Are we looking for our Saviour's return ? Do we long for His appearing ? Can we say with sincerity, Come, Lord Jesus ? Do we live as if we expected Christ to come again ? These are questions which demand serious consideration. May we give them the attention which they deserve !
Does our Lord require us to neglect any of the duties of life, in the expectation of His return ? He requires nothing of the kind. He does not bid the farmer neglect his land, or the laborer his work, the merchant his business, or the lawyer his calling. All He asks is that baptized people should live up to the faith into which they were baptized — should live as penitent people — live as believing people — live as people who know that " without holiness no man can see the Lord." So living, we are ready to meet our Master. Not living in this way, we are neither fit for death, judgment, nor eternity. To live in this way is to be truly happy, because it is to be truly prepared for any thing that may come upon the earth. Let us never be content with a lower standard of practical Christianity than this. The last words of the prophecy are peculiarly solemn : " What I say unto you, I say unto all, Watch \"