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Scene 1. A beautiful home. Scene 2. Leaving home. Act II. Desolation; or the Fruits of Sin. ' Scene 1. Gaiety. Scent 2. Great need. Scene 3. Feeding the swine. Act III. The Wanderer’s Return; or the' Remedy for Sin. Scene 1. Alone in the fields;—Thinking. Scene 2. Resolving—Home going. —From “Revival Addresses,” by R. A. Torrey. T h em e: Five D ivinely C hosen In strum en ts. T ext : 1 Corinthians 1:27, 28. I. The Foolish Things. II. The Weak Things. III. The Base Things. IV. The Things which are Despised. V. The Things which are Not. The purpose of all is that no flesh should glory in God’s sight. This treasure we have in earthen vessels that the power may be of God and not of man. —D. L. M. Joy (James 1:2; 1 Peter 1:8). Kindness (2 Peter 1:7; Colossians 3:12). Love (Ephesians 1:15; Galatians 5:13, 14; 1 Corinthians 13). Liberality (Isaiah 32:8; 2 Corinthians 9:13). Meekness (Ephesians 4:2; Titus 3:2). Ministering (Hebrews 6:10; 1 Peter 4:lt)). Obedience (Romans 16:19; 1 Peter 1:22). Prayer (2 Corinthians 1:11; 1 Peter 4:7). Praise (Luke 24:53; Psalm 150;‘Revela tion 5:9-13). Quietness (2 Thessalonians 3:12; 1 Timo thy 2:2).- Readiness (Titus 3:1; 2 Corinthians 8:11). Soberness (1 Thessalonians 5:6; 1 Peter 5:8). Temperance (2 Peter 1:6; Galatians 5:23).- Unfeignedness (1 Peter 1 :22; 2 Corinthians 6:6). Vigilance (1 Peter 5:8; 1 Timothy 3:2).
T h em e: T he Ju d gm en t D ay. T isxt : Acts 17:30, 31. I ntroduction . I. Its Certainty^- “God hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness.” II. The Universality of Judgment —“God hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world.” III. The Basis of the Judgment. 1. The deeds done in the. body (2 rCorinthians 5.TO). 2. “The secret. things” will be judged (Romans 2 :16). 3. Our words will be judged (Matthew 12:36). IV . The Judge—The Son of Man: “By that Man whom he hath ordained.” —From “Revival Addresses,” by. R. A. Torrey. T h em e: T h e D ram a of Life in T h re e A cts. T ext : Luke 15:11-||“A certain man had two sons.” Act I. Wandering; or the Nature of Sin. T h irty T raits of C h ristian C h a ra c te r Assurance (1 Thessalonians 1:5; Hebrews 10 : 22 ). Blameless (1 Corinthians 1:8; Philippians 2:15). Boldness (Hebrews 10:19; Philippians 1 : 20 ) . Charity (1 Timothy 4:12; 2 Peter 1:7). Confidence (2 Corinthians 5:6; Hebrews 10:35). Diligence (2 Peter 1:5; Hebrews 6:11). Endurance (2 Timothy 2:3; Romans 5:3). Faithfulness (1 Corinthians 4:17; Revela tion 2:10). Gentleness (2 Corintians 10:1; Galatians 5:22). Goodness (Ephesians 5:9; Romans 15:14). Hospitable (1 Peter 4:9; Romans 12:13). Holiness '(2 Corinthians 7:1; 1 Peter 1:16). Integrity (Proverbs 20:7; Psalm 78:72).
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