.
The Book of Revelation is one of the most wonderful, most mysterious and most difficult books of the Bible — so much so that we have almost left it as a sealed volume. Unfortunately it Was placed at the end of the Bible, when, following its chronological order, it should have been given a much earlier place. It was the first book written by John. The Gospel of St. John was written twenty-five years afterwards.
Men who have devoted years to the study of the Hebrew and the Greek languages have discovered, and practically agreed, that the Greek, in which the Book of Revelation was written was the work of a man unfamiliar with Greek idioms, and that the discourse is as mixed and incoherent as would be that of a German on first coming to this country, and trying to build up good English sentences. When you compare the tangled and uncertain phraseology of this book with the Gospel and Epistles of St. John, you quickly see the wide difference in their diction. When Revelation was written John had just come from Ephesus. After a series of years he mastered the Greek language, and his work shows it. It is logical, precise and elegant. Indeed he became so proficient in this ancient tongue that some of his commentators aver that his Gospel, and the three Epistles, could have been written by no other hand.
The Book of Revelation was written between the two great historic fires, the burning of Rome and the burning of Jerusalem, and was written for contemporary purposes, dealing with what were then live questions; while the Gospel, and the three Epistles of St. John, were written in his old age. At the first writing, it was a question of change and alarm, of disaster and bloodshed. When the others were written, none of these things were in marked evidence; in the churches, or in the kingdoms of the world.
There are three conspicuous theories as to the second coming of Christ. The Futurists believe in the future fulfillment of the prophecy made in the Book of Revelation. The next class believe that that book simply anticipates the life of the world, historically, for a given period. The Praeterist school claim that the prophecy has been fulfilled already, and that Christ has come as foretold.
By one sect, which has a wide following, the year 1000 A. D. was believed to be the year of His coming, and numbers went to Judea to meet Him. But He did not come.
The Millerites proclaimed that His advent would be in 1843. Time after time the date has been set only to lead to disappointment. The Thessalonians believed that Christ had come. Paul argued that He had not come. The great apostasy, the falling away in the churches, that Christ predicted, which was to be manifest before His second coming, had not come. The Man of Sin has not yet been revealed, the Anti-Christ has not come.
The Thessalonians did not look for a visible Christ. Nobody has seen Jesus in His second coming. He is coming with clouds as He went away; He will be obscured by them, seen only by spiritual eyes.
All the authors of the New Testament looked for His speedy coming. "Behold I come quickly," He said. "This generation shall not pass away till these things be fulfilled," and many such passages.
Mr. Maclean is thoroughly optimistic in his predilections. He believes the church of Jesus was never as good as it now is. It is a queen compared with the apostolic churches. It has more Bibles, and better men and women, than ever before. The Golden Age of human experience is coming — it has not gone. Tomorrow will be better than today. Twelve centuries ago our Anglo Saxon forefathers drank blood from human skulls — roasted their victims before slow fires because of their alleged religious heresies.
It is a wonderful thing to live today. The thought that the world is growing worse is a nightmare; let us get rid of it. It has been getting better, is getting better, and will be getting better. Open your eyes! Jesus Christ is reigning — has His hand on the nations. We look hopefully forward to the establishment of His kingdom in every continent, in every land and in every island of the sea. In a discourse to be given later, Mr. Maclean promises to give proofs further substantiating his views, and his interpretation of the Book of Revelation.
—The Arizona Republican, Phoenix, AZ, April 8, 1907, p. 8.
The Doctrine of the Trinity
1907
At Grace Episcopal Church yesterday afternoon Rev. Bowers, the rector, preached on "The Doctrine of the Trinity," taking his text from Revelation of St. John 4:6 — "And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him, and they were full of eyes within; and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come."
"In the word of God," said Rev. Bowers, "two comings of Christ are recognized; his first coming when he came in deep humility, and his second and last coming, when he will come again to this earth in divine majesty. But also as Christ shall come, the Holy Ghost shall come; as Christ came to testify of God, the Holy Ghost shall come to testify of Christ. But God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost, though different, are the same.
"The mystery of the Trinity is so far above and beyond man's understanding that for him to attempt to comprehend it is preposterous. But as is the case with reference to numerous other things, both physical and spiritual, because with his limited intelligence he is unable to understand its origin, such is no reason for refusing belief in its existence. From the physical world I shall draw a comparison. God is the true, the eternal light of the world, of the universe. Everything is born of God. A single ray of pure white light in the physical world furnishes some idea of what God is in the spiritual world, but of course only in a very limited scale. This ray of white light may be separated into its three component colors, each of which possesses its own peculiar properties. God, though like the ray of white light a unity, is at the same time a Trinity, consisting of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Faith demands of us that we worship God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity. There is no doctrine in the Bible more plainly presented than that of the Trinity. Proofs of its truth are to be found in almost every chapter. Take, for example, the first verse of the first chapter of Genesis: 'In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. The Hebrew word for 'created' in this verse is of the plural number and agrees with Jesus Christ sitting upon his heavenly throne, and that he heard the angelic host crying, 'Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come!" This church demands belief in the doctrine of the Trinity as a condition of membership. Those joining are baptized into the church in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. When I dismiss you this afternoon I will dismiss you in the name of the Trinity.
