. Christian herald and signs of our times . ing to reign as aqueen-consort in a kingdom,and quite another to be viceroy or governor of a province. Becausethou hast been faithful in a very little,have thou authority over ten cities (Luke19: 17), cannot mean the same as to sitwith Christ upon his throne (Rev. 3 : 21). There is necessarily much of mystery inthis glorious subject of reigning withChrist, but sufficient light is given to usto perceive that the complete and all-ab-sorbing choice of Christ here on earthholds an inseparable relation to our eter-nal destiny, and relation to him throught
. Christian herald and signs of our times . ing to reign as aqueen-consort in a kingdom,and quite another to be viceroy or governor of a province. Becausethou hast been faithful in a very little,have thou authority over ten cities (Luke19: 17), cannot mean the same as to sitwith Christ upon his throne (Rev. 3 : 21). There is necessarily much of mystery inthis glorious subject of reigning withChrist, but sufficient light is given to usto perceive that the complete and all-ab-sorbing choice of Christ here on earthholds an inseparable relation to our eter-nal destiny, and relation to him throughthe ages of eternity. If we suffer witlhim we shall also reign with him. * From her excellent little work, entitled Th>Lords Coming, giving in succinct form the reasonsfor expecting the Second Advent in the near fu-ture, and showing the passages of Scripture referr- I I to It. 104 pages; price 15 centsoffices of The Christian Herald, 91House, New York. For sale at the03 Bibli 980 THE CHRISTIAN HERALD AND SIGNS OF OUR TIMES. DEC. 23. 1896. Praying for Money.* CAN it be right directly to ask Godto prosper our efforts—which insome cases may amount to a re-quest for ten thousand pounds? Oris itbetter to confine ourselves simply to layingthe matter before him, in the simple con-fidence of loyal children who wish to tellhim everything, knowing that he will blessus in this way or in that (without our directasking), as he may see it to be for our good ?The question is complicated by manyconsiderations: and every man must haveliberty of conscience about it. The writersown conviction, however, is clear, thatwhile in spiritual things we should both askand trust, for there we can have no doubtabout the good of what we ask for. in tem-poral things (beyond actual necessities),after having poured out our heart beforeGod. we should trust and not ask. For temporal things, up to a certainpoint, we are indeed both permitted andcommanded to pray. Give us this dayour daily bread (Matt. 6:1) is
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