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bioses, Oregon. G 0 Uailey, 1.11. D r V N o ~ ~ c ~ ? - E v i d e n c cthat

s we are a t the I
Caillot, Intl. A Gregory, N. Y. J A I close of t l ~ egosl,cl age, are so numerous,
hIayo, Alnss. E C Itussell, Oregon. C R that few call examir~e them cnreful!y a n d
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' . \; Green, Vt. P Sutcr, Jld. A J Rlar:;h, not be convinced of the t r u t l ~ of our posi-
i s . L Fogg, Me. S 11 Darrow, Pa. tion. And the question as to what great
i A h1 Meger, Tnd. J C Rockwood, Mass. changes are before us, is forcing itself upon
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E Bartholo~new,Ct. J Callett, N. J. hot11 the c l ~ u r c and l ~ the worId. T l ~ e r ecan

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J Clark, K. I. H J Rcetman, l o w . J be n o doubt but that a time of troablt:, snch
J U ~ n s t a d t ,Mo. hlrs A1 A Durkee, Minn. as the w r l d has never y e t , experienzetl, is
T H Harvey, 0. S E; Hooker, Vt. T approacl~ing,and that it is the in:~r.etliate
T y l e r , l l i c l ~ . T L Bnrrlr-s, Pa. W S p r e c ~ ~ r s oofr the ~nillcnnial age. P.nd to
Allison, Incl. hlrs J G hI:~l.lby,Ct. .W this agrce both the cl~ro~iology, the l,ropl:-
Patterson, N. Y. S l a r ~ l ~ i lil d, . R U ctic per;ods, ailtl t l ~ csigns of tho times.
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Hill, Pa. L J IIillg, Iml. E1d W F Car- J u s t what we are espeeting in the next
son, Iowa. L S~lotlgrass,W. Va. h N 1 thirty-seven years, is, first, thc garhcring
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W of tile spiritual elenrcst of t l ~ ce l ~ ~ ~ r cinto l~cs
C Shane, Icy. Xlrs I3 A Corker, N. Y. , the l i g l ~ tof prescl~tt r u t h ; a snnctifying or.
W T Gibsor~,Fln. U D Latllrop, P a . H I aiyarating worl<, by \vl~icllthe church is to
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s, N r s J ;\In~~sfielCJ,Ill. i get the victory over tllc world, ' ( A n d this
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_. t sW e I iCIrs 7,. IS Lamb, 31in11. RIrs even your fnitl~." Second, tile translation,
i M A I I a ~ u e ,JIinn. Wnl U:ltcs, Ct. Mrs or glorification of the c l ~ o s britlc c ~ ~ of' Cl~rist.
.. .. *C Spranuc, Alass. E C L I I . I A T l ~ i r d ,the 1.ctur11of' tile J e w s to P a l c s t i ~ ~ e ,
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Ct. J l r s A Storey, Ill. EX S h ~ ~ t ein, t l ~ emidst of the overtuning of Gentile
J Ogilney, Intl. I t I3 Warren, N. governments, falling of tlironus, ctc. F o u r t l ~ ,
A' Barry, Slo. E E'ossclnlan, Iowa. tl1.2 battle of tl~c:great day. k'ittli, t h e usll-
..sle, Del. hIrs J 1' JlcNiel, 111(1.ering of the ~ n i l l e ~ ~ n i u n l .
fi1,rrs B Chase, M i l ~ n . S I , i ~ i d e s h g e r , 11itl.
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I f t l ~ c r oare those who would like to h m r
R BI;~tcl~ctt,Pa. L: D on tl~esep e a t sizhjeets, if t l ~ e ~~vill p providc
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J E v i ~ i ~Va. s,
Godfrey, Mass. L 13url~ank, N. 11. A1 qny l)la:.e, churcli or hall, there are those I
( Lordway, 0. IVu' Doter, Ct. N r s A l G w11n will gladly speak to tile people on these 1
! . Partridge, 0. J l r s E Cr RIorsc, N. J. s a ~ j e e t s . A l ~ t lthose ~ 1 1 ~o ~ ~ o ulilio l r l to !
A Winslow, Vn. I< N Graves, 111. Avis malie nrrangenlel~tsfor a series of meetings,
ii Hanilin, 0. R &IS ~ n i t l ;\lass. ~, J L Lar- nay c o ~ r ~ m ~ ~ ~~~v il ct lnthe ~t e following per- #
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ralee, BIass. 1 X S t , 0. P At- sor.3 :-Elrl. J. Ii. Patton, of Almont, t

+ 'water, Ct. S Titus, $lass. 11rs L Rob- hlicl~.; C. T. Russell, 62 B i f t ] ~Avenue, !
! ereon, J l i c l ~ . Eld C Emtlley, Iowa. J W P i t t ~ b u r ~P:I. l ~ ,; S. 1-1.Witl~ington.Spring-
, D r e w , Jlicl~. C A B c n ~ i s ,31ass. J Ilutl- i water, N. Y. ; B. W. ICcitl~, Dansville,
\ ley, 11rs P HiLhartl, N. Y. T J Storel., I iN. Y. ; or wit11 myself, a t Rocl~ester,N. Y.
-. . 0. Miss L J Rogers, - ,---
5.Y. J L Rich- JIeetirlgs i r ~grove, or tcnt, or 11:111, or
' E Parislr, Ct.,,? i n , i n . I t c v J c l ~ u r c ;l ~\\.liercvcr a series of meetings call

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Jflss. D. U . \Voif, \)l,io. J l r s C E Pick-
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d e n m y n k o , . - _ _ . I I I I . J Cllililei.s, \V. be held, will bo responded to.
TVc have been compelled to lcave out
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- A Hletllen, Rlnss. d W Hale, hIic11. sorne articles already in type, because of' the
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John J~tllst:~clt, hIo. IV IIluntel-, I<-111. t w o l o l ~ gIe:tdi~~g articles in this nun ber of 1,
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Truth, FILESEST tr~lt.11, is the rlicnns or- eyes onsolne tlistalit ol).ject, or on
dainetl of God for t l ~ esnllctitic;itio~i ot' the surrountlil~g.u? T l ~ uBible, ever
churcli: and ;rt c:ic11 g r c ; ~ tstep, i l l the llln11 i~~c:r~lcntes the ini~~c)rt:lricu of prevent truth.
of t l ~ eages, the tlleli I~rcsellttrutlr bcco~nes 11e11c.e.l)~irclyAge-to-collie teacl~ing,eve11
especially irn1)ortaut. l l ~ ~ tbelie~ilig l t11:rt tl1o11g11 it be true, is a snare of tho Devil ;
we a r e ~ i o wp:wsi~~x t11ro11~11 tllc 111ostclori-.- a ~ ~ist lkccpilrg tl~ousalitlsin darkness on tlie
ous c h a i ~ g ethe world 113s ever witllessetl, all i ~ l ~ p o r t aprese~ll l~t truth.
\\-e feel, bclbre Gocl al~tlInan, that it is n tlu- 1 Bat, say t l ~ grtlrt
c mass ofcl~ristiantench-
ty to make tlicse t l i i l ~ ~n sspec.i:ilty in all our I er.s. both arnollcr millil~al.ia~is. a ~ i dtl~oseou-
tencl~il~gs. 3lcn [nay tind fliult, t l ~ e y[nay I ) ~ s e " d ongc-to-co~ncviews, if you Inenti
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ritliculc, or pity; f'rie~~tls niay turn agnillst yreselit trutl:, all ulitlerstanclil~gof our esilct
ns, as they have a t encl~and ave1.y ntivn~ice i~ositio~i iri t l ~ estremn of tilne, we do not be-
nlol~gtl~isslliiiin!,r p a t l ~ \ v a y ;I ~ i tI ~ O I I ~ of ! licvr b l ~ yolle can kliow this.
.tliese tl~ings111ove us. O y r face is like a LIere is wllerc we dilfer. Tlie universal
flint, and wI1:itever o t l i e r s " ~ n do, a ~ \vc rlican t c : t c l ~ i ~ot' l ~Scripture, is t11:rt in all great
to keep step wit11 tile ocIv:incir~g light. t I i ~ ~ ~ m x : ' t iclin~iges,
o ~ ~ : ~ l God has hat1 a chos-
T h e impression tllnt grc:it clla~igesa r e : ~ t ell tbw ~~lltlerstootl tlle situation. and .
hand, that t l ~ e:uIvent of the So11of God is klicw \vl~:ittllcir Lord wns doi11g:-" Surcl
an inil)cndi~~g event, is b c c o ~ ~ i i V l ~~gI -gcrl-
y t l ~ eLunl God \\.ill d o rotlrirlg but he reven[
era1 tl11.oug1icl~risteudom. A i ~ dtlie qucs- eth 11is sccrcts to his scrva~itstile ~ ~ r o p l i e t ~ "
tion for e n c l ~one to decide is, whicli is tllc 6 b Btltl those tl~iligstllat are receuled, belong
wiser course, to s l ~ u orlr t cycs, try ar~tlbe as to US, :111dto our c11ilLIre11,for ever." The
good as we c:in, arid taltc our ci~nnccs:ls to \vl~ule~ ) I : ~ I I of tlit ;~gcs,is tlier.et;re rsuecilcd,
6 ' that day " coining ul)on us ur~a~varcs, or nud is to be ul~derstoodjust as h s t as it Le-
to investigate, wit11 :i cletcrrninatiun to know cornes due; that is, just as thst as i t is l'ul-
all tll:tt Goi.1 has revc:iled i l l relation to it. fillctl. 'l'llnt 11rop11ec.ycan be understood
Tlie I:ugel. n ~ ~ n ~will, l e r ot' course, choose uniy as fist as it is i'ultiiled, is l)~.oven both
tlic fol.rrier, mid glide on wit11 rile stre;illl, I)y t11c u~~iveraal Giilure of' all \vho hnvc at-
and Le overtaken unawares ; the few will te111l)tdto csl~lninit i l l advance, also by
boltlly strike out ; ~ g : l i ~ t~ls~t critlc of' o1,posi- tlircct llible testi~ilo~iy :-a I sI)e:tk tl~ese
I , I stlarcli :is Inell senre11 h r silver," tl!ir~gs,t h d zuherl tiicy come to puss y e niigltt :
i l i t l tliesc &*\vill l i d the krio\\~letlceof'Gotl." believe." is t l ~ e
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earth, and statid bclitrc t l ~ eSun ot' I I I ~ I I . woul(1 itistrl~ctI I I on ~ ~ ~ O I J I I C C Y wlletller
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Those wlio woi~ldIi~llyou to slet.1) wit11 rc1:~tion to n persoxal ~ ~ i : u ~ - o f s i na, "pfr- bb

the s o ~ of ~ gl b I \ ~ C L - ~ O - ~and ~ C , " you sor~ctlnnticllrist, a yerso~ialElijnh, or two 111-

~ I I rliabe ?
untiii~l~lfi~l of t l ~ eL~.iclgeovcr lohic!: you czre JivitE~taLu,as " i\Iy two \vitncsses;" and tclls
paesirlg, in other ;vu~.ds, the present t r l ~ t l l r~iet l ~ e pare still filtu~.c,and they are about 1
that lsuds to age-to-cu~nc,nre as d a ~ ~ g e r o u sto , e s l ~ l a i ~:111i utlfii.l/il/ecZ ~)ropliecy,1 desire ,!
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or ever1 niol-c so, t11a11a r e tliuie who sing ot to 11c:tr 1 1 0 111orcurz thul subject. All s u c l ~
death, as t l ~ egate to cri~llessjoj.. l l l e y :ire ~l)cculatior~s are \vorthlcss. 1Iris, of course
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Inore dangerous bcuiuse tliey have Inore dues 11ot :~\)pIy to proplietic nict~slcrernentn; it'
truth. B u t , it rnay be asltccl, C;IIItruth Lc it is ,\lollday, we llave a riglit to propllcsy . ,
tlnnlrero~~s? Yes. I allsjvcr. If you were ~ I say, I J ill five days lliorc tlic week will elid.
a period like the " t i ~ n c s
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jourl~eyingover all L L kllorvn ~ and A;iligerolls \Vheli l l r i~ist:u~ce

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oath\\*:lv., fill1 of snnres anti ])it-l~oles.aliil of tlre Gc~itilcs." is clcnrlv tlelined ,: a r~osi-
sollie ot' yoiir leudci~swere c o ~ ~ t l ~ ~ uc:ill- a l l y tivc statelnclit that czll \\.as given to the111as
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ing j o u ~ :ittcl~tio~l,
. :i11(1 kccpi~igyour ~iiintl :it the ci~ptivity,u. c. Got;, it. recluires no in-
-.. o11 so~lie11ist:int ulrjcc:t, Y O U ;c.uultl Iw v c ~ y sl)i~.;itio~~ i
to c l c t c r ~ ~ i i rtli;tt
~ e b L 8 ~ ~~ e~ I~I b~ C S "
likely to sturr~blcaritl fhll. 'l'llc Scril~tures (l)rc)l)l~ctic),or 2520 J C : ~ : . , will cl:d wit11
are b r : ~la111\)to o i ~ rfuc't, ~ I Ia Jligl~ttd our . . I LSut tile cll:tnils, or ~ r u f u r eof
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( the t'utilrc, we :rrc to L b take heed :IS to s p i ~ ~ : ~ t i o ~Ilzuer ~ , a ~by
i d the ~ ~ r o l ) l ~ setl ~i c~ t l e ~ i t .
3 l i g l l t sliini~igi l l 3 ticirii plirce." God does :\pin, rvl~cnn l)l.t~l)l~acy is l;~iiilletl,wine :

ilut use symbuls \vitl~uutl~iea~ling.If you suppow ant1 ~ c ~ c I I t11at , i t s l i ~ u b~1 l ~SO (18-
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once of ol)inion can csist. 1 Ilavc see11 tllis I ~ L ?n ~ y1)1*icc ; 31111 if I I O ~fi)~.l,c!:~r. ,SO tlle!r
laid t l o \ v ~ns ~ all n s i o ~ n ,by ~ I I P Inost s o l ~ c r - \ \ . ~ > i ~ lIbl. ~ c 1t 1l 1 , ~price t l ~ i r t pieccs
~. of silj~cr."
ficinl ~vritcrs,\\ello issrlc sonlc t l ~ c tor I ) n l l l - (Zec.11. 11 : 1.7.) 111111 its f i i l t i l ~ ~\\.as l~~~t
p l ~ l e tofstnrtlir~g\vol~(lcr:::rbnt~tt~)..tl.al~sl~il.e. so obsc.u~.t: tlwt it is clittic.r~lt evc11 I I O W to
I Ilave also scctl it atl\.nucetl 1:, nlcn ofxt~!r- t l ~ e Ihc.ts nlld 1)l'ol)l1ec?' tofctl~er.,
ling merit, ill some I ' C S ~ ~ ~CI ~ I I S~I ,~ 1 o11g11t
10 l'~.ol)I~cc~,v rcclo~.tls," O u t of' E,gyl)t I
. to I)(: nsllnnlcd of sucli s~~~,rl.Iicinl idvns. I I o ' &'. ~ I I ( I ~ I ~CI ' O . < L ' 211ll took
l l ~ c s eremarks :ire c:~IletIout 11y ;l \\~r~rl.rtllc , Y O I I I I ~c-l~iltln11tl I~is 111otl1crI)\.~ l i ~ l ~ t ,
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by 1)r. Seiss, ofl'l~il:~.ill \vllicl~11c 11ot ol~ly : l l l t l tllllb;l~~tc(l illto Egypt ; ant1 \\.:is.
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nsscl.ts illis false 1)osit.i011, b t ~ \vo111d
t I~nveI I S 1111tilt l ~ etlrntll of Rcl.od, tllnt it. n~if;rl~t lie
Lelicve t l ~ n t l ~ c "two wit~~cssc~s," " t l ~ cl l l n l l i ~ l t i l l e l . (3I:ltt. 2 : 15.) C c ! r t : ~ i ~tl1is ~l~
of sill, and tile Elias, w e ~ ) c ~ ~ s o ncl~a:.:~c- nl ~ ) ~ . o l ) l ~ cIi~llillc~l
cy, \\.it11 t l ~ esl~ecial \)tll'l)ose
i ;telms,~ n e nor saints, \vllo n1.c to e~inctso111e ot' kct!l)in~ tl1:lt f ~ i l f i l ~ l i en~ lsecret, t g:lve
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t w o ~ ~ t l c ~ .career. t'i~l 'l'11i11kof S O I I I P t ~ 1 n 1 ,or 1)lcllty of I.oor11 1i)r tlotlbc, or ere11 iZllol.allCE
i:.! ere11 n?~gelfrom 11cavc11,l'illi~~g the ~)r'ol)l~e- of t l ~ cf k t . liut we 11ccd not rn~~ltil)ly illus-
I conc!er~~i~ Elins,-(4
~g Eli:~s truly sl~:~llt ~ - ; l t i o ~so , II.OIII 11ei11;clear :III(I \vpl1 (1~-
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fi'~.stc.olllo a11t1~~~~~~~e 022 tlri~lys,''( h l : ~ ~ t .611c,l to tl!e ciforld, all tllc f'uililrnc~~tOF
1 : 11.) hTo~v,associate t l ~ i s\sit11 - 4 ~ t s pl-o!)!lecy nt the first ;~i!\.e~lt,nnc! i ~ ~ d e e t l
3 : 20, 38, " Al~tl 11e sllnll selld J e s ~ ~since s tl~c11,llnve LWII ~ i ~ ~ . e c ~ ) ~ : -I?\. r r itslc~~ci i
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! ' it, 1 o 1 tllc Ilenven must I-ecc:ivc ~ ~ ~ t i ~ ~ s t r u \\.l~ile
c t e d ;
tl~csc \clto \vc.I.e i ll t l ~ c
until t l ~ etililcs o f r ~ s t i t l ~ t iof l ) ~all~ t l ~ i ~ ~ g sliyl~t, ." tl~:ltis, were Lcillp lctl of the Slbirit,
H e r e we llavc Cltrist c o ~ n i :tt ~ ~t sl ~ c11t~gi11- II:IV(: I~cct~inblc to c o ~ ~ ~ l ) l . c l ~o le~~l~yby rl a
! liir~gof t l ~ etinlcs ot' r e s t i t ~ ~ tof i oall ~ ~t11i11;s ; k i ~ i fof l cviclc~lce t l ~ ewvrld could ~ i o t re-
t l ~ ec.l~urchof' the f i r s t - L o ~l~~~i s~I,arl,v , 1111iled ceive. A I I this ~ I)CC;IIISL. ~ ~ O I I I I O Cis~ d ~ -
i to I I ~ I Ins I , the ~ ~ o \ v to e r sit on tllo tlircilrc, si:~lccl, not ii)~' t l ~ c ~ t ) r I d , 1)11t Ibr tile
nl~clTet tl~is olic pcrltct SICEL) ill \vi~oln c l ~ ~ ~ r c lAll11 i . o ~ l yt l ~ s1):~1'tof tlrc cliu~.rll
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all ~ ~ : ~ t i arc s be ble~setl,111ust I J ~set \vl~on1.c rruI,y IccL ot' t l ~ eSl~irit,I ~ a r eever
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asitle, s\.l~ilcs o ~ ~ 1)~r.9otl,[I
~ c 1:lias 1:tkes it u~~tle~.stoo(l it. IVitllcss tlie filcts of tile
- -? 111)011 !~i~llself to " I * C ~ S ~ I ,all
I . ~ tl~ings." t ~ v o0 1 1 tlleil. sv:~!. to k=ll~nlnus; :111(1i11(Iecd
\ I3ut to t l ~ cstntclllc~~t, t11:lt :11l j'~iljilled ot':11I to \vlll)~nit \vns gi\.en to ~ ~ n t l c r s t n r ~ d
I ~ t ) I ) l ~ einlist c y be so 111:11.Iietl :111(1 :~bsoliltc t l ~ c~ ~ ~ ~ s t cofr itcl ~s cl < i ~ ~ ~ t:l~o t~ t l n~ e first
s in its ~ ~ i i t u rthat e , 110 roo111 1;)r clo~~l)t., or ~ t L ? I.I (o11cc ~ ng:lil~ pl*ol)llcc?-is I)c-
ditt;'l*e~~cc of olli~~ion can csist." I \vc)i~ld ills ft~l~illctl i l l a s1)eci:tl 111:11111cr, bclhre t11e
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look nt tlie fhcts at y c S sof t i ~ i spresellt gc!l~r:r;~tio~i,
t l ~ e r c\\-as S I J I I I ~ cisclv t l ~ c si~rnc l)l.i~~cil)lc.All \vl~o are
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o l ~ r o l ~ l ['~~Ifillecl
~ ~ c y ~IICI-e. A I I\ve ~ ~C R I I 1);~i11tt1'11li Icd ot' t11c Spirit, will Lc let1 illto :i
I to a I O I I ~ sel.ics of' ~ l r e t l i c t i o ~t ~ sl ~ i \\'ere c l ~ I ; ~ l o \ ~ l c dofp t?ris 1)rcscnt tl.utli, w l ~ i l eall
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t11~1slitcrnlly thltil.lctl, as \\,(!I1 ns to some otI1el.s \vill r e ~ n ; ~ ;i ~n s?' i ( r ~ ~ o r;ISi l \~\~~t r, ethe
) \vl~icll:ire bc'il~gso a t this very (lay ; : u ~ d ,Jc\visl~11ntio11sin t l ~ eturlucr c:lsc.
yet, t11c11,as Iton-, tllc y.cnt 1n:lss of t l ~ c 'L'llc tlxtli in rcl;itioli to fhlf~lled prol)l~e-
, ;-cc.:g~lizctl ~)copleof G~)tl.11ot only fi)11111l cy, is 11cvcr forced up011t l ~ c l ~ u r c ;l ~I~cnce,
room to tlottbt, but c o n t i ~ ~ ~ ~ill c t ctlnr~lr~~c.ss,
l tllosc \\.\Io arc 0l)l)oscd to i ~ ~ v c s t i ~ t i o n ,
in relntioll to s u c l ~ I'i~ltillctl ~ ~ r o l ' l ~ c c will y . ncvcl. scc it, until the stnge ot'dcve1o0-
i Isilia11 I)rulictcd that n virgin s11011!(1 tori- I I I C I I ~nt \ v l ~ i i : l ~all the world \\.ill recognize
! cci\-e a l ~ t l ~ c a nr soil, a~itl!.ct t Ilc fullil111c11 t it. l l c l ~ c e :1gai11 , \vc nsl;, Is it rigllt, to
of t l ~ n t~ ) r o ~ ~ lleft ~ c cso!lia
y l,oorn \\,it11 t l ~ c sciiri'h, to t:ikc 11eecI10 t l ~ e111ol.e s11re word
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Jt.\visl~ nntiol~ lor do111,t. l'rol)l~ecy 11:uI of ~'~.ol>l~c'cy? Ot 11:tcl \ ~ Letter c shut our
I l,oi~~!cdto I:ctl~lcl~crn1':j)llrntn ns t l ~ vplace eyes, a1111111r~c1y '&try to l)c good?"
t of l ~ i s l~ntivit!., n~l(lyet IIC \v:1s c:~IletI a
Nnz ~rillc. T l ~ cl)ropl~ctpreilicteti to J c r ~ l - Jesus was bcgottcr~ n ~ ~ iLorn
T I l E S A X D KO\Y.
l - ill fulfil- .
i salc.111the approncl~of 11cr lo\\.ly Iiillg, rid- 1llc11t u f ~ ~ r u p h c c y .'rl~il.t~ to tl~i~.ty-ono
i ing 011 all ass; n ~ l d>,et t l ~ e\-cry 11ntio11tor 1.enl.s :~l'ter,11e \\-as m111oil)tecl Ly t l ~ ellols
I \ V I I ~ ; I I the propllecy was ~ilndc,a ~ \~ ~dl ~sl'irit o at l ~ i sbn1)tis111 ; t l ~ e rt ~
l ~ r e eo l d a-llalf
!L sn\v its f ~ ~ l i i l ~ ~l~nvc ~ c l ~fo~uitl
t, r o o ~ u to \.c:~rs of :
L sl)ccinl work to tlil: Je\-,risl~
t l 0 ~ 1 l ) t , :ll~clc\.c11 Iloltl n ditYel.cltt o l ~ i ~ ~ iat' o l t b11u1.cl1I ) c ~ , ~ I aud I \\,:IS ji~tishcd, n l ~ t l still
I
t l ~ a tfi~ltillcdl ) ~ o p l ~ e ctoy the ~)I.SSCIIt day. tliey I r ~ ~ c~t w not. 'I'hus the first 11ouse of
1
 Israel. t l ~ e11o11seover \ v l ~ i c l110;c~s ~ l\rcsitl- (Ii;l,'~'( i f the e s : ~ i ~ctq ~ ~ : ~ lofi t ythe two (]is-
etl as a b b servant " stu~nl)letl. So pl.opl~ecy ~\e~rsatiolls take it for g r a ~ ~ t c . for d , t l ~ epres-
pre(licts tile aecol~tlIlousc: were to stlllll~~lc ; cnt, in or(1cr t l ~ a ttlrcy may see sorne o t ' t l ~ e
whose llorlsc are ye, if ye holrE.first," ctc. bt!auty of' t l ~ ptrrclllcls, c a ~ l t lalso the l~rol>li-
tlfter t11:~t llor~se of St'I'VillltS \vcl.e '' C:IBt ctic Scripturrs; ; I I I ~; ~ tSOIIIC ~ L I ~ I I I Ytirile
off;" anrl their tlispc-ns:itio~le~~tl(,tl, so t l ~ a t tlte t ~ l q ~ o ~ . t ~~l ~n ~ t . y resented fur tl1e111
n yibc
theq' were I I ~longer 11cirs (&I. 4 : 30), to c~*itic:~l[y c s n ~ ~ l this i ~ ~evitle~~ce.
e
still tllel;e was a " r o , ~ l ) l ~ /:~ccortlir~g
~it to tllc F o r t l ~ eprcscllt, t11e11,t l ~ usl~l?jectwill be
election of pace," \vl~o \\.ere not cnst ~)resclitetljust ns if the ~ ~ c n t l ncccptctl cr tho
away. I11 o t l ~ e \vor~Is, ~, the ' L \ r i ~ c : ~ tO" I I ~ lhct of this s l ~ ~ a l i t yt11;rt ; as tllc tivclve-
of that g c ~ ~ c r a t i\vcl.e o ~ ~ I I O ~ cast oiF, b11t tribe d i ~ ~ ) e ~ ~ s e11tIi11g a t i o ~ ~a ,t t l ~ edc:lth of
were gatllerctl, 01, : I I I ~: ~ f t e rt l ~ e(lay ot' L'CII- Clrrist, was j ~ ~ IS45 s t yc;lrs in t l o r a t i o ~ ~so,
tecost. ' r l ~ i sis c l c x r l ~ t:111<1it
* ~ I I I~OIII:LIIS, t11e gospel d;slw11:ati011,11:1vi11gI I O ~ V con-
11: 1-5, ~ h ~t lt~l e;111ostle i~~clutlcs I~inl- ti11uec1nn cqu.11 pcriutl, is also a t all ellel.
self as o ~ ~ of cthat ~ ~ t t i ) ~ a t ~ .\11e1
&' t . " t l ~ i s Do I I O ~start back a1 tl~is,yo11 l i ~ ~ o ttlle v
re~nnallt, on tl~r.ir :lcccptiulce ot ' Christ, Jewish cl111rcl1(lit1 ~ ~believe o t their ~li.;l)cn-
were entitlt.cl to :111tlre ~ O S I ) C ' I 11:111 to co11- s a t i o ~1~1 ; ~ t l crrtlccl, a t t l ~ ctlcath of C11~-ist,
fer. T11:lt is. thel-e \\.as 110 tlilfcre~~cei)c- 01' on tlie clav c)f I'e~~tecost:ant1 vtot !lot-
tweell tllosc nll~o nccel~tctl Cl~cist( I ~ o ' i t t ~\jv i t l ~ s t n ~ ~ r lt il n~ ~c yt l i t l not rccogliat? t l ~ e
his three :lnd a-l1:lltymrs of ~ ~ l i n i s t r ya ,~ ~ tkl t , still it \r::s trnc!. 1l11t1 it is ;I clcnrly
hefore the e11d r ~ t ' their clis11ellsntio1.1,a~ltl S c r i ~ ~ t u ~ po:ition .;iI that ~ I I C gos11e1 ~ ~ ~ S ~ ) C I I X ; ~ -
those \ r l ~ o ,like Pn,.ll l~ilnself,were of th;:t tiol~\\.ill end i l l a 111;11111er ~~II;LII:; sul.l~ri~ir~g
elect rcnlnnlit, nlld acccl)tc(l I I ~ I I I (fit!)* t11:tt I to tlie gosl)el e l ~ n r e l ~ .2lit11ywill f < t s I : I S if
tlispensation e~ltletl. I l e r ~ c c ,our 11ositio11 t l ~ i scor~l(lI I O ~ Lc t r ~ ~ o:111cl ; really t l ~ i n k
being true, i. e., t11:tt the gosl)cl tlisl~c~lr:~- tl~c,v11:~vcScril>tr~l.o to plaovc that t l ~ cgos-
tion is I I O W entle(l, the pio.ctlbels prore t . l ~ : ~11cI 1 o ~ ~ e ~ l dwith tllc ~ ~ I V C I I ~
t t l i s p e ~ ~ r : l t illlllst
the zrheczt " to Lc g : ~ t l ~ r c eo11t J of this of' Cllrist i l l t l ~ ecl~)uds. ~, untl to be seLbn I)v
generation ut" t l ~ eyos[~elcllurcll :ire c ~ ~ t i t l c db b every c~c..'' But t1lc-v have no sucll
to sllnrc cqu;~lly,in t l ~ e'blrigl~c a l l i ~ ~ g , "S c r i p t ~ ~ r~e~ ~ ; ~ r l ti li ~l leg~ I ~ CofZ the ;osl~el
wl~itllcrLl'orlcl~t into rlle light of presrrlt age. !dell 1111lst11ot jl1111p at C O I I ~ I I I * ~ O I I S .
t r u t l ~I,rfore tllc encl ot' this c l i s l l e ~ ~ s : ~ tor, i o ~ ~'I'l~e
, Jews, tvllo k~lc\\. arl~l lelicvell tlle
during \ v l ~ : ~ t e r epcriotl
r of til~leGot1 11i1sset ~ ) ~ ' o l ~ l l ot' c c yChbricl to 11:~ry(sec IAultu 1:
apart. fur t l ~ g . ~ n t l t e r i t t oyf t r h ~lcl~.ec[tcgler 20-23), colrltl I~nvep r o v c ~ ~to, all ;Illpear-
the ilispel~sntlo~~ el~cls. ;ltlce, t l ~ a t tl~eir disl)e~lsation)irur)* \voul(l
Now, if t l ~ crcnclcr \\.ill look at the title e11c1,a11i1yet it e~lrlctl,: I I I ~ e~ ~ l ~ l e~vithout tl
113". 11e will see j ~ t s t t l ~ e ~ ~ r e s e lwl1cl.e- lt t i 1 i ?.1 it. dint1 this b l i ~ ~ ( l l ~wl~ic-11 ess
~ L I J L Iof~ S t l ~ egosl~el c l ~ r ~ r c l ~T.l ~ eScrip- Ili~l)~~erled to t l ~ c n ~ was, to clo;~tinueL L ~ o i t i l
tures clcl:~rtytcacli t l ~ et1qu:llit.v ot these two tlle fi~lll~ess ot tlle Ge~ltiles be c o ~ ~ lin." e
clispel~s:~tio~~s i l l all t l ~ e i r Inc;~surcn~euts.: \ I I ~ \ve ~ : I I I prove t11:lt the Eorl)cl tliipen-
From t l ~ e~ l e a t hof J;lcolj, a t t l ~ eellel oc t l ~ e t i is s o o r I . U L Ias ~ the .Jew-
one-rn:ul, or l)atri:~rcl~nl : ~ g e to
, the tle:~rl~ of ish c i ~ u r c lin~ III~ISS, t l i t l not rccognise the
Cl~rist.a t tlle ' e ~ t dof tllc twelve-tril.1~.01. fact in their on.11 case. so it is wit11 the
Jetvisll ~ l i s p e ~ ~ s n t i wni o r ~ , a l~eriuc! of just 7I . c l ~ t r c l ~A. I I ~11o;V,
I :IS then, tllis tact
4 a (Tllis is not rcc.kol~e(l by w ~ l l be reco:~~iserl only hy a ren1tlct)it.-
I3isl1ol1Usl~cr's c.l~ror~ology, i l l tile I I I : ~ I ~ " ~ IEve11
~ so nt this /)resent t i ~ n calso, t l ~ c r ris
o f o ~ Uil~les,
~r 011tI I t~l ~ crccil Uiblc c l ~ r o ~ l;r- rclunnnt accur(li11g- to tllc election of
o l o g , as ~ ~ ~ ~ b l i s so l ~ c oti~'11
~tl in ~IICSL. gnt:c." ( l < o ~ n I1
. : 3.)
c o l ~ ~ r n ;u sn cl~ror~oloc.~v by wllicll tllis tvou- :is it was ({(tcr t j ~ c of tlteir disl~crlsn-
derfi~lIlarnioi~yis t'ounil to ol.ltnin allloll; tiori, this b1 rellinl~t" \rere c:\tlicrccl \)tit of
all t l ~ e~ ) l - o ~ ~ l l er tni ce a s ~ ~ l . e ~ ~ ~ eCllrist ~ ~ r s ) . t l ~ a ttors:th-cn c l ~ u r c l so ~ , it i j i l f / d r + the ?:id
was crucifietl i l l t l ~ es l ) r i ~ ~ofg A. D. :3Y. 01' the gosl)el d i s l ) e ~ ~ s n t itl~is o ~ ~ elfct reill-
A n d f r o ~ n tlic sl,r.ing of A. I). 33, to the 11;1rlt, the true spiritilal ele~ileilr, t h e
spring of :I. L). I S T S , is a n o t l ~ r rj~eriotl oi' '' wllent," fo~~1r1.1 in all tlle sects cnrr~!)osinn
just 1 8 4 5 y e n r s ; i i e ~ ~ c nt e , t i ~ : i t tirilc tile tile gospcl clru~~c:l~, are to bc gntl~c.rc~l.r\.nd
f gospel (lisl)cnsatio~~ was of er1~1alIllcnsilre ZLIP {(ret ~ o in t ~ t~h d !/dl~(]rijigl i ~ t ~ t l .
wit11 tlr;~tof t l ~ c~ ) r c c e t l i r lo~~ ~ t ' s. o w , Ict S o \ v look : ~ tt l ~ c~ n e : ~ s u r e ~ ~ l e r P ~ trso. ~ n
our readers who I ~ z v enot yet see11 tile eui- the cleat11 of Jacob to the cleati~ of Christ,
 was the time during w l ~ i c l ~
tlte tribe of t l ~ c1843-4 Innyemelit mas bnscrl on the
Judali was t o hold the sccl,tre (see Gcn. cn(li1ig of tllc 2500 '' (I:IJ's " of Ilnii. 8 : 14;
49: 10). This was the rncasure of tile nnrl was rnacle at t l ~ ec s i ~ c tpoint to parallel
t~rclvc-tribe ilisS)cnsation, and was a pcrio~l t l ~ enlo\vclncnt at t l ~ eI)cgctting nl~tlbirth of
of 1 8 4 5 years. C l ~ r i s t:IS a J e w , prcacl~ctl J c s u ~ ,a ~ ~~t vl i t lno ~ knowlctlge w l ~ a t e v c rof
three years and a - l ~ a l;t and l ~ i swas n hrrr- t l ~ e'' t w o c[isl,cnsntion " nr*:_rumcnt. I-Icnce
vest work, " \vI~nsef i ~ nis ill l ~ i s11nn(l,:lnd ;III can scc that t l ~ cI S 4 3 niovcn~c~:t,or
he slrall t l ~ o r o n ~ l ipI1rl.c l~ liis floor."- t l ~ c:~rgunwlitn f ' t l ~2200 ~ . (1:iys e111liugtltcre
Tllerefore 11e bepin to.prcaclr, alld the Itat.- was not d~.signccl,ot Illan, at least, as :I part
vest of that nge I)rgn~~ t l ~ r c cyears and a- ot' tlris sgstcln of ~ ~ a r a l l c l s .Nor was the
j~alf before t l ~ cm i j of' t l ~ c i rilisjw~isation. 111 11est niovcnicnt, tirat of 1873-4, started
A e r words, from t l ~ eb ~ ~ i l i ~ of ~ i tl l~~ ge wit11 a clesip to ~ ) n r a l l ~i lll, point of tirl~c,
cwelve-tribe t l i s p c ~ ~ s a t i to o ~ ~tllo I,c,~innil~gt l ~ n tof t l ~ e1)rgining of Cl~rist'sministry; for
~f its J ~ a r r ~ ewas ~ t , a ~)crin(lof' 18-11 ?cars : ~ tthnt tiln<xnot one of thcsc pnrnlicls, 01.tlle
and sis niontl~s. Jesus \\.as bo~-11tlrirty a r g n ~ n c n t l ~ . a \ vI'ro~n ~ ~ t l ~ e mhad been k e n .
rears bcforc 11c began to prcacll, tl~cri~forc, 1 Ile c l ~ ~ - o ~ ~ os l\~nog\ v~i,~the
I .
i g c l ~ dof tlle
irom tllc b c g i ~ ~ n i nofg t l ~ a ngc, t to t11c b~q.IJin- GOO0 gca1.s i11 the i~utuninof 1873, t n u g l ~ t
ni-rig of t l ~ efirst . atlvcnt, was t11il.t~.ycnra by I3owe11, I':lliott, C i ~ l ~ ~ m i n gand s , lllnny
!ma tllal~1 8 4 1 ycnrs a ~ ~ n-llnlf, tl or 1811 o t l ~ c r s r:In , Ilnrtlly I)c s~~lil)oscd t o I)u ;I 111.c-
years and six months. A ~ : I ~ fIrIo,n ~ t l ~ e ~nerlitntctl11nrt of:, t11c11111il;11owi1 tl~cory.
dcntll of Christ, i l l tllo spring of A . I). 33, A n d t l ~ argurncnt c on t l ~ c1335 tlavs of Dan.
to the tlcstructio~~ of tlicir ~i:~tionnlity, i l l 12 : r l n t i ~fl.n~n
~ ~ A . 1). 538, or 9, : ~ n de r ~ d i ~ ~ g
A. D. 70, was nbont tlii~.t!.-s~ven y r s . i l l 1872 or 4, wns licltl l)y t l ~ o u s n ~ ~Iwfore tls
Now, look at solnc i'.~cts 11crc. From t l ~ c : ~ n yof tl~csc ~~nrnllcls w c r ~sccn, nud by
bcginr~iligof t l ~ egospel dispcnsatio~at tllc Innny \vIlo never sntv t.l~rni. rlgnin, t11c ju-
clentl~of Cl~l.ist,in t11c spring ot A. L). $8, L~ilccn r g u ~ n c n tof 5 0 ~ 5 0years, or7a ju1)ilee
to tllc automn of 1s-l4, a t ~v11icl1time \vc ot'jul)ilces, ~ncnsul.il~g li.on1 t i ~ blast tpljical
clairrr that tllc first stage of t l ~ csecolicf :I({- ,jnl)ilcc! prior to t l ~ e11;1b~lo11inn cal)tivity,
vellt b c 3 ~ 1 1n-ns , a periotl of just 1811 y c : ~ ~ . sa ~ poi~~ti~~;-to ~ d the tent11 (lay oftlic scvcnth
%andsix ~ ~ l o n t l l s .A n d to t l ~ e autumn of 1uont11of ~ S4, I:is t l ~ ctirnc for 0111' High
3 874, \vllcn wc clliim tlrc I~arvc-stof t11c I'ricst to le:~vetlic IIoIy Plilce, could not
gosp~4ngc I)cpnn, was 1841 ycJars nn(l six I)e Lcnt to suit a tllcory, since t l ~ c r cis nbso-
mor:tl~s. l l r ~ t lfi-on~tile sprir~.~:of A. 1). n;.;, Intc? rliltn 1)y ~vllicllto tlctcrnii~let l ~ c :clntc of
to tllc sl,~'il~gof 1\. 1). ISYS, ~vlrcrc~ wc tllc>ir I:~stjr~bilcc; lkoln w l ~ i c :5~0 ~ 5 0 or , 55-
clains t l ~ cgosl)pl dis1)~11sntio11 CIIJC(I, \\-:IS 00 ycn1.s c ~ l din csnrt I I : I ~ I I I Owith I I ~ tllese
just 13-15full yci~l-s. No\\-, ?ytllc cl1e1.11- n r g ~ ~ l n c l ~ t aAgain, . !lie scvcn ti~nes, or
bins witll fi~ccsturncd inwnlrl, toward t l ~ e " ti11:rs of t l ~ eGclitilc~,"t l ~ a is, t 9520 years,
mercy scat ;" the one loolcing for~rarcl to c o ~ n ~ n c n r i n: ~ t c:1ptivit3., R. C. 606, a t
g t11c
Christ, in ::\I its typical ortlinaliccs, n ~ l dt l ~ c \vl1ic11time t l ~ crown e was rc~novedfrom the
otl~el.looliillF hack to t l ~ ecross, to the i1c:rtIr line of' I);~vitl,nt~tltlie \ v l ~ o lc!:11.t11 ~. was $1'-
and rcs~~r.rec.tionof C l ~ r i s tfix. all its Iropcs, ell up to t l ~ eG c r ~ t i l c e~ d, s wit11 A . 1,. 1914,
" for if' CI~ristl)c not risclrl then tllcy tll:~t or jnst 37 !*c:lra from tllc prescllt ti~nc,18-
I ~ a v e1'allc11asleep in CJI~ristarc pcrisl~cd;" -, I b ; :111tl so rnnrkit~gt l ~ cesnct pnrnllcl to t l ~ e
if, I say, t l ~ e s ewctc to Ge of ollc mcasnrc. clcstruction o t ' J c ~ . ~ ~ s a l c37 m ,years after their
end of ollc sine," then tlre gospel dispcnsn- tlisl)cnsation clltlctl
tion is not!, entletl, ant1 ~ia~~%:l~t rcrnai~lsl ~ t 'I'l~crc is l ~ u tile t one pn~.allel,that of t l ~ e
' g : i t l ~ e r i ~ ~t gl ~ c w l ~ c a t illto the barn." rqzinlity nf t l ~ ctivo i[isl)ctisations tl~cmsclves,
(hIiltt. l a : so.) and I V ~ I ~ CI ~~ I: I ~ <t11e
E Sgoslwl disl)e~~satioti di~e
SOIIIC rn:Iy tl~ililctiles(! csact pnrallels arc to c ~ i t ltliis ~ , ~ . c s csl l~i tl . i i ~ ~g ,gain st \vl~ic!ian
but tlie rcsnlt of n \vcll tligestetl ant1 care- ol!jcctio~i o l ' i t ~being i~iadefLr t l ~ cocc3sio11,
frilly fiot 1111 t1ieol.y. B u t t11is is not tllc could Iravc ally wcigl~t. i111tlto tllis, 1 call
case, ibr :\I1 tllcsc? 1i1cnsurc:1)ielltsfixing t l ~ e o r ~ l ysay, t l ~ ccl~rol~c~logy 011 ~ \ ~ l ~ i c so
: l ~ n1:lrIy
various 1l:itc.s w l ~ i c lgo ~ to ninke tlrcsc par- o t l ~ c ot'tlrr*sc ~. ]r:~~,;~llc~ls~lt.l~cr~:ls, givcss t11e
nll(~ls,\\.else mat!?, so~iicof tl~clnbclh~.cn i l ? c l u r ; ~ t i ol ~ , t~l~~ ctwelve-t~.il,e c l i s l ~ c ~ ~ s aas tio~~
one of t11c ~ ) n ~ ~ : ~\I-crc l i c l s seon; ant1 all of 1$15 Jc;ll'.5; a~ltl11.0111 ille t h y of I J c ; ~ t c c o s t
tltcln 11cfi)rc i l ~ c s c ~):ir:~llt!lswere s c c ~i r l~ i l l A. 1). 231 to t11is lw(bscntS I I I . ~ isI I:III ~ , cx-
their l)rcsel~tco~njrletc~less. For instance, actly equal period of' time. Again, tile fact
that a parallclisi~~ betwccn the two dislwt~sn- I W I I S ~ Ol c ,just 37 years f i ~ r t l ~ con, r so ns
tions does certainly olt:iin in all tlic details to ~)aralleltllc destructio~iof .Jerusalel~~, oc-
of worship, cannot be donicd. T h e forlncr c u r i ~ ~37g years nftcr tlic on11 of t h i r ago?
\\,as orga~~izctl on t l ~ cbasis of twelve tril)cs, 111id let it bc rcmemlere~l,uacll and :ill of
and t h e latter, on t l ~ n t of t\velve apostles. tl~cse1)arallel poitits of time were arrived nt
T h c first endctl wit11 a closing work called by prophetic and cl~ronological measure-
a " linrvest " (,Jolin 4 :55); so does the sec- nlc~itsb c f o ~ ~[lie c parallcl \\.as secn.
ond (hlatt. 13: 80). Tlic J e w i s l ~age e~liled Now is it Inore ~'robnLLc that all thcse
with tile first advent, the gosi>el, wit11 his arc ~)urel,va matter of ci~ance,tliali that all
sccond. Did t l ~ cFornler have its tabertln- were arrangc.1 of God in thc great plan, a3
clc, temple and sacrifice ;so 11ns thc Inttcr its type Z I I ~antitype? There is a " do~ihle,"
tabernacle 11ot :~inrlewit11 I~nrlds," its liv- running all tl.rough tlie Uiblc, two Atlarns,
ing tcnl~)le,its b b s1)iritnal s:~criiices." I1:d two Jenlsnlc~ns,t:rvo kind of cl~ildron,those
the olrl c o v c l ~ a its ~ ~ priest-lrooci,
t its i ~ ~ c c n s eL,b after the fli,sl~." nntl tliose b L aftcr tltc Snir-
its vail, n l ~ dits l ~ o l yof' l~olics; so II:G the it ;" two disl)t:~~sations, t l ~ ch r t ~ i c ,qivcntcz-
r
new. \Vas t l ~ c r ct l ~ ch l o u l ~ Xion t of Ara- press1,y as a t q)ical, or pzltcrn tlispc11s:ition.
bia, ant1 ~ l l cenrtl~lyJerusalem ; so t l ~ c r eis 'Two births, tila: of illc ilcsll, ant1 that of tho
" the hlount S i o ~ it l ~ c city of t l ~ elivil~jiGod Sl)irit ; rnakil~gthe t\vo stages in 111an's de-
,
t11eircnve)~lyJcra.:alcm. 111tlcctlt l ~ c r cis 110 v c l o l ) ~ n e bcl'urc
feature of tllc 0111 tlisl~ensatil)l~
~ ~ t rcntrl~illgt l ~ c~)crfcctcon-
bnt has its dition; ant1 llencc, tile two uducutu, and two
parallel in the new : " sue t l ~ o uniakc every natures of t11: second A d ~ l n .
thil~g,at'tcr the p:rttcn~ s l ~ e \ r e dthee in the T o attack : L I Ione ~ of tl~cseparallels in de-
holy monut;" 111111 certainly, tl~csepnral- tail, and s l ~ o \ ra ~)lansillcrensoli t t r giving
lels are 11ot far-fctcl~cd; 11or are t l facts ~ ~ in it sonlc o t l ~ c ral)l)lication, docs not touc11 the
relation to their equnlity of rncasurcment. real strength of our l~osition,ally more t l ~ n n
A n d wl1c11all the beauty ant1 coml)lctel~css to object to tile ~)laciligof3 Ilev7nstone that
of tlicsc pnrallels arc secn, they becolnc an fitted one anit only one place io the I~uil(li~iq,
c s c e e t l i ~ ~ s~tlryo t ~ gargument in support of b c c a ~ ~ site might have bccn thc dcsigr~o t ' t l ~ e.
our pusitlon. architect for t l ~ a ts t o l ~ eto l ~ a v cr e ~ ~ ~ a i l ~ e d
T l ~ emovement I ~ a v i rrefijrence ~~ t o the unused, woultl prove that the 1nl)orers had
second advent of t l ~ ehlessial~,began ill the n1:tda a mistake i l l p l a c i ~ ~tliat g stol~cillto
messace .- of 1343. Al~rlno\\. tlint wc are tilc nich whnro its di7nc.ntio1ls provet1 that i t
near t l ~ eend, it is nlq)ai.e~lttllat t l ~ epast is bclongcd. Tllis t l ~ o u g l ~was t suggested by
an cy:~ct@lfillnc~~t, 11ot o111yof t l ~ cl~al':l!~lca f imsv criticis111un sorllc of tl~csc17oillts in
ol'tlic " tell virgi~is," (Alntt. 35 :), with its o11c ote-Alrc s c l ~ a ~ ~ gicl l u wllicli ; tl;o ctlitor
two parts, tllc onc 1)rior to the t:ln.yir~g ot' in all otf Ilnud riial1rlc;r tcllu l ~ i srca!lcrs t l ~ a t
tlle Uritlegroorn, nnrl the o t l ~ e rulicier the it is riot 1il;ely Isa. 40 : 2 , b b C r y unto her
m i d l ~ i ~ lcry,
l t but it lins ~);~rallclecl iu point tllat her appointed tinu [niargi~l]is accom-
of t i n ~ c ,each t i ~ o v c r ~ i of c ~thc!
~ t first advent. Plisl~etl,and her illiquity I)ard;)lled, for she
I i o w did it hn[)l)cl~ tllat the 1843-4 movc- 11:is received (Zoubk: a t t i ~ cLord's [land, for
n ~ c n occurred
t a t j ~ ~ asnt er111nlilista~iccthis all lier sins," I ~ a s a n yrcflrence to tints; and
side tile dent11 of C l ~ r i s t as , W:IS tllnt of tlle t l ~ c n atter , t l ~ i slogic:rl c o ~ i c l u s i o coolly
~ ~ , dis-
prepariitory stngu a t tllc first advent, this lnisscs f'urti~cri~irestigatiorlas too u ~ ~ i m p o r -
side the b e ~ i n n i l i gof their : ~ z c? IIUW did t;111tfor a place i l l his 1)nlier. Truly t l ~ c s e
it I~nppenthat a niovclilellt like tllxt of 18- tl~irizsare ILo'ish11ess to the natural man,
bb

73-4, occurred a t t11c exact time to palmal- ncitl~ercall tlley k ~ i o wthem.

lel tile second s t a.-w of tlic first :tdvent at tile T h c only argul~icnt wortl~y t l ~ c name,
baptism of Jcstis ? Iiotr tlocs it I~nppc-11a ever 111-aright a g ? i ~ ~ tlle s t ~ ~ o i i t it;ll;cn o ~ ~ on
propl~cticmcas~irclnclitslio~ilcl ~ n n r kotT a thi: 2200 dilj-s, ns :~l~plic.tl i r ~18.13, is tho
prior1 of tlrrcc nn,l a Itnll'yenrs, jr~stat that h c t t11:rt what t l ~ c yc s ~ ) ~ c . t to c d ~ I . : L I I S ~nt~ ~ C.
poil~t,2nd all this light coln-:o~iton the I~ctr- t110 er~dof tlie bbtI;~~ys " (lid )lot trat~sl)ire,

vest of the gospei age, just ~ v l ~ c ri te ~ v o u l ~ l 111:he 1843-4 1n.ii.clu:rlt \vc I~ailas yet
'
parallel, iri poirlt o t ' l i t ~ e a, sirnilnr work at seen rlorlc oi' the j ~ : ~ r . ~ l l1101' e l ~nlly
, tl~irigot'
thc end of the Aloish a,ge ? i1nil I~orviloc~s I L ~ I I Z 1 1 t . We sl~j)poseci
it coriie about l ~ t :and t l i ~ twI1a1.e tl~osu* L C [ < L ~"S CII(~L.IJ
all a r g ~ i ~ n c cicnr t l ~ c~v11olo
1'0: itivc, like that of'tl~e"'Titncs of tlio (<!:r~. work, in :111 i ~ st:~g-.s, s i~lst~-.n~l ofntc:rcly be-
iles," ending wit11 the year a. D. 1914, hap 0 pinning, would 11:consuinu1,~t~d.Tllis rvas
our mistake, while the al)plicntior~ of t l ~ e clenrly 111:lrketl as t11c beginning of iiniver-
propl~cticI)eriotl W I P ?rat a 11.iistn1;e. 1 li:~\.e s:11 Grr~tiletlo~niriio~~, not o111y1)y t l ~ cfact
no more c l o ~ ~ bt11:it t i l l t11:1t ~ ~ ~ o v c l n c\vc l ~ t , tllnt
. t l ~ c :cS~.o\\.~i was ~ . c ~ n o v cliorn
( l %ctlcliialr
l~ntlt l ~ cright ~ ~ r i ~ ~ c o.fi li~itcrl)rrt:rrion.
,le t l ~ c t l ~ c1:ist of t l ~ cJc\\.isl~ Iii~igs, nt tlint tiole,
subtrnctit~gtlie "seventy weclis " o f pall. i111tI ? \ t. l ~ cfjrct t11:it God, a t the smne time
9 : , from the 2?00 tlnys of Dan. S :, tllnli I E:IVCall tllu cnrtl~into t l ~ ehands of Ncbu-
have of t l ~ etruth of the propliccy. T h e rc- ~ ~ l ~ x c l ~ ~r\ntl : ~ ~ ~11.. c . GOG, 9520
~ z z from
Intion of t l ~ evision ot the. 8tl1, to t l ~ n to f t h e \,tl:lrs, or sevrll ~)rol)l~ctir, s , end in
t i ~ r ~ c will
9th clial?te~.,is ~)lacetl1,eyonrl all criticism, \. I). 1914 ; just 37 Tears tiom this present
by the I a n r l ~ a g ein verses 21, 2::, and % sI l.
~ r i ~ t~l ~q u; s1i:nking t l ~ cencl o f " the times
T h e vision of t h e 8th cl~aptcr is c.:~llctl, of tlic Ge~itilcs" nn esnct parallel to the elid
" tile vision of t l ~ eciays " (verse 93-Tlie of tho Je\visl~nntio~inlityat tlic destruction
sar.le word rrntlcretl b b dnys," verse 14, be- of ,Jel.osalt.n~.
ing here ~ - e ~ ~ t l e r e ev~?iiiiy
(l O ~ C Znror7ri71g." r \ g ; ~ i l ~If, nll these ~inr:~llcls were built on
T h e vision of t l ~ e8th c11nl)ter is the only t l ~ :11:lv-yv:~rtlleory even, the fact of their
on(: in w l ~ i c lDn~iiel
~ l~nclsern Gnl~ricl(see arranging the~nselvesillto t l ~ i swonderful
verse 16). 1\11tl.- the nliccl tli.qti~~ctly reIi,~.s system of' ~)n~.nllcls \vot~l(lInore than 1.ivu1
to t l ~ i svision o f ' t i ~ e2300 tlnvs. i l l rcrse 2 s . tile \\.o~~tlcrs
I ~ ~ l ( l e ~ - s tt:l~~~c111:1tter,
itI
. o f t111: glSent p y r n ~ ~ ~ ns
. ~
:111(1co118id~rt l ~ c of t l ~ c i rC I I I I I I : I ~ I I I 11'0111
i t l ,proof
t l ~ cdivine ~nintl.
vis:'o.n : Scve11t.y wccks arc tlctei.~~li~)ctl, or 1!11t t l ~ e y(lo 11otall rest on t11:rt tl1co1'y;
cu: off, as it slroultl Le rc~r(Icred, Ilpon t l ~ y t l ~ r r cot' ~ I I C I I I , t l ~ e cl~rot~olo,ny, t l ~ cjubilee
pcol)le, ant1 on tlry llolv city. And tile :)ti- al.gunit>l1t, n11t1 t l ~ a tof' t l ~ cetlu:llity of tho
vent of C l ~ ~ * provetlist t l ~ n tt11ose '' ~ v t ~ c " k s two tlispe~~~;itioils, are il~tlcpendent of thnt
were fulfilled :r (1:ty for n yrnr. 01. :IS 4CIO t11eor.v; allti yet they arc ill ~ l e r k c ht n r ~ n o n y
yen1.s. C u t olf-11)0 from 2200, nntl I S 1 0 wit11 t l ~ co t l ~ c r thrce, w l ~ i c la~r c b:ised 011
n : i 'Sl~rrcf'u*.e t l ~ rre~~lnirlclcr of t11:it I t l . Wliilc :ill of' t l ~ e n ~ . I ~ ; ~ r n l i ~ ~ ~ i
2300 clnv periotl enc!~d1810 !ears :~i'terthe wit11 ccrtnin t k t s and nloverlier\ts of the
end of the seve~ltieth wclek. E u t ns tlic 1):1stIIbrty yen1.s.
work of' t11:1t seventy wecl;s was c ~s lt~ o rso t St~clr:In :\!.ray of c v i r l e ~ ~ con c a n y otller
ns to end ill t l ~ cniitldls ot' tile ln.st \\.c.el;, so st~biect,w o ~ ~ la(llr r y conviction befhre a n y
tlie work t l ~ ~ tochegill 1810 yc:~rsafter, wns t~.iliillali l l tlre worltl ; but spiritual t11i11p
hastcnctl an eclt1:11l~crioclof' time. ilntl 16- I ~ a r eall clcmcnt outsitle of, and bcyontl the
10 vcnrs fiaorn t l ~ ccrucifixion, termin;~tcdin rcncl~of' t l ~ cn;~tnrnlinind : an(] vet.' .
I
can
18.1'3. 1 ~ 1lelicave
t t l ~ n tt l ~ erc:il sl~iritanl e l c ~ n c n t
r 1
1I1cn ~ . g ~ ~ ~on t h e ti~uc.sot'tllr Gc.11- i r ~t l ~ cc l ~ ~ r ~ .will
n e&'n T c l ~ be
, cn:rblctl to scc : I I I ~
tilcs " entling tr it11 t l ~ yrnr e 1 0 14, is neir l1c.r LC 1,roilgllt into t l ~ eligI1t of' 11rese11tt ~ ' r ~ t h ,
c ~ fetcl~ctl,
r or the princil~lrof apl)lic;itic~n before the gntheri71y tbne sl~nllbe e~idcd.
to this tl~eory. T11:lt :I (lily stnntls 3 1-9 ye.\lrs.
fbr a year*, in ~ ) t o p l ~ c c113s y , been entlorsetl T l ~ ec l ~ n n p cin tlie cllaracter of t l ~ i smove-
by all, or ne.rly all Bible esl)osito~.s: nntl ~ ~ l e rtlirrn~gl~ ~t, \\-llic11we IIWU just p:lssed,
thnt a b' tinre," mcnns a solar yr:11*, ant1 tiint is tloulrllcss iis y e t not fully' unilerstuod I)y
the a time, ti~nes,and 11nlfn ti~rlc," of D;ln- solnc \vl~o:\re ill full sy1111)ntlly\\,it11 most of
iel and I?evclntion arc S ~ I ~ O I I . V I I I U L Iwit11S t l ~ t *t l ~ eo t l ~ c rviews. S o I l ~ ras the Elijah ty1)e
"forty and two i n o ~ ~ t ! : ~n11t1 ," bb :L t l ~ o ~ l s n ~ l( (2l I i i r ~ y2 :) is co~icerne(l,we are just nt
two I~iintl~.r~tl n11tl tlirce score tln,vs," a ~ ~ ctll ~ eI~nraIIvI, qt'ter Ile 11:ttl crossetl the J o r t l ; ~ ~ ~ .
means 15G0 solar years, I~nsalso Leen tllc 1 v i t l 1 r ~ r ~ t l belore ~ i ~ ~I~irn
g I)t~tt r a n s l n t i o ~;~but
tenchillg of the great body of' es11ositol.s. so firr as tile l~arnllelsbetwccn the Je\visll
Hence, \vhaterer may now be stliil for, (,I. nntl t l ~ c,gaspel tlisl)cns:ttions nro conce~.ncd,
s t (lay-year theory, all nlnst ntl~nit, we n1.e
a g a i ~ ~tllis J
illst in n ~,nrallclc o ~ ~ t l i t i onritll l ~ the
that i t is not p c c ~ ~ l i xtor 11s. rerllnnnt nccor(li;lg to tlie elcctio;l of grace,'
If,tll~.eenr~tl3 half lx-n~~l~etic " times," are of' ~ v l ~ r rtml ~ apostle e spealts in Rorn. 11: 1,s.
1260 1iter:rl years, b b s c v e t r ti~nes," Inenlis Clrrist, \\.l~owas b ' s c ~ l tbut to tile lost
2530, or tci~icc 12G0 y ~ r s . i i r ~ t l i r ~Lev. sllecp uf t l ~ ellol~seol'Isrnel," came to bring
26 : 98, it is t ~ i ~ g l imt ,~ t ltir111. ti~nesrcpcnt- ,2irisiur~; and 11e acco7)iplishccZ the worlr liis
et', iri t11:ttclinl)tcl., t l ~ n litcl.al
t Isrxcl sl~oulti F n t l ~ c rsciit 11irr1 to du. d l n d t l ~ n tclivi~iorl
lie ciiastisccl " s c v e ~ti~ncs."~ :\nd nic:~.iurc- LCI.WCCI~ b 6 \vIr~lat:LII(I c*l~nif," and t l ~ escat-
ing from tile captivity in J3nbylo11, a point tering, even of' tlic zchrclt, was fbrtolcl in
 prol'hecy, ns " sheep I1avi117I I O s11cl)l:ertl." i l l the f'ilct t l ~ n tCllrist co~iirnailde(lsl)ccinl
Ant1 yet t l ~ n t" \vl~t,nt," that " rc11l1l:lntnc- Ii~vol.to t ~ I ~ I I nftcr I, his r c s u r ~ ~i cc ;t~ ~ .
cortling to t l ~ eelection of'r(rrnc(.," was to Lc Now collies the ql~cstioli.W h a t wns that
h
vnthrl.etl, out OJ tl~trt rr)r!cterl !je?il,rtrtinrr, 3 1-2 ye:lrs e s t v ~ ~ s i oof i l fhvol. to that re-
2nd t11:lt ~ : ~ t I ~ c Ir Ki ,l ,~~ g~ (111 I I 111ctiny of l'e11- jei*tc(l l ~ o i ~ lnr? se W e Illny k l ~ o wl y sce-
tecost. i \ l l ( I l':llll, :111cI l l l n l l ~otllel~s,t ~ O l 1 1 'ing w l ~ ; was ~ t acc~ounlllicl~c(l.'l'11c ' IVIIC:I~'
thct s,ueci,rl grner(rt io,i ~ / ~ htrtl h o scv)i tlre tli- fl.0111t11:l t livii~gggcllcl.:~ ti011 Isas gntl~crcd.
t*bio)l, were gntl~c~.ctl i r r t l ~ eToIlo\virig ;.i1-3 I \ u t a t tlle cncl oI't11:lt 70 \+'~c'Iis,; i l l I':IvoI.,
years. :\n(1 we have to :~cl~ilit that I: t11e1.- : ~ c c o ~ * t ltoi ~t ~l ~g c o ~ i t l i t i o ~of~ tsl ~ c~)ropl~c?cy,
i115e l i t 1 I I ( ' ~ Ocgin t i l l P c ~ ~ t c c t i snnci t ; t11e1.e- sl~oultlcease, or else more t l ~ : ~ n70 \vccl<s
Ii~rt?not I)efi)rcl, I ~ l t(1ftc.1. the e,~tE of'tl~eir wns Jetci.~l~inctl OII rl~er;~.
dispc*~lsatinli: :inrl i l l ol3ticr to par:lllt.i tl~nt, T I I ~ if I It l ~ cpnrallcls I~oltl,tllcre milst be
the gotl~crillg:)f tl~t:'' \vl~ent," out of t l ~ e an e s t e ~ ~ s i oot' n fhvol. to t l ~ egoqpcl ch{o.clr,
Inst gmierntion of t h r ? p l s l ~ c lc l ~ u r c l ~Inus: . nl tcr this rlispensntion ends. Bnt this rloes
of necessitv be d'ltlr the cncl of' tl~isa , y . 11ot tuuci~t l ~ ccluestion as to tvllat tlisI~osnl
As to t l ~ eti;izr, 1r.e 11;ivet l ~ cl o l l o ~ r i ~to~ gurns mntlc of tile \\.llcnt, nf'tcr tile g a t l ~ c r i l ~ g ,
otier :-" Scventy w e c l ~arc t l c t e r l ~ l i ~ ~ etllis, t l t l ~ c~ ~ rofl t li ~ eSl)irit, bci~lgontsicle
011 t l ~ y~ ~ c ~Lo ~~ l c t l llnly
I I I~C i~poll ~ ~cit?; ; ... of t l ~ ep:~r:~Il(~lu. l311ttllc g:ttlieri~~g, is by tllc
~ I I O \ Vtl~crcibr::III[I~ I I I I I C \ L . S ~ ~ I I ( I t11:lt 1i.or11 a11gels. AII(Iin oilr Inst 1);1per wc sl~o\vecl
the goi~l,=fortl~ of tlle c o ~ n i ~ l : ~ ~ ~ ~tol nru- ~ c > w11:lt
nt t11c K ; ~ t l ~ e ~ .ini ~t11c~ g ,~)l.csel~t cnse i111-
store :111(1 tr) I ) . ~ i l c l , J ~ I . I I S ; ~unto ~ ~ It Il ~I ,eAles- ~ ~ I i e viz. s , n cor~(litiol~ of victo~.yovcr tllc
sin11 t l ~ eI'ri~lct', sl~nllI)e sc.\-c~~ \vceks n ~ ~ t\vorltl l ; a11t1\vliicl~i s clue to t l ~ cliiv'~~y cli~~rcll
tl~reesco~.e n11t1 t\vo \ ~ ~ c l i s("~ ) : L I I9. : 24, c l r l l Y : ~ t l ~ cc,l,.E of t l ~ c(1isl1~11s:~tiorl ; n11(1 t o
25). Ilere arcs i;!) wecks. of t l ~ c70 tletcr- i~~tlivicli~nls ~ I I OI~nvedied, ~ I I ~ like I I ,l'aul,
lninetl O I I the Je\vs.--Cl~rist, nlltl Jlcssiali, t l ~ I~l npd ' I ti~~isllctl their course,' and was
is tl~c!same \ v ~ ~ .i ltll ti1c1 o~.igi~l:~I, b* :III(Ibt*- rc:ltly t o be oiYcl.ecl."
i11g i~~tcry~retecl nicnns the t1,loi:rtctl ( n ~ n r ~ i ~ l0 1 1 t l ~ etl.:ly tllc g:itl~cril~g b c g a ~ tlle
~ , (lay
of' J 1: 4 ) .Jeslis was ~L,loilltcrln t his of E'e~~tccost,Inore t l ~ a n t l ~ r c e t l ~ o u s a ~ ~ r l
baptism (Acts 1 0 : 33). Tl~crcti)rethe 7 were gitl~e~'ctl out ol' t l ~ n trcjt-ctecl .Jexisll
weeks, : I I I62 ~ weeks, elltle(1 at l ~ i sbaptism. cl1urc11,-lie~nc~nber, tllc prrrcrllels go only
. b A I I q'lrr~ tl~rccscoreand twc, \\*cckssl~nll to the gat?iu~i,i!l ot' t l ~ e wl~c:at, : I I I (lo ~ not
;\lessi:~l~ be cut off" (vr1.s~21;). I t W:IS :I rcncl~the work of the Spirit; their b e i i ~ g
Ilalt' week gt'tvr t l ~ e63 weeks, tllr~tH e was I,egottc~~ a t t l ~ n ttime, or born, :lt t l ~ eprcs-
" cut offiil 'l'l~e \\,or(] 11c1.etl.:rnsl:~teO :lf- c n t cspectc(1 c11:111gc,
$' boi~lg ;lliIic the rvorl;
ter," is cth-gkco., n wort1 never rer~~lerc:tl '' at of t11c Spirit. 'I'l~eg:itl~cri~)g ~ I tI l ~ c
prescu t
the c11tl ot;" Iilie kchtz, in ~):III.12: 12 ; h i t C:ISC', into 111ebilrr~,i l ' t l ~ ewl~entnru callecl
is o t t r ~rentlrrrtl
~ ~!ft,,ric.cirtZa;and means ail L b cllilclre~~,"woi~ld r c ; ~ ~ , e s ct l~~~et I~olrse,
iizdc$:~i,~ite pcriotl nltc?~.. '' :i11cI I ~ l eshall con- " \Vl~ose11n1isearc ye, if'ye I~olclfast .. .
firm tllc c!ovunent wit11 I l l n l l v for onc week, to t l ~ eend ;" 'L'l~e~.ett~ec a11 \vho were rcatly,
nncl in the ruiclst ot tllc week t i c sll:lll cnusc nlld i ) tlit: ~ li!/lbt o$ prcnext truth, (pctli:~ps
the sac~.sficenntl oLlntio~~ to ccasc (verse more t11a11three tllol~s;i~ld), were coulitecl
27). T l ~ elitcrol of t l ~ i swtrr~lis ' tllc half,' as uvcrconlcrs, ;u1~1,I l a v i ~rcncl~ccl ~~ : l ~ celrtl,
in t l ~ ehau' of the week. C l ~ r i s tmaclc the were u n l c o ~ ~ d i t i o ~iu~ ltIic y house, tllc day t l ~ e
sacrl:fice to cease. in t l ~ e one I~alf of tllc g n t l ~ e r i ~l)c,gnn. ~g Aucl yet, bel'ute the enrl
\ ~ e c k ,L I I ~t l ~ ecovrt,n~~t Inl~stIjc rdlifir~netl of the gntl~erinqti111ctl1c.l.e \nay be b r o u y l ~ t
with o:in?-, fi,r olltj tcock. 'I'ltis Ic:lves the in solile, wllo like 1':1111,have llitl~rrtozeal-
last halt' of the 70tl1 wectk yet nnespil'etl ously opl)osetl tile t~.utli. T h e mnss of t l ~ c
ut the derrth qt' Christ; n r ~ t yet l thnt seventy clr11rr11have tloubtless sturnl~led; being t h e
weeks wits tZrternzi,lcd o / ~the Jcccs. I-Iel lee L ~ V ( ~ ~ C C ' : I I IGo(I will " SPCW t l ~ ~ n l
CII(II.CII,
t l ~ e ywere ill d a m e sense, Gotl's l.ei)rescntn- oot of l ~ i s~ n o u t l ~ . " I : I I ~ tl~crc:illay yet be
tive ~)eol)lefix ;; 1-2 ~C':II.S :~t'tert l ~ c :l'c~lt~a- L L S C Y C ~ I I~ I I ~ I I S : I I:ISI Ct l~~, "e"rcrnrlznt accord-
cost, nntl yet I r o l t l i i ~:I~clilibi.e~~t i . t ~ l ; ~ t i u r ~ sing
l ~ ito
~ ~t l ~ ec l e c t i o ~ot'
~ gr;~cc." liewl ltorn.
nt t l ~ ce l ~ t lc ~ t ' t l ~time. :~t lIellce, I I O 111;lttcr 11:1-7, \ V ~ I L > I Y 1':1i11, \ Y I I O c c r t : ~ i ~ \\,;is ~l~-
wl:ctlier history rccortls ally cvcnt, oc nut, " ~ ~ l l e n t ,III.(IVCS " by n rt:ferc~~ct: to 11is ow11
we I~nveB ~ b l e;111tl\oritvtL:it tlley I1:1(1 th- c.:ise, t11nt tl1e1.e \v:~s :I r.e11lI1e1ir, fro111tllnt
vor shown t~ictu:il'tc.r t l ~ et~11c1 of tl~cir (\is- cli11rc11to >l~:trcill tllc 11igl1cnlli~lg, while
pcnsntion, b o t l ~in this l~rol)l~ecy, and also " tile rest wc1.e L l i ~ ~ t i u ~ l .. "And I)y ret'criug
10 HERALD OF !l1IIELI~ORLVING.
to Elijal~,gives n hint, l ~ o s s i b l ~as , to tlie Ant1 tho World gave, in their place,
number. A n d it is not unlikely the paral- Ucnutiful satins, and sl~iningsilks,
lels may tiold, even to the nnml)cr chosen. lloscs and gems and costly pearls ;
God grant t l ~ enilmlcr may not be less out W l ~ i l eover l ~ c forchcad r lier bsigl~thair fell
of this gcncmtion, of tl~osewho shall over- Crisped in a tl~ousandcurls.
come, and st:untl on "as it wcrc a sca of
glass." autl 11:lve the solig of the restitutiorn L b YOIW11011seis too plairi," said the proud
in tllsir rnootll:--" All nations \vl~ornthou 11' 1 1111ildyou one like minc; [old World,
hast made, sl~ailcome and worsl~ipLefore Carpets of Il~.u~scls ant1 cnrt:~insof Incc,
theo /I'd. 86 : 9, a11i1Rev. 15 : 4)- And furtiiturc ovcr so fi~ie."
S o 11e built 11cr a costly and bpautiful house;
TIIE C I I U R C I I Most splcnded it was to bel~oltl;
Walking with the IVorld' Ficr sons and hcs Lcnntiful daughters dwelt
- GIt.ali~in~ ill 1)uq)le and goItl ; [there
T h e C h u r c l ~and the World walked far Rich hirs ant1 sho\vs in t l ~ ehalls were I~eld, I-

O n t l ~ ecllanging slrores of time, [apart A n d the World and his children were
Tile Worltl \\.as singing a gitldy song, t11cl.e.
A~itlthe C l ~ u r c al ~l~yruns u b l i ~ ~ ~ e . L a u g l ~ t e rand music and feasts were heard
b L Come, give me your l~nnd,"said the merry 111the ~)lacctllat was ~ n e a ~tbr i t prayer.
And \v.valk with nlc this wily ; [\\.o~~ld,'I'l~crewere cual~ionedpews for the rich and
B u t the C t ~ u r c hl ~ i dher snowy halid: T o sit irr t l ~ c i rpolnp ant1 pride ; [the gay,
A n d solclnly arlswerd 'b Nay," B u t tllc poor, clad in s l ~ n l ~ barmy, y
I will riot give you rny I~andat all, Sat ~ i ~ e c k dl yo w ~ ioutside.
And I wili not \\all; wit11 y o u ;
Your w:iy is the way that lcads to death; Yoti give too 111uch to t l ~ cpoor," said the
Your words are all untrue. F n r oiorc t l l a i ~ y o ro~u g l ~ to t (lo; [\Vorld,
I f thev arc in ncetl of sl~elterand food.
- ~ ' 7 1 ;neecl
~ it trouble you?
4 b Nay, wall; wit11 me but a little space,"

~ i i tdl ~ e\\Torl<l, wit11 a kindly air ; G o take your ~r~ollcy a11t1buy rich robes ;
4' TIie roird I wall; is a pleasant road,
J3uy I~orsesnnd carriages fine :
Ant1 the sun shirles always t l ~ e r c; I3uy ~ ~ t ~a11d r l , sj ~ , \ ~ cant1
l s d;tiuty food ;
Your pat11 is tlror~lya1111r o u g l ~aud rude, Buy tile rarest and costliest wine !
q u t mine is brond n ~ pl:nin ~ d ; hlg cl~ildrcnt h t ~ ydote or1 ;dl tl~csethings,
My \ray is with flowers, and dews, A n d if you their love wo111d win,
A n d yours with tc:rrs and pain ; You ~llustclo as t l ~ c y[lo, and walk iu tlic
T h e sky to mc is always blue ; T h a t they are walking in. [ways
N o want, no toil I know ; T l ~ c ntlle Cllurclr Ircltl h s t t l ~ t ! s t ~ . i or ~f l~~se r
T l ~ esky alwve you is nl\\-ays dark ; A I I li~odestly
~ lo\vcrctl licr l~cad, [ purse,
Yonr lot is a lot of JYOC ; A n d si~~r~,cretl,:"witl~ot~t doubt yoti are riglit
There's room e~ionghfor you and for me I-Icncef'ortl~I \\-illtlo as you've said." [sir ;
T o travel side by side." So t l ~ epoor wcsc tttrned fi.o~alicr door i n
And s l ~ e l ~ c a r~t l ~ t lo~ eurl)tlanls
t c r y Lscorn
Halt' shyly the C l ~ r l r c lapproached ~ tl~e But she clrew l ~ e rLeautit'i~Irobes asside,
A n d gave liim l ~ c l~nncl r o l ' s ~ ~ o w[World
; As t l ~ ewitlo\vs werit wccl)ir~g by.
Ancl tile old World grasped it a~nilwalltcd Then tlte sons of t l ~ cIVorlti ant1 solis oPt11e
Saying i l l accents low, [along, \Valkcd closcly 11:uirland llcart, [ C l ~ u r c l ~
4 b Your dress is too sirnplc to please my taste; A I Ion15 ~ t l ~ eAIaster, w l ~ ofrnowetl~all
I will give you pearls to wear, Codld tell the two a1:art.
Rich velvets a ~ l dsilks for your gracefi~l
A n d tlinn1ont1.s to tteclc your ha~r." [form, Then t l ~ eC l ~ u r c isat ~ dow11 a t I ~ e rease and
Tlic Cl~urclllooked down at lrer 17lrii11white .'I 31 11 sicl~, :incl m y gootls illcrease ; [said,
~ at tlle dazzling \\.'orlrl, [sol~cs, I Ilnve 11(v!(1 of notl~ing,l ~ o rn11211tto tlo
A I I tllen
A I I \~lnsl~ctl
~ :IS s l ~ csaw Ilis l ~ a r ~ d s o ~lip nc 1:ut to I;u~,gl~, and tlirncc, an11 -fe:~st."
\Vith n snlile co~lteri~]>tnous cnrlcd. T h e sly \Vosl(l Ilcnrcl, nncl I I laugl~ed ~ ill l~is
( 6 I :\'ill c I I : L . ~ ~ c ~ :l costlier O I ~ C , " hii(l ~ l l o c k i s:~itl,
1n.y ( 1 1 . v ~for I ~ i ~ aside- [slccvc
Said tllc C l ~ ~ l r c l\vitlr l , n snlil,. of ~ ~ : L C; C *' 'l'l~eC I I L I ~ ~is.1i~lIe11,
II t \ ~ l,~*:~util'~~l
c GIIII~CII
The11 llcr pure wl~itegarmentsdrifted awn} A n d her s l i a ~ ~ i
is aher b0.s~ a ~ l d
her
 lTiTRALD 0F 2'I1E1ill i)lbN1*YCf- 11

T h e angel drcrv npar to t l ~ cmercy-scat, rslecp, but wc sl1nI.1311 he cllangcd, in a mo-

And \vl~isl)crcdin sigl~sllcr name, mcnt, in tllc tn.inklir~g of an cyc," ctc.
T h e n t l ~ eloud a n t l ~ c n ~ofs rapture \\-ere Did the failure to realize trans la ti or^ prove
husl~ctl, citl~erthe object or manner of our Lord's
And llrntls nrc covcrctl wit11 s!.anlc. c o n ~ i ~as ~ p\vc, have ndvocatctl t l ~ c ~ tonbc cr-
A n d a voice was 1lcn1-da t last, by t l ~ c rollcous? By no means. ?'he sameScrip-
From him who sat (111 t l ~ throne, c [Cl~urcli tures still t c : ~ c l that ~ Jcsris co~llcs to be
" I know t l ~ y\vol.ks, nntl Ilorv thou 11astsaid, glorifietl in 11is saints-to bc i~nitcdwit11
I am ricbl~; ant1 I ~ a s not t 1;nown his cl1urc11-to esalt 11cr as his britlc to the
T l ~ n t l ~ o uart ~ ~ a k c poor,d, and blind, tl~ronc,thnt t l ~ r ; . ) uthe ~ l ~second-Adam a n d
Ant1 \vretcl~e(lbclijre my fncc ; llis \\ilk tile regr!~leratio~i of t l ~ ewol.ld may
Therefore, from my prescllce l cast tllce out, be nccomplishcd, ant1 t l ~ r o u g l ~them all
A n d blot thy name from its place." t l r i ~ ~ gbes restorid \vl~ichwere lost tl~rougll
SELECTED.the first Adam and his wit'c. (Rom. 5 :
0 A - 17-10.) A s " Got1 l ~ a t l isl~olretl by t h e
THE I'ROSPECT. niouth of all his Iloly l ~ r o p l ~ e tsince s tlie
i' 0 1 1 1 b c ~ "(Acts 3 : 21.)
W l ~ e n s l ~ o r ttime since o(1r e ~ ~ > ~ ~ W t e~ Icno\\-,
t j ~ too, l ~ "~Tllc d ; i ~of tile 1~ol.d
of tl.allslatiollfailcrl of realizn.t,ion,(loubtless SO C O I I I ~ :is
~ I a tllief i l l tile tligllt "-stcaltll-
1 ilj-qr~ictly. A I I Jcnls,~ spealiillg of llir
lvllo l l l l ~ c r s t o m tile
w]licll tllosc? I
,,-lmt ,jiral)poirltcc~
monlcnt feel cast
;
l fi)llll(l;ltion
~,vcre ~~ , : ~ ~~fi.lt ~ , l,
,,.,? (\ill llot tbr ,
~~)arousia
it> his
~ ( ~ ~ c r s o ~prcscllcc)
pnroi(siu me11
lal
will
\Ire rcn\izcd tllnt i11.g 311d I I I ~ I S ~ Y ~ I nI ~~, t d~ ) ~ O Z?lot.
be
dcclnres tllnt
cnti~~::
U
and buy-
.(i\latt.
wllnt ~ ~ lIzd ( so 1 ,,l:linly (lcclare(\ must 24: 28,) a9 it wils ill tllc (lays of Noall, SO
some time \lave a f u l f i l ~ n c ~ ~ t . sl~allit also be i7l the dlcp of the So11 of
lTre f t ] t tllat rve wanted to llaVe it just man". T l ~ world c will go :llong in his (lays
in ~~~l~~ tirne we llnve Ilot, 39 ever, a11d I ~ I I O W not. (1.11Ice 17 : 26.)
Did 0111. tlis;~~l)oint~ncllt prove that we
llope \vC I I C V e r sllall, lInvc desire
to arrnlllrc t l l c Illnitcr for llirn, lIllt ,vc rwrc in erro~' :IS to the time-OIII, chron-
? 'I'IIC lliblc c l ~ r o n o l o ~ ~
very tlcsrr~~us of' l ~ n nlI~ tllc ~ ~ ~ , v~\ . l ~ i ~ lo~ ~ o ~ ; ' .\ vr r o n g ?
i liRIlt
it pleases O t l r l<nt]ler to give o,lr tn11~11t 11s t11:tt t l ~ e6OOO yr:ws from litlnlll
patlll\,ny, and \,.llicll llr l,rolllises will wwc f ~ l li l l t l ~ e fill[ of 1572. IIcrc we
slline more and l l u t o tllc perfect bclicve t l ~ c'it11 t l ~ o u s a ~ ~ d - o rSabbntll be-
r1, ntllcr ,rorcls, it ll:ls been, oan - - c l ~ r o ~ ~ o l o ~ i c\sllile
EIICS tnuglit us tliat tllat
n l l ~ ,othcr propl~ctic
blsrsed age llad its
still is, our n.,t to nlnia l,(I~/iF,yfor
oursclvee, l,ut to Of tile 4' larlll, I I ~ ~ ~ I I in I I a~ nI i~g l~ ~ of
t 1)ccuiiar clnrkncss-a
of revelation ( b c rflly ,vortl is a larnl, ill tiole of tl.o~~I>le of forty years, ( I ~ i r i ~wl~ich ~fi
walking ill tllc I,at]lway rrllicll Ollr 17:lt]lcr "11 t11c ki~~,rrtlomi ot tltc \v[,~'l(l \vorlld bc
nlatle ti)r us. jyllen, tllcrctorc, tl1r01\?11(IOIVII, n ~ i dthe \~orlcl p1.cpareil for
not tnulslntcd, i t was a l l c v i ~ t . l l c e t,, us tllnt t l ~ e13cign of C l ~ r i s tant1 his bride, w l ~ c n" a
it was not ~ ~ tirncd for it' ; ~ our llearts kiug sl~:iIlreign in rigl~tcousnessand princes
responded Atnrrl ; t l ~ vwill be (lone, 0 ~ l l " l r~.ulein jurlP1ellt."
c God : alld can snyv\vitll Lrotller p n l l l , J I I Sa~t the right tirne 1873, tile present
'6 I kIl0\>.in >\-horn 1 Ilnl-e bplic\retl, :lr,d finallcia1 tronl~lellad n b e K i ~ ~ n i ~ It ~ g be-.
.
an1 pcrsuadcd tlrat llc is nllle to kvcP tllnt ~ I s1na11, I but llns ever since been increas-
w]l;c]l 1 ]la,.c colnlll;ttctlu l l t o ~~i,,,." nlltl 111:: and sl>rratlin,c,r ~ i ~ t inow l the entire
we rcnlizctl tllnt ' 6 ~ 1 1 tllillgs,,.ark togctllcr [:ivilizd world is alll.ctc<l by it. 'I'l~eworlil
for gooti to tllosc tllnt love to tilcm In11~11ccl at our preclictio~ls,nnil asslircd us
who decalled accorr~;llgto llis p u r p o s e , ~ y tllat six 111o11tl1s rvould scc lnnttcrs all riglit
n g n i ~;~b11t r ~ enrc ncariy five years illto
WFIEREIS DID W l i E R R ? it now. onti tile cloud is still tl:irkcl*. " Men's
Was it in looki~lgfor trnn.l:~tion ? No. I~cnrts11cgi11to fiil tlwm 1i)r fear, allti for
bIeu may scott' a t tllc idcn, but mine r1:iy l o o k i ~ ~nt'ter g tl~osetl~ingscoining up011 tlie
~ LC trn~ial:ltctl. \I'l~cl~evcr \ ~ o r l ~ l . "
tlie c l r t ~ r c lwill
it c a n e s it is to l c t l ~ c11(1 - of t l ~ c 'c l ~ n ~ . c l ~ ' s T l ~ i spuint at lcnst scclns clea~*ly ~narlictl,
c ~ ~ c ' c I .AS
. St. I',LII~t~stifics," 13~~I1oId I n11ti \I.,: cnllliot lay i t asitie \vithout some
show you a ~nystcry. \S'e slrnll not nll good reason. Ag:~ir~, it is so scripturally
--

\Ye found vnriuus clc:ir ~)ropl~ctic t

strong that ~ l c i t l ~ eitsr friends nor ene~llics-I)nnicl's people [Jcn.s] n~ltlcity ; nn(l tlint
are able to overtl~ro\\-it. in t l ~ i sseventy \reelts certain tliiligs \ro~llti
lillc1.s of 1 be ncconll~lir;llctl,(v. 24.) Tlre olrgel tlletl
teacllirlg in 11ert'ec.taccortl wit11 the rllrou- 1 sub-tlividctl tliesc seventy weeks :ISfollo\rs,
ology. Tlie jul)iler, etc., etr. n o 7 - Tlir 7 \\.eelis (= 49 years.)
tlre clearest niltl sil~ljllcstof'tlrcse t c : l r l ~ i i ~I, ('l'l~is ~s tiliic is g i v , ! ~ ~n (lily fi,r n yc;,~..")
bL

was t l ~ uone wliicli sllowccl US tlint t l ~ eJew- ! :me1 113s b c t ? ~so~ filltillcrl. 1 (lily = 1year,
is11 ape was n rintter:~ of' the gospel age ; 1 1\vrrbk, ( T d n ~ s )= (7 yl-s.) l)urillC tlicse
that they two \ v o ~ ~ lbe d of' e q ~ ~ nsize l nntl 7 \ceeks = -I!) yc:~rs, tllc :c~ii~,lc~vnsre-
rneasurs; tllnt \\.li:~t tht:y Ilatl, priests. t ~ o l y built upon tlle return fro111 the Babylollinn
of I~olics, tnber~~acle,ctc., forcsllatlo\\-ctl I captivity. T l l u street :III([ \\.:\I1 was to l)e
ours, t!ie truc, etc. (See wi.iti:~gs on built ((1111.i1lgt l~cse scven \vcrks) e\-ell i n
" Double," " T l ~ eT \ r o Coven:lnts," ctc.) trouij1011s tirncfis. (For tlescl.iption of tllc
T l ~ i ssvsteni of I x ~ r ; ~ l l e lins l s 1)cr.n of late t l . ~ ~ ; l ~in l t ! br~iltliny of it, sec 6 b I<zrn " :tlltl
olle ot tlle c,liieF sources of ligllt 011 our N3:ll.") 11f'tcr tllesc s~!vr.~i n.ccI;s I.,uiltl-
pnth~v:iy. I t tnugllt an tl~nt.t l ~ eKosi~cltlis- ing, sisty-t\vo \\.evlis. =(4S4 yea~-s,)\ r o ~ ~ l t l
pcl~sntion \ r o ~ ~ l ci ll l sonie sclixe cntl tllis I r e n r l ~to ;\I~ssinll,311t1 \vns fi~lfillctl at tllc
spri~ig,its t11is I V ~ St11e poiti t l.)f ti~ric~ ) ; I ~ ~ I I C I)nl)\is111 I of' C111,ist. \ Y I I ~ >Got1 II bore tcsti-
to tlie giving 111) of tlle Je~visllCIIIII.CII. \v1iell 1nol:y to his s~,llslli~~, aii(l lie was nilnoil~tecl
Christ wept over them, gave tllcm up, n n t l lry t:lc clcscc~~t 1 of'tlre Spirit, n ~ ~il~trotlucetl
tl
left their Ilot~sc!tlcsc~l:lte. \Ve (lit1 11ot ilk- ! t n :srneI Jt1!11i, tllc sixty-11i11cweeks
I
cern, as wc now (lo, that t l ~ c i rIlnrvcet \\,nj l.encli to tliis ~millt; :LII(I:IS tl1c1'e were
n seven yenrs' \\.orIi, tlivitlerl illto cclu;il I seventy in dl set nl)nrt to tl~iit pcol)lc, it
pnrts, ant1 rlevbte(l to ent,il.cl!. clilti'rcnt l i i ~ ~ (tollo\vs l~ tllnt t11el.e ~ v : ~OsI I C week or seven
ot work. L ) u ~ - i l ~Christ's
g 111i11istr'yo f ! ?cars of t l ~ : ~ti~iic t of' lhvor still elr~eto t l ~ c ~ i l .
three ant1 a-llnlf !ears, J o l ) ~ i ' ss t i ~ i ~ m r . n tS, o w , \\it11 regnl.tl to this work, rs. 26 tie-
'& His Ern is i l l llis Ilnntl, nntl Ile \\.ill tl~or-, clnrcs .\lcssinl~will be cut oit' ( I B I I to ~ dcntli)
oug11l~-pnrge liis tloor," 11:ttI its f'ulfil~i~erlt.trfter tlrc sisty-tn.o \\.c:cks, L I I cloes ~ not tcll
H e did n ?;epn~-ntinywork-dividcrl the 11s I ~ o wI o l r Y ctj'tcr; it beir~gafter, Ilowe\.er,

said: " T l ~ i ~ i lI IiO L tlliit I nm come r t l s c ~ ~ tile

pence, but r ; ~ t l i ~(livisioi~." r " iIi1(1
I1
\ r l ~ e a tof t l ~ n tngc tiwm its clintE As h e nt.c*cssitntes its beirrg i l l rlleir last week-
d scventietll. ( L r r u e tlle relnnin,lcr OF
tlwre vs. 2Gt it is jx~re~~tl~taticnl, ;i11(1(lcs(*ribr*s tile
was n Jivisioll nlnollg tlie peo\,lc co~~cc.l.~iing \ ~ : I I . I)? \ v l l i c s l ~ t l ~ cIll)111nnnrllly tlcstroyccl
him." (Jno. 7 : 24.) IVlien the tlivicli~lg tlicil* city and t e ~ i ~ p ltllil-ty-seven e yeilrs
work \\.as :~ccorni~lisllecl,n11t1 bt.Iore t l ~ eI after.)
wheat was gntl~erctl,Clirist gilvc 111) tl~eir- I Verse 27 tnlies up tllis sevcntictli or lnit ,