"The Holy Ghost dwells not only in the church, in the town, but in our hearts, our souls; not only in this world, but in the world to come.
"The church and the Bible require us to believe facts; they do not require us to understand the origin of all facts. We do not know the ultimate origin of light, of the world; but we believe in the existence of light and the world. We do not know the origin of the Trinity, but, as Christians, believe in its existence."
—Galveston Daily News, Galveston, TX, June 3, 1907, p. 10.
At Grace Episcopal Church yesterday afternoon Rev. Bowers, the rector, preached on "The Doctrine of the Trinity," taking his text from Revelation of St. John 4:6 — "And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him, and they were full of eyes within; and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come."
"In the word of God," said Rev. Bowers, "two comings of Christ are recognized; his first coming when he came in deep humility, and his second and last coming, when he will come again to this earth in divine majesty. But also as Christ shall come, the Holy Ghost shall come; as Christ came to testify of God, the Holy Ghost shall come to testify of Christ. But God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost, though different, are the same.
"The mystery of the Trinity is so far above and beyond man's understanding that for him to attempt to comprehend it is preposterous. But as is the case with reference to numerous other things, both physical and spiritual, because with his limited intelligence he is unable to understand its origin, such is no reason for refusing belief in its existence. From the physical world I shall draw a comparison. God is the true, the eternal light of the world, of the universe. Everything is born of God. A single ray of pure white light in the physical world furnishes some idea of what God is in the spiritual world, but of course only in a very limited scale. This ray of white light may be separated into its three component colors, each of which possesses its own peculiar properties. God, though like the ray of white light a unity, is at the same time a Trinity, consisting of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Faith demands of us that we worship God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity. There is no doctrine in the Bible more plainly presented than that of the Trinity. Proofs of its truth are to be found in almost every chapter. Take, for example, the first verse of the first chapter of Genesis: 'In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. The Hebrew word for 'created' in this verse is of the plural number and agrees with Jesus Christ sitting upon his heavenly throne, and that he heard the angelic host crying, 'Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come!" This church demands belief in the doctrine of the Trinity as a condition of membership. Those joining are baptized into the church in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. When I dismiss you this afternoon I will dismiss you in the name of the Trinity.
"The Holy Ghost dwells not only in the church, in the town, but in our hearts, our souls; not only in this world, but in the world to come.
"The church and the Bible require us to believe facts; they do not require us to understand the origin of all facts. We do not know the ultimate origin of light, of the world; but we believe in the existence of light and the world. We do not know the origin of the Trinity, but, as Christians, believe in its existence."
—Galveston Daily News, Galveston, TX, June 3, 1907, p. 10.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
The Beauties of Revelation
1930
Berean Christadelphian Church
Mr. William Blacker will address the congregation at 7:30 p.m., speaking upon the subject, "The Beauties of Revelation in Relation to Man's Redemption."
On Wednesday at 8 p.m. the subject of the address will be, "How Long, O Lord, the cry of the saints for nearly six thousand years. Messiah's promised glory soon to be realized," by Mr. Sidney T. Batsford.
We extend to all a hearty invitation to attend the services in this church.
—The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, Aug. 2, 1930, p. 8.
Berean Christadelphian Church
Mr. William Blacker will address the congregation at 7:30 p.m., speaking upon the subject, "The Beauties of Revelation in Relation to Man's Redemption."
On Wednesday at 8 p.m. the subject of the address will be, "How Long, O Lord, the cry of the saints for nearly six thousand years. Messiah's promised glory soon to be realized," by Mr. Sidney T. Batsford.
We extend to all a hearty invitation to attend the services in this church.
—The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, Aug. 2, 1930, p. 8.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
"I Will Give Thee a Crown"
1902
At St. Mark Methodist Episcopal church, south, the pastor, Dr. Alonzo Monk, preached at the afternoon hour from the text, "Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of eternal life," Revelations 2:10.
