corporations on the one hand and on the part of the oppressed poor on the other hand, the mutterings preceding the storm of wild anarchy that seems likely soon to break, . all these things are signs of His coming which may be very near at hand. Men's hearts are ''fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world" (Luke 21 :26). Many of the greatest statesmen of Eng land, America and Germany have fore bodings which they scarcely dare to put in words of what lies just a little way ahead of the nations of the earth. But in such days as these our hearts should not faint nor fear. ''When these things begin to come to pass'' we should ''look up and lift up our heads, because our redemption draweth nigh'' (Luke 21 :28). The darker the day grows, the nearer at hand is the dawn, and just at the moment when things seem unendurable, the brightest, gladdest day the earth ever saw is breaking. 6. The Return of our Lord is an evetit, that as far as we know, may occur at miy moment. We are repeatedly exhorted in the Bible to be watching, looking and ready for our Lord's return. In Mark 13:34-36, our
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