Jewis11-liousc nt his cltmtll, tvllc~l tlre vnil 1 sevcli yc:~rsof' God't; fivot---T nr~tl(j?= GD
n n s r e ~ l t ,: i ~ i c l t l ~ cgl#%ry o f t l ~ cIlor(l (lcbl):lrt- \\'cclis re:lcll unto JIi,~sitrh. I11rtl It(: sli:\lbb

etl frorn t l ~ e i rtetl~l)lc; Ijut J o l ~ n:I/SO s:li(l, ! collfir111 tlle covcr~:rrltwit11 Inally fbr ~ I I C
li H e sllall gather tlie wllent into llis par-

riel*." \Vllen \\,as this nccor~i~~lishetl i, \reek, :lnd in ~ J I E 111it1stof tlie \\.eel< lie sllnll
? \Ve cntise t l ~ es:~criliccallel o1)lntion to ce;~se."
hntl supposed tlint tliis gnt11eril1.gwas nccl)nl- / Ilow tlors this ilgree wit11 its f1illfi1111e111 ?
plislled ill tlle one tlny ot l ' t ~ ~ ~ t o c o swllicli t, Perfectly. C l ~ r i ~ct l, n ~ ,l i~ ~ i vtlil.ee
~ ~ nntl a-llnlf .,
follo\retl Christ's ~ninistry: but we Ilo\r see / years ~ninistry.sl~uwctlt l ~ n tpcul~lesl)ccinl
that wliile son~t!of' the ~vlient ot' that age Ihvol.. FIe ~lcbitl~er \vent Ilirnsclf' nor sat-
was there gntl~ered into tlic gnruer, tllc fcrccl his tlisci1)les to go to the Gentiles. erc. .
gospel tlisl)c~~sntion, ~ e those
t were nut nil , Tliis w:is t l ~ efirst llnlf of tlleir week. I-Iere
the allcat. No, :lie gatlieririg of tile ivl~eat : ~ l t l ~ o i c~ / !I g lgave~ tl~eln i ~ pas n Jtoare, yet
requi~*etl time, :~utl\vc slinll sllow I~acl!11rec 11e col~tinuctlto sllow t11c.m fiver after t l ~ e
nlltlil-half j e ; ~ r rallottcd to it, making the estnblislll~ic~~t / oi' [lie rpil.itunl lioase-tl~e
l~nrvestserer1 ye:~rslo~lg. / gospel ; a n d in the 11ew commissio~i to the
EVIDEXCE 01: SEYES Y E A R S JEIVISII H A E - 1 npostlt,~,niter his rcsul-rectiol~, w l ~ c ntclliug
]-EST. I tI1cn1 to prc:lch ~ I I Cgoslwl to e\-cry ~ ~ n t i o n ,
Tile i ~ . o p l w of ~D:III.
~ 1
!'I : 2-1-27, is t11e I I C C ~ I : I I . K ~ : Stl1(:111, '. i ) t y i ~ ~ ~ ai ti Jt iP~ I ~ L ~ S ~ I ~ ~ I I
~ h c ' y 11oi1itst o t l ~ efirst \YII,T Lc,~i~i
0 1 1 1 t~i t ~ l c ~ ~ ~ t ' o l\\.l~it.ll tll(:rc \\.~IcI.c'IIC l~ncl<just I)CTII
ntlvent at Clrrist. Tlie :III:CI i ~ ~ f i ~ rL):III. l ~ i s 11 I:ll)ori~~g, :11ii1 l ~ n ( liir~:iIlygivc11 ~ I I C I ~ IL I ?~
(v. 24) ot' a periotl oF timi set aport upon All ! 11e wns to colilirru the. covennnt one
I
 lVcvk, % i l l / ~ I I ~ K !! V i l ~ tIll,t!e nilfl : l - ~ l : l ~ f ~ e ; l l ~ ~ ~'e;lll?ti)]*YOtlr I I ~ \ Vstoi~c,YOU tr:111s-
still tluc tlle111; u ~ ~ ttllci~' i l acvcr~t!~weelts 01 sig)l nncl I ) I . ~ S C ~ I C C f1.0111 ille 0 1 ~ 1 to
fiver \yere ~ I I I I o r ~ t ,tlrc p ~ p c was l not nil11tllc servnllts brillK illto tllC
~ w n c l l c ( to
l t!lc Grl~tiler. C o r ~ i c l i o ~ evi-
~r p~*eriouslyselected ml~l:~lllcs fronl
de1lt1.v was t11c first c-oilvcrtc~\Gcntilc, ;IS 30 ~ 1 1 c i tilel scl,n~.nti~~fi \vor]; ill
P:lal derl:l~.e(li\cts 1:: : 41;. L L It \\.as ncces- t1i:lt l ~ u u s eWIS C ~ I I I ~ I C I I , tlie gI~)I.yof 1IIc
snry t l l ; ~ ttile \vc~r(l1 3 1 Gorl. sl~c,ulclfirst I ~ n \ ~Lorcl's e prcscllce was \ v i r l i ( l r a - , ~t'rtrln ~ ~ tllcir
Lee11 t;l)oken to you," [.Jc\\.s.] \\'c s l ~ o ~ i l dte~ill~le-" the vail wilt "-tlle Il,,usc left
110t I;IIU\Y j l ~ s t 111)iv 1o11g t,l~e~ O S ~ I Ll'avor ' ~ tIcsoI;lte, ~vllilctlint prcscllcc was t~+:ulslLl.rc~l
was coiltinet1 i l l t l ~ i scsl)cr:inl seilse to tlle111,, to tlle ? ~ e wI~oltse,tile gosl~cl,and Gorl ~ l o \ v
were it 11nt lor t l ~ i sstiite~~iciit. of the cove- rl\vells in tlie ?wzc le)ilplr.-tl~c gospel
nant Ijei~lgcoiliirlilctl one \vcc?k. cllurc11-" 'il'llose t e n l ~ l earc ye," (1 Cur.
111t l ~ e~ilidstof tlie week lie sllnll C ~ I I S C 8 : 17.) I:.was illto this rlew gnnler that
t l ~ es:lc:riticl: and oI.)lntic,il to ce:lse. - \ \ T li ~tile ~ Je\visI~w11eat cnllle in tlle p t l l e r i l ~ ~
c;~userlit to cease? AIcisinll. ITow ? IJy time, (not cll.?f r:ojloer.ted i)lto 1i4cnt,) alltl
beco~rlil~g llil~lsclftlic true sncrilicc. Got1 nlnolig tllc \vl~enttl~llsbroupl~till, we recog-
I.t.c~)211izcd tllnt bullock, cw rnlri, or I ; I I I I ~ns I I ~ L C '" 0111' beloved brotller Paul."
a sacrifice, bcc:unsc it I , o i ~ ~ t eto d Cl~l'i~t ASYO11 \1'011ltl l,l'otcct your old store ull- .
tllc :l~lti-t~l,ical c' Larllb of (;od," the t1.11c ti1 :ill tlic v:d~l:~Lleswere L r o ~ ~ into ~ h t tile
s:~c:rificc~ v l ~ i ct;ll;ctil
li ;1\\'3Y tllc sills of tile I I ~ \ \ .so , C h r l c o ~ l t i ~ i ~ l11isc d tivor to tllcln
~ v u r l ~ lbut; tlie ~ n o i l l c ~ lCllrist
t clieil, all clllri~~g all tlle scvontirtli \veek, l\.l~ilc lie
sacl.ificu ceasctl. Fro111 tllnt tilllc tbr\v:~r(l ~ , c n ~ o v tcl~ lc i r\vl~cnt. Tllis is n ])nttcu~l, ;ls
tile Jetvs, or all!- one else, Inns bur.^ a bul- all the other f e a t ~ ~ r eofs tllcir clispe~~sntioll
locl; or Ialub, Ijut it is not n sacrifice, fur 1l:ivc br.11, of tlle elld of tllc gosl)" age.
Got1 Ilnviii,n p~ovidecl tlle trne, 110 longer Our h a i . \ . ~ ~ like
t , tl~cirs,112s two spccinl
r d c ~ q ~ ~ i or z c nccej)ts
s otl~cr. 1ti11c.l~ of \\.ark. 1st. A srl,:ir:ltio~l between
\Ye filld, tllell, that a \vorl: :vellt on \vlie;~t tares, by tllc tares I ~ e i r ~lg~ o u n d
nlnollg tllc J e w s for t l ~ r e c:\1111 n-Irulf yenl*s i l l b~n~ltllcs. 3111\.. 'l'llc gti/li,!ri)ig of the
af'tel. Cllrist's 111i11istl.y.\Ye 11;lve S C C I ~tll;lt ~('I~crtt, wllile tlle tares are I ~ l l r l l i ~ ~ gt\-e .
tl~v!\vot.k Ilc (lid \vns to scl,nrclte wheat f r o ~ n I ~ a v call along retrog~lizctltlie sr~)trrt~tiort3s
c!1;1t1, ant1 that " Y/it!rew a s a divisior~:1111011,~ tlie \vorlr of the tl~rec: a1111n-I1:llf years j t ~ s t
tll~.Iwul)lc c o ~ l c c r ~ l i lI~iln,"l , ~ tl~cilatter llnlt' e~ldcd.. \Ve 1.enlizc.d tllerc woulrl I)o n colli-
of t l ~ c i rweek \\.;IS dcvotcd to tile 1)letr: sel)qyntioll b e t \ v e c ~tllc ~ t n l e cllristians
ot' tllat s e p r a t c d \vl~cnt'' illto :IIXI the tur4es or Ilyl)ocrites. \Ve llxd a11
tllc gosl)cl tlisl)c~isatio~~, nl~tl iclca, I ~ o t ~ e \ . c trl, ~ n t tllis t r u t l ~1vitl1 \rl~ie]l
cl!i:~ltityof ud'7~t:lt111ust Ilnve Lccn ill tli:~t we arc ii~tiill:~tcly C O I I I I ~ C ~ ~ C\\';IS
I , cloilig (211
111)ilsew11c11Cl~l.istgave it up, etc., is evi- of this sel);lrati~lg,.. .\ye ccrt;li~llvbelieve
~icilt.wllcll \vc Ic:1r11 t i ~ n t n.UoO \yere con- t11:1t:IS n t1-ut11it did tlo sonie of tliis ~ v o r l ~ - ~~

bllt wc tllillli Wt: Call See Ilo\\. that wllile

God 1 1 : ~used this as orlc., yet 11e 11ns llnd
inrlny otllcr lines of truth (.loin,z silnilinr
service, but all in one way o r nnorllel. I I I I ~ ~ ~
\veck was (lovoted to this gatliering of tliem. his gnidancc, bring nLolit n tlivisio~l of tIie
. L e t 111cillustrate ~)coplc,ilot tllnt we 113ve ever nttclnptc(1 to
TIIE C I I ; \ S G E FROAI TIIE JE\VISII diviclc, but n3 it were, spite of c l l l 7ae
t o tlle gospel clispei~sntiol~.S ~ t ~ ~ p yon E to the c o ) l t r a q , a divisioll of classes
o s e ~ ! o l t l ~tEo
a r e n n~ercllnnt. Your i~resellt illace ot took olncc. S o w , looli aroullcl yo11 into.
Lusi~~css is old. Yon are ;bout to 'rcillovc cve1.y cllnrc11-of every tlcnol~lill:ttion-
t o n ~ l c wstore :\cross the way. y o u Dr o \\Tlint do you see? I sce nn ever \vitlelli~lg
throtigll y011r 0111 premises with your ser- gulf scpnratillg bctwccn two classcs-l~e-
vants.~,and scr):uatc s~lcllarticles of finnli- t\veel~the lllcrely noinilia1 cl~ristinll,\\-\lo is
- ~

ture, ctc., as you Inn? collsitler fit nntl suit- s u c l ~Lccause it is cssentinl to 1.csl)ectability
nblefor t l ~ cIleiv store. [So Cllrist n ~ l dl ~ i s in tl~is our d;ly, but J V ~ I O i: restive: c~vell
t1iscil)les supnrntccl by t l ~ c" f ~ n "of t~auth i l i ~ d e r the ~noclitiecl restrnillt ~ v l ~ i c l tlic l
t11c ~vllcatfrom tllc c11nit'-tllc \vileat b c i n ~ c.ll11rcll csncts, a ~ l d dcsircs to bring the
sicit;~blcn11c1 11rol)~r to r : ~ t i ~ illto
e r tlic Lnr~l, r l l ~ l l , c l tldivl~
~ to the 1ev(!1 of n ulornl
the cliait' u11lit.1 IVlie~i you llnve all club," co~nposcd of tlle rcspcctable of' so-
 cicty, by mcnns of which t l ~ e yIII:IYelljoy " w l ~ onro ali\.e rcrnain," there will be
weekly n moral essny, frorn w l ~ i c lsl~oultl ~ a time \\.l~ent l ~ c ysl~:iII be countcd to have .
be exclutlctl all rckrcncc to ally pc~.sonal J'i~iishcrE their colirse, ant1 \rill be gatl~cred
imperfections of its nlcrnbers, or : ~ n ~ t l ~ ii~~r tiothe c barn. 'I'l~e t l ~ o u g l ~ist carried out
w l ~ i c ln~igllt
~ hurt t11o self-satisfied fcelilli in the figure of t l ~ ctel~y~le, or " I~ousc," by
of tllo " club." St. Paul, Ep11. 3: 30-32, \vllcre he l i k c ~ ~ s
T h e separation, K C sny, between this ir~tlivitlu:~l c l ~ r i s t i n ~to~stones
s being buildcd
class and the o ~ ~ cnlc~ltioned s in Jlnl. 3 : t o g r t l ~ e growing ~. illto l~olyteu~plefor the
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16-17, they tli:~tsll:111 be his " jewels," the l~xbitatio~l of God t l ~ r o u the ~ l ~Spirit, d r i v -
saints-the snllctifed-those un\rilling to i i ~ gupon tl:c Jewisl~te~nple,the sl~ndowor
bow the k r ~ ct to milmmon, by i ~ ~ d u l g in i ~ ~type.
g Paul, ar.d e v w y bclievcr in Cl~ris:,
cllri!itiall lotteries, fl~irs, etc., thcrcby to is :L s t o ~ l cin ~)l.el):wntionfor a plncc i l l th:s '

millister to tllc priclc of t l ~ eeye n ~ ~ ht el ~ r;t grcnt t e ~ n l ~ l cwhile , i l l the qli:u.ry and uri-
who would prefer to see the virgiu esl)ouscd t l e ~ - ~ o i nt lg~ eI ~ a ~ n m e r i n g a rtrimming ~d and
to Christ await tl!? coming of I ~ e r llortl p o l i s l ~ i ~trinl:, ~ ~ , atfiictions, ctc., whicl~ our
clotl~edin the clean w l ~ i t e robe of Christ, Father, t l ~ egreat arcl~itect,sees to be ncces-
separate li.om t l ~ eworld, than to see her sary. We are (now) counted, although
living sumptuously in the worlcl's embrace, unfinished, as parts of that great house.
a d o ~ n e dwith s l ~ n jewels.~n " JV11ose house are ye, if y e hold fast . .
'Illat t l ~ i swork I ~ a sbeen accoml~lisl~ed in firm unto t l ~ cend." \Ve a r e now of the
the three nntl n-l~nlfycnrs of the harvest liousc co~~tli~ionully, if we are " rigl~tlycx-
just ended, we tl~orougl~ly believe, ~ i u tas crcisctl " by t l ~ cprescnt trials and :~ttlietions,
there, so I~crc,t l ~ e r c is a "gathering illto and allow them to prepare us for a place in
tho barn " to be done, nnd the pnttcrn this temple. None of these stones are laid
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teacl~esus tlizt it \rill ~acquircthrce 311t1 n- i l l t l ~ ctemple until they a r c f i ~ ~ i s l ~ ePaul d.

half ycars for t l ~ i sport of' t l ~ cl~arvestwork ; was counted such j u s t ' w l ~ c nabout to die,
but re~nenlbcrthis is not s e t t i ~ ~:L gtime for nnrl " we \vhicl~ a r c alive" will rencl~ a
translation, tlie translation not being due poil~t \\.11cn. we will bc complete, ant1 be
until all a r c gatlrmcd, a11t1 how l o ~ ~after g placetl in positivn ill the t e ~ ~ ~ pbefore le
we know not, but presume soo~ltl~crenftcr. trn~~slation, just as the t-ype, Solomon's
But, says onc, I t l ~ o u ~ l itile t g a t l ~ c r i i ~ gternple tvns fillisllcd, every stonc ):rid in its
" i to tlie barn " was translation. pltice before a Tile glury of' the Lortl tilled
80 w e nll did, and that wns tile ~nistnkc; the 11vuse (tt:lnl)le) of God."
we sapposcd t l ~ cse1)nration took t l ~ r c e 18.) So, :ilso, I I I L I S ~ each olle of us I J ~
(2 C l ~ r o .5 :
a-half ycal-s, 311d t l ~ cg n t l ~ e r i r ~ golle 1110- Jiftttl, polished, ji~lislted ant1 luid, or gntll-
ment. JVe n o w f i ~ ~t11:tt d t l ~ egntl~criiig ercd into. this sl)iritual 11ouvc beforu it is
here, as ill the end of tile ,Je\visl~:~gc,talrcs Iilled wit11 t l ~ cglory ot' God-" 111atlc like
three a-half ycars; a ~ ~ know tl t l ~ a t tlic unto Cllrist's glurious body "-translated.
" gatllcring illto t l ~ ebarn " is not t r a ~ ~ s l a - This placing of l i v i ~ ~ stones g in the
tior~,but a worlc that precedes it. 'l'rnns- temple, :~ntl ' L g a t l ~ e r i r ~of g the wheat
lation. or the c h a ~ t y i ~ r tlluliving,
~of (1Cor. into t l ~ ebnnr," etc., is t,hc o b t : ~ i n iof~ ~tlie ~
15 : 51,) is the work of the Spirit (I'l~il. 3 : " victory" occr the world, the flcsh and t l ~ e
21). b b He t l ~ a traisetl up Cllrist from tllc devil. A n d t l ~ i smeans n o t h i ~ ~short g of
deatl shall also rluicken your rllortal bodies entire consec~.ntionand sanctification of :111
~ I J his J'pirit w l ~ i c l ,.livellctl~
~ in you." who will colne to this conclition. T11e vir-
(Itom. 8 : 11.) L L T l ~ angcIs e the11uoill not I gin cl~urcllof CI~rist must n ~ a k eIlerself

1
tmnslate us, but thcy clo g a t l ~ c rus into t l ~ c rently btlfbi-e t l ~ c111ar1,iage. S l ~ cnlust Le
barn."

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(Matt. 1 8 : 30.) l!Tl~at, t l ~ c a ,is clotlled in Clirist's rigl~teousl~ess,
i t to bc Sntlicrctl iuto the L)nrn ? I t is t l ~ e' in this co~~ditiorl
r e a c l ~ i nof~ a position of rest and safety, in of the 1:1st g r : l i ~o~i \ v l ~ e a tshe
a ~ ~ security,
d w l ~ e n we have foiiglit t l ~ eiI to our view in Rcv. 15: 3-54.
gootl figlit--r\l~l t l ~ c race-fii~isllcd the
~ a i ~ i for i ~ tlie
a ~ l d~vl!ilr
g gntl~er~~ig
, is b i o u g l ~ t

n e r e t l ~ c yarc victors ; their p o s i t i o ~is~ :i

course-gut t l ~ cvictory. ' l l i u placc 01. 1 rlcczr o m , as it \vcl.o a scn of glass; rind
c o ~ ~ r l i t iino ~j~!,icll
~ \vc lutrit fur the reltortl. j tl~oii:_rli~nin;;lod wit11 fire (I~cch:~ps repre-
Paul, n ~ i t lall t!lc saints \ v l ~ oI~nvt'tlic:l, j seuti11~: l ~ a t\re arc yet in ciost: culltact with
rcacl~etlt l ~ i spusitiol~of victory aiid sccurity i fire, tl.or~l)le), yct tlicy are nbove tl~c:n,
at dent11 (2 'Jim. 4 : T ) , but wit11 tliose I victors, and C:III sill:: tlir: s u ~ of ~ ghloscs alitl
I
nbe Lnntb. A n d t l ~ cfxct tllnt the song tlc- 1!11t sl~nllwe lie llcrc tluril~gtlria time of
clares " "L11 t~ntionsshall cunie ant1 worsl~ip trouLle oli the c l ~ a r c l ~ ?Ycs ; this is the
before tl~ee," \\.otiltl seem to irnply that t1:1y of burning, which will try every nia~i's
they llntl all lcnrnetl of t l ~ ercst.itutio11 of work of lvhnt Sort it is. Those w l ~ ohave
all things, and un(lcrstoofl tl~c!1ilar1 of Gotl 1>11ilt 011 tile sand will lie swcpt nrvny com-
in tlie salvation of t l ~ cworltl, nntl how iri ylctely, wl~ilethose who l ~ a v eI~uiltV I I tlie
Abrahnni's seed all the kindrctls of 11e rock-Christ, s11:111 be trictl scvcrcly. (Scc
earth will be blessctl. (Acts, 3: 25.) 1 Cor. 3 : 12-15.) Those wlio I~nvcbuilt
0 for tliis g n t l ~ e r i n ~0! for this victory I with '' Gold, silver, precious stoncs, are the
" T l ~ i s is the victory tlt;~tovercornotl~ t l ~ c overcon?ers, ivlro are r ~ ~ ~ s c n t lwltilc ~ c d , those
world, even y o . ~ r tltitlt." B u t while tlle bliiltliltg 011t l ~ eS:ILI~C I o u ~ ~ d a ti~npropcrly, i~n
wheat is being thus g;rtlieretl, tiic suffer great loss-tl~ernselves shall Lo saved
TARES A R E l l E I N G IIUILSED. so as by fire.
' W h a t is tliis? W e have seen tliat there 'I'l~e conditiori of t l ~ eovercorners is forci-
is a great tinie of trouble cprning upon the bly sliown ir: Ps. 91. Rcad it: " 0 how
world, ant1 that it has alrcntly corn~nenced, complete is our refi~ge; the snares of tlte
but has some thirt r-seven yenrs future for ungodly nrc 11nrmless ; their arrows, even
its entire acconiplisl~ment; but while t l ~ i s bitter words (Ps. 64: 3) cannot harm us."
trouble upon tltc world is expressed by tlie While this morn1 pestilence st:ilks througlr
figure of tire! yet it must Lc a dilferent fire the land, awl tliousnnds fill1 nt our side, we
from this wl~icliburns L I P tlie tares, for the fhll not; we are not smitten. WIiy, what
tares are not the ulorl(l. No, " t11ejfir:ltl is protcctiori Ii;;vc we ?' b L 1Iis truth sltnll be
the world," tltc !ares nre tlte cl~iitlrcti3f tlty sliieltl." (Versc 4.) " Ye slinll know
the wicket1 orie." T l ~ c yarc 11l;pocrites-pre- tile Irntit, and the trltbh shall make you free."
tended w11e:lt-" wolvcs in sliecps" clotli- Tliy ~ i ~ o is r dtruth."
ing," During this tllrec antl a-half ycnrs \Ye leani, tl~cn,thnt tliis colnpnny who
w e expect (Matt. 1 3 : 41-42), to bo ful- liave God for their refuge liave t l ~ etruth
filled. which others liave not, ant1 which shields
W e tl~crcforeanticipate n dreadful bnrn- thern.
ing.. of tares, and a scol.cliing 01' a11 whe:lt 6 L TIiy truth, 0 Lord, is my r e f u p and

whlcl~has not bee11 scpnrntetl from tliem. fortress. I will not be afraid in tlie evil
J u s t the n a u r e of tliis disnster is questiorr- day ."
able, but we 1001; wit11 present ligltt to a Tlicn if tliere be trutlts too deep for us,
coniplete overturning by intitlelity, ntlieis~n, or errors like great stones i l l our p:\tllway,
etc., of t l ~ enominal cliurclt, and that 'cltris- over which we ~ t ~ i g stui~l\~lc, ht he will give
tinnity will beco~iieso unpol)ulnr tlint t l ~ c his a n ~ e l s charge coucerning us. 'l'ltey
wolves will Lecorne :~sltn~ncd of tlicir sl~ecps' slinll l ~ e a rus u p least w e sl~ouldsturnble.
clothing, and tlint it will becoiiie so much (1's. 9 1 : 1 1 , 12.)
of n tlisgmce to be called a cliristian as it '6 I n Got1 I l ~ n v e found n 'retreat,
has been an honor. W h e r e I can securely nbitlc ;
Infitlelity is sl)reatling lier blightiiig influ- No r ~ l ~ i gtior
c rest so co~t~l)lete,
ence liko a 1)estilence :dl over tlie Innd ; nn(l A n d here I intend to reside.
by conversation ant1 rentling rnntter, antl by C. T 9 - c
public lectt~l-es,by tlirusts tltrough the sec11-
lar press, this drc:ltlful, rioxio~~s pestilence THE BOOIC OF R E V E L A T I O N .
sweeps over : l ~ clantl. Alreatly it is beconi- P .

i ~ t gfisltionnblc for all w l ~ oni:ike nny clnirns As pro~nisetlin t l ~ clxst paper, we pro-
to scientific knowlerlgc, etc.! to profess tliem- pose to give a n exposition of t[tc book of
selves disciples of D n r ~ v ~ nand . stoutly Itevelation, so Fir as it is f'ulfillctl. T l ~ e
cleny t l ~ ccredibility of t l ~ Bible,
c while t l ~ c y order of cltnpters r! subjects, or of tlie time
assure you that 11o ri1:ln of hr:iins ever tIi(1 of nriting 3. ~)ropI~ecy, is no gnitle to the
accept it as the vord of Gotl, nn!l esultin_rrly ostler of friliil~ncnt. Eccnurjc ,JoIln says,
point to tlie infi~1clit.j.of nll Icntling stnttts- b L Antl cg'lcr tl~csotl~inzsI saw," ctc., or~ly
men. Sucll tcncliing to c1;ristians JYIIO l ~ a v e proves that lie srtlu r \ ' l ~ : i t ~ ~ ) I I u I v c I J , alter 11c
to built1 ~vitli [mar mntcrinls, and under- l ~ n t lseen tile p~.eccdingvision ; but no 111ot-c
stand Gotl's word but little, 111ustbc h-provestl~nttllc cvc~ttsf'ullow in the cltt~vr~o-
trous, indeed. logical order in wl~icllthey were revealed
 to J o l ~ n tl~nll
, it 1jroucs 1)cc.:111scD:~lliclsntr
t l ~ e" mni ant! lie goat," of' t l ~ c8th clr;~l)tcr.
nftcr. 11c I~ntlsee11 t l ~ c" l\cn~'nu(l 1c~ol):u~tl "
o t ' t l ~ e7tl1 cl!nlrtcr, in the I)ooli 01' 1):111ic.l,
~rrovctstllnt t l ~ c v e ~ ~01' t s tllc SIII I I I I I S ~lijl.
low tl~osc of the 7th cl~nl)tcr. 'I'lic St11
clla1)ter bcir~gonly n rel)ctitiu~~ of t l ~ ccvcl~t!: st:111t1ro t.cl)resc~ittlre four tlispeiisntio~lnl
ol' t l ~ e'it11 olinl)tt.r, wit11 sunle nclditiunal cl)~lrcl~cs.T11e first likc n li1,11, Iwi~ig.t l ~ c
. fcntl~ccs,as we all k n o w ~)atri:~~.cll:ll c:l~urcli. T l ~ c))atr i : ~ ~ t l lwere s
111. 12cvelati11n a s~~l),jcct is Lcgun, and Go~I's: ~ ~ i o i ~ i t ~ J tIli(1 . 1vlle11 tlmy ~ v e ~ ~ t .
with only n fe\v csccl)tioi~s,is follon,atl to ~ I - O I I I I I : I ~ ~ U I to I llntion, n ~ l d fronl O I I ~king-
i its end. T h u s the scveu tlrurclirs c-f' tlic clu~uto : i n u t l ~ ~pcoplc, ~r Ile s~~lt'eretl no I I I : L I ~
:, s c c o ~ ~and d tl~irilclraptcrs, a r e seven :itages to clu tl~crll\ Y I . O I; Iye:\, ~ 11e rel)rovctl killgs
',.o r l)l~nses, of tllc gosl~elc l ~ u r c l n11t1 ~ , cover for t l ~ e i rsakes, saying, l'o11c11l ~ o m t i l ~ eall-
' thc \vholc gosl)cl clisl)eilsatio~~, or r:~tl~el. tile oir~tctl, a11(1 do 111-v 111.cjrl1ctsIIC. 11ar111."
wl~olcgospel age, to t l ~ eclosc of t l ~ etimes rIrid Aljrnl~;r~ncould " conquclq tltc
o f ' t l ~ cGentites, \vl~ilctlic ~ c \ ~scnls, ~ I I the l i i ~ i " ~ s:ts easily, nl)l)arently, as i f he l ~ n t l
scvrrt trumj)cts, tlre sevcn Inst 1 ) 1 ~ ~ u cctc., s , I)ccl~b b the lion of tlie trillc of J I I L ~ ; .T~ l~~. "e
Lclong so~nc\vl~erc (luring t l ~ c~ircscntage, . s c c o ~ ~beilst t l " lilic n c:llf," re],l.c?:cnts the
n ~ l t l~ n i o rto tllc close of' t . 1 1 ~ti111cs of the Jc\visl~c1111rcl1, \\*it11 its 'Ulootl of' ltulls nrltl
C;entilcs, but (lo 11ot ~lect~ssnrily corer :~'ll : t 'I'l~c tl~i~.tl 11iltl n Illre as n I I ~ ~ I , "
'&

tile snlnc groond covcretl by the seven :111dI ~ ~ ~ ~ I ~tcl ~s e(z. C~OSIICI
- I I ~ CIIIII.CII
s ; its lead-
c11~1rclies. ill,? cllnrncte~~istic l>cl~rg ~ccruo,lit~l;r
I' ojit qf
'l'l~are is muc11 rel~etitio:; in t l ~ eboulc ot the ,Y,:ril,turea." T l ~ efbnrth likc a fiying I'

D : ~ ~ i eal ~, t dalso i l l Revclatiol~. J u s t ns .;:~pl~!,"is t l ~ cchurcl~o t t l ~ eincomi,:g asc,

the former saw t l ~ efour c l ~ ~ p i r in c s ch:~l)tcrs ' ( L 'l'l~c:). sll:~II n l o u ~ ~ up t n.it11 w i ~ ~ gas s
3, 7 ;111dS, Lcing tlrcsc three ti111esrcl)entc(l, ~ ~ ~ ~tlrej l c ssl ~,: ~run l l and nut weal:\., the?.
so J O ~ Isccs I I t l ~ cliotllnn c~nl)irci l l t h r c ~ sh:dl \\.:~Ili and not f i ~ i ~ l t . " \ ~ o r f lrcn-
' (listilict visior~sgive11 in tllc l2tl1, l 2 t l 1 n ~ ~(Ie~.ecl d " I,c:Is~," \ v I ~ c r ~ v etl~csc r cl~urcl~es
I t 1 c 1 1 : t 1 All(\ to cl;~inltllnt tllc cl1.u- ttrc sIm1<(~1~ 01; is nn c~~tir,elj. tlillL.~.e~~t \vord
~ V I of' I tllc 12th cllnl)tcl+,n ~ i t l t l ~ c l)cb:~st ot' f l u n tlr:~tol' licv. 13, all(! all o t l ~ c r111:rccs
t l ~ c lstll
, and 1Stl1, are t l ~ r c e di(1Lrc11t \vl~crc.it rc~111.csc11ts a ~cvrIcIl/~ I)o\rcr. T h e
bc:lsts, bcc:i~lsetliff'ci.cnt sy~nbolsn1.c usctl, o t ~ e is !l~c~t,iutt, .ge11~~1~:11lv rc~~clcrecl " 7i*i/il
is ,ji~stas wiso as to c.l:ii~u.i)ccarise of' t l ~ c I)e:~st," a!itl is t l ~ cword used i l l every case
clifIic~.cntsy~nl)oluill I)anicl, t l ~ a ti~uclvt!I I I I ~ - ill 12evclntio1l \\.;!ere a .~(:or.tlly))o\cer is
vcrsnl c~~~!)ircrs arc t11c1.c L r o ~ ~ ~toh vie\\*. t ~ . e ~ ~ . c . c ~; ~\vl~ilc
t c ( l t l ~ eo t l ~ c r\vo~,ilis toot^,
T l ~ cabove tlrrec cl1nj)tel.s of' l l c v c l ; ~ t i o ~(l;c.nst), ~ O L ' C I I ~ YL \ \ . ~ I I Lt i~~ l i c i*l l~ 1ic\'eliitio11'
coyc.~. ~wocisclytllc snmc j_'ro;rt~cI,t11:lt is, m~clin c v c ~ yc:lse rclktss to a l~c~ci~a)~l!j 1)ower.
t l ~ c ysl~owt l ~ c12oun:llr c111l)ireas s c e l ~iiur~t c11;111te1. li\-c is ;l c o ~ ~ t i ~ i t ~of'thc : ~ t i oS ~~ ~I I ~ C ,
tlixrc d i f l i e ~ +stail(lj)oi~~ts.
~~lt nlld t l ~ etivo seclli to be t l ~ eir~arcy?lrir(io,tot'
T l ~ e" seven cl~usclres," we ur~dcrstnntl, tllc ki~lgtlo~n, n.lric11, \v11c11 set LII), is to
to ~.c~~wescnt seven diiFcrcrit l)l~nscsot' t l ~ e C O I I O I I C ~tlrc ~ ~ n t i o lI'~ sIjre:\k , ill ~lieccsand
g o ~ ~ C~I IeU l~ C I I , L I O \ ~el\tlctl ; or 111orc prol). cullsullle all t11c.sc (cnrtl~ly) kiljgtloms;"
erly, now enc1i)ig; for tlic last e x l ~ o ~ i t a t i o ~rule LL ~ t l ~ c ~ i n t i o ~wit11 ~ s n 18od of ir.011, a ~ r d
is '(To Irinl that overcon~rth,will 1 grant tu tlasl~tllc~nin pieces like n potter's vessel."
sit \\.it11 nle in 111yt l ~ r o ~ ~ c .n11t1 " the ~ 0 1 1 - 111 otller \rurrls, 111e&.)o?L,Y arc to collqller
tlition, " on :IS i t nqerc3 sea of' g I : 111i1lgl~t1 ~ ~ ~ t l ~ c1lit:~,rio1~ beasts, or I i i ~ l ~ c l o ~ ~ iThis s.
wit11 fire," (Iiev. 15 : 2,) is t11nt occl~l.)ie~lkilig(ioi~),co1111)oseclof tlie l ) : ~ t ~ . i a r: I~I Il ~~ ~ ,
Ly tliose wlro hnue o\.ercolnc. I n u t l ~ c r ~ ) r o l ~ l ~ c:uld t s , s:ri~lts,is tc) brcn1.r in l)i?ces,
wo~,tls,it is tlle c o ~ ~ d i t i uoccn1)iccl n Ily tlie nncl ~ U ~ S I I I I nll I C tllcse (17~1:criott:) lii~~~tlo~~~s
y n t h r e d L L wheat," 1)rior to 11.:111slntiun.- (D:III, 2 : 4-1). A n d tl~isis \vIr:lt 1 1111cIer-
And illto this co~~clitio~l ~ v curlderstn~id tl:c st:~lld tlie pnl.nLle of tlic rich In:lrl ailcl Laz-
gospel c l ~ u r c l m ~ e noro beill< gntllercrl. ilrus te:~cl~cs. 111this lilk L a z a r ~ ~]ins s his
I-le~lce,tlre sccorrtl ant1 t l l i l ~ lc11a~)tcrsare evil t l i i ~ ~ g santi , Dives his p o d t l ~ i ~ ~ g s .
a b u t f'ulfilled; t l ~ cfirst cliapter is merely 'L'l~coat111.;11 I I I ~ I I1.el)rese11t~'dby the Ge11-
a prcfacc to the Look. tiie g o v e r ~ ~ ~ ~ iisc nIWIY t s in the ~~sccnclnnt,
T h e fourill cllnpter is the opening scelle Coritiuued.
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AS'ISTANT EDITORS, .
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F r o m a Rnptist minister. i~igof t l v ~nystesicsof t l ~ e ~ k i ~ l ~ diso r~n n, y
Ganges, Rlrcr~.JULY 23rd 1878. prayer: F ~ ~ n t e r n a iyours ly :-
N. 'H. I ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ o u ~ , - E s t e b~.otl~er, emed Silas Bowker.
and compaaion in t l ~ ltil~i;tlon~ c and yntience
of Jcsus Christ ; you llavc dotiltless Iwlore L E W E I ~c.ont:li~~i~ig
~ nloncy, to August'
tllis, suflkred Inore or less, fso~n those \YIIO 5th. T l ~ i snckno\v1cg~iient is a reccillt for
mis~lndersta~~cl, and t11crclI)re I ~ n t e Bible t l ~ c i rc o ~ ~ t c ~ ~ t s .
truths, as taught by you. lI:ivi~~greceivedE P 1'et.l.y P a . Urs, R J Allen. I{nrl.Ifrs
a tmct, 2nd also tile ~IEI:AI.D, from you ; 1 S L Slil,gle: Ollie. A H Fleisll. lon. I;:
must sny the ll~lpcris a very welco~nevisit- I l c n l ~ i sN Y. J S Jforris Fla. C Jnnlcs Pa,
or. I t tl~roivsn flood of light on 1l1e corn- 11 I3 !I Stone. Mass. I Wallick. SA
i n g of Cl~rist,making tlte Srriptur:,~hnrmo- T r n ~ i s u e310. Airs E J Jlnlbden Ale. J G
nious in all their seemingly conflictl11.g parts, C:~llctt N J.' - h11.s A J'\ Palnicr Vt. C L
which has l~itllertobeen e~ishroude~l In dark- Gilbert Wis. I FI Powers N Y. hirs,S 31
nesu. I have read n ~ rcrcnt! ~ d tile co~ltellts CI~:~tlwick RInss. Alrs D 1-1 ICe:\sey h.Iicll. 11
of' the papers, n ~ i dgivcn the su\,jec:ts a criti- Wetlge Pn. R Spunce N Y.J \V Atltlison N
cal csnntinntion, ant1 find tlie n i - ~ u n i c ~ i tY. s RIIY, D Cogswell N Y. I)>loore bI;\ss., ,
S c r i p t ~ ~ r n l , n n t l . : ~ ~ ~ ~ l ~co~nbirrctl,
c.tt tliey J 11 l'riwcrs h' Y . C Clotl~icrJian. J T a v -
are R strollg fi)~l~~dirtioll for t l ~ ctclief of a cnrlur W Y. 11 (; Bl:ty~~nrdlid. J Cnn11,-
spoedy renliz:~tionot' our 11opt.s. Uut we I~t:ll, A I I a s t i ~ ~I1~ O , I'rntt, b l r s B
liave nced of l~ntie~lce, that after wc have Wnl(Ien, A Fricse, C li Gill, C I3 IIill, of
dotle tlie will of' God, we nlay receive tile 3 1 ; ~ s ~ I) . 'I Gootl\\.il~, f I G Todtl, ot' Inrl.
prornisc. 111,s L fir EIarris, N r s E S T~ock\\*ood, \Vis.
T h e purpose and plnn of God, as advo- E Jollnson, J I l u l ~ l ,Cal. IZav 11 A IIol)bs,
cated in t l ~ cIIERAI.D; loolts so grn~ltl,so God- J Itodgers, Eltl I' 31Cummins, P I1 L e n ~ o n
like, that it seems to me, unwise to ol)l)osi:,it. .J Verity, 0. J11.s L E Garlnl~d, Alrs N
I have been s I%:lptist~ninistertin. tl~irty- h l n n ~ ~ i ~ E~ gGliclclen, , G I3 Enierson, L
five years; n i ~ t lprenchctl in this j)lnce, for l'cl-kins, Ale. T Y I-Inrl-is, Rlrs 12 J Brew-
s e v e ~ ~ t c eyenrs,
n as best I col~ltl,not I~nving stel', A B 3l:tcCrc;i. W F hlcCreatly, D D
the adv:rnt:~jie ot'n I I c b ~ . e nnlltl ( h e c k c.tl- I.ntli~*op, I3 11 S ~ n i t l ~0, Ellsign, 3lr.c: A1
ucation. I Ilnve l o ~ i gliccll clissntisficd \\.it11 (.;l.ovc, 1'3. hIrs A P e ~ i n y I> , Slatcr, 310.
t h e common tllcology ; :uld for Inally ycnrs J l'itltlil~~ton,C I\ Ijicrs, A nI S:~ll)nry
have l~ntlno symlratl~ywit11 t l ~ cpop111;trdoc- h l i ~ ~ nJ11.s . , Ilr. 11 IJol,~,on,L' 31 12 U : L . I I I ~ ~
t r i ~ t eof'e~~tllcssniiscry. Ant1 believillg in L L A1 I3 13cltling, I' h l C o ~ , ~ ~ c\Irm . l l , Bates,
tllc so011 conli~lgof nur Lord t o set "11 I~is Ct. S 1-1 I! icllin;ton, L A Allen, J Tnv-
kingdom, let1 me to [ I I . C I I A:~~Cn d rloliver cndcr, 11. Sl)el~rc:, 24 Y. A J o ~ l e s ,\V A
sonlc lectures or1 thesc suliects, w l ~ i c crva- l~ Sawyer, J<y. C JI S V : I ~ O I{ I I ,N Gibson,
tcd a tlivisio~~ ; solnu of' tile Il:adi~~gmelrl- N J. Elcl J 11 l';ttar~, 31isl1. F l'agc, E
I c r s rejecting these tra~ths. So, t l ~ i l ~ k i ni tg i\I hIo~.gnn,Ill. E I3 E ~ i g l i ~ ~H~ tGl ,;\.fay-
best, I tcntler.ed I I I resignation ~ ns 1~1sturof ~lartl,J I> W e e k s Jld. L E Brown. Jlass.
t h e cl~u~.cll ;rcq~re.stirlga 1ettc.r or' rccumerl- ISlrl, S Uowlrr.r, D C JVl~ite. 3Iicl1. J I!
dntio~ln ~ ~tlisl~~issiol~,
tl n l ~ i c lwas~ grante(l. l l e c l r ~ ~ r r\V , Ii N o r l ~ ~ r yL, E Gaitlt, I ~ D .
So that I nln nu\\. tree to aclvoci~te Uil>le Pnral~E Riglltscl, A I ~ .J Floyd N Y. 11
tl*utll, nritllor1t hei~ig\ ) o ~ ~ n~~al.~ot-liltc,(l, to 1Ciml)trn V t . E T Jolics N J. R e v C H
prench tlte t l ~ c o l ~ , gof' y the scl~ools. A i ~ t lI Uost'ortl Pn.
can now trust L L itllc ~ ~ living (;otl,' \\,llo is i
tile Saviour of' a l l 111c.n~ x p t ~ i r ~ 2 ltl~ose
j t i ~ ~ t AVOILICZ! :
Lclic\~c." Arltl t l ~ i r ~t kl ~ ; ~ ill t , :r gootl mws- -
urc, I Ili~vegottcn t l ~ cvictory over tllc b6 T l ~ e1,or.d willilig w e sl~nllpitch our r:t~.gc-
bc:~st,:111tl over his iln:~ge, n ~ ~ over tl 11is tent in Sl)rinSfielcl, Aug. lot11n11tl c o ~ ~ t i r i u c
mnl.l<, n~iclover t l ~ e11a1nibc.r of his niin~e;" our mcleti~~gs over tllc: scronci S u n t l i ~ y ;rind
a ~ i t lnln 1)ow silrrril~gthe song ol' tlro age.$. t 1 1 ( ~ 1 1 nt 11 lton J h y , N. H. d u r i ~ tlie ~ p meut-
U e l i r \ . i l ~i l ~
l tllc llllnl ~.cstitutio~l ot':~Ilt l l i l ~ ~ ings
s un t l ~ a ca~i~p-ground.
t 1r it W;IS rigl~t
\vl~ic.l~ Got1 11:ltll spokcr~by tlie I I I ~ L I ofnll ~ ~ I f i ) ~ .the cliscilrles to 11el.sist in c ~ ~ t c . ~ . i n g ' i ~ ~ t
his I ~ i ~ 1~1~11~11ets
ly since t l ~ e\\rollti b~gnn." tiic syringogue, nllcl s11c;tk fi)rtl~tlte tvorrl.
E~iciosct!, i i ~ ~25cts tl for t.Ilc rIEn,\LD ; :ui(l oi' tr11tl1 ; even \ v l ~ e put ~ l out, ZJIJ I~yalO I L -
may t l ~ cf i ~ t x S11(~1>1i~~rel
l e lcnd thority, it is a p o c l esa~nple. T l ~ eA d v e l ~ t
c o l l t i ~ ~ u to
you by lhs Iluly Spirit illto an untlel.ytnntl- people a r e our. kilisrnn~~ u c c o ~ d i l ~l ogthefleal~.
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BIBLE THEOLOGY. . Now if there is a theology, just coming
to light, so comprehensively grand as to
.While believing that every sect of chiis- reconcile all these opposing elements, and
tendbm llold some special Bible trtiths, our not by s~lpportingone side, to theovdflrou,
theology differs from all others, and y e t we of the other, but by reconciling these clash-
have no views not held by others. T h a t is, ing views, and yet leave the doctrine each
every one of our views is held by one or sect mantains, as complete, and clearly s u p
another of the various sects. But we claim ported, as they themselves could ask, would
that Bible theology has liever before been it not prove that the millennia1 a g q and
reduced to a system, so as to reconcile all millennia1 unity of the church is in the im-
its aparentZy - conflicting elements. For mediate future? And just this comprehen-
instance. Free grace is a clearly revealed sive theology is found in the
Bible doctrine:-" Come unto me all e PLAN OF THE A O Z ~ ,
ends of the of the earth and be ye s a r e z " When we forger that the Bible is de-
Again, T h e doctrine of election is no less signed for all ages, and that truth misplaced
clearly taught:-" N o man can come unto becomes error, we lose sight of an import
me except the Father wllich hath sent me ant principle in the interpretation of Scrip
draw him." Now election and free grace ture. TO illustrate : Under the Jewish
me so entire17 opposite in their very nature economy, certain conditions obtained, the
1 that both cannot be universally true at one reverse of which are true under the gospel.
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i and the same time. Hence, the church are Salvation there, was of works, " Do, and .
i about equally divided between Calvinism, live :'*here, it is no longer of works, but
and Armenianism. T h e Calvinist loves to of grace." Now suppose those Scriptures
dwell on those Scriptures which teach elec- belonging to the Jewish age, are applied to
tion, ahd will give them their full and legit- the gospel church, every one can see they '

imate weight, while he is compelled to tone would be rossly misapplied. Thi8 can be
doan, or explain away those texts which seen by ad; but the fact that much Scrip
form the bulwark of Armenianism. The ture belonging to the millennia1 age, is now
h l n e n i a n brings forward his Scriptures, as grossly misapplied to the gospel age, is
clearly and indisputably teaching free grace, not, though true, SO generaIIy understood.
and modifies, or explains away the other side And this application of Scripture out of its
, sin, T h e Trinitarian holds that God true chronological order, is why so much
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and llrist are one,--" I and my Father are apparent discord obtains. For instance, in
one " (John 10: 30). T h e Unitarian be- this gospel ase, there is no " bride." T h e
lieves they are two,-" M y Father is great- bride of Christ is being made; and only wllen i

, e r than I " (John 14: 28). And, as in the the " ctlvrch of the firstborn " is complete,
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other case, each will make those Scriptures and made one with Christ, is she recoo-
prominent which support their own side of nized as the " bride, the Lamb's wifeT'
the question, to the detriment of the others. Xo\v, she is represented as lL a chaste vir-
Again, T h e orthodox man mantains that gin." Aiid the marriage takes place at the
c'H e that believeth and is baptised, sllall be end of this age, and therefore -before the
saved ; and he that believeth not, shall be millennia] age. And it is thee, after the
damned " (Mark 16 :16). While the Res- marriage, after the chaste virgin " has
torationists believe in the " Living God become the " bride, " that " the Spirit and
who is the Saviour of all men, ~ e c i a l l y,the bride say, Come; and all, whosoever
- those that believe " (1 Tim. 4 : 10). will, may come and take of the water of life
One believes that death seals the eternal freely." There the water of'life is repre-
doom of every human being ; and the Bible sented as a flowing river, not a L L well of wa.
certainly supports that view. Others hold ler," atld tilere, free grace abounds: and
to the doctrine of a restitution of all t h i n p , "all the ends of the world, shall remember ..
and that Christ will L b draw all men unto and turn to the Lord." Here, during this
him;" and this also is a scriptural position. age, election obtains;-$' many are called,
Most men believe that man, in the image of and few are chosen." There, &&All nations
God, is immortal,-and no truth is more whom thou hast made, shall come and wor-
clearly sustained by Inspiration. Some be- s l ~ i pbefore thee." Hence, both the Calvin-
lieve in the Enal extinction of the wicked, istic, and Armenian texts are true, when
-and certainly the Bible teaches that '* the correctly applied.
a p d that sinneth, it shall die." Now let me make a statement of what. '-.-
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 w e claim to be the true Bible t l ~ e o l o g ant1 ~ , b e y o ~ ~the d superficial reader,-b' Tlle nnt
see if we do not prove otlr sition. ion. ural In:tn rcceivetll not the things of tl14
God 113s a 1)Inn ~ ' e q t i i l ' i ~ ~SIICCOSS~OII
ga of Spirit ot. Gocl; fbr tlley arc foolislrncss I I I I ~ , .
ages for its tlevclnl)ll~cl~t; ant1 every p:lrt.ol' Itilli ; ncitllcr call IIC' k11otv ~ ~ V I I I~ ,C ' C ~ I I S ,
- this p l a ~is first e~lnctcd011a te~nl,ornlscale,
tlley are spiritllully tliscerncd-1 Car. 2 : ].-I.
i n other tv01'(1~,011 t l ~ e j l e s l iplane.
l~ Iftllere Ar1:lrn was created fil-st, t11e11" tile Lol-,;
was to be a second rltlnln, eter~lnlill all his God caused n deep slcel) to fall ol)on hinl ;"
att~,il)utes,nntl n race of sons on t l ~ a pt h r ~ e , Itis siilc wns openctl, alld l~iswifewas t:ll((-l:
tlrcre nus st be a fir-st Ad:iin a ~ Ilis ~ drace. out fioln l ~ i m; and tlicp w~:l-etllcrefiIroolll
" l ' h e first Inan Adnln \\.as ~n.tclt?a livil~g flesh (Gen. 2 : 23). Aficr Got1 llnd r l l n t l , .
soul ; tbe last Adnm a quiclienit~gSpirit." t l ~ c m ,luale ant1 ikmale, " I I c snid, bc fruit
(Now notice the orllcr \\,llicli will be fi~und fill, a ~ l t lrnultil)ly, arid rep1 ?nisll tlic exrtll.
to 1.~111 t11~01lgl1tile \\*11olcplan of'rcvclntion) nnil aub(li~eit; ant1 have tl~jlnillioll-GcIl1 :
" I~Iowbeitthat WiiS not first \\.l~icllis spirit- All t l ~ i sis tht? ri~c.reletter; and ullless \\.I.
u:11, but tliat w l ~ i c lis~ n:itural: n11J attcr- see Cl~rist,i l l t l ~ cWord, me see only \ ~ I I : I I
wa1.d~that wlliclt is spil.itllal ( I Cor. 15: tlw nat~iralman " call see ; but if we ,?:;
45). Accordillg to tltis, it' there is to bc a see the sliritual, o r that wl:icll sl~owsus t l l t .
killgclunl of' Gotl set u p 011 this c a r t l ~spirit- , sl~iritonlInon, we begirl to .1iscer11~pi).itt,,r/
u:il, and therefore eterll:tl, i l l its nature, it tl~illgs;w l ~ i c l;ire ~ foo1i~hnen.sto t I ~ o11ntur:11
mnvt be precetlcil by a te~nl)or:~l kit~fidolll; I I I R I I . Unt let the111 tllat n.e spi~.itunl lo~lc
. n ~ ~the c l teml)oral nlt~st give 1)l:ice to the a t tl~isb b fi~olisllness." Let it be 1.e1nemhc1.-
sl)iritu;il : for 'l ~IIOSC tlli~lgs\YII~CII :ilet: seell, cd t l ~ : l t , i n 'Cor. l 15: the first : I I I (the ~ sec-
a r e telnpornl ; and tl~ose t l ~ i l ~\ VgI I ~~ C I I are ontl Adnni ;ire cn111l)nred; the first, innde ;L
not see]], are etern;ll." Eielrce, Christ says 1 i v i 1 1soul ~ ; tlle seco~~cl, ;I qr~ickcningSpirit.
to t l ~ eJews, or clliltlrcn o f t l ~ eHesl~;'"Tlle. A I I the ~ statement immc:dintely follows th;r;
Iti~~gclonl of God sl~nllbe t:rIien tram you not the spilituai, but t l ~ e ' n a t u ~ awas l , tirst..
anll ,nivell to a ~eo1>!ebringill:: fLrtl~ the 'L'lius clearly reveali~~fi tlic two stages of tle-
tlv~~its tl~ereof." rl1111t h t tlisl,cl~snti,;~~, on vc?lolir~~c~it. A I I ~tlto first, is t l ~ cesnct
t!~c plnue of the Ilesl~,is n c o ~ n ~ ) l cI)ntter11, te ~)nttel.r~ of tllc secon(1.
in all its p:trts, of' the sccolltl. or sl)ilmitual; Cl~rists n s i i l o ~ ~ the c , he:111of tho ?telo crc-
6 ' For, stlid Ile, S c c thou 1n:tkc c r c y tlriilg atiur~; nntl if Ile llnd n o t t1esce11tlt.dinto t ! ~ c
after tlre 1)nttcrn slre~vn tllee i l l tllu lloly gl.nve, a l ~ d conquerccl ileatl~, he would
I . ' If't11el.e is to be a '& tnl)ern:icle not l~nveIorevcr r e ~ i ~ ; t i ~alone l c t l ;--" E s c e p t ;t
macle witli llnr~ds,etc1.11n1,in t l ~ I~cavol~s," e cot.11 of wl~catthll into t11e ~ r o u l l dand die..
tjiere 11111st)rst bc a t:~Ocr~lac.le. ~nn(le\\,it11 it :~l~irletll nlo~~ ; ebut if it clic, it J ~ r i l ~ g e t ! ~
1.1allds(Eso. 26.:); iLr that w l ~ i cis l ~spirit- fort11~ n u c Il.uit l ~ " ( J o l ~ n 13 :%).-Lct it
II:I~, is ~lotfrr,st,but tl13t \vllicI~ is ~lnt~tr:~l." I,,. ~ . c ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ nfor l ) citr zwill
( l , he nl)l)lic.:\l)le011
If' tl1~5reis to be n i i c r l l ~ t ! , ~ l.Terns:~lc~~~,
y tllc: ot111<1. o;.c;~sio~~s, llrnt tl~is~ z i r l ~ i r tlc:rtl~,
ul or
city ot'tlic livii~gGocl (I-tcb. 12: 22j; tlicrc cleat11 ol'tllc iicsllly liicis c:illetl ylzep; "tilt:
nus st l~eecls11nve I)ecl~111~: ~l;~tul.;ilJc:rusn- 1n:ticl is not de:vl, Out YIc'c~)c~II ;" " L a z : ~ r t ~ s
I ~ I I Ifirst.' A I I IIWC,
~ i l l tl~csees:ict ])al*:tl- ~ l e ~ ~ ;~b b) eAbl*nl~aul tl~ slel~twit11 his fi~tli-
lels Letweell tlie 7 ~ l l t u m Ea n d tile sl)iritl~;ll, , crs," k c . &c.-No\\~ see 11owaccurately cv-
lies tile g e r l l ~of'" tlie lnystery ol'Goti; Got1 cry step ill tile clevelopn~et~t of t l ~ enntur:ll
nl:~nif'estitl in tlre Ilcsl~." "E'lesh, is a gel]- Illan, i.s lnaele to c o r ~ ~ e s ~ ~with o n dthat of'tl~o
eric tc.lsnl, 311d~ I I I ~ I * ; I ~ Cnli
the ?~nticrtrl. T l ~ e\Vol.d n~;itleHcsll ; Lqin !
' S tlrnt l)c!.tni~~sto ?t(rlu crcation, or s1)iritu:il Innn.
AI~:LIII " sl:~infrom the fou~~dationof t l ~ c
Tile s e c o ~ ~ d

wit11 Gc~lcsis,ngllere Got1 Legall to ~ r l a ~ ~ i ~\\.OI.I(I,"

Iiin~sclftlrl.o~i,rrl~
1 bst
t l ~ e11:itural; ; I I I ~ C I I ~ I ~ I I~GO):
I I : Ll~is
(ill t y l ~ )IL1l aslecl), (see Acts 7:
- side W:LS opel~cltl ( J o h ~ i 1 9 : :3:3;);

i
ted i l l t l ~ emall Cl~rist Jesus. H e wiio arttl Iiis \\vitt., t l ~ eciiurcl~,is I~nrtnkcrof I~is
l ~ a t seenl ~ rne Iintli see11 tlie V:it!ier:" How nati~rc, " l'or we arc n12l:lbcrs of' l ~ i sl~otly
did Guil' begill to Le st.en, i l l Cl~rist,ill G ~ I I -and of liis flesl~and of' l ~ i sLol~es. , .. 'rllis

was a t ~ l ) e tliat,
1
esis ; ant1 see11 t11t.ou~litlle natural ? Ada111 is ;i great luystely, (this oller~essof'tlic nlall
is, n li!cmess or 1)icture 01 ant1 his \\rife7 ret'c~.iilgto Gcli 2: 2:3j, bnt 1
Christ, I ;tnswcr. An(l liere is tile tirst Ics-, sl~enliot' Cl~ristnnd t l ~ ccli~ircli ( E p t ~ e .5 :
so11 between t l ~ a t\\.l~icli killct!~, nnti that 80, 33). Al'ter the marriage of Clirist, Ile
wliicll ' 6 m;llietli nlire," tl121tis t l ~ eIcttcr, nlio L b SULLEIWS," :i11(1 is to llnve "dol:li~~iol~
and the spil.it. 'l'lre letter is on tlie sul.tice, (Sue Itev.19: 7-15).
the spirit, t11at is, the ieal I~iddentrutlr, is Xotliing call be clearer than t!lat Christ
 HERALD OF THE M0ltn'l~VU.

docs not receive clominiorr over t l ~ eworltl generation ~ l l n l progress. l While one order,
until the end of the gospel tlispci~.ration; a ~ i i l tllc rest, or rcni7ln~rt,a c1:l.r~ rcfcretl to in
tllerefbre not until the completion of t l ~ e Ilcv. 20 ; associ:~tcdwith t l ~ eni:lrtvrs, but
gospel cliurcli ; for t l ~ eDevil is tlie acknowl- !wing evil servants, sntote.tl~eir frllo~u serv-
etlged " ~Irinceof this worlil ;" aiitl t l ~ e ants, tl~eselive not again ulitil t l ~ ethousa~rd
kingtlo~nsof this worltl d o not " become tile ye:irs are entled."
kingdoms of our Lord a n d [:is Christ," un- T l ~ etinlcs of restitntion, tcgin a t t l ~ e
ti1 the sounding of the seventh tr1111rp(Rev. s e c o n d c o n ~ i n gof Cl~rist,(Acts 3 : 31-25?;
1 : 1 5 ) Antl t l ~ econvcrsim of the worltl an(l it is here the jutlgn cnt of the toorl(i,
'

is not due until t l ~ ekingdom is . t h e Lord's begins. ,Tutlg~nentnzcurls tri:~l. Christ l ~ a t l

(Ps. 2112 : 27). his trial, trier1 in all poir.ts, first; anrl the
Now look a t the p e n t plan of tile ages : ju~lginelitor1 the cl111rcl, Lot11 tares and '

Christ, the seconc! htl:l~n, is the bc,:i~~~iingwheat, b c p n with the ~ a s p c ;l u.l~icl~ is a

of t l ~ enelu cre:~tion,the secoi~(lR I I ~11iglle1. savor oflife u ~ ~ lifc, t o or of tlcatl~unto cic:~tl~,
stage of rlevelopment, tile sl!iritu:ll lnnn ; Ye to al: w l ~ oa r e bro~iglltt : the ~ knowlctlge of -
, must be born ajiai11, is the fiat; a ~ f devery the trnth ; but the great mass ot ~ n : ~ n k i n d ,
h n m a t ~being who attains to tlie conzplt.te m ~ i s tbe *saved.savetl fro111t l ~ e: ~ ( l a ~ ~death iic
colitlition, must pass t l ~ i ss e c o ~ ~birtl~. tl As before tl~eirtl-ial, for " 1': is nl11,oitited unto
in the dcvelol~mencof certain insects, so w e man, ortce to (lie, :111tlnj'fer that t l ~ ejutlg-
learn that rn:lii has two st:lgcs in his deveT- lnent ;?' n l 1 ~ 1God i6 will Ilave all mcn to bc.
olxnent, " first the natur;ll, i ~ n dat'ter~\r:irds saved, a:ltl to conie to tile kliowlt.tIge of t110
t l ~ espiritual. Tile process for t l ~ i sre-jic~l- truth," A I I no ~ 1n:ln will die, tlle renl d e a t t ~ ,
erntion of t l ~ e race IIRS its pattern in tllc w l ~ i c ia~l o ~ ~is ee t e r ~ ~ ninl its consequences,
nntun.al ; llelicc, as with t l ~ efirst i\c[:~m,so ri~ltill!c 11asl ~ a t the l c!ialice of life by I ~ c c o ~ n -
here, i t is, first t l ~ cman, t . 1 1 ~sccontl ildn,n, iug ncqr~:iir~tc~l wit11 tile trut,l~.-'Sl~is dcntli
then his wife, and aftcr that 'b :he restitutioli of t l ~ cllcsl~lyl i h , callecl sleep, is for all, both
of all t l ~ i ~ ~ ~ s . " good and ~ ) a t l ,while tlie 6 6 seco~iddent11 "
As f'oor t l ~ o u n n t years,
l alicl wore, passed t l ~ ereal one, is es1)ericnced o11ly by tllose
bef'ore tile t l e v e l o l ~ ~ ~ 01'~ ctlle ~ l t .vtnrL, so al- ~ 1 1co1111nit o tllnt sin wliicll is unto tleath,
, most two t l ~ o t ~ s n ryears ~ ( I Inore arc c o l ~ s ~ ~ l l i e d I n tlie ti111csof rcstittitio~~ of all tl~in;s,
ill thc tlevelol)me~itof t l ~ ewitc of this scc- the ju(l,nrncnt, o r trial f i ~ rlife, cteruc~llit&,
ontl man. T l ~ a C t l ~ r i s tis calletl the " sec- for t l ~ egreat family of nlnn,, is to be accoln-
o11tl mnn," a ~ i t lt l ~ e ? ~ o s c~le~l t u c l tile ~ . loye I~li::l~ed (tlie wife nntl mother I~eiligall ex-.
of tllat rrinn, is not a fkncy of ours, evcr.y c c ~ ) t i osl1: ~ ~having, lint1 l ~ e trinl r in this ngc.).
BiOlc 1.rntle1.krlou~athat it is so. All11 the A l ~ t las uVe,t l ~ eL L c l ~ u r c hot' t l ~ efirstLorn,"
wl~oleScl.i[,tru.es teach t11:1tt l ~ ec o n v e ~ , s i o ~ l ~~n v e~ I I I . rewnrtl fi,~. evil tlectls, (clinstisc-
or rcge~~cr:itinn of t l ~ ewo1.1d is t111.ein tllc m e ~ ~f'or t s our sills), in this lit& ; ail[/ etentnl
rnillen~~inl :ige, anti tl~ercl'oro af'tcr " the lik, as a tisee gift ; so tile zcorltl have tllcnir
chorcl~ot'tl~ctirslbor~t," a r e co~n~ilete. re\riu.ds a1111~ ) u ~ ~ i s l ~ ~ ni l le tnlt~se,n e s t age.
( 6 T h e t i n ~ e sof restitution of :ill tl~it~gs," -1'hey will receive rewxrd fix every tlecd,
(Acts 3 : 19-31), we understan(l to nieali Loti1 good as ~vcllas evil; some 6 L r e c e ~ v i l ~ g
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tile whole of tlie ilico~llingage ; n o t a single few, n r ~ dsollle many stripes." accortlillg to
' tlionsanti, but a prophetic t h o u ~ a t ~ of d , one t l ~ eligl~tthey linve I~acl; a11t1eterntrl lit& ur
'I day for a year ; ill otllcr ~ o l . d s ,:;ijO,OC)O death, : ~ c c o r t l i ~to~ the e con(litio~~s of tile sec-
r l
, ! years. Illere are sevcl,al reasons t i ~ r tliis; ontl birth i l l that age ; as cue now receive :
\ first, tlie tliousan(1 years of Rev. OD : is a tlieiii a t tile e n d of our trial.
prophetic tliousa~id; and secul~d,:ls it takes Tliere is n o f i ~ t u r eju.lgme~t, o r trial for
all of thc gosl)el age. for tllc clevelolirne~~ttlie s:~int.s,b b tlrey have liassed frotn tleail~
of the wife ant1 spiritual nlother. ot'tlie ,zcw unto lire, a1111ali:lll ~ i ocorn(: t i~~tojr~(l~~nel~t,"
crentiot~,a literal t,l~ous:~n(l ye:tlSsfur the re- a r e the \vor(ls of onl. Snviour; \\.l~i!ctilere
gu~cl.ationof t11c myriatls ot past ages, is out is n ft~tul.eday (or t i ~ n c )of . i u du.~ r l ~ i etbr ~~t
of proportion. t tikc 7uorld. Anil if iife. 01-tlentl~, 1s n 1)rize .

" As in tlic first ni:m all die, lot.ll <ood fils \vI;icI~\\.c \ v l ~ c ~ ; I~I ~~ . W cI1:1vir1~( : I I Iti.ial,~
n l l t l bntl, S O in tl~t: s ~ t : o ~ III:LII ~ c l s11;~iIall be : ~ r cs t r i \ f i r ~ gtl~t>n ; t l ~ ctl.isl o f t l ~ e~ r r r , r . ! c t , is
mntlc alive bllt cvery I I I : L I I i l l llis ow11 or- ~ I I C ti111eJ V I I C - I ~ ~l~r:i,.c t e r ~ i i ~IiI> l ill. clc:rtl~ is
,,
fcr." ~ g " cl1~1rc11
I l ~ o s e- o n s t i t l ~ t i ~the of ' to I), : tlccidcti, : ~ r ~ ctlcciticri i hy tl~emsclu~s.
i t.110 fi~.stl)o~~n," at Iiis ~)t~r.oii~i(z, : i l l c I otllc,rs i l l
, 'IIl~is, 17-c~ ~ ~ i i / e ~ . sis t ; t!~c
~ ~ itcncl~ilig
tl, d'ti~e
o 1 c n s t ~ t i r s ~ I , o r 1 of re- 1 8vl.i!)tt~~*es I)I:LII
+ : m - ~ - m ~ - . -,. . ..-. ;,.... . .- -
- - -- - ..
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 tion. Ant1 therefore t l ~ esecontl coming OF
CIlrist, ant1 gloritjcntio~~ of t11e 'L bride," is
t l ~ chope of'tl~c'worlcl,tlr:lt fill* w l ~ i c l"~tho
g ~ . o n n i ncrelltion
~ n1:e ~ v ~ i t i n g . "
No\\. this being t r w , it'wc call sllow that bclorl~s to thcse two tlisl>i*r~sations. And
this ~ l o r i o ~stcj,, is i l l the great work fbr 'tlicre arc sorne \rontlerf~ilIncts, to say tltc
wllich C l ~ r i ssutt'erccl,
t is uCo?ct to be rertlizetl, . Icnst, marking the ~)~.csent tilile ns pczra2lel
sllculd not both 11e;~vcrlat1~1e~trtll,rejoice? to the end bf the ,Je\risl~age. 'l'llc! ntlvcnt
THE , TI31 E. at that tirnc,'renly coircl.e(la series of ~ V R I J .
:'t is from these ezact [~arnllrls1)etwc:en Jcsus calne, as a sacrifice, a t llis begetting,
t h e natural and the ~pirilllnl, one o r the 1 itntl Lirtl~; t l ~ u scovering two yt~at's: NOW
strongest time a r g u ~ n c ~ ~ist sclra\vr~,vix. it is a fact that t l ~ e1843-4 t n o v c ~ ~ t c p;~r:il- nt
t11:lt of the cq11;11ityo f t h e trvo~lisl~c!~~sntio~~s; ; Icls tllnt a t t I ~ eI ) i ~ . t l of
~ Jcstls, in t\rro \vays;
3114sl~o\\,ingt l ~ : ~wc t are now ill t l ~ cl a s ~ l i ; ~ l tl'irst, ' tlle t,i!ne ti.0111 the l ~ c $ i t ~ ~ of ~ i ntltcir
g
of t h e " harvest " ot t l ~ egosl)el ; ~ g ;ca n d that . clispalls:itic>~~, to the birth ot J c s ~ ~w;ts s jlrst
it \sill t c r l ~ ~ i l ~ill a t cA. n. 1881. 1811 ye:irs ; I I Isix ~ 1no11ths; a11d f r o ~ ntlie
Tlie t J e n i s i ~tlisl)e~isatio~~ is t l ~ c1,:~tterno f ' b ~ ~ i n n i OF r ~t.l~is
g tlisl~er~sntion, aii the d~irtll
tile gospel churcll, as t l ~ cfirst i\tl:tu~,\vns ;t , of CItl*ist,to the 18-44 I I IrO. V .C ~ I I ~ I was I~, pre-
pattern of t l ~ escco~ltl. 01~1J v r ~ ~ s n l e:III(I l ~ i cisely i t r ~c q ~ ~ period.nl 1111s11iigI1tbe :IC-
h e r cl~ildren,the type of tile h e n \ - e ~ ~ lor y ; citlc~ital,wcrc3 it llot that tlrere is a prol111et-

i
sl)iritual Jerus:iIcrn, rne:uls m o r e tllan tile IC period e~lclil~g tliere, showing t11:tt the
mere city ; it means, the J e w i s l ~ecouolny, sccor~tladvent, or at lenst, work conncctetl
o r house of IslxeI, oil tile ?rnt~(.ral ~ ) I ~ I I c . wit11 t h e co111ir1gof Clirist, was clue a t t l ~ a t
hs t l ~ eoltl t1isl)ensation was L~nsetLO I I t l ~ a time. .' ~ 1 1 1also ~ 1 t l ~ eh(:t that t l ~ e ~ ~ O tlato V C
twelve tribes, so t l ~ estew, is built on the is but n li11k iu n chtbiiz of s u c l ~~)at.:illels;
twelve apostles, Jcsus. C111sist l~i~nsclf being eaclj p o i ~ Ilnving ~t a cl~rouolo~ical, o r pro-
the d~iet'corrlcrstone. Ancl O I I cxarninn- phetic r n c . n s ~ ~ ~ . e ~to~ inlark e n t the pa~.i~lIcl.
tion it will be fbur~tl tllnt, b e g i n ~ ~ i rrvitl~ ~g rlg;~in,tllirty ycn1.s later, or i l l 1873-4,
this, p:~mllc.lis~nIloltls tlxie to :L iro~~tlcrful , a s n pnrallcl in i.iute,.to the n j o v e t ~ ~ c na t
e x t e ~ ~ t .Jacob \vns the l~enc(of tile earthly 1 n l ~ d~ I ~ I It .I ~ ctllrec I I ~ a ~ t l la 11altyerr1.swin - . .
. house, ever1 as Cl11.ist is 11c:ldof tile sl,irit- I istry ot' Cl~rist,tllerr: art: four l i ~ ~ of e s algu-
u a l . Al,r;~hani\\.us ~nbrc,h e was father to r ~ ~ e r;ltl~l.@e, t or two besides the chront:loiy,
TI~U?UJ n;1tio118. Isaac rvas u~orc; two nn- p~-ol-it~g t11:it tile I~lcrvest" of the gosl~ul
tioris ant1 two tu:lr1nur ot' peol~le" sl)i.nllg of' ngc bcg:tn i l l tile ~ U ~ I I I L Iot' I I l b i 4 ; : t l l t l one
him ( G e i ~ .25: 23). B u t JacoI) IS t l ~ e very clear :11.:11~lc,1tp ~ . o ~ ' i ~t~l u, rt r r l ~ eclis-
head o f . t l ~ eIsrael of the flrsl~. J:tcoL \rent perisatio~~e,iJcJ, c l ~ ~ . c , ~ ~ ~ ~ l o g i ill c a l lthey,
down into E c y l ~ tand ; w11e11Jesus, ti,\. heacl sl)rillg of' 1878 ; : l l t l ~ o u ~ :l ~ c, c o r t l i ~to~ g
ot' t l ~ cspiritztal ho~~sc., wturnetl, cl~el~roph- s a n ~ ear,cdlncnt, t l ~ e r crc~ii:~ius t l ~ r c eand
e c y , ." Olit of Egypt have I called 1117SOII," I~alf'yeilrs mo1.e b r iL gatliering 111ewl~eat." . '
was fulfilled, (Matt. 3 : 15). Il'ominally, 25e71, accol~cling,to t l ~ e s e argun~cnts, tile
there were twelve tribes. but i l l thct there c l ~ n r c lis~ t o Lc ; that is, be n7~iteJ
Irere tliirtee~lpersons. Jacob lost olle, ;~ntl to Cl~rist, fii,f;llionctllike unto his gloriousLb

for Josepl~,tli;~tone, w l ~ o ~11e n rlevcr ngnir~ bo(ly." T l ~ e nt1,c g e n t work of t l ~ e mil-

clnimccl, h e cllose two, '& a t ~ dno\\* :Ire tlly J c t ~ l i i ~ ~will l n colnlllcnce ; first, n t i t l ~ eof
two 50116, Epllrni111 and l I n l ~ : ~ s s e Il ~ I I,~ I I ~1 ,troc~bleO I I tllc 11:itious, foliowetl by a orliver-
even :is I i e u l ) c ~nuil ~ S i ~ u e o tlley ~ ~ , sllall bc I sal t u r n i ~ qto tllc liorcl.
mine:" (Gen. -18 : 5 ) . i.!!~rist,tllc Iien~lof T l ~ cc,uestio!i 111;~pfir&, if tlie cl~lli,cl~
t l ~ espiritual I I ~ J I I S ~ , lost otle o t ' his twclvc, 1 are glor~fic.tI,so t l i a ~tlluj. arc like C111.i~t's
" t11;lt tlle Scril,turcs n~i;l~t I,e flitill,:d ;" j g!~,riousl)o(lY, see11 l'aul, n ~ ~ st~~iliirl,rr
t l
and. like J:~cal), chose two, JInttI~ins~ I I L [ 111111L l i r ~ ~ 11ow l , ~ : I I ItIlc Scrii)turc I)e fullil-
/
And SO t l ~ r r epa~rllelrare m;list:~il~-icd, n11d 11;ist sl:~(ieus ellto u u r Cioil k i ~ ~ g r
ed both in tile tletails of w~,~.sllip, I
as well as : ~ ~ l priests, tl :lntl w e shall ~ - c i , r0 ~ 1 1 , (?LAecrlatlr "
t i l t ! Y : I Y ~ ~ UISI I C : I S ~ I I . C IofI I ~tile
I I ~two
S ilis- v . 5 :1 J!y . rlte s:~irlts a l ) ~ r a l . i ~ l g
])e~~s:ltioils ; cnc:l~I ~ a v i ~its l g t e ~ ~ ~ l )its I
l t 'vail,
, u~ltlern 6 L v:~il," I a1lswc.r. 'I'11e spiritual

its i n c e ~ ~ s its
I
its ilolg place, its l~igl,PI-icst, its s:~e~.ifices, body is i ~ ~ r i s i i to
c , I~nrvest,.)r closiug work, and ' t h e kinZtloln of Cfotl will )lot be visiljlc to ;
~ l ct l ~ e~ ~ a t u r inall,
nl l~c~lce

its n d v r ~ l ;t Jesus co~niligto t l ~ econe, in thc 11 nieil in the flesl~,(Luk

&Jg$&pW!
., , fiv;,,-7--:I--n I t ~ ~ t ~ & ; ~ ~ ; ~ , j ~ ; ! ! , ; ; ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
. .
 I .

thoso t l ~ i l ~ \r,hicl~
gs ;II.C nut see11 :ire cte~.ri:~l." to liis twc~i\,~!, of,jlfilgil~gt l ~ etivelvo tribes
T11eJcsh is c:llli~tl t l ~ e" vnil " (see I-Icl). of Israel, (A1:~l.t.19 :2S)? \Vhat do these
10 : 20); a11tI w l ~ c t~l ~i e.Slorilied saints sl~all Scril)turcs I I I ~ : : I I I?
desire to be visible to I ~ u ~ ~ i n u i tt11e.v y , will If we l~nvet11e t r \ ~ t on l ~ these t l ~ i ~tilo ~~s,
u p p a r to tl~eln,,just ;IS GotI, or a~igcls,a])- qosl)(?l is )101u e>~{Ze11, n l ~ dwe arc in t11c
pcarctl to AII~:III:III~, :11ic1 otl~ers. illrthcritlg ti~nt*,tile 1:txt work brought to
\Ye antlerstand that :tttcr I~isrc.;ttrrection, view i l l the I ) ; ~ ~ - ; of ~ btllc~ c Lnreq nut1 t l ~ e
Cl~rist.w l ~ ocotrld V : ~ I Iout ~ S tlt'tl~eir
~I s i ~ l ~ t . wl~etlt."
.
7 r
' 111111 t l ~ cwl~eat:\re I,ci11~g:ttl~ercd
ap1)earetl wit11 a rcnl Lotly of t l e s l ~.just ~ :IS ~ J Jthe sat~ct~J)it~g p o / i l w qf presct~ttruth.
tlrc saiuts ~ i v i l lwhen seer1 of i ~ ~ o r t : ~ l s111111 . p -

thus it is that " B l ) r a i ~ ; t nIsn:tc, ~, and d;tcol>. A L A M P TO O U l t FEET.

and all the propllets," \trill 11c seen, by tile
Jews, " in t l ~ cIiingiloni of Gocl ; nnd tlley T h y worcl is a l a u ~ l )to 111v feet mid a
the~nselvestl~rust out." light t o lny path" (1's. 11!J : 105).
T l ~ e r eis no otllcr w:~y to reconcile the V e r y tbw of tl~osuw l ~ o11rol'css cl~risti:u~-
facts t l ~ a tthe sailits are to bc '' Fashio~~eciity c o ~ ~ ~ l ) r e l i cthe n t l t't11I I)l1rl)ose Sor wl1ic11
like unto Cl~rist'sglorio~lsIIoCLY," describetl t l ~ eyard of Got1 was given, a ~ ~int l ml~icll
in Rev. 1: allcl tll:tt tiley are to be L' Icings Ile 113s rcvealctl t.llc wl~oieplan ofsalvntio~i.
and priests, an11 reign on tltc earth," over L L Surely t11e Lorti God will (lo /~othitlg,

mortal men. Nor is t l ~ i sczl)penri?lg undw but he rcvealutl~his secrets to 11;s servants ,
the vnil, when c o i ~ ~ ~ n n ~ ~ i cwit11 n t i nmo~.tals,
g t l ~ e1~01j11ets " (A11103 3 : 7). Alid accorll-
u : i s c r i t u r ~ l . God l ~ n sso apl)c:lre~l,;i~igcls ing to 2 Peter 1: 12, w l ~ a tl ~ a been s 1.eve:il-
have also :lpl)e:~~.d as Illell ; a11d yet we 111l1st e(1 to the prol)i~ets,was ivritten for US, the ..
bcliove tll:~tGod ant1 :t:~zels;lro fiir more !/ospel chut-ch; so we tlo wcll to t:tke llcetl
glorious t l ~ a nlcn. ~i If after Itis resurrection to tlle Inore sure wor(1 of' ~jropl~ccy, as 1~11to
Christ did not co~nrn~u~ic:ite wit11 l ~ i sdisci- a ligllt s l ~ i ~ ~ini la~ gtliirk place." Davit1
ples just as God (lid wit11 Abralla~n, viz. tleclares the e ~ ~ t r : r : ~(c~c ~ ~ ( l e r s t n ~ ~ of ding)
u ~ ~ t l telr~ cvail of fiesl~,how is it tl~:tt H e thy w o r d , givetl~ligllt." 12ccnuue ofa f:ril-
was so ditferent wlten seen by l'noi ? If tire to co~nplywit11 t l ~ ec o ~ ~ d i c i ofor l ~ su ~ ~ t l c ~ . -
ou say, IIC mas not !/lori/ied until nltcr Ile stantli~lgGotl's word, t l ~ e r eis, i l l these days,
feft the e;~rtli,I ~ r o u l t lask, lvill the s a i ~ ~ t san , increase of scepticis111in t l ~ ccl~urcll.
wlleti fitsl~ionecllike 1111tol ~ i sgloriotts body, T h y word is a I j ~ ~ nto 1 )IIIY I'cct, e v i t l e ~ ~ t -
be any less qloriousrti~an was tile gloriiied Iq' refers to tile enstern custoul of a s ~ n a l l
Jesus ? and if not, will t l ~ e pbe. uloru .
g!ori- lnlnp nttnclietl to the t'cet, w11~:nt r a v e l i ~ ~i lgl
ous, when appe:iring to lnortnls, t11n11 was tllc dark. These l;~rnl)slit up tile wi~ole
Jesus nrter 11is rusurl-ection, a ~ btg'ore ~ d Z e p a t l ~ ,but only stul).L,v step ; a11d t l ~ cl ) a t l ~
was glorified? If ~ ~ e i t l i cofl . tl~csecjl~estions oF the just is as tile s l ~ i r ~ liXllt, i ~ ~ gthat sl~iri-
call be nnswered in the alXrrn:ttive, then it etlj more atid ?/lore, nnto the pert'ect day
t h e saints reign U I I t l l e e a r t l ~a, ~ l dco~nniuni- (Prov. 4 : 18). T l ~ i sl)atl~,reaching iiqorn
cate with r ~ ~ o r t a leating s, antl*tll.inkiligivitl~ 15den, to tlil, r e s t i t u t i o ~of~ all tl~iyjis, is tli-
therri, as did Jesus, arid as God did, will vided into steps, or ages; a ~ t~l ~de Bible
they not have to be ~olglorijieii, or pass gives the measure o f these ages : and each
t h r o u g l ~a c l ~ a n g eequivalent to t l ~ a t ?I f so, o11c has light peculiar to itself, and yet in
t l ~ e ~;rll: I c l a i n ~ ,is nt1111ittcd; for n~llctlier harmony :vitli eac11 of t11eotl1cl.s. Still tile
tlle chiulge is reul, or o ~ i l yapparent, is of n ~ o s tot God's l)eol)loare u ~ n h l eto see this
little collscaI uellce. beautif111I I ~ I , I I I ~ I I and
~ , are tl~oreforeul1l)l.e-
If tl~eset l ~ i n gnre ]lot so, \cl~nttlo these l ) a r d to advnncc wit11 tile a d v a ~ ~ c *ligllt. i~~g
Scriptures Ine:rn ? " Ic~ionye not t,l~atthe T h c J e w i s l ~c l ~ u ~ l.qjrctc.tl
~ c l ~ Jesus, when
t s jutlge the worltl "Y 'I'l~isis not Ilc came to tI1enii a l t l i o u l ~t11cl.e were pro-
s n i ~ ~sllall
some f:ir fetci~editlea, slicl~as ~ ) r e n c l i i ~or ~ g , phetic: periotls (tile jevel~tvwi:eks of I ~ I I .
so~netiiirlgof t i n t kind ; ~ C I I .tile ~ ~ ~ o sar- t l e 9 :), a131.lo t l ~ e rciear sc~.ilrtur:~le v i ~ c ~ to i~e
gues tliat tlley s l ~ o l ~ ll,c t l able !o :~c!jujt dii- r l t i t t i c . i111tl t l ~ o ~ t1:ere ~ g l ~is sucli
ficulties in the cl~r~rclr, s i ~ ~ ctlley
a arc yet to a c o ~ ~ ~ l > ~l c~tee t w o rofk cvit1ellc.e ltcv.e, s l ~ o w -
descide s u c l ~~ n a t t c r sfur t l ~ e~l!ot.L?I. Ag:~in, ilig that anotlrer g~.cnr.stt':~)in t l ~ o qc:s is
'' fie t l ~ a toverco~nctl~, s!lnil sit wit11 [no i l l being titlien, vcrv f r v are to b(b i l l t!ie lizht,.
I t . ' " 1 I e t11:lt l i c ~ ~ c tIIIY l i works ' Y I I G is~ ~so IIIIICII r ? v i ~ l ~ ' it~l ~c en ttile Je\v-
t o the end, to him will I give power over is11 age is n l ) a t t w t ~ot' tile gc,sprl aze, a11[1
the natio~~s."Arid tho prolnise Jesus made that even the diiye'erznt stages of the first
34 HER-4LD O F TUX JXORXI1VG;

advent should have their ~ ~ : ~ r a lhere, l e l that 'I'H E BOOK O'P R E V E L A T I O N ,

one has only to investigate t l ~ e s etllings; to
seo it. T h e r e was n t a r r y i ~ ~of g ' J ~ S Iot.IS Contbued. . . .
thirty years, in liis c a r t l ~ l ytabernacle, then " I was envious a t the foolish, when I saw
a time of separation of' 2 1-2 ycara, followed 1 t l ~ eprosperity of the wicked.
by a timc ot'gatlrering, of 2 1-3 years. I t : eyes stand out wit11 fatness, they have more
. . Their

does not matter \ v l ~ a tfollowctl t l ~ a twork ; than hcart coultl wisl~. . . I3eholtl thcsc
o r holv obscure t l ~ ctermination of tile Inst are the ungotlly, tvl~oprosper in t l ~ eworld,
half of that '(week," we know L L seventj 1 they increase in-riclies." (Ps. 73.) Tllese
weeks" were detcrlninctl on them, and t11:it I a r e t l ~ eDives." . 4 L All the day loll;; I have
I
Christ nisde I L the sacrifice nnd oblatiol~to been ~ll:lgoed,an$ cl~astencd every nlorn-
cease," when 11e otYeretl hilnself "once for ing. W l ~ e rI ~thooght to kno\v tllis, it wns
all," " in t l ~ elllitlst of the wcek." Hence, too pairltul for me. Until I went into the
a half week (8 1-2 yenrs), was still d a e to sanctuary of God, then understood I their
them for sonze pu-pose, after thc denth of end. Snrely tlrou dicist set thcln in slip-
Christ, 311d nficr '( t h e rl~idtllewall of pnr- pery 1,laccs. . . TheS are utterly con-
tition wns broken tlown." S o to fi~lfil the some(1 ~ r ~ i terrors."
th (Verses 14-19.) %

pattern, t l ~ e r emust be the snrne mens?lrc- I 111the r ~ e s tlife, or wnrld to come," the
ments l ~ e r e arltl
, I
for a similar purpose. W e orrlcr is to bc reversed. T h e r e " Laz:~rus"
also hnve pro1)lretic uneasurelnents to support is on t l ~ e tllrone, nr~tlG L Divcs " is to b e
these parallels. rnled !vitll a rot1 of iron. " B u t ~ v h i l et l ~ e
NOWwe can see that as the angels (lo the l n ~ n pholtls out to burn," some of the breth-
gathering of the " ioheat," as well as of t l ~ c ren of Divcs may, if they '' will believe
. " tares," and w l ~ i c hcoultl not 1)ossibl-j 1)e Jloscs m ~ dthe pl.opl~ets," enter the ianlily
translntio~l,sillc:c Got1 is to " c?ra?rge our (bosom) of Abraham. . " F o r if y e be
vile bodies, 6y his Spirit," and ?lot by L 6 the Christ's, t l ~ e ra~r e ye Abraham's seed nnd
1
renl'ers," that the Scriptures ~voultlbe bro- heirs, .rending to the promise."
ken, ul~lesstllcre was a period ot' 3 1-2 the kingtloln antl tlominion, nnd the great-
"And

years, for the gathering, rlere. A I I ~ tl~ose ness of' the kil~gclom under t l ~ ew l ~ o l e .
~ v h ocan c.lenrly see this, n l t l ~ o u p lthey ~ have hcnven. sl~nllbe give^^ to the people of t h e
been tlisappoi~~tetl, will rejoice in the light saints of t l ~ eNost U i g l ~ ,wl~osekingdom is ',
,.
OF present t r th. ~ ~ an evcrlnsting ki~lgtlotn,nrld nll tlon~iniol~s
l h o s e not in the light may ask, rvhy all shall serve ant1 obey him." (Dan. 7 : 27.) .
this was not seen before? I ~ c c a u s et l ~ eBi- T h e seven seals (Rev. G: to first verse oF
ble beings I n ~ n pto our fcet, is only t l e ~ i ~ n e tthe

man's scrutiny ca11110tthrvart Gotl's ~llan. wl~ichcorlq~~est,

!
to give light step by step, ns it is d11e; a n d o l ~ ~ n cdnring

I n the spring of' 1875, whell '' the Ilarv- n i e ~ ~ twill

l St11 chapter) are, I untlc~.stnntl. to be
d the co.nqztest of' t l ~ cnations;
accortling to olll. rneasure-
s , I,cy$n ill A. 1).1881, ant1 con-
est," was first seen, as coveling a of tinue t l ~ ~ r t y - t l ~ r eant1
l : a-l~alf'ye;ll.s, o r t o
time, it was u~~rlcrstoad to be a time of sep- the closc ot' t l ~ ca times of t l l ~G(l~~tilcs,"
-
aration of ~vllcnta r ~ dtares ; and as tirne I~ns with t l ~ eyear 191.4-tl1us ~ n a l ~ the
advanced, we became perfectly sritisficrl t l ~ e q u w t of the nnt1o113 by Cl~rist,the? c s n c t
i ~ ~colli
g

work of t l ~ e"~enpers," 1111rirlg t l ~ a t3 1-2 p~l-iodof l ~ i s~ a r t l ~ pilgri~~iage. ly He~~ce,

years, \\.as to st!p:wate those two elcmcl~ts a11 the seals arc openet1 d u r i r ~ gthe s o l ~ r ~ d -
ill the cl~urches. I n taking a new step, t l ~ e1 in: of' tllc S C V E I I ~ ~ant1 I last t~.uml)et,fix it !.
conviction i~lcreasest l ~ n tthe speci;tl work is then he rc\r.nrds his servants tllc ~)rol~lrets,
of the )lest 3 1-2 years will I'e, gathering a ~ ~the t l saillts, nr~dtlestl+oys his el~emies." . i
t h e wheat, a ~ l t lI:jt~~-lling the tares. 1 (Rev. 1 1 : 1:; to 18.)
Sornc asli, if we hnve b b c~,ossrdt l ~ eJor- S i s of' t l ~ eseven trumpets, m ~ t la part o f
d:~n," I ~ o wdoes i t ncco~.tl with tlle Elij:i11 the scvclltl~,I)clorl;: to tlicgospei! a g e ; since C
type to have a,clefinite time Irere? T l ~ c r e the rnystery of' Got1 ( t l ~ cgospel of grace) f
is n o definite time t'or trnnslntion, but f o r is finisi~cd" i n the (laps of the voice of :Ire !
gntl~eringinto t l ~ e"barn," ol-" housc ;" n11t1 xevpitlh angel." (Rev. 1 0 : 7.) 111ld we f
our " g a t l ~ e r i r ~t go , ~ e t l ~nnto
c r ]lint, is quite u11tIcrstant1 the " AIystery of Gotl, as Ile 1.
another tllil~g. Tll(!.se are perilolls t i ~ u c s lrntll declared unto his servants the p~.oi)h-'
for the st~~)e~*fic.i:~l cl~~.isti:~n, but n g l o r i o ~ ~ cts,"
s is now finisl~rtl,and is s u m n ~ e du p i r ~ '
1:t,
timc tor tl~c~st: ill the light of' present trzrtl~. the " Song of lioscs, the s e r v a l ~ t of C;o(l,
L'
B. W. KEITH,Daosville, N. Y. , and the song of the Lamb," viz: T h a t all
P
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nations, tlie rvllole dead past, are, in " the change of tlisl~ensationrlow in process, aritl
restit~~tiorl of all things, which Got1 hat11 expects sliortlv to see Jesus, and Lc with
spoken by the rnoutli of all his lloly prop11- him, call not certainly I ~ a v e an interest in
ets since the world began, to come a ~ i d worltlly, social, 01. political tlisti~~ction.
worsl~il)before I~irn." I n other words, tlie Wo arc not in syrnl)atl~ywit11 tho ex-
great plnn of' the r e t l c n ~ ~ t i oof~ ithe whole trenie irldiffcre~~coto worltlly tllings t l ~ a t
human fi~rnily,in an,l t h ~ ' o u g l tlw ~ sPcorld rilake men sliiftless, ant1 neglectful of bri~s-
Ada111 and his L b wife," t l ~ cniystcry Ilitltlen ti ss, saying, & & I fonly 1 have c~louglibarely
from tlle foundation of tlie world, is now to live nntil the c l ~ a n ~comes, e t l ~ a tis all I
ulr(lorst0otl. care. Such indiff?rence In:ly have been
T h e s o ~ ~ ~ ~ t of l i n the
g seven trumpets ~ r ( ~ d u C cbv t l the idea entertained bv manv
shatlows tlie i11strnmf:ntalities I)y wl~iclithe tllat w l ~ e ~ tlic
i sdints were changetl, all else
fourth u~iiversale~llpire\rns to be subvert- both Illen a n d t11in.m >7
would I)e n~~niliil:ltcc!
ed, ant1 finally o v e r t l l r o w ~ ~ . by fire ;bnt it is nut a part of our II~itli;
U n d e r tlie first fcor trunit,ets the t\vo for wllen this ape ends, arid thc cl~urcliis
western tlivisions fell : and under 'tlie fi ftli translatetl, anotller age 1)egins and llieri w h o
an11 sixtl~,the caster11 ernpire was crusllc(l ; are left will need breatl to eat and clotlies t o
bllt ~in(Ierthe seventl~,ant1 I;ist, jiro:lt l',;\l>y- wcnr as much as at ally ti111e in the past.
lon entire will sink to rise n o Iiiorc, ailti tlie W e can even in this sce w l ~ yt l ~ ecomn1a11(2
ki~igdoms of this w ~ r l t lwill bcco~lie t l ~ e of J e s u s slioultl have beell given. "Occul?y
kincdo~ns
r-
of o u r Lo1 ,I and his annoi~ited till I conic." B u t we 31-e i l l sylnpatl~ywith
Son, and t l ~ ctimes o i tl~t:Gentiles e l ~ d . that tlegrec of intlifferencc to \v.orldly affairs
I11 tlie opening of this great suhjcct, I which is tlie ~iaturaloutgrowtll of wliat \re
do not purpose to e n t e r illto cletnils, but believe to I;e truth. T o believe tlie trutli
mcrclly lay out the plnn, s h o ~ v i ~w~l ~g a t~ ; l ~ c- ot ~ i c e r ~ ~ ithe n g tiole i l l wl~icliwe live, will
is ow t'llllilletl, aritl wliat is still futrbre, tell([ to protlucedesircs witl~inus i l l llnrnio~iy ,
'
ninintainin,g nniler all circumstances, t h a t zi*itl~tluzt truth. If' it is true t l ~ n the t world
unf'l~lfilled~)ropllecycanllot be explai~ted in is to I)c convcrtetl by t l ~ ejiratl~~nl sl~reatlof
detail. the gospel, ant1 \vitl~out arly disl)cnsntiorial
r
3
i l ~ etruml)ets, t h c ~ i ,csreptinq t l ~ cInst cllange, t l ~ c nindeetl we are in error, a!ltl
half of the seventll, I un(lcrsta~i(Ito be in o u r movenlenfs cl(:tri~~~cllt:~l to t i n t \vork.
the past. T l ~ u s e v e nch11rcl1c.s :IIT also now If christinl~ityin its 1)resclltst:rqe oftievelop-
fi~lfillctl. T l ~ ec~r;nnizi~~: of t l ~ elti~lgdorn, lncnt is designed inercly tu :uljiist the con-
(Rev. 4th ant1 6tl1), a'111l t l ~ eo l ~ e ~ l i nofp t h e ditions of snciety I)? m a k i ~ ~ing t l ~ oc r ( l i ~ ~ a r y
sc!:lls, arc., bcyo~ld all qtlcstiorl, yet future. sense, good rneli :~ntlwolnen, a ~ ~gootl t l citi-
. 'l'lii: 12t11, 13tli ant1 17th cl~aptc:s a r e zens, tllen i~idcetlwe are ~nistaken.
nearly :dl f~~lfilletl. T h e l4t11, 15th and W e H~lly1)c.lievc gootl I I ~ o Ia11(1 , : ~ ~spiri!zl-
16th cllnpters are mainly ill the t i ~ t u r c ; a1 results 1aroc:eetl f'ro~iitilit11 i l l Christ: brit
while t l ~ e18~11 an11 o ~ l ~ v a r tisl yet future; 11esitlc.sthat, b e l i c v c i ~ ~that g this tlis(~e~is:~tiol~
ant1 a part ot t l ~ c20th alltl 21s: are morc is atlnpted by infirlit? wistlorii, not to atljrlst .
. t11;ln a t11ous:lritl venrs in the f u t ~ ~ r e .T h e t h e contlitions of socictv. . . or c011ve1.t t l ~ e . . .
22nd cll;~pter is n rq)etitio~i of various u.orltl, but to g n t l ~ c rout a I ~ c o l ~ lacpec~~li:lr , - .-
pwts, but nlisecl in its c ~ l ~ r ~ o ~ l o l oorder, ~ i c a l people to be the bride of Cl~rist; i r ~. \ \ ~ l ~ i c l ~
a s ~ ~ ~ n ~ ul pl iot' ~ lt lg~ cwllole snlyect. case our posirion is in I ~ a r ~ n o ~wit11 l y t l ~ ecli-
---t_- vino plan. ' r l ~ a twe :Ire riglit in this, h a s
NOT O F 'l'Iil3 LVO11LD. l x c n a b u ~ l ( l ; ~ n tprovetl
ly by t.11~ UiOli:. L e t
, it be ren~eulhcrcilt l ~ a ttlie 111in1n11societ; is
"If all slio111Jbelieve what .yo11 (lo" say ternl)oral, :uitl that inste:~(lot' I~eingnntljr~st-
soille, ' L ~ ~ ~ofnthe ~ l grr!nt
y ;III(!i ~ n l ) o r ~ ain- ~ l t ctl i l l thc o r t l i ~ ~ : ~ r y it is t o 1):rss :~\v;iy,
sense,
terests of t l ~ eworltl wtiul~lc.o111c.t,c, a stal~lk- and tic. \vorltl to I)c ruled ljy t l ~ ol < i ~ ~ g I o r ~ l
still." 'l'11:rt 0111. fl~itlitencls to r u t I I I C I I I ~ I O S ~ot' C;cxl ; n ~ ~ then c l it will I)o u~~tlcl.stcruti wily .
fronl the trorld in 1n:inr rcsl~ccts.we ntl~nit, tlit? Lord calls o r ~ tn 1 ) t v 1 1 1 1I ~I ~O ~ot't.lic a.~)rI,l,
but stl.al~gc:LS it nay seelli to otl~ers, t l ~ a t to 1)e k i t ~ g sailti ~)l.icss~s to 1.ciq11( 1 1 1 tile e:11.t.l1.
to 11%becor~~es ;11i evitlrnce of its tl.utl1. T o st1l11)osc11o\\,it woultl ~ . r s u l ti f ' all Ilc-
T h e cllristinn new r was of t l ~ cwurl<l,:ir~(l licved ~licsctl~inq's,is r l c r icss : ~ l ) s rt11:ln ~ ~ ~to.
l
ccrtar~ly:IS ~ [ I L 'end npl)ronc:hc.s that sepn- s111)lx~s~~ Iio\v it \\.ot~l,llw sI1011i(lt l ~ cS I I I I rise
ratelless 1n11si beconle more lnarltetl. I I e i r i the west. I t w o ~ ~ lbe ( l revcrsir~gC+otl's
1 that hlieves in the presence of Cllrist, the order. H e chooses t h e tb~vfor tlle beliefit
/?
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.IZER;~LD I ~ I O R ~ T J N. B . '

of the n l a s y ; and no 1iiaI1 can come t o 11i111 bites 11;ssister, y o i c i ~ t c la~fly, stick''
unless drawn of the F a t l ~ r r . As ~iorlccnn its body atitl i1uI)a1t?i t +$ !.4e
become b:~bcsin Christ, witl16ut henring the t;)rgivc J:unes. - - ; . .
gospel in its first princil,les, so no eliristian Y1,4isi l l ~ ~ s t r ~ tthe e s cloctrille of suhstitu-,
call believe tlie atlv:u~cc(ltruths, before lie tion, wit11 tlte ln7nL. u ~ t says , one, if tlro
ticars ; ant1 God hns :lrrklScd these t i l i ~ l ~substitute s is z~illi~~g to take the p u n i s l i ~ l ~ n ~ ~ t ,
so t h : ~ ttllcy cir1111ot.bcu ~ ~ i \ - c r s : ~ l :ninny
-~ to t l ~ cfi11l c s t c l ~ t ,t l \ c ~ iit is right. V e r y ,
a r e callctl, but f i t 1 7 arc cl~oscn." C;otl is well, 11iy wili: is :L gtrocl I V ~ I I I ~ I~n!l I ~ , rntlicr"
taking o l ~ nt ~ ~ e o l ) ltoc t ~ o r l r tsitli Christ, s u r e r ;ir~ytime, tllarl Ilave Ircr boy surer,
.,,
. : . I. ,,
ant1 t l ~ ec1iscil)li~oof this :lie llas been atl:q)- 1'11 flog her w11e111i.e does w r o n ~ .
ted to the devclopnient of tlre ~rcetletiqulil- 1 (lo not \vorlder tliat men ' s l ~ r i ~tlleir g . ..