He said in substance:
"One has a narrow view of human nature who would shut up human life in the fleeting moments of but three score years and ten. Man is not born to die, and by dying to end the soul's full existence. We cannot die, man is essentially immortal. Our Savior was gentler with us, gentler than the gentlest mother. He took care to tell us, 'Lay not up for yourselves treasure upon earth, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, for where the treasure is there will the heart be also.' His plain meaning was we are to go to heaven to get our treasure. Death is but the removal of the tenant from this tenement of clay. The change that has occurred that we call death is not properly so called. This animal life we hold so dear is naught, the ox and the ass have it. This life is but one period of our existence, brief it may be, but in it we have opportunity to be placed in harmony with God, and to be saved from a death that never dies. The life to be is to be beautified by the presence of the King. Men need not necessarily die to be in heaven; some saints live today almost in the outskirts of heaven. Heaven will have surprises for us. We shall see many whom we do not expect and we shall miss some faces we confidently expected to find among the blood washed throng. Some may barely squeeze through the gates beneath the wings of some kindly angel; others may sweep through with an abundant entrance. Heaven is too much etherealized; it is but the home of redeemed humanity. We may not be altogether happy there; there may be regrets lingering in our souls that we did not win more stars for our crown.
"Jesus Christ did not live, suffer and die simply to keep us out of hell. Were this all it would be about equal to say that should your child be lost in a wilderness you would seek him merely to keep some wild beast from destroying him, but you seek to restore the child to his place in your heart and your life that you have so fondly hoped he would take. God seeks to restore man to his own proper position and real sphere where he should dwell. Man's place in heaven is but a step beyond this life and the gradations there will compare with the real differences existing here between men. St. Paul fought for Christ; he finished his course and went to take a crown of glory laid up for him. The crown jewels of heaven outshine all the royal possessions of earth's greatest monarchs. The faithful of earth will alone wear crowns in glory. A crown in heaven gives the wearer a throne in the heavens, and it will carry with it a scepter of authority over those unknown and unnamed worlds peopled by pure spirits, subjects of our God. The inhabitants of those worlds are not heirs to the throne nor are they redeemed by the blood and the kinship of Jesus Christ, our elder brother, Savior and King."
Dr. Monk's flight into the field of speculation as to the future state of man's redeemed spirit were bold and well sustained, however unwarranted by the literal reading of the Bible by a layman.
—The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA, Jan. 6, 1902, p. 9.
At St. Mark Methodist Episcopal church, south, the pastor, Dr. Alonzo Monk, preached at the afternoon hour from the text, "Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of eternal life," Revelations 2:10.
He said in substance:
"One has a narrow view of human nature who would shut up human life in the fleeting moments of but three score years and ten. Man is not born to die, and by dying to end the soul's full existence. We cannot die, man is essentially immortal. Our Savior was gentler with us, gentler than the gentlest mother. He took care to tell us, 'Lay not up for yourselves treasure upon earth, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, for where the treasure is there will the heart be also.' His plain meaning was we are to go to heaven to get our treasure. Death is but the removal of the tenant from this tenement of clay. The change that has occurred that we call death is not properly so called. This animal life we hold so dear is naught, the ox and the ass have it. This life is but one period of our existence, brief it may be, but in it we have opportunity to be placed in harmony with God, and to be saved from a death that never dies. The life to be is to be beautified by the presence of the King. Men need not necessarily die to be in heaven; some saints live today almost in the outskirts of heaven. Heaven will have surprises for us. We shall see many whom we do not expect and we shall miss some faces we confidently expected to find among the blood washed throng. Some may barely squeeze through the gates beneath the wings of some kindly angel; others may sweep through with an abundant entrance. Heaven is too much etherealized; it is but the home of redeemed humanity. We may not be altogether happy there; there may be regrets lingering in our souls that we did not win more stars for our crown.
"Jesus Christ did not live, suffer and die simply to keep us out of hell. Were this all it would be about equal to say that should your child be lost in a wilderness you would seek him merely to keep some wild beast from destroying him, but you seek to restore the child to his place in your heart and your life that you have so fondly hoped he would take. God seeks to restore man to his own proper position and real sphere where he should dwell. Man's place in heaven is but a step beyond this life and the gradations there will compare with the real differences existing here between men. St. Paul fought for Christ; he finished his course and went to take a crown of glory laid up for him. The crown jewels of heaven outshine all the royal possessions of earth's greatest monarchs. The faithful of earth will alone wear crowns in glory. A crown in heaven gives the wearer a throne in the heavens, and it will carry with it a scepter of authority over those unknown and unnamed worlds peopled by pure spirits, subjects of our God. The inhabitants of those worlds are not heirs to the throne nor are they redeemed by the blood and the kinship of Jesus Christ, our elder brother, Savior and King."
Dr. Monk's flight into the field of speculation as to the future state of man's redeemed spirit were bold and well sustained, however unwarranted by the literal reading of the Bible by a layman.
—The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA, Jan. 6, 1902, p. 9.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Entering That City
1902
"And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of children of Israel." Revelation 21:12.
