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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 20, 1877

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 50, No. 13.

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WATCH

By CHAS. LEWIS

In many places in the Bible we are directed to watch. We should be careful, however, how, when, and what we watch. We should watch for the coming of Jesus; for he says, “Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.” We should “watch and pray that we enter not into temptation.” We should watch against spiritual lethargy, and mirthfulness; for Paul exhorts,—“Let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.”
We should watch for opportunities for doing good; for it is written, “As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men.” But nowhere are we told to watch over the tops of our seats during a season of prayer to see who is coming in. Nor do I believe Paul meant this when he instructed Timothy to “watch in all things.” Neither do I think the blessing pronounced upon those servants whom the Lord shall find watching, is a reward for this kind of watching.
O my dear young brethren, let us remember, when we are tempted, from our knees, to watch those entering the house of worship, that God is watching us. May the Lord help us to be consistent.
CHAS. LEWIS.