. itios. Because there arc some thi~igahartn- sliouldc~~s, when toltl that Cl~rist~licclto np- '

less i l l t11c11iscIvc.sin wI1ic11 tIrc: worltl rnny pc:>se t l ~ ew r a t \ ~ot' Got1 tow:~rtldotfc~~tIilifi
ellgage wit11 iml)u~lity,plcnsurcs p c r l ~ a l )si111lers. ~ - l3ut arc j+ou r ~ o tr u n ~ t i ~ ifoul g ; or

1.
-.
.
wiiliout which their lives would be intolcr- Scripture, in olq)osir~gtile cloctrir:~ of sab-
able, it is by IIO nlcalis necessary that christ- stitution ? No, I answer, a tliouancl times,
inns who llavc I ~ i g l ~ motives cr a11tl spirit~lal NO. L b T h e soul tltat sinnctl~, it :<hall tlie.", . .
. -
.'. pleasures, sl~oultlrut1 wit11 tl~etilto tlic s:llne L L And t1c:itli 1 1 : ~I ) : ~ s ~ & ul)o11
l all, i l l that a11
! excess of riot. Urethreu, let t l ~ etruth linve 11avcsir~nctl." A I I i ~ l l tlic juc[,gc.~ient,eve- '

' . ', its weight aritl 'it will keep you i l l tho prop- ry nl:111 is re~v:u'tlril fi,r every dcell, zul~ether , .
er frame ot'n~irid,and snlictify you. J. Ir. P. it be good, or wlietlier i t be evil. 'Tliis, 11011e. '
cart deny. T l ~ echurcli, w l ~ o 1i:lve tlicir
THE A T O N E M E N T . .' ji1tlgmer.t now, are cl~nstisctlfbr their evil
dcecls, :in11 rewarded L L a 11undl-ed fold " for
H o w does Christ m:tke a n a t o ~ i e m e ~ ~good t ? tlcetls ; and the tuorld will I)e rewnrd-
- . A n d why was it 7 t e c e . s ~for ~ ~Iti~n
~ ~ to die? etl accorrling to tl~eil.just tlescrts; b L he who
Many tl~eories11:rve bee11advancetl to an-" kllcw llis Lord's will, and (lit[ it not, sliall
swer tl~csequestio~is, not one OF which is be be:rte~lwit11 nln::y stripes ; but 11s who
, . : satisfactory. A r ~ t lt l ~ e~ n o s t o l ~ ~ l s i o u s o f a tlicl
l l , c o ~ l l ~ lt~l ilt i ~ ~ wortliy
~s of stripes, a n d
- is the theory of “substitution ;" b:~se(1on kllew not his Lortl's will, shall be beaten
. . s11cli texts as, " Christ sutferecl for sills, t l ~ e wit11feu," That is Bible tlleoloqy.
just, for the nrijust. that Ilt! nlight bring us But, are you not robbing C11r~sto f ' t h e . , 1
. to God " (1 P e t e r 3: 18). " H e was wourl- glory of our snlvatiorl, of bearing our sins in
. .
ded for our traasgressions. .. . And with ])is ow11 body? l3v no means; but it does
., . his stripes, we are healetl. T h e Lord 113th rob theology of t l ~ n tGod-clisllor~orillg doc-
laid on him the iniquity of us all" (Isa. 53: trine, of slcbstitl~ti~~y an i n ~ ~ o c e victim,
~lt to
' 5,s): receive the of n guilty criminal. .
Tlle doctrine of nibstitlrtio?~,that is, pun- ~ l did Cl~rist die ? why sufl'er
T l ~ e why
isliing the im~tocenti n p f ~ z c eofthe gvilty, is & L the j u s t for the unjust? '
unscriptural, n ~ obl~csiuus
~ d to all our ideas T l ~ eanswer to the above involvesagreat '

ofjustice, or o f r i g l ~2nd t wrong. I3u.t tlors deal ; 110 less than why Gqd clri~s;, in cleat-
riot t l ~ cBiblc te:\cl~tllnt if a nian offisntled, ing mall in his 0 2 ~ image, 7 ~ that before attain-
t h e 111.iest shoultl sacrifice n l a ~ n ballti , . t l ~ u s ing to ~ l ~iill.nge,
at Ile i11~1stattain to a aec-
nlnke an a t o ~ l e ~ ~ l c t l tIt? so rcntls, all(\ to OTLJ birth, by, a ~ l t ltl~rouglia second Adunr.
, one wlio o~iIysees the 'L letter," it does np- All c:rn u ~ \ t I e r s t n ~tliat ~ d ill order to II:IVC
pear as if God tler~~a~itletl t l ~ usacrifice of tlic a race ot' nlell, tliere lnust ~leeclsl~ave been a
lamb, to satisfy 311c~lI'~,n~lecl law. But there Jii.yt III:LII. A n d t l ~ a tf rst nlnrl must have
is a deel~crand 1,cttel- 111eiil1i11~ tllnr~this. i11 IlimseIf, all that lie c o ~ ~ lgive t l to his pas-
I,et 11s lool; :it t l ~ e~ t i u r ~ s t l ~ clttctri~~e
ou. of tcl.ity. ' ~ A r ~tile t l Lord Got1 s : d , ... lest
szihs&illition..in its ~i;\kccl tlel;)r~nity. I (lo 11c 1)ut h,rtll llis hn~iclar~clt:ikc also of tile
W ~ O I I a ~ dJutlge (,tall tlle "c:lrtl~Iiils tree of life, atit1 eat, a ~ i dlive fjrever, . h a
~ , ~ tlre .
made a law tlrat if salllcl other beill: SII./PL"~S placed a f l a ~ n i ~swortl ig (spiritual LnriSier),
for. it, I lnay go free, " For \vicl~outt l ~ shotl- e to Iit*el)t l ~ cw a y uf'tl~etree of lib."
ing of' l~lootl, is 110 rc~liissio~l." L e t n ~ e Tlicll the first 1r1a11,"could not impart
iflustl.atc ; hly soli is :r very \viclic,l bop, Ilc illllliortality. ilcnce we a r s " b y patiellt.
dcsel.ves sever; cllnjtisen~ent,but I shrewtl- co~ltir~tlance i l l \veil doing, to ~eelcfor iln-
l y hit upon a o1n11 c ~ f" substitutiot~; I say mortality , etet.r1:11 life," tllrough the second
I
o O I I C of t!ie servnrits, when Alan. I fully bclicve in the i~ll~rio~-ta[ity of
-rPF'F-.. w - .y ? -. ? m V ? ' . - -?.J:-;:- - - -
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I ;I t t o t I I is I . Ile' is:n I '(I,ut us III;L~<I:111:111 in our i ~ n n ~alltl c , af-
Ijnl)c, iuclcc~l, ill Uil~tc lo~:e, wl16 clc~csnot tcr ollr lil<r!~lcss,"' t h e J';~tl~cr,a11tl t l ~ cSon.
know t l ~ n tGod s1)calis of t l ~ i r ht!y~c)l, ~ ~ s :IS if AIIII t11c \)I:L~I.\V:IS L L first t l ~ i 11atnrii1
* (III:III);
couipletc., anil '' of rl~c~se t l r i ~ ~\ v~l ~s i c la~r c arlcl :ltiern.nrtls tllc. sl,il.itrr:~l;" two st:tgcs,
[lot, :w iI' they ~vcre." Or tliat ittlie glori- . tivo birtlis, al12, two l~e;\tls. And Clrriat, in
fietl'Snviou~.is the cs1)rcss image ot' liis tlic re-gct~cmtionot' ~n:lnkind, is c : ~ r u y i ~ ~ g
'b

Fat11e1"s l)erso11," \ve sl~nllnot ntt:~into tl13t , out t11c origiiinl \!'Ol'k proposctl, ~ \ ~ l ~(iod cii
image until \ve ;r\vnlic in hi$ lil<c~ncss." sxi(1, L & Let .us 111:~lccI ~ ; I I I i l l o?lr i111:1~c."
'l'lic ernl~ryo~u:t~: is ~ ~ o t i l n ~ i ~ o Ir ~ t nultlic
t; l l 1 1 t 1 if Cl~i'istl ~ a df:~ilc*tl, i l l his part of llle
canzplete nlnlt, i l l tlre i~nagc?of' Gotl, \vil 1 I)c ccnrk, man. llc\.cr \vouitl I~avcI~ccnj?~~ishcd :
in~luortal. I l e ~ ~ c t\vo c , stages, two h(.l:~ms,ant1 l ~ c r ~ c c~lel-cr , \voriltl Ir:[ve :itt:li~~c(I to
ant1 two birtl~s,Lor1.l of the tlesl~,anil born b L tilt: i ~ ~ ~ : of t g Go(1."
e TIIL'Sl)irit~lalis cter-
of tllc S l i r i t , :\re a ~rccc~ssitv. , ~lntrrt'cllpnsses a\vnp. ' . ~ I I c first 11~1-
i ~ n l tlic
l'llis e s p l a i ~ \vhy ~ s Christ took oil Ililn onr :Lnl ditl not 11:1rt:1keof t l ~ ctruc of' li&, 11c11ca
nature, ant1 \\,:IS b0.11 o t ' t l ~ e f l ~ s l ~Ut? . was lie coirld not i1111)artthat Iii;l~cr life, to l ~ i s
to cor~lliletet11c wo:dc ot'csc:~tio~l ; b L 1,et 21.9 1)osterity. ' ( Tile first Adam was niatle a
mnkc 111:In in our i t ~ ~ n gnntl c :~f't.c!roti.rliltc- l i v i ~ ~soul g ( o c n i i t r c ) ; tltc sccolid Afli~ln :&
~ l c s ;" s and W ~ I C I IC'111.istsll:ill I ~ n \ . e j i ~ ~ s i ~qui~k~'t~it1!1 ~ctl 2+iril. I I o \ ~ b ~ t11:~t i t \V:IS 110t
his part of'tl~eworl:, ant1 our vile I)odics a r e first, w l ~ i c l\\.:IS ~ spiritual, but ~11at\vllicIl
fasliionctl like n ~ ~ t lI )lis glorious hotly ;" \\.as ~ratural,ant1 nf'tcrwartls that \\,11icll was
made one rvit11 Ilinr, by 1ti.s ~S))irit that spi~~itunl ,, (1 Cor. 15 : 45,46).
dzuelleth i t i us; t l ~ e tile t ~ \vorlc of r n a l i i ~ ~I gI I ~ I I , Cl~ristt001i 011 I I ~ I I I t l ~ ef;)1.n1 of a servant
will be finislied. 1311tChl-ist coultl ~ i o tbe ant1 I)ec:ln~eliesl~,t l ~ n he t lnigl~tbe tlic I I C : I ~ ,
the b e d , o r b c g i ~ ~ n i l of ~ g ;1 1.' -,yncrated the firstborn nlnollg ll1:iny brctl~ren. 1-Ic
race, atid ;rlll)art to ~ I I C ' I I I his own Ilatttre, tlictl, arid rosc, : I I I ~revived, tlrut he n+ht
\\~itlloutI ~ i i ~ ~ s eLl fc, i ~ lone ~ of tl1e111. God be the hcad of the drrrd, as well as of the liv-
may be tile God u t ' ~ ~ i c but n , 11ccuuld 11ot be i ~ ~ g ; . : tby ~ ~t ld~ u sbuco~ning.tl~e seco1111Ad-
the l~end,01. first of a race ot'lncn, u ~ ~ l e Ilc s s all), Inlpnrt to us Iiis oiufi ,tintrire, n11i1com-
himself wore a nrall. S o C l ~ r i s tJ)ccol~~e a plete the o r i g i ~ ~ adlc s i g ~ ~of, b l . i l ~ g i ~Illall ~g
man ; " made a litt.le lower t l ~ n nthe angels, to the inluge of God. l l r i t l 1113 does nll'tl~is,
for the suitbring of death." l311t\\rl~y?be- " 1;)r the jov set bcfol-c I~im," in bringing
cause to be file head, or first, ot8arc:gcner- " I I I : I J I ~ sons to ~otl.'b'~e.. jz :,3 '
atcd race, 11e must l ~ i i ~ ~ sbe c l freger~el.nted; It was r i g l ~ tto sl~etltile bloo~l 01' " bulls
tliat is bur11 .twice. AII~I SO he, '' tbr tire a~iclgoats," rlot to sntislj :i 1)rokl.11 law, not
joy that was set before 11in1, cntlured t l ~ e to 111akcan :ltullcrl~eiit,or a o ~ i c ~ ~I)et\veen css
cross, dcsl)isir~gtlre S I I ~ I I I"C ( U e l ~ . 1 2 : 2). God ant1 tile si1111er(only i l l tyi~c); I)ut to
But why must he d i e ? 1v11ynot 11at.cp:lr- teach a great lessor^. 1-lcr~ct.,t l ~ esacrifices
taken of oilr uature, sutl'cred tllc ills tlesl~is trcre not to ;~lqle;tscGotl's \vr;ttI~; rlor wns
11eir to, a11tl tl1e11like IC~locl~, [)cell t r n ~ ~ s l n -t l ~ cgrcnt sncl.itice; but to co~al)lctct l ~ e1)[;111
ted, witl~rnittasting de;ltIr Y How coultl Ilc ot' re-gc~tc!rtr~io~r.
be the head, b L tile firstborn froin t l ~ edead, Does this r o l ~Cltrist of l ~ i sglory? I t tloes'
that ill ull tki)~gs,IIC 111ig11t11:tve the Ire- 1.01) tlleology of'1nuc11of its s c ~ ~ t i ~ ~ ~ e n t n l i s ~ l l
eminence" (Col. .l: 'IS) ui~lcss Ile ilictl? n ~ l dits gross miarel~rc.sui~tario~~ of Gotl.
a n d ]low could 11ebe burn H.oni the t~e:lrl," Cllrist, f1.0111the foui~tl:itic~~~ ot' t l ~ cquorlr.l,
ulliess 11c l ~ a da resu~-rectio~l ? x o w w c l~allc took upon Ili~nnelf. , \vo~.k,'tfor thejoqY tlurt
it, " F o r to this entl (or For this reaso11) I~!CS set blforc him," \ v l ~ i c li~lvolvetl
C l ~ r i s Ijotl~
t tlietl, a i ~ t lrose,
11e 111igl1tI)e 1,ord b o t l ~ot' t l ~ e(lend, u n J liv- (by a seculltl birth), i ~ o :11'tc?r
.
r e ~ i v e ~t l l, ~ t rifice of his fiesllly lifb. Antl, '& was ~liarle,
t
~ t l ~ csac-

tile law of n
I 1 4 : 9). , I I t or C ~ I I I :~ ~O ~I I ~ I ~ I : I I ~ ~ ~ (like
I I I U I Itl~;it
~ to tile lirsr

I
1 1 I
fhtlrcr, LVl~atti1i11kye of' CIlr.int ? \Vllosc I I I : ~ Ixtt. ~ ) ,:iltor tllc j)o\\.cr of :in clittlcss lili:"
So11is I r e l Tlrey ~ i ~111to y I , So11 ( I . 7 : I : :\JIII t11i.y is t l ~ eIrctI)eot' tlic
I I ~ I ITIIc?
of Davicl. 11e s a i ( l L I I I ~ O~ I I ( S I I I , 1 1 0 ~tIre11 ~ 11 \YOI.III, :i r ~ s s \ ~ i . ~ ~ t;1!111 ~ r : i~~.>~ ~ : gt c r ~ c ~ . : ~I),:- t i t > , ~ ,
dot11 n i ~ v i ( li t 1 sl)irit, c:lll I I ~ I I I IAuixl'' A1;ttt. 1 , g u t t c ~a1111 ~ , 1>or11,01' 111c ' 6 x d o , ) , t c i ~11~4.:~:"
23: 43. 1r1o~,tItrl.to be L):~vi~l'sI,i)r.tl, Ile / So\\.,Iluw 1 1 t , ( > i ; lit: " IIV;LL, o ~ l rsills, nnJ.
111t1stbc Ilis filthcr, 11ot 11;s S o ~ iis, tile i(lc:~.i 11ot ol~lj'o u ~ s ,but tltc sills oi' tllc J~itOle
'l'11e11 if C111,ist\vouId IN 1,ord of t11e tic:i~l,1 \ v I ) I ?~ ~: L I I , ~IVIIJ tIi11 IIC: div ? It is all c i w r ;
that is, tile lirsr, or .Lfq,t,.ii~~, 1
Ite ~ ~ ~ I I I S C ~ S JIl .~Cl~risb I U S ~ ,11:1cl 110t givcrl 11i111st:lfa K L I I S O I ~
I I ~ I I I I I ) ~ : I wit11
~ -~ Y. I . ~ I I ~ I I I , ( tbr all, L ~ I ~ Ithc I ~.nce111u~t h a w perisl~ctl;
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.: for they have n o spiritu:iI Iifv, until begot-' uplifting, until God shall be all and in all.
ten by the Spirit ; and 110 life thvmselves, I-Ic,re, ant1 now? we s l ~ a r ctlre work and
:' tlrat is, i7zdependr?lt life, llntil borll .of'the joy, \ ~ h i c h ,always rclntctl, l~erenfterwill be
: Spirit; " Tllnt wl~iclris born of tile flesh, is perlkctcd. 'l'hcn shall tlre rigl~teousshine
; peslt, (all of i t ; t!~:lt is, )6 of tlre earth, fort11 as the sun, i r ~ the kiilgtlorn of their
; earthy); a ~ r dtlrnt wl~icll is born of tlre Fatlrer. T l ~ creati1.e e itsclt lzlvo slrall be
i Spirit, is spirit:" that is, the whole man clrlivered fi.,orn tl,e bontlage of corruption,
when born of tlre Spirit, \\,ill be a spiritual into the glorious liberty of t h e cl~ilciren of'
beitig. Ancl not until tl~elr,is mnn'a crea- I God.
tiorl, in its two stages, of' L b first, tlre nntu- No. 2. T l ~ i snatural life is but the Ijasis,
, ; ral, and n f t o r w ~ r d s the spiritual," complete. tile stepping-stone ; the spiritna: is c o r r ~ i ~ ~ g .
'
T h e only way to p r o t l ~ ~ cyour e own Iilie- W e taste bcforel~antltlrr " e a r ~ r e s t" of t l ~ a t
ncss, lbart:lking of your own ~cnture,is to be- I ~ i c l ~ :el ri d better life,-Tl~nnk God fi)r it.
,
: g e t offspring. T o paltake of' y o u r aature, Tlre 1,ortl is reiicl~ing( l o w tl~ro~rglr Jesus,
i , they rnl~stbe a part of yoursclt: Ant1 t l ~ i s tlre Anointctl, to retleern the race. Tlrat
::.:obtains both on the 11:rtr1l.al, alrd on the grac.e reaching otirersl before us, tlrrong!~
I-' 7
I: bpil-itual plane. Tlre first Atlam was the sort t l ~ c mreached us, so now is reacllingus, tliat ,
I 01'Gotl by ~ ~ e a l i o nwlriletlre ; secoirtl Atlarrl otllc!rs may be blessetl.
'.
i is tllc " only be'qotte?~ Son." 'rlle son by Wlrat is tlrus true indivi(lually, is also
i'. creation, (lit1 not possess t l ~ e?znture of' Gotl ; true on n g~.ander scale tlispensatiorrly :
::, wlrilc the only begotten Solr, trot o~rly pos- Ttrc britlc is clrosen as a motl~cr,to save n
; sesses the n a t l ~ r e ,but is " tlrc e.cyreas imt.nye worltl lost. Is not our calling " l l i g l r " in-
1.'' of his Fntl~er'sp c r s o ~"~(Tlel). 1 : 3): )'Tile tlectl ? I-low ~ o m ~ r e l r c ~ r s i how
" image of the invisil~leGotl " (Col. 1 : 15). \\'lrnt a beantif111 and harnronious theory,
\,: God's Inrv, is " 8rrt t l ~ c~i;rtoral,and ahcr- nnd yet lro\v p~.aetical. Sonle n ~ e n ' r idcas
v e , glorious.
.
1. ,: wards that wlriclr is spiritual," (1 Cor. 15 : of I,r:~cticalreligion makc one tl~ink of a
1 46). Hcnce, if man was ever to :1tt:li11 to 1111gen~onster,c~l~ailretl :11111 str~rggling,froth-
\ 'the image, na:ure of' God, lle nlust be born ing a ~ r dfoamii~g,w11il)l)ingaboutto bcat the
I
of God. T l ~ e r e f o r eGotl was nranifrstetl in grou~rtlbeyol~dits limit.
I . the flesh. Tlris was t l ~ eoriginirl pr~rpose: I t is not l,oss~!)lc to save the ~vorltl,in tlre
1'i ' i, Christ Ira(! u ~ ~ t l e r t a k e nit : :rrrtl r:letlgerl p s l ) c l ngc, Got1 I~avingortlninetl t l ~ a t.vorli
' himself to it, to c o n s t r r n ~ ~ ~Iris n t cown glory i l l for t l ~ cn e s t ngc. T'/~isis set apart ti)r. c:llI-
1 :
, .- t l ~ ecreatior~: ant1 for this, 11e e~rduretl the ilrg at111~iorvcctingthe britlc : arrtl tl~is,rlirt
/ 'cross, despising tirc slra~nc:. nniI tIrcse arc I J ~~ ) r e n c I ~~nornlity, ir~~ or nrgir~gtlru 81,l~ttltrrtl
hL own words : - b b O Yools, rnil slow ot' rn;rn to bt: not by 1.et4r1rrilrg tlrc SO-
; heart to believe all tli:\t tile p~.ol)l~ets have cinl co~~tlititrns'of society, Lut by prcaclrir~g
i ..written. Olcght not Christ to I~nvesntti.rcd tlre gosj)t:l of t l ~ cItingtlorn. 'l'l~is is prncti-
\ these t l ~ i ~ ~nrrd
'
g s , to enter into l ~ i sglory." c ~ i in l tlre ~ : ~ , ~ I I C S ~ ~ S C I I S ~U I I ~ c I III I O V ~ S Inell
. .,
) . i Aild it was only in this way Ire co~iltl be- in h y Gotl's ~.cvcaletlplan.
a r ~ n o ~ rwit11
i i come the Ilentl, nntl i~rrp;lrtto the creqture, Tlrcse glorious trlitl~sh:\vc I)ower to sarlc-
:

, t h e cli,vine inlaye and ~ r a t ~ ~ r e . '

tify wlrcrt!ver l)clieved. - I n t11e gosl)t:l of
tlre k i ~ ~ ~ t l oliesr n ,concenletl t l ~ cgerm of the
1''
i'
E X T R A C T S l ~ l l i ) LET'IXBS.
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~l . ~vorld'sli!e ; h r r a l ~ s c allen tlrc chul.clr is
coin~)letc,nlld glorificcl, tlrc kir~gtlorr~ shall
'
I t nrny be i~nngiaedtlrat i l ~ e dl.cnnrs-of I bc tlrc Lclnl's, a n d tlirrr, b b all the e l ~ d sof
i I
comfort, by babes i l l C I I I ~ Sarc ~ , e a r t l ~ l i~i,l ~ eworld silall rcnrc~nberand tety to die
7 t l ~ o u g lI~nving
~ seen, ,ant1 ill sowe nre:isurc I 1,orcT." 'l'lle ~rol.ltl'sco~rversiorri l l tl~isage,
i
! a~)l)rwian,tltlrc l~envcnly prize. W c too ; would be I)i.cnrature, and overtlrrow tlld
i.! n11rc11;)cl.llnl)s, irr~:~girre 11e:tvc:n to bc n !,I:~cc1 1,1:1n ol' Got{, \vl~ic:I~,while Uu cor~trc,ls, is

;
;, .

I *
wherc E;ISC, rest, :IIICI
be the grcnt errjoynent; I I O ~ ~c::tlizi~rgt l ~ a t
. to be savecl, is to lie x:lvcd ti.om t l ~ enulici~ill
: tlcsires into syirituul colltlitions; n u ~ ~ i o n
i
311clllilic ~ l r i ~\ rV U~I sI I ~ ~ a ~ n u ~ . iml)ussibiiity.

Dear
wit11 Clirirt olrr living 1:e:rd ; I l e in irs, and to trc.ql):lss ~ I ~ ) O your
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w e in I~illr-n~n~,riccZ;truo, in u ~ r ccortili~~ctl.be occ11~)icdto so nruclr better advant:qe,

' T h e re:rl hnl)l,i~rcssrising not fi'orn itlle- , yct I feel constrninctl to say a few wortls t'ur
1 neas, but f i u n r l t r i l ;~ r~ . ~ ~ ~ c l lt il ~wlng to liclp 1 your e~rcourapen~cnt,
I
I so eclging m y ~ b l i ~ i ~ t i tu
by y a y of acli~ro\vl-
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c i a t e ~ ( l i t o r s ,for t h e ~ i c wl i g l ~ twl1ic11 11ns 11(11. a s silver, a n d scnrclic(1 for I ~ c as r tor l ~ i d
recently corne to I I I C tl~rorrghy o r ~ rt r n c l ~ i r ~ ~~sI.. V : L S I I;"~ CtaS \\'lio111 God s:iys, w l ~ e n t h e y
I am olle of t l ~ c~ ~ u t ~ l l tvlro ) c r c~l~br:tcatltlo tlli. '' TIICIIII s11:llt tliou u ~ l d e r s t a r ~thc d
w i ~ a It t l ~ u u g l l tto be t h e t r n t l ~co11ccr11i115I ( * : I ~OF t l ~ eLor.tl, : l r ~ t l fintl tllc l i ~ l o w l c t l ~ofe
t h e s e c o ~ ~:t~l d v c ~i~n t 1343 . : a1111tl1c11. : I I I ( ~ I I . I l v 1111 I ~ I ~ : I isI I tSl ~ i s: ~ ~ ) r ) I i c : ~OF
0 ,
tio~~
a t o t h e r 1)eriotls since, tniltctl ant1 \vl.otc otl Srl.il)tri~'e111:ttlc in :HI? s1)irit ot' bo:tstil~g;
t l ~ cs u l ~ j e c tas I felt 1novct1,to (lo ; ~ ) r ~ l ) l i s hI- ~ u tit ~ o ~ r Le l d cr~~r_r~.ntcI'r~l rrot I ~ u n ~ l ~tol v
i ~ a~11utnLerg oftliffcfcrc:nt ~)a~nl'lrlets fbr gva-
t u i t o ~ l sc l i s t r i h ~ t i o r ~not
, cloul)t,i~~g t l ~ n tt l ~ e
persolla1 sccor~tlc o ~ ~ ~ iofn gC l ~ r i s t was all
e v e n t \ v l ~ i c lrnigllt
~ occur a t a n y ti111c. 111111
y e t , r ~ u t \ r i t l ~ s t a n d :tII ~ light I \vns i\l)le
i r ~tllc
t o tlcrivc f r u ~ i it h c Uil)lc, n ~ o~t l ~d e sources, r
it urns left for you, 1111t1erGorl, to l ) l . i l l < llie
t o s u c h 3 1 ~ 1 1 o \ v I ~ c01'I ~the e ~ ) r o l ~ l ~ oScrip- tie
t u r e s as 1 11atl not I)cE)rc ntt:tilicd. sto\vcrl, 11;ivcl r c e ~l )~l e ; ~ s ito ~ ~(.;IIJ,
g i l l view
Y o u c a n well irnniirle I ~ o wgr:~tc!fi11 I nllr of' so IIIIICII ill t Ire l{il)le l ~ c t i ~ r i ru11a11
~ g this
tu l ~ a v ebee11 led to clisco;er. s u c l ~new beau- 1)oi11t:" 2 7 ~ eluise shrrll i~,idct.atnt~tl." " Y e ,
t y a n d 11:trrnony ill t l ~ o s c~ > r o ~ ~ l l c crcl:rtil~g ics Orc,tl~rc~tz, a r e tlot i,i dtrvlctcess thtrt. that dtry
t o God'sgre:it 1)1:t1101' s n l v n t i c ~ ~so~ ,glorious sl~o1~11.I ~l~c!t.tr~j;tll/~ll ( I S u thitf." " l~lrsserdi n
n feature of \\.l~icliis tlre scco115l corning of he that rt.od(!th, ( i t i ~ ti l ~ r ytIi111herir the words
Clrrist to c l a i n ~Iris I)ridc. in \vl~om-in co11- o~'tlrix/)rol)lreg, nuil k e y thost: t l ~ i t ~ which gs
j u ~ r c t i ow~ i~t l ~ hcr glorious IIe:~(l-alI t l ~ c ctrz 7uriIti:t~tlicreit~;f o r the titile is a t ha,rd."
r ~ a t i o n sot'tlic e a r t l ~ a, c c o r ~ l i ~to~ tgl ~ eALra- i l l t l ~ o ~ ~weg l I~I I ; I ~not 1<11owI ~ I Hclay : ~ r l d
ho111icc o v e ~ ~ aa~r e~ to t . be Llcssccl. IIOUI. of' C l ~ r i s t ' s n l a i ~ i f c s t ~ t i o iy~c, t to lne
E v e r since 1843 r~lycor~victioll a s t o tllc t l ~ ccvidcnccs iL1.e ovcrn.11cl111ingt l i : ~ t we
~ i a l 11as a r e I I O ~):tssir~<
t r u t h of C l ~ ~ . i s t 'us r t : - ~ ~ ~ i l l c ~n(l\.et~t. ~ c ~ ~ t d the
t l ~ ?i ~ ~ c i l ) i stitges
Lccn ullwaverinzi alld I :lln R I I I X Z C ~t11:~t ~ tl~t: g r c : ~ tclisl)c~~sntivi~al c11a11gec01111ectedwit11
c l ~ u r c las~ a hotly, a r c still Ilolrlin= to t h e old t1i:lt nrlgtist c v c t ~ t .
\Vl~itbj:ln theory of t l ~ eworld's c o ~ ~ v c r s i o ~T~l l e c i ~ r o ~ ~ o l oofg yt l ~ cworld, t h e fulfil-
i l l tile ~ ) r c s c r ~( tl i s ~ ) e r ~ - ~ a t i l-lo\v
L 1
o ~ ~ . 1 \visl~ I ~ I C of' I ~t h
~ e snc*r.c~cl1111111bcrs of 11.111iel arrd
t11cy colrl(1 S ~ Un ~ c~n ~d b m c et l ~ e'' ~1.1~11~ as it S t . , l o l ~ n t, l ~ oJul)iloe : i r g ( ~ ~ l l ( ! rt~l t~, ep;ir;tl-
is in J e s u s I" D o they fe:u. tlie s t i y n a nt- leis bctwcctn tlic J c w i s l ~:tr~dqos~>el ngrs, the
t a c l ~ e dto s l l c l ~a c l ~ n n g cof' t,l~eology? O r ~ ~ ~ a ~ i. ~k~eddi c n t i o iof ~ s (2011's r o ~ ~ e \ v t : fa-
d
d u thcy & i l l g to t h e oltl, nltl system of t11e vor to t l ~ cJ e w s . tile s i r ~ ~01' s tlie t i ~ ~ ~ :IS cs.
llitliers, Irecuuse it \+,;IS t l ~ ccrcctl oftllc fath-
e r s ? 'l'tris is n o 11~1ki11d ~ I ~ < ~ I I I ~ : ;I ~fijr
~ , I111y
I I
u w n s I~ ~ i r i t u atlC : ~ s I ~ e r - - a ~ e xl c c l l ~ ! ~ cloc'tor
it i o o k i ~ ~itftur
g tliow t l ~ i ~ ~t lq~sn t:IIY ( w l i r i ~ ~ q
o f divi~ritv-s:titI to llle in :I cove~.aittion (111 (111 tire c1rt11,' I c to I Ic1)on
this su0ject sollle yt2:lrs since, tll:~t Ilc 11;rd u s :11e c o ~ ~ v i c . t it11:tt o ~ ~t l ~ e(lay I I ~ ' tl~c: 1,ol.d
accepted t l ~ c~ , o ~ ) r ~ vie\\ l a ~ ' reg:rr(liriK tile -as :t d:ty c~i't~.~)ul~lc-is :tlrr:~(ly11v1.c;;tnJ
W O I . ~ \ ' SC O I ~ V C ~ S ~ Uas I I , n rnntter of course- t l ~ tile t i ~ ~ v i s i l ) work
lc Irt:rtni~~ing tu t l ~ e p u -
without qucstio~i-not I ~ n v i l ~ g g i \ , et hne mat- rozcsia of Cl~r.ist-i~l t . 1 1 ~" II:\I.V(!SL "--is I I U W
t e r a pcr~sol~;tl il~vcnsiip;ttiu~~. A I I 1~ (lo 11ot i i ~I I I ~ ~ I ( : ~:> iSr 1 1 ~ 1t11:rt \vl~ilct l ~ e h r e s " : ~ r a
t h i n k it t ~ ~ ~ c l ~ a r i t to a LCI Ie I I I ~ : ~ tL lI~~ u~ t~l ~ i sis g : ~ ~ l ~ c r c t l ~ ) O I I I I I I i l l l ) t ~ ~ ~ d l to
6 b c ~ sI)OI.II,
,
t r u e of t h e g r e a t 111ajority of o u r pulpit the \ v l ~ c n " t will S O O I I I)? ~ : i t l ~ tillto ~ r ~tho ~~l
tenche~*s. N o w , it1 111.v I I I I I I ~ L I Cju~lg-~ricr~t. s t u r e l ~ o u s cof Geld. 'rile Lord Lc praised
t l ~ esmall cl:~ssof c l ~ r i s t i a ~who ~ s a r e to-day f b r t l ~ el ) r o ~ ~ ~ofi s c
w a i t i ~ i ga n d \vatcl~ing,wit11 e:ri,rle eye, f i r T l i e C o m i ~ i gG l o r y ;
t h e C O I I I ~ I ofI ~ t h e l,ord, or \YIIO believe t l ~ a t
he is czlreutly i~zvisi!,!~ p r s s r ~ ~ o\.erseeilig t, I l ~ a v e11e:irtl a \ v o ~ ~ d r o ustory s su11g liy
t h e I~arvest,irnrl~ccliatt~ly prior to t l ~ ctrnns- I1o1.v secrs ot' old,
latiorl, a r e t h e cl;t>s I~ro(t;<lltto vie\\. in t l ~ c Of tt city fill1 o f g l u r y i\.itli its s t r c ~ , t sof
s e c o ~ ~c dl l a p t e ~of' I'rovcrbs, IYIIO I I ; L \ ~ C c111- s11ir1i11~ x ~ ~ ;~ l d
l)llatically a i ~ ~ c l i ~ t~l ~e c ilreat' unto wisdo~ll, \Vlierc is Iienrcl no voicc of sigl~i~:.r'111o:lg
nrld nIll,licd their 11cnl.t to u~~cIerst;rrii!i~~g ;" L I I C 111yri;1cl5L!F t l ~ cljie$tl
w l ~ ollave, crictl aL't~rli~lo\~lt'tl,st',a n d lil teii \Vllcre tile wicliecl ccn.;,: Iro111tro11Llin:
up t l ~ e i voice
r for u n d e r s t a n d i ~ i a~n, d sougilt :inti the \Yeilrj a r e a t rcsc.
 There have sometimes swcetest visio~ls wl~e~~eabouts. I (lo belicve we have e~ltercd
t~urston my enr:lpturecl eyes the time of tro~tble,t l ~ a tthis trutll will soon
Of tllat holy Nelv Jerusalem ctesccnding be ltnowlr by tlle sqorld: A rnor~tliseems a
lrom the skies, long time to wait for the nz:nntn, but it will
W i t h its tl~ronc~s,luntl crowns, ant1 scepters, br! glndly received wl~cliit clocs comc.
and its fv~-msof 11unvcnly mould, Yonr si.;tur, Mrs. L. 31. Hnlrnrs.
Wliile there fell divinust music tYom Onlc GROVEparsonage, Wis, Jtulc 31th-
u l l n ~ ~ ~ b e 11arps
r e d of gold. Dear brotller in Christ :-I must write to
tell you tl~nt- I I ~ s v eexpcriencerl
' a perfect
N o burning sun is needed tilere, nor star,. cstnry of deligl~tiil the rcirding of s o ~ l ~ofe
not silver [noon ; !l~eBible espositions contai~letli l l your pa-
One face alone cloth lighten it nlol-e radi- tile H s n h L D of tile MOUxlh'G: TIle
ent than -tile noon, .lore I read, the more I an, convi?~cedyou
'Never f6~lletlitllere. n sl~atlorv,tl~irstnnd llave tile IlliI.l(lo f ~ o t lnll(j , a1.c t:,ugllt ofh , tile ,

linngcrare'urlkno~n. Spirit. I thank Got1 tllnt your pilpcr came

~ 1 sin 1 and sorrow fly !ro~h him \VIIO sit- LO 1ny hanl,, ar tile worlcl would cxppss it,
teth on tile tllrone-' acdtlentallg. Yet not accide~ltaily, but in
His good provitlence.
Fain would I tread thy dazzling courts, For years tllo 1,ord's corning has been to
tllou city of the Lord 1 , m e n sulljcct of dccp interest ; e a r ~ l ~ s t lIy
And sliare tllc glory pr0111isetlin tile sorc exnInillc(ltile siglls Oft]lOtillles, rind 10116-
prophetic \ v ~ r d ; illsly sciunnccI tile I ~ o r i z otor ~ ~ t l ~ eclnnrrl ot
I W h e r e t l ~ e , e v ewith scenes of ilcauty ~ l ~ n lllle
be ravisl~e(lo'er
l rnornin3 your p p e r 311d p r m l ) ~ ~ l e t
o'er, ]lave been a ~ ~are t l indeccl to rno its Nernltl.
i And the soul shall drink the fullness of tliy TIle mists zl1.e clearillg%way,the grelltledew
4 plefisures evern1oI.e. is thlling, and to my e ~ ~ r n l ~ t ~ soul r r e d t.l~e
! S. W H I TYAINE. E Rocllester, N. Y. So11 of~igIlteo~l,sness is risillg with I l e a l i n g
N ~ nlASS. ~J ~'1878,~ ~ ~~ill Itis : wirlgs.
~ I, Ilavc f'l-olrl time to time
,

Dearl3rotl1er:-Do not stop 1 1 1 ~pnper ~

prenchetl n l ~ o i ~tth y lortl's rctu1.11, often
on ally accollnt, for \vit]loot itallll ~ ~ ~ b l ~ ,r n e ~ ~ t i a i ctr~ltlls
d cunnectecl \\.it11 tlivt event

'
I I sllull]d be liken ship 011 a baullc]]ersOccsnn
without c l ~ a r t ,or cotnpass, or any liglrt to l ~ e l p
of
tibe plll])it,
Gotl, it
bllt pray t t l n t 'lo'".
I I I : L ~be nry princil)nl tl~clue;
t'he

lnill(l is l,crfeer- find t l ~ Ht e 111a.yuse me, for tile givillg of

.
i Ly
lrll
we
sit.iun in ,f.~tl/il~llent
T~
l,ol Occlllliilla
of. tile ty1.e of' Elijall
jlo- 1
this nmr;lt to tile I~ousclluId.-Er~clused F I I I ~
1 collld (Iu laore'
' after 11o .had crossutl the Jortl;rr~. I am, dear brotller, Yutlrs i l l 1iol)e of the
we ,,.ill stan,{ ,li,oll wa,cll alltl kil1g(I0111 of Gorl- J. C. tlcl~l*uylll;ops:
see wliat t l ~ cLortl will say 11rrto 11s. I'astor o
f the Oak Grove lJresLjt',~t6lj~ti.rclt.
I ~villel~closeolic tlollar; sl~o~rltl be gla(1 No1.t11 E;~ston, AInss. J n l y 2nd-
to scnd more: but wit11 nlnny others find it Dcnr l:l'OtllPl.: Your last p;lper cnnle to
hard to gct alo~lgthese times. l~nntl l ) r i n p i ~ ~ nlnny q co~l~l'ortirlgwol-tls.
Yollrs in Ilol~e: A . k a o ~ ~ A S T I X C ; ~Sollie . of the t i ~ o u g l ~presented, ts were con-
~ v R I ~ ~J~, ~~ ,I'78~ ~, sidere(1 ~11ere 1)ct'ore ~ tlle j1al)cr
tll:~illis be to Gotl for the coot1 n e w s the
~ c:tlnc; I b11t ~
Dear ~ r , , ~ ] ~ I ~ , . : gin({
last p;,l,cl., it ,,rougi,t uj,ol,c nnil !
LIEI<.\LD iilu'nvs b l . i ~ ~ ~ IF s . \i.e lintre to lrriss
, :I s11"l.t n-:ly illto tile tilllt. of' trollljie, tile
tri,tll rvitil i t ; nltllo,lg]l 1lInri1 1,11 t o tl,illk
al~or~ tile
t s e n ~ : ~ i ~ ~ottl ctllc 1
r " cveck " a11t1 :I!!lligI~t~lcstl~rris able to keep 11s. N a y
1 ,f10 I11e.s ~ 1 1 cr)111li)rt : ~ l l 1~110a ~ - e ~ p ~ . o c I n i ~ n - .
of. Clll.ist tl.t.n,lillt' w i , l c 1 . . ,L :i,011e,~7 ~ 1

( , t o , , . , ) l ( sl,,,l,, ) 1 1 1 . 1 \ ~ ( ) ~ 1 [ 1 'riltllel-
*Illy be srcn ,,.itll (,llr rrcs. \ ~ , , , l K c low In? lilc. tllnn tile I I ~ I O1 11utv i1iii.e in
i Christ. Yours, in the 11ol)r 01' t l l c ~ soon
can \v;iit, if God still kc!cl~st l ~ clig11t I , ~ ~ I . I I -
ing ,just briSlt e ~ ~ ~ ) t itLr g l i11s to rce gi-i~.s,!,it C O " ' ~ " ~ hill$iool, ~ I X S J L\ VYo o ~ .
tn~tI8. I ;un n101.c ~011vir1ccC1 of' tile tl.11t11 La C~.oss,W i s . Ju11e 1'3th.
of tl~esetilings tl1:u1 cvc:r. 1 C;UI see 1 1 0 , ~ 131.0. 1J;inuoun : 1wrote t o you pcstchrtl:~y
plair~lyGorl is 1c;itlilig IIS,stcl) 1)y stop. 0 1 1 nncl to rlny I scncl you 50cts. as my s ~ ~ b s e r i ~ ~ -
tor strength nn(l grace to run t l ~ c r;xe . to tile tion. 1 was r~otsorely ,,2isn7/-yoit~1ecZwl~on
end. It sceuls sii~'11a blossillg to k ~ ~ our o ~ vt l ~ c53 days went by; because, all along I
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 HERALD OP TXX A ~ I O I ~ L V L ~ ~ G -

hat1 tliouglrt there 1v:rs sornetlri~ig 3 little of' nry ability \vl~erevt:rtlie way opois :
clor~tlyabout tlrc last " week," of tlrc sevrrtty, Yolirs in the blessutl hope;
in tllc r~~itlst of~vlriclrClrrist '' rnatle the sac. S. II. ~VITHINGTON.
rificc and ohlation to cease ;" and tire psral- NEW PRESTON,Ct. J u l y 16th.
lel to ~vl~iclr, seelnutl to clc~nanci Inore time Dear TZrotlrer Barbour: I send :ou 25cts
here. I nsscr~tctlto tlre view tlrat tl.a~lsln- for N. IV. Si,~*:~ji~rc, l ~ i ssu1)scril)tion to the
tion would talte 11l:lce this .sllrillg, but illore pal)er ; but we, hrotllcr l l : ~ r b o r ~are r , so 1)11t
than Irnlf' tlruuglit t l ~ n ti~lstcatl of it, rlrore to it, to live, tlrat s o ~ n c t i ~ l ~ I efc:rr
s :re slrall
light would 11e given to lnakc the " week," be left out, Ijcing overcllnrged ~vitli the
more coml)lete. A n d now surely it Iri~s cares of this 1.h. Debts corrtrnctcd only t o
conlc. I bcgan to p : t Ir~~lrjiry,but truly 1n:tke our 1101nccolnfott;tble, now clue, 311d
this is meat i n clue sc:lsoll.-A. .I. 1 1 ~ ~ s r rnot . a (lays work for ttro years; it n1111ost
EI,YRIA,OHIO, Julie 23rd. drives I I I ~tlis~mcted; even t l ~ esnlnllcst ]KC-
D e a r Uro. I take tlw first olrl)ort~~nitycssnries of life arc not for us witlrout t l ~ eaid
of renewing my subscriptio~~, as I s l ~ o u l ~oll ot11el.s. NOWwe dearly love pour palm-
feel lost w i t l l o ~ ~tlrc t HI:R?LLD. \Ve are all IOIIF, for its coming, and call ~ c a r c e l ytlo \r,ith
strong in the t ; ~ i t l ~ .O n e of tlre brct11r.er1in out it, hut if you feel unable to sent1 it, t h e
]Sly ri:r snitl, that ail~ceIre lrntl rc:~tlyoul. lead. will of tlru LIJTCI b e tlor1~~.--l3retl1ren,p m y
ing a r g u r l ~ e ~irtl t tllc J u n e ~ ~ ~ l ~ n his b e rfait11
', for us, tlr:it our Illit11 lail not.
was stronger ~ ~ I R Iever I beti)re ; n r ~ dit h:15 Yours, siglring for dcl'iverance :
filled all our l ~ c i ~ r5vitl1 t s 11ol)ca1111s t r c ~ r g t l ~ . ~ I I W NA. I EBARNEY.
Yours in hope, ilvls. IVilniington, Dcl. July 6th.
A v u r r ~ ,Ill. July, 17tI1. Dear Brotlrcr: Ellclosed, find price of
Dear S i r : Irlclosucl I send the ~ r o ~ r ~ i nsntiscription al tor tlre HERALD. 0 IIO\Y sad,
price of your priceless 1,al)cr. A friend let tiqonr our o~ltlook,to see tlrat tire l i ~ l is ~t
Ine Irave tlre readilig of' t\vo col)ies, ant1 I now, ns at tire first adve~it,slrini~ig i r r t h e
tlrink 1 got rrlore gospel out of them than darltn~ss,and tlre tlarkness corrl~)rel~e~rdeth
a n y t ~ v e r ~ tsqrtrroils
y 1 ever listenctl to. it riot! hIay our tle;lr loving Father open
Please selld back ~ru:nbcrs if yon Ilavo tlre eyes o f o ~ u~rcler.st;l~~tli~~g. ~r
thern. I?. PAGE. Yours i r ~hope ; STEIVAI~T C.~I~LISLE.
S r n r ~ c w ~ ~ July, e n , 1Stlr. ~ I O N T R O SPa.
E , J u n e C211tl.
D~~~ - J - J :-,yllc ~ ~ ~ ~I,:,pcrs ~ ~ canre to ~ ~ : Dear ~ I3rotller
~ ~ ;d'rile 1Jlcltnl.n ot'Ju~rcwns
alltl we reall tllc,lr cnrcfillly; tllc (111lyr'~wivwl. 'rhc clear orics of Alo~rtl.ose
sl,~jcct-lllnttcr scelllcd to us ,' I l l c a t ill ,irle w o ~ I ( 1lilcu ,to Ir:~vcX O I I ~ l c l i ~ rIjy c s~ril)tur':lI
sensnn..~ ~l~~ illLlst,.,,titJlls (,,, tllc first evi(lc"ck the t~:ueI c l ~ ~ trrtl r the l~nrvest,aricl
trillrr
D tllc O oLltline o u r fiiitll hctiIrc ~)ublislrit iu the Jrrly 11~111lbcr of tlre ~ ~ : ~ l i e r -
tilc ill a sl,l;lll cOlnl,nss, nlltl a I t :ippc:1rstt" trsJ I ) I I \ V , that y o r ~ rfirst views

con~l)rcllcllsive vie,v tile I n c ~ r s u r c m cof l l t ot'tlre I c ~ r ~ tolfl tlrc Irn~*vcst,vix. 7 years,

the t1gc.s ; s]lolving tllnt are now ill tllc W:ly Cljl'f'cct. U. D. I~.il'llltm"
yatherifig time, ot' wl~icli 1 can linve no l h i s slrould Iinve :~plre:~rtl in our I:~st. ED.
doubt, it n1:ilies the ~>al.nllelsso 69 Goo11 ~ I o I ~ O E ,~ L I OJ,u l y Gtll.
1-2 " ~veeks," tel.mi~~ntcd at tlre cross, \vlrcn C. T. 1tusssr.r. -Dear Sir:
?11eirdispcrrsntiorr clearly errtletl. Yet it took A gentle111:ln fin111 l'itts11111.g I t i ~ ~ d sent ly
the other iralf wefak to firllill t l ~ e70, ot'I)an. IIIC the Oly'cr:l r r t d ilkcrt~~r.t-of 1,111. Lol.tl's re-
9 : 54. Arrtl i t is t:lc:tr tlrt~tthe zc.hrat oftlro ' trlrll, also n co!)y ot'tlrc lli:r(z7,1,ot'tl~eJ h n -
Jclviili age was <~ntiir.r sd I
t ant1 aftel. I'cli- illy. 1 can lrever &tinlate tlrr grent gootl
tccost ; s ~ r dyet t-lrtri,~,t l ~ cIxst 'L T V L ' ~ (Ic- /
! ~ , ' ' tlrey lra\.c. clol~uIrru. 1 Irave \b~.yo:i~..s I~tc~j.
ter~~~il-rctl on tl~crn. [I;~r.vc:stivv1.k en~br.:)c- ,:rol>i~r,q h r li;l~t, a11t111ia11kGc)tl tbr ~lirtrc-
es two t ~ r i t r ~ rs c, : ~ l r i ~:LII(I g . 1 ti113
) ~ , g : i t l ~ v r i ~ ~'1'11~ tliu little l)ool< :III,I 1,:tper t.o I I I L ~ , t11:it I
1
first 3 1-3 years, w:rs r.c;rl)il~g,tlrc Inst, was ~ l ~ i g l rLt I, I I ~ O ~ I ~ It Il i ' , ~ ~L~i ~,r t l SO IIILICII tl.utli
gatllcr.i~~g : 111alrirr~ t11c rvl~oleIr:~l.vcsts c v c l ~I cuid lr:~p~)i~rcss. IC~rcIi~st~tl {i11(1 s~~I)sc~.iptio~
years. Now to ~)ar:~ll,:l tllc Jeivisl~: y e , tlrc 1 ) l . i l'or ~ ~ t l ~ c1):illcr: .\[I..;. 8. 1. Sr.;i~r.i.:.
wl~tlatof tlte gosl)eI cl~ur~cli I I I L ~ Sbe~ gatlre~etl P i ~ ~ ~ : ~ r oJunt!
, u ~ r 37th
,
during tlrc n e s t 3 1-2 years. Dcnr 13rotllcr. It,\rinouli, 1 m:~y-.ell cnli
I was glad for tltc r~oticeon the setrolrd 3'011 111ybrotlrer, ns I t ~ : ~ vIr:~tl e so r n a ~ ~ y , / o y -
up. for tlrose ~ 1 1 odesire meetings to give t i l l Itours since rc:cdil~g tile first ~ l u n ~ b cofr
ps a call. I nrn willing t o labor to the bcst t l ~ eHEn.iLD O F T H E B I O I ~ N I N G ; and t h e
 ~ -~ p~ ~-

l i ~ l so ~ tsteadily a(1vancing ti.orn t l ~ csacred w l ~ n t - alittle point, men often Iluild s large
Scriptures, is cllceri~rgindeed. I callnot es- t11cor.y. 'l'l~e great tribulation un(l~.rpnl)nl
~ I ' C S S lily tlrankfi~(~iess to Gut1 in cnsting 111y ant1 other persecuting ])o\vera, <luring the
lot Ilerc, in this part uf the* ~vorldwllere the dark :rges, alrllost e s t e r ~ ~ ~ i ~tlie ~ ;c~l ti ~u ~d r c l ~ ,
i i g l ~ tof-tl~isglorions trut11 is so brigl~tly b ~ I,.:IS ~ t s l i n r t ~ ~ ~ e fi)r ( I t l ~ eelect's s : ~ k c;"
sl~ining. A l ~ t laltl1011g11 t l ~ elime is tlirec n ~ r d. ;.ortene~lby tile Lutlleran relo~.lr~atiorh
a:ld a half years longel. tlrlnyed, a !ittlc? con- 'rhe snlne tril,ulntio~~ is s l , o k e ~of~ in I>:ln.
trary to ourhopes, 1believe it will be tlre 11: 83,34 ; wliere t l ~ c y fill1 by s ~ o r d a, n d
Lest lor us all, and for lllalrg o t l r e r ~w l ~ oas by fl;~me,a11d by cal)tivity, and by 5\)oil,
yet, are not in the light. l'lense accept t l ~ e llinlly (lays. NOWwllen t l ~ c ysl~allfall t I ~ c y
~:ncloscd,and send ine t11cpaper. G. \Vood. s;!nll Le l~olpenwit11 a little l\clp." Alld
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1 7 C ~ U K Dl.: V I ~ Gu(1'ditI ~ ~tI;usNIlell)~tlie c~l ~ u r~c lI~ I, that ~ ref-
, st. hl ( s ~ ~ ~F~ ) ; ,~~ It is.nft.ty o ~ . ~ ~
, ~ n ;t . i~o n
il~l(l it. \vas ~ for the ~ d e
this t~.il,~llation,:ill' tlre signs
~ t '
~ ss:lke.
N. -11. I3aituoun, Dear S i r :
. , I have yollr last l,al)er, iStll, aI)y~ iwlli('11 deve; ts I)ertni~li~lg:to
tile cill~rch :\re
t l ~ esecond n(lvent,
to " kuow their
ellLioy:it nlocl, ; ,I feel tl,e scl,nl.ntills tilllc
conle. ylcs,,il.it is diviClilIg redvrnl)tioll clr;rnetll sigl~," \ r e r e tu trans-
.. ] lis o\vn, to ~ ~ i ~ ~ I, ~ ~ i f ; it +,.it-
c:lll
])ire; b L 1r1 t110seL~:I?S, :11111 (dter that tribtl-

I!nlly tloz, in tllis coulltl.y, ~ ~ ~ Iation,l sl~nll

~ ~ the S I I I I he rlnrkcnetl," (Mnrlc.
~ ~ l ,
ts \"ell as ill hmericn,~~~d nlallv rcceiv- 13: 24). ' r l ~ i sfirst of tile s i p s or,curred
in2 t l ~ ec/ospeE of our Lord joyti~lly. lllav 19, 1780. B u t the t i ~ r ~of e tronble
please selld, i. oqject attd Ill;ot,,er of o u r S I I C ~ as
I never was, since t l ~ c r c
was n 11at,io11,
~~~d~ retunl ;" to i j ~ r d n n l 3 e1,,rL ry. B ~ sl)oke11 ~ of ~!)I Ilnniel, ~ is~t l ~ elast . gl'eilt troub-
I wolllll also like llcr to llnvc tllrt I)spel.. le on tile Ge~rtiicnations, n ~ ~ ist ltile tinre of
'

, Yours ill cl~ristia~i fello\\.sl.~il); tlw dt'livera,lce of l i a ~ ~ i e lpeople; 's and ncc-
r\.fhHY D ~ essarily ~ i ~ r r l ~~~ rthe ~ ol tho
l c s bittle ~ great (l:~p ~ ; .
wlsen the .Jo\vs a r e tlclivi.red (s'cac Z c c l ~ .
% --
1 : ) And c e r t n i ~ ~ li ty is not :it'ter that,
QUE'TioAT'Y fllVSTvEBS' tile
- saints are to 6 b b q i u tu see tllrse t l r i ~ ~ g s
come to pnss, : I I I ~ knnw tlrcir reilcwption
Does Roln. 2 : 12, conflict \vit!~tlre doc- drawetll r ~ i g l(1,llke ~ 2 1 : 28).
trine of " a restitution of nil tllings?" I' For 3. Is not n h r g e l ~ x r of t tile rilce tinally
a s 1n:lny as llavc s i r ~ ~ i en,itl~uut d law, sl~all to s11ifi.r tile " scco~ltlt l e ; ~ t " l ~?
I)e~.islr\vitl~outlaw." T11e1-cis 110 way of I < I I ~ ) \ \ . ~ I I \v!~nt ~ \)!.upor-
J3y 110 mcnlrs; men perish wit11col(l, and tion 1viI1 evcl~tuallybe lost. l l e v . SO: 8,9,
h u n g e ~ ;ant1 i r ~a thousilntl ways ; and the scclns to ilnl~l;). n great C O I I I I ~ R I I Y: au(l, we
13il)le ~ r i c a l ~ of ~ g word is the satrle : see ur~tlcl.st:~ntl,
i ~tllc rc.:illy covers t l ~ ewl~,llc1111111J)er;
1,ulcc 13 : 33, I' F o r it c : ~ n n o t be that n tllt)st: \vIto II:LVC. sillnix\ tiiilt sir1 w l ~ i c lis~ un-
I)ropl~etpcrisl~,out uf' J c r u ~ n l ~ b ~ n . "
l'l~osc ~ 1 1 11:lvr.
0 s i l ~ l ~ e\vitl~ollt
tl
I
to tle:~tl~,
la\v, die a ~ '.~li1.e
t.iilrcr ill this, or i r ~ p ; ~ > t agr!~,
d not a?:~i~r luitil tire ~ I I O L I S : I I I ?C:II.S
~~
w i t l ~ o law. ~ ~ t I3ut " sin is not il~llx~tecl, ( : I I . Cclr~tlctl
~ ; atld also t l ~ elcf't of tht: ~ ~ n t i o ~ r s
w l ~ c r ct l ~ e r eis 110 law " (1lo111.5 : 13).
I :~ f t all e 11nvebeerr snvetl wllo c;ul be reacl~ed, .
I ' Gclrtilos, I l i ~ v not i ~ ~tire~ ];I\\., nrc a law 111 t l ~ cr e s t i t u t i o ~: ~ g c .
unto tl~einsslves (verse 14). These, rc-.
cordilrg to Lulic 1 2 : 47, nut Icnowi~~g
1
1
T l ~ G~etc tllrt this last great p a t l ~ u r i l ~isg
~ to be a as tire sand OF t l ~ csen," i l l I I ~ I I I -
t l ~ e i snit1
Lortls will, will Lu Lenten wit11 f'ew stripes. I~er,c.1oc.s not \)rove much ; ' & T l ~ e;Ifidinn-
2. Is the trciuLle sl)o!<c.~rof in D n u 1 2 : itcs lap n 1 o 1 1tlle ~ valley, like grasslrol)l)e~-s
1, " S I I Cas ~ I never w:~ssince t l ~ e r ewas a j fur nrultitutlc, n~rtlt t ~ c i rcu~?zelu\VErC \vit?i-
n:~tiul~,"t l ~ es:inlc 3 s tllc I~.ibul(ztia)~ s l ~ o l i eI ~O~ I I ~~ i ~ ~ l n bns , s a n d by tlle scn sitle, for
c rt11c
of in SIatt. 24: 21; " Fol. tl1t.11 sl~nllLc great / m ~ ~ l t i t u d(Jutlg. e 7 : 1 2 ) . " T l ~ e i rwitlows
, tril)t~\ntioiisuc11 as was not since the Legill- are ir~cre:~seci / to me al~ovethe sxr.4~of tlie
nirlg of t l ~ e\vo~.ldto t l ~ i st i ~ n e ,no nor ever / S::IS " (Jer. 15 : 8 ) :
sl~ailbe." 'l'l~ese :tre Loth thc yreulest, and 1 If suclr 1111u11,ers :Inswer to tlie :tbove cx-
must tllerefore be or1e.nnc1 t l ~ esame. 1
pression, t l ~ e t~l l~ ewllolc coug~-cgatio~l of the
No, tlwy arc 11ot tlre salne; the O I I ~i l l I fillally lost, ~ sr c, p r c s e ~ ~ t ei ldl Ilev. 30: 8,9.
illntt. was :I tribulation 011 " the elect;" the nlny be only as :I tlrop in t l ~ eIjk~ckct,w1ie11
other on t l ~ enafioxs ; ant1 cnch, the glqeatcst coml)nretl wit11 the r ~ u ~ n l ) ewho r s finally at-
o f its k i ~ ~ i l .I aril o t i e ~surprised
~ to see O I I 1 tail1 to the coml)letc illrngz of God.
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h -
 a ,111 .rrutio~lswho),a ~ / L O Uhubt ~xude,~ / ~ ~C Oi IlI lLa~ d . ~ ~ ; , ~ ?before
r i p thee,"

ASSISTANT EDlTOltS,
C. 1'. J<USSEI.I., I'ITTSIIUIIG,1'~. EL^. J. 1-1. ATOX OX, AIJIONT,~ I I ( : I I .

I'I.AN OP TllE A(il:.P:

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ljot/i the ('&-r,ihi,t~. of orlr* nrea.s~irc:a r t d oltc size."
 34 JIEnALD OF TU% JfORNING. I
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~ . ~ , Aug. 11, 1878.
S T O U ~ I I .Canatlfi, LF;TTI~IC$ containing ~ Z O I ~toP JS,c ~ ) t c n i l ~ e r
I
Denr Urotlrcr :-I Il:~ve ,just r c c ~ i v c d 14th. 'l'l~is nck~~o\vlcclgme~~t ie a rcccipt j
the No. 2, of' the IIEHAI,I) ov T ~ T E,\lolcx- for tllcir c o ~ ~ t c ~ ~ t s . 8 ,
- i
I N Q , whicl~give me n111cl1liSllt and plea- J ;\[illrr, I< 1' l'crry, 13 ; \ I c C ~ CJ~ , I
sure to rencl. I can I I O see ~ the beilutili~l RobLir~s,It 110Al1,D I< Dcb:~n,Elizn Fos- I
Ilarmony in the Scriptnre as never bet'orc, tct*, Ij \V Iiritl~.2 ; D D L a t l ~ r o l ~J,
and also tile g l o r i o ~ ~~,l:~n s of retlemption of' Grec.nnwnlt, 1< I> Smith, A 31 Cow:~n, I
t l ~ crvliolo rrorld. Surely the llntii of the L LI I(i1tt011.J I1 O ~ i - r yIL):l.
just is ns the sllir~i~lgligl~t,t l ~ n t s l ~ i n c t l ~12 I[ C:l~csc.I~ro,
more anti more u ~ ~ the t o perf'ect d ; ~ y and , I~erpcr,E l<i.c.k, \Vln S\c,inglc, G U;ltes,
,
J l r s L I:O\,~IISOI.,
N P IIilll.
J \Vr.is-
I [
,
!
I
the spirit 01 truth will guiclc us into all I1 Fc.llo\rs, J11.s 1) I [ Iirilsey, Aliclr. A
truth. 1.1 l'lcisl~tbr, C L : l v : ~ ~ l c ?Ioivn. , ,'J ,ILIIIPII,
Dear Iirotl~er, nly 1)rnver is, may the I' J Ilil!l~:~l.tl,,J h1ittc.11, AIrs t' I I ~ I I ~I1I ,
Lori! bless yon nncl your I:tbors, a~ltlkeep I,:111tlis, 1 C \V AIoorc, 1' SI1:lrl,, II I'rutI~ie~~,
us by 11is mighty Ilower tllrougll fiiitl~unto N. Y. L E I I i l ~ ~ o ~Ct lL. Gilbert, A 1
s:llvntion, rently to be revealed iri the last Sollr:~ry, JIrs ;\I Otis, \Vm S t r o l l ~ ,\Via.
tiu~r. \1 I1 CI:lrk, 1, licr*~.,O I I ~ . S Sloan, 1.1
Please scntl Ine one roily o f " Ol,jcct a11t1 Clltrr.1; hliss L E I~I.O\VII, !I \V U I Q ~ I V I I ,
h l a r ~ n e rot'ou~.1,ol.d'~ Itctur11," ant1 oblige J l r s S .I O ~ . r ~ l l2t ,: 1I C li;~ncroft,1.1
Yours i l l Jesr~s, C : I ~ I ~ I,JI I.J:IIIISIIII,
I, Aliss 1, 1% Cl~ilels,1C J,
A r . ~ s , \ s ~IIl\arrr,-ro~
~a Cr.:\na. ,JIII.I~~III, J C ~ ; I \ V I I )SI , ~8\ .Cl):~~l\vic.k, It A1
H~~III,,\ NI) cfilBI (, oIlt., i\llq.21, 1878. . '
J O ~ I I I SA[rs
O ~ .
i\[ \
i 1'01.tt.r. J11.s I< 1' l!rigf.i,
I/ro. Barloto*:-Fi~lrl e~~closctl 50 cents. A11,s.J C ' ~ ' I I O I ~ I I ~ I I I I , J I ; I ~ S , 11 C~IIIII,, 1t
Will sent1 nlore ns soon ns w e cno. v e 1 i t 1 1 , I . I1 .J CI:~ttle. A[e. 1C lC
c n ~ ~ in ~ ~any o t, \ r i ~ y(10 witl~out t l ~ c pnlwr. l l r l l , I I l l l t l l l l l l . \V \\'
lt is tllc only nlesd:l:,rc t l l c sl)il.ito f tl.lltli. CIIS~IIII:III, 11 1) 1<1.0(1ks, I) ~ I c ~ l i l l ~ 1 1 ,
l)cnr 1<1.o.Il;lrl)o~ll.,t l ~ c11I;ul of the ngc's NO. A A l ~ l ~ ~ iAlrs o l ~ ,S 1, S l ; ~ ~ l ' c1,
to cOlnc fills o l l r rllilltis t \ r i t ~ la ,,lo,v of l i C l l t l l i ~ ~ l l i l2l ;
. I? 1; Nci.ill. J1 1.yllc;l) I$ i"
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: i ~ l ( jcy
l like a tire S I I L I ~ up i l l o ~ Ir I ~ I I I ~\\'olt: S . 0. X I i l r , I . 1, I t ~ c o ~ . t l.I, 1
IIrc nre nlol~cI~erc,rvit11011tnlty 111celi11g. (.; Alitc!~uIl, ,I Vtiric.~,.I I{ ICvcr*ctt. lnil. I
I f y o u ccnle to Canada, let us I i l ~ o \ vbcforc J I , G \ I t , L l i l l , I . L
h:ind. 1,. ~ < I < I { K . hiors~x, K 1.1. .I 1) Cicbl~:~rt. 1i:lry 1 1 1toI1-
el.t.q, li;111. lt \LT J l l l ~ i ! ~O, I ~ ~ ~ ~J11.s \ ~ II I .
BRISTOT., Illd., A u ~ 24, . 187s. \ \ r i l ~V , . J:c.v J 1'; I('o.;tc:c.l>, Alillll. C
Den? B7'0. Bctrbotr~:-I I~avt: rei~tI the J Ihvis, J l ~ l .J A1 N Nott. UCi. C C )LC-
i
DI.:RAI.D O F T I I K ~ [ O I ~ S I S C ; 101' over one l i e r r ~ o r ~ (Iolo.
, ' A t i t I I I t I'
1
year ; l ~ n v ecsarninctl your : I I ' ~ I I I I ~ ~care- II~ CUCIII.;III, Vi1. I ij
fully, ~ v i t , ln~ ilcsirc to k ~ ~ ot lw~ ctrutll. I - ,
have receive11 ~lioreligl~t i r ~r e n t l i ~ ~111c1se
pnlrers tl~anin 1ent1i11~
c
t l ~ cIjiblc f'or tile I:~st
NO'I'ICE.
:5
I
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twtlllty years. 1 1 I I i l l Eltl. J. 11. I'nto~~,of ~111nont.A'lich., C. 1
j
now, 1n:lny ],nssa=;caof I ) t i t l ~ Xew nut1 Oltl T. I'Lt~sst~ll, $7 I'iltll n\relllltA.Pittslit~rgl~,
'I'estuo~cnt, \vl~icl~ were before tl:~rk, now l'il., S. [I. I V i ~ l ~ i ~ l ~ tSpring\vatc*r, orl, N.6
scent 11I:lill. I am like I I I ~ I I Iotl~ers, ~ rc:ltly Y., I!. \Ir. Jieitl~, I~:~IIsvIII~!, X. Y., 211d
to cry O I I ~bc:ll~tilt~l,bcnutilul. O I~ow 111ysclf; :it Itocl~c.stc~.,N. Y., \rill gl:~~IIy
glol-ious t l ~ c11la11of rcbtlc~~ll~tio~~. I nrll t1.111y rcsl)ol~dto :illy C:lll h r 111e~nti11gs \~IIC'I.C 3
glntl tllnt 1 ever saw t l ~ e~ ~ x K O~F ~~111.:
XORSISG.
hlny Gut1 b l e ~ syou in your gotltl \\-01'1i i l l lo(-;~litics
i
I , C ~ ~ I I I I 01.
l l e l l to
~ ~ I ,:LIICI ~ I I C \!;i~.e t r : l \ , i b l i ~CS-
. ~ 11:111,
~ :IIILI
~ ~ fro C:III ~ I U I I I . I J \ . ~ ( ~ c
11enr citl~ero ~ l cot' us, t l ~ etrnr-
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Wc Ilnvc ~.c:~tl n n t l rcl+encItlie glorious t1.u tlls,

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in 11c1,:llciingIo1.t11 t l ~ c;)la11 of tlio 8pc.s. eiirlg uspcllses m:iy bc o~nittud,

n11c1 are astonisl~cd tll:lt rrle :;c\-c.r 1.i~:llizc~l I . 013JEC.L' A N U JL:\SSIZI1

tl1c111hrtbrc. 1 r r ~ ~ ~s:ry s t t l ~ cIiiblc is R cj' our Loril's Iistci,r~~.
new booli to me.
Y O L I ~ill S , IIOIIC of' the so011 coniir~gSavi- 11 l ~ : ~ ~ ~ ~ofl )G-4 u t 11y c. 'r. ]{US-
l ~ \11:1:es,
OUl', SE1.1,. J I I Stllt?~ liOO[<to l l l : l ~ t . i l l 1 1 1 ~/ l ; l l l l ~ ~
J,\>IEsG. ~IITCIIELL. of tllosc ~vlloare 1l1111gr~ tLr trutll. l'ricu
I 10 cents, or &11)c.r tltrze~~.
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 T H E E 0 0 I c OE' R E v E L A T l O N , tve, intlccd, cnllctl to s~ I1ig11 a cnlling? ";1(1
-- s11:lll not \ve lr.110 l ~ n v c this hnl~c,purify
TIICIlevelntion of Jcsus Christ, on t l ~ c Olll.sclvcs llc is l ~ ~ us,l ~ )
Isle of P:ltmos, is tile last 1llcss;lge of our ~ " ( 1 , as ,ve to LC snllctificdby tllc trutIl,
Lord to l ~ i swaitit12 l)~.i(lc, his, ns it were, to ,.,:,,I all,l l l l l ~ e r s t n l l t lnlld , tile
p:irtinc \vortls. A n d 0 11o\\,tle:lr it s11011ltl l,lcssillg, lJrostl.:Ltc at, tllY feet, we ac-
be to every ,heart. h s ~ c c i a lblcssillg is lor kno\,.lctlne
P
those w l ~ orend, keel, tlie snyil~gsof the L L G I~' I t- o~~ )~of~~t11.v I c ~CIIIIICII, 'tis thine
1~1'(>11twcy of this I)c,oI<. To kecy t11c.j~say- T Obreak t l ~ y\\'ord's ~ n ~ s t c : r i oseal- l~s
ings, of course imlllies that we s11o11ltI 1111- T o toucl~witlt light each b c n ~ i ~ i nline, g
tl2rstntltl thcrn ; let us tl~crcfore1)r:ly for : ~ I I A u d all its glorious sense revcat.
u~ltlcrstnli(liu,~, tl~ittso \\,c In;tp rcccive tile
blessing. 1Jor 1testif:~I I I I ~ O every nl:in ~ 1 1 1 3RE EVEN C I I U R C I I B S .
that llenl.c>tlltile \\'ol.tl~of thc ~ ) r o p l l ~ OFc ~ ~ l book~ is i yrop]lec:rl, ~ a n cpistlc ;
t l ~ i sbook, i F ally III:III sl~nll:~tltlN I I ~ O tllesc? ,,,,I ,, it is (lcdlc:,tctlto tilc seue,b churc]6es,
tl~inps,Got1 sl~nlla1111unto 11i1nt l ~ c~ ~ I : l g u c s In,lst Collc,,lc[etllc Ilurn[)cl. SCvCn as
that arc \\.ritteli ill t l ~ i sI)r>ok; nrltl if any I ~ ~ usell ~ . , :is a l,l.ol,llcticIllllll~,c.r,
111211 sllnll t:llre nw:ly fi.0111t l l ~\\.01'(11) 0 f tile to tile \\.llolu c ~ ~ l l l . e ~ a l , I l n i t ; tllc I1:llllcs
bonk of tl~isl ) r o l ~ l ~ rGot1 c ~ , s l ~ a l lt:ll<e:iw:lp ( tllc scvcll c\,,lrcllcs ill nsi:,bcillg used 3s
'11is p ~ O It I ~OF tilt: book of lire, ant1 out of I ) ~ ie ~ tllcir
; ~ s i~g l l i ~ ~ c n l l c e
the I ~ o l ycity." to tlic s c v e ~pl1:lses~ of t l ~ egos-
TJIER~~VET.ATIOS O P J I ~ S U S C l l l l l ~ ris 1 Y t ~ ; , ~n )l c~ : ~~ ~ClbiPf, ~ ) ~~ ~ [dC-~
the title ot' t , l ~ cbook, ~vllile 111e first six . sirrrble; u l l l l clllbrncL,stile ]listory of tlIc
verses are tllc cl111rc11 f ' r o ~its~ ~l i ~ u ~ ~ t l n 011 t i o ~tile
~ t1:1y of
l'I1EE'ACE: lJclltrcost, l l l l t i l tllc tlcatll of tllo last or tllc
and from verse 1 G to 18 ir~clusivc.is t l ~ e ;~~,!istles, : ~ t;\Lout .i. 1). 100.
I ' I ~ I ~tt,\l"i
T . ' I n m:tking tllc nlq)lic.ntio~~ of this propllc-
of thc tlivine ~ l u t l ~ o ~ . . cy, it \\.ill Lc ~ ~ v t i c i111nt t l i l l t l ~ cs u n i ~ l i i n ~
All itlsl)irc~lportrait of J e s l ~ s of K:iz:~- tll c:~cllI . : ~ I L I Itllc . C ~II: ,l ~ l g ~ ~ aisg ad(lresscd
c
rctl~,as Ire : ~ l ) i ~ c : ~ ~N .IeI t~l I I I . I I I ~ I : ~tile vnil to tllc cJll,~l.~4,r>s, L * I l e t11;lt 11:1tl1 a11 ear, let .
of flcsl~,wolatl be clcn~,lyc l ~ e ~ , i s lI,y ~ e tl~osc:
~l l l i l l l ]l,:i~r \vl);tt t l ~ e Sl,ir:t s:litIl ullto tlle
~ I I Olev(! l~irn, :llil1011~11" 11is ~ i s : i g e\\':IS . c I I I ~ ~ ~ I ~;" c ' stlmt is, all thc c l ~ ~ ~ r cot' l ~that
es
tnarrccl liiorc ~ ~ I ; I I:I I I IIII:III. ~ ;l11(1 11is ~ ~ ) I * I I I l)taj.iot\.
, ,\II(I i t will l)c 11oticc11 IIO\V i1t1l.-
r1lol.c t11n11t11e SOIIS ui' I,!~II." Ilow 1 1 1 1 1 ~ 1 1 leCtlV :~~l~)rol)l.ii~te t l ~ cI : I ~ ; L I : Inllclrcssctl
~~
luore t l ~ c n ,o ~ l ~ lwe l t to cllc~.ish l ~ i s por- tc, t\lis til.st clitrrcll is. \ ~ l ~ c:~~rl,licd ti to tlle
trait, J r n \ v ~ as i it is, t+:lt~lrc>l)y fc:lt~ll.e,as nl,~)sto/ic c I ~ ~ ~ Notice r ~ l ~ p. : i ~ . t i ~ ~ ~YC'TSC Ii~~ly
11e 11ow nl,l)enrs i l l llis glorified conllitiol~, 2, b u t eve11 i l ~ ; ~esaltclrl t. c l ~ u r c lsoot1
~ &' lost
and wit11 :111 t11c surrol~~~cliligs to 1n;lltu t l ~ e tlleil. first love." a ~ ~ Gorl t l rcn~ovccl t l ~ c i r
j~icture cn111))1ete. C i ~ r i s ti l l t l ~ emidst of cnlltllesticl< to :l Io\\.cr ~,lnce. Sl)ecinl in-
his c l ~ n r c h tlie, co-l~cirs of l ~ i s kitlgtlo~n; sl~il-:l:ioll I);~sscdout of tllc c l ~ ~ ~ r n1i1.l cb;
for the seven golclen c ~ ~ ~ ~ t l l e s t "nre iclis t l ~ c tile I:lst oF the :tpostlc.s, nii~.ncaloris ,

seven cl~nrcl~e.;." So \volrtler Jolin " falls I,o\\.cl., p i v e ~fi)r ~ tile c s t : ~ i ~ l i s l ~ ~ of l ~ ctho~l:
at his fest as tlcntl ;" f'or " no ~ n n ncnn see n I , C , S ~ ) C ~cl~ul.clt,I~nssrtl n\vay.
Got1 a11t1live ;" :ultl t l ~ cglol.itictl J e s t ~ s" i d 211tl. SirlYr)l,r. Tllc ~ , n ~ i nlq)lictl io to t l ~ i s
t l ~ cesprcss i ~ n n g ci)F l ~ i sfntlier's l>e~~son."tile sccollcl state of tllc c l ~ u ~ *I cI Il~~: I Ijtryrr, IS
L i ~ ~dearly
d, beloved, '' \YO sl~nllscle I1in1 as s\\.cct otlor. l T ~ v i i ~lost g tl!oir first love,
IIC is ;" and '& ns we linvc borne t l ~ einlaze tile c]lttrcll urns I)i!rr~~itte(l to pnss tl1r0~1g1i
of t l ~ eeartilly, we also sliall Ocnr thc il~~ngc?tile flUll~)llstell I ) ~ ~ r ~ e ~ i ~n11t1 t ; : )were
~~~,"
of t l ~ lc~ e a v c r ~;" l y ant1 I~enceclif?cr:~stviclely I t l l l l s I,urifctl nil 111:l(lew l l i t ~ . 1: \\.as (1111.-
fiorr~our p~.t.sct~t fi)rl~lns ~ I C\vl~ctr~ , in tho I ill:: tllci,: tcrl.il,lc l:o111n11 l ) c : ~ . s c c ~ ~ t li ~r ~z ~t ~ s
t'nr~n of n, serc.n~~t, 1vitl1 ~~i:rl.rc(\ 1
vis:lgtl, dif- tile c ] i l l ~ ~ c lovc~~c.:~r~~c: ~ I ! I ~~ l i . ; ~ g o r ~ - t l ~ is,: ~ t
ferctl fru111tile Io1.1111)c.l.c ~ ~ ~ . c . s c ~ ~ i bare t c l l - i- c: ~o l l c l l l c r ctl:c i ~ ,'l~ii,i~.o. " rl.'li~yOYCI.C:III~C
gIi111~)sc ot' \vl~icllstr~iclil'at11 I>ii1111(~(1 to tile 1 tile 1 ~ 1 0 ~o ~t 11 1 1,xinb) ~ ~ all:[ t11c \ \ ~ o I T ~
l1:~rtll. 1111tI I O \ \ ~ i i l t l ~w r CLIII ~ 0 1 1 \ ~ ) 1 ' ~ ~ 11 O~V1 tllcil. 1(~ : L I It!i<'y
( ~ lov<!fl 110tt1)clL3
t11e I . ~ I ; L I \I V~ ] I ~ I I \c,c s11nI~a \ ~ ; l I ii l~l lives " 1 i t 0 t11e dL,:~ti~ " (.I{VV. 1 2 : '1.1). f111d '
lilcc!t~c~s.<, +* t~lsliio~~etl like tir~to his tile 1lI:tl~ncruf :~(\cl,.cssi~~,g tlic t : l ~ ~ l r of c l ~t l ~ x t
I J O ( ;"~ ~ " ~ , ) \ ~ 3l lI I : I ~ \ I ~ ; Ib~0 ( 1 ~ , l , ~ z r i ~ ) [ \ is j > c ~ c . ~ ~ ]a])l~~.!~?)ri:~tc,
i:~~.ly See \.C'lXbS
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! ~. ~r vl l ~ . " (-!:1,1t11is l i t , I S I I I , ' ? 111.1.13 +,I11, 'I'],i-;L . , . , s i \ , l ~ l~ ~ l : : ~o. f~ .I ~~ I ~ ~ < . ~ ! ~ I I ~. ~. O I
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and of purity continuccl until the coliver- tIiougI1 they were tirivcn to the tlcrls nlltl
sion of Constantine, a t about A. 1., 313. caves of tile e a r t l ~ ,liis fcct could f o l l o ~ '