It comes to me like an inspiration that one day I shall enter that city. Can you say it? Your children are going in, your parents are going in, your husband is going it, your wife is going in; are you going in? It is a great joy to know that the things that bring us the representations of heaven are so substantial. Some people tell us that heaven is a state, not a place. What then did Christ mean when He said, "I go to prepare a place for you," and what again when He said, "In My Father's house there are many mansions?" What is the doctrine of the resurrection? Is that only the spirits of men are raised? This is not our teaching. There must be some place for the resurrected body. When Christ went out with His apostles to Bethany and a cloud received Him out of their sight, He arose bodily from their presence. It is certain, absolutely certain, that heaven is a place.
What Is Heaven?
It is a place of overpowering brightness. Everything that ever came from thence tells us so. Chariots so bright that the only thing to which they could be likened was fire. Angels with faces shining so that men must veil their eyes before them. Moses and Elias so surrounded with glory that the three disciples were overcome with the vision on the mount of transfiguration. The walls are like a great jewel, the streets of pure gold and every single gate a pearl. You know the brightness of one little gem as it sparkles on your finger, but O! the wonderful thought that every gate is a pearl, and the day will come when we may go sweeping through the gates if we will. God has done everything that He could do, and our entering in now rests upon ourselves. But the brightness of heaven, aside from the presence of Christ, is not due to the gates, nor to the walls, nor to the streets, but to the presence of those who have been redeemed. — Rev. Dr. J. W. Chapman.
"And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of children of Israel." Revelation 21:12.
It comes to me like an inspiration that one day I shall enter that city. Can you say it? Your children are going in, your parents are going in, your husband is going it, your wife is going in; are you going in? It is a great joy to know that the things that bring us the representations of heaven are so substantial. Some people tell us that heaven is a state, not a place. What then did Christ mean when He said, "I go to prepare a place for you," and what again when He said, "In My Father's house there are many mansions?" What is the doctrine of the resurrection? Is that only the spirits of men are raised? This is not our teaching. There must be some place for the resurrected body. When Christ went out with His apostles to Bethany and a cloud received Him out of their sight, He arose bodily from their presence. It is certain, absolutely certain, that heaven is a place.
What Is Heaven?
It is a place of overpowering brightness. Everything that ever came from thence tells us so. Chariots so bright that the only thing to which they could be likened was fire. Angels with faces shining so that men must veil their eyes before them. Moses and Elias so surrounded with glory that the three disciples were overcome with the vision on the mount of transfiguration. The walls are like a great jewel, the streets of pure gold and every single gate a pearl. You know the brightness of one little gem as it sparkles on your finger, but O! the wonderful thought that every gate is a pearl, and the day will come when we may go sweeping through the gates if we will. God has done everything that He could do, and our entering in now rests upon ourselves. But the brightness of heaven, aside from the presence of Christ, is not due to the gates, nor to the walls, nor to the streets, but to the presence of those who have been redeemed. — Rev. Dr. J. W. Chapman.
Friday, February 29, 2008
The Angel of Time
1900
New Year Sermon
Rev. Alford Porter last evening delivered a sermon on the topic of "The Angel of Time" at the First Baptist Church. He said in part:
Rev. 10:5-6: "And the angel which I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven and sware by Him that liveth forever and ever that there shall be time no longer."
"Wonderful" is the only word for this mystic book of Revelation, and wonderful has been its effect upon the minds of men. It has made popes shudder and toss upon their midnight-pillows. It has made conquerors tremble and pale as they thought they saw their own doom speeding down upon them out of the open mouths of the vials of wrath. It has made all men dizzy and awe-struck by its succession of rushing noises and colossal figures. Of all that procession there is no scene more thrilling, no figure more majestic than appears in our text.
It represents a mighty angel, with a face like the sun and feet like pillars of flame, crowned with the token of mercy — a rainbow, and clothed with the emblem of judgment — a cloud. The mighty Colossus stands with his left foot on the land and his right foot on the sea; his left hand holds an open Bible, while his right hand is uplifted to heaven appealing to God for ratification of his solemn oath that "there shall be time no longer."
On this solemn night let the vision of the angel of time confront us with his assertion that time is about to end, and eternity about to begin.
Time, as far as this passing year is concerned, shall soon be no longer. The year is winging to its close, and is even now hovering on the brink of eternity. It has seen its last sunrise, its last sunset. How rapid its passage! Stay, stay, thou flying year; stay thy swift wings, for I am bewildered by this giddy sound, and would pause for a space and breathe." The winged year sweeps on, and will not stop. Turn now, everyone, and bid good-bye to the passing year. Good-bye to the companion who one year ago was an angel in your home and tonight is an angel in the long home! Good-bye to the child that twelve months ago was clasped in your arms and tonight is cradled in the everlasting arms! Good-bye to our Christian brothers who walked these aisles with us and tonight are walking the aisles of the heavenly temple! Good-bye! Good-bye! Year, thy comedy and thy tragedy alike are ended. Vanish! We shall meet but once again, when they record is unfolded in the dazzling light of the all-judging day.
