...necessary, that it would, in many instances, prove hurtful, and often prevent the accomplishment. " It is not for us to know the times and the seasons which the Father hath put into his own power." In the course of a few years, only, how have all our conjectures been disappointed...

...wrapt up in so much obscurity, that the fulfilment and the explanation generally arrive together. " It is not for us to know the times and the seasons, which the Father has put into his own power." In the course of a few years only, how have all our conjectures been disappointed...

...season, and for more worthy instruments. But let us " not be wearied and faint in our minds ;" though " it is not for us to know the times and the seasons, which the Almighty hath put in his own power;'' yet we may be allowed to mark the signs, which seem to intimate...

...contradict their hopes ; his answer rather seemed to confirm them. " He said unto them, It is not for you to know the times and the seasons which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you : and ye shall...

...divine dispensations. And this ought to be sufficient to satisfy every pious and well-regulated mind. It is not for us to know "the times and the seasons which the Father hath placed in his own power," or to indulge in presumptuous speculations with regard to the exact order...

...name we go against this multitude." The event will be the same ; let us not doubt it for a moment. It is not for us to know the times and the seasons, which the Father has put in his own power ; it is not for us to say, how far we are advanced toward that time when the...

...in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven." When will this second coming be ? I cannot tell. It is not for us to know the times and the seasons which the Father has put in His own power. Enough for every purpose of life it is to feel, that the season will come...

...worthy of notice is, our ministerial (ruitfulness has been mostly in numbers — theirs in talent. It is not for us to know the times and the seasons or to forsee events; but when rumors of discontent are heard from some and the apprehension of divison...

...are all his works, from the beginning : he has power to fulfil all his counsels and designs ; and " it is not for us to know the times and the seasons. ''§ There is no doubt that the study of the Prophetical Writings, under proper restrictions, is a...

...passing away, and an awful change is drawing nigh. Of the exact period of the judgment day, indeed, as it is not for us to know ' the times and the seasons,' we cannot speak. But of this we may be sure, that our change— the change of death — that dispensation...