3rd. Pergumoa. Tllis ilalllc lncaris e2e- them, ant1 no (lark parts cf the nilclcrncss '
'

. .. vnted, and was 1110st :l~)prolwiate to tile cotllcl I~itlc t h c ~ n I r o ~ n his pitying eye. , ,..
cl~urcllafter it Lcgnn to receive tlie sul~port Nevcrtl~elcss,I l ~ n v c:L few tliings ngai~ist
.. ' r of tllo empire. Notice the cl~arnctcr as- thee, l)ecausc? t l ~ o u aulti.rest that wolnan
-' stimetl by the Saviour i l l atltlressi~l~this Jczcbcl t o teach a1111sctlucc my scrvants,"
church, ancl I~ow tlifferent fi-on1 that is1 &c., (verse 30.) T l ~ o u s a ~ i dofs these poor
whic11 hc s ~ > e a kto s t l ~ cpreviot~sone. To suifercrs were seduccd back to the buso~n t
them he spoke words of'co~isolntion,but t~ of t l ~ a tIlarlot c l ~ u r c h Ly ~ ~ e r s e c u t i oon ~~s
tliis cliurcl~,which had actually rc:lcl~c.l the one sidc, and the otfer of restored
the scat ot the empire, and b c g n ~iln~iiecli- ~ \vealtl~a~itIposit.io11, if they woultl rc~:ant.
atcly to i~itrotl~lcc lnnliy i(lolatro11sC I I S ~ O I I ~ S , T h i s se(lt~cir~;a ~ ~persecution tl went oil for
110speaks-Lb 'L'l~esc t l ~ i ~ i gs:litl~ s 11en,llicll Inally c c n t ~ t r ~ euntil s, the true cl~urcltwas
I~nththe s l ~ a r pswold wit11 two .cclges ; I almost estinct, a ~ ~ 11x11 t l ncarly ccnsc~l its
know t l ~ y~r.ol.ks,ar~tl1v11c1.ctl1011d\\*cllest, o l ) l ~ o s i t i o; ~tho ~ pnpacy 11nd trit~rnphed,and .
even w l ~ c r cS:tt,n~~'sse:~t is " (vcrsc 13). the tl-nc c l ~ u r c lw:is ~ tlcatl. This pllaie of
A n d i t \\,as dul.i~.ig the e s i s t c ~ ~ c of c this tlie c l r ~ i r c l1:~stctl ~ fi.o~nal~otit538, \\.l~cr:the
pllnse of the c l ~ ~ l r cthe l ~ , f!~lli~lgn\tvay" In:m of sin was Iully rc\rcaled, until ::bout .
refercd to ill 3 Tlies. 2: 2, was b r o ~ ~ g lA.~ t1). 1000. It was l ~ c r ctlic c l ~ u r crlc~a c l ~ c d
about, by wl~icli" tlto man o l ' s i ~"~was re- its loivest eLb, ancl from tl~:ituntil tile be-
vealed; that is, t l ~ eInonstrous 11nio11of the gi1111ingof t l ~ cictbrmation, 111erely11ad a
espoused of Cl~rist,t l ~ c clit~rcll,wit11 tlie name to I ~ v r but , was dead.
\vorld. I n o t l ~ e rwor~ls, t l ~ c L ' ~ n o t l ~"c r 5th. Rcr!Eis. il'lrat zoltich ro,lains.
. . of ' 1
cl~~trcli-state ol.gnilrzntioll. As t l ~ ccsl,~,used t l ~ i spli:~scof' thc c l ~ l ~ r cb l~~l tlittle can be
of Christ L c g a ~.to ~ fall asray t'lz~ln l ~ i m s, l ~ cI . T11c gloo~nof tile tl:~rli ages 11:id be-
was 1.eccivec1 into the c~nbrncl: of " t l ~ e colne conililutc, a r d c v c r y t l ~ i ~of~ light g and
beast," the foui't,ll e n ~ l ~ i ;r eand w11t:rl this trutll was a t a stand ; but n brighter day
ach~ltcrous a n i o : ~ was c o ~ ~ s a r o ~ o n t i :sdl ,~ c war c o n ~ i ~ ~ gT11pro . \V:IS to bs r d o o r
took tllc name ot 11er hi~sl):t~~tI, a ~ ~ papald ol)enc:d wl~iclt no m:ul coultl s l ~ u t and , in
y nome, the llrati of S ~ I I was
; nntler tllc sy111bu1
, revc:~led. 1to111e;'t l ~ errfor~nation\VC ~ R V Ctllc 11cxt phase of
of' t l ~ c" ~ I . : I ~ I I IisI ,callc~cl
" the r l ~ i ~ r c lini ~ v l ~ i cIlew l ~ life was given, i i
" t h e ])evil all(] S:ttnnW (cl~:~l)tcr
' I:!: 1.9). a11t1like a s l c ~giant ~ i it~ ruse ~ ~to its fcct, i
A n d \vl~en the c11ur.cl1 got into' S : I ~ ~ I I nr111 ' s a,g:~i~l gr:111111ed 1vit.11 t l ~ co s n l t i ~ ~foe,g {
scat, it rcqt~ircd o ~ i l ya l ) o ~ ~ t crnt111.ics a ~ l dl ~ t ~ i - l ct11:1t
tivo d foe pl.o~trate a t its feet. E '

to dcvelollc tile Irl:krl of sill." n u t rvc.11 1l11d in tliis s i s t l ~ pirase, it is again the 1
(luring t l ~ i s" fitlli~lga ~ v i ~ y ,t"l ~ ereal elect; c l r t ~ r c lot~ l ~ i slovc. !I
I thc " \vhcat," f o u g l ~ bl+nvely t tin. tl~c: t r u t l ~ t j t l ~ . 1'l~;iridtQ,k.ia. Brdl~er2.yloz~e. TO ;
o ~ ~ tlcli~,ered
cc to t l ~ cs : ~ i ~ ~: t rs~,t l opl~osctl tl~is, tllc rcli~1.111i~tio11 cl~urcl),11c l ~ a s I I O [
t l ~ ci n t r o ~ l u c t i oo~t '~l ~ c a t l ~ e n i;111(1
s ~ ~o~~t\vi~rc!
~, \ \ r o d of c.cll.;urc:. A I I it' ~ ever InL'II 11:ld :
t
c e r e ~ n o ~ l i e sa11(1 ; tlicsc: ~.cccivc(ltl~c:b 4 11iA !io\\.cr \\.it11 GIJII,it \\.as t l ~ or c i o l - n l c r ~S;lid
I I i t ~ t~ I I c WC,I.C:
*~ I A ~ ~ t l ~~I cI Cr I, I \\.ar~~ciI by fri611tlsnot to
I I ~ I I : I , " ( v e 17.)
tiri:llly ovcrl~o\trcrctl,:111c1 11:ttl to \vitl~dl.:~w~ I mrct J tht! c o ~ ~ r ~ of v i lcatholic I c p t e s ;lt .:
i.
fro111t l ~ n ttlcgc~~c~.:ttetl cllurcl~. 'I'l~is scl~:l- ~ V ~ I . I I"I IS 1vo11111 , go, if every tile 011 the j
~ ~ t i ~ cl l l n l l or sin r(:sc:~I(:tI,:111tl ~ I I C !ooL o t ' t l ~ eI I ~ I I S I ! ~~v~'1.1:
~ ' ; i t i oleft a dcvil." A n d (

real c l ~ ~ ~ critc~.cd r c l ~ n ~ ~ o t l ~ pllusc cl- of its fact t11:tt Got1 tlitl then cpcn a tloor 1v11icl1 :
,
;
pr0~11cticIlistory. I I O mail c o ~ ~ lshut; rl allti ]I:IS n~atlct11:it 11a1.- i
. 4th. ?'/i.yutircz meatis sncr<fice, ancl as tlie , lot churclt to c o ~ u cant1 n w s l ~ i pnt . their 1
c h u r c l ~left all, n11c1 tlc!e.l to tlio caves and ' ket," is a n ~ a t t e rof well knon.11 1listo1.y.
1,:
', ,
! ' , , ' of
, fastuesscs of t,lle n l o t t ~ ~ t : ~"i rli.c,lll
tilo sc:~,l,~l~t,"
~ s the Sace I Illis cjtli I ~ l ~ nc~f'tlie
slit. is a l l i s s l 1~yIICI- y i n ~ ~ of 1 i ~ tlio
se cl~urcl~ from
~ q l i j t l ~ c c ~ ~ t o ~Insied
, the be-
r ? ~ , oi~til i
r

,
' .\~:~tclif~ i l : " 'Siicse t11i11~s
I~c11.d s : ~ i t it~l ~ c; t l ~ egreat c o ~ ~ ~ l i ~ ~ ~an11 r i i sit~litlel
tic r e n c t i o ~, ~ ;
so11 of' (:o~l, \\.l~oI~nt,l~ liic c.3.c': like uiltn :I ) : ~ tlic t close of the Inst cclltnry, fro111\\rl~ic.li !
a i I i s i t I I I I I o rI I I r t ~I s i
I ~ I I O W1Iiy \ \ . O I ~ < S , c l ~ a r i t :~t i t,, l scsr!'ic.c, 1 tiictl o ~ l ;t :me! t l l u l;~st r.;iri I ) l ~ ; of ~ s :L~ Ye- i
ailcl faitl~,:111(1 thy 1)afi~11co, nntl tlrr \\-o~,l;a,i,jcctetl r.liur~c11,u s l i c \ r c c ~out ot'liis ~noutll," , i
1
a11c1tllc f.tst 1i1ol.e~ I I ; I I I t l ~ e!irst " ( v e t x 1;)). Lrirlg.; 11s to tile filial. !.$ !1
n o \ v k c o ~ ~ ~ f u rto i ~ soicl? trict! cl~tlrcli; 1 lJrr~r?ic.rt~
l i l~llis means jnikr,re7lt, nncl wit11 t l l i ,
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tlie j u d g n ~ c n tage is introtlucetl. ( L I Icnow W e aro c o u ~ ~ ~ e l l to e i l believe tliat tlrc
works, tlrnt tlrou a r t llcitlrer cold nor c l ~ r i s t i ~: ~l a~ t~i o ~OF~ sEuropo arc tlie syul-
lrot " (versc 15). T h i s cl~urclr,L e l o ~ ~ g i ~l)olic r g ISul,l~mtcs.
to " r l ~ etime of tlic entl " (I>;III. 14: !I),;\I:ury cxl,ositors tell us that Turkey. or
is relalively just \vl~cretlrc last generatio11 tlrc J l o l ~ n r n n ~ e dpower, n ~ ~ is tlre river Eu-
of the Jcwisli c l r ~ ~ r stootl. cl~ Tllc visiul~is ~ ~ I ~ r n t e~s~, a r t lbecausc y of tlrc locality of
unscaletl, knowlc(lgc is i ~ r c r c a s i n ~ant1 , the the litcr:~lrivcr ; I>ut ~ r c n mi~ltls t arc often
tlawning of an ir~coming agc is slrini~rg. c o ~ ~ f o n ~ ~by c l elittlu
d things. If the literal
Vi B u t the Lnodic:c:tn c l ~ u r c l ~rcsts otl t l ~ e rivcr is referred to, tlierl it n o more can
,! laur-els of its prc(lcccsso~., antl 1~11ow not refer to the Turliisli enll)ire t h a ~ l to tllc
. " that they :Ire mretcl~ctl,ant1 n~iseri~Lle,Ar11c.ricnu Rel~rrLlic, n~rtl tllc cEryi>lg of
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, and poor and b l i ~ ~ aiid ( l , nalictl." 1:ut likc Eriplrrntes in t11:lt case :urrst nrean t l ~ cdrx- !
the apostle, we can say, " God 11:ttll not i ~ i gof tllc li~crnlliver, instend of t,lre do\v11- i
cast away his people wlriclr Ire fore line\^, fill1 of an en~pire. T o call it t l ~ uliternl I
. .. therc is a remnant nccor.cling to t l ~ c river, arrtl t l ~ c n"!'ply it as a symbol, is nrl
election of grnce." T l ~ c r c is a s1)iritunl u ~ l w a r ~ . n ~ ~ uset e dof l a ~ r g u a ~ c .T o admit i
, elcrne~rtpervaclin,~all sects, to he gntlrcrcd tlrnt it is a syrnLnl, a ~ tl~eri ~ d aplily i t to 1
o~rto," as it were, a scn of gl:lss ;" a~rtl, T u r k ~ : y ,is as rn~lcll out of clinracter, i i ~ r I

according to tlrc c l ~ r o ~ i o l o ~ i :liitl c : ~ l prol)lr- t l ~ e;\ioii:ttn~~rc(l:rr,s ncvcr supported Baby-

etit measure~nerrts,tlris g:ltl~cri~lg is to bc 1011, thc Papal I~iera~.cl~y.
consurnnratetl in t l ~ e1;2st t'cw years; ant1 b b Loose tlru f o ~ :lngcls ~r wlriclr are I)ountl ,
thus tlre b r i ( l ~" , ~i~aclorencly," will " g o i l l tlic great Eul,l~rntcs" (Rev. 9 : 1 4 ) is
illto tllc nlarriagc, and tlic (loor will I)c rrsetl by sorne as an ol,jectioll to our views,
shut ;" to be opencti no Inore " until the 1)ecausc tlic a fonr angels " arc the nIo-
sevell last plagues are 1ulFillctl." liev. 15.) I ~ n ~ ~ r ~ n o t l : I~ ~Iia\.o r s . beforc rlic as I write
- t l ~ r c etl.anslatinns of tlris river. T h e conl-
EUl'lI RATES. rnon : a U o u ~ l d1t1 tllc great river," Wakc-
field; " At tire great river," a ~ Sawyer, ~ d
I Ancient Uallylon sat o ~ ti l ~ a literri rivcr 'LB!,tlre gw"t rivcr."
Euphrates, antl tlic river was i l l soole serrsc W c accept tlre Inst as being in llarlnony
a support to tl16~greatI-ityuntil the watcrs wit11 fkts. If t h e fotir angels " rcprc-
wcrc tlried up, by [wing t ~ r r i ~ e itlll a~rotllt,r sent t l ~ ehIoh:rmrnetlnns, tlrnt Cy wl~iclitlrey
channel. T l ~ c ~1lnl>ylo11
r fell. I n tlrb wcr.~: Cont~d,~rrustbe airotlrrr ljnwer. 'Slrc
; ' Book of IZevclntion \re find 3. great city l~eriotl w l ~ c n tllcy were bou~rtl wns 150
: calletl llal)ylon, sitting I I ~ I U I I I I ~ : I I5v:~ters. I~ years, (luring t l ~ csountlir~g of t l ~ c firtli
Tlreru isnlso ~lier~tiorlctl :L rivcr ll:111)11ratcs,trurnpct. l'ron~ 1 3 9 3 u ~ i t i l 1-1-13,tlre Ot-
; ' wlricl~is to bc d ~ h up, l a l ~ dgreat ll:~L~lrlrltonla~rc ~ n p i ~ .y:rs c s c e k i ~ ~tog c61iqr1er tire : I.
is to fall. I n view oF tlrcsc thcts, ;ir~dthe G ~ . o c ll)ortio~r ~ of tllc ]tornan clllpire, but /
: evident typical rcl;ltio~i bctwcer~ tlre t w o orlly torn~e)ztc~l, nrrtl could riot kill. (Rev. i
J3abylo1is, is i t ]rot n rcaso~l:rblc inference 9: 15.)
that the +\atcrs of Itcv. 17, o n w l ~ i c lBaby- ~ At the Intter tl:~te,I~owcvcr, they gained
1011 sat., is the Eul)l~rntc.so t ' t l ~ a tbook ? SII!)~IIIII:ICV ill C o ~ ~ s t : l n t i ~ ~ na~i ~>rlleltcpt
, it
P T l ~ e r csliould I)(: t l ~ esarlie rc1:rtiori Le- 1111til1840-3 pcriocl of 391 yenr-s ant1 15
t\vcen tho sy~nl>oiicriver- nntl t l ~ ccity ns tl:~j.s-[luring tlla sourlcling of t l ~ e sisth
betweell tlle literal rivcr nricl t l ~ ccity, eaclr tru~nl)ct. ( 1 . 9: 5 ) Tlrnt tlrc power
river supl.)orting its city for a time, a11(1 vf tlre Rornnn e~rrpircheld tlrc~li Lacli, an:l
? t l ~ e ne a c l ~city fillling by t l ~ cwaters being so bo1111t1ilicrrl (Illring .tlie 1i)rlr)er P C I . I O ~ ,
j drietl. T h a t this is tile case we believe to we cnrrnot cloubt.
I c f~illysustained I)y t l ~ cfi1ct.c. IVlrcn they ?nir~c?cltlrc asccntln~~cy, tliev
Tlre g r e : ~ tcity (also t.allcd n woninn) is I were loosetl, arrtl I;illotl tlre tlrird pnrt of
. ,
t11c p p a l I~icrnrclr!., \\!iicli lrns sat I I ~ I O I I rrrtrn-i. e., tlic e~ni)ire.
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2nd I ~ c c rs(ipl)urtetl
~ I)? tlrc cliristian natio~rs 'l'llcsc facts sctbrn to st~.cngtl\cnB0111- posi-
I of ICun.rll)c. ~ o c ~/ t i o n , tll:lt t l ~ eIlolrcr \vliicl~b g l c ~ r t l111efor~rark-
TIIC1 ( ~ t i ) . \3\ . I ~ i c I ~ t l X:IW-
1 est, n-11cr.e tlrc Ir:ll.!t,t sittctli, arc 1,ruplt:s ' is ~ l i t i ; ~ ~ .fso~li
c ~ l t t l ~ enrlgcls ~ I I ~ ~ I I I S C ! V ~ S .
1 ant1 i u u l t i t r i ~ ~i111~1
~~s~ r s ~ C ) I I ~ I I C S . " It i11:1!. I)c! ni,jcc!tctl to our vicw rlr:rt :11i-
, l n t i o ~ arrcl

!) (liev: 1 7 : 15.) cirrlt 15:11)ylun s:lt U I I n riuei. o ~ ~ l wlti!!:

L e t tlre i~ations1.e drie(1 up, or i i ally Ir:,yIo~l of R:veI:~tia~ .;it ~ p m i n;rw,
m y ce:rse to sulq~ort12c.r. :~i~rl-?;lie 1
I I L U Y ~fall. zciltr1.s. O u r view is not wcakenctl, but
y,
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strcngtl~cncd by the facts. T l ~ ca ~ ~ c i c npolitically t favors t l ~ uJews, that Lord I3ca-
E ~ ~ p l i r r t t eins tllc rainy scnsoll ovcrflo\vc(l co~~sficltl,
its banks, intii~~itl:~ting
c a u s i ~ ~ninny
g pools-tl~c i n l ~ : ~ l ~ i t otilia-
ing the watcr f i r 111:11ijr ~ , I I I - ~ ) O S O Ba11(1 ,
i l ~ git n source of rcvcnuc. So Ual)ylo~l were sc;ltterctl-all
11ia1~-:1 l)~*ivilc*gc
I ~ c rpri111c ~ninistcr,is n J c ~ v a11d
the rtrgio~~ro1111t1, t l l a ~slrc now II:IS ol~cncdt l ~ c door fi)r the
n ~ ~ t s J c w to worship I ~ i sCot1 I~yczII!/ i n I';rlcstinc,
nercr l ~ ( l f i ~c~~ijoycd~'c
,

silicc ~ I I C Y
tl~csc are ~ i ~ i ~ i f i c n n t ,
\
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literally sat upon ,?na,iy ivnters also, a11d t l ~ c :111(1 arc c c r t : ~ i t ~in l y 11:rrmony\\.it11 the posi-
type is pel-fcctcd. tion taken by tllc 1Tlsit~1.nov T I I 3~ t o 1 t ~ -
T l ~ eview t l ~ Tll~.l;cy t is ~.c])~.cscntetI by rxn. \\'11y cannot ollr bretl~rcn of the
Enp111,ntcs. togetl~cr~ v i t l lc c r t ; ~ iotI!er ~ ~ ~nis- ' b Crisis," : l i l t 1 otI~crp : ~ ~ ) c rsce s , that I V I I C I ~
al)l)lications of ~)rnl,l~ccy, lras lctl I I I : I I I ~ to Gog, ant1 11is I I I : ~ II IIC ,I I~I C ~ S come 111)against
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make too 1n11c1iof the t!o\t*nf:lll of 'l'arkey. tile 1:111tlof' Isrncl, it is not lnerely against
Tlle " WorI(Is C~~isis,"of 13oston, ant1 tl~c:lu~lrl,but :rg:linst " lily people o f J s r a ? l "
several o t l ~ c rIml,crs clcvotec[ i l l ],art t,o t l ~ c & ' ( I \ v c l l i ~s;~(>ly," ~~ R I I ~ Ii l l a st;itc of 1)) 0s- ,

cspositio~iof ~ ~ r n p l ~ e hc ya w , I)ccn t c a c l ~ i ~ p~ eg~ ~ i t y~ ,r i t l ~ o ufear, t their fi\lillages u:iri-

fi)r years t l ~ : ~t lt ~ c\var btbtivccn Il~lssinant1 v:lllctl," :~ntl " l ~ n v i ~ l g11eitl1cr I)nrs nor
r .
1urke.y IV:IS t l ~ egreat 11:lttIc of tlic tl:~yof g:ltcs 1" ( c . 3 : 8, I , 1 1 . 'l'l~is !
Aluiigllty Gotl, :l11(1tl~iltit \vo111ti ~ C S I I I ~ i l l (:vrt:lil~ly is not n ~)ic:tl~rc!of t l ~ cwnrlilcc
tllc (1ryi11gof E I I ~ I ~ Ior~ (:is ~ ~ tliey
c s , sny), ;\Ioli:n~~rnetl:~~~, ant1 l ~ i sstrnng fi)rti!icaticns. ' I
the tlo\vl~llillof ' l ' ~ ~ r l t r y .
I t has bceii wit11 tllcir leatlers a f ~ ~ v o r i t be
e s l w s s i o ~: ~ " \Vllc~i Tur1;c.y goes. tlo\vli g:~tl~c~.trtl,
1jefi11.ctlrc " I)attle of thc grc:lt cI:\y " I ~ I
c fiil~(;rllt,t l ~ cJews now s ( ~ ~ t t e r emust
al'tcr wl~ic:l~t l ~ c1ii11gsof' t l ~ ecart11
( l bc
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C'Jirist will co1~1r,an(l t l ~ cdent2 will co11tc a r c to be g a ~ l ~ c r ehguinst tl Jerusnlc~i~ t l,~ u s
~rp;"1oolii11~ :IS tllcy (11) f i ~ r tile g e l ~ c ~ . a conlillgl to the grc:~t.bi~ttlc. n 11ienn.s to
c o ~ ~ f l : ~ti011 ~ t l ~ ce : ~ ~ -att l t~l ~ csnlne time. this g : ~ t I l c r i rti l~~ c" \I~:I~c'I's
g r : of of I<IIII\II':I~C'S Is-
,,
l l ~ ce l c v c ~ ~ tcl~nl)ter
l~ of' 1>;111icl1;ns also tllc c.Ilristi:i~~i~:\tionsof 1l:urol)c-arc to bc
1)cen ~,rc!ssctliltto.sel.vicc 011 t l ~ : ~li~lc, t ~vitll tlrictl 111). ( I . 1 : 1 - 1 4 ) J u s t ha^
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tlie Iwld a~sertioji tl~ilt7'11rkey is t11e I;illg t i 1 i 1 1 I i
tllat sl~or~lil c 6 c s o ~to ~ ~ le~ i s end, and 7lo)lC g n ~ l ~ r i ' i a~g~: igi ~ ~ s,Jcrus:lle~n,\YO c:ln 110t
oI s tI 1 1 1
shnbl help 7~ira." (Ver. 45.)
Now, i l l oic!{v ol'tlie 1:1cts of tllc ~ , l . e ~ c, lpn
Isay, Lilt tliat i t a8;il~ I I I I S result, we believe
~ t 111c strongtll of the prol)l~ecy.
year, t l ~ cce~satioliof Ilostilities, t l ~ cl ~ l l ~ c l ~ ) - A I I \c(!1 ~ call n o w l,crccivc tlrc tlivisio~lof
'Iurkisl~tr(!at,v, ? i v i ~ ~:ISSIII.;III~Cg 1
o f rvIigi- 1C1tt~ope illto t111.e~ p:~rtsa111:1~nnistic to C ~ I C I ~
ous liberty i l l 'fl~l-ltry,;~ntl5pcci;ll pl~iviIecrcls r 1 otl~cr-the 111on:1rkhicnl,r c l i g i u ~ ~ a s~ l dcorn-
for tlic Jc.\vs in I'ulc.;tillc!, I tvo11It1:IS]<,\\,it11 n1111iistice l c ~ ~ ~ c ~ l t s .
all l.e~l)cctfor tlie llol~cstyof tl~escIt~il~lcrs, \\'llilc \lrc st.(: ii ~wrintl of tiwe :~llot.tcd
a r e tllcy I I O ~ , i l l tlli.; c:lse : ~ tlc:~st,m L I',Jill([ for :11l 111c'sc t l ~ i ~ ,ant1
Icatlers of' t i l e I.,li~ltl?"
1,ord ~ I Y I I Itllcp ~ nlny rise atltl scc?!
I f t l ~ e s obretl11.cl1~voultl but ;~tllllit\ v l ~ a 1t 1)rt~,g11~11t
to 1 1 r i 1 1tl11\1i1
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~ ;il11)11t~
~ s ,the! c : ~ ~ l s c: ~~swork
tve C : I IaIli)~,d
I ~ I I I I ~ I I I ~ I I ~ s Yurclv
~ s i t evtBnts
l~
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t
to wait
t l ~ otinie is '
of the I I I O S ~ i~ltc~-est- F
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is so nLunil:~t~tl!-~)rovcclL I t~ l ~ c [lil~le,t l ~ : ~ t i11g , rl~nl.:~c~tcr t o s t ~ ~ r l e ~~i t~s ' ~ I ~ o I I ~ I ~ c Yi
i l l t l ~ c ti111c of t r o ~ ~ l ) l now c i n ~ ~ ) c ~ ~ t l i l , , vO_n. ,e tl1i11: 11101.c IVC ~ 0 1 1 1 t 1 I I O I ~ C C: 1v11c.n 1
I ) n ~ ~ i a il)col)Ie
's ( r l ~ c Jcu-s, ro111llare i . I :tie I t l l g a i t J e r s : ~ l c , [
1 2 : 1 atlc['i): 2.4, L 6 t h y l ) ~ ~ l l")l e are to [)I, : I I It11:lt ~ ~ peol,le a r e ~ I In sat1 pIi<l~t,11:11f of
restoretl, t11c.v ccbultl see ligllt ir~stc:r(lof i l ~ ecity in c:llltivity, ctc., (Zcclt. 1 4 : 1-3,) . 1

wit11 t11cl t~.iI~t!s

of't11clvat't11,
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11i11ico111in2 i l l l)vivcr ~ 1 1 d

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! lllis is our 11ol)c,arlrl sur.cly it is n better ~vlloLclicvo ar~tloLc~.. All nic11 gct life
QIIC than to wait for O ~ I V I I 111:111iIkstatior1s.fro111 xiis IIE.4TIr. Sorr~c (t,clicvcrs) will
i " JVe walk by filitlr, not Ly siglrt." receive ctcrrlnl snlvatiolr t l l r o ~ r ~ lhis i lye.
IIC lives IVC sllnll live also. I I c

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- evet- liveth to .~i~alic Iir tcrccsaioit j'or ~cn," ctc.

T1I.E ATOLU EAlENT. We r.ecogr\izc, tlrcrr, tlrcsc tmo pl~asesto
Cllsist's cleat11 and resurrection :
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Unpleasant tl1ou~11 it be, 1 feel it ~leccs- 1st. l)e;~tlr ( s ~ ~ l ~ s t i t u t i ob Lr for ~ ) tlre sills
snry to tokc esceptitrr~sto :III article L y Iny of tlie ~vliole wo~.ltl." l ~ c c o ~ ~ c i l i a t i (nt- on
brother upon t l ~ i ssul!icct, in tire Ii~st 1111111- one-mcnt. L L 1101. (;o(l \vas ill Clrrist re~'0~1ci1-
be]. of this pallel'. I 111a1ietlio objection iitg tile world llrito I~irnself,?rot iallntting
not from ;r s])irit of cor~tro~~er.sy, Llrt be- their tresl~nsaey20!tothc1)1; L I I Ire ~ laid U ~ ) O I I
caus:! I belicvc the cloct~.ii~e of s1111stitut.io11I~intthe iniy!sit3 of' us all. " i l y 11isstripes
assnilcd in t11i1t article to be one c ~ fthe most we n1.c I~cnletl. 1Ic died tllc j ~ ~ FOR s t the
; important tc::cliing of Gotl's word. u ~ ~ j u stnstil~l;:
t, (lent11 yon every I I I : ~ I ~ . "
One of tllc bc;lutics of our ~ ~ o s i l i ois, n 3d. I l i s rcsu~.r.cction, by 11,11ich Ilc bc-
that \vc 11n1.c no crcctl Lilt tlrc UiL~lc,ant1 came t l ~ ecnpt;rin or lender ot'ous s:~li.ation--
we .ji1tlgc of c n c l ~ otllcrs' tc.;lclril~g :ur(i tlrc? Lcgi1111i11gof tllc ncfu n.enlion, nrld
g tllc Scl.il~tur.cs or~ly. It ill!-
~ r r i t i r ~ by 111:ikcs'it possiljlc for us to C O I I I C i r ~ t otllo
Ll.ot11er car1 C O I I Y ~ I I C Cmc t11:lt s ~ ~ b s t ; t ~ l t i osl)irili~nl n corttlitiou-the perfect col~tlitiotl-
is ?tot ttzlight iir the 13i61c, I (*;1re 11ot [\.or11 t I ~ e~ I I I : ,<I['~ Gotl. Iiy 11is.rssirr~rcctionIlt.
\vl~uruit ciillrc, 1 (lo riot wnlrt it ; b11t if I bccnrr~cour I i i t l l l i ~ lI1igl1 11ricst-o~ir advo-
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c:~n call I~is: ~ t t c ~ ~ t i to o i l l~:~ssngcs in Gotl's r:itc and rcpresctltntivc i n tllc l i o l y of
wort/, wl~iclido tc~lc,llit, 1 I ~ I I O W t l ~ n t Ile is tIolic.s, \ v l ~ i t l ~ eIre r lrntll cnterctl, tliertt to
rca~.lyto b c n ~ lopiriior~,ctc., to tllnt word. nlqwa~'in tllc ~)reserrccof C:otZJ;,r 2(8.
\Vith tllc latter 1t:lrt of tl~:rt article, in TIIE SI;CESSITT 1'011 ATOSI.:JIEXT.
% v l ~ i cChrist
l~ is rcfersetl to as tllc begin- Tliroug\l our ian~ilyl~e:ld Atlam, &' sin
11ing of tlrc i i r o cr.e:~tion ol' Goc.l," tlre cl~teretlillto t l l ~n.orl11, ant1 elcat11 by sin; ,
s11iritunl I I I ~ I ;I n11d tllnt t l ~ i swas cfYcctctl ant1 so clcntli l):~ssctlL I ~ ) O I Iall 111cn,for t l ~ n t
Ly dent11 arrd rcsl~rroct'oi~of Clrrsist ; all I\:lve sir~libd." ( I < ~ I I 5': I , 12.)
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a u d that L b it \\.a$ only i i i tlus \I-:IY Iir, col~ltl I-Ierc, t l ~ e n ,\vc were all u r ~ d c rcontlcm-
Lecomc the l~entl: u i r l i l ~ ~ p ato r t t l ~ ec ~ . c a t t ~ ~r~:ltior~,
.c sul?ject to cleatll. 11 Ian7 of God
the tli\.i~~ci~nngcnlltl I I : I ~ I I I ' C , " wc ftill]. l i n t 1 Lee11 violntctl, :111(l Go(\ ; ~ l l o ~ vjlisticc c~l
agrcc, and t!,e crror \re al,jlr.cliend lics i l l to t:llcc its course i l l tllc punisl~n~clrt of tllc
g if C l ~ r i s ttlictl to I)ceoillc g ~ ~ i l t y .B u t ~vliilctlre justicc of God was .
tlic s u p p o s i ~ ~t11:lt
" the llentl of tlic new crcntio~l," Ire clitl txlii~rzits co~irsc,:In11 t l ~ e1:l\v of God being 1.
~lotlringelse Ly tllat dc:~tll. CI~ristaccom- vill(licatecl, tllc rrrcrcy of God was cqi~nlly
.. l~lislrcdvarious xood t l r i l l p Ibr us i l l llis active; :uld ~vliile 9ttc:rcy rnny not t l ~ w n r t'
ticatl~a11t1rcs~li.rectiol~. l l c was o11r ~111;- justicc, it I I I X ~satisfy it. A s norlc of our
stitute in (lent 11 ; 11c clicd tllc j i ~ s tfor t l ~ c race coultl i r ~their fitllcn couditior~ lcccp
u~just-(112 were ~ l i ~ , j ~ ~Js~ t .S ICIlrist
IS by Gotl's ~)crfcct low, they ~ v c r c unable to
. t l ~ egracc of God t:~sted'dent11 for rvery nlcct the c l a i ~ ~of l s tlic 1:11r 11pontl~en~selves,
?)tan. Tllis dying ,for tile girilty wits one 1xruc11Ir~sssatisfy tllc Lack acco111at of t l ~ o
par1 of tlre work-s~rl~stit~rtiorr; l)ot 110t::l1. 1 rernnir\dcl- of tlic I'nruily.
, K O ! I I e bec:lnltr tile n ~ ~ t l r vofetcrnnl r sal- I God scclns to have ntloptctl this pl:~n to
vntion unto all tlrcrn t l ~ n t~ L c y] l i r l l . I-Jere tc:icli the ~ . i ~ l r t c o ~ i s ~of~ cIris s s I:l\~-tl~c
is n ditYcrelrt wurli as n s11l)stitutc tiyillS in pcrhction of' I~isjustice, all(\ G;lnlly l ~ i s
our stcatl-\\-a arc r~,x(lcnigl1 Ily tllc b l ~ o d. gre:~t ~rlcrcynl~tl love : " F o r n r \ ~ i l c~c
of Cl~rist. I l c bccnlrlc n ~lletlinti,~-:~ 1
go- \ V E T O ~ e witlio~itt stre~~,gtlr, in ~ I I Ctir~lc
L e t \ \ r e c ~ ~ - ~ ~ ~ : ~ l11s
i i l ~at-OIIC
z \vitIl (;otI ; 1 c l ~ r i s (liv(l t for t l ~ t ? i111go111y ;" n11[1" \vhen
llelrcc tlic \vol.li i.s c:lllc,,l :~t-o:~r>-~~lcllt-["l rile f'111l11css of t i ~ i ~\\.:IS
e C O I ~Gocl I ~ ~ s, c ~ i t
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wit11011tt11c cl1r.ist's t/k+:Ltll l , l , i l ) g i l r g 11s "i,cll fbl't11 l i i ~S O I I I,I I ; I C ~ C ?L I I I ~ C ? l,11(: I:L\v,to re-
to Gorl, ~t \\.:IS irlll)nssiI~Ieti)r us ( I I ) ~ ? . 1 t1cc.111tl1c111t l ~ i ~ tc r t tir~tlc?r
: tlie I:L\V."

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I n n word, \rltilc CIll.ist 11.3s t l ~ cs ~ ~ b s t i t i l t o 'J'o ~ L . I I C ~ I I is

so i l l (=Jlri.stsli:ill all be In:l(le alive ;" yet, lost it Ijy 111" tlisol)c{lic~icc
Christ docs not become tllo sj~i~itrrnl
t 1 c
I to l ~ u ybn(:k. IVlrat (lit1
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~ t back ~ v i t l l l ~ i s
$0 all for ~ v l r o ~Ile u died, but to tllosc ollly I otvn l i e . " Ey obedience u ~ t o death,
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even tlie dcath qf the cross." ( S r c ltoln. 5 : to Gotl by t l ~ cdeath of his Son, I I ~ ~ I CI I~I OI ~ V
11 to 19.) " ~ V were C sold 111!tler sin to bei~lgreconc.ilctl, we sl~nllLc snvetl througlv
dcnth, b u t Cllrist 11:ith re(lce11lct1 119, not. his life." (Rorn. 5 : 10.)
wit11 cor~.ul~tiWc tllings s u c l ~as silver :\lltl C. T. R.
goltl, but with Iiis own prccious Llootl-;ts ,iI t e s r ~ ~ r cIIYs T I I E I':I)ITOI~.-~LIL' b s o t h.c ~ #

of a lamb, without blc~nisli and without is riSllt in s ~ r ~ ) l ) c l s ithat n ~ we gl:lc.lly acqul-'

spot." esce in every at:lteroent of S c r i l i t ~ ~ r e .And
T h e law, wl1ic5 was a sllndow of p o d the only qilcstiorl with us is : lVh:rt do they
things to cowe declared by t l ~ ctlcatl~ of teach ? It certainly i3 a scriptural statc-
b.llls, lambs, tlovcs, ctc., ti1;lt L L witl~outtl~c! mcnt tllat Christ died {'or us; t l ~ cjLst for
,,
sl~etltlingof blootl t l ~ c r cis 110 ren~issiono!' the unjust. l3ut tl~:ltIlc died instead ot' us,
sins." T h e type certainly tlitl not illustratt: I (lo ilot bt:lievc. Christ " appcs~-sin thc
_- t
tlie reality fi~lly,bccnitse the lan~bs,etc.. presclice of. God for us ;" bnt lie rlocs ~ i o t I
(lid riot die ivillil~gly,wl~ile Christ, OII;. al)l)ear in the presencc of God instend o f
lamb, gave lli~~iself n snc~.ificc. I t will b(: US.
noticed, however, that ill t l ~ osc?lcctioll of :i Aiany, indectl all cliristians, l ~ a v obeen
type, such ani1n:tls were cl~oscll as rn:lk.: ct111c:ltetl to 1)elievc it was wrong to nllolv.
1c:rst resista~lce-Inrilb, dove, ctc. " 111: tlicir o w n j u t l p l ~ e ~of~ triKl1t a n d wrong to
was led as n 1:imb to the slnughtcr, ant1 as r Lc b r o ~ ~ g into l ~ t pl:ly, wlren reasolling on
sheep before her sllcarcr, is tlurnb," ctc. tllesc tl~ings. Uut I all1 snlislietl this sla-
T h u s we see tho justice, .mercy mntl love vish fear llas led into rnnny a God-tlisl~orior-
of God maliifcstcrl as no other wny ot' sav- illg dogrlla. . L"l'lie In:in 11:ls Lccomc like
ing the llulnan F~nlilycoultl displ:ly t l ~ c m; o r ~ cof us, to know good and evil," snit1 tlic-
a n d t l ~ ccentre pivot ot it all is, tll;it " Christ Creator. 'I'his then is man's birthri$~f
died for otir 8 i ~ snccortlillg to the Scrip- bo~lghta ~ l t l tle:irly 1):lid For, and ye: I ~ k e - g
ture," and Paul argues that t l ~ i sproves the I < s ~ I Inally I, sell this birtlirigl~tfor a n ~ e s s .
wontlsous love of God for 11s. " For scarcely of pottage, n~l(lsiiblnit to Inally 3 dogrn*
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!or a righteous mall will one (lie-yet 1)er- t l i s l ~ o n o r i ~tol ~ bvtli God a ~ i d tl~enlsclvvs,
adventure for n good Inan solno woultl cven becnusc tlicg think it is not right to use.
dare to die; B u t Gotl cornrnc~ltletl~ his love thcir reason. 13~1t witl~oatusing this Got[--
toward us, in t l ~ i twhile w e were yet in- given reason, we believe 11o I U : I I ~ can c011ll:
tiers, Christ dieti fur us." (Roln. 5: 7.) to a k~~owlcilgc of God; W c (lo not teach
IInd he not tlicd for us, me shuultl l ~ a v e that l)y rcasoll ;tlor~eman can find out God ;.
continuetl under t l ~ c d o ~ l i i ~ ~ iofo ~death.
l I , I I ~ t11:1t witl~olltthe escrrise of rcasoli we
W i t h no rcsurrcction the first death woillil (::In no Inore k ~ ~ oGod w tIlan ca11 a piece of'
have been eternal death. Our ~curksliad illaninlate llnture.
,1, lie atlnll~ic per~alty was, " d.ving, t l ~ o u
nothing to (lo with bringing us ttnder th-
minion of death ; it was the first ~ i t l a ~ n ' s - slinlt dic ;" L b Allrl all the days that Rtlalll
our works hnvc notl~ing to do wit11 o i ~ r livetl were ninc 11untlretl and thirty years,
escape finom death's tlominion; t l ~ n tis tlic and A ~ l n l idied." ~ Here was the csecu-
second Adam's work. tion of the 11c11nlty OII Atlnm I ~ i ~ n s e l f ;
If C l ~ r i s thad not rise11 from the dentl, our I ~ c n c eC111.isttlitl ~ i o t(lie i~lsfecrdof Adain,.
rcsurrectio~~, and that of:lil 1111'11,~ ~ o u I1:1ve
l(i for 11(1:1111 Ilil~lsciftlietl.
.bocn assured I)y l ~ i sdcntl~,for as " lie tastctl A l ~ l ~ y s i c ilirescril)es
:r~~ a renlcdy for YOU,
d e a t l ~for every nlarl, the clnil~lsof justice :~ntlyet Ile docs not tlo it @p;c& of ?ou.
to ttre life of cvt.1.y 111:in 11nd bee11 fol.L~itc(1, A l ~ t lit is in tl~is sense Clrr~stcliecl tur us,
and they must go five ; Gut t l ~ c y;vonlcI be t l ~ cjust f;)r t l ~ cun*just. I-lc is tlle great
orlly natrlral I ~ C I I still, ant1 rnr:st filil of l ' l ~ y s i c i : ~ tlle ~ ~ , I-estorcr of all t l ~ i i ~ ~ hs i. ( !
c~ltc~l,i~ll-+ the I~igl~cbr ot' csistcncc-t11c
11lii11c l l ~ ere~nctly\Y:~sI~i~llself, 11is ow11 life. A I I ~
spiritual--witl~out n ieatlvr, :I g(1itlc, :I I1clI)- t11us Ile l,tcys t l ~ c :riglit to ~.cgcner:lteI ~ I Z I ~ ~. ~ Ii
er. all :~clvoc:lte-tlle vcry tlli~l+ ' . Christ bc-
liv rn:~son~illc t11ern 1:ro1n t l ~ c2r;lve. 'y1le11 <.

cnAlc in liis re~i~rrection.*S o that n.c r:111 \\.hy ~ l i Ile ~ l i c e ? Xot as oar l i z , J , c f i l ~ l ~ , i
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say wit11 Petcr, " 1~1~ssctl
F,~tl~cr
begotten rls ngai11 to n 1;velp 11ol)e(11ol)o of l.cg~rc~~er:ite
eter~lallife) tl~rougllt l ~ cresurrectioll of ollr n s c c o ~ ~Oirtll, d
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1 ) ~God, t!lc a~iswcr,L I I .I.--~t i -x.t l ~ e111i~1it_-_ G C G d of 8jT-
o I d r a t l ;IS . .well :ISof tlje I!v&g.. It'l~c woulcl
of our 1,ortl Jesus C:l~l.ist,~ v l ~1i;rtll
~ n n r i k ~ t l r [ - - t Iis,
~ ; ~bl.il~,rr
t
on n 11igIlcr p l a ~ ~ufe csist-
tl1e111t@

L o n l .Jesus C l ~ r i s tfrom t!lc (lc~il." & ' For ence, lie 11111stilnplrt to tliclil llis own I: a- .!
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if while we wcrc eric~lliesivc were recol~ciletl tare. i l ~ l c lin order to c!o tlint, lie ~nrlsth e
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the llead, first I I I ~ I I ; ;111(1 it S ~ C I I I J he rccr!irc according to tile tlce~lsdorlc i l l the .I
coulcl not be Lorti of thc clcnti w i t l ~ o \l\iln- ~t hotly," w l ~ c t l ~ ctrl ~ c ybe good, or ~ r l ~ e t l ~ e r .I
self part'aki~~g of that contlitio~~.A11tl tlii~t they bc evil ; that is, 1i.w or r.inlly strilles, .I
7zcccssity lixcd t l ~ c price of t l ~ c I.:lnsonl. according to t l ~ edegrec of guilt. S o says
Hence, he was mndc R little lower thau tile the. Aiastcr. !
angels for tile s ~ ~ f f e r i nofg rlentl~. N o w this could not be, if C1Jin.ite prlnisll-
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Hence Christ sulfered for the rvl~olc ~ n c n twere to he inflictetl for n finite act. .!
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worltl, but not in plnce of thc--.-wllole n.orl(L ; I$ut as orlly finite rcw:irJa a n J l ) ~ ~ ~ ~ i s l ~ ~ n ;e ~: ~
. ,he gave hi~nself:irarisorn for triL, ~ l o tto np- call be inflicted on a finite being, n ~ ~ this tl-
pease a broken law, Lut " for tlic joy set is to be inflicted in every case, Got1 docs
belore 11i1n." God's broken I:iw dcmi~ndcd not require the penalty to ,he esecutetl
the tleatl~of miln, ant1 nlall died. 'I'he 1.e- twice, once,on CI11*ist,:lntl n g a i ~011 ~ t l ~ e01-
~reneration ~ ~ ~ a it
h
k enccess;lry
s for 11i1n to fender. IF t l ~ epenalty of I I ~ ~ I I sin ' S ha(\ .. ,*

l ~ v eagain, nntl that necessity requircd the heen eternal d c a t l ~ :~ntl , Cl~ristsutferetl the
sacrifice ot' Cl~rist'sI>ody,that 110 might bc penzllty ot' t11:~tbroken law, then Christ suf-
Lord of the tlc;lil. k r e d etental tlentl~. But if t l ~ cpel~altywas I !'
Cnllsc nncl cltbct arc c q ~ ~;iIlence l Got1 t c ~ ~ ~ p odcntl~,
r n l tllen Ill:Ln pays the p e ~ ~ a l t y , I
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cannot crcnte n Leil~g-greatert h : ~11i1usclE ~ 11i111selT,f o r 11" l ~ i ~ ~ i s sultLrs
clf toml~or:tl
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T h e n it f o l l o ~ stl~al;a f i ~ ~ i tLcir~g
e c n n ~ ~ odeilth.
t
commit a n illfinite act ; nor can i11fi11ite Christ died for our sins, it is true, but
! ',
, :
p u ~ l i s l ~ ~Le
n e inf1ic:ctl
~~t for a fiuitc net. If not in 0 1 5 stc-ad, or to s&st')r R b ~ ~ k e ~ ~ l _ n \ v .b
this self-evidul~t t l . ~ ~11nd t l ~ been recognizeti, Zle (lied i n ortlcr t l ~ : ~wu t 11iig11tliue gyctin.
that I~orrid cloctrine tllat the slightest sill And yct t l ~ e r cis not a s11~cow of tlint fitL~c
of a finite being is \vortl~yof' infi~iitea ~ ~tloctrjne d of sul)+!til~g all inn%ellrvi&nl -
eternal torture, woultl never llavc tlisgracetl i l l the place of a & s t y &i~uiri:~l.S ~ ~ b s f i \ r -
theology, arltl d i s l ~ o ~ ~ o rthe e ( l I1:llnc of' God. ti(% as it 11iLbec11t n u ~ h t i, v i s that Goti's
This Fact esplains l ~ o wa TII;LII can be re- In\\. t l r T ; ; a r ~ t I s ~ r e r ~ : ~ I t yif,- a~~ il dl-r i s- -t -X c 1 . .
wardeci for evcry (iced, whether it Lc good, Lsnr t l ~ ~ ~ ) c ~ i unl il~ _l l ett s~3 ),e .~ A11d ~
or wlietller it I c evil. And ;rlso wily the j 6 f t l ~ os i ~ ~tlleology ie ~ ~ I L tl~nt
C E ~~btwitll-
l a w of hloses, w l ~ i c l ~ clc:11~o i ~ l ywith t ! ~ e, s t n r ~ t l i ~Christ
~ g received tile pellalty in full, . .
natural man, never offered eternal rebvartls Vor eve+ Innn, y e t justice d c ~ ~ i a a d sand , , ' '

or ~ I I I I ~ S ~ ~ ~IfI I t ~l lSe .~obevetl the Inw will execute it over ngain,'on 'the greater ,
...
of' God, they wc1.e to i1111eritthe Inr~tl,llavc part of the Iioman tilllily. I toll you stlcl~
aluncla~lt crops, nl~tl tt.iumpl~ over their n tlleology is folue, and such double-sitlecl
' '. :
, :
enemies. I f tlley kept tlie fourtl~ com- justice all nbl~orence to the priliciple of
~ r ~ a n t l ~ rit~ was
e ~ ~L bt tl1;it
, i t might s o well riglit ;md \ Y I - ~ I I ~ . T o s:ly t11at Cl~rist~)ai(l
.
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with them in the I:ul~l wllicll the Lor11 thy t l ~ cclcbt in ii~ll,a11r1then 011 the [nore will ..
God givetl~t11t.c." Ilut L L t l ~ c yLrolte l ~ i s of a finite bcil~g,j~rsticuwill t~crnn~ltlt l ~ c ,

law, and ~)roE~nt:dhis Snbb;rths, tl~erefore 1):lynlent rr sccor~dtime, is a false prillcil~le

the Lord t l ~ yGod a ~ s theo t out of the lalid of rquity. - -- .) . -
wliich he gave unto thy fhthers." And no- 'f%Tsirnple penalty of natural death, was
where ill the lalo is cter~lallife pron~ised,or t l ~ a tprorlouncud o11 the a c l ; \ ~ ~ ~race, i c ant1 ::
eternal cleat11 tl~rentened. they pay that deht, s i ~ ~ c etlcntl~lins ~)nsscd ; 1 '

Dent11catno by one mnn, ir~tlcpentltl~t of' on all ~uen." Christ tlietl tli:~t lie 111i~l1t '; ,.

our intlividunl a c t i o ~ ~ ; sfor, being t11c cl~iltl- Lri11g t l ~ e i ~up, i af'ltr t l ~ u y11nd [)aid tlre
. ren of Aclntn, we partake of 11is d y i q Inn- pen;ilty, nrltl give to the111etcr~lnllifi.. A r ~ t l . 8
ture. T l ~ e~ ~ c s u r r e c t i oofl ~ tile dead also 11ewill bring lip every one for ~ v l ~ ot ~~clicc!. en ',

! c o l ~ ~ zby
s olle man, arltl i~l(lcpcntlentof our Ur~ttllc gift ot' Got1 is ctcrrinl lire, ant1 t11c-j . . '

indivitlunl acts. F o r ns i i ~Atl~unall (lie, ~ v i l l get t/i& co~i!litlo~~trlly.But if tllc'y . '

, even so in C11rist sl1:~llall bc 111:1dealive." tliu a;[nir~,tl~thre~.cln:tinetl~110 nlorc sac1.i-

B u t the yifi of Got1 ia eto.,~nL life." I
licr?. Still t l ~ c ycan~lut (lie ng:1i11, 11111~3s
Tlie \vurltl pays tllc I ! ~ I I : L ~ L J - , or i n otlicr I t l ~ c yconunit the or~t?h i l l n . l ~ i c l ~ is 1 1 1 1 : ~ '.

\vor(ls satisfies God's bt.olier~ law. Ld'i~.st, tlcntl~. rZ~iclevery ot11c.r sir1 c:m be esl,i- ' '

the IRIV rle~~inlids tllcir tIe:ltl~,ant1 tlicy tlic. ntetl by s o m e t l ~ i ~less ~ g tl1n11i:;ll)ital punisll-
Ant1 sccontl, f%i, e ; ~ c li11tlivit11r:tl
~ act t l ~ o y
* : - :' I.
 irons is certain dcatl~. I consent to tlo that was to teach that or11p by tl~c'lifeofa t ~ o t l ~ e r ,
for t l ~ ebenefit of m y wife and cl~iltlren. co111tlt h y be n ~ a d eIiee fro111 tlle tau*ot' sin
; T h i s is prcciscly w l ~ n tC l ~ r i s ttlocs for 11is ant1 dcatl~. A I I in ~ the nly~licat,ion,tlic
wife a i ~ t lcl~iltlreti-viz : sacrificed his nu- i m p a r t i ~ ~tog us, the li e, or nnturc of'christ) .
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t
: .i~tmllife, " on'cred liis body a sncrilice." de~nantlcd11is (!cat I.
A n d y e t there is I I O law appcnscd, no t l ~ n n - n l i e v e it is possible for a man to live
, derlolt of nn angry God c r a s l i i ~ ~tl~rougli g t but o111yby the grace of God.
~ v i t l ~ o usin,
1 his quivering flesl~,iastcad of ours. W e Now what is grncc? I t is not forgiveness,
i a r e t o a ho.ior the Son even as we I~onor since t l ~ anatur:~l111x11can be forgiven ; but
I- tlie F n t l ~ e r ; " but we cannot llonor Clirist it is the free gift of God, that is, t l ~ ei ~ n -
1 by disl~onoringG-otl. planting in 11im of a now nnture. Ar~clthis I
T h e n wliere conics in the mercy, grace !iew 1.mn " must grow in strcngtl~,nnil
.' and forgiverless ? 1 nliswcr, the riiercy : I I I ~ t l ~ c'' 0 1 1 1 nlnn " in wc:lltnc!ss until tlic ncw
i grace are n~nnif'cstc!ili l l t l ~ cplan itself'; t l ~ n t llntilrc zets canij~lcte C O I I ~ I . ~before ~, i t is i
nf'tcr nlan l ~ a srcccivcd tllc 1)ennlty due to possiblc tor n rilarl to live ~ v i l l ~ o usinning. t \
f l ~ i sown illtlivitlunl actions, to t l ~ efull cs- A n d ev,:n tlleri, so long ns tllc old nnture
tcnt, wl~cther t l ~ e y be good, or wl~ctllcr.colitinuc!s. t l ~ cmall is liable to fall. A n d so
1 t l ~ c ybe evil, 11e should 11ot be 7tzo.ely re- wc arc clca~lsctl by t l ~ e I)l00d of Cl~rist.
! stored to wllnt 11e was, but s l ~ o ~ ~I)e l t esnlt-
l B u t IIOI:,? T l ~ cblootL :~ncllife, used in this
ed to t11:it to wl~ic:ll 11c Ilever. cvcll in l ~ i s scnsc, nlcnll 111.crisclyt l ~ csallic. Ant1 so
[
: l n ~ r i t y ,l ~ a d:L c l ; ~ i ~ n .131.o11~11t illin 11n1.- we : ~ r cc:lc:~liscdby l~is'lil'c. Tlmt is, as I ~ i s '
. I I I O I I ~wit11 God not ~ ~ ~ e ri lel lI y
, ~ ~ I ~ I l)ys c :i! ~ lit&,
, llis n:itilrc, is il11~7nrtedto us, t l ~ eoltl '

;: . h l c r c eipi;itioli of Iris sills, n ~ ~ so dst;~iitling natrlrc tlics out; 311d lllis girt is p11re1ya
: tiee tiaonl sill, as I V ~ St l ~ efirst Ada111 bcf'orc Inat tcr of' grace. r111cIw11c11the victory is
,,:.i .-. l ~ i s fall, but b r o ~ ~ g lnear ~ t by t l ~ e blood co~nl)lcte,\\rc arc rcady to !JC tlclivcred
: (life.) of CLrist,-111ade i n him a new fro111 the bo~lcl:ijie ot' corruption illto t h e
Trcntnre. glorioris liberty of the soils of' God. A ~ r t Il
Justice tlcul;intls t l n t w11cl.c t l ~ c r cis 110 (lo not bclicvc ally ere b:ibc in Clirist is
!
law n~atleItriown, lo sin slrnll bc i~iil)r~tcd.ren[ly Ibr tllat tlclivtv.:ll~ce,or ever will bc,
; (Roni. 5 : 13.) l j a t t l ~ enatural lllnl1 can- until Ilc colncs to the L'ull stature uf a IlIali
' , not deny his nature, I~cnce,cveil i l l tlic ill Christ Jcs~is. Alltl o111ythe bride elect,
r c s t i t u t i o ~ ~age, sul>posing that Ilc sl~ould ever attain to that iull stature in t.]~islife;
,i rcqeive for cvery tleutl the exact cquiv:l- all otl~crs1n11stcornc to m:iturity, if nt dl,
lent, fcw or in:llly stripes, ns tlernantlcd by i l l t l ~ ercstituticn age, and s11:irc in t l ~ ercs-
the law; h e would still be liablc, wit11 tliu titution s;~lvatio~i, Ireirs of t l ~ cki~lgtlomin- :
liest brcatl~,to qin, ant1 so c111st'~ s c m c n t doctl, but not :I part .of " t h e bride, the:
~vou1tl again be t l ~ ~ e .A n d g r m ~ t i n gthat Lanib's ~vite."
11e (lid not corn~ilit tllc sin \ \ * l ~ i cis l ~ unto T l ~ i s view, to my iiiintl, reconciles all
deatll, he rnigl~tlive forever, and forever bo conAicti~~g i(lc1:is. 1Tt $VCS all t l ~ cglory of
pullisl~ed. Eb~yive)less, ns extcntlc(1 to o w salvation to C l ~ r i s t ,since the 11atura1

II
wankind (the 11at11l.aln~aii)always follows Il.lan, a l t l ~ o u g l11c ~ can, ant1 111ust s u l k fbr
11 t l ~ etr:~clc of ,justice. If a man stcnls his ow11 S ~ I I S ,C : ~ I I licvcr accolnl~lisl~ his ow11
; f r o n ~you, and 118akcs restitution, yclu for- s n l v a t i o ~ ~ . T l ~ c rlntlire nt' C l ~ r i s t iliust
-. give Ilirn. t h d it is o ~ l l yon that 11ri11cil)les ~ ~ r c lcolnc y t l ~ r o i ~ g l11in1,
l 3s the s e c a ~ i d
I .
that Got1 fo~*givc,s the 11:1tural Inal1. 'L C1.y Adam, even ns oor 1,rcsent nxturc COIIICS
ullto h e r t l ~ It~ c rwa1,fiire is accolnl~lisl~ctl,t l i l . o ~ r ~the l ~ first rid:~rn. Hcricc, the fiat, ,
and I ~ c iniqnity
r j~c7riluned, for s l ~ c11atl1rc- L b ruust 1)c.bol.n agnin." C l ~ r i s transoms '
ceived'at tllc 1,ord's 11:1ntls d o r ~ l ~ lfbr e all us f~.ornthe g~.:ivcwit11 his own life; not
11.r sins." First tllc penalty is esecutetl, to al)lle:isc n t~rolien law, but Ibr t l ~ cj o y :
, . " -
ant1 t l ~ e ~as i , wit11 t l ~ ema11 wllo 1nal;es res- scLtl)cfo~.c11in1 i n I~ringing many sons to
f titution, tl~c:yarc f;wgivel:. r111i.s~I !xIieve Gotl. J l e lwnrs orrr sills i l l 11is OIVII 1,otly
7
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is witl~oiltcsccl~tionon t l ~ cn:ltlir:~l 1n:ln ; 011 t11c tree, i l l t11c fact t \ ~ : ~sill t bro~lght
first c l ~ n s t i s t ~ n e ~tol t ,t l ~ rfull cstc!rlt of 11is ilcatli, its own jrel~alty, and i l l older to
,' sill, and t11c.n 1I,71'd011. 1<\-e11 IIIICI(T tlle ccr- brillx 11: 1'1.o1nt l ~ cg~.avc,Ilc \nust go tllcre
e111o11ia1 I;ILV, t11ci.e was 110 ib~.givt~css o[.~vil- 11i111sc.11; t l ~ n tis, 11c died t l ~ a t11c 111ig11tLC .
: fill sin, ~ r i t l l o ~~l t~ t ~ ~ ~ i s l ~13ut r l ~ sills
c n tthey
. Lovtl of' tile cle:1(1.
a were not resl~orlsiblc tbl., were S o r c ~ i v c ~ ~ ,O n c s t a t c ~ ~ ~ofc our ~ ~ t brotl~cr,I t l ~ i ~ ~ k ,
. =r
tjpically, by tlle sllc(ldi11g of' blood. That is entirely u~~scripturnl, 'the first few 1i11es
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IIEnliLD OF TlIX ill ORLVILVG. 43 1;
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o f t l ~ elast pnragrnl)l~--viz, Tllnt if C l ~ r i s t( fnitllS11l r r l ~ ( ljust to fol.givc 11s o11r sills, ant1
;
llnd not risen, " our I-csursectioti wol~ld11ii1.e to clen~lscus from all u ~ i r i ~ l ~ t c o ~ ~ s ~ i e s s . " !
Leen assured Ly llis dcn~h." '' I f Christ Lu
' not risct~, . . .
IInw docs 11c clca,lsc us P h3 his otot lye,
t l ~ e ntlicy also IVII~CII '' TI!e- l!I-nd of J ~ S I ICSl ~ r i s tcleanset11 us
i:
a r e fallcl~ asleep in Cllrist are perisl~ed.~' I from all sill." IIow bcnntiful is this, ~ r l l c ~ , :
I
Pal11 clearly teaclles that the r e s ~ ~ r r e c t i o nunderstood. Of course it is 11ot--.-. the litclal
1

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, of t l ~ edead dcl)elltls, not on tlle tlcatli, L I I I~ blootl ; hut it is tlle life of Clinst not his' .;
. j on the resrlrreclio~ro l ' c l ~ r i s t . (See 1 Cor. I t G ? h , tllnt c l e : ~ ~ ~ s e t I ~ u sd. G % l
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. 1
' 15 : 12-42.) " BII; IIOW is C111~ist 1
risen is tlle IiSe." N o ~ v ,110,r. are we 3GGJ?
i i
from the clend, and I.cco~iicthe first fruits i 13,ylG;;Tiicin~of l ~ i slire, I answer ; tlle new . i:
-of t l ~ e mt l ~ a slept,"
t .\vitliout t11c first fruits, 1 life, tile 11cw man, " t l r ~ t lwe receive this 1
there could I~nrtlly:lave bee11 n r n ~ l a i n d ~in ~ rthe process of ucl/e,tci*tr/io,t. G b Not Ly j
I
of the hnrvcst. ?' I I(- dztrth of' Christ, i l l i t s t l ~ c.~r!orksof rigl~tooi~G<GYJ~Iiw c l i a s o - ;
8e1f, cloes i i o t l ~ i ~ ~ gis 11ot L~C;IIISB
; it IIC (lied, I (lo11~',1<1t-accnrtli~lgt,o 11is I!I(I~CY IIC..SUV~S .'
b u t " because 110 livt:s, tllat w e s l ~ a lliveal- l ) us by tlle ~ v n s l ~ l(clcal~sil~g)
f i -. - of ~~~~~~~~~a-
so." 1
tior." i s 3:5 j I v /
. Tlint forgivcliess is estendeil in some Ivny ; up, in I I I ~ we , brlcol_!eec1cal~. Clcmlsetl,
t o tllc body
relnaintler of t l ~ chu:r~alifarnil? I nrn satis- j one I)T;~ce,nlitIL..
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Crllri:t, R S it is not to the / Ly the I,lood ;;fzl~rist, says t l ~ capostle in . ?.
I,\- tIlc
.- washing of' rc'!/c!n~~a-
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, fied. Al~tli l l that scllse bb Christ is our tion, in nnoll~cr I)lncc. 1111,iI we :Ire ct!r-
passover." i
'l'l~ouglr '' we must all appear tdillly not r c g c ~ ~ e r a t e dLv tllc t l e n ~ l of ~ i
Lc.fol.e the j u t l g n ~ e ~sc:~t ~ t of Cl~rist,": l l ~ t lj C l ~ ~ i s1t ,~ 11)v
receive accortlil~g to our tlecils, I Lelieve / 1n:ul. A n t tills " wnslli~lg" goes on &-1r111g 4 t his li-C. j~uttingon the -IIC\V - -.
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t l ~ c l ~ n r c lof~ tlle fii*st-bol~~~ :Ire in some j ' t ~ l , r o c r s of s vegc~~i?r:~tion, 111itil n c corllc !
I
w a y a n cscc~1)tion. \Ire, t i ~ c11ousc of'Gocl, i to t l ~ et'1111 st;\tl~ein Cl~rist. Xcvcr bt.fi~rc 1 '

are now I ~ a v i ~ lour j i j ~ l ( l g l l ~ a~ ~' ~~i~ltltlso111c

, j I ~ n r cI f ~ l l l ul~tlerstootl
~. \vll:tt being c!l(:ctnsc:tl 1
tlc;rcc we rcceirc cllnstisclne~~tf;)r o11r ; I,!/ Itis ljloo(l I I I C : I I I ~ . or t11at it W : ~ S tlle Ice-
cvil tlcctls, n11t1 re\v:ll-tl fur o11r gootl clcrtls; / clcss ot' ~xanc>rlc~.:lti~~?, ~ I ~ ~ J \ I illto ~ u I )':,
slrtl tllese rl~astise~llo~lts a r c ~ , u r e l yt u n - i C111.ist. I I i s i s j
pnral, so is t11c ve2csclrd of our gootl dectls, c G Z i T a y s tllc n s c a t t11~"r(!otof. ~ I I C tree, 1 .
I
4 L A 1iund1,etl fold in tl~is*life," ctc.. wllilc 1 alul c11rcs tlle discnsc. 0 IIOW I)enl~til"l
our s p i r i t ~ ~ nI~lcssil~gs
l a r c not a Illnttcr of I n11t1j u s t tlocs tile p l n ~appc:lr, ~ w l ~ c rUII-~
~.ewnrtls,I I I I ~ of CI-ace. Still 1 bclievc we derstoud.
tlo not rcccivc c l ~ : ~ s t i s t ~ n ~
o n r deeds," to tlie full cstcrlt, Lecnuse 11-e
b cb ~: ~ t( s~ ~ uto
1
r d i ~ ~ g, . -- -
W I T N E S S Ok' T I I E SL'IRIT.
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l ~ n v eall atlvocntc \vith the Fatl~el.; a ~ l t l

fur<i\-enoss is c s t e ~ ~ ( I cto i I 11s as n I:tvor cs- T h e sl>irit.itself0i.nretl1 w i t ~ ~ c \\,it11 s s our
tcl~tled to CI~rist, since r e calil~otaallk~. sl)i~*it, 1 that \ve a1.e t11e cl~iI~lr(!i~ of GO,I,:111tl
~ ~ i t l i o ltllt~ ewl~olchotly, uveil the l~catls11f- it' cliildrcll, t11c11l~cirs; I~eirsof' God, nllrl
frring \iritll us. I>ut ill the 1.cstit11tio11age, ,joint Ilc.irs \\.it11 Cllrist, i f s o be tllnt we suf-
tllc worltl ;Ire to r~!ccivct l ~ cf i ~ l l~ ) c ~ ~ nIi)r l t . y f'cr \vit,h I I ~ I I I ,t l ~ n t\ve Inay lit! :~lsoglorifictl
every ctcctl ; :LII(Ille~lcetlle b b crc':1t111.e" C A I ) tombtl~cr. (11o111.8 : 16, 17.
be tleliverv~l[I-oln t l ~ ol ) o ~ ~ d of' n ~ corrup-
e 'jlic Sl,irit 1r:is giron to the ( * l ~ ~ ~ l r l ~ - r l -
tion only after ~.cccivil~q t l ~ eSull ljenalty. \v:~ysconsiclc.1.ed :is o11c bod., a t Pcnterost,
Z n t as tllcy are brougl~tIlcnr Ijy t lie ljlootl ant1 l ~ n ss i ~ ~ c11re11 e g i ~ - cto~c~ ~ ~ o11e ~ r wlio
y
h
of' Cl~rist,t l ~ n t is, as tllcy b e c o ~ ~'' ~nenr e 11:is C O I I I ~illto tllnt one I)otly, n11d it tllcq.
- creatt~res," ar~ilgl.atlunllv I ) L I ~off tllc old are sealcd 1111totlle clay of' rccl(bmlltio~~, .
nl:ln ant1 llis tleetls," tllcir cl~astisel~lt~nt n'ill s o l'a111, \vl.itil~g to tile b ~ l t I ~ c ~ i1: :~ ~ ~ s ,
di~uillisl~ until by g1-owir1g up unto Cllrist, 12, 14, s:lys : '1'11:it rrv sllorlld I)c to tile 1)r:lise
tile " rlew III:III " gvts tile virtorY, :llld ~ I I C I I of' l ~ i sglory, wilo fils.it tl.i~.ztcd i l l Cllrist,.
tlleir ilcli\~csai~cc C O I I I ~ ~ S . IIc.l)ce, t ] ~ c filvor 111tvholn 3.c a l j o tr~~stcci, :if'tcr t l l n t , ~ 6 :I1~:tr.d
, S ] I O \ V I I t11c 111,icIcis sl,cri:~l~ I ~ S ~ ) ~ I I S o~ f~ , ~t11(! O I I\\ro~,tl ot t1.11t11, 1 1 1 20<]!1~1
~ 01'ye?11rS : I ~ V ~ -
g~.ace,L e l o ~ i ~ 0i 1~1 1~~ gt o tllis : ~ p ~ 1, 1 \vl~ilc
~ 1 ' t i 0 1 1 ; i l l tv11o1n;II>o,:II'~(.I. t11:1t l)~~lii:v~!d,
Christ is : i l ) l l c a r i ~in ~ ; ~tllc pl.escrlce of Got1 y e \vi:l.c .$o/rl,!J \\.it11 t l ~ : ~ltl r ~ l ~ .
Sl)irit of
for us. 'Illis 111:rltcs ti\(: ~)l.c::cllt s:llv:itio~l ~)~.ornisc, 1~11icl1 is t l ~ r : c~:~rllcst-c:r I~lcciKe-
n s )rcirrl s : ~ l v n t i o ~11ot ~ , ul1lv Lccallsc it is to ot' o h illl~c~-it:~r~c.c, 1111til tlre r t ' , l ~ ~ l ~ p t of ior~
t l ~ ; I i ~I i I , i f I 1 f l ~ pc ~ l r e l i ~ ~ spusscssiu~~,
ed ullro the 1)r:lise of
allel fi~vor. 66 1 1'\VL'KZZSS 0111' sills, 1 2 s h i s g101.y.
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A n d ngain, I! Cor. 1: 31, 3 2 : Now Ilc tllcy tllat arc in tllc flcsll cn~inot plcnscr \
which est:iblisl~ct\r us with you in Christ, God. 13ut y e arc not in thc Acsli, bnt in \
and hat11 a n o i ~ ~ t e us, ( l is Gocl ; wlio Ilatli t l ~ eSpirit; if so be tlrat tlre Spirit of God
also scaled us, anrl given us tlrc cai.~lcst of dwcll in you. ( R o ~ n . 8: 3, 9.)
the Spiritill our Ircarts. I[ereby I < ~ o \ vwe that wc dwcll in him,
Tlre Spirit was given to gliillc into all and Ile in us, because Ilc Ilntli given us oC
truth. (Acts, 1: S ; Jolr n, 16 : 13 ; also, Spirit. (Jno. 4 : 13.) If tlrcv, we.
15 : 26.) " Drrt the Conili~rtcr,\\,lriclr is , scnrclr I
liiS tbr truth nu for l ~ i dtreasures; as ~ i - e l ~ .
tlie Iloly Glrost, wlrorri tlrc lpatl~el.will sent1 I scarclr for silver-Prov. 2 ; and nslr witlr
in my name ; Ire slrall tcach you ail things, i ~r~ir\.avc~.in,n Saitll for tlre sljirit of trutlr, it
and brirrg all t l ~ i l ~ gtos joul. rerne~nbr:ince,: sllall be given to bcnr witness with oui.s,
wlr:itsoever I lrave snitl 1111tovou." " B u t t l ~ a twe arc the cl~iltlrcn of God, by d o i q
y e have all iinction from tlie EToly One, and its ofictx work ; guiding illto all truth.
y e ktiow all tlrings." " But tile anointing Gotl hat11 fiiven us precious. promisrs';. .
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wliicli y e have rcceive(l nl,i(letl~ in you, but it liatli not clltcrcd illto the lrcart (IT
and y e nced not tlrat ally liiail to:rcIi yo~l." 111:111, tlrc tlri~rgs\vlricI~God I~:ltli preparetl
A knowletlge of trutlr Ilns n sanctifyilig tor tlrem that love him. B u t God lratll y e -
effect. Jesus jlrnycd that wc n ~ i g l ~bu t vcaled t l ~ e ~unto i l us IIY lris S l ~ i r i;t for tile.
sa~lctifiedthrongll the t r ~ ~ t l r .Tlris is tlre Spirit scarchcs all things, ycn, t l ~ e d c c p
will of Gotl, evmr our snuctificntion. (Tllcs. thi~rgsOF God--1 Cor. : I!. T l ~ e r lif tile
4 : 3.) t l ~ i t lthis is the co~ificlc~lceth:lt eyes of otlr u ~ i t l c r s t i ~ ~ ~ (h:ivo l i ~ r gbce~rC I I -
we lrave in hi111; tlrnt if we ask anytlri~lg l i ~ l ~ t c n e tso l , that me understnntl tlie deep,
accordiug to 11;s will, lie henrctl~us ; alitl it things of God, we know we have been led
we know t11at Ire hear us, w11:itsoevcr we by the Spirit of God ; for the natural mall
ask we know that we have t l ~ c petitions rcceivetli not tlie tliings of tlre Spirit of'
that we desired of 11i1n. (2 J o l ~ n 5, : 1 4 , Got1 ; for tlrey are foolislr~rcss to Iiiln .;
15.) I f ye t l ~ c n ,being evil. know 11ow to rleitllcr c a n Ire know tl~em,I~ecause tliey
give gootl gifts unto yonr c l ~ i l t l ~ ~how e n , are spiritually tliscenled. Now wo lrave
much marc sliall yorrl- l~envelrly F;ttlrer r.eccivc~l,not tl~e,.sl)irit of the world, but
give the I-loly Spidt to tllern t l ~ a task Irim. the Sl~irit\vhiclr is of G o d ; that we m i g l ~ t
God's word is truth, (Jlio. 1 7 : 7). I t k~totuthe tl~ingsthat are fi-ct:ly given us o f
is also a lamp to our feet, :urtl n light t o o ~ l r Gotl; wlriclr things wc speak, not in wor(ls.
patlr. (1's. 1 1 0 : 105.) Arid tllc cntrnnce, whicli 7nali's wisdo~nteaclictli ; bat \vl~ic:lr
understa~iding,of t l ~ eword givctlr liglrt. tlre I@/ Glrost tcacl~es; cornl>nriug spirit-
T h e ~ ) a t lof ~ tlie just is t l ~ c ])at11 of the ual tlrings wit11 spiritual-1 Cur. 2.
church, aird is as the shining l i ~ l ~ tthat , . W e see tl~ell,that \vIiile faith is required ;
sl~ilretlrmore ant1 more urrto tllc perfect. and \vitliout fnitli it is in~l)ossillcto plcase
T l i e lroly Scriptures are nl~leto rilnlte us God ; and the e~itlof f:ritll is s;ilv;itio~~-
wise unto salv:itior~,t l ~ r o u g l Lit11 ~ wlricl~is 1 Pet. 1: 9 ; faith is Iascil ullon knozoled!/e,
in Christ Jcuus. All Scril)tu~.eis givcil by m l ~ i c lis~ not ncq11ir.et1 witl~out rtlicZy, as-
inspiration of God, and is for sisted by the Spirit. We are to s l ~ o wour-
doctrilie, for rep~.oot;for corl-cctio~r,for in- sclvcs worlim~ll,wortlry to be approved,
struction in r i g h t e o u s ~ ~ e s stli:~t
; t l ~ emarl of riglitly tlivitling thc word of truth.
God may be pcrfected, t l r o r o ~ ~flir~rislred ~hl~ Jinowledge is also tile basis of responji-
unto all gootl works. (2 Ti~ii.3 : 15,17.) bility ; SO at'ter they lrave escaped the POI-
I'ropliets wrote as they were ruovetl by l r ~ t i o l ~ofs tlie wol~ltl tl1rougl1 kl~owledye of
the Spirit of Christ \vI~icllwas in tlrern; tlie Loled ant1 S:iviour Jesus Christ, t l ~ c y i
ant1 t l ~ e ywrote for us. l e t . 1: 1 1.) are a<niri entarigled tlrctrcin, and overco~ne,l
W e lnust Ilnve tlre otrrne Spirit to guide us, tlic lat,tcr cncl is worse tlr:111t l ~ eb c g i n ~ ~ i ~ r g ; . :
if we ~voiilcl u~rilorst:~~rtj what I~ns bccn l i ~ rit 11;ltlLcen better fbr tllcrri not to llnvc !
\vrittc,n. ,Jesus sni(I: It' any 111anl,)ve I I ~ C , I i 1 1 0 \ ~ i it l ~ etvny of rifil~tcoi~si~css, t l ~ n r :~Tti.r'
~,
I I C \vilI li~{:\) rrly ~corrls. (,JIIo. 14: 22.) tlley h,rce k1~aict16it, to ~ I I I . Iti'oi11 I the I ~ o l y .
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A I I ( Itlre ~vortls(11.tcsti~nonyof' ,lcsus is tllc c u r n ~ n : i ~ i c l ~tlclive~.etl
~ ~ c ~ ~ t s unto tlic111.
spirit of' l ) ~ . q ~ h o c y .( i k v . 19 : 10.) L e t 11s ~ ) r m sf'oro,:~~.tl, tllclr, Icing ass~irc.tl

the sons of God. ( l t o ~ n .8 : 14.) S o then t l ~ o n .

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If ally nl;trl l~nvcn,.,t tlrc: sl.,irit of Christ, tlint in I I I I C ti1110 wc slinll reap, if we fiii~rt
he is none of llis. (-1to1n. S : 9.) As lllnliy not ; nntl grieve not t l ~ eE1ol.y Spirit, ivl~ere-
:is a r e let1 IIV tlic Spirit of Gotl, t I ~ e yare by we are scalctl, ,. . .
unto the tl:iy of rcclcn1l)-
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QUESTIOHS AND A N S W E ~ ~ S . 111 ~v11att1oc.s it consist ?
~ U ~ a Ip iI n . ;.:
!Vl~cn docs it take pl:~co? If we nrc not j "
Bolv is the ofleri~lg of sacl.ificcs in the borr~n p i n a t ~.c.gencratiol~, wllat will you
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future, as predicted by Ezckicl, to 1)c 11:ir- do. wit11 J o l ~ n ,1: 13; 1 I'ctcr, 1: 33 ; 1 ;. .,
nionized with the declnrations of the 10th Jollr~,3: 0, nrld 4 : 7 ; allti J o l ~ n 3 , : 3? 2 ,.

of IIeb. 7 Bciilg born ag:~ie,

Tile body of Jesus C l ~ r i s twas olferc(1 sist i l l entering fully into the sl)irit~laltile,
we u ~ ~ d e r s t a ntod crln-
f :
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once f'or all, a s a sacrifice for sin, as t a u g l ~ t w11ich ;ill ~ n i ~ ncl~nit st does not take ~ ) l i ~ c e 1.,
i l l Eleb. 1 0 : 1 0 ; ant1 tllcse biootly sncri- 1111tiltllis 111ort:1lsll:ill put 011 immortality.
j :,.
tices of the law (lid lot, a ~ ~never (i coill(l, Christ was ccrt:~inlyns ~w~.ti.ct before Gotl, :.
take away sins (vcrsc 11) ; they nlercly and as spiritually minded, as any cl~risti;u~ ,

pointed to tlle greot sacrifices, as instruc- can Le. Hut he, as our fore-r~ilr~ier, en-
t o r s ; in otller words, '' tll@ lam was a tcrcd into that life wl~icll is beyond tlle : ,,
sctloolrnastel. " to tilose to wllorn it wns vail, wlten 11e 1)ecalne " tlie first-born f'roin : '

given.. &o'w, if i t !,crvetl tllat I ) u r p o ~ cfor t l ~ c tle:itl." I . 1: 1 ) A r ~ d in t l ~ c !

tile gospel cl1111.cl1,in Lri~rgilrg11s to Cl~rist, r c s ~ ~ r r c c t i owe ~ l ce*tainly elltrrr n new ;\lid
\v11y sl~oiiltli t 11ot be i~sctlagain in t l ~ crcs- l ~ i g l ~ type c r of lifh ; filr we sl~nllbe cqual to ..
tirution age, fbr n s)n~ilal.purpose, in bring- the ;111gvls,\vllic11 110 n1eI.e cl~ristian,111 tllis 1.
illg t l ~ chcatl~enwc>rld to some dcgrcc of life is, since t l ~ r yare I I O IJetter than Cl~rist, !..
k ~ ~ o w l e d g c lI scc 110 reason w l ~ ysncrifice and 11e wns nlallc a little Iowcr t l ~ a ntI1c
.cannot point I~ackto C111.istas wcll at3 for- angels. 'Illis c r ~ t r ~ r n cillto c tllat 11igl1erlih
wartl. 1Ie1lcc. wl1e11 sncrificcs :u~rl t l ~ e is untcri~lgint,o a new lik, anti as t l ~ e r eare ,
Levitical p~.iestl~oo(lore again resto~.ed,i t but two I)irrl~s,born of tlic flcs11, and I)III.II j
\ \ r i l l doubtless be f'or tllnt j~urpose. W e o f ' t l ~ esl~irit,\va i ~ ~ l d c r s t athe ~ ~ de ~ ~ t r a ~ l c c:
have to deal o r ~ l ywit11 tllc rc\.ealcd facts into t l ~ clrigllcr state of beil~gis tlle secolltl ;
of the great plan of rctleinl)tio~l,ant1 not birtl~,and is t l ~ ccoml)letio~~ of 'the 't Tege?b- I, ..- ,
with the ~vistlonaof t11:it Tllu teach- eration." * '
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i n s of Pool is, that C l ~ r i s tis the 01113.real
sacrilice, t l ~ a nll
T o the s e c o ~ ~qucstio~~.
. s a 1ncrc sl~n(low take place ? w e answer. I l ~ eprocess Ije-
t o t l ~ c ~were
d IVhcli '(locs it
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-of t l ~ crcnl. a u t a shadow can poil~t back a t coi~vkrsioil,a t \vllicl~ poir~twe are 1.
a s well as forw:~rd. hrgoltcn 1111toa living Ilolw :" ;r11(1 c~itlsa t i.
Former sncrificcs taliel1 nw:iy during tlte i l ~ crcs~~rl.cctioll, \ v I 1 c ~ r 1 Il:lvir~lrLccrl sow11 a
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gospeI of' grace; that is, c l i ~ r iP~tllc ~ r r 1)crfi.c- 11:ttural body, \ve sl~illlIlc r:usctl a sl)irit~~:li
tiou of the britlc a1111 Lotly ot Cllrist, are, hotly, and b s l]t:ing cl~iltll.el~ of the rcsurrcc-
a c c o r t l i ~ ~tog Ezckiel, to I)e rcstnred, ~ I I ~ I tI i o ~ ~ ,\ve " bcco111ccq11iil to the angels.
t l ~ etime comes to bring t l ~ egl.o:rni~lg crca- r i s to tvllat we (10 wit11 t l ~ cvarious texts j
tic111 to t11c k~~o\vletlgc of CI~rist. Of the rcfcr~.c(lto, r e l ) r c s c r ~ t i ~t l~~gcprocess :IS lrt,rv
details ot'tlle I ) I ~ I I , i n t l ~ crl:stit~~tio~i a,gc, co~nl~lct(!, onr ons\vcr is foiil~lli n it on^. 4; :;
we kno\v but little. A11t1 yet, it is easy to IT, " A s it is \v~.ittcl~, I I ~ f r c ematle tllcrc a ,
sce that if a cercn~olli;~l law wns Ileccssnry f i ~ t l ~ eof r many n : ~ t i o ~ ~I,clLrc s, Gotl, IYIIO
to bring t l ~ cJ e w s to a <lcji~-ceof k i ~ o w l e t l ~ qc ~ ~ i ~ l i tile c ~ ~tli~a(l,
~ t l ~an11 callctll ththe i
of divine things, it Inny be ilcccssnry tor tI1i11gs\vI1ir11 l ~ elot, as t l ~ t ; ~ i tl~tly
r 7
g l ~ \vcri~." i'
t h e I ~ c a t l i c ;world.
~ And tllo Scrlpturcs 1llis pril~cil)lcol)tail~sin evc~.?~ 11:lrt ot' 111e i. i
seem clcnr 011 this ~ ~ o i nviz: t , t l ~ : ~i ltl tilo l:il~le, t l ~ i l ~ isl ls I ) I . O C ~ S S :tre hl)olie~iof' ;IS it' i,
ii~coinillg.age t l ~ e" co~unl:t~l(lulcnts oi Gotl, t l ~ c y~ \ . c r c corn1)letc. A I I now ~ :ire! we
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and t l ~ ef ; ~ i t lof~ Jcsus, \rill 11(: u~~itetl." 111 t l ~ cS O I I S ol'God," ([lint i s , sotls i l l i)roccVss,) ::
other words, tlierc wiil be a coll~l~ination o f / but it dot11 i ~ o yt e t a/)l)cXilr
tlie clcn~entsof botll the Jc\\-isll a l ~ dt l ~ eI Lc, Lut wo kllow tllnt \vIrerl ire ;l~;lll ill~l~c:+r
iv\.ll:itrvc illell 1
gospcl : i p s . we sl~allbe iilie 1li111, for \ve sl~nllsee 11i11i as .(1i
I t is n n l i s t ~ l < ciden
l ~ to supl)ose that the he is."
cart11 is nt oncc, in the I)c;ill~ii~lgof' '' tlle ' I
I I G o , I u I ,; ,
tiln12sof t l ~ cr c s t i t ~ ~ t i oofi ~all tl~in,:~," to 1)c I . J I I ~ 1: I I ~ IS,i~ rt:~,ilc~.ctIC,!!/cllt+!)~ 110 less ;
'' fillctl \\.it11 the I . ; ~ ~ o \ v l e t of l ~ etllc? l , o i ~ I;" ( tli:~n forty-ti~rcct i ~ ~ l c:111~1 s , sl~otil(l11c: so ),ci~-. ,
t l ~ a tblesscil stntc is tile o u t c u ~ ~ l tll(: c , I),,i~lt I t1crc.d ~ I tI l ~ i s , : III:III.V
~ ~ ~ ~o lt l ~ ~II:IC~!S,
~r wl;cre
t o be reacl~ctl,and wllicl~tile i n c o i n i r ~age
is to accon~l)lisl~.13ut it will require t l ~ c I
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~ our tr.nr1s!at.o1.sII:IYCcallc~l it Cclr)~.
c I 1 1 l ~ v eI 1
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it l i t c t l 1 , 1 1 . 1 I
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use of nlcalls, as in all pnst sgcs, to 11ri11g tl10111lc;~rsttlic S U I I I ~ t11(!1.c0k;

a b o ~ l t l ~ cpurposes of' God.!
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so is every o11c that is dur?z ot' t l ~ cSl)il.it."
hut c;i~ls'tC ~ C . ,i
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 CORI<ESPONDESCl%. work, ant1 s t r e i ~ ~ tyou l ~ efor~ ~tlie labors a n d
trials yet to cornc.
B E V ~ R All;. I , ~ , 31, 1878.' Your brotlier in tllc Llesscd 1inl)cl1'
Dear Brotl1er:-i have been tlcsiril~gfor A. 1'. A D A ~ II'astol., S,
snllle time to write to you, but was " lct AXTESFORT,Pa.
llitherto." I an1 glad to inil~rovc tllc ~~~~h~~in c1,,.ist:-I tllallk ~~d for
Plrsent o ~ ~ n r t l l l i i t . to " send a felv worcls Of
ligllt you nlltl ot]lors brollgllt o1lt ;
greeting to you. :llld to esl)rcss lyy love fcr
t l l ~ s eprecinus trlltlls that you are pr[)clairli- 1 are otllel.s
t l l i l l l ~~ ( ) (lor l
me i n place
oll,:nillg
ill. t11ro11gI1tllc 1 1 ~ n ~ 1 . n .I lvisl~ t11:t.t , of tile trlltll by Urotller I<etll. J ~ll;,va I ~
more b e r e iotenasted n ~ o o g bin tllese t1lillgs So long s;,lely
in c l a r ~ l l e s s ,
to illvcstigate, lor they are so cll;rr tllrt it ,, llsre heen hCllillg
seelils to rllc no one call 1111nestlyesnlnillc I o l l r 1'at h cr's 11ousc t l ~ e r eis p1e11ty, arid t o
on ~ l l l s ~\vllile s, ill,
t1lt.11~ ~ v i t l l o ~ being
~t co~iririced of their sl,arc.
trutl~. i\I:ly God llclp us to fight ,011 faitlifi~lly.
IVe llavc beell solncn~llat t1isnlq)ointetl y-lle w:lrfi,re \,.ill sooll c l , ;~ tllen we sllal\
a d lnistakiv~(as for i~~st:lllce ia sul)posii~g tllc cro,vll of dory.
~ g t l ~ e.I I : I ~ I I w:ts t~xnsl:l-
tllc g : t t l ~ e r i ~ illto JOHN F. EARIII.N.
tion), ant1 Fet I t l ~ i n kthat ollr positiol~ is
strollgc3t-t11:~never, and I I I ~f l ~ i t lis~ not a t NAFIIUA,N. H.
all \veitkel~etltliat wc are i l l the ji:~tli of tllc
1Jrotho.Uurbolir-Dew ,Sir : Accept m y
I~cnrtlkltt l ~ a ~ ~fiw l t ssClltling l l ~ e y o u rcsccl-
just-wl~icl~, as t l ~ es l ~ i ~ ~ iligl~t, n g shineth 1
I lelit 1)q)cr; also accept t l ~ cu ~ i t eI sel~tl you
?nore u?lti 711oreunto t l ~ e!icl.fvct thy.
for the continuance of tho same. 'l'lle
T h e latter 11:tlf of tile 70tl1 ~ v c c k of
1):ll)er is i~lilec.clw o r t l ~ yof the name U E I ~ -
D ; ~ l ~ i is c l 11ow clr:~r.wllicl~ 1,oti)rc was 01)-
~ 1 . 1 ) olr Y I I I : ~ L O I ~ N I:wtl N G 11ow
, gladly e o c l ~
S C I I ~ C; tllc L L (Io~~llle " I I O I \ ~is ~ o ~ ~ ~ l i l e t e
"Ie I11.111bcr is I-cccirrd, nl~(ll)crllsrd over s11d
itlen that tllc s u ~ gof t l ~ evic*tc,rio~~s o11cs 011
the ("as it \yere ") sc!a of glass is the rcsti- I
I over. I t has been n great 11clp to I I I ~ . I
, ]low lore n1.y L3il)le as never Iefo1.e. , I
&tion song, js esp(:ci:~ll~~ l Inc. I
b c i ~ i t i l i ~to
, never tl~ougllt of t l ~ c second advent ot'
! T l w r e is I I O s ~ ~ b j ctcl t~ a is t of' s11c1i:~bsorl)illgI
b e i l ~ gnear ui~tilI saw your paprr
.' . il~terestto 111t: a+b-L t l ~ crcstitutiol~ of all I Christ l:~stfxll; but kei)t 1ivi11g011 i l l :\ I I I ~ C \ V : I I ~ I I I
t l i i ~ l ~ s . " i\Ly so111 s\vells wit11 g ~ . n t i t ~ ~/ t l e
I state a ~ ) ~ ~ ~ l k s 11ut
s o r]lot
, n possessor, Ilon-
a11d pl.aisc wllcll 1 tlli~lko t ' i t ; I COIII(I tnll-
,

ant1 write, nlld reid about it ccsnti~~uallg.