Time, considered as a whole, shall be no longer. Time is the age of the visible world. It began with the flat, "Let there be light," and it will end with the summons, "Come, ye blessed of my Father," and "Depart, ye cursed." Time is the age of this visible creation, but eternity is the age of God: "Before time was, and when time shall end, He is." The age of time is winding up by minutes, days and years. On, on it is hastening, soon to be swallowed up in eternity. For aught we know the hammer is about to strike the last hour, and shiver the universe asunder.
When Lord Nelson was buried in St. Paul's cathedral in London, it is said that the heart of all England was touched to the core. The procession passed on amid a nation's sobs. There were thirty trumpeters stationed at the door of the cathedral, with trumpets at hand, waiting for the signal, and when the illustrious dead arrived at the gates these thirty trumpeters gave one united blast, and then all was silent. Yet the dead warrior slept right on. But none shall sleep when the trumpet that shall call all men to judgment shall sound in our ears. The clock of the universe has struck 8, 9, 10, 11. It shall strike once more, and time shall be no longer.
Time, as far as each one here present is concerned, shall soon be no longer. From life's beginning we have been on the borderland of eternity. With one hand the mother touches the cradle and with the other hand the tomb. The fragile floor of our life is built upon eternity. Look at the cracks! You can see eternity shining through.
"Great God, on what a slender thread
Hang everlasting things."
How frail our tenure of time, which above and beneath us is an eternity so vast that arithmetic has not figures enough to express its length or breadth or depth or height.
We are always complaining our days are so few, yet squandering them as though there were no end of them. Napoleon beat the Austrians because they never knew the value of time. While they dawdled he overthrew them. The devil will defeat some of you, I fear, for the same reason. See those incandescent lights! One of them awhile ago burned out. A little while ago, and it was blazing like the rest; but it is gone. And where will you be, my hearers, when the fires of your life have burned out like that vanished spark? Let us cry, as did Bunyan, stopping our ears to earth's siren voices, "Life, life, eternal life."
"There's an end to all that the world can give,
When the house we build shall fall;
How great is the wreck and the ruin then,
When the dark-flood swallows all."
—Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA, Jan. 1, 1900, p. 5.
New Year Sermon
Rev. Alford Porter last evening delivered a sermon on the topic of "The Angel of Time" at the First Baptist Church. He said in part:
Rev. 10:5-6: "And the angel which I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven and sware by Him that liveth forever and ever that there shall be time no longer."
"Wonderful" is the only word for this mystic book of Revelation, and wonderful has been its effect upon the minds of men. It has made popes shudder and toss upon their midnight-pillows. It has made conquerors tremble and pale as they thought they saw their own doom speeding down upon them out of the open mouths of the vials of wrath. It has made all men dizzy and awe-struck by its succession of rushing noises and colossal figures. Of all that procession there is no scene more thrilling, no figure more majestic than appears in our text.
It represents a mighty angel, with a face like the sun and feet like pillars of flame, crowned with the token of mercy — a rainbow, and clothed with the emblem of judgment — a cloud. The mighty Colossus stands with his left foot on the land and his right foot on the sea; his left hand holds an open Bible, while his right hand is uplifted to heaven appealing to God for ratification of his solemn oath that "there shall be time no longer."
On this solemn night let the vision of the angel of time confront us with his assertion that time is about to end, and eternity about to begin.
Time, as far as this passing year is concerned, shall soon be no longer. The year is winging to its close, and is even now hovering on the brink of eternity. It has seen its last sunrise, its last sunset. How rapid its passage! Stay, stay, thou flying year; stay thy swift wings, for I am bewildered by this giddy sound, and would pause for a space and breathe." The winged year sweeps on, and will not stop. Turn now, everyone, and bid good-bye to the passing year. Good-bye to the companion who one year ago was an angel in your home and tonight is an angel in the long home! Good-bye to the child that twelve months ago was clasped in your arms and tonight is cradled in the everlasting arms! Good-bye to our Christian brothers who walked these aisles with us and tonight are walking the aisles of the heavenly temple! Good-bye! Good-bye! Year, thy comedy and thy tragedy alike are ended. Vanish! We shall meet but once again, when they record is unfolded in the dazzling light of the all-judging day.
Time, considered as a whole, shall be no longer. Time is the age of the visible world. It began with the flat, "Let there be light," and it will end with the summons, "Come, ye blessed of my Father," and "Depart, ye cursed." Time is the age of this visible creation, but eternity is the age of God: "Before time was, and when time shall end, He is." The age of time is winding up by minutes, days and years. On, on it is hastening, soon to be swallowed up in eternity. For aught we know the hammer is about to strike the last hour, and shiver the universe asunder.
