THE END OF ALL THINGS IS AT HAND.

September 15

First Peter 4:7  

But the end of all things is at hand: 

be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. 

The mountains shall depart, the hills be removed; only Jehovah‘s word, love, purposes, and perfections remain the same.

The world passeth away, and the fashion of it; but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

The end of all things is at hand;

our labours will soon cease;

our commerce terminate;

our earthly relationships dissolve;

our pleasures and sorrows in this world be concluded;

the last sermon will be preached;

and the last opportunity for us to do good will make its appearance.

The coming of the Son of God draweth nigh; let us be therefore preparing ourselves for so great, so solemn an event; and whenever tempted to trifle, to loiter, or to sin, let us remember “THE LORD IS AT HAND.”

Let us be sober, temperate in reference to the body;

let us think soberly of ourselves, of others, of everything around us.

Let us not be rash or hasty, careless, or indifferent; but let us speak and act soberly, as those that MUST GIVE AN ACCOUNT.

He that shall come will come, and will not tarry; and He bids us to be ready to receive Him with gladness, joy, and rejoicing.

When Thou, my righteous Judge! shall come.

To fetch Thy ransom’d people home,

Shall I among them stand?

Shall such a worthless worm as I,

Who is sometimes am afraid to die,

Be found at Thy right hand!

James Smith