' I oring God wit11 my !ips, but nly heart fjr
from I~im. 13~1tnolip,s i ~ ~ cAInrch e lst, I
\ye have just started a i ~ l e c t i ~ iin g Ijev- .
an1 a Ilew crcatu!.~ in C l ~ r i s tJesus. 1 have
.. erly, for the sl~ccinl11urpose ot' consitlcri~lg
att:litlctl to g r ( : : ~ t ~lr~ e i ~ l ~ t 1 s .loye as tile
t l ~ c s e 1~1.ccious trutlls. 'I'lierc arc n fLw i restitution ( \ v l ~ i c lI~ never 11eard of till I
tllat are il~tcrcstetl.but of roul..sc lot 1llallj9. . saw your i)apc.r, all11 the 'Iliree World
)\bout twenty lnct last h1olltl;ly evelllllg,
tracts) ~nnliesnlc. Every tlny I ~rolltlcl.a t
., ant1 we Iiad n \-cl.y i ~ ~ t e r e s t i n ~g n c c t i n p ;
the ~ ! ) ~ ( I I I c s s of God i l l britlgi~lg s11cli n
we s l ~ : ~contil~llc
li the l n c c t i ~ ~:itg lc:~stollcc
I
r: w.et.k--as loll,: :ls tlicre a r c ally interest- 1j)oor ~ m l ) : ~ t i t ' il g~ ~ t ,i o r : l ~b~et i l ~3s~I into t l ~ e
ligl~tof tllcsc great n l l t l prccious t r u t h .
etl I eslwct the 11111nberof t l ~ ei ~ ~ t c r c s t e t l
B u t 11c is nli\rise and good.
ones will il~c~.easc, lilr it 111ustbe that t11el.e
KATE ~ICNEIL.
!s co~~sirle~.able isl lie at in the 11oluill;11c111.i~- Your sister,
ti:un cliurcl~waitil~gto be gatllcred into the SO. E I , i v ~ y Jlicl~., , Sept. 7, 1873.
.' tarrt. Bcnr Brother :-As tile time of I I I ~sull-
No sul!jcct is so tlcnr to l1le as tllcsc , scril)tio~lis :11)out ont, I r ~ ~ c l o s50 c cts. tor
tllirlCScl)llllcctcc.l\vitll tile sccoll!l colllillg I o ~ y~a rc . I ncvcr wnut to be witllollt tile
o t tlie Lol.d, alltl tile settill: 1111 of ]]is ]<in?- / IIISIIALI). Tile b111.tle11of my prayer f'or
drJIl1. I all1 prcssillg to\\.nl.(l tllc Innl.ii i 111orctl1n11 n ycnr II:IS I)PCII to be 911icIccl
ibr tile i,l,ize tlla 1
ceallilln of ~~d i n intu rlie trlitil j i i s t ns it i s bi d r b t Jeriis.
I ~ s spril~g
t 1 11c.nrtl of tllc I I E R A I ~0D 5 TILE
C111.istJ ~ ~ s r ~ s .
r
1l l c ]~p:lt,lr.n
1

is a jVelcomc cvelsy ; \ ~ O ~ : S I X G I . S C I I ~ ['or it, reccivcd it, IlO\V

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mcllltJI,n l l l ( is t l l c o l l l y I,;ll,cr "llt of 1nol.e I esteclll it an alls1vcr to \)l.:tycl'; for since
tllnn a Ilnlf (loZen I receive, tllnt I read r e a d ~ ~911tl ~ g colr~parillg it \\.it11 tllc Bible,
t / i / . t ~ ~ i ynllllost
h, PL'I'?.!~ ~ n y~ ~ ~ ~ t l c * r s tofa ttllc ~ t lBible
i ~ ~ i~ c ~ ~ l l ~ l ~
ICOT~.
~ 0 ~l , r 1l , ~ ] l ( ,in, - !.llIII. I
i./ol.i(lll~ e ~ l e d ,l l l J l l O l l ~CVL'~' ~)ri~lltCllill&
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illld 1. C S -
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pect to go on to perfection in Cl~rist,my TICllas Inany frientls in this place. Be-
head. fore lle left a goodly nr1111lcrsubscriletl tor
You h a r e proven so clearly that the thu ~ I E ~ ~ A L D1. .g:i\'c him sol~lcrl;llnes in
~ r ~ r lC Ot I~I V' ~C ~ S ~tloes
~ ~ I r u t Lelong to this dill'crcl~tStates, a ~ t t lllave beeti m:ttlc pln(l
age, that I ferl as t l l o t ~ ~Il lwas i~ltlccd in to see many of tllcsc ill tllo IIEIIALD,alld
dal,klit.s~,Fir I oftcl~\vo~itleretlgreatly why letters of rqioici~~g liwni tltern.
Gocl ditL not col~vert tllc sulrjccta OF I I I ~ 11 tL\v tlnys ago I urns travelinc tl~~.or~gIi
pmycrs, cold son~eti,acsalnlost d o u l ~ t ~hdi ~ j i Cristol, Inclinl~a.,fi)r~l~tl :un oJtl brotl~crn ~ ~ c l
a prayer Iienri~zguand arisrot'rii~gGod. B u t sister, wl~oniI I~adnot sccn for 1n:tny ye:irs.
by undel.st:tndil~g riglltly. t1ie1.e is 110 occn- l ' l ~ cqrlcstion w:ts soon il~trotluccdco11cc1.11-
sio~ifor cloubt or st111i1l)lilig. 1Ic will in I~is i11.g o11r p ~ o g ~ ~ in e s stile tlivinc life. T l ~ u
ow11 goo(I time and w:ty save. I see tllxt IIISII.~LI) I J Y T111.: .\IOILNING was ~ncntio~tetl,
we a r c not to dictntc to tile AII\vise Goel, nntl its a(lva~~c.ctl trutl~s. I-Ie snit1 some olle
b u t say t l ~ ywill not milie. ' Tllnt others I~n(lsent l ~ i satldress to the ~ I E R A I . D .I re-
w l ~ oare in darkness, n l i t l almost givc!i to ~)lietlit was I. While we c o r ~ ~ r n ~ ~ofn eits tl
t , see the t ~ * u cl i g l ~ tand rcjuice c o ~ ~ t c n t Is ,tl1011;1tt of' the two tliscil)lcs on
d o ~ ~ bIn:iy
will1 us, is my pt.xycr ; then let us not fear tllc wuy to En rlinus, \\-lle.li tlley riiet our
tht. \vorltl, God is o ~ l r c f ~ ~ g c . Saviour. b

Yours in the blesscvl I ~ o l ~ e , Ditl not our I cnrts burn \\,ithi11us wllilc
hlns. I). n.
I~EABEE.. \ve tnlltetl oil tliyse glol.ious trlltlls?
GAC:ETO\VN, Alicl~.,A,i~g.1 , 1 S i 8 . Yours waitil~g, ELIJAIIBECIC.
D e a r Uro. IhtrOo~rr-,Sir : I scncl you W i i s r 13o~r.s.rox,A r q . 11, 1878.
this c a ~ ~tot l tell you t l ~ n t1\vas rnntlc to re- n z a r I b o . /jurbuur :-l'crhnl)s you II:IYI?
joice i l l tlic LOPA,ni~tl to praise l ~ i sl~oly t l ~ o r ~str;tl~gc ~ i ~ t t11:1t you Iin\v not ile:irtl
n:tllle, f i ~ rt l ~ ereccil,t of tlw two last I I U I I I - frolnc r1ic. N o t l ~ i ~hilt ~ gs i c b ~ ~ e could ss ])re-
llcrs of'tlic I l l : ~ ~ ~ (>ins i , l )'1'111.: A I n ~ t s ~ x cI:~st ; v e ~ nly~ t writi~~g.

vo11 I ~ i ~ vtitken
c i l l rt-g:rrtl to tlle g r r : ~ tplan
/
mail day. 1 do believe tIi:~t tile l)ositio~~ I :la1 e i g l ~ t yy n r s ol(l, alltl e ~ ~ c o ~ ~ i ~ ~ n s s
i t i ~ i r ~ ~ ~ i1tIi:lve i s . I)cel~outot'rllolley,
of s;dvntioli is ~pigl~t ; nut1 it' \\.c holtl fast tu l111t tllc good I,or(l pruvi~lt~s. .I[v\v \ Y O I I -
the e ~ ~ tdl ~, cCI.O\YII is O ~ I I . P . tlcrfi~lhis got~rlncss,1r111gs11Ilbl.irlg n~itl fill.-
hIap God l k s s \\.it11 nicnlis n11t1 ligl~t, Lcarnuce. I tlli111i tliere \vns 11evcr nlly
throng11 t l ~ cI11)lySl)ii.it, to give tlle child- one l~atlso 91zut:h~ C ~ I S U to I L ~)~':tise God a s I
ren 111catin due sclsori. I l1crc\vit11c~~t:losc $1 i i ~ rt11c ~ ) : I J > kt(:, ~I.,
Dlr. L. W ~ r , ~ . r ~ a r s o ; r . 11s I lrnve I I s~n:illcr ~ I I ~ O I I ( ~ , V I, tllil~liit t11e

~ l ; C a n x a n ~, ~ ~ A,lc. ~ . l 20,~ . sS78.

, will uf tllo Lon1 t11;u~ o l sllollld r ilave it all.
Bro. Barbour :-1 must acltr~o\vletljieIny I s e ~ ~ it
[ lntost cl~ecrlully.
to p o l l nll(l Uro. Itussell fill tllc 1 love yo''r l"ll'er, "l" t l l c i l l a n God
great iisllt nr~tlco1nfL1.t yo11 llave sl~cclfort11 yo11 :1(1\~0catt?1001;s SO g r n ~ ~ atltl t l God-likr.
ill this dark ~llace,I ~ t i r l ~ ; r ~ ~IIrlt : ~ r with ~. It gricvcs nic to I ~ c i ~of'c tile ~)c.rsccuting
mally of' 115 clnrkllcss ll:lr bccoln(! ligllt, :11111 s ~ ) i r i You
t t11C4t t'rO'~l "Ie A d ~ r e l l t
I I

we r c j o i c i r l in t l l i s , , , l l i c l is
byetliwn. l l ~ c yl1:1[1bettcr i o l l o ~t11e ~ all-
set forth i r ~t l ~ eIlr.:~nr.nO F TIIE ~ I O R N I Y G . vice of " Gnii~nlicl " of' oltl.
I am t11;~nkf'ulto tlle a~ootl sister w l ~ osell; I sllould like a copy of b b T h e OLject nntl
us n p : ~ r r ~ p l ~of l e t h bFfl~~.ec!
~ JVorlds," nntl h l i ~ ~ i n ot'C11rist's cr Co~ning.''

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YO1lrsl "O~le,
six nunrbcl.s of tllc 1 [l.;a,\r,r,ou ~111.;A1O1t~-
ING. I re:ltl alltl rcre:rti, ant1 bcg:ln to see LYDIA13. CHILD.
1 did not k:~owall tllc t r u t l ~ . I read a ~ ~ d
tnlketl tlicse Cic\vs to r ~ i yf i i c ~ ~ r lnr~cl s Irrc- TIIE 'l'ITLE I'LIGE,
t111.ei1,but n l \ ~ n y sf'otl~lcl~ l ) ~ ) o s i t i o ~ l .
Russc~llC~III!: to ( . ) I I ~ 111:lc;c ;in([ c:rvc t i ~ r c e~vol.lds rc])~.csc~lt t l ~ c \\,orl(l
ntimlrer of lect~lres\\.it11 his cll:wt. ( 9 1'~:.Z : ti'), t.11c1vt)1.1~1t11:1t I I O \ V
Icclurc on tlic 'l'111.c~\Vo~.ltls. I t \\as gou~lI is, ; ~ I I ( I tllc \vorlll tu C O I ~ I C ~( ,I , L I ~IS: c 90.)
to I I I ; L I I ~of us, I ~ i t n C L ' ~ ~ : I ~CI:ISS
II \VIIC*II I1 r 1
',
IICSC L I I ~ Crv:~IIy
C, IIIC:II~~ gl.ont
I I , < rlisl)c*l~s:~-
klivy rc:~(l tllc cIt:t~,t n11d S:IW~vorlc~s ;III(I t i i ~ t~~I I : I I I ~ o( ~v:vS~, ~ ~ ."11r i t11is
~ ~ ggiol~e,wi~icli
ages, collrlu,lcd riot tu L O 1 I - I 1 , 3 I I is to I I I T I ~ t ~~ s c ,
tttres. IIowever, t l ~ c i rseats were fillccl the wit11 tlicirsubriivisiu~is,col~stitutethe " plx~i
ni;-l~tf o l l o w i ~ ~ ~ . of tlie ngcs."
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48 HERALD O F YflE 1Jf 0XNIh7G-
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T l ~ clicrubirn,
e tlie one !ookirlg forward after liis dcatl~,\\.l~cre,liaving otTered I~im-
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to Christ, t l ~ cnicrcy seat, ant1 the otller sclf once for all, tlie sacrifice ccasctl, tllcrc
back rcl~rcscnt t l ~ ctwo dispcnsatiat~s tire \\,as s ~ i l l3 1 - 2 yc:lrs d ~ to~ tel ~ a t~)rol'lc,for
Jewisl~,in all its types, sacrificca,ctc., lioi~~tcdsolnc ~ ~ u r l ~ onot\vitl~stal~dil~g sc, their tlis-
for\vnrtl ; n~lrlt l ~ egosllcl d is1,cnsation look- llcl~s:~tio~l 11:itI cudctl ; 2nd tllnt 1rurl)ose was
ing back to the great sacrifice. These were for p t h c r i n g the '' \vl~eat" fi.clrn tliat re-
" of one measure and one size ;" and there jected churcli: A r e n ~ l ~ aai c~cto r d i l ~to~ the .
is cl~ronoionicnl t: and llroplietic evidc~lcc election of grace (I~OIII.1 0 : 5), and among
tliat the J e w i s l ~ctispensatio~~ lasted just 1645 w l ~ i c l 1':iol ~ ir~clucles Ilimself; wllile t l ~ e
years, an11 c ~ ~ t l e3t i l the cleat11 ot' Christ ; ~.esty e r e Llindetl. He~ice.tho I~nrvcst of'
nntl also tllnt the gosljcl tlisl~cnsatio~~ was to that disl)ensatiol~really covcrctl scvc7r years ;
last 1845 ycnrs, 2nd tl~crcforeended in tlie 3 1-3 fbr scllaratil~gw l ~ c a taiid cl~aff,and
s p r i l ~ gof 1878, just 1 8 4 5 years tiwrn the 3 1-3 for gntheril~gt11e \rl~ent. Tllen fol-
crucitixioii. lowed the destructiou of their nationality, .
T h e Jewish tlisl)cnsation cnded with tile cornplctetl in A. D. 7 0 ; that is, 33 1-2 ye:lrs
advent of t h e h1essinl1. And this advent from t11e end o f t h a t p t l ~ e r i n gtime. Now
began at : I I ~birth of Jesus, but covered a in t l ~ ce n d i l ~ gof tile t ~ m c sof the Gentiles,
~'eriodof 33 1-3 ycnrs, a11t1 clltlctl a t his we llave t l ~ eexact ~lamllcl; seveli pro-
crucifixioi, ill t l ~ espring of A. D. 33. pl~ctic tilncs are twice 1860, on 2580
T h e gospel dispensntioii is of equal mca- years; they began with the treadi~lgclo\r.n
sure, and c l ~ d e din the.first r n o r ~ t l(Jcusisl~ ~ ot'.Jesus:llcm u r ~ t l e N ~ .e b n c l ~ a d n c ~ ~U.a r ,C.
time) of 187s. LSut 33 1 - 2 years before it 606, 311d tllercfore terminate wit11 the year . .
erldcd-~iz: iu t l ~ eautrlnl~i of 1844, tllc 1914, o r just as l o l ~ galter the end of t l ~ c
work of the secondatlvent con~u~encetl ; and gosllel dislre~lsationas \\-as the cndir~gof 1i
C l ~ r i s tleft tlie Holy of Holies, and came the J e w i s l ~~ i a t i ~ n a l i t alter y, tile
~.entl of their

into ~ S I Coriter tabernacle. Hut, as at t l ~ c Jialwns:ltion.

tirst advcl~t,\ v l ~ e rI~s t:~rriedin t l ~ e66 tolirr- I Tllo 3 1 - 2 yexrss twice t&l, nr t l ~ Q a ~id ~
I

~l(tcle," or eartlily t c ~ l ~ p l(Jolln c 2 : :10) of the gc,slwl d i s l ~ c ~ ~ s n tar~tl i o ~ ~p:~r:~llel

, to
t?&y years, before 11e c o m ~ l ~ e n c et (l l~ eI ~ a r - t l ~ cequal ~)criotlsat t l ~ er11t1of' the Jcwisll
rest, o r ~ l o s i n gtv01.k of that disllens:\tion. disl)cnsition, are for precisciy n s i ~ n i l : ~pur- r
So Ile ~ i o wtarried thirty yc:irs i l l tlle tabel-- pose ; sirlcc t I ~ e gc.osl)cl d i s p c ~ ~ s a t i also o~~
nncle not made with I~antls,o r until tlrc ellcis wit11 a I~arvest, (Alatt. 13: 20), a ~ l d
ar~tumliof lS'i4, bohre 11e begall tile liar- tlivitlctl, lilit! tllo o t l ~ t ~illto , two Im.ts;
vcst, or closil~gweek of tile fios~):l tlisl)e~i- [irst t l ~ c\vor!c ot' scl):r~.;ltion,I)ctn,ccn turc!s
sation. T l ~ efirst lloil~t,t l ~ a t ot 1843-4, autl wheat, :111d ~ I I C I I the g : ~ t . l ~ e r iof ~ ~theg
\\-as marked by tile e n t l i ~ ~ofg the 3300 days wl~cat. . Anti after tliis 8 1-2 years of gntll-
of' Dan. Y : 1 4 ; wl~ile tlie second ~ ~ o i l ~ering, t, (not to a locality, bnt to n callllitio~~,
t l ~ a tof 1873-4, is r~lnl.kedby t11l.ee c h r o ~ ~ otile - ~;riilebeing nc;w re:~dy,) fi~l!o\rsthe
logical anil propl~eticIntBasurernents. A I I ~33 1-3scars of tronlle, retching to the end
tile end of tllc goslrol c1ispcns:ition ill tlie of t l ~ eGci~tiletilnes.
s l ~ r i ~ ol'lS'iS,
ig is 111~rlit~ti by tl:e f l ~ c t . t l ~ a t J,et it bc I.CIIICII~I)~I.P(I, this is ~ 1 1 a11 1 ~
its fill1 I1wastll.e end cqanlity wit11 the Jew- esplan;~tionot' tl!c title p:1ge1 not t l ~ cproof ,
is11 :lge was 1~cacl1c~1 at t l ~ tinre.
~ t ot t l ~ cpositio~~. 'l'l~e woof, dmwn ti.on1
T h c n e s t 9 1-2 ycl:tl.s follo\\.ing t l ~ eend al~nclsttllc c ~ l t i r c Scr.ipt~~rc, is clcnr, con-
of tlie Je\visl~tlisl)cnsntion, \\-as tlic I:~stllalf' v i ~ ~ c i l ~ ~gl'a~itl , ill its s i ~ n ~ l l i c in11dt~,
of the s c v e ~ ~ t i e t l"i wcck."
4 . ) Sisty-II~IL I sl~etlsa glorions liKlit O I I tile l~l:tri 01' tlic
ofVtllose weclrs c11tlet1 at: , q c s , n11t1 girts oilr csnct \vlicl,ca\)outs on
tile 1,al~tismof Cl~l.iat,bccausc i t \\.:IS tllc~iI t l ~ estrcnlu of tiu~e. " E l c ~ ~ c e l L r t1l ~cail
lie bcri~nle tllc ilnc~ii~tecl /
jrlcts 10 : 3 ); y o i ~11ot <crv:i~its; ii11. t l ~ uscrv:i.r~t1<11o\\~etl1
n r ~ dL 7 i e . ~ s i ~(3h~h-shcc:-(7yh)
~?~ Inoillls ~ l ~ t . r j i / Ii t]lot
- \ v l l : l t (\is lo~,tl1Iot~t11 : Lilt 1 l~:\vccnlietl
I
e'd, 2nd is ro ~ i , ~ ~ ( I c ~i n. ceverytl c:tl~cl*case ; 3'011fi.ic~~cls ; fijr ;1I1 tliirlgs tl~:lt1 Iinve Irr.:il.tl
ill tho Old ' l C ~ ~ i l~s tlle ~ t seven .
LL , oi' i l l s !;;~tllcr., 1 have ~ n n ~Iir~li\vn le to yor~.'l
wcclis, nnrl tl:rc?c-score n t ~ c ! t.\vo \:.cc!ts, ( J U I I I I15: , 15). i111tlit' our lwiti011 be
ycacllctl to his Iral)tis~i~, tlie titue iic I~cc;~lne ( tnic, t l ~ ctinlc 1 1 ~ sc c i ~ ~I V~) I c~ ' I I '' I I I ~ S -
t.11~ a ~ l o i ~ ~ t ctIlvre
t l , ~.cln;lir~c!l " C ~ I I Cwcclr " i tcr1.y or God sl~oul(.lLC fi~~isl~cd." (liev.
( 7 years) still elnrl to the Je\visii c i ~ u r c l ~II 1. 0 : 7 . j
B u t h c 11l:idc t11c racrifire to censc in tllc 1
Illidst (Lit, h d f ) of tlle week. I I ~ n c e I, E e p o r ~of tllc c:lluI~uicctit~gs
~ . c n . . .l ~ 7 1
in n e s t No.
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e, collie arid zuorship bifars thee,"
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ASilSTANT EDITORS,
EI.D. J. M. PATON,
A L ~ ~ O XJTI(+II.
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LL Both th+! (;'l,i~rrrl,;n~q f ona ?)lenslire atti2 ona size."

Eztrthly Jcrl~salclu.
SpiriLunI S~bcriGcc.
Earthly 1ii~~tlo111.
'l'liis olic looking I'or- This O I I C Iooltilrg Lncii
ward to tlre srcrilicc. to mo sacriiicc.
' TJSELVL: T1:lUES.

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Crucilision, A. u.' 33-

I 31 I lSiS, the i b u b b colnplcte.
 50 EER,lLD OF TIIE MORNING.

THE CARlPhll3ETINGS. ed Ly t l ~ cfoltls of ~ 1 1 i tcc: ~ ~ ~ v :.ant1

~ s s , 1ii11d
-- faces of fricntls. S o h e c ~ n p l o ~ can d artist
As many of our rcntlcrs woi~ltllike to hcnr to pl~otogr;~pll tent, I~illsiilc, 2nd faces;
of the S!)ringficl[l. and Alton I h y tl~c:ctil~gs, gln~lce; ~ wllicl~, t as I IIOW \\.rite, rcc:ills t o
we w o ~ ~ l hereil say : 'I'o all :~I.q,c:rr:~~lcc n lay millti lilar1y plcns:it~t rccollcctio~ls.
good \ v o ~ . ~\\.asc done, :llld tllc n:illle ot' the MKS. N. H. 11.
Savioi~r11o1iol.cd Ilp the setti~:g fort11 of
presa~ttratA. At Springficltl the cl~eering LETTEI~S c0nt:rining money, to Oct.
testimonies and wortls of' r ~ j o i c i n k~o r n 4th. This a c k ~ ~ o w l c ~ ~isl ~ a creceipt
nt for
t h o ~ ein t l ~ el i ~ l ~pve
t , e v i t l e ~ ~ ctl~:rt e t l ~ c r e t i ~ r i cr o ~ ~ t c n t . ~ .
is a sllini~lgp a t l ~ w a y , n ~that ~ t l tlie spealiers Xrs FI H:rrila~~tl, N. Y. E D Snlit11,
whore of the clnss, called, Ye, 11rctl~rcn." Pa. G 31 West, RIic11. I t Austin, Wis.
We shnll elre]. renlember \\rith kintlly in- H P r ~ l d i l e ~N.~ , Y. R ' I C o c l ~ r e V:1.
~~,
terest, t l ~ o s efriends w l ~ ocatne fiom Ocenn Pheljc lJarp, N. Y. Rlrs D B Wolf, 0.
Grcve. They l~ntircccived mucll light by 1\I IVl~cclur,N. 11. W EI bi:lrriett, Pn.
renc!ing Object a110 Manner of our Lord's A Aleeltins, Alas?.. C I1 Cornell, Ct. I4
retr!rn, and came, as they snid, L b to 1ica1. h1cCo1v11,l'a. I3 F Rlilton, Icy. ' Airs L
mole of these 1)lessed trr~ths." Nor shall I t e ~ u i n g t o Minn. ~ ~ , l l n A1 Ulnckwell, N.J.
we ioon forget our friends from Cl~it.opee C h l C Luovcr, blicl~. S E Brown, Mass.
FaLs, \\.l~oso Lountifully supplied our tem- 31 Ueclr, 0. G E Pickell, Ont. D S
poral wants, Alorse. Wis. S Clnybrocl~, 310. A F
T h e tent wns ~)icliednenr wllcre it stootl Sties, 1'3. C Davis, 0. G \V Bisl~er,N.
last year, but on ground I ~ e l o n ~ i ntog the Y. h11.s A A (3uilt1, N Y. L I1 Cot~over,
city of Springfieltl, the use of whicli was tre- l'n. A 1 11 U e l t l i ~ ~ Ct.
g, Mru 31 A Hcas-
ly given. Notwitllstal~tiingtllc ol,position Icy, N. Y. 1 I I I I I ~0.~ , W G E u b -
of tl~oscwho nre blindtd by prcjn!lice, there I)nrtl, R. I. \ V ~ L I ) Vocsytll, Mass. D D
was a dcc1)-tblt jl~tercstfi.0111 iirst to Inst; Ilrr~.gcss,Mi). A I S , . Y. 1' IV
and tnnny prayers of t11nnks~iGingwent up Ilnsltall, 3I:lss. J Ray, Ct. l2 Allen, No.
t o G o d , for the priviledge ot' attending the R'P Gal-ey, Del. J \V AIcCogg, Pa. A 1
meeting. C IVaterburv, Cal. D r Ho\~rou,Ct. ,1 I4
Frorn there \IT welit to Alton I3ny, N. fI. 13cck\vitl1, Jlich. IIrs A P r n l l ~ e r.hIo. , IS
where many 1tc:rl:ty welcon~tsaw:~ited us. B Miltoll, Iiy. A A Stcatlnlan, N. Y.
H e r e we found preciolis olles, Ii1111gryfbl.
t h e 111c:lt in clue s~nson," t'or t l ~ cI~ouse- N O T I C E .
hol(l ; and \\.illing to bravo all, tor the t r r ~ t h .
Tile meetings wcrc a t 111.1t i ~ n clargelyat- Eltl. 3. 11. Pnton, of A l ~ n o n t .Ilich., C.
tended, yet n very ol~scrval,lefvatrlre was T. Itussell, 82 Fifth avenue, l'ittsl)urgl~,
the good attclltioa, allti ~ l l ~ - i s t ispi~.it a t ~ I I I ~ I ~l';i.,
- S. 11. IVitl~ill~tuti, Sl)ring\~nter,N.
festccl, cspccinlly by those born o t l ~ e r~ I I L IY., n. W. Iieitl~, l ) ~ r ~ s ~ ~ iN. l l c Y.,
, and
various d c n o n ~ i n : ~ t i o nmollg ~ ~ s , trvl~o~n were 111yselt; : ~ tItoclicster, N. Y., will glntlly
some of our 11onres11rl.ectio11 L r c t l ~ r e ~T~l.~ e rcsl)r~~ltl to nl1.y call tilr meetings \vl~crcn
interest of tltc ~ i l e c t i ~ ~were gs i~lc~.cnsctlc l ~ ~ l r cor l ~ 11:\1I,
, a11t1tile bare traveling es-
by the prcscblrr:e,arltl :~.siaterire of our tlenr peliseu to nntl tio c:r11 be ~~rovitletl./ h i d
brother A r t l ~ c P. r ~1tl:irns.of I%pvcrlyAlas. in Jocnlitics near eitl~tbro ~ l cof us, the trnv-
At Alton, we occ~~pictlt l ~ colcl K r o ~ u ~ t cling l, exl,cnsc?s m:iy Lu o u ~ i t t d ,
ant1 very unes~)ecte~lly ti~nntlt l ~ e11la11liand
stalies, as n e leit tl1e111Inst yc:~r. OEJECT ASD J I A N N E I 1
A I t l i o ~ t~l ~ eLittcr
l ~ ft~elit~g ot'onr Advent of orlr Lord's ILeturt~.
brethren was very 111nrkct1, yct t l ~ e t v ~ 1 t 1 11
cut its way, and Illany llearts were lctl to 1 il. pnml)lilet of 61 pages, by C. T. RUS-
rejoice in the l i g l ~ tow s l ~ i ~ ~ Oi InI gthe glo- I SELL. Just t l ~ eIrooli to pl:~cein t11c 11:~nils
rious plan of t l ~ cages. A n d we 11nvercn- of those who are I ~ ~ u n g rfor y truth. l'rice
son to bclievc tllnt Got1 f'ivorctl t l ~ ecftorts, 10 cents, o r $1 per clozet~.
l o ! l ~a t S p r i ~ ~ ~ f i ca lt t~ldA l t o l ~ J;:Iv. ----

On brc;~liing11p, 11~14)n1id felt u r i ~ \ ~ i l l i ~ lTIIE

~ il~vcstigntiorr of t11c subject of tllc
to leave the g r o u ~ ~ dperl~iips , tor tIle I:lst cito,~e,)le)zt,we \)clievc, is :iving ns u better
time, witl~outn mernel~toot' the old hillside I.:~lo\vled;e of God ant1 Cl~rist,tll:~na n y oth-
baclicd by the beaulif'ul grove, : L I I ~elllivcfi- er part of the great " Plan of the Ages.''

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 E A E J l O N Y O F T11E SCJCIPTUJZUS. 11;s l'ntl~cc irr l ~ i stllro~lc." 111 o t i ~ c r
- \\,itdl
~vortls,t l ~ e yare to be liings a n d ~,l.icsts,
Ib

Tliose wlio believe tlie Bilxle must also ant1 rcigli on the cnctli." A n d it is Iicre,
believe in the a b s o l ~ ~ t eI~n~*mony of its d ~ i ~ .the i ~ gospel
~g age, a ~ i dtlie selection of
teachings; t11:lt ~vllcn ~intlcrstootl, all all- this colnpany, " thc body of Cl~rist," tnltcn
pnrentlp conflicting doctrines r n ~ ~ srccon- t o u t of " every liinclrctl, and to~:gl~c,ant1
cile then~selves. Now tliere are nlorc than ~>col)lo,nnci 11:itio11," (llcv. 5 : 10,) that
twelve l~~lndretlsects, each I ~ a v i nsome ~ the cloctrine of election, t l ~ a nwl~iclin o t l ~ i ~ ~ g
special vie~vswhich tliey fi~llybclicve are is more clearly taught in Scripti~re,obtains.
a t variance with the views entertained by Hence tile s1)ucinl tests 011 wl~icll the Cal-
others. A n d t l ~ e yo a c l ~ a11(1 all, ill their vinist Lases his tl~cologg,are lint only true,
doctrinal preacl~ing, Lring that class of b l ~ llnvc! t liacl a full and complete applica-
texts to the foregrountl upon wllicl~ tl~eir tion.
distinctive tl~eology is L;lscd, while they Tlie kingdom of God, we believe, is n
motlity tliose Scriptures made p r o m i ~ ~ e by n t spiritual kingdom, and wlie~lb 6 set up " on
other sects. this cnrtli, will be co~nposcd cntircly of
\Vith tlris we Ilnve no h u l t to find ; nor spiritual Leilip, i~~visille, under. all o~.tlill-
do we espect to Ilarlnonize, ant1 bring these a r y circumsta~ices, to me11 in the flesll."
tl~ousandand one sects into O I I C ncw organ- b ' T h e kingdom of Gotl coiilctli not wit11
izntion. F o r during the age, this con- observation, neither sliall t l ~ c ysay, Lo
fused and mised contlitiou was to obtain. I~ere,or lo there." T h e gospel cl~ul.ch,we
A n d g e t w e do bclicvc tl~ercis a tlieolo=y u~~tlcrst:lnd, is n part of the kingtlom-)zozu,
by which endl 2nd cvcry one of tlrese that is, tllc kingtlo~nin the 'embryo state ;
hitherto clnsl~ingviews can 11e reconciled; but the k i ~ ~ g d o of m God is not yet set u p I

and reconciled, not by modifying one sick, on the earth, since the Devil is now tllc
and m a g n i f ~ i ~the ~ g other; bnt ill n way princc? of this worlci, But tlie Iringdom of I
that sl~allgive full weight to cnch cl:iss of Gotl is to be set up, anti Satan bound a
tests wl~icliliavc bee11 usucl as t l ~ eIban:la- tl~ousandyen1.s (:i propl~ctictliousn~~d).
tion of e a c l ~and all thc tlitfercnt theolo~ical Tllc lwol)l~ctic mcas~ircnlcnts, so often
views. Ant1 we belicvc this n~lv:t~ice~l give11 i l l tlicsc pnllers, d r ~ i ~ o ~ ~ s t (not i . a t c so
ligl~t,*ow so briglltly s l ~ i i ~ i l ~isg , ( 1 1 1 ~not~ 11111c.li Ly t11c s t r c ~ ~of ~ c:lcl~
t l ~ irltlcl)cnilcl~t
to nny dcep pcnetratioll, or \vortl~inessill :irgiinlc~~t,tllougl~c\*ct~tlius 111cy 11rove it
;
I

us, but merely to tile fact that tile gospel conclusively, as by tile wonderSu1 Iiarnlo~ly
age is ending, and the ntlvancetl lifil~t of e s i s t i ~ ~bet\\.eei~ g a r g u ~ n c ~ iof t s so entirely
the millc~lni:~lage is now Lwgi~lni~igto tlifFere11t a cliamctcr), t11:it the ltir~gtlo~n ot
shine; ::,nd that ill tlie millenllial age, the God will be set n p ovc1. this warltl, and
'' wntcl~~iienare to see eye to eye." '' tlie p ~ t \ ~ c of
r s the lrenvens sllalien ;" t l ~ n t
O u r position, ns all rea(lcrs of the IInrr- is, t l ~ esl~iritunl powers, :i11(1Sntn~ibountl,
ALD are aware, is that \\.c are nlrcatly in witlii'~~ the nest co~ililigthi~.ty-seocrt years.
tile tr:t~isitinn bettvce~~ tl~c and tlie (I need i ~ o t~.cpc:~t
millennia1 n,ccs ; and tl~osewllo have c;lre- UI-cments~)rovctlint t l ~ caccond corning of
I I L ' ~ ~that,
, tlicse Incas- .
fully investigated, are awnrc tllnt t11c1.e is Christ, ~ v l ~ i cisl i in ~ ~ a r i ost:tges, ~ ~ s is 7 ~ o l u
a b u n d a ~ ~ cofe proof tn subst:l~~ri:ite t l ~ i s1)osi- nctr~nlly trn,~sl)iril~~/, : i l t l ~ o ~ ~l g~li~s visible
tion. e n d tlie fact t11nt SO rnticii light is rn:i~iifestatio~~,Ai.s glory, is n o t i111e,ac-
shining or1 I~itl~erto&irk ant1 aplxrrcntly cordiug to tl~csc n~c:tsi~rcmcnts, until near
conflicting Scril,turcs, is ill itself' proof of the close of tliis tl~irt,y-seae,&pars.) Dur-
the truth of our gelieral position. ing the entlilig ot' the " tirr~es of the Cien-
'. W e understand that dnring the-present tiles," tliat is, tl~isthirty-sevcli years, wl~icll
age God, by his Holy Spirit, has I)c.cn se- began tliis prcserit sprin?, lS'i8, there is,
lecting out a people to Lccoilie tlte bride of accoi-[lingto tlicse argnnic~~ts, to be n time
Christ, that is, t i ~ c" n~otlicr c)lurcl~" of of t~-ouI)Ie~ I I I O I t11c I ~ l~ntions s c ~ c las ~ this
tlie, rnillenllial ngc ;-calletl, in n ~ ~ o t l ~t\.orltl
er Ilns ncvcr ~ r i t ~ ~ c s;s and c ~ l it is t l i i r i ~ l ~
plncc, i ' t l ~ crl~urcliof tile firstborn." T l ~ a t this time of trotil,lc tlic: livi~igJews are to
in t l ~ ei ~ ~ c o ~ n age
i n z this cliiirc.li, be rcstorctl to l'alcsti~ic, and t l ~ cfin:il 1,ottle
fashionccl, in the twinltling of n i l eye, liltc of the grcnt Juy I;)i~,:l~t nrnul~d.Jcr~~s:~lein.
unto Christ's giorious I)otl\-, are t o LL. tile A I I a~t that b:~tt,lc,tlic visil~le~~~nuifi>statioll
1.1ller.s of t l ~ i sworltl, '' sit ~vit11Christ i i ~Iiis ol Christ (with all l ~ i ssaints) t:~lics piace.
throne, even as 11eovercame, and sat dolvri Tllc purousia, that is tho actual prrsejtce of
52 XXRALD O F TDX i 7 ~ O R N ~ Q L .
Clirist, preceiles his phnneroo, or n~~pi!nrilig.t l ~ cauturn~iof 1874, 01. " to the m3;" 2nd

!
Ant1 the yarorisia is to be b L as tlie (lays of since tl~ilttinic the I;apzl power lias Lee11
R o e " (Mi~tt.24: 37) ; but a wlie~iCl~rist, in t l ~ enscentlant; and its worst living enc-
w h o is our life, sliall appear, (yliu?reroo,) I my, 13isni:i~k,is 11ow working in Ilarmonv
then sl~allye also uppeczr wit/' him " (Col. witli the Sec of Wunlc. A p i ~ i accol.tli~ik ,
,
3 : 4). This is t l ~ c\rrortl wl~ereit s:iys to a:lotl~cr alpun~cnt,prcacl~ccl n11t1 pub-
Christ "appeared to Alnry," " nppeared to lisl~edlong before 1878, the work connectctl
t h e eleven," ant1 L r appeared i l l a ~ ~ o t l i e with r the rcstitntion of t l ~ cJ c w s was dile to
form u ~ ~ two t o of t l ~ e n ~ . " T h e snlnc word c o m ~ ~ ~ e ni l lc ethe s p r i ~ ~o tglS7S. Ant1 tl~ose
is also rendered shczu, " I f thou do tl~ese faruilia~.wit11 t l ~ e11c1vso f t l ~ cday k ~ ~ owlint w
tl~ings,shcrv tl~yself to t l ~ cworld " (Jolln occurred this p r e s e ~ ~s pt r i ~ ~bctiveen g Eng-
7: 4, and 21 : 1). B u t plu.z~zerogis gene- I land,. wit11 a .Jew a t the l~eatlof its govern-
rally re~ldered manifest, or ntanifestzd, I ~iient,a11c1 the Sult:u~,in reference to the
' I F o r t l ~ c r eis nothing llid wliich sl~all11ot Jcws, and Jer~isalc~n.

be mnnifestcd (hI:\rk 4: 22.) T l ~ u s\vc Jcsus was set for the fill], nnd ~bisitig
learn t l ~ i when~t Christ sAews l~inlself to a g a i ~ ~of, many in Tsracl (Luke 2 : 37).
tlie world. or is nlanifested, " then shall ye After the e:ld o f the Jewisli disoensation,
also be sl~ewn,or ma~~if'ested w i t l ~ l ~ i ~i l lr ~a t t l ~ ccrucifision, that pcvy)le \\.c~.e tAi~ly-

'
glory." I-Icre then, when 11c cnlncs with setlcrr ?/cars in f ; ~ l l i ~ ~ A
Iris rcri~ds, is the first wla~rifeatutiot~, or spril~gof 1878, wlicre, acco~.di~ig
shetui~ig of l ~ i n ~ s e lto
g .I c : ~ s n r i ~fi.0111

f t l ~ cworl 1 : A I I ~argu~ncnts,the gospel ( I ~ S I ) C I I S ; I ~ ~ O ~ :tvtded,

bb
~g t l ~ c
to tl~esc

the11 ~11x11 all tribes of the earth nlourn, (the work, so f i r as t l ~ cgospel c l ~ u r c lis~
and they, nr)t the C I I U ~ C I I , sl~allsee him now concerried, being ~nerulythe " gntlrer
corning in the clouds, \\pith pn\\,cr n ~ grent ~ d iug of the wl~cat," untler t l ~ ea ~ ~ g c l who s,
glory." B u t a t t l ~ a t i ~ ~ li~e i ssaints, tiiken I arc ~ ~ ~ i n i s t e r sl~irits,) ing t l ~ n tpeol)le a r e to
away during I~ispurousia, or iuilividu;il be tliirt!j-seve7~ y e w s in r i s i ~ ~agnin.
, g But
presence, \vill be wit11 hirn, a11t1 will be as t l ~ eG c ~ ~ t i l ewere s 1)ut 011; fOr t!~rt'e and
mnnifkstecl, or seen in t l ~ ccloutls with him. a-l~alf~ c : t r s(thc Inst I~alfot' the sevcntietli
13owin's cl~ronology,sl~e\vir~g t l ~ eending week "), alter the comn~issionwas given
of the GOO0 years fioul Atlam, in t l ~ enu- I to " preacl~to all ~iations," for the gathcr-
tumn of 1873, w:u prcacl~edfor nlally years i ~ l gctf tllc " w l ~ c : ~ t "out of the J e ~ v i s l ~
p i o r to 1878, ai~tl their tcr~ninus a t tllnt c l ~ u r c;l ~so, accortlirig to tl~csca r g ~ ~ m e i i t s ,
time, was clearly milrked by the jefiinlling the work of r c s t o r i ~ ~ tgl ~ eJews, altl1011g11
of t l ~ i stime of trouble upon ~ \ v l ~ i we c l ~ I~avc its 11cgin11i11~ is clearly 111arkcc1at this tin~c,
now entered. Alltl '' the day of t11e Ilord, I ~ I I I Sbe ~ postl~onctl fill. rilrcc alld a-l1:ll1'
(now co~~~mcncetl,) is a (lay of tronllc, a years, or 1111til the g : \ t l ~ c r i ~of~ the g " \\*l~eat"
.day of rlarkness, a11tl 11ot of ligl~t," (to t l ~ c of t'l~e gosl~cl cl111rcl1 is acco~nl)lisl~ed.
rvorld.) Tlre time of I~arvcst,is by Cl~rist . I i e ~ ~ c tile e , real L b r i s i ~ ~ fagni~i
i of ,isracl "
called " the c~itl of t l ~ e age" (AIntt. 1 3 : can 110t Llegin uutil the autltnln of 1881,
30). Tl~eharvest, or e11t1 of t l ~ c gosl,cl a t w l ~ i c ltl:~tc, ~ t l ~ cp r c s ~ i n ~ l ) t iis,
o ~that
l the
age begc7n, a c c o r d i ~ ~tog tlicse argu~ne~its, i l l gospel c l ~ u r c lwill~ I)c t n l i c ~ n\v:ly~ to rr~eet
t l ~ eautumn of 1874. This also was clcarly her i,ortl. ll11t1SO sl~allbe forever with
marked in several ways, ono of wl~icliwc the Lord." b L A I I when ~ Cl~rist,w l ~ o is
will name: 111 Dan. 7 ; 26, we lean1 that our lire, sl~allapl,car," s l ~ c ~I~iniself v to the
the papal orpnizntion, tile '' little I~orn," worltl, '' t l ~ e nsl~ally u l s o appear wit11 him."
was to l ~ a v e its dominion taken away. After what is cnllcd, tlre marriage of
(This occurretl w h e n that organization w:~s the I,nmb," that is, t l ~ eunior~of C l ~ r i s tand
abolishetl, and tl:e Ilonlan r e l ~ ublic of' 1798 his cl~u'rchl~,ninrle one with him, " even as
organizctl). I3nt the 1a11g11a~e of prophecy Ile and the F;~tlier arc OIIC," the 11la11 of C
is, " Tlley sllnll take away 111sd o ~ ~ ~ i n to i o n redemption -,vill be e ~ ~ l a r ;~ ant1 e d the water
consume and to tlestroy it lozto the ~ Z C Z . " of lili' IIOIV l - e ~ ) r c s e ~ ~ tas c d " a well of
Now it is a fact, tlint a!tllougll the do~ninion water," will beconlc b b t l ~ criver of t l ~ cwater
of that power \\,as tt~kcnaway nt tllat time, of life;" and wl~ilcill tlic gosl)cl age, " NO
still it has Lcen so ordered t l ~ a xt P crraclunl Inan can colnc unless t l ~ c I!atl~er draw
consuri~ptio~~ of the pnpal tlomi~~loil,or I ~ i m;" t11e11, in the ~nillc~illialage, tile
states, ~)rol)crty,ctc., l\a&ccn m a i u t a i ~ ~ c dSl,irit a11cl t l ~ eIjridc will u~iitoill t l ~ ccall,
during t l ~ epresent century, down to the a ~ "~wl~osoever d will niay corno 3 r d take
last of I3isrnark's work of' confiscation, iu , of tlie water of life frccly."
 If the " wcll of ir:itcr" i~n~,:lrteclto 11s tion. I\:ol. \rns it tlt~sigr~otl tl~irttlley sl~oultl
by C l ~ r i s tnionns sonietl~ingw l ~ i c l113s ~ to (lo u~~tlcrstnntl any tiring of t h e gosl)cl ngc,
wit11 .our sal\*ntio~l,t l ~ e salvntion of tile ~liltiltlirir own w:~s actually bci~ig ended.
a cllurcll of t l ~ cfirstbor~i," t , i ~ c tl l~~ eriver of' So . it II:I~I)een wit11 tlie o s ~ w cllurcl~
-
7
. L
l : the
water of life, and the broatlcr i~ivitntio~i l ~ n s jiosl'el to tllc Gcr~tilcstins bee11 prcacllctl
something to (lo with the salvntiol~ of all- just as if (his was all of Gotl's plan. Anti
other, and a largcr clnss. Tlre ricer of (luring t11c gospcl dispensation it 113s bee11
life, '' the tree of life," thc leaves of ~vllicll r i ~ l to ~ ttl~inli: I I I ~\ ~ ~ i ' las i if tlle [)la11 of
nro " for thc l~cnlillgof tlle nations," arlcl rctlcml,tion 11:ltl n o t l ~ i ~beyond ~g this age.
wl~icllrivcr proccctls olit f'roln the t l ~ r o n e And pet, wlrcn " t.11~f'i~!lncss of tlle Geu-
of' God, ivl~ichtl~l.oileis rcl)rcsc~itctlas be- tiles I)c c o ~ i ~in," c tl!crc is n tnigl~tie~. work
ing i l l t l ~ ecity, t l ~ c I~ca\.enly.Tcrlisalc!l~~, tor the glorificd c l ~ u r c tl l~~ a n11:ls ever yct
altl~oughn synlbol like that of t l ~ c6 L ire11 of bcen tltllie by tile cl~u~.clinlillitnnt; the
water" is clearly in solne wiy for t l ~ ec1rt.e britlc will acco~nl)lisl~ inore to\rnrtls. per-
of sinners, t l ~ c" 1ienli11g of t l ~ c natiolls." fecting 11cr I ~ u s b n ~ ~ tIIOIISC, l's t11n11 llns tile
A I Iyet ~ it is n re1wescnt:ltion \\,l~iclidocs esl>o~~scc'l r i r g j ~ ~ .A ~ i d tlte w:ttcr of life,
not belong to the gosl~cl age, w l ~ e r e tllc instcatl of b c ~ n gn Inere L' well of \rater,"
way is narrow, and j>?c jixd it." And tile \vi11 bccorrie n "river." " T l ~ a t in tile
wl~oleteacl~illpof Scril~tureis ill Ilnrnlonp ages to roliie Ilc mi?l~tshcw t l ~ cc s c t e t l i ~ ~ g
with this. I l c r e tllc c l ~ t t r c l ~ a r c c:illctl ricllcs of his grace, i l l l ~ i ks i n t l ~ ~ e stot\.artls s
. " espoused virgins " (2 Cor. 11: S), t11el.e us, througll Christ Jestis." '$ 0 t l ~ eclcl)tl~
they are represcntetl as L 6 tllc britlt~, the of the 1-ic11esboth of the ~visdolna ~ i dknowl-
Lamb's wife," llere is t l ~ ewcll . of water, edge of God ! IIor\. unscnrcl~nl~lcn1.c . l ~ i s
there is t l ~ eriver. A n d i t is tlre~l,i n the j u t l r n ~ c ~ ~:111tl t s , his \\.nys past fill(linp out."
rnillcnnial agc, tllc Arlni~linn tests,, I)reacl~- I: can ~in(ierstn~ld ~ I I Yt11e .Tc\visI~C I ~ L I ~ C I I
ing Free gtaace, I~n\re tlleir xpplicat~on. 111 were rousc(1 t o bitter~lcsswllcn told that
o t l ~ e r~ro~.tls, t l ~ c~ n i l l c ~ i ~ ~
n i ~: ~clis a 1 1 c . l ~ the Gentiles \rere to 1,c fellow Ilcirs : a ~ ~ t l
d i ~ ~ ~ c ~ i s n t~liffe~.ing
ion, ns ~\~irlelj. fro111 tile t l ~ n tblindticss had I ~ n l ~ l , c ~ ltoc ~tllc~il, l until
~ O S P C Itlis],ensatiorl :is tllnt, i l l its tllrn, tlif- tlic f u l l ~ ~ e of s s tllc Gerltilcs Ilnd come in.
fered fi.on1 tllc Je\\eisl~. Ar~iltests of Scrip- B u t I can I~nrcllyc o ~ n ~ r c l ~ tlle c ~ ~ Litter-
tl
ture b c l o ~ ~ g?. i nill
(. r one tlisl)c~lsntio~t, wit11 its ncas of'sonic a t the 11resc11ttlnv.. wllcn toltl -'

pccnli:~r con(l~tlqls, 111nl;c tliscortl, \ r l ~ c ~tlint, l not t l ~ cI I o t t c ~ ~ t o t11ot s , the itlolntrous .

npplictl in ;uiotl~crtlisl,c~~~sation, n~ltlullder I ~ c a t l ~ e nb, a t tllcy thelriscl!les, t l ~ o
tlitlkrent conclitiol~s; ~rl~cl.ens, wit11a 1)rol)er C I I I I ~ C I I , are to rcccivc " po\rcr over t l ~ c
u~lderstanclin~ of t l ~ ct l ~ r c e killg~lolt~ ages, I I : L ~ ~ O I I Y (" 1 1 ~ ~2 :. 26); and, ullitcd to
the kirlgdorn of Gotl. ns it esistc(1 011 tlie Cl~rist,are to do tllr ~ r c n t c rworlts tllnli
flcslily plane, in the Jewish agc, the en1Lryo cver Clirist himsell-' ditl. w l ~ c n or1 earth.
kiugclo~tiof tllc jiosl~cl age, a11t1 t l ~ e fully r1hat t l ~ c yart> intlectl to be as n city set olr
7

orgal~izedsl>ir.itrrnl liin~tlonlof tlrc tnillen- n I l i l l ; :~ntlt11:lt " tllu n n t i o ~ ~arc s to v.nllc

ni:d age, anti ;ill is llnrr~lony. 'I'llesc tlrrec in t l ~ elight of' it." 'I'l~at the saints sl~nll
kinvrlo~nages appear also to be the solution jutlgc tile \vorltl, tlrnt '' Sizuioura sll;lll come
of Ehrist's pnl.nble of tho L6 three measures 11p0n Alt. %ioiol< ;111t1 t l ~ n ttlley arc to ]lave
of meal." . a I ~ a n di l l the ~ ~ o r k orlc"s ~t o r i ~ ~ ~tlri~~gs." all
During the Jewisll age eve1.p tlli11gtnn,gllt I slionltl tl~inlrtlre cl~u~.clr ~voultl Legin to
in t l ~ e ' l n wwas taught ns if tli~ltwas all of' see, in tlre rearfill rcign of evil, so niani-
Goci's plan. 'rllcy \\.c~.c to tlo this, ant1 kstly 011 the inclmse, t11:lt an acccssio~iof
tl~at,.foreuer, ctc. t111d yet altl~ongll tllc nowcr was necdctl. l)efore t l ~ ccl~ul.cli cnll
Je\visl~c1ii11.cl1Itntl not t l ~ csligl~tcstiden of koi~vcrt t l ~ cworld, a1lc.l t l ~ : ~this t ~rectlssity
any such thing, t l ~ egospel age cnille r i ~ l ~wo[~lcl t ~r~nl;ctl~eni\villing to i~~vvstigatc,
along, nlltl cnnlc :rt thc t i ~ n e nl,pointu(l :- : ~ n dsco if' Gotl l ~ a snot rcvcniccl n 11la11by
" t11l(i ~ I I C I tlic
I fullrless of t i l l ~II:I(I ~ colnc., \vllicll it is to be accotnl)lislicd. All r ~ l i ~ s t
God sent fort11 his Son," (i;:ll. 4 : 4.) I t tl1:it tile Scril>tul.es tc:~('li tllnt "all
is true the ~,rol)l~ets Irn(1 lorcto!tl a f u t ~ l r c tlle erl(ls OF t l ~ eworlil sl1:11l r c ~ ~ ~ e m n~lrl l~er
fay Inore s l o r i ( ~ ~t11n11 ~ s ,111ytl~itlgi l l t l ~ n t tlirll ti) t110 L01.(.1; n11c.l :ill tllc k i i ~ ~ l r c dofs
_disl)ensnti~,r~ ; but tlicy (!is/ 11ot U I I ~ ~ I . S (t11e : I I III ~: L ~ ~ I I IsI~:LII
~S ~ v 0 1 ' 5 ~ 1be1i11'c
ii) t11t;c ;
it, n ~ ~ even
rl suppostxl that t l ~ c ,\Ics.;i:~lt, tltc ~ ~ I I ~ ~ [ Ois I tI lI ~ c1,0rc1'~,n11(1 11c is t l ~ c
. and l ~ i sglo~.ious.~.cig~~ was to \)c 111crelyn .t- ~ u \ . c r :~I ~~I ~I Or I tlrc I ~ I I X ~ ~ O I(1's. -4. -
I S , "'.' -''-
1,
col~ti~iuatioti of tllcir o\ru tlesllly dia1)ensn- 2 . ) illld tlii~tt l ~ eIiil~gcloms tio not be-
 come his until the s o ~ l ~ l t l of i n t~l ~ cseventh walk in the 1igllt, and yct rcmain allnost, if
trumpet, a t \lie a u l of tllc go.spelage, (Rev. not entirely ig~ror:lntof' Gotl's plans. I V l ~ a t
1 : 5 . ) Ant1 let t l ~ c ~ also n ~.cnlcnlbcr is light Lut Go(l's revclntion of l~imselfand
t h a t t l ~ e" little Rock," t l ~ ea few," out of his pl:lns? for \\.11i~tGot! is, can only bo
" t h e nially " who cornpose the reul c l ~ u r c l ~s, l ~ o w na~iclk ~ ~ o \Lyr ~what l 11etloes. Christ
a r e follnd, on all occasions of a changc of is the liglrt of t l ~ cworlrl, bcc:iuse he is tho
dispensation like the prescrlt, in the liylrt, e s p o ~ ~ e ooft (Sotl. " God so loivd the
SO as to " Jitznzu w l ~ a t l ~ e i rLord doctl~." ~vorltl.t l ~ a tlie gnvc l ~ i so11l:r bcgottcn S o n "
1 am aware t l ~ a twe, like the Jeqvs, have etc. t' God c ~ ~ ~ n ~ n e r ~Iiis t l c tlove
li to~vard
supposed that our clisl)c~~sation, a ~)crIotl us, in that while we n c r e y e t sinners,Clirist
P a u l speaks of as one of Lli~lclness to the diet1 for us."
Jews, " 1mbi1 tlic ~ I I ~ I ~ CofS St l ~ cGeiltilcs be Light or rcvelntion l ~ a stwo ~.)l~ases, un-
come in," was all tlicre was of the plnn of tlcve1ol)ed a n d (levclol)ccl. \ V l ~ a tGod 11as
redemption, wllilc instcad of that t1.e liglit, said is a revclatio~i in onc sense, even
a s now coming ant, proves that this age is t l ~ o ~ l igt lis ~ not u~lderstootl. T h a t is what
merely a preparatory stcp. we mean Ly ari ~~l~devclol,etl revelation.
God is n Gotl of order, nntl altl1611ghtlic . JIany, ii' not all, tlre p~-ol)llccicswcre of
Scriytnrea corer t l ~ e~ v l ~ o lplan, e l l ~ c yare tliis cl1:11.uctcr w l ~ first e ~ ~given. Tlicy wcre
d e s i g ~ ~ c ttol be nll(lcretood o ~ ~ .is l v t l ~ c y not ir~tentlctl I'or, a11t1 tl~crclore were not
bccorne due. Anrl all t l ~ n tpcrti11:r to tlie untlerstood Ijy t l ~ c~)rol,l~ets tl~cn~selves.(1
resurrection, a ~ i doi!~cr ,orcat event:. d11e at Pet. 1: 12). Tllcy c o ~ i t a i ~ l c t ll ~ e ligl~t,
t l ~ eer:cl of the gospcl age, '' were closed up w l ~ i c lwlic~l ~ tleveloped,was intcntletl for thc
ant1 sealctl c v e ~to~the thne of tilt! entl." c l ~ u r c l as ~ , oil c o ~ l t n i ~in
l s a 1:1te11tstate, all
(Dan. 13: 1-4) ; l ~ e n c ethc c l ~ n r c hl ~ a v e t l ~ eIigl~twhich call be protluced ti.om it.
watcl~edn11t1 prnyetl, ant1 \vnitctl, ilot kno\c- -4 C1ir1tijrg lnnlp lnay scrve to illtrstrntc tlie
i n g t l ~ etime of I ~ e rclclivcrance. B u t 11ow process of tlevelvpe~nentof God's word to
that tlle cnrl has come, and the events con- the c1111rcl1. I-lc~lce,P e t e r sl)eaks of .the
nected with the. comit~g (2)n~olrsiir) .of sure word of propl~ec-y,as a light t l ~ a tslii?~-
Christ a r e i r l actual process, tllough the eth. (2 lJet. 1: 19).
" p:rroosi:r is to l)e as the days of Noi?," and Re\?eiatio~iis not co~nl)lctcuutil it is un-
the worltl are to fi,),I:~ntant1 hnild, awl derstootl. ( T o rcveal is to n ~ : ~ l iIinown.) e
Iinow not," still tlle cAurcJ~sI1ou11.lI J i~l l tlic A1ir1 it r c q ~ ~ i r et ls~ cs:rmc spirit of trutli to
light. Y c Lretlircn, are not in d:~rk~icsscnaLle t l ~ cclru~.c:l~ to u n d c r s t a ~ ~ ttllel word,
t h a t that clay sl~ould cor~ie upon yorc as a as it ~.c.quiredto enable t l ~ e prol,l~cts to
tl~icf;" Iicnce it is 1 1 i ~ l 1time !or t l ~ e ~ton writc it.
a w a k e out of sleep, and '& buy eye-salve, Thcse t l ~ o ~ ~ ganrl l ~ treferences
s may s l i o s
that they 1l1.a~see." that td be " i l l t l ~ cligIlt," o r to " ~vnllc in .
t11c light," is not all :~l)strac:t condition of
L I G I I T AND YICLLOWSIII1'. ~nintl,but s11cl1 a col~ditinl~ as is protlucetl
by tlic ~ I L O ~ ~ Iof~ EtJic ~ Itrrttli.
I / C Christ calls
This, t l ~ e n ,is t l ~ c rncssnpc w l ~ i c l we ~ the C o ~ ~ ~ f ' o r t e 'l'lrc
r , Sl)irit of tl-ut.h;" n ~ ~ t l
have I~eardof him. ant1 declare it unto yo^^, Iiis \vorlc is to " g ~ ~ i tyou l e into all Iruth."
that Gorl is light : :III(Iin him is no tl:~rl;- '' I l c sl~nlltake ot the tliings of I I ~ ~ I Ia~n,d

I
ness at all. If w e say that we have fkllow- shew t11c1n 1111toyo~i." L L 1 \many
ship wit11 I~irn, anti walk i l l tl:lrla~css, wc Ii.tl I)y t l ~ cSpirit of God, they :we the sons
lie, and do not sl)c:lk tlrc t r u t l ~ . But if i ~ cof Gotl.
~ as aro

walk i n tlle light ns h c is i l l t l ~ eliplit, tvy lIenceforth I call you not servants, for
have. fellowsllip one with arlotllcr, :inrl the tlic servant JC/LU~~L.L?L not w l ~ a his t lortl doctli ;
blootl of ,Tcsus Christ, his SOII,clea~luctl~Out i lravo called yon fric~rtls,fir rill t l ~ i n g s
us fro111all sill."--1 J I I ~ 1:. 5-7. tllat I l ~ a v clienrtl of 111y l:;~tl~er,1 llavo
A c c o r t l i ~ ~tog t l ~ ea l ~ o v es t a t c r ~ ~ c rligllt
~ t , ~n:ulek ~ ~ o wunto n you."---Jol~n 1 6 : 15.
a n d fello\vsl~ij~ 1
are i~lscl):~lable.Ycllo~v.rl~ip rl'l~ercar~tlInally ei111il;lr p;~ssag~:sprove
is pnrtncrslli~),--ar~tli l l this ens,., ILlriily re- tllat liYllt in 0111. l1c:irts is t~.zith ~~?tcIerstr~od.

of God.
I,igl\t is t l ~ eevitlcnce of f e l l o ~ ~ ~ s hand
I
lationsliip,-IIe the Fatlicr, a l ~ dwe the sons See11 sow11 by tlie \vnysiclc is, \VIrcu ally Lh

olle Ircnrrtll tlrc wiird of the l i i ~ r ~ t l o ant1

i p , . 7ortlcrstar,rleth it not ; t l ~ c n co~llctli t l ~ c
t l n r k ~ ~ c siss tlie evitlcnce of 110t being t l ~ c wiclic~lone n ~ ~ catcl~ctll t l : ~ w : ~ that
y
~n,

wl~ich
sons of Ciocl. Some secln to thil~litliey call was sown."-blntt, 13 : 19. I V l ~ c n it is
. .
 unticrstood, it is so goo,l t l ~ ccllellly c:unnot day 111' t l ~ cI,orci," says t l ~ c~ ~ t - o l ) l ~"cis t, n
tnlie i t away. 6 b H c th:lt rcccivctl tltc see(\ (lay of tro~~Llc." "All the ki~r~tlorns tllnt
into good gror~n,l, is 11e t11nt 11c~:rl.ctll tlle arc I I I : O I I t l ~ cf;~ccof tlrc wl~olec;trtl~sllall
word, and '1~1tclerst~zm1L'fh it ; w11icl1 also Le tl~rowrl t l o \ v ~ ~ " Got1 II:IS ~ i v c n PPO-
bearetl~fruit." (verse $2.) pllctic m e , a s ~ ~ r e m c ~ ~a~ttl t s , m u c l ~ otllcr
Tlrese t l ~ o u g l ~ hnve ts bccn s~~ggestctl by i ~ ~ s t r ~ ~ cwl1ic.11 t i o n intlicatc t i n t nrc are noto
the w r i t i l ~ pot'somc: wlto l~nvcIIIIICII to say ' cntcri~lg tllc great tl:ty, n ~ r t l Jc*sns snitl,
about bei11g.ill t l ~ c ligl~t,all(\ w l ~ o I ~ I I O W ) ' T a k e hcrrl lest your hcnrts be over-
motliing,nr~dcn1.c as l i t ~ l fiu c God's reve~~lctlcl~algcd,(tl~tll or al)l)rcl~ension,)and so that
,I
plan ot the ages. T l ~ c/)Ian ot the aljcs, dav corlle up011 yo11 una\r:lre."
(trauslntcd ~uurltlr.i l l ottr New Tcst:lr~re~~t), To I)c i g ~ o r a ~of~ tllc t irnstruclio~l is to
fornicd by n ~ ~1b1.d Christ, is the ])Ian of I be in d : ~ r l i ~ i ;uld c ~ ~on , sucl~,url~ocvcrthey
hot11 revelatior: nntl snl\':~tior~. C:IU Gorl m ; ~ ybc, or 1v11::tcvcr t l ~ c i r111ol-:rlcl~al.acter
be k11on.n ill nJry otlrcr wnp? T o Ilc i p o r - Inny be, the (lay 111ustco~tnc unaware, and
ant of the t r u t l ~is tl:trk~less.' 'l'l~c l'ric!ntl C l ~ r i s ts n j s to such it will I,(! as n snare.
of God k ~ ~ o w\vll:lt s l ~ i s 1,ortl is t l o i l ~ ~ . Ueti~l,e~ tlte saints are trn~~slntctl,nn~l after
~Ibralralnwas tlre f r i c ~ ~oft l God, nlltl fi~tl~cr.t i ~ c y are gntl~crediuto t l ~ c bn~11,"they
of t l ~ ch i t l ~ f i ~ l .Tlrc rclwcsc~~t:~tivc of' all pass t l ~ r a ~ ~a gscene l ~ , of jt~<lrr~neltt wllure .
P
Crud's elect. ' & Sllall I lritlc tcotn hL~.;llln~n tl~ot~s:tn(l sirall 1:1ll at t l ~ c ~side" r etc.,
I t t i i 1 1 t I ? ( I . 1 : 1 ) . (1'. I . ) iI11t1 nll protcctccl by thc nn-
No: AI)ral1:11n1n111stk ~ ~ oabout w tile crisis gels, slrall escape tlte cnlnn~ity. Tlrcy sl~nll
at ]land. ' l ' l ~ c :G ~ ~ ~ r lc' sl c ~ 111nst
t k ~ ~ t ol ~~c ~r t n ) l d . 1Vll.y ? 1Secausc tllcy have tile
trutil, krio\\~\ ~ l ~ :their l t Lold'is tloing-that t r r ~ t !for
: tl~cirsl~iclcl. Tlic truth rrill pro-
is " nrescllt tr11t11." tert : ~ r r n i ~ ~csrtv ~ rant1
.
7
. all its rcsults. alld
i s i t l o f r o ~ ntlic gcnc~-nl1,rincilrles of riglrt I 1,caiuac oi' tl~is,I,j,Jsic:(~l(~:11:111lities nls" will
and trutli, \vl~icl~ 111nf1,cp~.ol,erlyreg:lrclctl be nvoitlecl, ns in otllcr cases in tlte past.
as eternal, Gocl 113s al\\fnys ~ r ~ a t lino~vn lc to Sltcl~~ ~ c c c s s i tor t y the t.rlltlr, it ?sill b e s c c l ~
his chlircl~,esl>cci:ll disl)c~~s;itional t v ~ ~ t l ~iss ,110solitnry case in Getl's tlcalinss wit11
adapted to t l ~ ctirne i l l n,l~iclit l ~ t ylived. A his 1)cople ; intleed, jutl;i~~gfrom what is
flood was corllinfi. Ko;L~I,-Gorl's reprc- revc;lled as to tl~oseother tlispensntionnl
ser~tntivcman-was w:i~.r~ctl. T l ~ n was t :I cl~nngcs,it woultl be most strnlipe if tlie
%
present tt-uth; aiirl t o I~imit was a l ) s o l ~ ~ t e1)rcsellt l~ c11a11g.csl~oultlLe all esccl)tio~i, and
neccssnry. l { e l i c v i : ~thtrt ~ t r u t l ~snnctilictl lllell s11ou1d LC: ns secure agai~lstin~l)elitli~lg
him, (i. e. scl,n~.ntetIIliln Sro~nthe worltl,) cinlnlilitics, ~ v i t l ~ otile ~ ~ tpresent t r ~ ~ t las i,
he obeyed atntl H'RS saved Iimorn tile flootl. wit11 it. 'l'o builrl on Cllrist ns :l I;)l~~~rlz~tion,
Sodom w:ts to be Lurned. Lot I n s is ~.iglit,nll(l will secure sn1va;iou fix the
warned. Iluiltling nn arl; wo~lltl not (lo. builder, in duc time ; L I I ~tcr~~[)or.nl cnlaln-
H e must flee ii.orn the city. I.le believet1 ities call only I)e nvoi~.lcciLy tile knowledge
ant1 obeyed a ~ ) I . D S C I Itrtltl~.
~ I n ..i. D. 29, of t l ~ etr11t11concerning t l ~ e n ~ .
nIessia11 c:ilne, as il~troduccrl Ly J o l ~ nthe t l ~ l dtliougl~the Uiblc tenclrcs t l ~ a tnone
Baptist. B ~ w mtl~cnce,that prrse,lce I I I I ~ . ~are ~ rei~nrt1c.d? v i t l ~c t e r ~ ~ nlife l until " Tlie
be recog~~izrd.T l ~ n was t ;L prcscnt t r u t l ~ world to come," a t the soul~dingof
which it was fatal t o reject. I,igl~t was the scveatlt trurnpot, vct it as clcnl.ly tcncll-
necessary to fellu~vsl~ip.b L A slllaily as re- es that s o r ~ ~enter c t l ~ n tstate sooner tl~nll
ceived Ili~n,to them gnvc Ile 1)o\vcr to Le- otl~crs,as t11c b L First tixits unto Got1 and
co111e the sons of God." Jcrusale~nwas to tile Larnb." T o Ixlieve n~ltltcach tllnt a t
be d e s t r ~ ~ c c l . Jesus cave his tlisciples the last gcncrntion all, building oil Christ,
special instrl~ctions:" 1Vl1en ye see Jerusa- :we to be tnlrc-11witl~uut rcg:trd to tile spir-
lem encontpnsserl wit11 x n ~ i c s k, t ~ o ~tvl ~ x t itual stnturc,is to disregar~lmany state~inents
the desolatior~tllcreof is r~i;ll,tI~el~let tlre~n of Qcri~)tt~r.c concorr~ingtlle ortler of evellts,
which be in Jt~tlen,flee to tile rr~otll~tai~~s," n11(1to i y ~ o r et l ~ eirrrportnncc of Christian
etc. Obctlience \vns tile ouly salb co111.se.' flritlifu11:css : ~ n t la t l s n n c e m e ~ ~ t .
T o disobey would be ro lic1.is11. If allyone
irnaXilles
1 S o ~ n ci l n n i l i be save1 so ns ly fire, s ~ ~ f f e r -
~ all3 of tl~cse1 il~gloss; but nlny we LC of' the 11u11lber
arc t c n c l i i ~ itlixt
calrunitics \vcre ctc!l*r~:tl,t l ~ c :Lre ~ f 111ist:11ie11. ; ~ 1 1sl~nll
o juss u1111nr1nc~l t11rougl1tile firc,
T e m p u r d (1e:ltli-l)crsor~:~lly or 11ntio11:1lly,/ Lccausc: ot' t11c 1)rescncc of one like uttto
was all that was involverl. the Son of Coci.
T h e day of the Lorcl is c o ~ n i ~ ~ " g .Tile J. H, P . .
0
 56 X6I:dLD 0F TER I~IOR~VLA'G. 1

THE A T O N E M E N T . tllough it may not Le given to the J e w , o r

Greek, " it is ,given toua to know the mys-
I will.l,ot my lnuell tl,e atol,ement ?ies of tile kingtlo~~~."A n d 3s to rend-
now ; I ofton snitl, I nc,,or secll I I I ~ . believing, alld not 7~l~[fo.st(rndi1lg, 7",
a tlleol-i tll;lt siltir,inl l,le, I sd still. please lloticc 1~I1nt J(:sus says, " \Vllen ally
Brother nllsscll nlakca too .I,l,(ch of tile olle llearetll the word of tile kingtlom, and
death, perhaps, in a st;.tl?lncnt ; a n d ,
unu'ersltrn(lctJb ilnsrt. this is lie wlllch receiv-
in a silni!nr ,,,a). I tllillk your article makes etli see11 lty tllc wayside." A l ~ dbecause
too m11cl1 of the resu~.rection. t1le1.e are ~nvsterirs in ?~atttre, wl~ichwe d o
1believe tllere is yet urllt!veale,l not C O I I I I W ~ I I C ~ I I ,bccnuse we are left to our-
princil,le involvetl; so tllat tile J~~ i t is selves. is n poor escllse to malie for not tul-
3 s t u m b l ~ l l , c ~ ~ lan(] ( , c ~to, tilc Greek, I , ~ l ~ \ o stlemt:,ndillf
- tile 1)lall of re(lt'lnption, especi-
opliers, fqolisJbjtess, I)llt T O t,l~esclr(:~l, ~t is "I1? Y ' ''Ie clnilns to let'
tile w i s ~ o l l l of ~ ~ ~ ( ~l~~1 . ZilhB Sllirif, give11 UI lei~i.l t l ~ r
gosl)el cliurcl~ in-
is not ~ll;~tlc known, to ~ n y~ n i ~ ~int l ,e i t l ~ c r to all trsu!ll. 1111~1 rnorc cspccially as our
article, nor ill tile uil,lc. I llolieve ill brr~rlio., wit11 11s' cl:~irast,llat, L L T h e mystc-
tllc *ible teacllcs sul,stitlltion. uIlt ry
milts
God, as Ilr: Ilnth tleclnrerl unto his ser:
the ~)rol~lletl," is now finished.
I never b2licvetl in s ~ ~ b s t i t ~ ~i l lt ithe o ~ sellse
l
in n-l~icllyou a t t ; ~ c ki t n ~ ; ~ i r ~ l yTlle . \\.r:~tll T h o c s l~lnrl:~ ti or^, I,,v the apostle, of Iiolu
of all ;u1$ y htl, I Iln,re ;,I \\r:\,ys m:lillt;li r.tl, "' 't'rOll'il'(l tr' God by tllc ("ntll of
would ~io:I ~ a v es e ~ ~Cl~l-ist,-Love t 111ovec1 Cl~l~ist, will sllow t l ~ : ~i tt was inclccd nstone
I : the Jew, and fooliaJ~uess t o
lliln, B~~ to t l l r r 13il,lc teaclles reco,Lcil- O ~ S ~ I I I T I ~ ) ! ~ Ito
iatioon by the clentJ~ of l ~ i sS(.,n. tile ~ ~ a t u r Ia ~l : I I ~IY, C I I I I S Cof its sinzplicity.
I much regret the, entl,:lnce of the sub- TIlc scetl c~fAl)ral~nrnare never tountcd
ject ill tile l I E I,.,T,D. t(, ~~d as, tl~c.rcor[tE; nnrl ~ l o \ v l ~ e is r eit t:111~11t tl~at
t h y wcrc to be rc.co~zcilal to Go(l. 111 a11 .
will overrnle the evil Tor g o ~ ~ t l .I :IIII gI:ul
me tllc I,cIlefitof llis tlr:ltll, (::I:"s, it is " t l ~ c\vorlcl," " t l ~ eu~lci~.cua~cis-
willlout on(lerstandillgtllc l,lli~Osol,lly of it, ed," " tile Gentiles," &' ziliells t'rn111the corn-
as we can re:ip t l ~ cfruit of digestion, w i t l ~ - mo~iwcnlth of Isracl," etc. Ncitl~er tlie
out its plilosol~l~y. . J. H. F.
word, ii6r the itlen, is f.ot111t1in tho e p i s t l ~
to tlre I-Icl!t.e\vs. 1111(1 wltcrr tltc nl~ostlc's
REMAIIICS IIY TIIE EI)I~soR.-OU~LrotI~er n&e(~.~zin!j ill ~ I I Cuse of t I ~ e wortI, is ul~tler-
is rnost certainly riglit in sayill: that the stoocl, the reason tior this will :ll)pcal.. ( T h e
Bible tencl~est l ~ ercconciliatio~~ of t l ~ cworld wort1 occurring ill ,JTcI,. 3 : 1 7 , is quite a
by t h e ckath of Christ.--$I Folmif \rller~we diflkrent \vol*rl,in the Grceli, : ~ n doccurs in
w e r e enemies, we were rccol~riled to C;o~l, ouly one o t l ~ e rc:tse. L111ie 13: 13, and is
by the death of liis Son, r n ~ ~ more c l ~ boii~g tlle11 rel~tle~*ccl, nzcrciful), Got1 be nwrci-
reconciletl, \PC s11:\1.1 be saved by I ~ i slife." fill to me a sinner."
(Roru : 5 : 10). T h e inennil~goE reconciled, r~co~zciliution,
AS this is coll~parativlya new field of in- etc. as use(l' in C p l ~ e .2 : 1 6 , Col. 1: SO,
quiry, I will p1-cface the nnswer by remark- I<om. 5 : 11, 1 Cor. 7 : 11, and 9 Cor. 5 :
ing :-The sul!jects of the nronclllc~~t, recon- I S , ([win: nll the I,I:lccs w l ~ c r et l ~ c s ewords
ciliation, cbc. nltl~o~~,rrli fi111,vesl)lnined Ly t l ~ c occur). is, tll:lt by the death of Christ, the
Scriptures, I I ; I V ~ heell t11ou;;ht to 1)e too Gentile worlcl wcrc b r . o ~ ~ n~ihg lt ~to G o d ;
mysterior~sfor us to grasp, nntl so tlieolo- t l ~ is, t witl~i~ r ci a c l ~of l ~ i s])Ian ofsxlvntion.
gians, 311d t11e P I I ~ I ~ C I I ]lave :~crcl)tcdccrt:iil~ 111 o t l ~ c r I I , by 11isdentll, tile wori,,t
set wor~lsatid ~ihr:~scs,'& tlc:~tl~."b b I)looil." \\.ere I)t.orlgl~tf i o l ~n~ stnte of etrulitll, illto
etc. anil have lwen sntisfiwl to I~ellevr,witll- f i c v , ~ r wit11 Gotl, x re,lcaveal nf somet11ii1,rr
out trying to ~ ~ r ~ t l e l . s t :il'l~n't ~ ~ l ( tlrcy
l I~clicve; n , l ~ i r Iicpt l ~ tl~etnnp:lrt. I t l ~ i ~nll ~ k will
supposing t l ~ n tIjIi11c1I~t:lier,in soule cnsca nt a(lmit the al)cjvc espresses tile fnll nrlcl esnct
,
least, was,j~lstR S goo<[ as to try to under- ~ncanirlg. Now tlo not 1,e surprised, for
s t a l ~ dt l ~ eSc.~.il)tur;:s. tile recu?~cilz+,,ly the ~ z ~ ~ o r tl l~ ~Z ,eo ~ ~ t s i t lGctn-
e
O u r bl.othcr wonltl not be w i l l i ~to ~ ,ncl-
~ tile norltl, was notllinr: nlolSi.Ilnr loss, ti!an
nlit t l ~ n C11rist
t (lic.111nt ~ ~ ~ ~ r l c r at .tln~r; ~ ? ( ,~
tI - lI L l . e n l i i ~c1ow11
~ ~ tlle b L \vnll ot' [ ~ : ~ r t i t"i obe- ~~
reaecdetl l ~ r i ~ ~ c i por l e ,that lle c1id r ~ o tI<IIO\\, tween tlli1111,:111(1 t l ~ cA ~ ) I . : ~ ~ I fii111ilp; ;IIII~~
u I . Ij C'I~ristI I I I ~ C ~ W ~ it, O N :HI ~I I ~:III,I ~ l 1 i c 1\r;ill
1 ( t i l t , I;I,V), \V;IS ~11e e)t17tit.y,
, "All tl~iogswl1ic.11Ilc l ~ n silear.1 o f l ~ i s11'3- \Vl~elitl1:it \\,:ISt:~lir:~~ :\\r:Lv, lo :ind l,el~nltl,
1
the? he 1 1 s mrde hnoru~lto us," t!len, nl- the world was 1.econciled to GocL R U I I I ~ ~ -

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bcr, recuitcili/i!/, was I I I I ~ , bcillg 11r011gl1t in- Juwir;l~mother, or I,c I)ori~of n J c ~ v i s lmo- ~
to Ilannony. or fi.icnrlsl~i~~ wit11 God, tbr wc tllcr. 1!11t Cl~ristsolver1 t l ~ crnystery w l ~ c l i
were reco~~cilctl. w l ~ i l ew e were vet otcmies. 11u carried the b i r t l ~ r i ~ol~~~tt % iotfl tel ~ c i r~ i a -
Tlle law rocis the enmity; it was taken nwny, tionnlity, by t l ~ csnc:rilico of his own body.
and the enmity wns g o t ~ e ;nntl it wns the No worldcr tllc al~ostlccrics ont, (1 t l ~ u
death of Christ, t l ~ n tbrolrc down this wall ; tleptll of tllc riches both of the wistlo~nand
and this w:\s tllc rcconcili~~g of the ~vorltl. knowletlgc 01. God."
And this .siml)le fllct is the ~rly!lstcrg, '' 1Vhicl1 1Vl1cn Cllrist tlictl, nll t l ~ crace were
in other ages was not m:lclo I ~ I I O W I I U I I ~ Ot11c co1111tetl:IS tlencl ; not alive, frcc fi-o~n dcntl~,
..
sons of Inon, . tl~:it the Gcntilcs s l ~ o ~ ~ becnllsc ltl Ile (lie I, but (k:ncZ:-'L Vor if o ~ ~ e \
he fellow I~cirs,nn.1 of the snlnc bocly," E I ~ I clictl . for all, t l ~ c nwcre all ticrud. h t ~ 11c d tliccl;
3 : 5. " W11crtf'o:be r c ~ ~ ~ e r t~l ~~nbyc t e r 1)c- fix all, t l ~ a tl~c,?
t ~ v l ~ i livcc l ~ sl~oulclnot l~cnco
..
ing in times 1t:lst (;c~~tilcs, . nlicr~u fro111 fbl-tll livc u n t j tl~ciaselvcs, but 1111to.Ili~n
t l ~ eco~arnonwcnltl~ of' Isr:lcl, :u~tlstr:lngcrs w l ~ i c ltlictl ~ fur ~ I I ~ I I I , nllcl rose ag:~iil. .. .,
fro111the covc~lar~ts of I ~ r o r ~;~Iinvillg ip 110 l \ T l ~ ~ ~ .if~filly
t i ) 1111111
~ * ~ bc i l l Cl~~.ist, 110 is n l
hope, and n i t l ~ o r ~Got1 t i l l t l ~ worltl.
t 131~t.new crcaturc " (2 Cor. 5 : 14-17). . I
- . r .
I ~ O I V , in Christ ,Jesus, ye, w l ~ osornetin~es 1he tlcntll of Cllr~sttlestroyetl liis reln-
were a f n r o r , arc ~rlntle nig11 by the blood tior~sl~ill to the dbrnhnmic fliillily "nccortl-
of Cllrist. F o r Ile i a our pc:ice (to innlcc iug to t l ~ ctlcsli. I-Icoce, WIICII Ilc rose, Got.11
pence, is to roco~lcilt.), who l ~ a t lnntlc l ~ 60th n!/t-ha, llc was no longer a.Ieru. 1\11tlbeing
o u e , a~ltll~ntli1wol<e11ilo~rllt l ~ c~ ~ ~ i t l t\\.all l l c t l ~ c,real scetl, <i11(1Ileir, 11ec;~rrictlt11c birth-.
of partition. 1-raving nbolishntl his,flesh, r i g l ~ t\vitll hi~r.,o ~ ~ t s i dthe c .lewisl~n:itio~~-.
tlic en~nit,v. - ever1 t l ~ cInw ofco~nrn:i~ltlnle~lts nlity, a~ltlso brouglrl t l ~ e~ c o r l i lw i t l ~ reach i~~
col~tnil~ctl in o r d i ~ ~ : i ~ ~tor
c c sto, ~ ~ ~ nilll tI~iln-
c of tlle 1w01~1iscs ; SO tll:lt to I>L\COIIIO n Icypl
sclf one netv man, so ?rz(rkiry petret?. Alltl l~cir,wc, l ~ e i C! U ~L ~ I I I~1s ~ , t: ~l i~ ~ ill
~ l Cl~rist's*
that 11t! n l i ~ l l trt,~oo~cci[c I I I I ~C;otl,
~ i n one J v : i t l ~ ,11avc o l ~ l yto G(?(*OIII(~ )telu c r ( ! ( i l ~ ~ r ~ ' a
body, by t l ~ ccross; having sl;ril~thc e~llnity in h b ~ to ~ ,I)ccol~lc11ei1-sI I ~ ' Crud.
thereby," (Eplle. 2 : 11-16), T l ~ e nw l ~ ytlicl C l ~ r i s (lie t ? T11:rt in tllc
T h c n it \\.as tllc cutting otf of t l ~ cJew, sacrilicc of his flesl~,not only tlie Gclltilc
f1.0111his spccinl pririligi*~,or birtl~riglitns ~vorldn~iglltbe brongllt nigh, 111lt that nil,
the seed of A b r n l ~ a ~ nwhich , rc~noverl t l ~ c both Jc\v ant1 Gentile, ~ni,:llt bc conntecl ns
enmity, 3 1 i t l qeco~icilctlt l ~ eworl(l. &' F o r if dentl, nntl sw the ncio creation could 11cgir1.
the c:istiug :i\vay of tllcnl, ltc the r c c o ~ ~ c i l - I t ' o ~ l crlictl for all, then wcrc all tlcatl, s:rys
ing of the \rorltl, 1v11:rt sl~allt l ~ ereceiving tllc apostle, ant1 ndtls, L L Wl1o1-efore, 11c11ce-