When Lord Nelson was buried in St. Paul's cathedral in London, it is said that the heart of all England was touched to the core. The procession passed on amid a nation's sobs. There were thirty trumpeters stationed at the door of the cathedral, with trumpets at hand, waiting for the signal, and when the illustrious dead arrived at the gates these thirty trumpeters gave one united blast, and then all was silent. Yet the dead warrior slept right on. But none shall sleep when the trumpet that shall call all men to judgment shall sound in our ears. The clock of the universe has struck 8, 9, 10, 11. It shall strike once more, and time shall be no longer.
Time, as far as each one here present is concerned, shall soon be no longer. From life's beginning we have been on the borderland of eternity. With one hand the mother touches the cradle and with the other hand the tomb. The fragile floor of our life is built upon eternity. Look at the cracks! You can see eternity shining through.
"Great God, on what a slender thread
Hang everlasting things."
How frail our tenure of time, which above and beneath us is an eternity so vast that arithmetic has not figures enough to express its length or breadth or depth or height.
We are always complaining our days are so few, yet squandering them as though there were no end of them. Napoleon beat the Austrians because they never knew the value of time. While they dawdled he overthrew them. The devil will defeat some of you, I fear, for the same reason. See those incandescent lights! One of them awhile ago burned out. A little while ago, and it was blazing like the rest; but it is gone. And where will you be, my hearers, when the fires of your life have burned out like that vanished spark? Let us cry, as did Bunyan, stopping our ears to earth's siren voices, "Life, life, eternal life."
"There's an end to all that the world can give,
When the house we build shall fall;
How great is the wreck and the ruin then,
When the dark-flood swallows all."
—Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA, Jan. 1, 1900, p. 5.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Dr. Leon Tucker Gives Third Talk On Revelations
1925
The third of a series of sermons on the book of Revelations was delivered by Dr. Leon Tucker at the First Evangelical church last night.
"The book of Revelation is an uplifted veil," Dr. Tucker said. "It deals with things that are to come. It is the completion of every other book in the Bible, or in other words the book of consummation. God gave it to Christ, Christ gave it to an angel, an angel gave it to John, and John gave it to his servants. Some people believe the book of Revelation to be folklore or a fable, but I know that John did not borrow it from the heathen."
"I know that salvation by regeneration is the only restorative and only remedy under heaven," he continued. "I don't spend my time in reforms. I am too busy telling men of a new life in Christ."
Tomorrow night Dr. Tucker's subject will be, "The Four Horsemen the Apocalypse."
—Olean Times, Olean, NY, April 2, 1925, p. 3.
Note: The article puts the 's' on Revelation. I took it out of Dr. Tucker's quote, since he was probably smart enough not actually to have added it.
The third of a series of sermons on the book of Revelations was delivered by Dr. Leon Tucker at the First Evangelical church last night.
"The book of Revelation is an uplifted veil," Dr. Tucker said. "It deals with things that are to come. It is the completion of every other book in the Bible, or in other words the book of consummation. God gave it to Christ, Christ gave it to an angel, an angel gave it to John, and John gave it to his servants. Some people believe the book of Revelation to be folklore or a fable, but I know that John did not borrow it from the heathen."
"I know that salvation by regeneration is the only restorative and only remedy under heaven," he continued. "I don't spend my time in reforms. I am too busy telling men of a new life in Christ."
Tomorrow night Dr. Tucker's subject will be, "The Four Horsemen the Apocalypse."
—Olean Times, Olean, NY, April 2, 1925, p. 3.
Note: The article puts the 's' on Revelation. I took it out of Dr. Tucker's quote, since he was probably smart enough not actually to have added it.
Battle To Bring End of World
1913
Evangelist McComas Speaks at Tabernacle Tent Meeting
"The Turk will leave Europe and go to Jerusalem. The nations will plunge into the great battle of Armageddon, which brings the end of the world and the second coming of Christ." This statement was made, by Evangelist McComas at the tabernacle tent last evening, to a large audience. He said: "The reason for this statement is the end of this world will come some time, and before this great event Christ gave us this great message in Luke 21:25: 'And there shall be signs in the sun, moon and stars and upon the earth distress of nations.' Again, in Revelation 11:18, the prophet says: 'And the nations were angry and Thy wrath is come'. But in this time of profoundest peace, what indicates that the nations are angry? Joel 3:9 to 18, 'Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near'. And at this time, when immense preparation for war is being made, the eyes of all the nations will be turned toward the Ottoman Empire. 'Let the heathen be awakened and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat'. This valley is just outside of Jerusalem, the future home for a short time of the old Sultan, and now the nations that have been contented to sleep for centuries have awakened.
