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The cry: " Oh, my Lord, what shall the end of these things be?" is often wrung from the lips of the sufferer about his pains, the friend about the woes of friends, the patriot about the turmoils of his country, the philanthropist about the state of the world.

I. THE BEWILDERMENT OF GOOD MEN CONCERNING THE FUTURE. As we have already hinted, there is frequently this bewilderment:

1. About the future of the world. How shall Christianity conquer heathendom! So also about:

2. The future of individuals. Recalling the unexpected events in our own past, and the surprises we have seen in the biographies of others, what may not befall us? We are led to reflect upon —

II. THE EPOCH WHEN THIS BEWILDERMENT WILL TERMINATE. The "end" will come. This is:

1. The anticipation of universal conscience.

2. The prediction of Scripture.

3. The necessity of the present state of things. Chaos cries out for cosmos, as winter does for spring. This "end" may come to the individual at death, to the race at the great "day of the Lord."

III. THE DUTY OF GOOD MEN WITH REGARD TO THAT EPOCH. There is not only:

1. Hopeful expectation of it, though that is clearly taught; but:

2. Progress towards it. "Go thy way n; not simply drift through the time-spaces that intervene.

IV. THE DESTINY OF GOOD MEN AT THAT EPOCH.

1. Personal existence is implied. "Thou shalt stand in thy lot."

2. Right condition is assured, "thy lot."

3. Perfect blessedness is promised. "Thou shalt rest." With such a prediction the good man is fortified for all the pilgrimage, battles, storms, that are his present experience.

(Homilist.)

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KJV: But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

WEB: But go you your way until the end; for you shall rest, and shall stand in your lot, at the end of the days.