11: 15).
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of them be. but life from the de;id." ( R o ~ u . fijrtl~know we ,no 9nccrL nftrr t l ~ eflesl~; yea
t l ~ o o ~wl ie linva know11 C l ~ r i s t al'ter the
T h e cross was i~ltlectln s t r ~ m l l i ~ i ~ b l o Ilesl~, c k I l e ~ ~ c c f o rI;IIO\V
t l ~ w c hir~l,710 ?nore."
to the J e n ~ for , in his dcnth, t l ~ e yfell to the 1111 are now tlc:itI ; n ~ ~ it'tliescco~~tl ct Atlto~
level of the worltl, lost tlleir birtl~rigl~t ;and 11ntlrelllninctl deiul, eternal slct?pwould Ilave 1
this transfer of the b i r t l ~ ~ . i g ltllrougl~,
~t, nnd been tlle (loom of the rlatural nlnn ; b b If \
beyond tlic wall, was Lringi~lgthe covenant Cllrist be not risen, your fiiith is vain; ye
and nro~nisesof God (low11to the nlatforln of' are yet i l l your sins, and, they that sleep in
t h e korltl, and th11s r c c o n r i l i ~ ~Gotl g and the J e s ~ ~have s I~erislled./' (":. - '^' ]
world. I' Now if t,he fall of them be the But now is Christ riseo, and become the
riches of t l ~ eworltl, (riclics intleed it' it rec- firstf'ruits of t h e ~ nthat sleep."
onciled t l ~ eworltl to (htl), l ~ o ~~nllc\l v nlore T11c 11cw creation c o ~ ~ l 11ot t l bryin, until
their ful~~ess."( OF t l ~ i s7:tuchmore, we sl~all the first htl;uu's r:ice was dcatl ; b i First t l ~ c
speak hereafter). ~l?tnrnl, ant1 n f t e r l c f r d s that rvl~icl~ is spirit-
E e r e then \\.ere t l ~ efacts; Gotl, by his oal," was God's arrnngcllient.
oath, whiclr cci~ltlnot bc brolren, hntl given T l ~ I;rw
e I~nilliilletl tl~crJciu, " For T mas
all things to A1>rnlln111, ilntl 11is seed. Now alive witl~outt l ~ cl:r\v, once ; Imt lvl~cnthe
the rl~ystcrywas, 1Iorrr ror~ld t l ~ cC;c~~tilcs r o n i r ~ i n ~ ~ ~ lcnlnc, i ~ i c ~ sir,~ t rcvivctl, nntl I
b e c o ~ ~fellow
~ c Iit:ii.s, :111tl ot'tl~cs:inlcLotly.' (lietl. .. . 0 W I * C ~ C I I ~ L ~I I I A I I t11:it I anl! IVIIO
in o t l ~ e r\vu~.tls,Ilo~r- Gt.)[l CT)IIIII be ,just, s l ~ : ~tlclivcr ll 112cf ; . o t ~ r :!lid lj011,vo f (lc;itl~ "?
(keep his worrl to Al)r;tlt:im allti l ~ i ssec~l). 13ut I~o\vat.(: ~ I I L ' Cicntiles t o he l;illcrl? ill
2nd ajustifit.1. o f l ~ i r tli;~t
) ~ I~clic!vetl~ i l l ,Jesus.' C111.ist's,i(I:tt~;ir ~ I : ~ ~ I I I TI , :ir>s\vc~.. A(I:.tm,
T11e ph11 of x i c o t l c t ~ i ~co~rlcl~ s not l ~ na ( l t ~ ~ )Incans- lllnn (ti' t l ~ ecnctl~. 'L'l~e Il~~sl)ni~tl
, or
t e d ; they could not elltcr tile womb of a X v e - ' ~ a 1iothi11~ s i l l Ilir~~sclf, nliy niorc t l ~ a i ~
 a n y o t l ~ c ro ~ l cman, only '' Ilc was a J;!jrtre faillire, ~ y i t l ~ o ut lt ~ cs ~ i l ' f c r i nof ~ tho body?
of liim that was to 'come " (I:om. 5 : 14). I-Ie is t I ~ e~)roljitiatio~l for our sins; and
A n d thc apostle teaches that Clirist, Lcca~ne not for ours only, I ~ u t for the sins of' the.
the earth-n1;1n, \vlicn h e took our n a t ~ ~ r e - f o wliole r worltl (1 .Jul1119 : 2). I nl)prel~ciid
, the suferiny of clroth, aild ill ]]is dcntl~, tlie it is for the sills of the worltl tllat the body
eartlr-luan, o r Atln~n's deatll, ?r8e(lie. Ile- is to s11:irc wit11 l ~ i ~ or
' n ," fill 111i." S o if 110
member, Atla111was but a figure, or type gave l~illiselffor tlie ~ o o dof' t l ~ eworltl, w e
cjf Christ. h i ~ t tl~erefore
l as a rr~pre.srnt(ltiae lliust be ready to give o i ~ ~ ~ s e ltbr v c sthe sallie
character, ddc~ni,IIIC;IIIS ~.;'k~ist.Ant1 as ~)a~.l,osc.I-le gave I ~ i ~ i ~ ~n csacl.iticc lt' fix
all dio in Cl~rist'sdeutl~,all shall be n~acle sill, to co1ic1o11.111 sin ill t l ~ utlcsl~: wc:i~.ccx-
alive, in his lit& " 12ntl 11c tlicrl fur ;I]], I~osteclto ])resent OIL^ 1)otIicsa IIui)y sii~rilice,
that they w l ~ i c llive ~ s l ~ o ~ ~r l~col tI ~ c ~ i c c l b r t11ol.v.
l ~ iicccl)t:ible to God, w l ~ i c lis~ our reas-
live unto tllcmselvcs, but unto 11i1n \\.llicl~ o ~ ~ i ~ L service.
lc
dietl for tl1e111"and rose spin." I Iillow sornc niay rc-jcct tllc i(len that tile
TVe clo not yet see liorv abolishing i l l bo!ly is tocu111l)letcthc sacrifice fur tllc wtlrld,
his flesh, the e,rmit!/, even tllc Inw of' coln- but if rciglli~igwit11 him, a ~ b~c id~ i gglori-
niandments,' breaki~igdown tlie rnidtlle wall tied togetllcr, iilca~lsto sli:~rewit11 Iiini, in
of ~)nrtitiol~, ant1 SO ~ R ~ t itllc ll~ J e w I ~ O I V I I t.0 ~ ' ~ ' i g l i inlicl
l ~ g glory; tllen suIYcriug wit11 Iii~n,
a level wit11 tlie worltl, \vl~iclirigasthe rcc- mcans to shut-e ill tliu sutfcrings. " I t LC-
o n c i l i ~ ofi ~ t l ~ e~vorltl to God, 113sally bear- cnnic I I ~ I ~tbr I wl~oni:ire all tlii~igs,:mtl by
tig on t l ~ cdoctri~icof .~1~1stifll/i)l!l ail i11110- 1v1101ii arc ill1 t l ~ i ~ lt ~o s111alic , t l ~ cc a l i t a i ~of~
c e n t victim to shieltl t l ~ cs i ~ i ~ i cnor r ; do I ~ I I I .salv:~lior~ l,crt;!c:t tllro11gl1sullbrillg; tjr
see a n y L b unrevealcd ~)ririciple." n u t I (lo both 11e tll;tt si~nctitietl~, ant1 t l ~ c y~ \ ~ l laor c
see C l ~ r i s t" t:~sti~ig j'o~every inall ;' sii~~ctifietl
clc:~tl~ arc :111 of o ~ ~ tor e ;w l ~ i c causa
l~ he
' t l ~ ejust j'or tile I I I ~ ~ U P ~ . "i t h a t j r is not ;~.;llnllictlto call tllclii bretlire~~."
that IIC might carry out his ],art of t l ~ eglo- Christ :dso sotYeret1 for us, ]caving us
rious work c o ~ ~ i ~ ~ i e nin c c1Stlc11,
cl w11e11 Ilia an esamplc, t l ~ : ~we t sl~oiiltlwalk in his steps.
F a t l ~ e rsaitl, L L L e t . I I S make in:ln, in o w i ~ n - Is 11ot the cl~iircll,or buily, to be pcrfcctecl,
age, ancl after our likeness." And we see for the purpose of b r i ~ i ~ til~~ ~ ework1
g unto
Jesus, w l ~ owas nintle a little lower than the- glory ? " F o r 1 reckoll t l ~ n the t s ~ ~ l f c r i n of gs
angels for the suffering OF cIc:\tl~,crownet1 this preseiit time are not wortlly to be conl-
w ~ t l iglory ant1 I~ollor;" arltl know b b tl~:lt11e pnrcd wit11 t l ~ g1o1.y e \ v l ~ i c lsllall
~ be revc:lled
entlurcd tlic cross, dispisi~igt l ~ esl~alne,fbr .in 1~3." " F o r t l ~ et.;il.iicst es1,cctation oft110
t h e joy set Lehre 11i1n." A r ~ dI love t l ~ i s creature waitetl~for t l ~ e~n;~~iit'estatio~l of the
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, bright side o f ' t l ~ cplan of sedcmption. sons ot' God, b e c : ~ ~ ~tiles c creature itself
sllall be tlclivc!red 1'ror:i t l ~ cl~oritlagcot'col*-
SUFkT&RING WlTII C H R I S T . o l ~ the glorious lilert? of the sons
r ~ ~ p t i illto
or' Gotl."
T l ~ co~irlitiori
e give~i,uponwliich we may JOIIII 17th seuliis to teach t l ~ esame idea ;
r e i p wit11 Christ, nntl be gloritietl togetller I-Ie says, 1 l ~ n v cgive11 t l ~ e ntliy ~ word, a n d
wit11 I~im,is, suRe~.i~ig wit11 lii~nI~cre. t l ~ eworld 11:rtll 1i:itcd t l ~ e ~ l ilrucause , they '
As so much tlcpcntls upon our co~iipli- nrc not of t l ~ ewcrrltl, even as I :im not of
ancc wit11 co~iclitio~~s, a ~ ~s i ~ d c l ilitinitc
~ t l ~ cworld. As tliou l ~ a s tsent me into t l ~ e
interests are a t stnlie, it bcconlcs a questioli world, even su have I sent them illto the
of vital irnl,ol.t:unce to us, to know ~vllatit worlcl. A l ~ t lfor t l ~ e i rsakes I sanctify lily-
is to sull'cr wit11 Christ. self. t l ~ n t l ~ c vnlso 111nvbe sanctiliecl tl~rounll D -
B e i n s in t l ~ cclosing sccnes of tllc e a r t l ~ l y tlle'trntll. keitller I for tl~esealo~ie,
career of the c l ~ u r c l ~ , w l ~s el ~n eis 11rcpa1.i11gb ~ f ~i r t~ I I C I I I also tllnt slinll believe ou me
for gratlunting, as it were, tllc subject conics t l ~ r o u t~l ~l ~e i rwortl, that tiley :111 may be
, . to us wit11 greatcr.tbsce tl~all ever bethrc, one ; as tl1o11, Father, : ~ r tin me, ant1 I in
a n d w e ought to ~~rlclcrstar~cl it better than tl~ee,tllat t l ~ also ~ y 111ayoe one i l l 11s ; that
1
i t could be ~ ~ ~ l d e r s t oi ol l t lt l ~ epast. t l ~ ezcorlil Inxy ~:elicvc tllou llnst sent me.
ki.3 S I I I ~ ~ ~I ,.; ~[ I ILCi~l.ist,
I~ n111st I I I ~ ~ ItoI t \ ~ i t l the ylury t l ~ u u11;rstfiivd11 ~ I I C , I 11;tvc
: sul1L.r f i r tlir ~ : I I I Il)ul.l)usc,
~ it is I I ~ C C S S : I ~ V given t11e11i; t11;zt t l ~ c yI I ~ : I Y bc O I I ~ eve11 , as
i to Iiiio\v \~II,-,- IIP sullbred, If 11cis tlic lic:~tl wc :lIse one : I i t 1 t1le111,n11t1 thou i l l me, tllnt
; nut1 t l ~ ccl1urc.11is 11isbc-~tly,:111d tile botly is tiley 1n:I.y be m:itl(? ~ m . f c c ti l l oilc; n11t1t l ~ n t
1 to " fill 111) tllnt w l ~ i c lis~ Lebil~clof t l ~ nittic- e t l ~ eworld Inny know t11.it thon hast sent me
1 tions of' Christ," ivould not the plan be a and hast loved t l ~ c mns tlrou llast loved me."
 He, for tlre joy tllnt was sct I>c(brc I~ilu, ~.:ntl,y to misconstrue n~rtl 11lisuntlerstn11tl
-tile wl~olcp1a11o f s:~lv:itio~~-eutlurctlt l ~ o tile Iiltcr 11I.1;iscsof this I I I O V ~ I I I ~ ot I I ~ the
cross, t l e s p i e i r ~the "
~ sl~nllie;n11d is set clowl~ ,going fort11 to iiieet tlrc Uritlegroorn."
at the right 11;irrdof God ; so we are e s l ~ o r t - (3I:ltt. 2 5 : 1-13.)
ed to run \\.it11 patierice t l ~ er:irc sct 11,:hre No tvaclrcr lovcs to be ~ ~ ~ i s ~ r n d c r s t o o d ,
us. The temptations nrld t~,i:ilsl ~ sntYcretl e even by tl~ose fin*\rhose o l ) i ~ ~ i o11e ~ r llns
were not for hin~self':rlone, but for otl~cra. little or no rcspcct.; but it is esl)ecially un-
If w e sllall Le f'aitl~ft~l to 11in1 rvl~o lint11 plcnsnrrt to be ~rris~~nderstood by tllosc f'or
called us ; if we holtl fnst, fir111llnto tile enti: wllose opinion lie 1i;ls grcnt respect. I will
we sllzll bc niatle lilic Iri~n," n royal I)riest- tlrcrcforc t11aIi~:ISclear :I st:ltelnclit of our
hood ;and Ilnving Lcclr trietl iu nil points, zce l~qsitior~ i l l 'refei'cricc to this s u l i ~ c t ns , 1;111-
sl~nllbe able to syir1)nthisc ivi t l ~ ,nlttl cleliv- gnnfic 11~i11nil~r~it.. \Ve believe tile Scrip-
er those who sl~nllLe tempted iu tlie futirre tures tcaclr that tile timc ot' the ntlvcnt of
dispcnsatio~n. Clrrist, Lot11 t l ~ efirst, and tllc sccoiltf, to
Ilorv it csnlts orlr srrl'tcri~r~s nr~tl trials, '' ~ I I Cslli'fe~.ilrg~ :111c1 to tlre glory," was re- .
w l i e ~y~e c o ~ n l ~ r e l ~tcl~~ieitlcn
d tlrnt it is.for vc:llcil to tlrc p r ~ ~ p l ~;c bt sr ~ ti ~ ai Iuny tllcy
tlre s a ~ l ~l)uij)ose
e hs \vlricI~C l ~ r i ss~~it'crt:(l.
t co111tl 11ot urlrlcrstnntl, nor yet coultl the
It enitblcs us to press forn.nl.11 tow:lrtl tl~c: : I , (I t I : 1 , 1 . ) A1111 the
mark of tlrc pi4izeof thc ~riglrcnlii~rgof Gn(l rcnson t11c.y co111clnot u ~ ~ c l c r s t ait, i ~ dis given
ill Clrrist ,Jcsns. ~ l ~ c l o v c t~l l~,i r ~itk not in I>:III. 12 : 9 ; viz. l ' , c c n ~ ~ '' s ethe words
stmllge, cor~ccrnillgt l ~ firy c trial wl~icllis to were clnsctl 111) n ~ l t lsc:\letl till the tirue of
try yor~,as . t l ~ o ~ ~sgol~r u cstra~rgtl~irrg 11al)- tlro c~rtl." Mellc,e, C l ~ r i s tcorlld say, " Ot'
pened unto you ; L I I ~rejoice, - ir~:ism~icl~ :ts .that (lay n11c1I~otirknowctl~no marl, n.o not
ye a r e partakers of Christ's sulfer.irrgo ; that the allgels ill Irca\.c~~." 111111 Ile conld sny
wl!en lris glory is rcvenlctl, y e nl:\y be this nt ]Cis first ntlvcnt I)ccnuse tho time
also, w i t l ~c s c c e t l i ~ ~ ~ 1 Peter 4 : 12. of t11c end " wns tl~cri in the far futurc ;
jny."
B. w. ~ < I ~ I T I I L),!Ns\'II,LE,
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, N. Y. nnd Got1 11ael nrrnrrgetl t i n t it slrould 11ot
be undorstoocl r~:rtil L L the time of t l ~ ecnil."
DEBINLTE TI31E. Ijut 1v11c.11 tlie '&,timeof t l ~ cc~itl" should
come, tho scnl was to bc broken; and,
The raicls Lqng contirronlly lllatlc Ly illis t11011gli t l ~ ,e:\ricked s11;tll (lo wiclietlly,
one nrrcl that, u p i n s t clcjitlile f i ~ r l e ,nntl arrtl none of tlrc wicket1 slr:ill u~itlerstnnd,
aimetl, of cu111-sc,i n t l ~ e~ii:~in, at this pnller, t l ~ cwisu sl~;lll~~r~tlo~.staritl," (verse 10.)
w!ien corrrillg from ccrt:lir~ sources, rc;illy Wc c l a i r ~ ~ , . : ~t~l tr it l~ ~we
k rnli I ) ~ O V C , t l ~ n t
enuse a s~llile, ~ n i n ~ l c wit11 ti lit?. 0 1 1 e '' t l ~ ctillre ut' t l ~ cc11e1" Ilns \low coulc ; :\11tI
brotl~crcl;~irnstlrnt xltlrouglr 11e pre;rclrt.tl tlrnt tlrcrefire wIr:lt 110 tllnn o r ar~gclcould
definite tirnc, 'in 18-13-4, lie I ~ a s bcco~rlc I ~ I I O \ Y tvllilc " ~ I I C \VortIs were clos~tl "1)
wiser, n11(111c C ~ I I IIOIV tllr11 his b:lclr on alrd scaletl," can n o w IN? ~urtlcrstootl by
tl~eseticfinite l)topl~etrcmcnsurcnwrrts as if 6 6 I):rI)es :111t1 s i r c l ~ l i ~;" r g ~I~nvilig 'o111ytllat
th;:y were lrot n part of t l ~ c Scsil)turcs nt' wistlo~n\ v l ~ i c lc:ornetll ~ I'rorl~nl)ove.
!rutll : a1111''tlocs not believe the time of the As tlre seco~idcoming, like tlrc first, is
srco~itlc o r n i ~ ~of' g Cirrist is rc\.c.nletl." matlc rrp of various stxgc3s, but as dilYcrcnt
T l ~ i dnrkl~css,
s esl)eci;~lly w i t l ~t l ~ ebrotl~cr 1rorn tltc fil-st, ;ls every tl~irlg else 1)ert:lin-
referred to, a1111wl~icllcnri 1n:11iehi111 '' draw illK to the clrilclrerr of tlre prolllise, dilkrs
back," alrtl give u p tire wl1ol6 s t ~ i i e c t of ti-oln the tlis~~cr~sntio~r to the cl~iltlrcnof the
6 L tfie time, :urd tn:ilitrer of ti111e tllc Spirit flrsl~,so t l ~ e r eis n poirrt nt wlrich t l ~ efirst
.of Cl~ristwlricli was ill t l ~ e pl.ol)hets tli(\ stage of tlre secor~ll comir~g I)cpius. ~ 1 1 l d
signify,'.' colncs from not trnclcrstn~l(li~lg tlle t l ~ eevitlc~rcet l ~ n ttl~is first st:lge was t h e
nz,[.11ner of tllc : ~ ( l v c i ~ t .It' lie col~ltlsce t l ~ c in 1S43-4 is e s c c e t l i ~c1c:tr; ~ ~ i l l hct, 11otlr-
wl~ole ~rctwixk of cvillc~~cc~ ~ r o v i ~that r q i11g ~\~lri~.lr r v e are to receive 11p fiiitl~,
tllc s c c o ~ ~co~lril~fi
tl of' Cl~ristactunllq, ht:(gll,l COIII(L I)e 111o1.c80. 0111.~ r o t l ~ t 'n~rcl r , tl~ous-
in 18-13-4, n s s ~ 1 r c . a1s~ tlrc iirst c o r n i ~ ~ofp :u~tlso f o t l ~ c ~ ~rlLlr . s . wcll 111) to t11:tt ~ o i ~ l t .
Jesus b c g : , ~:~~ this I)c.gr:ttirl~ n11c1 Livtlt ; I!nt t l ~ ewoultl was 110t ~ ~ ; I I . I I tllcI'e C ( I , was
anti tlrat t l ~ csccolltl co~~rinv. 11keti~xtof tile no 1iter:iI trrrlr~lictsou~ltlir~z i t 1 tlrc s l ~ y nr~tl
,
first, 113sits vnrinus st;l,qcsFlle u.oultl 11ot so C111.isttlirl not " C O I I I C i l l i t l l Iris glory ;" in
rcntlilv Ict tire littic lilrlrb . orr t l ~ cclcfinitc otlwr \ ~ o l ~ lts. 1, 1 ~\vl~oles(!~.it!sof e v c ~ ~tlicl ts
time, iucstion \t-liicll Iic olice I~atl,be so not tl.nr~sl)iroin u ~ r c?crr;~ntlS I I ~ ~ S ~ I - nt I I ~tile
,
easily exti~r~uislrcd. S o r \\*auld he be so first stage of lris colnlng ; lrence, tlre dis:lp-
 p o i n t m c ~ ~and
t drawing back. 1 1 1 1 t I O U I rying and giving in mnrringe, llntil t l ~ ctlny
brotl~cr,like ninny ot11et.s wllo run \yell that Not cllterccl illto the ark, ant1 knew
for n sc:~soil,nl,l)cnrs. on thcse t l ~ i t ~ pto s , he not until the flout1 came, nntl took theln all .
away back, nt lcnst forty years bcl~il~tl t l ~ e away ; so sl~nllalso the paro~i~icc of t l ~ cSou
prcscr~tlight, a11t1wlicrc t l ~ cS O V L ' I I ~ ~tr11r11. I of' ~ n n obc." ( I t will be ~loticcd tlt:lt l~is
pet bcgmr to sountl, ant1 bcfnre '& the mys- presoica is not con11):uetl to t l ~ eflood, b11t
tery of Gotl was finisl~cd" (Rcv. 1 0 : 7). :O tlie " tlnys of Noe," the " tlnys that were
T l ~ e1343--L position was clear, strong hefore the flood. T h e second stage of the
and u~ln~ls~vernble. Tl~" c seventy weeks" advent 11avi11gtrn~~spiretl, and during wllicl~
of 11itit. 9 : 2-1, \\.ere fi~lfillcd" n (lay for ~'eriodmelllrnvc eutcn, t I r : ~ ~ ~marrictl, li, ctc.,
a year," nut1 cntletl a t nho~ttt l ~ etime of tljc :tntl knew ?lot, the n e s t tliiilg i l l nrrlcr is t l ~ e
cruc:ifiaiol~. A I I ~these " s:ven:y weeks," rnptl~rcof the snitits, " 'r11e11sl~nll two be
or 490 years, 'L CIA oif" li.o~nt l ~ cvision of : I I the fi cltl, tlic onr sl~nllbe t:~ken;1nt1 the
t l ~ c2300 " tl:~ys" of t l ~ eprevious cl~:~l)tcr,o t l ~ c rlclt; two y . i r l ( l i ~ ~ig~ tt l ~ e ~nill,tlio
left n rcm:~illclcrof 1 8 1 0 years to trans1,ire :>ucsl~nllLC t:~l;cn :111(ltlic other left."
after t h e cntl of the severity weeks. 'l'ilis P c r l ~ a ~ ,the
s I~rotller Inny wonder l ~ o w
was the 184:;-4 argument, nntl t l ~ c r ewas we know all this, I ~ o wwe can tell when
a poiver in it wl~icllfi!w raultl see and re- Cltrist left the ;\lost IIoly, and cnlne into
sist. I t is t r l ~ e t l ~ e r enr:ls ol~scurityover t11e o l ~ t e rt:~Oer~~nclc. :i11(11%11cn his invisible
the last l ~ n l fof t l ~ escvcntietl~wcr:l;, in the ,>rescncc, or parurtsirc \\.:Is tl11c ; i l l o t l ~ e r
" niitlst " of \vl~icl~ Cl.~rist'' iuntlc t l ~ esacri- sortls, ]low \ye c:ln tell \v11:1t is trnnspiril~g
fice : ~ n dol~lntiont o ccnsc.:' U11t .110t\vit11- on t l ~ cu t l ~ e rsitlc ~ I L uciil. E 0 1 1 r ans\ver is,
stallding thnt olscnrity, there were few \\,11o we I ~ a v c:l I ) c l ~ t c g r : ~the l ~ l ~long
, arnl of
~voultln~alcetile sirnple calcul:rtio~~of 430 w l ~ i c lrcacl~cs ~ to t l ~ n tneitl~inthe Y R ~ [ ,mllile
from 3200, 1c:rving 1810; nnd 1810 to A. tllc s l ~ o r tarn1 is ow on ollr tal~le. Ant1
n. 33, rencl~ing18-13; nntl turn away u ~ l - we I ~ ~ I O Wtl~iltthe tr:~cingof t l ~ eshort ;\rul,
moved. Tile Lrotl~er above rcfcrrtvl to, even to every jot nnil tittle, has its coulitcr-
stalcctl l ~ i sreputation ' R I I ~ liis all, on t l ~ c part in 'L t l ~ e tabcr~~:rclenot mntle with
truth of this ~.irol)l~etic ~ u e : ~ s u r c ~ r ~ cbut : ~ l t ; 11;1ntls." T l ~ c r ewas n tlch'i~itc o l ~ l c r in
Clyist ditl not collie in ull l ~ i sglory, ns we c v c r ~Inovc~ncnt,Lot11 in i l l antl
tl1e11 exl)ected, I~cncc,s ~ ~ p p o s i ~thnt l g t i ~ i l e cor~lingo11t of t l ~ e11igli priest, u n ~ l c r the
lind provctl the argument ~ v r o t ~ '~t y , \\'as Ia~v,wl~ile n~nliing the atonement. A n d
soon given up. Ailtl Ile, .:~ntlIilnuy others, t l ~ i sis t l ~ esllort :Inn of the pcnteqra1)h.
becoming tliscourngc.tl, gave up all filrtllcr Hence, I can wnllt by t'aitl~, (10 not
investigntion of t l ~ edefinite time. need to see on tlie o t l ~ e rsitle t l ~ evail ; for
Now lct us look a t tile mallller of t l ~ c I knew it is easier for liea\*cn ant1 earth t o
advent, its various stages, n11d its pecnliar p a s , than for one tittle of the rnovernents
character, ill keeping with the sl,iritu:~l of' the s l ~ o r nrm t to h i 1 of IlnvinF; its coun-
sced, antl perhaps even the b r o t l ~ c rcan see tecl'nrt a t the o t l ~ e rend of t l ~ eline. '' TO
that tirne did not overtl~ro\vthat nrgulnent, the law. and to t l ~ ctestinionv :" ' t l ~ i sis o u r
hut merely overtl~rcwsoriie of us, because g ~ ~ i t;l cn~ltl " t l ~ e entr;lnce .of t h y word
J

of our entire ignornncrr in supposing tllnt yivetli l ic7~ l ~ t . " CI

the advent was to Le c o ~ l s t ~ r ~ ~ t ~in~ ;one ~ t c t l U11t it I I ~ : I I)e ~ objected, t l ~ n talthortglln7e

grand ant1 ut~iversals~naslt,i ~ ~ s t c a of t l pro- (lo get t l ~ cfacts i l l 1.1 1;ltion to the coining out
gressive stages. of I~igllpriest, l ~ i starryills iii t l ~ contcr
T l ~ c v i t l c ~ ~ cise that t l ~ escco~l[l cornin5 t;tbcrllacle a h Iic lcavcs t l ~ e holy I ) l ; ~ c e , '

of Christ b c g ~ uin 1549-4. Tl~nttl~eil he ar~tiln cert:iili wo~.lcof Llottinr D

out sills. bvI d

left tile IIoly of ITnlics, a ~ tnrrirti ~ d ill t l ~ c the scxl)cgoat is nccornl~lisl~ccl, still we tlo
outer tabcrnncle thirty yenrs. 'L i111tI while ]lot gct ally L1c:tinitc 1ue:isure ot the t i w e Ile
the Ei.idcgrooin ta~.rictl, tiley :ill slumhcretl W R S to tarry. rI l.ue, we merely get j'(ict.s, 7

and slept." 111otl~el.worcls, they all got illto \\.l~ileour Ine:Lsure~ucrltscome., ~ o sot 11luc11 ~ - ~~~

dnrlincss. A t t11c e ~ l dot'tl~:~:tllirty ye:\rs, fi.or11 the I u ~ o ,:LS fiwnl tlic lc.vtinlo~!y. A l ~ t l
n sc%cot~tl stage of tilt! c o r n i ~ ~!:v:~s g due, t l ~ c '. i\Iy two wit~icsses" are f11l1of tli:it tcsti-
onc s l ~ o k cof~ ~i.1 >I;;tt. 24 : 37 ; via., l ~ i s lllolly.
r i . " I3ut :IS t l ~ eJnyr of' Xoc nrcrc, I t ' t l ~ cntlvei~t ~lcol'lc /,at1 t l ~ ~(lee!) g for
so sllall also tllc i ) i r ~ . o t l . ~ i rof
t , t l ~ eSoti of 111:111 t1.11t1t, t11ey I I ( ? Y ~ I . \vo111([ 11:u.e 111:atIc t11e
be ; for as in t l ~ c(lays t11:lt were bt$'ore t l ~ e unistakc o t ' l o o l i i i ~Iilr ~ t l ~ cc o r ~ ~ i uofg C111:ist
flood, thcy were e n t i ~ ~and g drinking, mar- " i l l all his ylory," a t the encl of the 2300
days. Christ docs not come ~ I I 11is tl\\,clli~i;: I,l:~ccnot o111.yis to I)c clcansctl, but
u11ti1l ~ comese wit11 all his sair~ts to tlie t l ~ n tit is t l ~ eo ~ l yorder of tliings to wl~icli
'

r n o l ~ r ~ tof Olives, after tlie atio ions arc t l ~ i sI,tttcr sacrifcc al~l)lies,
p t l ~ e r e dabout J c r u s a l e ~ ~ai ,~ i dthe bnttle 'l'l~e ivord rentlercti "snnctunry," (Dan,
takes ])lace. (See Zccl~. 14 : see also
Rlatt. 25 : 31.) " WIICIIthe So11 of nlan c ~ r ill
8: I d j , is ko~r-ciesl~, t ~ salrlc
~ e ~ v o r also
s Ileut: 3.3 : 2, " I I c s l ~ i r ~ cfort11
t ~ oc-
d from
shall come ill l ~ i s d o r y , and all t l ~ cs a i ~ ~mor~nt t l'amn. and 11c came with ten tl~ous-
a ~ i ~ e l s ' w i t hl i . T l ~ i s c o ~ ~ ~ b i a : ~oft i nnds u ~ ~ ofhis (Icoh-deslr) saints." L L IIOWI O I I , ~
Irnyios (saint), and ntt!/elo3 ( a n ~ y l ) ,o c c ~ ~ rtlic s vision conccrnir~gtho ciaily sncrificc, a11t1
OIII:,? t l ~ r e eti~lies in the Nenr lestatnent, tllc transgrcssio~~, to give both the snnctua-
aucl is always associated with Christ's corn- ry, a d t l ~ ehost, to be trod(1e11untler h o t ?
ing in his glory. \\!as t l ~ cquestion io wliicl~the ,"ZOO days is
, Unto t\\.o t l ~ o ~ ~ s a nand c l t l ~ r c eh~indrecl t l ~ exnswer. Ant1 in the espla~lationI)y the
days, the wort1 tlr~'rris not i l l t l ~ eI I c b r c ~ v , n ~ ~ g in c i the lest c11:111tcr,we le:~rn t l ~ a t
s l ~ n l" l the sanctl~arybe cle:insed," or mar- " sevcllty \v~clis," is t l ~ ( :lllcxsurc of t11c p:trt
gin, justified, is tile stnte~nent in the of' tllc vision " c o ~ i c e r ~ ~ ithe n f i daily s:~cri-
propl~ecy. \Vl~ilc our i~iterl)rctatio~ii l l fice," w l ~ i l ct l ~ crettrait~der,1.clatcs to so~nc-
1848 was, '& Unto t\vo tlloi1~:111(1and three t l ~ i n gelse. T w o t l ~ i ~ ~ j i s , w etor ebe trod-
11u11tlrrddays, then C111.ist will COIIIC in his clcn u~ltlel*foot, the sa.t~ctu.nry,and t l ~ cItast.
glory." T l ~ etlatural suctl, are nln~ostevery whera
Ifow 1 will 1 ~ 1itt to tlic good sense of called, t l ~ eI~ost;"-I1 A n d i t came to pass
any one, \ v l ~ c t l ~ or c r not L L tl)cn sl~all the after three clays, t l ~ eotflcers went tl~rougii
snlictl~ary be clea~lscd,"71~igI~t11ot rlit3all t l ~ eIcost," etc. (qJosl~.3 : 3). A1lt1t l ~ oe ~ ~ e
i ~ ~ gtliflerent ii.0111, tile C O I I I ~ I I w
s o n ~ c t l ~ very ~ l ~ o:~l)l~card to Josl~un,said, L L Nay ! but as
of C l ~ r i s till liis glory ; and it' it 7tliyht I I I C ' ~ r:ll~t:li~~ ~ of t.11~ Ilost of t l ~ c1 ~ r t 1 ,: I I ~ 1 now
s o ~ ~ ~ e t lelse,~ i ~w l gl ~ e t l ~ uitr is not all act of co~nc." Anti the body of Christ is Gotl's
~visdolnto carefully c s n ~ n .i n.cand see what reul clwclling pi:lce, or sallcttl:lrv, evcry
that s o m c t l ~ is, i ~ bcfi~re
~ ~ ~ I V I I I ,IIP ~ : ~ nar- tI.~ingelse, so callctl. :IIIO w l ~ i c l 11ns ~ been
gunlent \ v l ~ i c l all ~ alike : ~ d ~ i ~ i t tncodt t i i ~ ~ trotltlelt
g tcwtlet. Jbot, is but a sl~atlo\vot' the
but t i ~ n ecoultl overtl~row. t r ~ l e . Now ~ n n k ethe t l i s t i ~ ~ c t i bct\vee11
o~~
l\'e then sul)l)osed t l ~ e" s a i i c t ~ ~ n " r ywas t l ~ eycople of God, the I I ~ ~ I Iscetl, I . ; ~01.~ !lost,
so~nrtl~irlg to b s c l c a ~ ~ s e i(justified) l by :111d t l ~ egosl~cl c l ~ u r c l ~or, body of Christ.
fire. Untlcr tile Ian- the s a r l c t ~ ~ n rwas y Ant1 [>an. S : 13, reads t l ~ ~ r '' s ,I-Iow lor~g
d , b y fire, but by blootl ; and sl1:11l be t l ~ e visio~i c o n c e r ~ ~ i ~t l g~ cdaiiy
c l e n ~ ~ s enot
11ot only t l ~ e s:lr~ctunry,but every other sacriiicc, a ~ ~t l ~dct r a ~ ~ s g r e s s i oofi ~ tlcsoln-
t l ~ i n gwas cle:r~~sed Ly blootl, ~ I ~ the ~ I1;1r1d,
I tioil, to give both the gosl)el c l ~ u r c l ~ at~tl
,
( S e e Nutn. 2 5 : 33.) t i r l t l t l ~ e nltostle t l ~ cJewisli cllurcl~ to LC troclde~~ under
tcncl~es t l ~ a t ,.' I t nras necessary t l ~ a t the Soot ? l111d he. said unto I I ~ C , *' E n t o two
pattern of tlri~rgsin t l ~ eb c : ~ v c ~sl~ould ~s bc t l ~ o ~ i s n n adn d t l ~ r e e 11~111tlrcd days, tl1e11
l~urifiedby (tl~t: blooci of bulls and goats) sliall tile gospel c l ~ u r c lbe ~ clca~~setl." Btld
but tlie lienve~~ly tl~ingstl~e~nsclves, with a vet t l ~ evision it.stv, rencl~es " to t11e last
Letter sacrilice " (1-leb. 9 : 2::).. Now we gtld of t l ~ e intligrlntioll " (Dan. 8 : 13).
maintain that \v11:1tcver is to LC cIc:il~sed at A I I tl~erefbrc ~ rencllcs to t l ~ e end of the
tile end of t l ~ c2300 days, must be cleansed tin~cs of tl!c G e ~ ~ t i l e sor , until the h o ~ t ,
by this better sacrifice, since tlie other Jer~isnleii~ and Irer c l ~ i l d r e sl~nll
~ ~ cease to
rnetllod of c l c a ~ ~ s i l l is g now t l o ~ ~a\v:iy. e be troil~lc~i untlcr tijot, w l ~ i l ti l ~ c2300 days
Hence, wbatever ." t l ~ csanctunry " rne:liis, o t ~ l y each to the tilnc w l ~ c ~the l cleal~si~~g
it uiust be s o n l e t l ~ i ~of ~ g the " heciunlly " of t l ~ csatictunly was due to begin. " Ite-
order ; s i ~ ~ cearthly e t l ~ i ~ ~were g s clcnl~seci pent. tliat yollr sins may be blotted out,
by t l ~ cblootl of bulls a ~ ~zoats, d allti otdy IVIICII . .. IIC sliall send Jesus Christ "
I ~ e a v c ~ ~t ll~y i ~ ~ by g s ,t l ~ i s'' better sacritice." (Acts 3: 19, 22). I n the Isw, tllc 1 1 i ~ l 1
T h e prilnary r n e a ~ of ~ i sn~lctlicrry,
~ ~ ~ is 111.icstcalnc out of the Inost 11oly ~)l:rce,just
Gotl's d w e l l i ~ ~pl:~ce.g And we Ilurlmse to t11e last tl~iilg,when 011 I~isway to come
sl~owthat the sntlctuary to he clcnl~scdn t out to t l ~ cpeople, but stoope(l i l l tllc outcr
the e ~ of~ t ld~ c2000 tl:r>s, rilcar~sGod's ti~vcll- t:il~icrllncle; i l l c t l ~ e rwortls, ti-rrried, 1111tila
ing I n ~ i l o 1 1yc 1 also are I)uiltlcd c e r t i i ~ iwork of rclnovil~g their sir~s,by
togetl~erfor a Ilabitatiun of God " (1:ph. 3 : ~nentisof tlle scapego;it, \\'us accor~~l~lisl~ctl.
22). A n d that t l ~ i s spiritual I~ousc, or T h e blotti~rgout or puttitig away of tlieir
 6.2 IIXJ2,4ZD OT IYIX J~IOBAY~VG.
sins bcillg t l ~ clast l'enturc ill tl~i!: ~ t o n e m c ~ ~I tI.I ~, I, fo1, I V I I ~ C I I we 1'1111. God , I ~ c l pUS nll
A n d accortlitlg to Acts 3: 19, 21, t.lle blot- to so run t l ~ a wc t may will.
ting out of our sills is the lnst feature ot -- C . a

Cl~rist'satoning worlr, a ~ ~ist lnot tluc until

11e Lrscntls Jesus Cl~rist." And " unto --
HOLINESS.

the111 tllat loolcf.~r him, 11e will ;rl,pear tlle Tllc cloctrinc o f l ~ u l i ~ ~iesstallgllt s ill the
second t i ~ n ewitl~out sin u ~ ~ tsalvation." o Scril)turcs is, we f i ~ ~ m d ,u c l ~misl~~~derstood
But, as can be seen, tI~ereis the cou~iter- I,? Christ's l~rofcssedfollo\vers. T l ~ c yseem
p:rrt of t l ~ escapegoat (see Lev. IG), that is, not to realize that it is t a l ~ ~ in l ~ tllc
t word
g of our sins, to be fi~ltilleci of God.-or apl]ly it to otl~erst l ~ a nthem-
tile b l o t t i ~ ~out
after t l ~ eh q l ~priest starts to come out, and selves. D o you remclnbcr, beloverl, you .
yc:t 11c tarries in the tnbern:iclc, w l ~ c r eno ~ v h oare '(turned from idols to serve the liv-
man is to be, (verse 17,) until that pnrt o f ing God. ar~clto wait for his Son Srom l~esv-
the atonement is co~~~l)lctccl. A1ic1 this is en," t l ~ a t" \sitliout I~olincss,I I O Inan sliall
what 11:ls bccn g o i ~ ~ong :it the otllcr cnd HCC t l ~ c1,ortI " 1 D o yo11 r c ~ i ~ c l ~ ~ yo11 bi>r,
of the line, since t l ~ ecleansing process \vho f'cel tllnt you a r c cnllctl of' God, tllat
conmencctl, at tlie end of t l ~ c2200 (lays. CL God 11atl1called us to I~oliness " (1 Tlies.
T h e l e i ~ g t lof~ time tlurir~gwl~ich tlie 4 : $)? anil that Paul dcnomi~latesthose,
h i g l ~priest tarries is tbuncl, lirst by proph- " l ~ o bretl~ren, l ~ partakers of the heavenly
etic mcnsuren~ents,and second, IJV the pat- c n l l i ~ ~ ~ . "D ? o you remember, you who .
tern tlispensation. C111,isttiirriecl in his tnh. &el tllat you are t l ~ escrvailts of God, that
ernacle of clay, just tllirty years, a t the first as sucl~,you me to ~ i c l dyour members scr-
advent, between t l ~ efirst and second stage vants o f r ~ ~ l i t c o u s n c sunto s holiness " ? D.o
' of 11is coming. So, according to a nii~nbcr yo11 remember,, you m l ~ oare desirous of
of propl~eticmeasurel~~ents, lie now tarries l e n r ~ l i ~t l~~gew11l of God, that " this is t l ~ c,
thirty Tear. Tlicn, 11is pcrsonnl supervis- will of God, 'even sanctificatio~~ " ? Do
ion of the L C Ilarvest," or c i o s i ~ ~work g ofthe yo11 reme~~iber,you u.110cspect to 11nvepart
Jewish dispensation required three a i ~ da in the first rcsurrcction, t l ~ a tnone but. the;
half years. So; a c c o r t l i ~ ~tog clear cl~rono- 1101 will bc of' t l ~ n t c o ~ ~ l p a n y ? Ulcased,:
,lo$cnl and 111.opI1eticevidence, his pnrolrsio a i i t ~ l ~ iso lhe ~ that Iiat11 1):trt in t11c iirst rcs-
must be an equal pcriotl, during tllc 11:lrvest i~rrection." Do you re~~~cnrber,tlic \vord so,
s.
'of t l ~ gospel
c tlisllcnsatio~~ ; \\.l~icl~,t l ~ r e cand ficquci~tlyre~~clcrctl " s i ~ i ~ ~ tmcalls
," 11ol~-:
a l~nlfyears, te~.n~iuatccl. tl~isprcscnt spising. o ~ ~ e110 l yo11 remc~nber,you \ s l ~ ocspcct
B u t the tra~~slntion ofthe c l ~ u r c isl ~~ ~tlue, o t tll;tt '' when he w l ~ ois our life sl~allappear
accortling to the snnlc n r g ~ ~ m e n tuntil s , the t l ~ c sl~all~ i y e also appear wit11 11i11ii l l glory,"
year 1881. And CI11.ist tlocs 11otcome,'' it1 t l ~ a tall t l ~ ccomila1ly wit11 l ~ i ~arc n snilzts,
all his glory," until t l ~ clnttle of the great I ~ o l y - o ~ ~ e sat? t l ~ cc o ~ ~ l of' i ~our
~ gLortl Jc-
day ; a t \\rl~iclltime IIC coines wit11 all l ~ i s sus C l ~ r i s rt u i t l ~i ~ l lIris sni~~ts." 110 you re-
. .
saints," to tlic I I I ~ I I I Iof~ 01ivcs. A I I it~ is ~ n e l ~ ~ t ~ e r IVIIO , ~neaclt l ~ ccpistlcs Ly the
then " every eye sllnll see I ~ i ~"l l apostles, that t l ~ e y nl-e ntldressctl to tlle
]Ire claim to be I I O n1ol.e servants, Lilt ~ c ~ i ~ ti tl s~,eI ~ o l y - o ~ ~ c s TO , - ~ ~the saints ~t
frio1~2.Yof the I3ritlcgrooni :-'I Ilcl~cefortl~131)l~c5ns,'' nt Collcssc,' ' at Pllillippi,' ' a t
1 call yo11 not scrvnnts, for the servant Corinth, ' ctc. ? A ~ l r lonly as you are saints,
: k ~ ~ o w enot t l ~1v11at his lord tloctt~:but I cnll l ~ n v eyo11.a ri$t tc: claim tho pror~~ises tl~cre-
you friel~tls for :111 things t l ~ : ~I tl ~ a v chearcl ill, to youl.selt'? L)o yo11 reinember, you
of my k'atl~erI have m;~tle1<11o\vnto you." w l ~ o Got1 ~ ~ i l ~ a sblcssc(1 wit11 ~nucll l;~~owl-
Got1 help not orily our brntl~cl-, but all cclgc of I ~ i ~ ~ l s el ~l fi ,spI:~ns,ant1 t l ~ cricl~esof
I otl~erswllo are still in il;~rlalessin relation l ~ i spa.rwcc, that tlic object of ;ill tllis light and
to the time and Illan!ler of' tlic a t l v e ~ ~ to t , truth is to sn~ictityyou wl~olly,ant1 lircserve
anoint t l ~ e i reyes wit11 cyesnlve that tlloy / you bl:~mt?lessunto t l ~ cc o r n i ~ ~ogf t l ~ Lord, c
may see. T h e cl~urcllis fill1 of s e ~ z : c x ~ ~ t sc, v c t ~as tlie Alastctr pravetl, 'l sanctify tlle~ri
and Inally of' t l ~ e nfhitllfi~l
~ servnilts of God! / t l ~ r o u t~l l~~ytautl~,t l ~ y~vordis trntll." Do
and who have bol*iiet l ~ eL u r d c ~n ~~ l d11e;lt ot ( you rernm~ber,you wllo llope to sit wit11
the day, aiid tlleir " peniiy " will be given 11im ill l ~ i sthrone, tll;lt '' h c that liatl~ this
tl~cm. B u t t l ~ e r eis a " little flock " coulit- linpe in him, Furiiietli l~ir~lsell cvcn as he is
cd as '' frienc.ls," ai~cl\\.]lo arc in the ligl~t, pure " ? I f so, wllat manner of persons
and Icrlow w l ~ a ttlic%irIiol.(l cloetll. Ant1 tl~is o r ~ g l ~we t to be in ill1 l~olyco~lrersntiolland
is tlio " mark of tllc prize of tlic hiyk call- 1 Gotllincss. " A s lie w l ~ i c 11atli l ~ called you
 is I~oly,so be yo 1 1 o l ~i l l :dl ni:1nllcr of con- :is st1c11was t l ~ ec:uc wit11 tlic lirst 11o11sc.
r ,
versati011 ; [or it is writtc:\, 13c y e I~oly,for 1his Llci~igtrue, \vl~:~t a .glol.ioris position we
I am l ~ o l y"(I Pctt:r 1 : 15,IG). IVl\;tt is no\v occup,v,--the Icingtlom abor~tto bc sct
it to be I~oly,we will c o ~ ~ s i d cart a~iotllcr up, tli:~tis to " break i a pieces an11consiumc
time. \ . C. T. X . all other liingtlo~ns,nnd stantl forovcr."
May the Ilord blrss in ~ ) u b I i s l ~ ithe ~~g
CORl~II:SL'ONI>ENCE. good ncws ar~tlglad titlil~gsof the kingtlo~n.
r , 25th '78.
S p r i ~ ~ g w a t eSep. Yours in the blessctl 11o1,c:
D e a r brother : I t is k11o\v11t o you, nlld S. I-I. \V1-rriiaroros.
many otl~ers,that we I ~ a v cof Intc, l ~ a dsore EAST~ ~ : i 1 1 ~ ~ 0 SL'~)~.,
1 1 1 ~ , 1878.
trials in tllc \vny of bcreavcments, wl1ic11 Dear Bro. Barboer :-It is :I beautiful
liave been, under t h e circun~stanccs, very S:tbb:ttlt won1 ; atit1 not being wl~ereI call
afflicti~~g.O u r 1ic:trts 1i:lvc been made sad, l ~ a v etlie ~wivilcgcof rnceting wit,l~tllosc of
for i t has been to us a Litter tun. 1Ve do like 1)recious filith, I I I V 111i11tl
b L
1-1111sout after
not feel to tiiur~oer, ~ I I O \ V ~ I t11:~t I ~ it is tliosc I iiict wit11 : ~ tSl)rir~gIicld,C. RI. It
Rm0ll.g t l ~ e'L all tl~il~gs," t l ~ n work
t togetl~or was a blesscd l)rivilejic to me-and olle I
for good, to thcrn that love c o d , to tlle~n never espect to forget wllile I tarry here. '
b6

who arc the c:tllctl, n c c a ~ r t l i ~to~ lg~ i spurl)osc. I t \),as sui:lr a feast I do not often er!ioy. I t
T h e Lortl does not willingly :~lllict; ant1 nl- is 11ot ol'ten we inect EO many k i ~ ~ t l r c d
t110upI1t11i11gsrnay seer11 mysterious, a tirnc spirits-tl~nse that speak t l ~ esame I a ~ ~ ~ ~ a g
will come w l ~ e nwe s l ~ a l see l it was it11 for and sin9 the s a n e song. I did not wontler
the best. No c l ~ : t s t e ~ ~ is.joyous
i~~: for tlle t l ~ c yfelt to esclairn, beautiful, beautiful.
time but " nicvious. ncvcrtl~ulussit ~ v o r k e t l ~Gotl's plans are benutifi~l\v11c11uiiclerstood.
I ,
out tlic pc:~ce:tble fruits of r i i . l ~ t c o u s ~ ~ti, ~ s s l l l c y are s o f t ~ l l of love, ant1 t l ~ c yarc SO
tltcm w l ~ oare exercised thercby. J l n y the harmonious. I tlo not wonder they arc
Lord I~ell)us to proitit by these trials. called a song, mid that none cart lenrn t l ~ n t
IVc are truly living in a grant1 and awf111 s o ~ but ~ g tl~oset l ~ a aret redeemed (boogl~t)
time ; what a glorious cvcnt is about to tnlte iron1 alllong mcn. These are the overcoin-
place, tlie L L mnrriage of the 1,alnb ;" his wife e r s ; t l ~ c ywill be witl~outf i ~ ~ ~a11t1 l t ,in their
m a k i t ~ g herself rently ; tltc ending of tlie r n o l ~ t will l ~ be fonntl 110 p i l e (m:~licc). h l y
world that now is, ant1 thc tiawn of t l ~ \c~ o r l d thitl~takes lloltl ol' t l ~ cplan awl promises of
to come. T '% t110se WIIO 11;1vo g i v t ! ~thcse ~ God more nntl more tl:~yb y (lay as they
.
'
g s earnest and ),r:iyerful stody, IIOW 0 1 ~ 1 1to Iny n~~tie~.stalltli~ig.
t h i ~ ~ all 1 i'ecl that t l ~ c
very clear this present truth, seclns to be. Lord is leatlinp nle l~imselt;:lnd brir~giug
T h e great light as I I O W L e i i ~pnLlislictl ~ me to a conditioll \\rl~ict~is ncccptnble to
in the HEKALD, is truly bealltifill :-11opc f'or 11i1n. 1 feel t11c spirit nf yc~tk~eriuy top!the~
our mce, tile L L fironnillg crc:~tioll;" IIOW it ?rut0 him Inore f'rorn tl:~yto (lay. as t i ~ n c
riingnifes t l ~ clove 01 Go(l,-"Got1 is love." I ) : I S S ~by. ~ I believe 11a gives l ~ i s'angels
All11 a tlleology t11:tt tlocs not hnrmoriize cll:wge ovcr me to k(1ep me, and in tllcir
wit11 that. we 11nven ~'irrl~t .- to aucstitrn. 11:tr1tlsto ],car lnc up, t11:it tio evil s l ~ a l l
'L'he p1.0111iseto ~ \ b r ; ~ l ~ i ~ rIn
6b t ~t,l ~ e cand Ilarm nle, or tlcstroy me. Truly it is as a
t l ~ vseed. s l ~ : ~all
l l t l ~ ef:u~~ilic~s of the c : ~ r t l ~sen of (or a cou(1itirr11 of snfetv),
b;blessetl," as now I , e i l ~~~r~clcrstootl,
~: is glo- mingled wit11 fire (or , j ~ ~ ( l g r ~ ~for c ~ tlwy
~t),
rious. r1lie sect1 being CI11.ist:111clliis I)otly, are oli cvcry 11:111d; nlicl 1 t l ~ i ~ ithe
7
l i people
tlre CI~ristcornl'letc; w l ~ i c will l ~ bring : t b o ~ ~at r e hc!~i,ln~~~!/ to scc ;111tl : 1 ( ~ 1 ~ 1 1 o ~ I i~t(. l g c
the great rcstitutior~of' our I.:I(:~. A I I ac- ~ Inore t l ~ n rtlicy ~ Ilave. A I I ~tliis is only
c o r d i ~ ~tog the cvitlcnce, t l ~ cnngcls :we now tile h(:yi7~9~i)lg of trouble. W h a t will the
" gatl~ei.ingthe ~ v l ~ e :into ~ t tlle Ilnrn," ( h e cntl I)e? A~itlthe worltl t1o11't know t l ~ c y
last co~ltlitionof t11e c111u.cl1,prior to trntls- arc i l l tI:trkness. 0 IIOIV I do pity t l ~ c m ,
Intion. T l ~ eInst half ' & weel; " of' t l ~ eliar- nntl especially tllosc tllat profess to lovo the
vest-is now in process of ft~lfilment, as is I,ord, a n ~ ldon't seem to care to lil~ow.
clearly sliown by t l ~ c~l~ftcl'rl,tlie c l o s i ~ i r~l . l ~ e say y pcace nntl snl:zt,y, 2nd slititlen de-
work of tlre first l~nnse. As these two Ilous- struction cometh upon tl~eni. I31lt t l ~ c r e
es, symbolizeti by t l ~ cc[lcr:ll,irn, were to Ijc :Ire some grail~sof wlicat here n~itl there.
" of'olle Incnsure niitl U I I C sixe." it foIlo\vs. T l ~ c ywill u ~ ~ d c r s t n l ~ n t l~
, ~ tLol Kntl~ercd
to ~ n a k et l ~ cp:trnllels colnplctc, t l ~ n tn 11nl; i t 1 I . H o w gootl it is t11:lt the
week is due, to p t h c r the w h ~ a of t the scc- Lord kxoweth his own. i ~ n dhe will riot suf-
ond l~ouse, nRer t l ~ e i r dispc~isation ends; fer a grain of wheat td be lost. 0 u~hnta
 64 HERALD OP TIIE NORNING.
,blessed hope is ours. I t is a foretaste of Bro. Paton stol)l~cdwit11 us after c:unp-
what is in reserve for t l ~ e faitl~ful-tl~osc meeting, and preacl~edtile n e s t Sunday in
.that overcome ; and this is tlie z!ictory that t11e Coligrc.gation:~l clrurcl~. A goodly
.overcon~ei?~ t l ~ eworld, even oar faith. I number were ont to ilea^'. and we t l ~ i n kthe
.am strivi~lgto get these trutlls bcfore thc ~ n e e t i l t ~have s resulted in rcniovil~g p ~ ~ j u -
pofesecd 1)eoplc of' God as o p l ) o r t u ~ ~ i tdice y ; and solne liave been led to inquire,
,ofers. Some are Congregationalists, Jleth- A r e tl~esetl~illgstrue ? while others are em-
,odists, Adventists; some will read, but ftlw bittered, a1111for lack of :ll.gumcnt endcayor
seem to underst:ind, o r reccivc. 'I'l~eyt l ~ i n k by c a l u n ~ u yto injure tlic reputation of tl~ose
tliey arc all right, and tlo~i'tcare to scnrcl~ wlio bclive these glorious t1.11tl1s. l l u t God
as tor I ~ i dtre:~sure. B u t God's will must be will niake the wrath of man to praise
done, wl~etlier~ u e nwill boar or forbear. him."
I-low I would lilte to see you and tl~ose \Ve wondel., sontcti~ncs,why t l ~ et r ~ ~ t l l
I )net wit11 at S. I (lid desire to go with e111-agespeople. I t wns tlie s:liile in Cllrist's
you to tllton, but I kr~eiv it was not day. A t one time 11e told tile people two
Fsther's will, and I could say, t l ~ ywill i~lcidents,tirat they knew to be facts in
n o t mine be done." \Vl~erevcr my lot is their I~istory,ant1 All t h y in the .sytla-
bb

bcait, there I feel it is his will I shuultl be, gofine were filled witll w l.atll." (Luke 1 :
. . w l ~ e t l ~it e r is'to sutf;.r or cllioy. I l ~ o p e 25-28. U i ~ tClirist kept about his work.
:yea willtiot think strange of' lliy writing so H e is our esaniple.
l o i ~ gs letter to y o u ; 11ut ~ v l ~ e1l i tell you God bless you with strcngtl~and wisdom
I a m isulatctl n11t1 alo~le,as f;~r as our to work fiw llim.
,llopcs are ,coiicc~.~~etl, yo11 know t l ~ n t Yuurs, \v:\iting,
s e l m x t e s geliel.:~lly, you will undcrstalid G. A S D If. S. TILTON.
this is t l ~ eo111.yway 1 have to sl~cali to tile
~ Gutl, tl~oset l ~ love
c l l i l d r e ~of' t tlresu tl~ings.
I felt to go with you'in spirit to :Ilto~l, alid
1 often think of you a t your 11o11ie.I I I C V ~ I . AVitli tlic cn(l of the TJnotlccean 1)llase of
$spect to luect \i.itl~you again t l ~ i sside ot' t l ~ ec l ~ u r c l the ~ , scc~lcol)c!l~sOII n ndw order
the kingdom, Lilt I do r.zpr>ct to ,medt you of events. The k i ~ l g d o ~ ot'n God, the
t l ~ c r e and
, all OF tllc clear chosor o~les. 'I'hc tliront., ant1 its s~~~.l.onl~tlil~gs, as ~*epr*cserr toil
)IF:IIAI.II is a welcolne visitor, Ibr it is laden in 1):~n. 7, is L r o ~ ~ , ! lto ~ tvie\\. ill c11:tl)tei.
wit11 good tl~illgs,and it is all the ~ ) r e a c I ~ i ~4.l g Ant1 the " sea of glass," a c ~ ) r ~ d i t i o ~ ~
I hare. .into
. wliicl~we belive the clll~rcll arc 11ow
Tile Lord bless you ns you 1ni)or nnrl Lcir~gg~tl~er.etl, is represented ns b k befi1t-e
.Iring bctore tlic peul~lctl~cscblessed trutlis. the t l ~ l . o ~ ~ e . Prom " t l ~ eL c g i ~ ~ l l iot' ~ ~t gl ~ a
~ I , I I ~11. Y 131~1.1l1x~. 4th clinllter, to the first verse of the' 8th
Alto11 N. H. Sen Sdrtl '75.
I
cl~aptcr,we u ~ ~ ( l c r s t ato~ ~bed events 111)ou
Bra. Bnrbour: As we took u p tile HEIL- \vllicli we w e IIOIV : ~ t llc very t l ~ r e s l ~ o l d ;
.AI.D O F T l i E 3 I O K N I S G , ( \ \ . l l i ~ 1 1 by tlle \V:Iy, :t11~1that t h y :)I1 bclor~gto t l ~ enest thirty-
is very \vvlcorne to our l i o ~ ~ s co11r ) , eye tell scvell years, or tinle of' trouble on t l ~ e
on the last item, " ltel~ortof the camplnect- earth. Altliounli we iliilv l ~ a v ethe nieas-
ings in nest nt~rnber;" \re t l ~ o u ~ l i t\.VIlY .
not sell(] ollr ~.el)o~.t?We were rigl~tgI:irl 1 L .I

when tile Xew York tent was agai~ipitcl~ctl fi)llrtli cl~al,tcrseelns to be tltc orp:t~liz:ltion
a t Alton Bay, for we are tlecl.ily interestc~l of t l ~ ekingdom ; t l ~ e fiftl~,a prc:parxtion
in tile plan of t l ~ cages, n ~ God's ~ d woiider- tor t l ~ eopenilig of t l ~ eseven seals, \vliicl~
ful love to our race. cipcaing clearly beloiigs to tlle ti111e of
W e have a spevial i~itercstin tile bride, troul~leR I I collq~~est ~ of' t11e I I ; ( ~ ~ O I I S , wllile
-
and believe s l ~ ewiil Le ready in due tirric tlic liir~gtlorriof' God is Lrznltiilg in plcces
~ v l l e n tile nlarriage takes l)lnce, a11d t l ~ e the Gentile ki~igtloms (scc Dan. 2 : 4-4,
work of'reccncratio~icolilnlelices. \Ve nlcrc l k v . 2 : 3.i: 1 7 : 1 4 : 1 9 : 11-211. the 7th
0 ,!

greatly blcssetl ill I ~ e a r i r ~on g tllcsc thc~ilcs clial'ti,r is tlic I ~ o l c l i ~ofl ~tlicse ju(lg!~icnts,
during cnlnlj i ~ i e c t i ~ i ug ,~ ~ t l ctrl ~ c t'ol(ls of to some e s t c l ~ t ,wl~ilc11a11. 15: 1,is l ) c , i l l g
y o ~ utent. \\'e w c ~ glad t tu sce so 111311yi l l - fi~lIillctl,viz: 'l.'llo tlclivc~r:i~~cc of L ) : I I I ~ I ~ ~ ' s
tcilige~it~)colblclistcn wit11 such clccl) inter- r~eurrlc. S i s of tl~cso sc;lls cover :ill tl~is
1 I
est as tliese trutlls wore sot fortl~,wit11 tinre of'trouble, w l~iletlie seveiitli is ~ ~ ~ e r e l y
clearness enrncstness. a "seven days silence."
 * " .Ill t l ( d W ~ i s~ I : ~ O ) thrjtl
IL i,.u.+t . ~ t r r l l ! , sktzll ~ o t t / en t ~ Jruu~.shiph,:t'o~-ctl~rs,"
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 66 LTXRALD OF TUE: JIORNZVB.
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CORIZESllONDI~~NCE. I tlic &lost LIig11; wllile Christ, 13ridegrooln
1 and Iiride, seek broader domains :-" ITe
. .2r,r.ow m e to ask you a cp~estiollI T h e that llas ficcly give11 us Cl~rist,will l ~ onot
rigllt-halld coml)ally spokcn of in the latter I wit11 11in1,freely give us all tllil~gs."
. part of Matt. 2 5 : 1 1)cliecc :ire of the ~ecsti-.
tution class; the overcolnel.s, tl~oscw11o at- LE~TEIIH cont:iilli~l!: Inoney to Nov 211d.
tail, to the high ci~lling,being alreatly seat- Tllis is a receil~ttor their contents.
ed with the Son of llla1i 011 tllc tl~rolleOF his .J 1%1111I,Cal. S I4 Ilooker, Vt. K P
"lory,
c
a t tlle tillre this j ~ l t l g l l e ~
tr3nsl)ircs.
~ t I I C , I t . V 1 : 1 t t . 0 Oztlrey,
Alid yet t l ~ i ! 1,ortl bids this r i g l ~ t - l ~ :C~I ~ )I~ I ~i-l JIic11: 1' 1<;1111bo11c, y. J I r s 11 &I Lop11
piny to come a1111irrherit tile Iiillgtlol~~ prc- Ill. Gro flaytle~i,liy. IC 1) XI~Iroi))er,Ct.
fbr tl~e11;from tllc Ii)~~lld:ition of tllc J \Villi;ln~s, i\l;tsu. G 1, Ilavcl~s,0. 311,s
world ; lang~lagewllicll, it sccnlv to Ilw, :LC- A Pullcr, llilili. J11.s N ~ ' ~ I Q S O I I RAIass. , .r
cortling to tile alli~logyof o t l ~ e rScril)tllrcs, N ,\I Nott. I)cl. .\IVYN J Uililcy, ?T Y. 1)
would be more litti~lgt o IN applied to t l ~ e Slatrr, ,\lo. Airs I.: II: l'oolcr, 3 Y. J l r s C:.
overconiers. Will you l)It*ascto give'yol~r Stucker, linn. hlrs ;\I '!I Gortlol~, N Y. F

E I ) I T ~ I C :spciiking
bccoll~esus to be IIIOJCS~,
I
on this poil~t.? A ~ t l l c r1'. Adarns. W II.:~skcll,Jf'ass. S I~ushncl, ;\lass. J I r s
- ~ ~ of the f'utnro, it .I. 1) IIyclc, N ,I. 1' IJisk, N Y . S C: \Veil-
Ibilt I scu 110 dilii- S ~ C I ' , ~\I:Is~. C 'l' I:IIss(!II, 1':~. C I1 L:I*O\V~I,
culty in the nbove language: liom t l ~ efact AInss. C 1, Beers, X Y. XIrs'l.' l:ili:y, ,\lin.
tllat the e a r t l ~was ~ i l n t l t :tur t l ~ cIitnily uf Aliss I, 1S 13row1i. AI:lss. S ;I l%oyd,1%. 1':
i r c d~ I I C I I Itit1111 its f i ) t ~ ~ i c l i ~ t1 iA
mall, I ~ ~ * e l ~ : for o1~J1orx:111,
~: Ill. C \\ri~.c,Ill. 'J :I $tow, N
44 Bchuld, the riClltcuus sli:~ll be I
recoln. \.. H lilci.lier, lo:t. \V P S ~ t t O. , .I
pensetl in tllc e:rrt11 : IIIUCII Inore the wicked W Pl~illips.N .I. F I'npe, 111. S C; Osl,orn,
a ~ i dthe S ~ I I I I C" ~(I'rov. 2 1 : :;I). I 'l'csas. I) 13 Sslter, N J . .I 11 Cllapnlari,
Cllrist ditl not leave the glory Ilc llhd wit11 I I . i s 1 1 1 I i 1 , 0 G C Alcxanclcr,
tlie Y a t l ~ c rbcl'ore t h e worl(l was, rncre/,y to , ;\Iass. I1 II \Vootls, Vt. Rev : I1' r\Janls.
1
obtain a king~lolli011 c:1rt11 tbr llinlself : I I I ~ IAlns~. J11.s S Sl:lglc, (.I. Y N CI~i~tlwic-k,
bride. FIG undcrtook tlle work of restor- / >lass. .\I A I i e l c l i ~ ~ ~ , ..J \V AIcC:lgg,
Ct.
.% ing both the In:ln, nl~dthe lost kingtlotn ;fbr l'n. S 11 Witlli~lgton,N Y. ,r W I)rew,
rvl~entlle a v r k is ronlplete, 11egives I I tlie I ~ Alicll. .I \Y Ilillis, 111d. C FIibbar(1, X Y.
king(lo111 to the Fatllcr; 'b'and t l ~ ckingtlolu j J I r s 111. ,J Rryan, liy. J l r s N S Tilton, N
I
under tllc rvl~olcI~envcii,sllnll l ~ egiven to 11. fl I'I-II(I~I~II, N \'. .J 11 Patoo, Jlich.
t11c pco1)le uf the saillts of tlle Alost Iligll, J l r s I) 1: \Voll; ().
(tile Patl~cr),\vllose k i l ~ g t l oisl ~all ~ cvcl.I:l~t- . ---- .-

illg killgtlonl. I I i t l ~ r r t ois t h e end ot' the N O ' L ' I C I{.

~ n a t t e r(llan. 7 : 27, 2s). Par11 also sllows
tllc end of' the i11:itter:-"Tlien comet11 the lcld. *I. IT. l'atol~, uf ~\lrliol~t.LIicll., C:,
elid, ~ I I C I IIlc sllall llave tlclivere(1 up t l ~ c T. Ilussell, Sf! I+i'ltli avelluV, l'itt~l)urgll,
killgdo~nto Got], even tllc 1:atller (1 Cor. / Pa., S. 11, Witlliligtol~, S p r i n g \ ~ a t e r , N.
1 : 4 ) . Alid vcrsc 23, sllows when t l ~ e Y., I3. \V. Iieitll, llallsville, X. Y., allcl
end occurs, viz. JYhcn all who Ilave died in ~ l ~ y s e t fa,t Itocllc.ster, N. Y., will gladly
Adam, I ~ n v ebee11 m:~dcalive in Christ. As t.espolld t o a n y c:~ll t'or meetings wllere 3
olie '' orilcr " live not ngaiir until the tllons- clll~rcll,o;. Iiall, nl~tlthe bare traveling ex-
and years arc ellclcd, the e l ~ t lIic~ro referred penses to ant1 t'ro can Ije provitletl. Ant1
to tlocs not cornc until t l ~ cgreat plan is con- i l l localities near citlier onc of us, t l ~ etrav-
sunlmated ; :11i(1 then 11cgives up t l ~ eking- eling expenses may bc omittetl,
d o m ; for ILe reigns-011 cnrtll-only, " till he --
I ~ a t hput all cnetnics ullclcr his t'cet" versc O I i J E C T AXD AI:\NNKR
25). Xow I~enrin 11linci that thc hot? I$' of our .Lord's JCetur~i.
L7wist is not, nlld iiever :lgain will be, o t ' t l ~ c
i ~ h ~corl,lwill Eefiuvr:. :lntI
~vorlcl;: ~ l t l ~ o \ tllc .\ parnl,l~ieto[ G-1 pagcs, by C. T. Itus-
lie that belicvrtll sllnll Lie cnvetl. i t I s r J l ~ s t!~c t I~ookto plnc*e in r l ~ cl1:111ds
bccolne a part of tllc Gotlllentl ; they arc tlic of' tl~c.~sc who arc Iiuiigry for tr11tl1. L'ricc
SI3ED ; it is tllc pcrkct Cl~rist,wlio is to 10 cel~ts,or $1per tlozcn./
restore all things ; alltl " p u t down all r ~ ~ l c , - --
and all a ~ ~ t l l o r i andt y power." T h e n earth, A n article by .T. rr. 1. on the atol~cmcnt
restored, is left to the pcoplc of the saints ot' will nppcnr in our nest.
 w l ~ r r cGod woUltl ~ ; o ts l ~ e wt l ~ o ni'a\.or.''
I \
T h e f o l l o w i ~ ~isg written m a i ~ ~ wit11 l y an I l ~ e yhnvc now rcccivr(l cl~:rstisemcntin
e y e t o t l ~ cclelcgates about to ;~sscnlblo in twn cq11:1l ~ral'ts; t l ~ cfirst was c~ouditionnl,
NCW York City, to invcsti<:~tct11c subjects t l ~ cInst, ~oicot~tEitiotit!l. 1111t wit11 t l ~ cC I I ~ ~
here discuse(l. Now, brcthrcn, if it is trutlt, of this sccolrtd 1845 years, n market1 c l ~ a n g c
and facts you are after, please ~loticca few Iins begun ; 2nd Got1 is ngni~lsl~owingthem
concerning t l ~ eJewish nation, n ~ ~tllc t l tiltis favor.
of their c l ~ : ~ s t i s c r n clilcts,
~ ~ t : tvl~ichi f r e c o g I n .Jer. It;: ',3, God tlcclnred that ha
nized. would sta~.tlet l ~ cworld. ~vouldcast them 011: ~ ~ . l ~ cIlcr c ~roulcl not
~ 1 1 .Jee w s h a r e existctl, as:, nntion, ncnr- s l ~ c wtl~ernthvor,-illeir conclitio~lsincc t l ~ o
IV four t l ~ n l l s n ~vcnrs ~ d : b ~ l tuntler two en- crllrifision. I n verscs 14.. 15., $ 6 Ucllold t110
I
-~ ~

;rely (Iistioct eolL1itiol1.s. LGrst. ;lr t ~ nc- ~ e t~:lysc o ~ ~\lscI ~ e ~I lkill bring t i ~ c l n again,
1
kno\vlcd,gctl fiivoritcs of Heaven ; anll sec- into their own lnc~cl, that 1 g:lvc into tl1c3ir '
ontl, as tho cursctl of God. 'r11c tor~ncr,/ fatl~ers." i h t l in verse 18, lic Gays, 'LA1lt1
. prior to tllc c~.ucilixion;t l ~ clatter, since the Jirst, I will ~CCI.)T.I[)CIISC tlleir i~riqt~ifyan11
L L vail OL t l ~ c tc~nplcwas rent,' n11t1 thcir tllcir sin, rlolible." T l ~ cword ,nisltnzh,
housc was Iclt u11t6 t l ~ c ~clcst~lntc." n rnc:rlls t l ~ c.wco,t.d pltrt. Nnw in Zccli. 9 :
Now JVC will 11cit11crlay - ( l o w : n I)rilnL- 13, t l ~ csame wcrtl, ~~risli~tc~li, n g n i ~ occnn,
~
ise, or mnkc n dedrccti'ott; but s i ~ ~ l p lstate y L L 1i:ven t o - h y (1.) I CICCI:I~C, I will I . L ' I I ~ C ~
Lncts wllicl~will prove tllat tllc time ot',Iem- unto tlree, t l ~ cx,cat~dpnrt."
is11 d i ~ p e r s i ois~ ~ 1
cndcd, a~lci t l ~ n tthe lolls [ I I C the j)~.eviotlsscrset it will he seen that
And by rend-

c o r n ~ l ~ e ~ ~ ct lc~t li ,s~ r r c s c l ~yc;lr,

A c c o r t l i ~ ~to
t lS'iS.I
foretold rcsto~.ationof tho Jews 112s i11JncC ' the tI:~y" to w l ~ i c lthe

g Uowe,i's cl~~.onology,[of * wept over t l ~ city,

~ ~)ropllctrefers, wn3
the t i r ~ ~~ev l ~ eCel ~ r i s trotle into .lerumlrm,
c ;llltl Ictt t l ~ e iIIOLISC
~'
the real Riblc o s r i t s of w l ~ i c l ~we
now spcnk], t l ~ cilu~.:~tion
I
, will ~ i o t late. Now ~ I I I . I I to Isn. .40. 2, b( Conlfort
of ~ I I C tsvelve-tribe ye, cornt'i~rty c Iny ~ ) c o ~ ) ls:~itll
~CSO-

c , J - O I I ~Ciotl ;
(lisl)c~~sntio~l \V;IS ~((jlittv?~~ 7 ~ t i ) t c i t . t d( ~ r i ~ Z f i ~slie:lk
r t ~ ~ - ye con~t'ort:ll~lyIlnto .rcr~~s:~lcm,
jive !/cars. i111d fro111t l ~ cc ~ . ~ ~ c i f i s iin n n A.
, nnd r r y nnto her t l ~ i ~I ~t c rr,/~lwi,ltrll tiills
n. n,)
z,,,, to tl~isI)rest:l~t. yil:lr, is n ~ ~ o t l ccl11:11 ~ c r (scc n ~ n l - g i ~is ~ ):tcco~~~l)li$l~c!tl,
, :111tl l ~ c rin-
periotl. Allit t l ~ c r enrc s c ~ . i l ) t ~ ~s tr :allt c ~ ~ l e ~iquity ~ t s l~:tr(lonctl,1i)r slic h r ~ t rc!ceivcci
l~ a t the
c:early sl1owi19F;t l n t t l ~ i sInttcr ~)l~nsc: of'tl~cir Lortl's hnr~tl,Jo1tClc, for nil l ~ c rsills."
history tipasto be ctlu:~l to tlrc tormor. All11 ?'his ~vortl,nltl~ouglr t l ~ ~ n s l n t c by d t h ~
wit11 t l ~ cend of t l ~ i ssccontl ~)criotl, a ~n:~rlci'dI':nflisll word " tloul,lc," is not mislilr~-h,I?t~t
cl~anjic113soccurrc(1, l':llcsti~tc-is o ~ ~ morc c c kefk!l, a ~ comes ~ d froni tllc vc~.l, ?t,oylaE,
prtrctically 11nt1er thcil. co~~tl'ul, and or~ce rnon~li~lp, to divide ~~~~riall!j, to dol~l)lc,(see
agnin, after so many c c ~ ~ t ~ i ~ the . i e sdew, 11:;s Eso. % : G , co~iplethe rllrtnins t ~ ~ r t l ~ e r ; ~ '
a legal right to ro1~11ildhis t r ~ ~ ~ l ) al c~ ,i t l nl~tl 28 : lf,,L L t l ~ c ymntlo t l ~ c !' I ) r c : ~ ~ t p I : l t ~ ~
worship, even bp sacrifices, i j i ,Jcrtr.valc*v~. tC,ulllc," i. c . two c r i ~ ~ :till~ i o l i n ~ s ~ e *This .
Now if tllc rcn~lerwill look. IIC innv 1)c- sc:cot~c-lvilrt of tl~circl~nstistln~er~t. all11 tlur-
~ ,' wo~11t1not s l ~ c ~
d

come c o r ~ v i ~ ~ cthat c t l t l ~ ct i ~ n cftorl~Jacob's ing W I ~ C IIC tl~cnl

v fhvor.'
clcatll to t l ~ edeath of Christ, n11t1w l ~ i c by l ~ is tlosv p:i<t ::lntl t l ~ crc:ltlcr k ~ ~ o cjust v s what
Bowen's clironolopp, rnonsllrcs 18-45ycars, favor is hcing exte~~tlctl to t l ~ people.
t
was the csact dur:~tiol~ of tllc twelve-tribe -

dispensatio~r. Prior to t11c dc:~thof .Jacob, be ilrirtj-~cucnyears IS nslllg a g a i ~ even

.
Tl~crcb is also e v i r l e ~ ~ ctcl ~ n tthcv arc to
a .
~ , a*;
o ~ man e at a time, a n d otily one, re1)rcsellt- they wcrc fi.om A. n. :X, to 1. n. TI), in
cd the choscn peoplc of (';otl. :\brnm was thcir d o \ ~ ~ ~ t hant1 l l ; tllnt \\.it11 tllis thirty-
alone; and otlc of his soils ~ v : cl~nqcn. ~s Isnnc seven ycnra, nlcnqnrinrr from 1878, I L tlre
hat1 two sons, butIor11y OIIC w:ts tnkcn; wlrilc ti~nosof thc (:r1ltilcs7*Yvill cocl, n ~ Jeru- ~ d
nt t l ~ crlcatll of.lacolx t ! ~ eIti~rlrla. wit11 311 sniern censo to be tl.ocltloi~~tntlcrfnnt.
~ ~-

t l ~ e i rc l ~ i l d r c ~good
i, ant1 O:lcl, wcrc txlren; Fro111 the c o v c ~ ~ n nwit11 t A b r n n ~ , wl~crl
' R I I from
~ t l ~ a t i ~ l ~ to
e , t!lc dcntli of C l ~ r i s t , i ~ carnc c out of ITarxrl, a t t l ~ cngo of 75,
w l ~ c t l ~ cbcir~g
r cl~nstise(lin ICgyl~t, in t l ~ c ((;on. 12 : .;I), to t l ~ ctlc:~111 ot' J:lc~l), wns
wilderness, in the pron~isetl InntI, I)y tIlc 2:;3 yc:lrs, i. e. 5 fru~ntllc corenalit to t l ~ e
nations left ns t l ~ o r ~ iilsl thcir sitlc ;" ~ ~ n ( . l b~i'rrt l ~of Jsn:tc, ( C ~ ~ I I21 . : 5 ) ; (;{Iyc:trs to t l ~ c
their O\YII k i ~ ~ gor s , O V T3nl>ylon,I\Icdinnn,l l~irtliof .Tacolr, ( C h . 25 : 21i); nntl 147, to
Persin, Crrcece, n ~ ~ Itonlo tl ; still, during all 11is dentl~,( G C I I .47 : 3 ) . k'ron~tlie cnv-
that time t l ~ c yreceivcd special clivine Knvor. ennnt to tho law, was J:.N ; (Gal. 2 : 17).
 68 IIh1fl4I 1 4 1 ) UP ? ! I l l ~~1~~lLiYl~Sff
--- -- .- .--, . - ...-
Tllerclbre, ti.oi11 tllc d c : ~ t l01'~ Jacob to ~ J I G SO tit11cs.l': :vo IW). L:y c o ~ n ~ r : ~Gcn. ~.i~i~
C.YO(IIIS, was -- 198 yearu. i': 24, \vitIi \verse 11, :lntI s : 4, it 111ay l a
I n tllc wildcr~icss -- 40 " scclr tltnt n 1111irtI1.etl ant1 lilt: (lays, or five
T o tlivision 01' t.11~I n l ~ t l , - - tinies tllirt!., : I ~ CrCcku~ictI:IS live 111011tlls.
-
"

1)ivisioli of lu11tl t.o ~:1111itc1, .I50 " " ITorty ;111t[ two I I I ~ I I ~ ~ I 01' ~ , " " ;i tin~c,
Samuel to J):ivitl, -- -10 " tiuncs, and II:II~':I tilnc," is LeI~c\,t.cILy rrlost
David to Captivity, -- .47:; bb espositors, to menn 12t;O IiLeral years; allti
Capti\.ity, - /
- 70 " if so. seuelr p ~ + o ~ l ~ ctillics, t i c measure twica
Cynistto C11risti:ul era, - - 336 '' 1260, 01. .)[J20 pa1.s.
of A, 1 . $2 ( e l i t ) ,
- 2 "
, In I m . 3;: 17, it s:lys, that tlicir e n o
'rota1 -- i mies, tl~osathat Il:ltc(l t l ~ c ~ nsl~ould
I S 4 5 years. over tlluni srroi. times. ' Now i t is n ~nd
, rcigii

T l ~ eJewisli p : u ; c~lcli~lg, of CONI~SC, i l l tlre tl1;lt li*olll( j ~ t i11, c. \vlicll tlleircnl,ti\rity un-
sprirr!r of A . n, ;li; ; wllen otlr Lor11 \\,:IS clcr Il:lllyloll I)c3qll, tllc! Jo\,rs ]l:rvlb, to tllc
crucified. ~wescllttiny, Lcc11 U I I ~ C I .Glc~ltilcr11lc ; atid
'L'1it.1~ froln tllc ~lc'atll of J : I c o ~ ttt tllc tllis 13erioJ 1l1c;lsllrcs years, lcavillg
death ok'Cl~l.ist, \\,:\s lS.15 yc:irs : :111d.fi.o111hut 37? to ct)lnl~letc Y e I ! C ) b I)r?rl,/rel,iC tielel.
the dent11 of Cllrist tll t l l G I\rL'~ClltC I I : L I I ~ C ~ rlUS~lS \Y;~s set 1' fur tllc filll :uld risillg
co~lilitiollof tll2t pl'l)])Il(!ti~:pccrplc, is :lh0 :rg:lill of ~ l l n lill ~ ylsl.acl " (Luke 2: ;;.l).
1545 ycilrs. .\ad ~ I I C God OS . \ L r r l ~ n ~ ~ ~l , ; r tlleir /
s11d of Isaac, : I I I L ~of J:~col),II;IS I . C I I I ~ I I I L ~llousc
~ , ~ir:jeetioll
~ cIIrist, w l l ~ ntIIL.ir
I . ~ ~ \V:lL; left clcsol;ltc, at ,\, 1,. , tlloy
llis C D \ . C I I ~ I I ~L, b n ~ t dCUIIIC C~O\\.II tu ilclivcr \\.urp Lllltil,I.1). 70, ill fill]il)rr. Norr tllc
his pcol)lc."--" lllltl at t11:tt tilllc! sl1:111 Ni- c V i J C I I C S ~~C ~ I l~IJIICIUSiYa
IS tllat tllC SCl.UIIL~
cllacl st:\nd nl), tllc grc:~tpril~cc\rllicl~st:ul(l- .I,lI;lsc tllcir cllnstisclllent,tllnt ill \vllicll
ctll for t l ~ ccllii~rcllof'tlly pecllllt4,31ltl tllel-c tllr\. to rccciyc jilcc,,-, is cllclc(l ; alltl
!
dlall be :i tilnc ul.tronblc, FIICII i t * Ilevcr \v~.N: boil tllu tilllc fhvor is nerill rcsturej, tilc
sillcc tllcrc W a s ll l l : i t i ~ l l , C\'Cll t , tll:tt
~ 6:lllle evidellcc is, tllnt tiley arc to 37 years ill
ti~iic," (L);III. 1 2 : 1). Leir~grcstol-ctl.
'* ~ o r u xt r l n ~OF~ Y~ I I E GES~I'ILI.:~~." l'er11:111s the seven t i ~ n c s "of lJcv. 26 :
b'

is not I I I C : L I I as
~ 1di?finitc ~ ~ ~ e i l s n r e r n some e~it,
6 6 ,lll(i tiluy sll:lIl fall by t]lc ctlgc of tlte Iliny s:iy : lmt the S;lct t11;lt t l ~ cJc\vs ]la\-e
sworcl nlId sllnll bc lot1 ;isvay c:lptivc into :ill 110w Ijcar~utltlc~r(;cl~tiler t ~ l cctl~1ods c v c l ~
llntiuns; n11c1 .Jcl-usaleln sllnll bc tru~lLlc11 prol)l~ctictilncs, L I I I ~ Itl~:itnow, just 37 yc:trs
(Iown of tllc (;clltilos, lllltil tllc tirllcs ol'tlle I,cfore t l ~ c yt c r ~ ~ i i ~ ~ itl~nrketl ~ t e , . cl~nllgc
. llaa
Gentiles I)e fi~lfilletl," (lJukc J I : 24). c o ~ ~ ~ n ~ c n c\ vclt~l ,i c lis~ ; y : ~ i n13r11ig1:1g1':iIcs-
' 6 'rllcrcforc tllo ConIe, s:iitI~ Lord tirlc and t l ~ cJ c ~ vto t l ~ o~ ' ~ ) ~ c K ~ ' o i3 I I good
II~,
tllnt it slln]] 110 lllorc I,c saitl, T l ~ eI,ot*~lliv- evitlcncc in Gi\*or of tlicsc arputuellts.
Ctl1 tllnt LrougIlt u,) tllc c]lilcll.cl~uC Israel Tllc Jews arc to Le restored in thc lniclst
out of tllc lnlld of Egjl,t, L~rt,'l'llc l.ol.tl liv- o f L L a tilllc of trouble, sucll :IS never \\.a$
ctll tllnt brou511t up tflc cllildrcn of [sre:ll sincc t l ~ c ~\\*as c :I n n t i o ~"~ (Dau. 12 : 1);
lrolll tllc InnJ of ~ ~ ~ all11
~ ~ froin , tllc nlrtl tl~el-eir1.c not o111yi~ltlicrrtions ok' tl~cir
t l l all
IallJj \v]lit/lcr ilc flail lll-ivcrl tlrellt; a n ~ l1 ~.estor;ttior~, but t 1 1 coming
~ tinle of trouble
will brillg tllcm nC:iill illto their ]anti that I is also clearly indic:ttcc~. ' ~ L I ~ to I I %ccl~. 8:
g a ~ ~c l l t ot\leir fiitllcrs" (Jcl.. 16 ; 14,16). 1-10, yo11 will fi11d a cle:~r stntenlcl~t
'I'11:~tJcrlIs:.~lc~n I ~ n sbccn trocldoll tlo\\.n 01' t l ~ c i rrcstol.utiorl, " :\ncl I \\#ill brillg t l ~ e n i
tllc GclltiIcs. alltl is still tl~oddcl~ t l o w ~ i ,:111tlt11cy s11:111 CI\\.eII i n t l r ~iiiid~tof'Jcr11s;l-
t>y tllclll, rt!ql~il-cs110 l,rool: E u t is tllcrc Ic~ti." S o w rend vcrsc 10, '' For Lctorc
I I I C ; ~ I Sby ~vl~icll to deter~nitlc the (11o'ntio)~~ I I O J C clays [ t l ~ cilnys in \vilicli ti~ey.arcrel'-
the tillles of t h (;cnti]cs ~ ? 'lllcrc is cvi- 1.escntet.l as ,.,:tttr)it.cl to J e r u s n l c i ~ ~ Jtllcrc ,
dcllce nrnking it very I answer, was )LO 11itv.fori l l r ~ ) ~/LO/' , ]lire for h a d , rlor
that tlley tcrlllinatc i l l tllirty-sevcn years peace to Itim t113t I \ . C I out I ~ or cnllle in, be-
froiu A. D. l S i Q . cause o t ' t l ~ catilictio~l; for I set all nlcri cv-
66 A thousnlld two hulldrct[ autl tlirce- ery O I I against
~ his ~iei~ltboi.." r i ~ ~tlucs d
score clays " (l;ev. 12: tj), is lllatIc synon- llot just tllis state of tlliugs n l r e d y begin to
y l l l o ~ s\\'it11 tht: "time, tilllus, ;lnd Ilalf :L oltnili? Ccrtninly r\ ~ v a ~ of l t contiilcnco,
lilnc," of vcrsc 1 4 ;:lilcl also witll tllo forty nnil lack of c~nl~loylueut arc 31re;1dy ]cad-
nntl two I n o n t l ~ s "of chapter 13: 5. Ilcrlcc in$ features ill t l ~ ~ c ) r c s c tilllc ~ ~ t ol' rro~tblc.
thirty cln!.s, is tljetl L O rq~l*cs~.lli :i ~nontlii, c. O n c \voubl t h i ~ i ktlint wllcre licts nro in
sac11 pcrft!ibt I I : I I . I I ~ Owit11 I I ~ ~ ) r o l ) l ~ ~ t r y , 7 . 'I'l~c :~bovcI . ~ I I I)c ~ ) ~ I , \ ~ (I)?~ I t11c I type
( ' I ~ r i ~ t ~C:II:~ICI.S
ix~~ ~ I I I,-;~lic~a~,
I ~ to IYIIOIII of hloscs, ;111tl i l l I I I : I I I ~ otller ~ : t y s .
fli~ckof Goit riglltti~llyIo(k t i ~ rtrutll, O U ~ I I ~ ' I . 1 1 ~ ty11e of I\IUPI!S~ I I ( Ir'\:lro11, is cxceetl-
to be willing to ;r~~*e.v/;!~;tt,-; i11~l)rc.lrnr n ~ ~scril)t~ir:kl. d .\loses was
Thcre is I I O room, ill this c o ~ l n c c t i ofor ~ ~ ,i type nS Cllrist,- L L A I ) ~ O I I I I L ) ~like tlllto nlc
the srgunlents conlplctc., hut I cnn nsstlre will tltc I,ord ynur (iod r:~isc.1111 unto YOU?'
the rcntlor thn: t11cy can I,c lnatle to :tlrl'cw (Vc. . ~ l f i r . t , ~\,-as l tllc t,ype of '' the c1111rch
very plausible, n ~ t t arc l sr>c.),~irr~/l!/ u ~ ~ n ~ ~ s I\ of \ ~t,Ilc
c ~ rf -i ~ ~ s t \ ) o r l~~~c, n" of ~ l tllc tribe of I,evi,
ant1 will bc furnisl~ctl.frcc~, to any O I I C t l ~ ctrilje cl~oscnto ~ ~ p r e x c ~ t lr~~ctfirstl.)orn,
wllo will rentl, by t l ~ c i r~ ~ n y the i ~ postngc.
~g ( I . 3 :I ) . ~ h l t tllc l clclivercnce of tile
During the seccntl Iurt of' Jewielt chas- Jcws li.nm I<g!.pt, is the type of their clcliv-
tiselnent, t11at is, tluring tllc 3.S-16 y m r s in CI.QIICC, s' n , l l ~ r !the 1,0rt[ s11:111 set 11ishall([
whicli Ilc Ilns S ~ I O \ V I tI l ~ c ~~nr o.tarlllr, t l ~ pl:ln c a scrontl tinlc {or tllc rcrovcry (11' t11c rcnl-
of redenlption was not, to stop, for clr~r-,n;int of Ilis people \riiicI~sI~nlIbt. left [)lot
ing this liln?llc in t l ~ c i rI~istnl-y, t l ~ cgosl)cl fisorn baby lo^^, as solnc woul(1 t,ell us, 1)11t]
churcl~,tile 1,coplc for l ~ i Ilnnlr., s liqo111: I I I I O I I~ ~ I - O I I I~ I S in,S:tll(I
~ ISrn111 1<gyl)t, nntL fioln
tllc Geut;les,(Acts 15 : 14), l ~ a v ec o ~ ~ in. l c I.':ltI~ros,a ~ li.onl ~ d C l ~ s l ~n~lrl , l'vorn ICln~li,
" F o r I wo111d not, brctllrrn, tllxt ye sl~ould nrlrl .from S l ~ i n : ~ rnnd , fro111 I In~nath, ant1
be ignorant of this mystery, lest. ~c sho,ultl fronl tllc isIn11tl3of tl~c?sca. An(1 11e s I I ~ I I
I)c wise in yollr ow11co~lccits,t11:ct I ) l i ~ ~ e l ~ ~sct I s ml c11si.n t;,~. tllc ~lntiolis,: I I ~sllnll
r s 111)
i r i part, llns I~nppcl~c*tl 1 ~ ~ 1 0u1~, ~ ttllc i l f t ~ l -' nssa~lll)l~: t l ~ r;I ~tr:ist.sot' Is~.:~t!l,;111,1 g n t l ~ c r
II~SS of t l l l l C;elitilei C ~ ) I I I Ci l l " (litrm. 11 : togctl~crt.11~ ili;l,crsctl 01' Jntlnh, Tronl t110
25). ['Tl~egosljcl n r ~ t l.I c\ris!~c l ~ u ~ . c lnro ~ c s fbur cor11i:rs of' the earth " ( I sn. 11: 11).
cvidcntly to bo in son)(: wny nssociiltc(l, in A t ~ dtllc p : l : l ~ c ~ . ilakes ~ ~ g I,lncc tluri~lgtlris
1
the inco~ningage]. ' ~ I I P c111'lieof '' Iditid- ti111cof trouble, I I I I ( I ~ I . tllc ~ ~ ~ p c r v i s iof on
I
IL(~P.P" rnlnc Ilpon tllc~ll:lt tllc csnct p o i ~ ~hlicllael,
w h ~ nthe sccc,ntl 1>11:1sc
\rm nboat to br;in, yon ~ v i l i~oticc l '
ol'tlleir ct~n.~tiscmcntf'or tile cl~iltI~*en,
t t tile g:rnt I,~.incc! t l ~ n tstantlctl~
of thy (I):~~liel's]penple."
:-" A n d Ant1 a l t l l o ~ a~t ~t l ~~i sgatllcril~g,it is not to
I
\ v l ~ a nla tr:lr coiae at-nr. Ilo l a l ~ c h ltl~rcity 1,e snirl, L L Tllc I , o livetl~
:lntl wept ovtv it, snyitly, If t11o11 I~ndst/ tllc clliltlrcn of Israel nnt 01' t l ~ cI : I I I o~r IS-
~ that b r o ~ ~i ~~ lp ~ t

known, evcll t11o11,in tl~i.; t l ~ yday, tile tlli~lgs r:lcI, but, 'I.'Ilr I,ortl Iivctll t l ~ n tI)ro~lgllt111)
which b u l o ~ l ~1111to r thy 1)c:irc ;l,llt 11uwthey. tllc! c.lliltll.o~~, oS Jsracl I'rorn t l ~ cl : ~ n Jof Lllc
nrc I1it1 f'ron~ P t l l i ~ ~nycs
o "!IAukc 1:): 41). , nol'tll, ant1 t'roro ull tI1(1 Inntls w l ~ i t l ~ cIlc r
Anrl t l ~ i sI,li~lel~lcs$ " ~ I ~ ~ I ~ I 41r~til C I I thc ~ : ~fill- ~ lln([ (-L~~\-c\II tllc~n," still it is to b ~ ((Acc~?ril- ,
noss of t l ~ rGr.nriln 1,c culnc in;" IIcnce, it/!/ t o the d17y.w of t l ~ y1:o111i1i~ O I I ~of the 1:11ltI
wit11 t l ~ c i rrc,stnration, t-onles t l ~ cfiill~ess,or of'lcgypt, tl~c?r~ntionsshnll scc : ~ n t he l con-
cor~~plction of tltc gospel C I I ~ I T I I . I:ut as fu~~ntIetI :it :ill tl~cair1nigI1t; tl~c.\-sllnll lick
they did ~ ~ fir11 o tuntil tile gospel CIIIII.~II be- , t l ~ c111st
c like .sc~.pt.nts,tl~c.?sl1;1l1110 nfrniil uf
gnn, so tl~rrc!is cvitlt!~lce tll:~t b11t.p tlo not 1 the I,or(l o u r Gotl, n n ~ sl~nll l fi.:ir because o i
rise, \Inti[ t l ~ cgospel r : l ~ u r c lis~ r o ~ n ~ ~ l e t eI .t l ~ e e ,for I I ~ ! will t ~ ~ nr pni n and Ilnvr com-
T I L E cllI.:m:rl ( ; ~ , ~ I ~ I I . . I- F , D . / passim1 on os, . .. :lad will p w i b r ~ nt l ~ truth
I wl~icllt,l1o1111:lst s\vorn to our fktllers from
c