"Says China: 'In the name of Christ, you have sounded the call to arms; in the name of Confucius, we respond. Oh do not doubt that we shall learn the lesson, and woe to Europe when we have acquired it. You are arming a nation of four million. A nation which until you came had no better wish than to live at peace with itself and all the World.' We find Uncle Sam last year spending a hundred and thirty two million dollars to prepare for war and at the same time spending seven and one-half millions to spread the gospel of peace of all the world. As Christ looked down to the end of time and saw the bloodiest conflict that is ever to take place on this earth, He saw the Turk playing a very prominent part in the closing up of this earth's history, on the stage before all the world. So in Rev. 16:12 to 16: the Euphrates river is to be dried up, which represents Turkey, and the drying up of this river prepares the World for the great Armageddon. The territory of the Turk has been sliced off, piece by piece, until today the Balkan states are just ready to push the Sultan off into the Bosphorus, and then, says the prophet, Dan. 11:45: 'He shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain (or Jerusalem), yet he (the Turk) shall come to his end and none shall help him. And at that time shall Michael (Christ) stand up, the great Prince which standeth for the children of thy people, and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation, even to that same time; and at that time thy people shall be delivered. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt.'"
The subject at the tent tonight will be, "Will the Jews Return to Jerusalem?" A welcome is extended to all.
—The Evening Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA, July 28, 1913, p. 7.
Evangelist McComas Speaks at Tabernacle Tent Meeting
"The Turk will leave Europe and go to Jerusalem. The nations will plunge into the great battle of Armageddon, which brings the end of the world and the second coming of Christ." This statement was made, by Evangelist McComas at the tabernacle tent last evening, to a large audience. He said: "The reason for this statement is the end of this world will come some time, and before this great event Christ gave us this great message in Luke 21:25: 'And there shall be signs in the sun, moon and stars and upon the earth distress of nations.' Again, in Revelation 11:18, the prophet says: 'And the nations were angry and Thy wrath is come'. But in this time of profoundest peace, what indicates that the nations are angry? Joel 3:9 to 18, 'Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near'. And at this time, when immense preparation for war is being made, the eyes of all the nations will be turned toward the Ottoman Empire. 'Let the heathen be awakened and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat'. This valley is just outside of Jerusalem, the future home for a short time of the old Sultan, and now the nations that have been contented to sleep for centuries have awakened.
"Says China: 'In the name of Christ, you have sounded the call to arms; in the name of Confucius, we respond. Oh do not doubt that we shall learn the lesson, and woe to Europe when we have acquired it. You are arming a nation of four million. A nation which until you came had no better wish than to live at peace with itself and all the World.' We find Uncle Sam last year spending a hundred and thirty two million dollars to prepare for war and at the same time spending seven and one-half millions to spread the gospel of peace of all the world. As Christ looked down to the end of time and saw the bloodiest conflict that is ever to take place on this earth, He saw the Turk playing a very prominent part in the closing up of this earth's history, on the stage before all the world. So in Rev. 16:12 to 16: the Euphrates river is to be dried up, which represents Turkey, and the drying up of this river prepares the World for the great Armageddon. The territory of the Turk has been sliced off, piece by piece, until today the Balkan states are just ready to push the Sultan off into the Bosphorus, and then, says the prophet, Dan. 11:45: 'He shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain (or Jerusalem), yet he (the Turk) shall come to his end and none shall help him. And at that time shall Michael (Christ) stand up, the great Prince which standeth for the children of thy people, and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation, even to that same time; and at that time thy people shall be delivered. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt.'"
The subject at the tent tonight will be, "Will the Jews Return to Jerusalem?" A welcome is extended to all.
—The Evening Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA, July 28, 1913, p. 7.
On the Book of Revelation
1901
The Rev. Wight, of Kalamazoo, Will Speak at First Presbyterian Church
The Rev. Wight, of Kalamazoo, Mich., will be heard this week at the First Presbyterian church in his lectures on the Book of Revelation, beginning Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 and continuing each afternoon and evening of the week up to and including Friday.
Subject for this evening will be "The Vials of Wrath." The Rev. Wight has made this book his special study during his theological course and since entering the ministry, and under his tuition the look has become a revelation indeed. All are most cordially invited to attend.
—Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne, IN, June 18, 1901, p. 8.
The Rev. Wight, of Kalamazoo, Will Speak at First Presbyterian Church
The Rev. Wight, of Kalamazoo, Mich., will be heard this week at the First Presbyterian church in his lectures on the Book of Revelation, beginning Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 and continuing each afternoon and evening of the week up to and including Friday.
