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The Law of Growth and Other Sermons

The Law of Growth and Other Sermons

Brooks, Phillips

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1150624752
ISBN13: 9781150624759
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 94
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.19 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902. Excerpt: ... III. THE POWER OF AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.--Matthew Xxv. 13. JESUS spoke these words at the close of the Parable of the Ten Virgins. The people were still under the impression that the parable had made upon them. It is the air of expectancy that pervades it which gives the parable its character. It all looks forward. It is busied with the future, not the past. The waiting virgins, the sleepless eyes, the wellfilled lamps, and then the hurried stir, the rustling garments, the passing voices, and the opening and closing doors, --all the movement is expectant, and is full of one idea: Be ready, for a future is coming--new issues--new destinies--new duties. Forget the past! Look forward! That is the tone of the parable, and it is the tone of the Gospel always. Stretching out into an infinite distance, it shows the endless future of human life. It lays its hand upon every soul that is asleep and says, Wake, for your work is not done yet. New developments of truth, new perfections of character, and infinite plans of God in which we are to take part, --these are the burden of the Gospel, and of the spirit of these the Parable of the Ten Virgins is full. It is all alive with expectancy. It is a parable of the Future. Behold the Bridegroom cometh! There are times, I think, when this character of the Gospel seems hard and almost cruel to us. There are times when the thought of expectancy is oppressive. Sometimes the soul is simply weary, and wants to lie down and go no farther. It seems to have done enough, to have lived enough. There is much in the past which is precious to it, but the thought of going on and making new history for itself is dreadful to it. Life seems behind i...

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