Will tilt! gospcl CIIII~(:II renlni~l011 c:~rtllI the t1:iy.s nf old " (XIical~7 : 15-20).
in the mortal collditio~~, (luring this tl~irty-
T t l R T'Yl'I; OF 31OHER.
seven years of tro111)1i> '.I

i l l tile net- . \\'IICII

r JIotcos ( : ; I I I I ~ tllc? first till~e. to his
I Ilis ciuosticm call Le n~~s\vc~.ctl
7

ntire, a ~ t beyon(1 l
c7

/
all ~.enson:ll,lotlol~bt:211d ~r!o,;le,IIC calllc nlcn:lr or a nlno, and jvns
e v i d e ~ ~ cgivcn,e tllut t,llt: c.l~urt!l~ will IN: glo- 1 cornl)cllccl to tlec l i ~ rhis lit;, '' \ V ~ I O rllntfc
rif etl IjeSorc II~I!/ of t l ~ nj\lcIgnlents n1.e cxe- I thre a 1)rillcc :i~lrla ~ ~ i l otVcr r r - us " ? ~ I ' \ I C I ~
cuted. Hence, n s irltlicntetl I)y tlie nrgn- / C l ~ r i s tc'nllla to his o\\!II, i:c? ~ ! : I I I~ncroly I~ ns
lnent on tllc '' 'l'\vn r)i,sl)ens:~tio~is,~ tile n nl;ul, ; I I I ( ~ tletl. I , ~ ~ t ' t o ohis k lit> wit11 I~ini.
rnpt.11rc of t l ~ ez : ~ i ~ l ~r nn ~ ~ soccllr, t 11ot t11r / \\'IICII Aloscs c;inlc bnc:k. ]I(: cnlllc, 11ot ns a
f r o ~ nt l ~ eycnr 1HS1. \Vl~ilt! t11e p ( ~ r o ~ . <I iI ~~ ~, I II I, I I ~:LS :i ;otl, b' LIII,I tile 1,o1.d sxid
or~)rc.~rttr:c of Cllrist, C O ~ I I ~ ~ I : L to I . C t~l ~ eillr!!s / u l ~ t o,\TOWS, Sot:. 1 Ilnvc nl:i~le tlicc! n got1
of Konl~,p~'ccc:(i~.st l ~ crnl,t~~r'c:--~' L : I I ~ as i to I'II:L~~LoII '' ( ~ Z S O . 7 : I ) . i \ ~ ~i l l d(?S(,CLI~-
t l ~ oclays of'Noe wcvc, s~ sl~:tll:~lsot l ~ c,nnr.cilc- ( i l ~ gt111:,j~~rlyll"n~s oil ICyl,t., Aluscs 11:ulon-
$;a of t.11~ So11O ~ ' I I I : I I , I)L*,li)r ;IS i l l t i l t ! (1:1ys1 ly 10 lil't his I I : L I In:~il ~ ~ , 211 l~:zyl)t.t ~ - c ~ i ~ l ~ I c ~ l .
tllnt were f~,;fi,rc tile? flooti" Ac. (,\I;it.t. 24 : iI So C l ~ r i s tcomi!s the socurlrl ti~nc!,.asn Got1 :
 70 IllllldLD OE' 2'Jl-l; 1410 ILAVINU.
-. -- ----
I' IIc t11:lt siltctll i l l t l ~ Ic~ c n v c l sl~all
~ s la11g11: Con's 1't;icross ~ I S A - k'rrtsr-ilon~.
the 1,clrtl s11:ill Il:tvc tllcnl ill tlc11.ision. '1'11cy1
shall h e sl)c;~kulito tllcm in Ilis wrath, alld 13y a firstbor~l,it iras Goil's 1)urposc to '

vcs tl~cliii n his SOIY ~Iisj)I~ns~~rc.'l I,lcss i l ~ l t lsave t l ~ clater bor~l. 'l'l~is fhct is
IVl~ilbJloscs wils al)scl~t11tl tool; n Gcu- t l ~ esubstal~ccat'tllc ~ o s ~ ~[iliclu~lil~g cl, tl~c
tilc lvili.. I',ctwocii tllc firs^. : I I I C ~S C C O I I ( ~;1(1- ~ t v ~ ~ c ) ~ t tor ' t irc~o~icilintioti];
t,, but, lilco :111 of
\-elit of CI~rist,11c " t u r ~ ~ cto t l tlla Gc~ltiles Gotl's scc:rcts, c.olllcs O I I ~Ly tlcgrccs-iiot
to take otit of ~IICIIIn 11col)lcfor I~isllnilic " ;rll nt oiice. I t is sc:wccly to be tlisccrned
(Acts 15: 1.1). "1 Ilnvc c..-l)nuscd ~ , ) I I:IS : ~ Lirst, t t l ~ o u g lco~~t:lillcd
~ ill tho ~)l'on:iso01'
cl~nstc \~irpir~surtto ollc lcusl,ar~tl."* Tllc Gerl. 2: 15. l311tit sl~incsnrorc. cle:,rly ill
&lack wife u l ;\Ioacs r r l ~ r c s e ~ ~t lt~s ccl~urcll tllc p~.oriliscto R~I':I~I:IIII,--~' 111 t11v seed
I I i t i s I I I I 0 1 1 1 i t i o 1t, i sII:III ;ill the ii~lllilicsot'tltccartl~be I)It.sseCI"
it takes III:II~J- t.ypcs to c o ~ ~ ~ j ) I e tI.CI)L.CS(:I~~
oIy ((;ell. 22: It;): : L I I C ~~ I I ~I ~I J Pis~dist.it~ct
, l\o111,
tile cllurcl~,cven ns sllc is c:illeti by liinlly alid must I)c Llcsscd, priur to its blessing
J , " Lrotl~re~i,"
I I ~ I I ~ C 11is his " I,o(ly,'' " Lri(lc, otl~cl.s,or I~ccoliiil~g a l~lcssingto otllcrs.
*,
c l ~ r ~ r cof'tlic
ll lirstbor~l,Jcrusalt:ln, mothel., l l l e 1)111.l)osc ol'LIcssin:: all fiimilics of tllc
ctc. kc. As " t l ~ cg c n c d assen~blyof t l ~ c e n r t l ~ 1y a tir~tI~or11, is filrtllcr r ~ v c ; ~ I c J .
chu~.cliof tl~ojit.sthortr,and 1l.ricstsuntoGod, and cor~firlllcdi11 the Inw,(Ro~u. 11: 16):
they arc 111orc fi~llyrcl~rcsc~ltcti in Aaron. t l ~ o u ~eve11 l i yct, t l ~ ec L v a i l " of type and
Tlic time of the t \ ~ ovisits was tlivitlctl fil~atlowI~idcs,from lliost I)crsons, t l ~ eGIGO
illto 211.0 cqn,zl pnrtg. Bioses \\.as forty, c~f'.AIoscs. Hut ill Cl~ristthe I)tlrlmse ofsav-
at his lirst visit, nntl twice tjrty, : ~ his t scc- i ~ otllcrs ~ g l?y a fil*stborn, is unvnileil, a ~ i d
ontl. T l ~ cti~lic,SO Elr as tilt. cllurcl~ are 111nde~lin~~itilst by the Spirit. Cl~l-ist,says
,

concerlictl, is tl1115dividctl Lp t l ~ etwo ad- the al~ustlc,is the ~)romisetlscccl, (Chi :3 :

vcnts. On t l i c ' r e t ~ t rof' ~ ~;\lusts, 11utbclirc I(;); the iil-stl~ol~li, (Col. 1: l r j ) ; nlltl i l l and
110 reairlles J:gypt, tllc cnll to R a r o ~ i ,~ a 5 1 ,t11ro11g11 l l i l l i 1~Iessi11,o~ s11;\11 /lo\\- tlowlt or1
" G o li~ccttlly I)rotller, allcl Ile w c l ~ t alltl tlie I:ttcr Lol-n. [Uut be:lr in n ~ i ~ ltlrat t l alI
mdt l i i ~ i lnt tllc 1uo111itof God'' (Eso. 1: illat is s:iiJ of CI~ristt11c h a t i , aj~plics to
0-\
&
, 1,. Tlic c l ~ ~ l rnroc l ~tu ~ ~ ~their c e L~.otllcr
t Cllrist tllc body; nl~tlthat if t l ~ npt~stlc c says
at " 3Iu1~ot Sioli, t l ~ ccity o f ' t l ~ lir-i11g
e Got1 " " LTntu thy sccti, wl~icliis Clirist ;" 11ealso
(Hob. 12: 22); b b C : n ~ g l ~a\vny t to ~ ~ l ctilec t saps, " the cl~iltiwno l the pl.0111iseare coulit-
1,urd io tho air." Ji~it.b~fbro Aaron niut cd thr tllc succl." Ant1 il' Clirist is c:rlled,
llis brotl~cr,t l ~ cscene nt t . 1 1 ~Lush, i~ttrotluc-I " the first-fi.uits," so ;u.ob'~ v ilc kill11oE lirst-
cs t l ~ ci ~ l eof: ~tlle r e ~ r ~ r r c c t i :o ~"SOW
i t l ~ a jt fi.uit~;'' a11t1 tlie cllrirrb ot' t l ~ efil-stborn."]
the dcncl are ruisetl, (!yon JIoscs sl~uwecl: ~ It Cl~rist,2s Pa111 sl~o\vs, is Iirstborl~ i l l a
tile busl~,w11c1111ccnllctl tl~c'I,ortl, the Gorl 1 tloublc sctlsc. 1Ic is lil.stbor11 liaoln above,
of Abr:~l~nln, t l ~ cGot1 ofJs:l:\c, and tllc Go(l I lirst out of life, as tllc o~ll!.-bcgottell of the
of J:~cob"(1,ukc 20: ii7). A l ~ t lthe t l n r t l 1 l'iitll~r, ' L tlie firstbor-11of' every cr.cnture,"
i n Christ rjsc .ii,..s!, I,ef91.a \vc g o to nlcct t 1 1 / ~tkr " by hira were ;ill tlli~lgscrcitic(i wllich
. Lord. I t was Jloscs clr~dilal.un as olle, iirc in 11cavc11ant1 n*hicl~are ill e:rrtll, visi-
'bZle sllall Le to thcc instcml uf n 111out11, ble ar~tli~~visilrlc, w l ~ c t l ~ et lr~ c ybc tllronea,
and tllou s11:llt I)e to hi111 instearl of God," o r do111i11io11s, 01- 1)ri11(:il)alitiesor1)0wers; a11
(Exo. 4 : l G ) , ivl~ocalne to cxccutc jutlg- t l l i r ~ ~\\.(:re s created by I~imarltl ILL.hiin, a11d
lncnts 0x1 tllc 1Sgyl)ti:rlis. A n d *'tlie lJord IIC is bciLro all t l ~ i ~ la~~sl ,dLy l1i111 all tliings
co111ct.l1~ritltten t l ~ o u s : i ~ of l s : i i ~ ~ t sto, col~sist," (Col. 1: l;j,15). H e is also first-
~ ~his
i c l ~ tall." " Iiliow ye bor11 f'rom t l ~ cdcatl, tirst out ot'tleatl~," that
c x e c ~ ~ t c j ~ l c ~ g n11r)t11i
not t11;ct LIIC saints sl~allj1l(lgc tile ~ ' o r l d 'I ill all things 11ciiiigl~tllnvc the ~)re-en~ineace,
Ii I-lc t.l~at Iiecpctl~my works unto the cnd, Ool. 1: I S ; 311d it is in tllis relation, Ile is
to lli111 \vil[ I rro\vcr over the ~~:itions,the Iie:itl, a l ~ ( l ti~.stfrr~its" bb of every cren-
and he sli:~llrule t11c11irr-it11 :i rot1 01' irol~." . cut-e. [Alltl it was for tl~iu,t l ~ nIle t migirt Le
1
lie\.. 2 : 26 ; scc :dso 17 : 11 ; ant1 19 : I!). tirst, "1' tlie xelc cl.etiiio~~,\vllicl~ made llis
3,Ioscs :111d ~1:1ro11 ese(r11tc311ot 011ly ~ I I Cj ilc>ntlla ~~csccssity]. All tllill;: are indeed
~ v c l last
r I ) l : ~ f i ubut ~ ~:I//
, oi't11c tcn plagucs. 01' God. 1~11t it is also true t11:tt all tliirl,ns arc
-.
nolicc it follo\vs tl1:11 no plagile, or ,lutlg- ] by ril:tn, ns it is w~,ittell,LLsillccby rliarl cnule
nlcrlt, R?lo~z!yi,ryto this tiji!~:of tro~~Jlle, ci111 clentl~,by lllall callie nlso tllc rest~rrection
comc rlporl the n,o~.ltl,u r l t i l the cllur.c:h aro of tllc cic:i(l," (1 Cor. 14: 21). T11ercfol.e
gloritictl, i.t.t~tr,avirh ~ . ; h " r . as 1)). one firstborn, death came into tllc
N . 13. UIKIIOUK,I~OCHES'TEI~, N. P. world, so by another firstborn, sliall dent11
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. . -.- - .- -- .- - - - .. . ... -- -. .- -
LC overtlrro~vrr;: t l r t l it is LJ sir.tlle of tl~is' tIrororr,nlrl:,~~rrrrgcIris floor ;" ar~tlundcr tllc
:
rel:ltiorr, ns c b firstl14)rnli.uir~tlrc c\e;~tl," t11:1t t,!ro srrl)cr..isic~l~ 01' tlrc L L I.C:LI)CI.S," it was to
IIC iiillils all tiloso olliccs w l ~ i c:l~~~ ~ e i r ~ c l r t tscl):~rntc
lcd ~vlrcnt: i r ~ t I t:r~.csnt tllc sccolltl atl-
ill the \r.ork n l ri!-deir~ptiotr. : vent. 11'1: trre 7 1 1 ~it1~ the .rirut!:sl~nllwe -
Accordil~fito the law, tlrc ~ [ I I ~of'
,
J . G/)L.~, , Ict OUI' (*re.(1s ant1 tl.atlitions \rlricli linve '
&etl<oiler, tlcvolred on nil clller i~rotllcror been ~ r ~ i s rwith tl t l ~ epure word of' tr.t~tl~,
kinsluali; a l ~ t ltlocs riot Clrrist, 1rc:id a l ~ d Iroltl 11s i l l tl~istl:).irlg I r o ~ ~ ror, ? rcgsrtllcss
.

body, (tlrc :i~~tityl,i(':~l I

EIi:ts, \v11o is to rc- 01' rlrcrely ctluc:ntctl belief, sl~all~ v cbolrllp
/
store all tlliirgs, (JLntt. 1 7 :11), fr~lliltllcse t:lke our st:ta~lor1 tllc. '' fiour~(l:~tionof tllc
colltlitiond? And \\.1rc11 tlic \ \ * ~ r l iof tlre ; lioly al~ostlcsa11d 1)l.oplrets "Y I f y o u cllooso
firstborn, in reduenti;tt// tl~ciryotlnger bl.ctl~-1 tlre fonner, you will ;rave tlic correllt \\-it11
ren, is fully c u ~ r l n ~ e ~ ~tlrc c c t l wol.kc
, ot' tlre you, if t11c latter, yoli rrlust stcm the tide of
'

firstborn will be better undcrstootl b,v t l ~ c oppositioi~. I n this struggle fbr adrariced
world.-S'c.lec&eJ. truth, all \\-l~ool)t:tin tlrc victory will lrave
---- - . ~. a new s o ~ i cput into !I~eirn ~ o u t l ~cveil s , tlrc !
RISDEJI PTlOS. "solig of Aloses, the servant of Gi~tl,and
-.
All that w;is lust in hlriil (arrd Ilia \rife, ~rra~.reloas 1l tllc so11,n of tile L ~ I I I ~saying, J.
are tlr? \vorks, Lord God Al-
for the wulnarl lVss first i11 trn~isgmssios), rniglrty; jnst and true are tlry r a y s tl~oil
Great and

i s: I
is to be restorcrl by t h e sccoiitl Ad:lni nnd l i i r ~ got' s:lints. \Vho slrall not f'car thee,
I:atlcrnlttion aicnn.; rcstori~rgback 0 I,o~.d, and glorify thy lianlc, for thou on-
/
tlnt w l l i d rv:a lust ; and rceollli~ig to tilo ly . r t Iroly, for all ~lrtiorisslrall coriie and
law, "not one jot of wllicl~call hill t~lrtil311 \voi.sliil) before tllcc, for tlly (diknionra),
be fillfilled," it nus st Lc nccolnl)lisl~ctl1))- n riyl~reous,ie+8is mntle lr~xriifest," Rev. 15 :4.
kinsman, or b~.otlrrr,(Lev. 25 : 4 9 . lielice T I I I CSOXI:.
if the churclr of tlrc firstborl~.togetl~crwitlr ''All n:~tionswhon~tliou haat n ~ a d esllall
t e " Eiin,u, wlro is to rc- come n11.1 \vor-sl~il~
its Iread, c o ~ ~ s t i t utllc bcfi)rc? thee, 0 IJord, and
, store all tlril~gs;" t l ~ e it i ~ follows t l ~ i tlley~t
I sl~iillgloriry t l ~ pIlanlc ; h r t l ~ o unrt great,
share in tlic wo1.k of rctleorl)tion. Anti not .I n t ~ dtlocst \ Y O I I ~ ~ O I I tllillgs," S (1's. 8li : I)).
until tlla "scr~o~rtl I1l;ln., nrrtl Iris wile " arc A n d to (lay tllnny nrc le:~rrrirlg tlris sorig,
con~plete,will the 1dni1of's:~lr.:ttio~~ r.e:~oIltlte ; tile sollg of tlrc rcstiutioi~of all tlrirlgs. I n
~GOII,Z. C l ~ r i s t"g+ve hiriiself n ratlsoili f'or* t11e.oltl Atlnrti all clic!, i l l tllc r~cwAda111 all
all, to be testified i i ~(Elre tirt~e," (1 ' ~ ' ~ I I I .2 : J are to \.be ~natlt.alive, but evcry rnnn i ~ Iris r .
(;). A n d if tlrc givirrg hirr~srlt' n ransoin, i own*ordt:r. Tlii~is the restitution of a11
rncans his sullbrirr,rr i ~ the i Jll!ah, t l ~ c ri l~l our tlrirrps ;-" 1111 uatior~swhom tlioo 11:lst mndc
suff'cr.i~~gs, by wl~iclr\vc " f i l l u p t1r:it whicl~ (evcn tire Sudomites), sl~allcolne and wor-
' js bellil~(L of tlre :rHlictior~sof Clrrist, i r our ~ illit) before tlrce, aiicl gloritj. tlry nanlc."
flcsll, for tlrc 1)o~Iy'ss:ikc, rvlticlr [Lotly] is i c s love : L I I ( ~plan of God,
'l'ltis ~ r ~ n g i ~ i fthe
the cl~urcli," (Cul. 1: 24), t l ~ e n also, :IS 011,but tho Soclon~ites\vcre wicked ! Arc!
mc~ribersof Ilislody, conll)lctc ~ 1 1 aw:ls t bc- we ally better I)y nature ? Ilid not Cllrist
gun bJr tlre lread. A n d so t l ~ e body of (lie for thew, if l ~ e gave l~i~iiself a rarlsom
Cl~ristactunlly slrares with tlre Ire;td, iu tlle. for a l l " ? Is Ire not " the truc light t l ~ a t
work of tlie atoncriierit~. liglltctll every iiinr~ that conlcth illto the
As only tlrc body, or britlc, " bone o f l ~ i s world"? A n d yet, tllat l i g l ~ twns in tlrc
ioue, and Bt!sIi 01'Iris flesIr." is ;ts yet bei11g ~vorld,:III~I tlie world comprt.liende(I it not.
developed, it is not strarige tlint oril!- gospel Not tirot I ~ i s\vortl is to fail, but a t tlro first
salvation is uuderstood by tlre gospel cl~urclr. al)velit, the time llad 11ot cotllc, for all nlz-
But w e are in the ~ i ~ i d soft grc:it c)nngcs, tior~sto come ant1 tvorsl~il,before Ilim : for
the cospel awe r is passing a\irny, ant1 tlre res- t l ~ cSE1:L) ill w l ~ o i nall 11;ltions are to be
titutrun age IS so or^ to be matle manifest ; ljlessetl, was, 3s yet, ul~tlevclo~)ed ;only the
and we sllorlld riot like the .Tcws, set our hccrti being Ijcgl~r~.
faces like a tlirit against any a~lvnrrcctlligllt. , I litrow sornc try to dispose of tlrcsc texts '
I
i
(;odls rcal rcolr~ilcare cliildrcr~of t l ~ eligllt, by applyirlg tlierrr to tlre "little flock," wlio
hcnce-dis~)cr~sat.iunnl t r u t l ~ sal~vnysselx~rnte nre to ii~hr:ritthe kingdom ; brrt this erort
t h e few from t l ~ cmany, tllo w l ~ c n f?om t the I, is very urlsati.sfnctory ; n few of tlrcso texts
chaff; arid this is tlrc " S:rn," or " sieve." can be so i~~~clcrstcod, it is true, while ot11-
Christ used this " I'al~"at the first ndvc~it, e1.s rr~ustLc I , ~ S S L ' over I~ in silcricc, as they
" n-liose fan is in Iris haiid, and 11e will will work illto no sucll theory as the salva-
I
 72 If i:'ILBLU Oh' I1'11.E U OlI~YlSG*--
. . . - ... . .- -. -.....- . . ... . . . . . . .- - - - d

,
i

..
IS lait1 in t l ~ e11cst :lge; wlicli 110 comes ill llis Lorcls will alltl tiid it I I O ~ ,s11:111 be beat-

sits on llis tllronc. i. e. ~.cigl~s,

tlie restitution age, or u ~ ~ t11e
enemies;" 11c11ccthat $ ~ : ~ sof'tlle c
i l s ~ ~ b t l uall
I
his glory, 11e will sit on Ilis tilrunc, nntl Ire en \vitli rrlally stripes; ILLI c:IIJ !/IIII. "0 I I I O ~ C
I
all t l ~ r o u ~st!rvnrlts,
i~ 1;,1. t l ~ cservant k ~ ~ o w e tnot
c s ; Itis I,c,rtl cloetl~," ctc.]; 1 ~ u the that kllo~v
judgment 1 not I ~ i s1,ortl's tvill, a11t1ditl c o ~ ~ l l ~things
may, \vitllo~ttdoing violeuce t o tile lnl~gllagei n*ortlly of' stl*il~cs
be s ~ ~ p p o s ctod e w e r tllc \vl~oloof tllr rcsti: '1:llo \vul.ld will tllcrrfow rece,irc ere11-l~nn-
l l what

sllall IN bentcn \\.it11 few.'

lit
I
: t i ~ t i oagu.
~ ~ I3ut merely \vitncssillg ap:~ilist dell jltsticc, ~.ewnrtletlto t11c esnct degree of
C , or f i r t 1 1 1is I
plies. " 1 will ~ ~ I uI I Spirit t~
I t l ~ eirord iln- ellilt, for evcry deed ~ v l ~ e t l it~ ebe
I , ; \.r.l~etl~er
I I ~ ) O I II I ~ I Inntl it bc evil. Goocl tlectls, eveti the
r good or f
h c slrall slle\v j i ~ ( l ~ r l to ~ e t~l ~ etC;e~ltilc's," g i v i l ~ g aC I I I , of \v:ltor to a tliscil)I~,1)c(:ause f
(I\Zatt. 12 : I d ) , is t l ~ cS;IIIIC \\.orrl in tlle ' Ilc l,clollgs to Clll.ist, sllnll not lose its re- f
.
ongiiial, as i l l Ilcb. I): 27, It is al,l)ointetl war(( ; : i l ~ c l so m e n call 111a1;eto t l ~ ~ ~ ~ i ~ s c l v c I
ul:to Illan olice to tli~.,Lut nt'ter t l ~ i stl~e,jll(g- frick~~cls
111ent." i111tI ct!rt:~i~ily11is sl~o\vi~lg
1nc11tto the Gcr~tiles Lo, ~ v crur11 to t l ~ e/
Ge~~tiles," 11iis Iwcn s o m c t l ~ i ~rnnre
,iuilg- , I I ~ S S .
\\,it11 tllc lllallllnoll of ~ ~ l r i ~ l ~ t c ~ u s

I t sl1:1l1 be I I I O ~ Ct ~ l e r : ~ L Ifi)r
~ g t11:111, Sodo111 i l l tllc ( 1 ; ~o f~ j ~ l d ~ ~ n etl1:111
c the !:111(1:t,f
~ l t for
, tho
1 I
1
lnercly pro~lour~rillg tllcir t1oo111. T l ~ c , j u l l I~gel~cr:~tioli
- of Jcrrs \\]lo rqjcc.te(l Christ, : I I I ~ 1
m e ~ ~ ttrial
, , I'ol- litit, I~ns1jcc11~ o i r ~ulig wit11 j e t t11:tt was ]lot t l ~ c~ l ~ ~ ~ ) n r d u n asill, L l cfor i
. tlie C I ' L I ~ ~ ( : ever
?~ 1
sitl(:e t11e gos1)c'l : ~ g c[ ) ~ ' ~ : I I;11[ I , ~ ~ B ; I I ~of I I sill
I ~ ~: L ~ ~ ,) ll : l ~ l ~:~gn~list
l l ~ ~ ~tlioly
(see 1 P e t e r 4: 17); Llrt wit11 the tuvdt), it I Son of I I I : ~sllnll II be forgivcll 1111toIllen, Ilut
 tllc sin a g : ~ i r ~ts. t1 1 ~I [olv Sl~iritsl1:111 I)c lilr- 1 ) r i 1 1tl1!\111

world to collie. I'nl~l w:~sone of't11:lt gen- the S~)tItt~l~it,e::

e:ton Y O I i t I t 1 1 r n 1 II LL 1
I ~

11i
l i n ~ nt11c grnvc, At:(] IVIIPII Itc
given, ~rcitllcrin t l ~ i s~vorltl, 11c.itl14:rin t l ~ e. 1 , y i 1 1 p ~II',III. 11cwill at tile S ~ I I I Cti111c11ri11g
b:~ckto tllcic lorlucr estate.
i n I c t v , tlro
n~inistr~y, but L'sul t l i t l not co111nlit tllo 1111- cnl,tivity of S o J o ~ na11tl 1ic.r clnugl~terx,t11e1a
pnrtlo~la\>lesill. EIencc if Paul Ilntl tlierl will I I~ringn p i n t.llc captivity of thy cnlr-
without seeing tile l i g l ~ tn~ltl , L r no rlrnn cnn tives in t I ~ c~niclstof tl~ctn(Ezek. 1 6 : 5:;).
come t o csccpt tile Fntllcr w l ~ i c sent l~ hut1 in verse 61, IIC filrtlrcr decl:lrcs wllnt'
me draw hiln," he \vould ]lot \lave sinned a \Ie Ilri11gs tllcln bnck for,-&' Alltl I will give
sin w l ~ i c lcolrlll
~ not 11.-ve bccn forgiven in t l ~ c mto t.l~cefor t I : ~ ~ ~ g l ~ tbut , by ~ h y
e r . ~not
the worltl to colnc. I covenant." T l ~ qwill Lc (Zmnq,htrr.q, nr r
1s it 110t 1,ossil)lc t11:it. we 11:rvc seen o111y yorulgcr cllurcl~is ilo\\. c:~llctl,tllc tl:i\ightcr
in part, tlixt the greac plan, w l ~ c ti l~~ errell of tire lnotl~crc l ~ a r c l ~ .No olhr~t.Sotlorn i+
of water sllall bocor~~t? t l ~ cr;t-i,~of the tva- nleallt, than the oric God clestr~oj.etl,tor in'
ter of life, \\.ill incjutle the 11:ltions who nro verse 49, IIC snyx r llnt Ire took tllern away;
to be l~ealcdL y tlic Ici~vesoftlia t.rer ot'lif'c, ant1 tt!IIs what Ivns tlicir sin : nntl it wns not
and that all nations sll:lll come : I I I I ~worsl~ip? I I I I ~ ) ; ~ P I I O ~ : I I ? I Csill. Ant1 Cllrist s:lys
" I have sworn by -myself, tllc word 113s1 it, will t,c vrotae to2,rr.crbla for them, i:i tlrnt
gone ont of'nlp mo11t11ill ~.i~l~tco\rs~ic*ss, am1 clny, tlI:lu frlr S ~ I I I C of . tile .Je\vs. Alorc,to~-
sllnll not return, tl~iltUnto I I I ~cvcr,y knee I. ~ l . a I ) l ill~l)lics ~, tll:~t~ I I P V will not, 11nve sn
shall l o w nnd every tongue collfcss (Isn. 45: ;I j t z r l a tinlc :IS solnc- of t l ~ c.lc\~..s. 'l'11t.y arc.
23). If tlrc plan is a r:*-gencmtiun of tile I at! to rcccivo for hot11 good n~rdevil dcc(ls,
Irurnnn fnnlily I)y :: 'L secoutl Jlan " nntl his but tllc 1:ittcr sinning n p i l ~ s tthe grcntar
I
wife, i s it not bcnutili~l? ripecnn tllcn \In- light, will reccivc ninny stripes." bL

derstalid w l ~ yonly the britle of Cl~ristis as j I n tlle CGS)IIOF [ir~llnl)itnI)lec:11-t11]to cornc

yet being dcvclol)cd ;nntl w l ~ yall tllc Ilcntli- / lllcll a1.r to bc rulcd \\.it11 n rot1 of iror~,(see
en natiol~sof the p17cscntal~tlInst ngcs were j 1%. 5 : nov. 1'3: 5 ; and 2 :26); that. is with
left to sleep the slecl) of 11atural cIc!:~tl~urltil n stroll? hand. Tlrcy arc to bc I)unisl~cti;
tllc I I I O ~ I I ~of'tlle
II~ r ~ s t ~ r r t ' c t i ( ~Tllcty
l ~ . n w n c c o r t l i l ~to~ the ligl~t,or o p l ~ n ~ ~ t r ~ ~for ~iticu
tlcnil in t l ~ cfirst Atlaln, but tllcy nrc t.o live ligllt, t l ~ e yIlavc ~ ~ c ~ l c c; tant1 c ~ I,esi(lcs
l this.
again iu tlle scc:o~~d A4tl:ini;a~ld:lsS I I ~ ~ I Yas 1 rllcy arc to LC 3ul!jcct to a rcstorctl Inti1 t o
God has p r o l t ~ i ~a~ trl~ s ~ i t l ~ tofthe i o l ~ Jews, / be e~ltbr.redrriklr :t Irenv!. I~nntl:-Tl~c In~v
so certain 113s he prorniseil t l ~ n tof o t l ~ na- ~ r sllall go fbrth f'ron~.lert~salern,':i~~d the nn-
tions.-" T l ~ cI l e n t h c ~sllnll
~ k l ~ o wthat. t l ~ ;e tion or people that. \\.ill 11ot. obcy, will he
house of Isl-ncl \vent illto c:~l)tirityfor their 1 tel.ribly punisllcd, a ~ if~ persist:~llt, d will be
iniquity; ther.cfo1.c hid I l n j fllcc froin tl1c111,j dcstro>-cd, (conlpare Xech. 14 : 16-19, antl
and gave tllcnl into tile Ilancl of tllcir ene- dcr. 1 2 : 14-17). 1
rnics; RO jkll t h y all Ly tllc sword. T11c1.e-, But it Inn? Le ~lsltctl,I ~ o wcan tllc Stl(1-
fore t l ~ u s a i t l ~the J,ortl Go11: Now will 1 1 o,lii;es bc restored, wllcn tl~c?;are ?;uft'ul.ing
bring again tile ca1)tivity of .J:~cob,:rntl have 1 t11c verlgcrrce of cte1.11nl fire, (,Juclc i)?
mercy upon the ~vlloleI~ouscof Isleacl ;rIftcr : Nottvitl~st:l~~tling k i ~ ~.Jarl\cs'
g tra~lslatio~r .
tlley hure borne tlreir P ~ ~ I I I Pntld ,
tre.~iasses ~ v l ~ c ~ . e tbly~ e yhave tr.cs~nssetl co~lsitlc~~ctl.
a g a i ~ ~me.
st 1Yllc11 I II:IVC b r n l ~ g l ~tllenl t
i
all thci?. of t l ~ eBible is perhaps t l ~ cbest, a11 t l ~ i u g s
still, to acccl,t. of trll tile. rcntler-
I ings in all c;~scs.wc nrlrst also :~t.ccl,tof k i ~ ~ c
again from the puple, a ~ l dgntlrereed tl~enl: Jnlncs' d~eology.)._ 1'112 \rorti t r : ~ : s l r t d
out of tlrcir c ~ l e ~ l ~ iI:III(~Y,e s ' a1111 :lln sa~lctitl eterj~nl,in J u d e r , is rrir,,t;r,~, t l ~ r ?plllrnl of
ficd in t11rr111, in tllc s i g l ~ ut' /
t nlarly nations, nyc, alld nlc;rns exactly \\-ll:lt t l ~ eword im- ,
t l ~ e nsl~allthey know th:lr I a111 thc Lorti I a ~)lur:~lity oi'nges. T l ~ c ywore ~ l e -
tlicir Got1 wllicli c;lusctl tl~clnto Lc lctl in- stroyc,\ by fire ~.:~illctl 1 fiwlu I~c:lvc,~~ in tllu
to captivity :irllor)x tlrc Ilc:ltl~cn; but I Iinvc ! p a t ~ . i : ~ ~ a' ~g el ~; :n11t1 ~ l 11:lve 1)cc11:ui csalul~le
ptfl~el*etl t l ~ c ninto
~ tllcil-olvl~l:~ntl,nlrtl 11nvei t l r ~ l . i r l tl~:tt, ~ n11!1 tllc .Icwi.<I~,R I I ~g o s l ~ l
left tlorte ?t' tlro,~: I I I ~ Inore tllcre " (Ezcli. :19s ; b ~ w11e11 ~ t (;ocl 1,1*i11gs =nil1 J c r l l s a l e ~ ~ t
.?D: 22-28). Ilttrc is tllc s t : l t t : ~ ~ ~t.llat r ~ ~I tnl111 IlVr dnnsl~tcrs I,:icl< to tl~civ fi)rlller CS-
tliey wcrc sc:~t,tu~~etl n11t1tlictl i l l tl~uir isl)e-j t:~tctllct~ \\ill i ~ eliri~)gSotlo111 n~lcl h c ~
i
~nicsIalld, m ~ t lyet l ~ ebri~lg-;tllcni I ~ a c knlrtl d n ~ ~ ~ l l tI):~cli c r s to tl~cil.ti)i.~tlcrcstntc.
leaves none q/'tiit:~~r ro/!/ /rlcirrStl~ere. 'l'l~erc 1 It' C;otl 11:ls I)cL:ll t.r!-i~ig to rcgclicrnte t11o
is no I ~ ~ ~ ~e si lL) l l: ~en : \ t i o\vl~icll
~~ /
c:111foi. n \vol.ltl, bcto1.c t l ~ csccontl ~\(l:ruia~rtlIiis wife
moment stand criticism, only that God will r a r c complete, lle 11:ls taken a stmnge way
b
 74 ]iJ,'&,lLb OF 2'1f.l: 111 Of i L Y L Y ~ ' .
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- c II:II~'of t l ~ uI I :illswer, ill tllc riitl o l ' t l ~ cgospel :tgc, and

to do it. I\'liy for ~ n o ~ tIl:ln
~ v o r l d lliStOry
'~ ditl Ile let d e : ~ t l reign,
~ :111tl I t l ~ cli:I~t ot'tl~ci ~ ~ c o ~ r :I~I!,
~ i l l gl i l i ~t l ~ eLCAIIIS

' of t l ~ ct r U t I ?~ 11 deatli r ~ , i ~ ~ ifrom

to ?rloscs," a ~ iio ~ d1:i\\~,t l i ~ coulrl
t
1
malce 110 efti)rt to brillg 11ie11to :\ k~lon*lctlgeof ~ n o r r ~ i are
e d Atlit111 ~ h ~ i are
~ ~ gb. e ~ i nto~s l~~ iin e;~n 1~ ~~the
r d cs1)r.ctcd to see and recognire
give lifb, I t l ~ cfact, l ~ e ~ i ctllnt o . day clocs iiot co~iic011
1 .

~ V C I Iif t l ~ c ylrad Iicpt it. I i 1

I J - t i as t i e . Not :ill t11.t say, Lord,
is11 age, wliy makc it u ~ i l a w h tl o t bgive t l ~ c Irord, I)~rtIic that d o c t l ~thc will of 111yF a -

zozlali;/icl to tcacl~Cre~~tilcs I
- chiltlren's 11ie:lt to dogs ;" in otllcr wol-(Is, ther. D u r i ~ ~t lg~ cend of' t l ~ eage, tlie reap-
the \rap of life. crs [ministering spirits, or angels] are to
JVitll I I I ) rcstitutit,n, tl~csctl~illgscn11110t g : ~ t l ~ et lr ~ eb b \vI~c:lt into t l ~ cbarn." Arid
LC rcconcilccl wit11 tlic love of'(;o(l, or w ~ t l tliere ~ is cvitleiicc, not O I I ! ~that we are now
t l ~ efiict t l ~ a tC l ~ r i s t" tasted dctitli for every i l l " tlrc time of Iinrvcst," 'but 1.11:ttt i ~ i sg ~ t l i -
oian." T l ~ o s ewho rlo 11ot t l r i ~ ~ illavk , say, cririg 'is in I)r~)czsr. 'l'l~c giitlrer.i~ig is no1
Tliey could h a r e luokedfurlriird to Chrirt. I to a locality, bat to a caa~litiilir,t l ~ a tx p w -
I l o w could a niali w l ~ onever heard, look scrited in I k v . 15: 2, a colidition of rlctorj

visiol~ coultl do tililt. Lb

/
fur-sard to a Clnist? ilor11i11gbut proplietic orrr t i c aff,rld, ,lie I ~ e a sof
I.Io\v could tlic!.y I o ( ' I ) i ~ ~ i i7~:' l~ c ~ ~ ) ~ c t sl ~cfui~rtli
r Rev. o r last olre
cI I ~ ~u~iiver-
I ~ ~
believe on him of \ v l ~ o ~tlle,yl~:~d n not liearcl? snl enipire, it tlrecetbre rcprcselits thc !c*orld.
a n d Ilow coulcl tlicy Ile:ir without a preach- - T l ~ e ?li!irk of t l ~ cbeast, b c i ~ ~t!ie g mark;
.er? T h e G e ~ ~ t i l cwere s dying every (lay or cl~nr:~cteristic of t l ~ c11ian of the ,xorld. a

n ~ every 1
~ d hour, and if r n o d e r ~t~l ~ c o l v qis All rl~isc o ~ i i p a ~ ~s iy~, i gtllc song of't:~eres- . ,
would not sall!r l ~ i sdiscil)les to tcacl~tlirnl 1
true, were F o i ~ ~tog 11cll; at~clyet C l ~ r i s t titutio~i; A!I 11atio11ssliall corne, k c ,
T h e doiilil~iunof the mrtli give11 to 111:111
the way of life :-u Go not i l l the way of \\.:IS lost, ljut wlicn the ~ L ' \ Y Alan : ~ r ~liis d
i

.'
tllc Gentiles, a ~ l dintoany city oftlie Sama- wife are co~~lplete, t l ~ e ~C111.ist
i takes the
~ i t a n scntcr y e not ;' I all1 r ~ o st c ~ Lilt ~ t to Lingdo111:tl~dpossesses tlre k i r ~ g d o ~under n
t l ~ clost s l ~ e c pof t l ~ cl i o ~ ~of' 1-
s c lsrncl." And tlic wl~olc Iiaxveri ; And thou 0 'l.'o\rcr
every olic k ~ ~ o w that 1
s until tlic d:iy ofl'ea- of t l ~ oflock, t l ~ estro~rglidd of t l ~ edartgl~t- ,
I
tecost, and eve11 for sorne years atlvr, it mas er of Zioi~,U l ~ t utllcc! sl~allit rornc, even
f w b i d d e ~to~ ~)rc:lclitlie
/,
to Gerltilcs. 1 t l ~ cfirst dolninion" [ t l ~ a t lost by t l ~ ofirst.
Do not tlicse tliiagh prove t l ~ n tGod 11;is llclarn]. arid \ V ~ I C I Ithe killgdotli is tlie Lord's
time, :lli(l order, and :i plan ;ant1 tlliit as t l ~ e b L all tile e ~ ~ tof l st l ~ cworl(1 sl~ailrcrilerllbcr
,

decoiid Adrim is t l ~ cfirstborn ti-0111the clr:lil, I a ~ ~torrl t l 111 t l ~ eIrt>rd,aud all tlic, ki~idre~lu
t l ~ cb c g i t ~ ~ t iot y new cl.e:ltion, n ~ l dtlie 1 of t l ~ ci~ntior~s
~ l tlie sl~allco111cand \vorsliip before
gospel cl~urcliis c:lllecl the tcili- of t l ~ i sncw tl~ee:" " l'or U I I ~nie O evcry knee slinll bow
Man, illit1 wl~ericonil~lete,:i sl)i~'itualunion and every toi~g~rt! slii~ll co~rfcss to God."
.is fortold, after wliicli, slrcis rccogl~ized as AIICIthis, the sonfi ot' t l ~ crcstitutior~ fills
, a ~wiotirer:I say, (lo r ~ o ttl~escthings prove both t l ~ cOld, ar~tlt l ~ cXcw T e s t a ~ n c r ;~nlrd t
that tlie rd--ge~ier:rtion, not of the goslwl Iic~~cc, it is tlie so112of l[oscs, tho servant
.cliurcl~,t l ~ ebride and future ~ i ~ o t l ~but e r ,of of God, arlcl t l ~ csong of tlrc Lamb. Anri
the fuor13, tlie ivorld for ivl~onlChrist d i d , w l ~ ytlie c l ~ u r c harc represcntud as 011 a sea
belo~rgsto a ~ i o t l ~ago? er Arld t l ~ i csj,l:ii~~s
s of gl;~ss,sirigi~ict l ~ i ssong a t tlie e11tJ of her*
w h y 11e (lid r ~ o t])my f i r tlrc \vorltl at his ' e a r t l ~ l career, ~? is bccauqe t l ~ cE-loly Spirit,
,first a(lver~t,it was not time, :illy Illore t11n11 give11 to lcad Iicr into all t n ~ t l ~112s , thcru. :
it was tilnc to preaclr :o G c ~ ~ t i l '3cfore cs tlre fir~islii!dt l ~ i work ~ t ; 31id w l ~ c nor1 t l ~ esea OF.
gosl)el age b e p n :-" I pray ]lot for the glass, the cl~urc!l~is reprcscntetl as stand-
world, but fbr tl~cin t l ~ o uI~ast&rivenmc " irig in t l ~ cclear ligllt ofgosprl trutll, under:
J o 1.7 : $1). i111tlyet tlle very purl'ose sta~lclingtill that ~)ert:lir~s
.find 1)1:11i is tl~ilt: ~ the t prol)er tiriic, " tlic good nerrs uf t l ~ ckingtlonl. Ant1 it is tllcri,
to t l ~ e!/oxpel, or;
i
rcorld 111nybelieve " (verse 51). Iraving 1)ccorne accl~~:ii~~tcrl wit11 Ilcr Lord, i
But, say son~c,s~~lq,osc
true, w l ~ ydisturb oitl tlle~lo~icwl
tl~use tl~ingsarc by I e ~ r r i i ~ ihis g real cl~nrncter3114ways,
views ? t l ~ c, t ~ . i f t ! is s i i ; ~ t l u reudy and receives her
1
I
I l a v e ~ i o Ot I I ~fiitlicrs lived and died with benutiti11 g i ~ r l l ~ e n t : -For ~ ~ this i.s eternal !
tlie firm Leliet t l ~ a tllc t gre:iter part of rnn~l- life, to krluc!~tliec, tlie only true God, and
kirrd :ire nlrcatly sult'el.ii~getc~.r~nl tornicrrt, Jesus C l ~ r i s tw l ~ o nthou ~ 11nst sent." And
;,
a n d tllat all tliere is of t l ~ eI)l:ln otsnl\ra:io~~it is tllc~r,L b t l ~ c~iiystcryof God is t;nislicd,
1
belongs to this age :iiid this life ? and is not as 11e Ilath dcclal-ecl unto liis serva~ltstlie !
that good cnoiigli for u s ? W e are livir~g, propl~ets."
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IjOOIi 0 1; It ll;VISl,A'l'lOX. to ollc ~ I I 111u

I ~ sn111c: t l ~ i . ~ ~
lorf i i~rstn~lcc,
; ill
1'I~t: ,YL'V~!~L'I't+lo)c/)~!t.u. cl~:ll'tcr17 : 1, ::, " I lvili SIICW I I I I ~ Otllcc
tllo jadglllell~of tho grcnt 11nl.lot tll:~tsiltctl~
"dt~rlthe scvzir at1gc.1~ ..
u'll;t:l~I ~ t r t Ef l i t s s,:r1t!t1 r1l)oIl ~llall!. ivatc!rs. . So IIC csnrried l l l r
tric?tll~ds,pt.qrctr.ed thct~rutjlitru tu ~urritcl" :l\yay i n tile sl)il.it,i l l to t l ~ c\vilclcrr~ess,and I
(Rev. 8 : 6).
,
saw n -xolllnll sit.011a scarlet colorctl be:~st."
h trumpet, ulldcr the o:il clisl)ells;~tior~Jl?il(crx, aIl(l bL'a$t,Lot11 refer to the Itonlall
was literill, wllilc 1i11:lcrtllc gospel it is a / cllll.!irc, nlld ~c1o~,cntr, and Jarlot, to the pnl~al
sprnl)ol. " ~ l o i vyc the tlqulnpct i l l Ziol~, cllul.cll. S o i n cllaptcr S: 6, :L I ~ O L I I I ~ : I ~ I ~
arid sot111d an al:rrlr~in 111yI~olyu~ountail~,"lllcalls :r ! I O U I : , - l L;~and
trumpct, but ratllcr to a ~~lcss:igc,
,
1 prcsurnc 110 ollc bclicvcs 1'ckl.s to a literal sun, moon, alld .sta~,s,,ilso Incnn govern-
or proc- I lllellts ;llld rlllcrs.
l ~ ~ ill verse 13, t 1 1 ~

T11e salne. S ~ I I I ~ Oare ~ S

lamation. I used in other I,laces, L L 'l'l~c~re sl1:111come
I.
l l i e roundiag of tilo scvcll Ln~nll)crs I
s l ~ d -a star o,lt ( , ~ J . ~ ~ L > R, l ~ r la s ~ c l ) t cslhll
r iirise
ows forth tlic eveuts by \irl~ic.ll t l ~ oI;OII)~II, , ~ or t lsrnel,(Nun]. 5.4: 17). L'irc, pvcn- .
empire W ~ Sto LC l)rl)kell, :1lld fi11:lll~ (1~1- crnlly, nllrl l,erll:lps always, in Jtcvcl:~t~on,
stroyed. Hclice tllc first trulllpc~L ~ ~ : ItoI I , n l l d jutlKlafllts. U I I ~aalollg , all synlbols,

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Until the d3.y~of ~ o r ~ s t a l l t i l l c , e111-I llcrstocld
pire renlai~lctiu r ~ b r o l < c but
i
sound a t the t i ~ n cthe cllll-rirc began to fhll. \vorlls :lllclI,\lrases occur iv\.l~icI~
ll''
lnust I)c pa-
as literal, :is in verse 1'3, ":i tllird
~ ~ , : ~ this ilc:~tl~ll:lrt. of tllc \vatcrs bcc.nlllc \vo~-~ll~vood ; :inti
tl~esovercigntywas clivitlcd ir~totlrr.ec p:~rts, 111~111~711r8tl (jiL1(I the M ' ; L ~ C ~ ~ . "\VVI-111-
b ~ l l i stllrt'o FOIIS ; ~ I C I I C C t 1 1 ~fi.oq11~11tUPO lvOoclIlIe:llIS L i t t C r t I ~; s:llld ~ undel* tllpt tcr-
of tllc term, " 0 thil'cll)t~t-l;111ea11i11g ;i tl~irdI ri)Jlcscollrge, tllcy Il;ld ;I bitter cup to dril~k,
of tlle c ~ ~ ~ p i r And e. l ~ c r cao 111:ly ~ ~ v t i c e Inally 7,101. clled. T h e \rord net^ can- '

tlie dilfercrlce I~ctivcenthe trulnl~cts,; I I I ( ~ : be synll)olic; but dil:d, or death, may or

the scircn last ~>l:lgi~cs; tllc scourgc.~of the lllay not since it llas at least
trumpct being 111ai11ly col~ti~uxl to a Ioc:~lity,( tll;CC Iliifel'fTltT I I C ; I ~ ~ iI ~t so~netirnes ~g~. rc-
, ivhile, I
tllc ~ ) l n ~ uare c s to be u~~ivers:il. (Gre to 71cr1;,,t~,r/orI)~liti~:il dc:itl~. 3siintlcl- the
1IIC first four ~ ~ U I I I J ) C rcI)rcscrlt
~S, SCOUI'g- fiftjl tr'lnll,ct, C ~ r ; l l ) t 9: ~ I ~1 ; ; or ei-J,fiaitrsticrrl
e j that C:IIIIC upon t l ~ ct ~ iirestcrn o divi.;io~~s;clc;lt~l, as i n cll;ll)tcr 1:; : 15. l'llc ~ l l c a r l i ~ ~ g
wl~ilctho tiftl~ant1 sisrl~. )la11 n t ' i ~ l t i l ~ ~ ~illc SIIc]l ~ i t c ~ S ~can S be d c t c r ~ n i ~ ~only c t l by tho
911 C o ~ ~ s t a n l i ~ l o411dl d c t l ~ ceastern clivision. collt,,st. ]i,,ler of il~tel*~-rrrt:~tio~~, so fi'c-
Uut untlcr tllc s o ~ c l ~ t tl.ul~~llot li t l ~ cking- , llualtlv llrgetl U I I U I I tl1~2pi~blic, arc :~lt!.;iys
d o ~ n01' Got1 is to ILc set up :i11(1sll:~ll1)re:tk I ~ v o r t ~ l l c:-bl5 s rlllc' ivortls that I sl)eak,t l ~ e y
in picccs allti c*onsol~~e
. i
all t l i c ~ sk~i ~ ~ ~ t l o n lalee
s , sl,irit, tllc,v arc trut\l." I{ut tllc 11at-
1.111sis wily it I
I .
and it .s'llall stiillci ( i ~ evela. r lrlall (liScCrIICtll1101 tll(1 tJlil~gsof the
is called " t 1 1 ~trtrlnp of Gotl." '' Uut in / Sl,irit, fijr tlleY ;il.c sl,il.itrr:~llytli.;ce~.l~ed."
the days of the voice of t l ~ cscvcv~llrangel, / 1~ tllOre arc set
1
*JICII he s l ~ r l lbegin to scuod, t l ~ c11lystery I lvllnt we ivallt, is ,lot tlic Sl,irit, but the r~rlr,
: ot God si~allbo t i ~ ~ i s l ~as e dIlr I
ot i~~terprctntio~l,

, II;IS d(!clal.t.tl a n d t)lcl.c is 110 lack fi)r rrlle,~of intel.p~.eta-

tl~cn

unto his servarlts t l ~ e~ ) r o ~ ) l ~ c t s A . "l ~ t lwe ' tiorl ; a]lnost ally c.slLositoris ready to si~11-
I J U ~ P O S C to ~110"t1l:it IVC now ir~ldcrtile olle, citller rcacly 111adeor to ortler.
; s o u t ~ d i ~of~ $t l ~ cscventl~trurl~j~zt,
;indeed l ~ r i n gin g r n ~ ~all11
that we a r e not cl~ildrcnof tllc 1ligIlt, llor of
and are I
d ilivli~ltimes; I J L L ~ 1 I-d l ~t h
' ~ H C' I ' R U ~ I I ~ ~ ~ S .

~ ~~j ir to~yf!l
~ t x i ~ u t l d ~etc. c ~ , LJ~',.*#: 7 -
darkness, but are walking ill tile light, so j 'l'l~is was fi~ltillc~l 1111dl:r.Illtric:, w l ~ owas
that tlny callnot coulc ul,on 11s :ISi~ \Iliel' in / btylcd, tIlc sc:ot~i.gctof (;otl." 'l'l~cst?c.o~~d
the nigl~t. i trulllpetl, or sco~~rgc*, W;IS b r o l l ~ h :ll)ol~t
t I)?
do not purpose to clltrr filll!- i11to de- Gcnraric, wl~ose;~ttarkswere I I ~ : I ~ I I 011 ~ P the
taihin the a1,plication of tl~csetrl~nl,>cts, as 1 water, I I : L ~ ' ~C OI II I,~~Ct'run~the S ~ I O ~ ( !of S nf-
the applicatio~iof sis of tiler11 is so ~lrli\-cr-1 ricn. 'I'l~ctllirtL was 1111t1crrltfilla, lvll(-r
sally acccptcd, hut ~.cfcrthe rc:~tlerI;)r lllally I tirst att;lc*I;edthu c.:mpirc in t11c cast, and t l ~ n
of' tl~esedet:tils, to 1)1.. 1Ifl:u11C:l:~rk; givilig IiIic ;r f ; ~ l I i star, ~ \ ~ Ilc sl~(lclc~~l.v illv:~(lc~l n11(1'
1110stof our slmcc to the last tl~ree,but par- c,\.crrall tile \irest. Ilut I I I I ~ I Y~ h~ e o ~ l o ~ i ~ ,
titulary to the last O I I ~ . 1 tll(. tllil.Ll part of' t110 sun U':IS s~~~i!t(!n,
Lb n11(1
/
Ccyo~ldall other I~ooI;s this is es1)eci:tIIy a tIlird ],art of t l ~ onlocll, and a t l ~ i r dpart
a book of symbols, and it is 11nt unusuiil to ; of tllc st:lrs ;"ant1 tllc star of u r ~ ~ p i rsank e
fin~~.two,,o~t&,ee
.. 1, --.y~.:-
. .. . . . . .. .
-
diIli:rcnt .?
~ ~ ~ n b alll,lietl
o l s i i l l the \vest. , r > . ~ , ~ : C o r l ? l ( a ~ ~ t i n :q~l cn dt l l ~
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5.. . ,
t ; . -
1; i.,, !
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 cnrt, were yet secure ; tlint portion being 9nted by CI~rist,n 1 ~tllcy
reserved for tlie next two trumpets :-
1 that i r e rvitl: him
(Rev. 1 7 : I d ) , in thiscomillg time of troub-
' 3 .i
" A n d I beheld, and heard an angel fly-
ing through tlie midst of heaven, saying,
Woe, woe, woe to the inl~abitersof tlie earth
by reason of tlle other voices of the trump-
e t of the three angels wllicll are y e t to sound'
(verse 13).
T h e previous foYr trumpets covered a
period of about one thousand y e a n , though
we cannot d e t e r m i ~ ~tile
e exact duration of
each one ; but the last three have accnrate the nations, to be ruled " with a rod of iron"
measurements; the ffth, sounding five pro- , by Clirist and his church, than by t h e Devil
phetic months, or one h u n d r e d and fifty ! and his churcli.
years. T h e eizth, L 6 F o r an hour, and a day 1 T h e k ~ to y the botto~nlesspit, also means
and a mont!?, and a year:" which, on the the same in Loth cases, viz, the power t o .'I
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sameprinciple of interpretation, means tllree open o r close. Under the fifth trampet it
hundretl and ninety-qne years and fifteen ! was opa,~ed,and death and llell had s glo-
'3::
days ; whilt: the s e v a t h trulnpet soirnds for rious carnival. This 1va.u the first woe " $' .':.
serenty-fir~cy e a ~ ~ sterminating
, with the , trumpet; the &' second woe " included t h e , :;:
times of the Gentiles." 1 reign of terror over Europe at the close of
I
T o make sucll adetinite statement as to I the last century, under the Commztne, when
,
I);
the measurement of these trumpets, and 1 " t l ~ ebeast that ascencleth out of the Lot- :'
1
particularly of tlie seventh and last, may ap- tomless pit, made war oil my tzuo IVitner~es," ,<:
.
F a r presumptuous, b r ~ t there is what ap- , (Rev. 11: 7). Here, it was only the beast . I?
pears like conclusive proof to support these I that (tscenrleth orit, he did not come out, but
A

views. T h a t t h e fifth trumpet, and first woe, only canle to the srirface, as it were. Un- "4
,,:,
was fulfilled by the inroads of the Snracens, dcr the seventh trumpet and third woe, he e ' !:
over the eastern part of the empire, is, so ascends out of the bottomless pit, " and they ...+
far as I am aware, accepted by nearly all that dwell on the earth shall wonder, when .,

Bible expositors; andj'acts support that ap- they hellold the Lenst that was, ~ n isd not, , 2
plication. and yet is," (chapter 1'7: 8). I

" A n d the fifth angel sounded, and I saw T l ~ emere opening of t.he bottomless pit, "'

a star fall from heaven unto t h e earth; and was the cause of the first woe; the attempt t'
to him was given the key of t h e bottomless i to ascend out, caused the second woe; what .;
pit" (Rev §: 1). then will be the extent of the third woe, in
A s t a r means a ruler, even as implied in wlticl~L b the beast shall ascent1 " ? B u t af-
r
A.

the text,-and to him was given the key Dc. ter this third carnival of deatll, in which
T h e phrase, hottomless pat,occurs seven &' t l ~ eslain of the Lord shall be from one e n d ..
times in re vela ti or^; here, and in cllapter of the earth to the otherst:nd," the ky is to
1
1 1 : 7 ; and 1'7: 8, it refers to the condition b usedonce more, not to open, but toclose,
of the Roman empire while in sl~bjectionto i and both the Devil, and human passions
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the "woman," or harlot chu~.ch; and real- ' will be restrained until tlie millennia1 age is
Iy means a condition of riibfigation, 4y 1 ended, and all the human family who con :,
nliicli t h e peoples m(1 nations a r e h e l d ; be Lroi~ghtto the second birth, are regen-
first by the llarlot churcli, o r a n t i c h r i ~ and
; j erated ; then, for tl~edestrucriono i m l ~ a at r e
afterwards by tlle real Christ and church 1 left. thev are ngain.let loose, Rev. 20: 7 .
t view in chap- I T h e fifth trumpet began with the Sara-
of the firstborn, as b r o u ~ l i to
ter 20:-"And I saw an angel come do\vn ; cen invasion of the eastern portion of the :
from heaven having the key of the bottom- j empire .July 27, .I. D. 1299. And for five '

less pit, and a great chain in his hand ;and i months, or, 3 day for a year, 150 years, '

he Iaid hold on tile dr:bgon, that old serpent i they were permitted to ton~zent,but not t o ;

which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound j kill, (verse 5 ) . Tliis killing, clearly rerers ..
him a thousand years ; and cast l ~ i minto the / to political death. During this wliole time ,'
bottomless pit." I n this latter case, it is the Saracens were conshlitly making in-
the condition of the nations, the natural man, roa(1.9, robbing, and murdering tlie people ;
'and also tlie spiritual powers, b b the rulers I while their own governme~~t{ unable to pro-
'of the darkness of this world," wlien subju- I tect, were continually taxing and plunder- $

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 illg, to sllpport 811 C S ~ ~ : L ~ : I ~ ;LI II II ~~elli:l~~i- 111v i s i o ~ ~.JOIIII , . q : ~ r v the 1 ~ ~ i o 1of1 Ti11.k-
s
llatc rllurcll alicl state. [.;~~tlcr t l ~ i scoli(li- is11 c:iveIry, lirir~gt l ~ c i rc:irbi~lcsl)y tllc sitlo
tioil ofafliirs t l ~ ep e o ~ ~ becanle le tlisllcartcti- uf' the rlclrk n l ~ r l o~rtstrecl~ccl 111outI1of t l ~ c
cd ant1 longctl for :i cll:iltge ol' rr~l~ars e.ven I~orse,rvliile t l ~ c i r1:111ce,wit11 barljcd I ~ ~ a t l ,
if it rvas to be tlle Sal.:~cells tl~e~nsclr'cs.mas soell csten,dillg bcliir~dt l ~ eI~orse's tail.
"And in tl~oseclays s l ~ a l lI I I C I I seek tleatl~, " B11cl wit11 tltcse tltcy (lo I ~ u r t .
ancl sltall rot f i t ~ t li t ; ar~clsl~alltlesirc to (lip, X I3iblt: m o n t l ~is thil.ty Jays, nlltl t\r-clrrc
and deatll sl~allflee fro111tile111" (verse (;). t n o ~ ~ tisl ~as Sear; llcnce lt3s;j0, o r 3;O cl:~ys
This colltlition of things lastctl for 1 5 0 reltreua~zlsa solar ycar. ,!ti hortr, t l ~ c2-ltli
years, o r u ~ l t i lJuly, 1449, wlle~t tlte intle- part of a day, wo11lC tl~erclbrercorcscllt
pe~~deneo of Cot~stantinople and t l ~ ecast, the 24111part of 3 j O , or fifteen litclxl days.
virtllnlly I~nssctlaway; It is tr11c the city l ~ r o r n.July 27, 1-1-49, , > ~ ~ l t ct lr ~c e150 years
(lid not 1LlI ILr ahout two years, or until A. o f s o t ~ ~ ~ r l iof l i gtllc fif'th tru111;wt ctltlcd,, b b n ~ \
D. 1451 ; but Constolttille L~eacoi.,cs i~sccl~cl-liour (15 ~lays),:I tl:~y(1 year), a tnontli
ctl tl~ot l ~ r o t ~ and
e , occul~ietlit cntil the n e s t (30 ycars), and a ~t.ai'" (ljri0 years), are
vcar, by aski~tg,ant1 receiving 1)crrnission togetl~er,391 ycars and 15 cl:~ys, the ntcns-
'from tllo S ~ ~ l t a t ~ . ~ t r eof the s i s t l ~truc!let. A I Ifro111 ~ July
"Olic woe is p ~ s s e t l ;and, beholtl, t l ~ e r o 27, A. D. 14-19,~ r o i ~ lt:ntl t l August 11, 1840.
colnc two more woes I~crcal'tcr. Ant1 t l ~ e Ant1 tl~osc1vl1o will c:.atliil~e tllc I~istoryof
..
six111an,nel sour~~letl, a11t1I 11e:lrcl :I voice t11:lt (late, will ti11c1thnt in tlle S I I I I I I I I ~of~
. saying. Loose t l ~ e t'otir a11ge1.s rr~l~icllarc 18-10, the Allictl ilert :;ly I~cforcC o ~ ~ s t a ~ l t i -
bountl ill ( 6 j l ) the great river l C ~ ~ p l ~ ~ . : ~~~ol)lt!, t r s . a1111untler 11cn:ilty of l)o~lil)artltltc~~t,
And tllc t i ~ u rallgels rrerc Iooscd, \rlI~icl~tllc tlcnl:u~cl was 111utlc~ I the
, I SuItali to sisll
were ~)rcl)wedlbr ;rtl Itour, ant1 a clay, al~tl1 n ducunict~tby r r l ~ i c ltlic ~ cot~trol ot' his
a rno~~tli, aitil a pc!:~r, tbr to sl:~? t l ~ e tlrird j tllnpirc was virt~tnllyturtleti over to t l ~ eAI-
part of mcl~." U l ~ t l c t.l~is ~ . t r t ~ ~ ~ ~not i t , I licd IIOIV~I'S.'~'IIc S U / ~ : I(1cI:iyctl
j ~ ctor- II ; tho d l [ -
11ic11tn t c ~ r c l Y ~ il~) t~~~: t~ t l t - ~ ~ o / i ~ il ct ~ t~lL/ ~1 -lies b c c a t ~ ~i ~c n l ) a t i c a~ t~~t tiI ~ r v : t t e ~ ;~1j11t
i~~g
1
w a i t d that 1)ia.t oft111:e ~ ~ l l ~ i n !I.t war to still tht: S I I ~ ~t11011<11 ~ I I , i l l dtasl~air,rrras iln-
1)a.s'~~
OUL of p:11):11It:~~ltls illto tl~:itoftllc ;\lo- I ~ ~ ~ o v ; r bIl ~c ;u twlicl~t.lrc 1i1st (lily of t.ltc :)!)I
hammcdnlls. 'I'hc christiurl 11:1tio1ts, I . J 15 (lays I~atlCOIIIC, iic B I I ~ I ~ I c I ~ I ~
01' t l ~ cI ~ c ' ~ all([
E~l)I~r:ltes,"tlte waters or1 \vlticl~11tystic j r.clc~ltetl.-~or~E q!li+tld h i 3 .siyt~,c/itr~, A irytrst,
. i t s rtile Alo- I 1 3 , ZS4O. :111tl l':urol)c ng:li11bl.c:~tl~cd
R a b ~ l o nsat, I t t r l l for c c ~ ~ t i ~ ~l~cltl fi.c.cly.
harnnlccl:r~~s i l l cllvck ; ant1 tliis is what we 1 TIICabove argIttlient was givctt :LS carl?
untlcl.st;it~(lby tl!e fbur al~gclsbeing botoztl. 1 :is .18:38, :inti pullisl~ctl itt book form, by
Uut by intcr11:ll tlissentiot~st l ~ e ybVcarneso ' J :i?h IJitcll, i l l 13ostolr Alass. T l ~ a rras t
I OC
weakened that a t 1:lst t l ~ ecast became an , 't n o 'yc:lrs before its I~tlfiln~ent ; ant1 t.llc out-
easy prey to the , \ I o l ~ a n ~ ~ ~ l c :11it1 ~ l : ~t1111s
~ts; rvas watched by a t'crr-, with eager in-
"tile foilr allgels rvere loosed," f'or a sl~cci-
ficd timc. A ~ t dthis il~~ldics, a t least, that. pro~)liec.yof tlte sistlt trul~ipct~111.1s

q n i n bc bountl; ant1 wl~icltI ~ n in(lcet1 s I

at tllc expiration of that t i ~ ~ r ct l, ~ o yrro111tI wit11 chapter 9 : rrltilo tlte a c v e ~ ~ trulnllct
11ec11 is t:~kcn L I P in cl~nptcr11: 15 ; leaving t l ~ c
fulfilled, for sincc 1S40, t l ~ c yIlavc Lren the I ilitervcning ninttcr in, :IS it were, a I ) i r c ~ l -
ti~

6 L sick n ~ a r ~ b, "o l i ~ i ( dc / ~ Y ; ~Ly

L t l ~ ccl~risti:~ntl~csis; wl~ere,indeed, i t scclns to belotig.
nations. B ~ r It will still refer the render C11:lpter 10, in a prol,l~ecyof tlto :dvcnt
\
to Dr. Clark fbr the detnils of tlle applica- / nloven~e~lts, first and Illst; tltc olla prior to I.
tion, nierely rent:lrking that it rvits at a1)out j the clisal)point~nctltof 1S.l;;-4. a l ~ dthis pres- ,
this tinlc giinporrdc~.b c ~ a nto be used by ctit one wllicll is boi:~g b r o ~ ~ g l"~Itc l i ~ r e
the Turkish c:ivelry, though they had not nlany peoples, and nations, a!ld to~tglrcs,and
as yet abando~tctlt11e Ia~lcc. kings." P r o m tlte 1 s t to t l ~ c1 4 vcrse of
I saw tl~!: l~orscsill visior~,uiid t , l ~ e ~tlic
Ib T l ~ u s n 11ext cl~apter,is a propllccy of tile 1260,
that sat on them, I~nvingbreastplatesoffire, ycars of lxil)al tlonlinion, c ~ ~ t l i l l\\.it11 g tl~c
nnd jacil~tli,a ~ l t lb r i ~ i l s t o n;~and t l ~ oI~cads, ~trcscl~tntion of " tltc ])east ~ l t a tascctt(1ctlt
of the I~orses\rere as t l ~ oIlcads oflions; and 1 out of tltc bottonilt.ss pit, (tilo beast, as it is
out of their ~noutltsissr~etitire, a ~ i t lsmoke, to IIC atter its s c v e n t l ~:111il l3st llcatl is fnl-
nltd brimstone. lcor tltcir norrcr is in tlicir iI 1c11(Rev. '
1 7 : 11). ,, anil tltcrct'orc a hL~/itll~c,vs
ntoutlls, and in tltcir tails, Ibr tlteir tails 1 heast; al~cinorv so ciearly rccog~tizetl as,
were like unto s e r p c ~ ~ tand s , l t : d I~catls,mid i rhc ~~,ni;!rr~l~:, or fiztcrt~cztii~~rabs). 'Sliis I~eatl-
with them they do hurt, (verses 17, 19). I less monstelo, Legan to show itself in the
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Uh'EdLY 011' Y'I1.Efll OlLA'lS't~.
.- - ... - - . ...- -- .. - -- -- . .-- -
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infidel reaction of the last cellturv, a l ~ t lin I t l ~ c mthat sleep in tllc dust of tlie earth shall
that rcigll of terror, AIy two N'itncsscs," aw:~ke(l);rn. 13: 1). 'rllc hookSpclken of,
tllc 0111 the New Test:l~l~cnts, were I(:- is tloubtlcss that. ot Iczek. 1 3 : 9; the zilrit-
ytlELy nlolisllc.tl. I:llt \tvc reserve this sub- ot' tllc IIOUSC of Is1.ac1,"
jec for a l'i~turearticle. In the 1:lttc.r part of the scvcnt!l trnmpet
" Tlle s e c o ~ ~woe t l is l):lssctl, a ~ ~ ibcholtll, not only t l ~ etrlryry nntiolls are spoken of,
the tliirtl woo co~ncth rluickly. !
' bat the time of tile tlencl, t l ~ n tt l ~ q vsl~oulcl
Allti tllo scvcntl~ allgel sountled ; a1111I Lc j ~ ~ d g c;t :111(1 l t l ~ c/.ci(*trrdof pr01)11ets,and
there s e r e great voices i l l l~cnvcn,saying. r a i ~ ~ t snil I , all t11;1tf e : ~ his nsmc ; and tllc
! I
TIle killgdoms of this world arc fzco~tle Juat).r~~t;l~)z of tllmc w l ~ ocorrllpt the cartl!.'
['ino/nia, I-c~~tlcretl i l l ;\I:~rlc 1 : 17, to be- A11tl i l l t l ~ c ti111ei4'tro11l)le over \vllich JIi- 1
r n l ~ ~ rtile] ~ i n , g t ~ o of r s our i,unl rial 11is cllaol t11ta nrci~n~i,cei prcsiilcs, t ~ l c 8.114~ j
Cllrist; nntl t l ~ cnations wcrc nngry " etc. evellts n1.c spokc~lof; so t l ~ n twc know thc I
T h e sizth tl.r~~l~l,ct cnrlell wit.11 it.6 pre- seventh trumpet, ant1 the work of ;\Iicliacl,
scribed pcriotl of d111.:1tio11, i l l t l ~ ~ g u s1340;
t, , arc nssocintetl. 111 Juclc 9, wc Icnr~ltlrat
,,
alltl tllc s c v e ~ ~ t lbeyall
l, to sound. ll:is, we ' Alicl~aelis tllc nrcl~nngcl,and f'iclrl. nssoci-
I
tin(],is tlivirlctl into two etlual parts ot' 37 1 ntcs the ut~icr of tlle arclir~~lgcl,nrittl the
1-2 ycalSs, or tieom t l ~ c:i~ltunlnof IS.10, to r e s n r ~ * e c t i oof'~the ~ tlentl in Cl~rist;-:~ntlalso
I
tllc sl,l.il~g of 1375 ; nnil ii.on~ t l ~ esl)rltlz with ' l tllc last. tr~n~~~ct.."-~Sol~,lrrn, ,
trulnl),
of 1878, to the 01' the yecrrlu,. ..le\vish , or trornpct, is t l ~ csalnc wortl, in cvery case.
year brginni/r;l in ill-1914. 't'l~e firs\ part, 1 IIe:lt!e, l'nirl's lLicl~acl, :mtl Dn,ticd'~,a r e .
ilas bee11 tillctl by till: atllr~,d.prc~(rlioriatior~ :' t l ~ cs;ilne. At1(1 I';tulls " \n..;t t ~ ~ u n ~ pn11d ,"
tho wl~olel,t11.,1t$11 of wl~icll,II:IS bccll, tllnt .IO~III'S L L .~t:iv:)itl~ ~ ~ L I I I I ~ ) ;~ 1~ 1, ~" t l ~ c S:IIIIC'.
t l ~ ek i n g l l o ~ ~of~ sthis worlll arc to pnus illto An(I Unl~icl's res~~r~.ection of 7n101y who
the l~i~lills
in tlle tl:~ys(jrcnrs) of the voicc. of the scv- ( L r i g l ~ t ~ ~of
,
of ollr IAor(lall<[his Cl~rist. "I:llt sIct!p i l l the dllst, and their " s l l i ~ l i ~ i g t l i ~
c s stllc fir~name~it,'"nntl Paul's
en111 nngcl, wllcli Ile shtr/l ?,c!/i,i. tu S O I I I I ~ !~ rc.qurret:tion , or L L tl10 1le:iiI i l l Cllrist," nnil
the nlystcry ot' God sllnll Ilc f i ~ ~ i ~ "l ~ROY. c ( l 1 J O ~ ~ I I ' Si'c\~nrtiilig" propllcts ant1 snints,"
1 0 : 7. 'Cllis st:~tcnlcntof tlle lot11 clln[)t~?r I ;:Ire tllc s::~rl~t?.I ~ I I it~ ,more prnot is mnntctl
?r .
'* is assoei:~tctlwithtl~i? ntIvcnt~nov~~~~e~ittIicre I wc c:111I,ring tl~c:tc$ti~nonyofCI11.ist. 'Ll:or
clcscribt-11,the l:lst. Ilicssngc of the gospel n g ~ . tllo~isl~nltbe r c c o ~ ~ ~ p c a~t~thc s c dresurrcc-
Ant1 t l l i g is the f i n i s l ~ i ~of~ gt11c nijstcry of ti011 nt tlle just" (1,ulte 1 4 , 14). l'nal
whicl~t l ~ ei~pustleswere stewartls (I Cor. 1: I I I : ~tllc rcs~~l.rcction ot'ttlc just, a t " tlie last
1
1, El)he. G : 10). J/eElo, ~.eni!cre(l " shall tr~lmp," ;:~ntlJolln 113s them rl*lcarded a t
.. ; ha!li~?," in the :tbovc text, is 311 esccptioli, ( L L t11e s e v e ~ ~ t~l ~l I I I I " I ~ I
in all o t l ~ c rcases, it is trn~l.sl::~tctl ~lgill,sl/al/, I \\:l~ilo ncllllitti~~g t11:tt the ilcvclator's de-
or sli!)iLltl,thc word b1:17h,, I)c.illg ill this case ) srri,)tiol~of tllcsc t l ~ i ~ ~ninp g w bc linrrl to un-
s l i c l . ' I ' l ~ c ~ ) ) . l ~ r l ( ~ ~OF~til!~l te:i~cti l~v~c ~I ~drrsta1'1t1,
t, n ~ o s t 11coldc t l l i ~ l l ~ tllnt l'aul's
w e untlcrstnnd to be t l ~ c" grcnt voic-cs " '-stntcmcl~ts cor~trerr~i~lg tlic Jiiy of the Jlo~-tl,
1
with \\diicll this trunlpst opells. t11lcl the are mxily t ~ ~ ~ J c r s t o c .but a l ; so th011gllt not
~ e x 87 f 1-9 years arc to be fulfllctl by the i I'ett~).:fbr in 2 L'eter 2 : 16, nftcr Ilii~~aelf
evcnts o t ' t l ~ etinic OF troublc; in \vllieI~tbc I saying some tlitficult tllings to nntlcrsta~~d.
nations will be s~lbcl~lcd, i
anti t l ~ ep/.o,:lrr,)ia- abollt t l ~ cdny of' the I,ord, 11e says, "13ve11
tiox be car~.icdinto efyect.
r ,
I as our l>eloved brother Paul, aldo, in all hi.$
l l l i s also is in I ~ n r l ~ i owit11 n ~ 1 T l ~ c s .4 : cpistIcs, s1)e:lkil~gin tllcnl r l f these Ihiugs,
16, " F o r tllc I,or[l Iii~~isclt' sllnll t l c s c c ~ ~1 di l l ~vllirllarc aomc tk.i/l!j~h ~ ~toi be i ttfith-
f r o n ~hc:lven wit11 a sllol~t,( t l ~ esl~out,n11(1' stoc)tl." . ' . .. ' , ." I . . ' , '
'

yrecrt voice.?, l e i n ~one anti the s:~II~c); I

\vir!i , T h a t tlie . u l ~ l )of~ t1 Tiles. 4 : 1 C , ant1 tlie
t l ~ evoit.c of tllc arcl~a~ijicl, (this, IYC ~ ~ ~ ~ It grc~zt l c r - L ' O ~ ~ ~ OFE S I h r . 11: 15, are o11e n11t1 t l ~ c
sta~ld,is tile roice of ilii~lii,al,-LL 1111tl; ~ tsame, tllelr is no morn for doubt ; or t h a t
that time al~allEIichacl stand up, t l ~ cgrc:~t( the c-oic,?of t l ~ carcllnngel, nncl the voire of
1)ri11cethat sfnni.let11 filr t l ~ ecl~iltlrenot' thy j t l ~ cs e v e ~ ~tr111;ipct tl~ arc :Ile s:urle. All tlio
(D;:I~~iel'a)people; a1111tllcre sl~nllbe a time 1 trrilnpets 11nve attentling angels, and ~ v i t l t ~ ~ .
of tro~ibles u c l ~ns llcver was since tllcre \vns I B u t rhe ccotta nssocintecl witl~, or which
siilce tlrcre was a nation, even to t l ~ n snnie t c o n s t i t ~ ~tt le~ etrump, are thc voice of the
I
time: n11t1a t that ti111ctlly people (tllc Jews) j trl~ll~l)et, or of tile ctnycl of tllu tr111npct:-
shall bc delivered, cvery one that sl~::~ll be 1 T l ~ eIlcavcns clccla*.e tlic glory of Go? ;
found written in tho book; n ~ l d nlnny of \ tlny unto (lay 1,tteretll ~peeclc; ant1 there is
 no s l ~ c c c lor ~ I n ~ ~ g ~ ~wherc n g c , t l ~ c i rvoi~r!is I.vag~tcnntl ~ l ~ ~ c e r t nand i ~ iis, a sltl?i~~ct with
not heart1 " (1's. I!): 3). I Illus '
t l ~ cvery I \r.l~ic.lt tlte c l ~ t t r c s110111(1 l~ Iln\~ct~ot/(i~i!//otin..
.,
ghitti)t,q of t l ~ estars, is a voicc t l ~ ais t lrc~nr,/.
Illat evcnts spc:lk, or linvc R. voicc, is i ~ o t t r ~ l l l l;"
I3ut thc co~l~itlfi ot' C l ~ r i s tis, b4rrtthe last
~ ) X I I ~ ~in, ~ t sv:rr~o~ls stngcs, covers
an uticornrnon st:ltc~i:c.nt of Scril~turc:-&' If all, or nearly all of tlic s o u ~ ~ t l i ~ofi g that
they will not believe tllee, norltrarltet~to t l ~ c trtltnl~et. I f yo11 nsli, IVl~entlocs IIC C O I I I C
soice of tllc first aigri, tllcy \\.ill I,clicve the ill hi.< ylor,tj:' 1 sl~oultlsily, 'bOF t i n t clay
voice of the latter sign " (ICxo. 4: S). ant1 I ~ o i k~ ~r ~ o w e t l11o i ~nnn." I < ~ r iT t yo11
illic~cr,.lscc!ti~sto bc t l ~ ea t t c t t t l i ~anvcl ~ ~ on I tllerelnrc say we are to re111:linin clarkness
tlte " last t r ~ t n ~ p ,or " b L trt~nlooF (,?o[l 7; 9 a t ~ i !l in regard to tfic c,otol/ti:y/ ( f tfic r/lry ~ ! tk?? f
tllcre is not tlle slin~lowof' a t'cnsolt fbr s111,-I Lo/.rE, ant1 on all ~>l*oi)l~etic r~~c~nsuremc~llt~,
posing t11:it !':~~tl's117s~ trulllp, tli11l;rsin any I I t l ~ i ~ yon i k ill t i ~ i ( Iy o ~ i r s c l ns ~ , tr111.y
~ ~ ill
respect from &)IIII'Sl : ~ i one. t 1
0 1 1 the ot11er 111e(I:IIk, ott tile re:tl issr~c,that is, k~~osving
Ila~ltl,every tl~it~g :~ssocii~tc.rlwit11 tlte one, j the time ot' his porortnicc, ntitl wl~ieh p:lrou-
is.esprcsse(l Ly t l ~ cotl~cr. i \ ~ ~11ow '
t ( /,call- sin, is coinlx~retlto tlre ~I(I,I/.P of Nni~ll,ns arc
tifully do t l ~ cfi~rtsi l l tllc rase, I ~ n n ~ ~ o ~I ~tllnsc i x c .nvl~or11tirt3l.v ignon: tile s~thjeeto f l ~ i s
Tllc sistlr t r r ~ ~ n l ) c:ill
tillctl by t l ~ uJ l o l t n m ~ ~ ~ c c l : ~:111tl i
t , alike atlniit, wn:: fill- colni~lg. Sulq)ositlg n part of' t l ~ e.Je\visll
t l s ; all wlto, cl11trc11lind ig~iot.ctlthe co~nirtg!if tllc Jlcs-
accept. that view, art! c ~ ~ n r ~ ~ to , ~ l:rcc:cl~t
I t ~ , / ot'i sialt, ~ v l ~ i tllc l c o t l ~ c r s~ v c r cin cspc'rkktiori,
the t,l,~,r.~ro'~ttls~tt, I I O 1n;rttctr ho\v prc:j~~llicct[ I l , u ~k ~ i c not
~ , L L f f r t ~I;/,/(-.r l f thr~iri~iritatio~r ;"
tl~cylnny be, n p i n s t 111:tint'lr. titnt,. If t l ~ e( 1vo111tlthe one class ltavc bwtl better oft'
lonsil~gb b tlie h ~ t :~~tg_lcls
r wl~iclia r c I)lv~ntl/ tlinrl the otl~el-?
in the g ~ ~ e rivern t IC~~~,l~rntc!s," wcre tho ;\lo- 1 F o r Illore tli:it~ 37 ye:rra, we havP
I1:ur1tnetlans, tllcn the " llour', :ind (Ins,nnfl becl~," in t l ~ cc1:rys of the voivr! of t l ~ cscv-
1nont11,sncl yc-at.." I I I I I . ~ I I ~ V t l ~I cI y~were
C ~ c11tl1nngcl." ;111(1 the y o ~ p 1 ~ ~ 1!!jr(tce,
f
to be ) o ~ h ~ ~ i i /wnsi ( l , tlot litc,.n/ time. Ant1 ' mystcry ot' Gotl," is j i , ~ i s / t r ~ r / tiotl~ing
;
tho
rc-
tliat t l ~ c r cis n~orr.t l ~ n no l ~ ckitl(1 t ) t tiliic, is ~l~aillillg ~ I I Ltlic gnfhl>rilryc!f tht* 11~11~ttt onto
clcnrly taught. I)y l'ctcr, ~ v l i cI~e.rilvs, ~~ tllc as i.t were n s c : ~of glnss." In other ~vortls,
b L L'rol~l~~lts 1tnr.c i r ~ c ~ ~ :111(1 ~ i r scarcl~c(l
~tl dili- the ?!rich! tritrkirr!/ lttjt.nr~lJ' t.e,rc!,/. d n ( I this
, gt!ntly, S e n r c l ~ i ~wllat l g at111w11:~tI I I , I I L ,of I I . ~~,cnrlitlcssco~lsists,in p:~rt,nt Il!art, in /cnr?l-
ti111etlrc Spi13it ot' C l ~ r i s wl~irltt was in tl~crn in!/ the sr,tr!/. thesong of the restitution of all
I s i i . r%il it is :\ bcr, tllrt liwal t i . ( ) s r loliavrr bretl~rca, \vllo p t
the titlic tllc Jlol~nt~~rriecI:lt~s \r.crc b b loosed." tllc cart bcti~rcthe horse. witl~outktlo\vir~r 51
SO as not nlerely to ~/Jrt~/l'tl~, Lilt nctu:llly to it, --(;od 1 ~ 1 tile~ s ~tlcnl, so~tls-tnny take
ct~trfrol.the vpover~~rnell t 01'. Cnllst:ll~ti~lor)leesce1)tion to tl~is,as k~~r)t(~itr!/, i: a s111:lllpart
and the cnst, 111lti1 t l ~ c yIVC'I.C> : ~ ~ nbotii~tl, i~i t ~ their
f religion. 1311t" the S c ~ * i ~ ) t u arc rcs
jra.4 that 11resc1.il1c.dpc~.iotl,~.ccko~~ctln.: sy rtt- aljle to n1:lke us wise r ~ n t os;llv:~tio~~." t111cl
bolic tinle, or, lilic t h e " s e v e t ~ t yweeks " ot' the Spirit acts o)r!y tltt~oryk thc! JY;vtl, ill
[Ian. !I :, recliol~ing n tlny, tor n solnt. ye:rr. len~linyrus to a k ~ i o ~ ' l e ( l gofe Croci : w l ~ i c l ~
r
, i I I t . TAove.clrnrit!/, is
7
I l l a t God has c l o t l ~ c ~thew l t i l i n g in I
"dark sayitigs and ~)ar:tblcs, that seeir~g, the greatest of' :ill ;atid will covcr n multi-
tllcy mny sci, :111tl not u~iderstnntl," a21 atl- tatle of sills. B ~ i to t k ~ l o ~God, v is to love
nit. I3ut tl~oseto wlloln i t isgivcn to k n o ~ v hi111; n l ~ t lwe cannot ~ I I O I L *l~ini,only by his
. the my\terics of the ki~lg~lorn,
.In darkness n1.o not to be revealing l~irnsclftllt.oi~~h the IVoc(1.
o , ~the thirl!js i,crtu;nL>g to the Ciotl is rtot \vors~tipe~i bsji.r?i~tg;you (.at
fi),,lin!l of t11e do!) of thc Lord; I I , will ~ t11t7~1 too n l l ~ c l ~or, too riclr footl, a l ~ tyl o n r sl)irits
b~.!p r e j ~ ~ d i cner, ilrcnbt.rs, to tfrc cntitmr9 ,lot- a r e low; t l u t clfccts your ~vorship;ant1 in
~clrthnta,l~li,r.q.-I scc by t l ~ creport of' some Luke 21 : 3.4, Christ recognizes this fact.
of tlic pnl)crs, that nlnny 1c:ttling tlivit~csare l l ~ r i n your , stott~achis it1 gootl con(litio~t,
now lloltling, t l ~ n tthe corning ot' Christ is a yo11r.spirits are el:~stic,nr~clyou have n rich
raglle arltl ur~ccrtniudoctrirlc, arl(1onc \\.it11 season, eitller in your closet, o r in public:
ri*lticIi t11e c1111rclis l ~ o ~ i l11nx-e( [ ~ o ~ f ~ t 10 y nrrd this vivacity of sl)i~-itsi t 1 your wor,sliip,
' r tdo.
r.
1111sonr~ositiotlto our. r~rutt~ill~1111i:11
L L
bretlt- is too often nttrib~ttcci to tlic 1Ioly Gltost.
rcn, wlio recetitly 11rct'in co~it'c~rcnccin N. h n ( 1 e n w e lllnkc n. God of olrr stotnaclls.
Y.City, is, l;)c souiltl 1,ibliczl rcnsorliljq, on " 'rly the spirits." h i l t 1 try t l ~ e m11y tlie
it par wit11 t11c ol>positio~i of tile ,t~rot?~~/irtr- on/!/ tcst, tlte Itr~unntl tllc 1~~~1;,1111tiy.
r
iiirrlirts, to t l ~ csllljcct of tlro lIrj;)litcv ti,m'
7
1 lint t l ~ es e r e ~ ~ttrl~~t t ~ i j will ) ~ t rot~tinite
of the sccontl coming. This theg say, is t l ~ c o u ~the h comit~gtinic of trouble, until
 fI1c 11;~tiollsarc broken : ~ r ~ t:;ttbducd, l t l ~ c vrltion perfect, t l ~ r o u g lsuI1bri11g." ~ Tltcr~
times of the Crc~~tilcs c11t1,nncl the silints arc 1 t11c one p u r l ~ ~ for s c wllic:ll Cllrist sufircd,
rcwardetl, a1111receive tllc k i ~ ~ ~ i l o riuldcr n j \\,:IS to bring n?cz,r, inclutling I~iruscl&as the
..
the wl~oleheave~~s," seelns 111111uestio11able. '
Ileadl to j>crfectio~l.111other words, to corn-
1hereforc i t will continue to sound Ibr :ll,out pletc the work 6tycl)r.i l l Etlen, in its secc~~ld
3.7 yc:ira ; nntl we arc now in the 111id5t01' stage. 'l'l~erc n111st Ije :L ./;rut, or else tllcrc
I
,
tlie events of tile litst trulllp. It is during, coultl not bc a secontl; b11t RS soon as the
or in t l ~ cmiclst of tllesc tl~inys,b b t l ~ eLord i sccontl Inn11 b e p n Iii.9 work, the first I I I ~ I I
hi))id~'lfE ~ I : L (lescel~d
I~ &on1 I~citven." "But ' l ~ a dservetl t l ~ OIIC c grc:tt Inlrpose ill t!le plan.
I
3s the dlrys ot' Noc were, so sl~allalso the , Jostls i l l tlin llusl~,tuns t l ~ e ea~*th-~llnn, of
j~rest~~~~:..e(y,rrotrsi(t), of tlle So11 of n u n be." 1vl1o111t l ~ eo t l ~ e rwas but " a figl~re;"and i l l
. ,411cl there is a l ) v ~ ~ r l a l ofevitlc~lcc
~cc tllnt we I his death, all of \\,l~icllIle W:IS t l ~ cfigure 01.
a r e now &'I*tlir. ( ? u p o f 16,: S1.n of ma.;" I
type, tvaseou~~tcddead. And n o r tllat the
tllat the atlvcnt, in its various stt~gcs,is uljiu new creation llns I)eg~in.the nilt11ral mall is
' it&protaLBv.r. countc(1 tlcatl ; ar~tlis c:\llcd ' C t l ~ oltl e III:~~,"
r~ " tlrc body ot'tlcntl~." ctc. A I I ~this I III:III-
. QUESTIONS AND AXStVERS. ner of s l ~ e a k i ~of~the g ~ ~ a t u r nInnn l obtains
o l ~ l ysince tllc:? are cou~rtetl dcntl, i l l C1:rist'a
.I:rotllc~* 1<,\1~1:oult, you s : ~ gtllat ill t l ~ c tlci~tl~.T l ~ e: ~ ~ , o s tis l c not sl)e:~ki~~!:of lllall
tlc;ttl~of' CIl~ist,all : ~ r cc o u ~ ~ t c t;IS l tle.~tl. bcillg t l k l r t l ill sill, ant1 thcr,:/;,rl! Christ (lied
i ~ ~ t l ~ i cam
Will yo11 c s l ~ l ; t Ilow i be. , filr t1lc111,t11011gll t?~trt\v:ls il~tlcetltrue; I ~ u t
JIy pril~tcl*C : I I I I ~ i n this I I I ~ ~ I ~ ~Z I I ~ 11c , is c*o11t1.:~still~ tile l\,tsl1 lilb, I I I I , ~ t l ~ eI I C ~ -
:lsked, ooitrtir~gto s o ~ ~ 1)egcs lc 01' trl)c, " is ; lire. b4I I . ' h ~ ~ , j ;I t~~e. ~~ ~ ~ e i 1i.o111
; t r t ltllis
~ ~ ti1110
this live or dc:ul nlattcr " :' I told l~inlit n~lclh r w ; \ ~ . ~ltnow ' l, tvc 1na11, after the
was tlcud ; nntl so IIC ~III.~:\v it L:~cliinto t11c i flcsl~." Pnlll. 1:ec-:tusc t l ~ c11:~tll-
cases a p ~ i r ~ .lllltl Ile is I I O W usiug solnc of ral 11t;t11 is U O I V ~cor~llted
I or~lpas a dc:ttl body. i
t h a t tlcc~dn~ntcrinlt o cnllvey to j.oli t l ~ e s eI SO 1 0 1 1 ~as t l ~ cu:~tur:tl mall llntl 11ot yet
tlut11.s. Tlre si111l)Icfact, is. tlr:lt type 1111tl j dcvelol)ctl t l ~ e.ul,i,.;/lrnl, (the second must 1