Subject for this evening will be "The Vials of Wrath." The Rev. Wight has made this book his special study during his theological course and since entering the ministry, and under his tuition the look has become a revelation indeed. All are most cordially invited to attend.
—Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne, IN, June 18, 1901, p. 8.
A Treat Promised
1916
Dr. Tucker to Preach at Presbyterian Church Sunday
W. Leon Tucker will be the preacher at the Presbyterian church tomorrow at both services. His subject in the morning will be "A Corrupt Leper and Two Clean Birds." His subject in the evening will be "A Heifer Upon Its Haunches." This will be the last opportunity for Tyronians to hear this wonderful Bible teacher.
This evening Mr. Tucker will speak on the "European War in the Light of Prophecy." Does God have anything to say about the times in which we are living now? Do we know anything about our future and the future history of mankind? Do we know anything about the future of the earth on which we are dwelling now? Do you know what God means in the book of the Revelation by the White Horse? The Red Horse? The Black Horse? The Pale Horse? What do these figures mean in plain speech? Mr. Tucker will tell you tonight. Is the world growing better? Will man bring in the golden age? Is there a golden age coming for mankind?
—Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, PA, Nov. 11, 1916, p. 2.
Dr. Tucker to Preach at Presbyterian Church Sunday
W. Leon Tucker will be the preacher at the Presbyterian church tomorrow at both services. His subject in the morning will be "A Corrupt Leper and Two Clean Birds." His subject in the evening will be "A Heifer Upon Its Haunches." This will be the last opportunity for Tyronians to hear this wonderful Bible teacher.
This evening Mr. Tucker will speak on the "European War in the Light of Prophecy." Does God have anything to say about the times in which we are living now? Do we know anything about our future and the future history of mankind? Do we know anything about the future of the earth on which we are dwelling now? Do you know what God means in the book of the Revelation by the White Horse? The Red Horse? The Black Horse? The Pale Horse? What do these figures mean in plain speech? Mr. Tucker will tell you tonight. Is the world growing better? Will man bring in the golden age? Is there a golden age coming for mankind?
—Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, PA, Nov. 11, 1916, p. 2.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
A Treat Promised
1916
Dr. Tucker to Preach at Presbyterian Church Sunday
W. Leon Tucker will be the preacher at the Presbyterian church tomorrow at both services. His subject in the morning will be "A Corrupt Leper and Two Clean Birds." His subject in the evening will be "A Heifer Upon Its Haunches." This will be the last opportunity for Tyronians to hear this wonderful Bible teacher.
This evening Mr. Tucker will speak on the "European War in the Light of Prophecy." Does God have anything to say about the times in which we are living now? Do we know anything about our future and the future history of mankind? Do we know anything about the future of the earth on which we are dwelling now? Do you know what God means in the book of the Revelation by the White Horse? The Red Horse? The Black Horse? The Pale Horse? What do these figures mean in plain speech? Mr. Tucker will tell you tonight. Is the world growing better? Will man bring in the golden age? Is there a golden age coming for mankind?
Opportunity was represented among the Greeks by a man with a tuft of hair on his forehead and the back of his head was bald. This was what they meant. If you did not catch the man as he passed by, by the tuft of hair in front, when he had passed by, you could not catch him, because there was nothing to get hold of. These are days of opportunity to hear God's word. What have they meant to you? Have you availed yourself of these golden privileges. Go hear Mr. Tucker this evening and go tomorrow morning and evening.
—Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, PA, Nov. 11, 1916, p. 2.
Dr. Tucker to Preach at Presbyterian Church Sunday
W. Leon Tucker will be the preacher at the Presbyterian church tomorrow at both services. His subject in the morning will be "A Corrupt Leper and Two Clean Birds." His subject in the evening will be "A Heifer Upon Its Haunches." This will be the last opportunity for Tyronians to hear this wonderful Bible teacher.
This evening Mr. Tucker will speak on the "European War in the Light of Prophecy." Does God have anything to say about the times in which we are living now? Do we know anything about our future and the future history of mankind? Do we know anything about the future of the earth on which we are dwelling now? Do you know what God means in the book of the Revelation by the White Horse? The Red Horse? The Black Horse? The Pale Horse? What do these figures mean in plain speech? Mr. Tucker will tell you tonight. Is the world growing better? Will man bring in the golden age? Is there a golden age coming for mankind?
Opportunity was represented among the Greeks by a man with a tuft of hair on his forehead and the back of his head was bald. This was what they meant. If you did not catch the man as he passed by, by the tuft of hair in front, when he had passed by, you could not catch him, because there was nothing to get hold of. These are days of opportunity to hear God's word. What have they meant to you? Have you availed yourself of these golden privileges. Go hear Mr. Tucker this evening and go tomorrow morning and evening.
—Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, PA, Nov. 11, 1916, p. 2.
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.
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