...nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world ; holding forth the word of life. Phil. ii. 15, 16. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day : we are not ofthenight, nor of darkness, 1 Thess. v. 5. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, Rev....

...these things that shall come to pass. Col. iv. 2. continue in prayer, and watch — . 1 Thess. v. 6. therefore let us not sleep, as do others ; but let us watch and be sober. 1 Pet. v. 8. be sober, be vigilant. Rev. iii. 3. if therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come upon...

...things that shall come to pass.' Col. iv. 2. ' continue in prayer, and watch — .' 1 Thess. \. 6. ' therefore let us not sleep, as do others ; but let us watch and be sober.' 1 Pet. v. 8. ' be sober, be vigilant.' Rev. iii. 3. ' if therefore thou shall not watch, I will come...

...7. Oí yac иа8ео£оутЕс, уухто nal tí /ttiaiOTUjU«», ÍUKTÍC Г,':- f /ici/ i luit sleep, sleep in the night ; and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night. VER. 8. 'Hf»t"c Sí nfttpac «»тес, тфици, Mu/TÍfjnnai flijaxa »ÍITTÍIXC хл! iyim?...

...mention made of them in the Scriptures. St. Paul, in his first Epistle to the Thessalonians, says, " Ye are all the children of light and the children of the day." How came these Greeks of Thessalonica to be children of light, amidst the darkness and ruin of the...

...them before, than the God by whom they were chosen, and the faith to which they had been called : " We are not of the night, nor of darkness ; " therefore...sleep, as do others, but " let us watch, and be sober." 1 Thess. v. 5, 6. " God hath from the beginning chosen " you to salvation ; therefore stand fast."...

...you out of the bed of sloth and security, and set yourselves to the work of God in good earnest ; " Let us not sleep as do others; but let us watch and...be sober; for they that sleep, sleep in the night," 1 Thess. v. 6, 7. It is very unbecoming persons professing the name of God to be secure and sinful...

...brethren, says he, are not in darkness, " that that day should overtake you as a thief (in the " night): ye are all the children of light, and the " children...the day: we are not of the night nor of " darkness" As the night is a time of darkness, it is also a time of sleep: " Peter was sleeping." When man is...

...the Lord. Walk as children of light, and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. Ye are all the children of light and the children...the day ; we are not of the night nor of darkness." In verses 11, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 24, we find that the new created earth was to be fruit-bearing, the...

...also, 1 Cor. xvi. 13. Watch ye, standfast in the faith, quit yourselves like men ; and 1 Thess. v. 6. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others, but let us watch and be sober ; where the nature of the duty is plainly discovered by its opposite or contrary, Let us not sleep,...