LCCIIused ill tllc pages of'tllc. kist ~ ~ u r n b c( rcornc , by R I I t~l ~ r o t ~the s l ~ first), it was lot !
I~ntlserved the ~ ~ u r l ) ol iw~ w r l ~ i c it l ~w1.i "set i co~lnto<l tlcatl, in 111e st:llse irl w11icl1 IIC is
~ ~ ' coirnted
u ~ I , " a1111i l l 111.i11tersI I R ~ . I : I I\\':IS ~ I l ~ c l vslrcakil~g Utlt \ r l ~ c nClrrist, tllo llcrv
dead. T h o tj11e was as good ;is it ever WIS, ; II!XIL was L I . O I I ~ \lIo~r t l ~f;'onl t l ~ cloins of the
.rvc col~ldI~nut:])ri~i.tedt'ro~nit ag1i11, but i t ~ ~ a t l l rseed, : ~ ] tile ollc I~\ll.poseo f ' t l ~ coltlia- c
would rlicrcly rcl)~.otlucetltile 0111 pnxes, and I ~ r c ~ t i oof', ~tllc forfeited flesll-lilk was rcillisetl,
SO ;IS fast. as it is wsntctl, it is worketl over. alltl rvllcll Cllrist got tl1yot1~11 \\it11 t l ~ cIlat-
B u t the \vllolc s i s t c c ~1)ago.s
~ a r e " de:d 111at- I I I . : ~ ~ , :IS 3 s t c ~ ) ~ iS~~ Ol gI I Cto t t ~ ~ e l r i ~ ' i t ( ~~ iI ~I Cl ,
ter." /flcsI~-lifeis l ~ ~ i o l ~rge ec tr o ~ ~ er trlc o ~ i t : ~ i ~ ~ i ~ ~
The ~)iwl)ose01' I I I ~ I I ' S c r e a t i o ~ ~was , to t l ~ cgerrrl'of t l ~ crc:ll life ; s i ~ l c e:III tl~:lt c : ~ r ~
b r i ~ ~hi111
g I I to ~ thc irnage ot'Gotl, ancl give 11ow dcvcIop illto thc.imagl: of Gutl, is in
him tlominion over t l ~ cworks oi' t l ~ eCrca- i Cllrisr! " \jrIlrrefol.c if any man Le ill Ililn,
t ~ r : - ~ ~ ~ l nGodc l said. J,ct us ~ n a k ctnnn i l l ! 110 is a Ilcw Tllat 1':tul 111earit
our i~llage,: I I I ~illie~.our likeness; an(( let / j u s t tilis, anti not tllat the \rurld \rere dcrd
thcnl liavc clolninio~~,"cte. i11l1.I in IIuL. / in sill, is cvitlcnt, fol. Ilc l ~ n dknown Cllrist
2 : 7-10, tllc apostle, i l l rctkrillg to it, l~ns( as liviug tile IiIb Ile I I O W reliises to ~-cco~llisc,
the neul man in his 1ni11t1 : 'I TIIOII rn:idcst j 6 6 Yea tI1ou~11wc Il;tve k11o\\+11 Christ after.
hirn a little lower t11n11 tllc :ungrels, tllou tllc tlcsl~,I ~ u r ~ c e f o k~ .~t l~~owc11i111 \v no more."
crowne.lst him wit11 glory and I ~ o ~ i o rand , / T ~ I~C i a t a r r ia , m 11:ld been tested, tila.
tlidst set I~iulover tllc works of tlly 11n11cls./cll:lncc for life Ilim by a law that vns
Thou llnst put :J1 tl~iltgsi l l subjectio~~ LIII- i s[)il.itu;lll i~r.dwould llnve Aivc~llilb, if h,,
tlcr his feet. C u t now we see not yCt all 1 Irud k p P t it; but 1n:iIl ill tllc tlcsh l i i ~ l fi~ilcd l
tl~ingsput unclcr 11im;li1.1t wescc Jesus w l ~ o but11 in rct:~inil~g I ~ i sl>urity, nl~cl i l l rtgai)r-
was rn:~dea little lowl!r tllal~tlle a11,oels for in:/ it, a11cl is iletlcefortl~countcd clend.

and Ilol~or;tli:lt I I ~ by I
t l ~ csutl'eril~gof dt.:tth, crowned wit11 r~lory Fro111t I ~ cpro~niscof t l ~ sect1
, tllc g~.:~ccof LOCI,to colr~et l l r o ( ~ t~l ~l ~cwon~au,untilt11:1t sect1
sl1011ld taste tlcntli tor every Illan. F o r it I ]):id colllp, tllere was
c w l ~ i c l\\,as

gcrnl of a 11igI1r.r
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bccilntc him Ly \VIIOIII arc all t l ~ i ~ l gasl, ~ dfor lilt. i l l ~ltl:i~n's mce; Lut \ ~ I I L ' I I that g01'111
w l ~ o l nare all t l ~ i n ~in s , b ~ ~ i ~ i g III:LIIY
i l l g SOIIS \\*as L r o ~ ~fortll, ~ l ~ and t laitl tlown the I l t . ~ I l
t o glol'y, to make the Captain of' tlieir sal- life, what rvns lei t was the Lotly of deatll."
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 East Uerlin, Ct. I)e:~rI ~ ~ * o t l ~I crtjuicc
r, I will ;~ccon~orl;~te all w l ~ owill conlc, in
in tho l i g l ~ tol'1)reso11tt r u t l ~as given in the t l ~ eC:II-S, or by otl~crIncnlls, if' tile nnceti~ig
HERALD o~ T I I E \ I O I ~ N I N ( ; ; it is r11e:it tbr is Ilere. Send in your cartls ant1 tell wlrcre
my sooJ: I am wi~itingand w : ~ t c l ~ i ~ant1 , g ; you \\-is11to 11Iect. Yo11r.s ill t l ~ e Llesscd
by faith, t l ~ i ~I~canl i tlisccr11t l ~ cL o ~ ~ lI~otly
's IlolIel I ~ F , s ~ I~ JY 1 ) : ~ ~ ~ l l h ~ ~
(the bride) nll glorious ill l ~ c rbricl:il roles. ( . ) I IIticnds
~ 11:icI Lcttcsr corrcs~~ontlwitkt
0 the I ~ ~ w ia11(1t y bliss of s11c11 n l~ositiuri Lrotlicr L. in rul:i~ion to tile above, Iwr-
wit11 tlie lie;ivc.~~ly 1Jl.itlcgrou111. None but l i n p , ant1 set ivllnt i* t l ~ o l ~ gtol ~LC t best: ED.
t l ~ cpure iu 11c.nl.t3l1all scu Ili~n. " 15yc 11:1tl1 ---
not sccn, 11o1-e:lr I~i.:~r.tl, the rl1i11.2~ tllkit Gull T A ~ r ~ o~~~~ ~t i l~ si r111u11ey
~ i l l g to Nov zit11
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hat11 p~.cI~:i~.cd t'ur tl~c~rn that love I I ~ I I I ; 11111 .; l ~ i sis n rtbt.cillt lor tl~circ o ~ ~ t c ~ ~ t s .
God l ~ n t lrevcnlc(i
~ tl1c.111 1111tous '1:, 11issl~ir- J11.s .I 'I' < ' , J I I I11:1ss. ~ ~ 311.9\\' +J AIt~l1i~-
it. T l ~ joy e of t11is sl)ir.itual u n i o ~wit11 ~ tile l u l l , 1.11. J I:iglrs, 0. J S Lcwis, X Y; .I
great I-lend uf' the c l ~ ~ r r cIlene l ~ , , ci111 k l ~ u w 'l'nvt~~~tler, ?I Y. 'l' 'l'ylc~., )lit-11. F 11 l % i ~ t -
but 11e t l ~ a tfLels : I I I I ~re:~lizcs that t11t.y :ire tun, l'r~.\Vrigl~tUro. N Y. J \V Sturtle-
acquai~itcdwit11 I~ini. G c d . bless you, my v n ~ ~111. t , D l<tlw:~l.tls, l'n. J Vories. Illti.
bretl~ren,ant1 Lc not tliscoumgctl, if rllore I [ St~.:ttten, N Y. Alrs 12 I'l C ; ~ l l ~ o uC n ,~ I I I I .
l i n l ~ tis nc~rlcti,it will La givcn. 111closed I<;~tc.\lcXcil, Im. \i 13 J[ncCrea,'l':~. Eli1
fi:d the witlo\vs 1 1 1 i t ~; J I 1 l'atorr, 11icl1. JI 1 [ J~oclil~;lrt, Ct. 1'7
E'o~lrsister in C l ~ ~ , i rBtI,. IT. 13otsfbrrl. I I U;III, S I I. C T 1:11sscll, 1':). 11 C hJc
Mrs. D. 13. \\'ull& o t S e v : ~ t l O. : ~ \vritcs : ~.)oII:IILI, Alo. 1, 13c&11cdirt, X #J. S 13owkt r
I send a few I I ~ I I I I V S f i ~ r~ 1 1 c1 1 ~ : B , \ I .;I ); I I I I 1[it!l1. ,J (iltbver, 011t. ,I l I : ~ \ v o r t l ~I<:III. , L
trying to liold 1111 tile li,gl~t; so111c arc still I< l'ft~~~Ili~~-, 1':i. \\' 13:\tc!s, (21. I i 1' 'l'ilto~~,
0l)~ow(1,\vl~ileotliers say, - it' thc1.e is ligllt 11th. .\I L c ; ~ ~ . ; r ~ l : ~ \\'as11 ~ ~ g l ~ 'l':~.C 11 Lcn
wc w:lut it. C e r t : ~ i r ~t ll~~c . ~i.: ~ l? i c l ~ tin t h e vcur,J1:rss. .J S I ~ : I I I1Iicl1. , l l r s l3 1<11app,
great ~)I:III, :IS i t is I I O W 1)1:ir1g 1111foltIt~tl. (;,)(I ~ l ) , I 1 S IS IS^, AIicl~.
J [ : I ~ Tl G l g e c ~ t ~ ~A1:iss.
hat1 a ~,url)ose,\vllen 11e created nl;ln, a1111 ,I 11 Dcoirty, 111tl. Alrs J ITustc~., Alic.11, J
snit1 Let us ~ n : ~ k1n;In c in our i ~ n : ~ g r ,i~ntl " 11 l'rcl)l(:s, 'l'c2.u. Airs 1, I{ C;:~~,lal~d, Ale. h
t l ~ q tlnwl)osc will surcly IN :ti-co~nl)lisl~cd. 0 Albertson, J l i c l ~ ,1' 1: S ; I I I ~ U ~NI I11. , li\
We have scc.r~rctlt l ~ cI , t ~ t l ~ t . r c11111.(:11,
a~~ l<vsscll, N Y. 1' ~';IIIII)I:I, 111tl..J ' I ' ; L v ~ I I ( ~ ~ I *
ant1 esl)cct b r o t l ~ c rl'ntan. 'I'l~c Lortl 11:1s K IF. <I U C ' l ~ i t t c ~ ~ ~Alit:l~. ( l e ~ ~ , J11.s 'l' 11
Ileal.licllctl to O I l T I~l';lycl',alltl 0 llllly tile I t t I : I I o v i I1 Lie-
t r u t l ~be reccivctl, :ir~(ls:~nc.til? n ~ ~ gt :l~ t h c r ( I ~ ~ I ~ I )Ali111i. ; I ~ I I ,0 l~icI~:~rclsor~, s
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tlie " . w l ~ c ; ~ t to
" t11nt c l ) ~ ~ ( l i t iof~~c.;~tli~~t!ss
or~ ll;~rt\t.ell,AI:IS*, 1, IJ I,;IIII~), 11i1111.N Crat)
for t l ~ cc o ~ n 0i1~1 e~. ~Yo11 are ~.i,gl~t i l l s : I ~ -tr.ce, A1;ls.s. \V J 0 w c 1 1Vn. 1-1 1,a11clis,
ing, the cliurcl~arc! f:~r~lishil~g for s11i1:itunl Y. Jlrs 1) I< \VolIc, 0.
four1 ; t l ~ c ytl~iulithey :ire 1.ic11, i t ~ ~ tII;IVT ( ---..
need o f ~ i o t l ~ i ~;111tl ~ g :know riot t11;~tt11e.v NO'I'ICE.
a r e blind ant1 ~ ~ n k e t l .God keel) us ill the
light of prescl~t tr11t11." OUJKC'l' A X D JlANNER
~~UCI<YORIR > , l r s ~ .NUV.131~1.'78. of our Lord'a X e t u n ~ .
D e a r brotl~cr;I want to s:~?, t l ~ eIIF:II.\I.I:
lrns Itever ~nissetlIny h111ne siucc 1873 ; it A p a n ~ l ~ l ~ofl c t6-L ],ages, by C. T. RUS-
always comes laden with meat tlirect fro111 sel.1,. Just tlic boob to place in llie Iiands
t l ~ estorc l ~ o r ~ sofc God ; and altl1ougl1 we of' tliose w l ~ oare 111111~ry fur 't r ~ ~ t l i .l'rice
did not realize our I~upcs ];\st s p ~ . i r ~yet,
walkillgin tlic path of the just, light broke
forth brigliter than bcfore; so clenr t l ~ n it t is
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Eld. J . TI. I'ato~l, of h l n ~ o ~ IIich., ~t,

L L as it were a sen ot'g:rlnss." O w11:it ricl~ C. 1'. l t ~ ~ s s c l82 l , Fii'tll avenue, lJitts. Pn.
pastores we are in, led I)y t l ~ Spirit c to know S. 11. I V i t l ~ i ~ l ~ t oSnl >, r i r ~ ~ \ \ . n t eN. r, Y .
the tlcep tllings ot' God. IJ. \V. I i c i t l ~ , 1);111svillc, N. Y.,nncl my-
I w n l ~ tto say n n.or~ito tlic hrctl~rcnn11t1 self, : ~ tItochc.stcr, N. Y., will gli~tllyre-
sisters of hlinncsotn :-As wc :u.c sc:ittcretl S ~ N ) I I to ~ ally c:~ll l;)r ~ ~ ~ c c t w i ~l ~~c rgcsa
all over tlic st:ltc, let US sacrifice 8 5, cncl~, C I I ~ I ~ C I I ,ur 11;111, C:LII Le 1)rovitlctl.
for t l ~ e~ n ~ r l ) o sof c 11nvi11gIJ1.o. II.ilt~iou~: --
corl~cout to St. l'zi111, J I i ~ ~ ~ ~ e o l r oorl i sto, ($ues~io~ls on Kcv. ~\,illbc answcrccl as
Itockford, if t h t is t l ~ o u g l ~tot Le tllc Lcst, t l ~ cs~~l!ic:rts cowe 111) ill regular ordcr.
near Delano, Nortl~crnPncificR. I<.Station. fls3"lt('78 will coinrnurice a ~ i c vVolumc.
 C l ~ r i s t ,wit11 its '' r o y ~ lpriestl~ootl," wliicll
is to r e i p OIL t l ~ ee:~rtli:I t l ~ o u s ; ~ yrars, ~i~l
I t has been 11iy ~)rivilc~jie to attcrid t l ~ i s : i r ~ t lw l ~ i c lchurch,
~ kentl : L I I ~hotly, cmistitute
the first propl~ctic confere~icrever lieltl in T H E C I S T I I ~11:~s T , bee11 prccctlctl by n com-
America. I t 113s l1ce11 a ~ I - : L IS:LII~~ : ~ C Snl)t S plctc'nrlticlrrisl. \Ye (lo not refel. to true
a l o ~ ~ine tlie intrrest it liasaw:ilic~lctli l l t l ~ c cl~~.isti:tris it1 t l ~ eIZo~nnri cl~urcli,l ~ u to t t.llo
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sulicct of the IJor(l's rcturri. l ) r ~also t i l l tl~c! 11111)04. 1 l ~ c r ea r c t\\.o I~otlies; n ~ ~ t i c l ~ r i s t

c.rcht nriiount 'of scril)tr~rnItrut.11011 ~ I I -SILL- : I I Il~~ i sbody, a r ~ d Christ ii1i11 11is Lotly,
P ,,
ject, wliic11 t l ~ csl)nik~!rsI ~ a v ec:oll:~tetl :III(I 1. l ~ c s cn1.e cilcl~callccl ,r)r!jrrte~*ies: T l ~ etruo
I)rcsc~itctlto t l ~ crcHi:etivc cl~l.isti:r~~.~IIIII c h ~ ~ risc " l ~tlic rnystc.ry ot Gocl," a~itl tlie
I fi.c.1 c o ~ i t i d e ~t l~~ti s1n:lss ot'cvicle~~ccl nri t l ~ e fillsc cliurc-11 ,'' t l ~ e Iliyster,v of i11it1iiity."
sub.jcct will not be wit11 jut its \\.eigl~t wit11 " 'l'lie mystcry of Gorl," b c s a ~ ito clevelol)e
tl~osewlio liavc h e l l so protic to svufl'at tlie : ~ tl'c~itccnst, anrl is to be l btir~isl~ecl " b b in
i o ntlie coriii~ig of' J e s ~ l s and the the tlnys of tlit: voicc of tlio s e v c ~ ~ t laiigrl
~ ~ i c ~ i t of i ;
ki~i~(loii~. wlien Iic sliall b r g i ~ ito soi~nd." A I I 6 '~ t I ~ a
T l i e ~ i i a r i a g e ~ nof~ ~thei t cn~~vcl;tionwas mxstery of'iiiiquity dot11nlrenily work, (said
esccllent ; tlic co~uniittcc!cviilc~itlys t r i v i ~ l g Palil), only lie tli:lt lettctli will let (hiuder)
to liavc tlic various si~l!iccts 111.esc11tct1l not until lie (the " dr:lgo!i," or ,civil potver of
only I)y mcii I ~ : i v i ~ii~tclli~,ruiice
\g on the SIIII- tlic? en11)irc) I)c t:ikrn 011t 01' the way, tRclr
ject tlicy ])rcsciitc~l,I)11t aucl~ 21s arc well slii~lltlint wicked, be revcnletl."
known and liigl~lyrcsl)?ctetl tbr l e : ~ r ~ i i ~ l g ,Tlieftrlse gi.cw Inore ral)itlly tlinn clicl tlie
piety, ant1 c l i r i ~ t i a ~zei~l.
i \kre ~ l o ~ i Ilicnli
ot true, b b fi)r :i~iticlirist~ i i t i ~ t colnc ;" nn(1
first
to intinlate that rrolic t ~ i a yI)c well vcrscstl i l l t111tlertlicl ti)stcri11,5care ot' tlic e~rrl~lrr, from
deep spirit~iiiltriitlis I)ut tlil)sc \vl~o I I ; L F ~ tlie co~ivcrsionof Cvnstniitine, it grew rap-
worltlly Iiric~vletl~c entl reslwct : 110 ! rl~litc! iclly, u~itilabout .I. I ) . 5 3 ; wlic~iit wiis es-
tlic cotit&ry, b L 1101 )rltrl~!j wise, not I ~ ~ : I I I Y t:i\)lisl~c!l:is hentl cif l i u ~ ~ t e .A11tl it1 79SY it
ricli, not iliniiy 11iig11t.vl~atli (;oil c.liosc:li:'' Ii:irl ~l)t;~iiit:(l S I I ~ ~ ~ I I I : I Cover
,V the natioily.
~ ~ i a i n ltllc
y i g ~ ~ o l ~tlic l c , ~lc,sl)iactl,the poor, 1511ti l l I'i9Sy " t l ~ c took . ~ :iw:~yits tl~~~iiriioti,
rich in Liitli, heirs oj'thc kitr!jch)~tl. i c to clttstl-oy it rotto 11te rtlcl."
to c o ~ i s ~ u i:ilid
there .xrc,so~iics~irll,o~itlit \\.:IS 1)1'01)wI'or TIIIIP, it 1 1 ~ ~ 1 1 1" ti111esa ~ i Iiiws ~ l " lor its nl-
tlic co~i~riiittec to nial;c! ~ ~ ~ o f111ost ~ c lottccl 1.'1;0 yc:\rs ; : \ ~ ~ t lrciy~lcvl over the
t l \)ow-
erful nqc~icics\ v i t l l i ~ itheir rc;it.li. 0 1 1 r1~)l.tI Izin!lx oj' fhr-rwrtlr, for nhout 1000 ?e:irs.
lind nlniiy tliscil)lcs*vf 110 rc.l,~~t:~tion, like 'l'ht~111)1iia11 * l ~ t11i.j as t l ~ e1000
c l i ~ ~ r rcl:iirn
himself; but Ile aljo h;i(l n l'iiul, '' wliose ve:lrs 01, ]Lev. 20: -4, ((111ri11g 1~11icli tile r r t ~ l
m:ulner of lilk \\.as Itno\vii to :ill tlic .Jcu.s," ~ l l l e i s tis to r e i ~ n ) ,:ind rrgnrtl the prescllt
atid I ~ ) ~ s c ~of:iIl ..
w t l the Icnr~iingot'tlie cl;~y. ti~iic,as tlrc little s c : i s ~ l"~ d u r i ~ i\\.liich ~
' O u r verdict. t l ~ c n ns . tn t l ~ csuccess oftlle I is l o s e 1 , I l o o ~ espcct- r
co~ifcrcnccis :-:I clccitletl sl~cct-ss. 'I'llc ;~iitlyto tlic final overtllrow of' all oppvscrs
shout \ r l ~ i c lIi:ls~ cone ur) iioiu S c w Por.l; of tlie cli111.rl1.
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will echo a i d re-cclio tllrongliout tlic! I ( - ~ i ~ t l i Tlie I' ~nysteryof iiiiquity " was conlplcto
a~itlbrentltlr of tlie l:intl, ~ i r ~ t: i~l l:isr, t ill1 tllc ns a tlic ni:i~iof sin." w11e11t l ~ a tIillse sys-
wise virgins liave Gee11 t l l o r o ~ i ~ l inwaktbn- ly t a n was r ~ ~ i i t cto t l tlic c~npire,ant1 b e p n to
ed. \Ve hnvc n o cs1)ectntion tl~:it:1115' grc'j~t wicld civil po\ver. 'l'l~e" liiystery of God"
proportion vf tlie nomini11 clii~rrliwill receive will l)e finisl~cd,I \ - ~ \ ~ Itile I trlie c l ~ u r c bare
tlie sulicct wit11 joy, bnt we tlo arltic.il~ate iliiiretl to tile IJricicgrooni ancl rcccivc "l~ora-
that tlie true cllu~~cli will. I t will serve to tJroce7 t ? ~ c7r~rtiozrs." 'I'll(; u~iinliof tlic fitlsc
t l ~ cgatlicri~igc~fwlicnt to t l ~ u" 1)arli " cull- c l ~ l l r c lto~ ttic enil)irc, \\':IS hnrlutry, tlic Iin-
ditio~i,(ovcl~colncrs,1)erti:ct in Cjl~rist; t l ~ n t ion nl t l ~ ctrue cliurcli to C l i r i ~ t is , ?tltrrt.icl:le..
colitlition of lioliness, \vitI~outw l ~ i c nn l ~ lrlnrl Tlrc rll:ln of sin " is :I couriterf:it o f t l ~ e
shall see the Lord,-tl~c hriclc i~intlc1.catly). t r ~ ~ ior ? , rigliteous o~ie." T l ~ enian of
I t is trlic we could not enciorsu e&t:rl C':t!v:iry, wlicri l ~ i sLntly is colill~lcte, is to
thought prescrltctl, t'cbr i ~ ~ s t ; t n csnrric c , few ot l ~ n v call the Irir~~ilouis of tlie \vorltl :-(' Ask
t l ~ e ~esl~rcssctl
n tlie view that " t l i i ? 1tt:i11 ot' of'nle, :111cl I sll:~llgive tlice the Ireatlie~ifbr
sin " is an iiitlivitln:~l, nntl y c t f i i t ~ r c . Kot t l l i ~ i l . : i~il~c:rita~~ce, :111t[ the ~ ~ t t e r ~ p:Irts ~io~t
seeing wlint sccms so elcar. to US, :lint tlie ot tile e:~l.thfor tliy posscssiorl." 'I'lie man
1)21)a1iiistitution Ilns fiIl:(l t l ~ i sr!.rl~~irc%lncl~t. of sill cl:ii~~icil t11:ttl)rc)~~iise ; :tnd 11:~sreigrie(1
I t sec~iissti.:l11gc to Inc t11:lt tl1c.y tlo i ~ o t over t l ~ ckil~gsof t l ~ c carrl~, 1UOO yc:irs.
see that tlie true cliurcll ~ u i d c r t l ~ e r c i ~ l l I i l t l iu nrtenipting to counterfeit t l ~ claims e
 of ~ l h i s in t tlrc ]lest vcrsc, " 11e wisc now I liorn the \vorltl : I I I ~ tllc c:lrl~rclr, tlrcy 11nvo
tlrcrrlbre, 0 y e kings ; be irrstr~latod. yc r ~ o trut~rrte~l ( tlrcir wl)at:~tiulrclear to tircrn ;
jtltlges ot'tlie c a r t l ~ . Servc tlrc Lord with j but re:rlizi~l~ tlt:rt to keel, siltant on w l ~ n is t
fbar, and r-cioirc wit11 ~rorr~bling. Kiss the ! clcnrly t:~ugIrtill Ciod's tvorcl, would 'be to
Son, lest Ire be :lrlgry, :rrlrl ye pcrislr I)y tile ! tlcl~yti~;ltword, t l ~ :~~rr~ourlcc.d ~ y tl~crnsclvcs
\yay, wlrcl~his \\.ratit is ki~rcllv(lbtrt :I little," I as tlc~ter.lr~i~ral, at n r ~ ycost, to " pr~cnclithc
tlre popes have car~scdtire k i ~ r arltl ~ s jrrtlrcs \Vor.(l." 1 ~ I I C Wrnnrly of' tlrcsc b r ~ e t l r r c ~ ~
of tire earth t o trclnl~le,allel ever1 kiss tl:eira nnrl. lovctl ant1 I~crr~oreeltlrcrl~; but 11ow I'
fect. As 'I t l ~ cf l ~ l g u r ~is"to be liorrl~tlfr~r lurc. :111tl Iiorror ~ I I C I I I 11iorc; nrrd on points '
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a t l i o u s a ~ ~years,
d and cnst iuto the bottcrru- ol'diIl;*rc~r~e, IYC' s1i:rM ( I C ) I I ~ ~ ~ C SCSO I ~ ? ~ 1 0 s -
lcss pit, 1111dcrt l ~ cr e i p 01 tllc r t d Clt;.ist, e r togc.tlrer, if :[I1 rclr~crnbcrtliat wc are
so proplrecy tc;bcllcs tliat tIic drogou or Ilc.~st, still Itaar~lcrs; anrl :{]so that w e a r e to walk
was in tire Lotto~iilcsspit tlrrring tllc reign of'! in t l ~ cliglrt, zrow in grace arid k n o ~ ? l c d ~ c ;
uiz/i~:hri~t. 1
and ill love let srlcll :is arc strorrg. I ) ~ a tho r
This ~ n y s t e t yof' iniquity was tlc.:eloped ! infin~litivcsof the wcnk : C. T. R u ; t u s ~ t .
in tha elarch, L1 t11c terni~lcut' Cod ;" a114 /
has tlrus sl~o\rc<l
Tli~
I~irnsclt"~ drat 11eI Y ~ God."
delirsiol~lras been so qornl~lctc, as al-
lllost to deceive rlre very eirct ; indeed some
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CLIlilST'S SECOND COI\IIXG.
Aftcr a r:rrcft~I l~erusalof tlrc rep13r.t~of
clll*istians do place t l ~ ctltousaltcl yc;lrs rcigr~ tlre I L I'rol~/ie'lic C'uitfcr~~~~s," I f'ccl ,lissatis-
of the c1111rc11,i r l tlrc past. lietl. 3'1.urr1 [Ire clrarnetur of the s~:enkcrs,
IVlly our Vatlrcr perrr~ittcdtlrc l i i ~ ~ ~ ( l tnncl ) ~ l ~11:1tt11.e of tlrc s[rl).jet:ts atlvcrtisc~~l, I II;I~
of aoticl~ristto so c o l ~ l p l c t ~ c:outitcr'fcit
ly the Ie~olictifor sorne n(lvn11cctlIiglrt. l+ro.' m tho
future kilrgdorn ufClrri?;twe nlit:. krrow Ilerc~ pxllcr. or) tlre 'l'irncs ol' tlre Gentiles," by
bb

after. 13ut tlrnt n11tic.hl.ist 1r:rs cattle, \vl~o I:c\-. d. D. I)uIlic.ltl, I llnd su110oscd sunle-
can doubt, alter a n e s : ~ ~ r i i l ~ : t tofi o ~tlre ~ two [hit/!/ Ol.;/ittite ~vorrlllIr:~veforc:ed itsclf' into .
gre:tt systcrus? I i ~ r t 1 1 c . r ~is ~ a clitYer.crrce; rtoticr. Tlrnt sul!jcct is so g r : ~ ~i ~ l very
l l tits
ulldet. tllc ollc, "tlar.liricss covc,rctl t l ~ cc:rrtl~, sill~l~lit.itg,-".Jcl.us:rlc~rnto be tr.clclelcn t l o ~ r u
,, alld gross ~1:11~krrcss tlrc ~~c'oi)le;" ill so 1lrrrc:ir oI tlrs (ie~rttilcst r r t t i l tlte tirr~c.sot' tlto Gt.11-
tlrnt it is known :u tho t2ctrlc ~ y e u . Urrclet. tiles be frrltillctl," clc;tr.lp i l t ~ l ~ l iyi ~c ~s torrly a

cover t11e eartl~." Liq?d cIi~pt.1~

Ite, nr~ticl~~.ist,
~I:II.I<IICSA; '
tllo otlrer, " tlro ku~\vlctlgi!of'tlrc IJol.d \rill clelirrite 11er.iotl t11:rt ~*~ll(ltl
so tlritt it was for~>te)l<l
l)e fi~lIillc.cl,but al-
;: I I I ~Lt>gir~r~iog,
:trltl all liis killdrecl, t i r tllVrc I I I I I S ~:rtIr~lit,I ~ I I C ' I I tlre di:r~lt,~tt w:ts rctr~ovcd
:is all
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nzccs!, arlticlrrists, sl1:111I I c!cstrovetl
~ \\.it11 11.orn tlle line O!'I):tvid, allel ; t I I tIrce:trtIt bras
t h e bri!/Jzt?rcssof I~is, the true Clrrist's, pa- five^^ to'tlre Grr1ti1t.s. Evct~yInall at 111nt
rousia. Colllerclrce believes tlrnt t111.t.c and a Il;~lf
ASOTIIXIL I'OIYT OP IIIYI>I.:I~F:NCE t i c r.el)r~cscat 1060 L 4 1 ; ~;"~ s:tlrd
~ ~ r l ~ l d r etilncs
fiom a fcu~of these h~*rtllrt.rr,is, tllcy csl)cct t)lcrclor.c. "a~c~ethtirrics,' repl.i.scrrt 2520
tltc J e w s to I . C ~ I I I ' I I , LLI~III.Jcr.rl.sa1~1~1, I,
tlre rl11y.9. i \ ~ r dt l ~ c r eis rro ~rcetlto s:tp tlrcsu
tcmple, ctc. belb1.e tlrc IAord cort,t.s. FitiI- ' : ~ r c)rot Iilc,*rrl tl:~ys,nrrtl if not, tl1:tt' tlrey
i t ~ gto see, wit tllink, t1r:lt tlle ~r*o~rbIc corn- rcpl-cstbnt111nt1lrrnrb:r oF.ycnrs. A n d I I O
i ~ l gon the \\-orid is nltcr tlrc g:ltllbrirrg OF orre, 1 ~,rcsu:rrc,~lrtestionstlrc I k t t l ~ ; ~tho t
the clrrr~cl~, 11uttlrtrirlg t l ~ cgntlrer.ing of tlrc t~.cn:l~lir,g clu1vr1 of Jc.rusnli*rn b r p n n.illr tlle
Jews, ~ . e b u i l t l i nof~ ,Jcrusalc.r~~, ~ t r . Y ' 1 1 t ~ ~ I~:II)>IoII~:III r:rl~tivity, 606, n. c. , or t11;tt it
do not see, as \re tlri~lli\ye clu, tlr:~t I I I ~ I I 11:ls ~ I I O \ Y becr~tr.odtlcr~ clo\vt~ fi)r E O l j 1,lus
years e1al)se Ixt\rccn bcir1.q " c:l~~glrt 1
:iivny 1 X 7 S jc;ir.s. It 111cr.c~fur~e Iitclis only nI,ortt
t o meet tlrc I,orrl," :111(1 tlrc return to t l ~ cj 8ii jih:lrs of co~nl)lctirrg~~its scue,' prolj/it.~i6
~ n o u ~ofl tOlives. hlnny of tlicm I;rl)orctl ~111- ) tii,i,'.q ~.

der a disadvantn,<e in tlrcir ni.gilnlcrlts !'rot11 / ~\g:rin,c i e r y one at th;ct conrcrencc pro-
failure to al)l)rol1errd tlr:~t the " 1.estitutio11/ (i'ssc.s to believe t11;tt C111.i:itwill come with
of all tl!ings," Incalls sornct1ri11.qfor the dentl. nll l ~ i ssaints to t l ~ c111ount of Olives, at tire
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I a r I i i : t i r s ; 1°C c o i , / , ~ C I I ( I (I/ tlit: tiril~sOF tire (ierltiles ; arid 111t:y

see, hol~te~lcr, iIic~t S O ~ I C theiu tlitZ not lcll I l~!.~/.t~ss to Lclicvc tlln: it will bc tritl~irltlro
ull they lcncio O ~ t1bi.s L yforio~tssu!!j,:ct. 1
iirni~softIris prcser~tIivirig g C ~ ~ e ~ . a tArrd io~~.
\Ve Ilopc the st:ttemcb1ltoftlilt;,rcr~r-swill 1,vc)t wit11 : r I I tlre ~ r r c s c r ~irltlicirtiol~ t ot tlro
not be ~rrr(lcrstc~cl~lfllult firltlin,<, Lrr or) 1 r~-ttrl.ri(I(' I 11e! .l ews, t l ~ s~rI!ject c of t l ~ eT~IIICS
the col~tr:~r~y 11.e C O I I I I ~ C111cir
~ ~ IIOICIIICSS; for ot t111: Crcrltil~s,nl~l~orr;I~:~eI~c!r~isciI, (1t~tls
realizing that tlrey will sufl'cr rclironcl~hot11 1 uot :rppc:tr i l l the reports. I do not know
 I I E R L I L ~ okl w r ~ ,ii(.)zi~v~,..o.
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how the Dr. l~nntllcst l ~ osul)jcc:t. but I (lo 1 cornin: u-itlr his s:~ir~ts, arc diffc~.cut
know be could not l ~ n v cp r c s e ~ ~ t r it I
t l in its st:lp>sof t I ~ e: l ~ I r e ; ~ t~It~ rf o r ~ n c ris void of
fulness, witl~outap[rrosini:~tingtosolnctl~ingI visible tnnnilkst:~tic~ns, j t ~ s t ns his prcselice
like a definite conclusior~; b ~ i t l ~ cpnljcr ditl d u r i l ~ zt l ~ cf'u1.t: dnys :lItc'r I~isr e s ~ ~ r r e c t i o r ~
not nppcnr, nor wns t l ~ c r co ~ i cpnrticlc of ad- w:~s1111witncssc(1 by t l ~ c.~c-orl~l.111(lcc~l Ilc
vnnced l i g l ~ tbq. ~ r l i i c l we ~ i ~ i i g l ~prcsllme t tloes not come to t l ~ ccart11 a t :ill, (Illring this
that the ntlvent wns nearer tllan it was one first st:lgc? ;but or~Iyto tIic air. \VI~ilet l ~ e
tho~isandyears n p . e l ~ i l ) h n ~ ~ori a what . j-nu arc looking for, ia
The tlitYerelit ~)llnsesof t11c nclvc~~t,corn- t l ~ cco111i11gwitlr his sniuts. (Ijut they nrc
ing-for his sailits, or conri~ig7ritlt l~issaints; I~erc,nt le:lst so111: pnrt of c:lcl~ and all of
coming to g:ltlier l ~ i elcct, s u r c o n l i ~ ~tog the ~ I I C I snvc I I , 1<11ucl1 an11 Elij:~l~.).
rno1111tof Olives, nftcr tl~cj-arc gatl~ercil, r1l1c1.eis no 1:lci; c.)fsc~.il>ture 7
to ~>ro\-e tl~c
were nll one n ~ ~tllc t l snnlc, so I i r ns cslwes- nl)o~rc,nn(l if it LC! t~.ue,t l ~ cno~niunlc l ~ u l ~ t . l ~
sed by tl~ern. 'l'l~csigns ot' t l ~ c timcs, ao will pcr~nita tllilt d;ly to come upon t h e ~ n
prtpnnnt \ v i t l ~tile corni~lgtirne: of troublc, u~ln\v:u.es." You ask post-mil1e11ni:ll Lrcth-
in w l ~ i c lDnr~icl's
~ 1)eol)lcarc to be tlelivcri.tl, rcn to look nt your proof-tcsts ; why will yo11
o r a n y o t l ~ c rilldieations ol't,lle c n l ~ i i r ~crisis, g not look a t ours T Yo11 a ~ to k Ilc~ hcnrtl as
were passed over u~inoticc~l.T l ~ c r csccnls yo11sl~owtl~crntlic nl)surtlity i ~ :somc of tilcir
to 11:lve been n l)~.e-nl.ra~i~ctl d c t c ~ - ~ ~ ~ i u positions : ~ t i o ~ ~; w l ~ g\\.ill yalc not 11cnras n c point
t11:rt I I O rensolc for : ~ p p r e l ~ c ~ ~tlic d i ~;I'IIVCII~
~,n oiit SOIIIC OK yours Y
near rlloul~lbc j)res(~r~tc~l.
7llflJl co~iict o - ~ ~ ~ o r r o
'So s:ly that it. 1 You IIOI(I it to lw the l~rivilcgca11(1(111ty
~ r , I I O reproncll, I of' t l ~ cc l ~ u r c li n~ all its I ~ i s t o y , to bc con-
brings
but to of!cr nny rrnsoll n.11,~it mnv come i l l s t n ~ ~ t cspcx:ting ly t l ~ cr c t ~ ~ rofu lier Jiord :
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our day, savors of s t n11(1so --I qllotu li.0111 rel)o~.ts of tlie /'rry~Ii.,tic
tliry cmrnl~ctltl~rmselvclr i ~ ~ at ln~~t-sllcll.
From t l ~ c i ri n ~ c ~ s t i , ~ ; ti lt ~i ooitl~l)rcssio~~
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I, ~~o~!/;,rorcv,-~' F o r it i s plain tlrnt the 111cl1t-
n l stnte or act ul' ~ v a t c l ~ for i ~ ~n gperson, inl-
co~lvc?.cd\vns, it 7vtrg Ire i l l our d:r?-, n ~ l dit I plies I I O ~o~~l!.n ;c.~~c~':tl c*sl)c!ctmic")'I~nt t l ~ c
mtry be ten tl1olls:111[1 ye;~r.ii l l t l ~ cl i ~ t ~ ~ r c .l ) c r : ~ owill ~ ~ collie E ~ I I I ~ ~ ~ I bI I C~ , O~ ( t ~ I I Ia ~
Ol)posed to tllrtrl arc ~ I I ( I I I ~ . two tllir(ls, citr~~l)t ir~\.oIvcs:is :I I I C C ~ : S ~c: IuI~' ~~ t l i ~ itllc n~i,
pcrl~np?,ot'tlic cl~risti:~n 1
t:l111rc11: \VIIO l~olcl belic~t'tIr;~t t11e I ) ~ I . S O I II,(~!/
I cfijlr~( ~ at t ~ ptin^^:.''
t l ~ n ttltis e v c ~ ~c :t ~ ~ ~ ntr:~n:l)i~'e ot XII(Ithis, t l ~ c3pt::~kcr :~;lirn~ctl, w a s the t r t ~ c
than a t l ~ o ~ ~ s n \.ears; ftd :1nc1s o ~ A F go I
Il l l~o 011
re ljositinn fi)r tlic ( . I I I I ~ crro111 ~ I , t l ~ c(Iel)nrt~lrc
tryillg to convert t l ~ cw~)~dtl. of C;ltrist, 1111til 11e ~ C ~ I I I ' I I:i;ni~~. Z
Now I \ c u l t to ~ ) r o l r ~n) . qucstion ;~~ to tllr .\ l i l t l l : l~cf;,rc,tile snlllc sl)c,;~kcr,in nl.pt-
~ n c t ~ ~ bot' c r t11:tt
s co11fi!1*1311cc. :I.; :I boll? (all 1 i n 9 ag:~it~st. t l ~ ci ~ l c :t11:lt.
~ CJ11l.i:;: cnlllc :,t the
of w l ~ o n ~t l,~ e1,01.(1 \ v i l l i 1 1 5 \\\.Ill rc:r~!ive n clcstrl~c-tio~~ of . l o r ~ ~ ~ s : ~snTs, l c ~ nIL, 'J'll:~t~0111-
copy o r t l ~ i sp:~l)rr): L{~-ctlrrcr~ : ~ r l t lr.~~vct.ci~tl in$ o l ' t l ~ cSon o r r1l:lrl t'or \ r l ~ i c lC~l ~ r i s bills t
i s , I o t I I ~ i I aI I 1 : his cliscil)lcs to \\.ni(.I~ (.:~nllot~~ocsil,ly bc 1111-
44, " S11:lll I : I t~l ~ c cC W I I wit11 tile g1.011110, ~lerstou~l (IF the (l~'stri~(>tion 01 .II~I'IIS:L~CIII. COP .
all(! thy cltil~lrc*~i w i t ! i i ~t~l ~ c c ;~ ~ C ~ I J ~~ IRI IO :I I t l ~ csir111~lcre;\so11 t l ~ n t l ~ cc o n ~ i ~ i~l l: tllles-
k ~ ~ c w cnot s t the ~ r a I.: ! uf tlly visit:,~tio~~." tinn is esprcs~l!. snit1 to I)e " (g/el~. " 1.11nt
T h c ( ~ I I C S L ~ is~ I tl~ia,I It two 1):lrts of t l ~ e, cvcnt." Noiv I apl~c,:ll to I I I C i ~ i t c l l i g v ~ ~ t
.Jeivish cl111rc>l1 11;1tl I)elic\.c(l t l ~ e corr~in_nof' I rcn:lc~.w l ~ c t l ~(11- r ~no . t l ~ c: ~ p o s t I ~ sv n ~ I~I lO( ~l
t l ~ c i ritIcssin11 was alter t l ~ cnnc i l l \ v l ~ i c11e l ~ I I : L \ -I,c~:n ~ j ~ ~ . ~ t i l~IIS;C:ICI i ~ x l of \ v a t r l ~ i ~h,ri ~
ZIC
' ' sl~oultlbc a ligl~tto l i g l ~ t c ~ ~Gc~itilcs," the b L C O I I I ~ Iol'Clr~.i~t, I~ ~ r trlry
t t i ~ ~ r c ~to, "11:lve
a1111the o t l ~ e rtliir~lI I ; I I ~ ir~sisterl tllnt it ivns w:~tcllctclfor tile tlcht,~.~~ctio~r oI' Jcrusnlcrn,
bef,o~letll:~tage, and tl~cl-c.ti)rc 11c~ n i e lc~nt l ~ ~I I,eli)r c t111:y ?,~,:,,r~tto look fir Cl~rist. \\-IIY
3 any t i ~ ~:i \voultl e tlicse I~nve I)csr~ ally ' i11qi.t O I I watcl~iligtor ~ 1 1 nyou t Irn~rruis 1101.
better otT rncrelg bec-n~~sc tllcy L ~ ~ l i c v lcl ~i r ll ~I1 (lile . .!
I ,I i i I I , t h n ~tllosc ~ Wl~clnsl~alltliesc t l r i ~ ~ ghe? ... s 21nt.i
\vl~owere not c s p c c t i ~ ~11il11; g ~)1~ovi(lc11 t11:lt, I I s;iitl ~ 11nt0 t1lc111,7'al;c Itc*c!tl, Ict I I O mnll
l~eitha-I.~ ) n ~ . Ilntl t y ~ ~ e e o ; ~ l it~llc c ~b;i11,8
~ l of l~is ~lct*c,ive yo11, tbr rr?nll!. sllall conic. i l l lriy
p n r o t ~ s i ; ~ ?'L'lic ,T,!ivs t l i t l I ) ~ ~ l i c illst ~ v e \\.II:L~ ' Ilalnc., snYirr,v, 1 :II!IC:l~l.ist.: I I I I ~>II:III ( I ~ r v i v o
yo~~,.n~i~l I I I : I I I ~otl~crsl,roli,s~to l ) c l i ~ ~ vvix, c , 1 I I ~ : I I ) J ~ . 1 1 1 i ( l ylv >!I;IIII1(3nr 01' \ V : L ~ S :i11(1r11-
i l ~ e11en1.c o r ~ i i o~f i ~t l l t c Ci~~.ist. l j t ~ t t11;1t p n ~ 3of~ ,IsV : L :~ SVL* S t 11:) t, y c 1 ) I~I O ~ t1~0111)lc~11 :
(lid not nl,l)e:11.to I~cll)tlicr~nto ~.cco~liize : LIIC f;,r ; ~ 1 1t l ~ c s ctlrilll_r~I ~ I I : : corl~c ~ to I~:LG.E, but
n cloc~si t sccr~it ~ I~clp
s i t ~ ~ : ~ t ;i oliar ) you. / tllu e r ~ dis ]lot yet. k'or 11:1tion sI1:111 rise
1he cc!nrillg of Clll-ist to g n t l ~ c lr~ i ssaints, I ngainst n:~tion,ai~tlI;ingiln~n :tgnillst kiilv-
r 7
n
 d o ~ n ;nad tl1cr.c sI~:~ll I)c E I I ~ ~ I I I and . ~ , ~rcs- rlot c1111y~1:lIic~ ~ I I r(q1ulatio11, I * but lose it.
tile~lccs,and cartl~c~r~nltcs in divers I)l:~ccs. '
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1 1c i~~vctstigi~tion ol' I)rt)pl~ccy, : u ~ d es-
All thcse arc the I,c~!/inlli~t~ (if sor).l,zr~. 'I'l~cn ~)(~ci:llly of t l ~ cprolrl~cticweczslire),loits, llns
s l ~ a l lt l ~ r ydciivcl. yo11 r l l ) to I)c:~~ll;ctecl, n ~ ~:I drcl)~.oncl~ nssoci:~tctlwit11it \ ~ l ~ ifeu- c l ~I ~ n v c
sl~allkill ~ ( I I I , " ctc. (J1:ltt. 24:). c:~ur:~gc to Ilicc. 1111tI .vc>t tl~c*sc ~ ~ropl~ctic
1 s ~ ~ l , ~ lt l~~int t.t l ~ i sclc:~rlv tcacl~cs ~ ~ l c ; ~ s t ~ r t r ~:IITn r lnl tlrai-t s ut'tl~eLLllol!. Scl-ip-
vast revolutions, f ; ~ r ~ l i ~ Ilcrwc;lioll ~cs, nild tt~~.cs, \ v l ~ i cal ~r e able to make us wise unto
e l tile coining ot'CI~~.ist,
d c a t l ~ ,n ~ ~ ,lot ns the s:lIv:~tio~~."
i m ~ ~ ~ c t l iI'ut111.c
: ~ t e of t l ~ cc11111x-lr. I :in1 C I I I I V ~ I ~ C C ( Iyour gntl~cl'il!g at N c w
One of your s~,c~:llicrsnsctl :In ill~~str:~tit)n York will, i l l t l ~ c~,ro\lidcb~~cc ol'(;otl, 1)ri11g
of the cnl):~cityto un(lcrsta~l(I,of ail intc!li- fort11 goocl li.i~it,by tur11i11gt l ~ e: ~ t t c ~ ~ t iof ori
gent I)oy ol' tell ; let 111cuse t l ~ csnlllc !i<-t l ~ o ~ ~ s n ~to~ ttlls~,i s~ r s ; i~nl)cr~(ling ~t event;
ure. li'nn i ~ l t e l ! i ~ c ~boy : t of tt.11, \vcrc to hut :I v:lglle :111cl[l:ll.l< b L f ~ : l ~ l ~ ! ~ ~ t ~~7111~~~1,11 . ~
start fur t l ~ elB:lci[ic(roast, ant1 t l ~ ccont1.1~- as "m r r wortls arc c:llct~l;~ted to arouse., is s --
ter nVewto 111:1cca ticket in his 11:1r1tlwit11 I I I I . ~ ~sign . o r t l ~ cti~ncs.
! A n d to stop tllcrc,
a lo11,rr list ot'citias tl~rongf~ w l ~ i c tl l~~ c yllli~st will Ie:irc yoo, :IS t o tile s e r o ~ ~coinin,-, ci in
pass Lcfori! a r r i v i ~ ~11t g C l ~ i c : ~ g;oa11t1s : ~ yto il ~ ~ : ~ r : ~rootli~ion
llcl to tile Jcn*ishchtircll a t
11i111, All t1~c.s~ will IJC [)tit the h ( y i l ~ i ~ t ~, J~( ! / I 11eIirst n(1\~111t ; ~ v l i c ~"~ :dl
i I I I ~ I I IYCIT i l l
the j o ~ ~ r ~;l nntl c y t11:lt boy, ns s " o ~ ns- ~ :11c e s l w c t u t i u ~;"~ n ~ ~yct r l ,~nltr~ithstn~~zcli,rg tl~o
train st:lrted. sl~oultl1)clrsist i l l g : ~ z i t ~out g :I: 1111ivcr.?;:11 csocct:~tion,t l~ctyhnvc S I ItYvj.ctl :In
tile wir~dow,n ~ tvlren ~ d : ~ ~ l i t . t l\vll;~t
, 11c \\-;IS vc of c l ~ n s t i s c ~ ~ n c ~ bccnl~sr
~t, they k ~ l c w
Iooki~lg 1;)1-, slloulll nllswcr, t l ~ n tIle \vns 11ot the 'l'lhll3 of tl~cir visitntior~."
~ v a t c l ~ i forl ~ gS:IIIl:~.n~lcisc.o,r l ~ eni~turnlin-
ference ~ ~ ~ obe~ tl~:lt ~ l et l ~ sI,ov I I : ~111is11n-

d
A corrcct i(lc:r of t l ~ cnr.\xsl:rl of tlle
is your pfiition ; in one l ) ~ . r : ~ yt lo~t ~tell u.;, atlvc~lt,is :la Ilcccss:lry !Lr 11s now, ns \\*:IS
C l ~ r i s" t I l l n y C ~ I I I I C I~c(orcsun-set : :111tl II(* t llc true iclrn of' t l ~ crll:lllllcr of Iris C O I I I ~ I I ~
r ln:ly ~ ~c ou ~t ~tor ~ tccntl~rics.
! ~ you to t l ~ c.Jc\vs. 'I'l~is III:I.V
A I I;111or1 .sc,cnl ~ I I I ~ I - o L B L I L ' ,
inti)^,^^^ 11s t11:lt " t l ~ eJe\vs \\ill IJC! r ~ ' s t o r ~ ~~1l .t ~ vtl~c~lc~ss c * ~ it is Scril)tural.
J C I ~ I I S : I ~r cCl I~I ~I ~ a11(1 i l t , :III 11:1!io11sg:ttI~c~re(l I t is ncrl liltcly t11:lt i g l ~ o ~ n ~on~ cne sub-
for t l ~ eL;ittlc oF111ofii.c:~t[I:)!', :\t t l ~ eI ~ I I I iect ~ ot'suc:l~vnst inl)ort:~~~c.c, will bc csr.uscd
I I I S A11ot11c-r coollj tells us t l l : ~ t w ~ ~ ~ :111,y ) \ v , 111o1.e~ I I : I I I ; ~ tl?et first :1(1vc11t;or
anticllrist 11:ts )lot yet co~nc.,t11:lt h e I I I I I : ; ~ t l ~ : ~ I JtC ~ I Iin, ~( I : ~ r l i ~ ~ \Yei ~ s ssl~itll, be bcttcr
be ~ . c r c n l r ~I)cl;~rc ~l Cl~ristcall corllca,n ~ l t l ,to l l ~ . c l ~I C aI t111~1crst:111el ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ l the s i t u : ~ t i o ~tl~arl ~,
put t\vo sc.l~tc~~c.c.s nc:lr tclg~!tl~c~r, C111.ist111:t.y
cor~lcnt :lay til1111. 11 t 1 1 ~ b 6 ~ ~ ~o f ~ i r ~is"
; ~ ~ ~ 111:lt :iltl~(x~gh t 1 1 ~ r eI V V I ~ C
]lot yet co~ilc,:III(Ia t l ~ ; (1;l.y ~ t SII:III 110t~ . O I I I P c o ~ ~ c c ~ rt I~I C ~first i l ~:idvent,
g
e s c e l ~ t11el.c
t c-olnc r fiilli~~g ;~\va,ylirst, ;uld ;..o 111:1t tile Jc.\vs coulcl S ~ ~ I I I I ~ Jtl~crc ~ ~ . , are
t ~ I t S I I r c v ~ l l . ~I ' J i s 110 bbd:~r1iS:L!.~II~S " :~l,cl~~t tl~e S ~ C O I Ico~~lirlg.
(~
look lor hijrt, I;cl'o~-c\v(: jool; t i ~ rC'lrrist? 1i11tsiic.11 ~1~~1q)Ic re I I I ~ ~ ~ ; I ~ < L * I C111.i.st
I. will
I'or S ~ I : I I T I CI, I I ~ ~ I ) ~ ~ ~ I I I Y ~ I I t'1ilti1 ce;-erj- ~ L ~ ; Iot' ~ It11eI I lii\~.-Ai;~~t.
.~ 5 : 1s.
ow11 i ~ ~ t ( ~ l l i , g cyo11 ~ ~ r Ic~ :I I o \ ~ - t11:lt , \ I I I ~ t11e g o ~ p e l:I,ZC!, wl~ileIle ~ ~ I I ~ ~~ I~t11e I: I I - s
is f ~ ~ ~ ~ Iet it: o* l l~ ti .~j ;L I I I ~t l ~ e I ) ~ C S ( : I I ( :(i1)1I~ ,;)I.11s)inst 1 1 "~ d : ~ ?o f a t o ~ ~ e -
nntio11:11cl~:lngi!sis 11nt I I I ' I I ~ " :IS :;LIICII~i l l t l ~ c1li11t11 OF IICI,I.CIVS.
~ l l ignore
y t l ~ c~ o r t l of s t11cS:tviour'? '. i\11(1 1111to t1lc.111l11:1tI t ) ( ) l i for I I ~ I I I [ ~ ' I I C I I
~;n.it,-ilStatcs arc to c r ; ~ s ctl! I J ~a 11c coulcs crl~tof' t l ~ c11t11y l'l:~cc] \\.ill l ~ 21'- e
E1llll:lll(l i6 to be d , - l l ~ l i l l l : ~ 1,)- t ~ I \\-:II's,v:lst t.l)ca~.,\villl~)~lt sill l l l l i ~s:llinli.,ll ( Y L I , S C .?ij).
C ~ I I ~ ~ I I [ ? I L ~I ,: VI \I~ O I I I ~ ~ O I I $ :inbto t ~ . ; ~ r i;q:111cl ~ i ~ ~ 111 ~ ~IAcsv. : is tile 1)ntte1.1),J 6 ~ ' { J I -said ,
6 L i ~ l lti~esc:IIY []I(: h,c;jiit:tiu!j ~ f ' > o ~ , r o1\~~ 1 1s1;, I I ( ~ , Svc t11o11 11)akc evc,~.yt11i11garter tila
t l ~ ecntl i 5 not yct;" vou :.:I!-, I I I I ~ ~ ~ I IT I! : L ~ ~>IIC\VCYI C ~ I . I I (lice i l l tile !.oIs I I I U L I I I ~ . "
S I I C ~ IC ~ I * C I I I I It11e S ~ ~ : I lrositio,~~ ~ I ~ , \I,oIII(I 1 '1'11~; 1 1 i ~ l 1~~.it:st,I V C . I~I I~I I ' I I : l1~1.y/11:1cc
t i ,

be to I . C I I I ; I ~ I I ~ I rI o ~ ~ ? t : t nc t. i ; ~ ~ , ~ c ~ tqj'~ i ft ih 'L~~ , lot;,/,,~.(/it!,i,

~~ :111tl I I I I ~O I I !11t* ! L I J Z:U.III(!II~S~V
cl~!E. A I I It1::it ~ it .I)L;:/~L ( : ~ , I J I C :kt ,oI!/ / ; / / / e .i ~ ! I Llic ~ ( \ e ~ , ~ c2a: ; ) 1I:OI.
~ I I. ~ C J Iill, (!cwri11-
31.v I L I ~ ~ ~ I I I ~ Lyo11 1
~ I I , have ;i little: + I Y I I ~I I~ , ~ 01I I \ ~ O I I < I I .I O ) I :I: \I SI I I ~ ! ~ i ( ! l ~see
,
\ ) I Lh o~t l t 1i1t;t-(*o111~):1re(1 wit11 \v11:1tt11e1,t!is 1 1;xo 28 :I, C111,ist\ \ , i ~ l I i ~ tI \ N I I ~t o I\~:I!I;IIIJ'
l i ~ r115, or1 t l ~ i s" Irlcss~~l 110~rc." 13i1t tlrvre I ; I I I ~ \v;ts I t s l i , . ~111) ~ illto IIC!:IVC~II ~ I IVII:IL I ill)-
is a I~arilr ~ ~ l ( l i t i;o ~~0l 1 1I I I ! I S ~1)c ~villir~g to I, I~tl:i~:d lilic :111 O I . C I ~ I I I I I~ I~I I I I ~ :(L~ II ~~ I I I . liiit
a little nl'tcr, \vl~cnI':LII~saw I I ~ I I I , IIC nlr- ! " '].'II~$ tl:~ysof t l ~ c lSon o l ' i n : ~ ~ ~2nd , " the
11~ueclvery clilYvriv~tly.111nct.o~.tln~~c.c. will1 'pclrorl,uicr of'(:lll.ist, I I ~ I I . 1)c G ~ O I I ~a11(1 ~ tl~e
the jrattern, .rr.~ussl~oul(l11:lvcnsce~:tlctli n - ; s : ~ ~ i l)l)tll ~ c , alike ~ n r n r ~ i tlle r ~ g tilllc of Ilis
to t l ~ et n h c r ~ ~ : ~ (*' c l c11ot ~nallc'witl~ I~i~lltls")' I,rrscllc.c ; j u s t ns \\,1,11lcl I)c t l ~ (lays e of Nonl~,
I
~ n t lrobetl ltill~sclfwit11 glory nCtcsr IIC Q I I - or t . 1 1 ~tl:lys of \\T:~sl~ingtn~~. Anil 1 Lelicve
tercd. A I I I \to .s1111porttl~is, ~ v cII:IVC the * t.11~g ~ ~ ~S ~c ~ lI I Sol'tlre C rcs:~(lerwill :1c1111iescc
facts, fi~qst, t11:lt he t l i t l :~sc.cn(lul~glorificltl,. in this. A p i l l , " tllc tilnc of h:~rvcst," o r
!
~(collcl,w l ~ c nI';III~.saw Ilinl, IIC wns gl~,ri- a e11tl of tllc \vorlcl," ill \rllicl~ C l ~ r i s tn11(1
fictl, nn(l tl~ir(l,tllc s t : ~ t c r n e ill ~ ~.le11111-7
t : :;!), j tile nl~gclsare clcrsir~:: 111) t l ~ cgos1)t:l azc, is
" F o r t l ~ eIIoI+v G l ~ o s t\vns not yet give11 ; n pnrnIIcI to tllc e~ltlof t l ~ cJ c w i s l ~age, or
bcc:~uset l a t . J C s ~ \\.:IS ~ s not yet ,gl~)~.iiit!(l." ti111ci l l ~vI1ic11 1 IJc \cis c11rsi11: t11) / h i r age.
I t wns ten tl:lys nftc~rhis asccl~siol~ Lelirre j t \ l l t l t l ~ cScril)tl~l.cs 1s clearly tcnc:11 l ~ i sper-
tlle IIoly G l ~ o s \vns t givc~l. I 1 1 i ~ ~ t c r v : ls o : S I ~ ~ f II I ' l~i~rvcst,'as
Jesus ~ v n sgl~~.ifil?cl, i r t Ii~lIil~no~lt of tllc Inrv. j of t I ~ cotIlcr. SO\\.110tic0an i~lcvitnl)lccon-
Wllen t l ~ e11iz11pl.ic.st ,!,21~1~11rct, tZlc~rcw:ls ! clllsiorr, via. tllc* rvolsk of t l ~ egllgcls t l l ~ r i ~ l g
nllotllcr t ~ . n n s l o r t ~ ~ n t iI 'o:lu~~, t 11e l s l ~ ; ~ lI lI I I ~j t l ~ oIl:lrvcst ot t l ~ cgc)sl,cl nil, is n)L i)lvisiblc
01' I I I I I I I I i . '' j\11(1 i l l t l ~ etilllo 01'11;1r~cst,1 ill
~ r h e nhc ~vcrltillto tilt! Ilo). 111:1cc,n i ~ t l.sll:~llj 6:iy to tile rc:ll)crs, Gntllcr ye togctl~cr,firsl
le~rvetl~il1ntliert:; : I I I ~ 111lt ~ O I I l ~ i s,n:l:.~nc~~ts j tl~ntarpx ; I I I ~I ~j i ~ l c l t l i t ~ 1 1 1i l l Lulltllc.s to I~11rn
[tllosc IIC W C I I ~i l l w i t l ~ ] ,:111(l V O I I I ~ : f01.t11" 1 tI1c.111,b11t g:1111c\rt11,~ ~ v l ~ e illto a t I I I , ~b:lr11"
(vcl.c;c 2::). Tllus 11c c.:llrlr o l ~ t ,11ot wit11 . (.\I;rtt. 1::: 30) Xo\v I S I I ~ I I I I ~tllnt ~, tinte
the xlorious 7 parll1rllt.;, lrtrt in t l ~ cs;lnlc nl;tll- ) is 11ot ollly cslrl.cscel, " i l l t l ~ ctirllc of hnr-
c I t I . " r\1111 i t i i e:lsic*r1111. IIC~:LV- i CCS~,"1,11tit is :11so i l ~ ( l i c n t ~fi.om d tllc olrlcr
c11 rind cnrtli to p:~ss,t11;1tollo,jot of t l ~ cIn\\. of cvcllts, I ," (;:~tllc!r T e tc,~ct!~c.r ,/;,.st tile
top:t:'s,till nll Ijc li~ltillt.tl." 'I'll;.; iss~~lqrortctltares," kc. j \ 1 1 ( l \vl~ilet l ~ c r cis I I O proof
11). tho t c s t i ~ ~ ~ofo i~l ~ uytwc, s l l i r ~ i nol~cs, ~ i of tllc I ~ ; ~ r r e s t . b et:r)~~i~rnr.nlil:(~I!/
i~l~ all illstall-
" 'S11is sn111c J V ~ \vI1ic11 I ~ S i.s t:11;1%11 111) fro111 ~ : I I ~ L~vo~-li, ~ I ~ Itl~c*~*e
I S is 11roofofits c o v c r i ~ ~:a g
T O N into 11cnvc11,sl~nllso cc1111citt like ) ) l r r ~ t - co~lsicI(~~~nI,lc I j~crio(lo f t i l ~ ~as c ,(lid t l ~ cwo1.k
.
tLc.r n.; yo Il:t\.c scc.11 I l i ~ l l
,
illto 11c~:1vc~11." I 11is1::ltllcr sent Ili~nto (lo in L r i ~ ~ g i l tho
1I I ~ I Ihis cotnil~g'' i l l 11is~/!)I;I/.is I I I . ) ~t11c I ,Jc:\visl~age to :III c-11(1.
lg

I u r t i c ~ ~ lstn,yc
ar ot'tllc n t l v e ~ ~111.l.c t rc.fcl.ctl I I c r ~ ln1.c rllc. f.1ct.s wit11 \vllic.l~we Iinvc
to ; sillcc Ilc t l i l l IIO% go, i l l tll;lt lll;1llncr. to tlc:~l,--'rl~~ a h:~rvest" covers :I ]rc*rioclof
r .
1I~crua r c ditl:.rcl~tS ~ : I ; ~ ' R of' t l ~ es(!(-o~ld ti~llci l l \\.II~cII CI~rist,:111dtlle ar~gclsarc tlo-
co~nil~g. c\.c11 as tI1c21.c\V;IS ; i t t l ~ cfil..;t atl- ill: tl~is\rr)rk ; :111(1 111ct:~res:IIY g n t l ~ c r ~ c l ,
vent. I lis co~r.illqns the l1:10c of I:ctl~l(*- I l o 1 1 1 11 1 I I I I I s , I t . Slnv it' it call
Ileln, was clllite clilli:~.c~lt tr.11111 t l ~ n t~.t.l'c~.~tl l)c s l ~ t , \ rt11:lt~ l tllc ~ckcvrl,t l ~ c l ~ i l t l l - of c ~t~l ~ c
to it1 'lets 12: 2 4 ; : I I I ~/ll,rf
ferer~tf r o n ~t l ~ cC ~ I ~ I oI'Xi~c11.
~ -,V:IS ~vi(lc*ly
~ I I ~ !): 9.
1
tlil: l i i ~ ~ g ( l , ,0~~n ,1O[}~I,I*.V, l I , ~ I I I :at I ~ Itl~cir
I oldi-
S o llary I)nis~lcss,\vhilt* tllc ;r~lzclsare gnthcr-
no\v tllerc are I I I : I I I~)rol)l\ecic*s ~ of his coln- i11gtlle tares, : I I Il~) i ~ ~ ( l it11t7111 ~ i , z i l l 1)u11(Iles ;
ing of so cliiYc.l.c~~t n Ilnt~rrc,tl~:it tllcy (::In nqcs l ~ : ~I~n\-c ll provctl t11;1t," i l s it w:ts in
110 tl~orcbc~fi~lfi~lc:l i l l o l ~ c c ~ v ct11:111 ~ ~ tc011lc1
, tile ([:~ys o t ' X o ~ so , sl~:rllit bt: also .itt the
" Cel~~lltl, t l ~ yIiin;: C I , I I I ~ ~ 111ec.k ~I, ;~ntlow- f' I I o I I I . I:cc-:luse Illen
ly, ridillg on rill ass," I I ; I V ~ . 11:uI ita fi~lfil- 1 1 1 t 1 c o ~ l t i ~ i~l l ~t l~~ee(~;I).S , of N I ~ I I to , eat,
mcnt at t l ~ cirrllgt:r. 'Yl~e1\i11'crc11:
of t l ~ csccorld co111ir1,n
I>;I~III-CS
:ire of n \vi(lely t l i ~ l i - 1 . - 1
1 (lri~,l<, .I~II?, all(\ stsll, :LS before his ~ : I Y S .
IVIICIItile C ~ I ; I I fro111 I ~ 11ivrt:tIit~to i111-
I
C I I ~cl~nrnctcr,it is t r l ~ e ,f'rolil t l ~ o c : ot' tlic : r~lol.t;~lity slr;~llcor~~c., i t is to bc '<ill :r Ino-
first, I)ut it is I I O I I ~t11cless ~ I Y I Ct11:lt ~IICI-C:II+C \ I I ~ ~ B I iI l ~l ,t11e tn-i11I<li11~ or a11eyr, -"
1 , 1tell
dilFerent st:lgcBs. A I I ~\re will Ilcrc IlallIc ( vc~uin t11;1t lligl~ttilere s11:~llLc two i l l one
S O I I I ~of't11er11 :-Ire C O I I I L ~ S t o l,,:i-vc.s~tile
tnrtll ; ail(l t l ~ a t1111:1scof tllc :1(1\.c11t is /,,:/;l).~'
,: l)c(l; t11c O I I ( > SII:IIIbe t : l l i ~ 1 1 , a11tI ~ I I C ot11cr
Ic'l't. 'J'\v(* s11:1Ilbe ~ I , ~ I I ~ I ~t IoI pK ~ t l ~ e rthe ;
I age I s , i ' I t i 1 ' I I : I I Si s ! I I I I I I o t . 1 1I t . ' ~ \ \ I O
. .<II;LII 111, i l l ~ I I L > l i c ~ l c i; ~ I I L , O I I < * s11:~lI
I,
t l ~ cP I I uf' ~ till: 3.2,:. A;;I~II,11c~COIIL(:Y take11
flnrni~r~ tire," to !lc*tt.oy iiis ~ I I C J ~ I I ~ I ! (~ i. r e ; : L I I ~ I t ! ~ cotIic,r lrlt" ( I , ~ I ~ I . 1> 7 : :;I-:.![;).
t l i t l n o t go t11) to I I ~ : L \ - (ill * I It l l ; ~ t1 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 1 ~ : 1 ~ !~ . 'LI!(;w \vI~o:IIY~ I r11c. I 1 1 1 i I l :I[.(:to I J V :jr~tld-
11, I~ricsf,Ilc ctr~r~c;s t o ~ : I ~ ~11;s s , I it;!/ tcr,~c~;l~c!r
I c ~I : 'l i ~ l tn111l \ V ] I I : I ~ 111:ltt\vi~ll;lil~g I ~ ~ ' :eyeIII
tllcy :ire '&r : l l l , ~ l;~I \t~ ; I T ( ( 1 I I I ~ ! . : l l i l l ~;" t l ~ c - sli:tIl < s c , ~ ~ ~ c * ~. \ ' I I ; I;11,t>11t

I
: I ~ I c : ~\ II : II \ ~~ ~~I I ~~ ~ s
I i i ~ l ~ ( is l o !IIC,II
~ ~ ~ 0,.~:111ixtd, n l ' ~ c \vl~ich
r Ilc bc.(311l l i l l i l i ~I I ~I C~ t;ll.tbs~ I II I I I I I I I Ifirst? ~S
cul~lcsii!iih all liis saints. It is III, I I I U L . ~tliflici~ltto Lclievc t l ~ adur- t
i ~ i gtlrc harvest, the littls ~,criotlChrist ci111s ccssity forsol)posi~rg tltis to I)c 1i:ttuml ligltt,
'' the errtl of the age," t l ~ cn??r/elzc call be any loore tltir~i\vlicn that liglrt vilricli cma-
here and retnnin i,rc,isihlr, t l ~ a ~111:lt i a lrost , nntecl fro111l r i ~ i int tlle first advent, "sl1011e
of them shotrld cncnn~p:il~out15lislrn, while in !lie c ~ : r ~ . k l ~a~rtl 1 ~ s s tllr
, t1:trkncs.u compre-
neitlrer 11;s scrvnnt., rror tlrc Svri:r~rs coultl ' Irc~r~lctl it 11ot. I~l~lectl t l ~ tl:~rk~icss
e will not
i , 2 l i i ~ i g s6 : ~5-17). s o r is 1l I I O I V ~ ~ ~ i t r ~ l r itr l;~~ornot~vitltstnrrtli~~g
s c c ' t l ~ c ~ r(see e~~tl IIC
it more tlitlicult to ~rncl~rst:~~rtl 11ow tllc pres- is to I)c us t11e l i g l ~ t ~ i i tltat ~ t g slti~lcth,still,
ence ofC11rist could be an invisible presc~rce, it \\.ill I)c " ns it \v:ls in t l ~ ed v s of Hoe,"
now, if's11c.11is tlrc ortlcr, tlrn11 to un(lcrstnncl me11 will I ) ~ : L ILuil(l, I ~ , ctc. :lrrrl k n o ~ v11ot.
11ow lie vcitllcl ":tpp~:tr i l l tl~toir ~ni(!st,tlrc JIntt. .'J : 27. :llso:rp-ccswitl~tltis:-"For
doors bei~rgsltut,' or va~rislr out OF tlreir ns tile liglrtlri~ij~ ~ ~ nottt e tof'l tire
~ cast alld
s i g l ~" t a t ' t ~ rl ~ i srcstrl.rcctio~l. It :II~:L'~S c:11i u ~ l t othe \vest; so slrixll also tile
be visil~lcnr ir~visiblc n t pleasure, Clrrist [lrot ~piplru~~icz], of t l ~ cSol>of man
certainly call (lo tlic s:1111c. . It is ~ i o tIris njll)ca~.ing,bllt Iris prcs-
I f it is to br, ns it was i l l tlrecl:rps ot'Noe. is co1111):~retl to tliu l i g l l t n i ~ l ~ .
when men r o t i t i ~ t ~at~tlicir ~ d orcli~~nry avo- fimt a ( l v c ~liisprcsc~~cc
~t wascoln-
cations, an11 k~rcw~ i u t ,his, n l r t l tlre al)grls I. ):rrc.cl tc liglit, l111tIIO\\., 011 nccou~itof the
II
presence tluri~lgthe Itarrcrt, nilrst 111. itrvisi- rnpitiily wit11 wlliclr t l ~ cligllt [the bright-
ble. A . :7 , : I n i I I- I ncs by irl~irlrtile III:III of sill \vill be destroy-
I
1 7 : 2 , ccrt;tiitIy s ~ ~ o i t .~ , I, C : I ' eI ctl] is to sl)rc~ntl,it is co~npnrctlto tlic ligl~t-
this:--'& Ijttt ns tlrc c1:lys I](' Soc, so .,lrail a!- I; ~ri~rc.T h e l i g l ~ tat the t i n t n(lve11t movcd
so the pcl~.oii,siuof ille So11 o f ~ n n nbc." If'/ slo~vly;it It;ls t ~ l i e ~about i IS00 ycnrs to
t l ~ i smeans \vlt:lt it S:IVS.\vc cnti C O I I I C to lrtr i slline fi.0111tlte e:rst even unto the west: but
J v

other conclusion. Xor 11ocbs t1:i.s view, so soon tllc ci~lls l ~ : ~Ilc / l l :-“Arise, shine; fur
clearly sul)portctl Lay t l ~ cfact t11:rt t l ~ e~~~lrr~ctt ; t l ~ yligl~tib conle, and t l ~ cglory of tlrc Lo1.d
are f o u ~ ~:rtt l tlrcir oriIini\ry nvoc:~tio~~s, cvcti is t.isc.11irllo~tt l ~ r c . Fur, bc*lrol(l, 11:irliness
to the end of the g:ltlrl:ring of' the ttrrt7s;up- slri~llcovcr t l ~ ccnrtlt, nlltl gros.; tl:lrltrrcss tlic
pose itself to otltcr st:~tc~rtci~ts of t l ~ uIrrnn- pcoj)lc : I)t~ttlic 1.o1.d slr:lll nrisc olmn tlrcc,
ner n f his cor~~in;!,wltcn it is rc~~ic~rrbcrctl :ln(l Itis glory sli:~llI)c sccll I I I ) O I ~ t l ~ e e; ant1
tlrat t l ~ e r eis I ~ I I I tl~nlr. ~ one stilgc. i tlic (;outilcs sllnll colnc to thy light, ant1
Spiritual bcillgs, 6 ' w l ~ o111nlictl1Ilis ir~rjiclsj Iiil~gsto tllu brigltt~icssof tlry rising " (Isn.
spi~.its," are saitl to orcupy o t ~ atrrrusl)ltcrc, r i ti0 :). 'L'11c1i slt:~ll the r i g l ~ t e o ~F~I Is~ I I C
" tl~e pri11cc ol tlte I)o\rcr of tlre :~ir;" the I fi~rtlr:IS ~ I I CA I I I ~" (;\I:\tt. 1:; : 4::). TIris is
' & r ~ t l eof 1
r tlic t l ~ ~ . k t i cofs ~t l ~ i s\roi,l(l," etc. t l ~ cl,~.i~lrttlcss of llis pctroitrin; nntl l~ecause
A ~ t the l ~niirts,cll:tnzc(l in tlrc t\vi~~lili~:g u f ; of t 1 1 ~r':~l)i,litywit11 \vl~icItit \\*ill cover the
an cyc, li'o~tt r~;tttlt.:tl b ~ ~ l i c sto , spit.ili~:rl/ c:trtl~,is, like S : \ ~ I I I sI IcIl:rriots,
I (I\lr;ll~l~~\~ 2:
1
botlies, are cnrrgl~t: ~ w : ~toy rt~c~ettlre Ilortl -1). c:olnl~:lrctlto tllc: Iiglttnil~g.
iil the air. A ~ r dl'eter tells 11s " t l r v nt~gcls/ I:cc;~t~sc rlris is nr~t~ l n t ~ i r nliglrt,
l nrrtl tltc
tl~ilts i ~ r ~ r esvore
.
d ~ enst 11o\v1ito tr1rtro.00, I:t. I trltrlr11c:t \vi:i~ wIlicI~Iloc-onrc~,isnot a literal
,
i
tlrc lower :rtrn~).;l)l~cro. 1 I~escbpo\rcll.s of tlre t r \ ~ ~ l r l ) ritt ,IIOCSS trot I O I \ U \ V th:lt \ V ~ I C I I tire
licnve~i n1.c to I)e slr:rlicr,. &' Ari(I t l ~ i sl p c t tilire t i ~ rI I ~ I I Ito 1.11,scc51islt:\Il :~t.rivib,t11:lt vis-
otrce Inoiv, sig~rifitstl~ tlre ril~~tovi~rg ol'tlrose ! iblc ~rr:l~tif~st:rtior~s will not Ilc i ; but
tlrilags tl1:lt are slr:lkcl, ; nlrc~.efi~t.erjqe re- I t l ~ : ~ist :lt :I I;ltcr st:~ge,:~rrtlnttcr tlre s:iints
ceive n kirlgtlo~ir\vlticl~v:11111otI)c ~rtovctl." I~nvcI)err~t : l l i ( . ~ i ntrnv, for, b ~ \ c l r c nIle wllo
r l
1lbesc firllcn ntrgcls arc :rIso i~lvisil)lcto i s o r ~ rlife rli:~IIctl,pturI tltc~islr:~ll yc also
ollr eyes, eve11 as n1.c tl~c-n11gr.1~ot' Iigllt ; j qll)r>ar7citl~/ti),/ i l l ;lory " (Col 3 : 4).
hcncc, the pr.esclice of'C111.istcu~rltllieequal-; IIc~rrc,we nl~l)rc*l~errtl tlrc wo~.ld 11-ill see
ly i~ivisible,ant1 yet as ~.c.:~l. ' no open rr~n~~ilLst:rtio~~s urttil afitlr \Ire 11arv-
" For as tlrc l i g l ~ t ~ ~ itlrnt ~ l , rli~lrte~retlr
r, c;~rt (.#stis e~!tIrsd. A l ~ t lt l ~ ct~.ucclrnrclr, wlro
of tltc one ~);lr.tirlrdcr 11c:~vetr. sliirrrtl~to t l ~ t ! :IIT to I)c i ~ rtho litlht., so tlr:~t(l;tv \vill I L O ~
'
L.

otlrcr. pnrt ;~trdcrIlcuvcrr ; so s11:~Ilclso t l ~ t b, ci~rrlci j t t tl~c.nr ulr:l\vnt.es, will c~irlicli,/f'~~ith,

So11 ot' 11rir11 I)c, i i ~hi8 (I~~!/,"-I.II~c1 7 : 24. , 111lti1 tiic L ' rCap:.rs " Ira\.e c o ~ ~ r ~ ~ nl eCOIL- tc~l
I t does 11ot say Ile colrirs wit11 tllc sutl- ' siclcl.:ilJle 1i:lr.t of the \vork ut' I I I ~lr:lr.vest:
dc~incssot' l i ~ l t t ~ i i l ~rrot.(Io~s
g, it ilrrply tlri~t,! for, :15 it \\.:IS iri tllc CI;IVS 01' NOC,so sllall
bb

but tlr;lt Iris l)rcserlcr, clrrritt~ tlrc cl(r!/, or ; alsn t l ~ c,ur,,srncse ot' tlrc So11 of rllnn be."
tZujs ot' tlrc Son of I I I ~ I I[it

s i n g that sliiactli, ctc. But tlrcre is no ac- c r ~ r ~ linvay

'
, is tire S ~ I I I C 1!11t it' \re nro riSllt, t I ~ cit~ci.uil,ir1)ti~oruid
\vvrcl i l l tllr (:r~crl;] will be ni tllc li.gllt- of i
I tt
t , ~ I C irallslntioll ot' tlte bl'illc,
to nicrt tltc i.orrl, to be f o l 1 0 ~ -
 H3RAI;D OF THE MORNING. 89

ed by years of trouble on the nations, dur- eral objccts gained by i t ; b r ~ t wliy he ar-
ing which time the Jews will be restored, ranged so, or how that death buys such r e
and Jerusalem rebuilt; and then the gather- sults does not appear. W e accept tlle ar-
ing of all nations, to the battle of the great rangement without l ~ i s reason, doubting
dav. are some of the events to ~ r e c e t l ethe neither the love that sncgestrd, the wisdom
ap$aring of Cllriat. Ha dohs not appear that devised, or the power that executes the
to his bride, but with her. Hence, the in- plan. Among the objects gnined b atone-
junction, given eighteen hundred years ago, ment, we recognize the headship o Christ, [
to
.. fi watcll. for ve know not when, the time
~~ ~

T J
the bringing in of the Gentiles, and also the
is," did not mean, to watch for llis coming, redemption of them that were under tlle
but rather to watch for the unfolding of his law. E i t t e r one of the latter two taken
word, the events he liad @aidshould irecede alone,.seems to exclude the other, but both
his coming. A n d this watching was to sub- are true. Remission of sins, pardon, justi-
serve a two fold purpose ; first, to keep our fication are also mentioned as resulting from
minds staid on him ; and second, that when the death of Christ; and atonement is the
the proper time shouid come, the churcl~ bmis of restoration to life, 1Cor. 15 : 21,
might k~wlu. " If therefore thou shalt not 22). I n Ephe 2 : 15, the a w of carnal or-
watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and tlinances is called the er~mity." T h a t was
5
thou sllait not know what hour I will come the basis of natio~inldistinction between Jew
upon thee." This certainly implies that by and Gentile, ant1 was removed by t l ~ edeatl;
watching, they will be enabled to know the of Christ B u t there was another enmity,
time. Alld the fact that Christ so often the carnal mind," (Rom. 8: 7), in which
compares his presence to the days of Noah. J e w and Gentile are eqllally involved and
wit11 the assertion that they knew not until 1 cursed. I t is enmity against Gotl. Of this
it came; is certainly equivalent to saying I enmity, and not the other, Paul is spedking
they should have known bejbre it cante. So when he says, L L For if when we .were ene-
I

me believe it is the design that some will mies we were reconciled to God, by the
now know 6efore it cornea ; if not, why the I death of hi3 Son " ( Rorn. 5: 10). Tllis is
caution to " take lieed lest that day come i evident because Paul is writing o f t l ~ ewhole
upon us tinuwares " 7 fiqrnily of man. T h e substance of this chap-
If it was designed for t l ~ echun.11 to know ter niay bc expressed in a few words : Ad-
these things, some may ask, whv is it so am brougllt cleath or1 the whole faillily of
blindly stated ? w l ~ yleave it so obscure that man ; so Cllrist brings life to all. All are
doubts mag be fairly entcrtainetl? For a counted sinners because of one man's of-
like reason I answer, that all Scripture is fen;e, ant1 so ail are enemies ; Cllrist's death
in dark sayings ; that seeing, they may see changes our relation to t l ~ Inw,
$' t so that all
and not understand," Or For tlle same re3s- are counted riglitc~ous. Rend tlie contest.
on the way to this b b high a ~ l l i n g , "is made Christ u~l(loewall that Adnrn did, anti for the
narrow, so that few can finll it. God's plan purpose of doing mo1.e. T h a t changed re-
is, that but few are to be in tlle ligl~t, and lation to that law is calletl at-one-ment.
especially among difinitaries in the church; Alan's receiving the atonement by Lnith,
not many Rev';. not many L. L. D's. even neither makes nor cl~angestlie fact, but it
as from the Jewish church, not many rul- changes tlle man, works I)y love and opens
ers were chosen. 1 the way for a 11i~l1er development than the
.-- atonement brings. Atonement only relates
ATON EM ENT. to the recovery of what was lost in Atlani ;
anti the recovery is as universal and uncon-
This subject is important because it un- ditional aw was the loss. This loss and gain
derlies the plan of salvatiorl ; and we linve re1:ites only to tlre natural man, tile sin of
a right to know all that Gud has reveale~l the flesl~.~' Bellold the T,nmb of God, that.
about it. Facts are give11 us the philosopl~y talieth a w a y the sin of tllc worlcl." God
of which is withheld : for example, Gwls ex- was in Cllrist recorlcili~lgthe world to him-
istence; pre-esistence of Cllrist, i~lcnril:ltion, self. not irnpt~tingtllcir trespasses bo them.
resurrectio~l,and mnnifest:ltion of spiritual ~ d liitlr ;
Facts nre tile ollly t r r ~ ec ~ . o ~ l rof
beinrrs in corporeal bodies. T h e Facts are for but if nrly one obtain spirit~lallife, nnd con-
us, Gut tllc pliilosophy is nn Lbl~nrevenlerlsequent i!nmort:llitg-t\*l~ich nre not inlier-
principle." This is ti-IIC ills0 of tire atone- etit in Il111lrn11 n n t ~ r r o iist by becoming pnr-
ment, he tells of Cllriat's death and of sev- takers of' the divir~cnature; I
 Tllc trutll conccrnillg the R ~ ~ I I C I ~ ~isC I\VIWII I ~ I I I C I ~are rlctcl.~lli~lcd l~cl'orcl~an~l lint
nially sirlctl, i111tl \tSe(lo not l)u~.poscly i g ~ ~ o l . c11) 1,clieve it.-substit~ltio~~is I>r:llrdeil ~ r n -
tkaturcs i111t I I ~ ~ I ~)t.escntrcl
Y ; tltc 1111)r.c\ve , j i ~ ~ t . .
kl~ott,of t l ~ cs~~l!jc-ct t l ~ cI ~ I , I . P \vc nl>l)recinttl ,\1;\11113s l<llo\\~lcrl;c of sootl 3lltl cvil, bllt
tllc love \ v l ~ i c . l (;r)cl
~ ~ I ~ I ~ Y5 : S. Itu is not i~~f:~Ilihl~!;
~ ~ I I ~ I I I ( -110111. Ilc is :111tto ~lisobeytho
I s Clil.ist our ~111)stitute Y \tte Ctcli~ce s111)~ti-( - o ~ i ~ ~ i i"n j1111:e ~ ~ ( l ,~ i o tac:cor(lir~gto nl)l)cnr-
: I I ~1ll;<titutiot1 is 11ot t l ~ c o l ~ l g tloc-.
trine ot'tllt! I{illlc I I I : I I I \\:IS I?I.;LI~(II;(I as 1111-
~ I I S ~ .\ V l ~ ySIIOIII(I it II:IVP I)~CII :~r~*n~~~tt
7'llel.c is a sc3ttsei l l \ v l ~ i c lan ~ i n o r c ~ ollc ~ t c l t ' (.;otl tll:lt tllc inlloccllt slliTur 7t.itIL or 011
took the sinrlers 1)l:lc.e 1)y : I ~ I: I I . ~ : I I I ~ C I I I C I ~ ~I ,~ C C O I I ~qfI ~ the gliltv. T11:lt tl~js is true
rlot of n rcvc~ngct\llGotl, but of' a l o v i ~ l g f l ~u- o l ~ ctlcl~y. Vic:lrious sulLring is a c o ~ l -
tlicr. I I c dicbtl 11ot to pllri-l~asc,Lilt to sho~u s t I . Nlmc 1)l:111len Inn11 iilr (lying
t h e P:ltl~cr'slore, n11t1to cl1:111geour rcbl:i- to s:lvo t l ~ elit;! of 11i.s wifi, yet in sllcl~c:lsc
tion to that I:iw u~lrlcr\vliicl~\IT \vcrc tl(*:~tl,I I i s t : o I . IS it 111nre I I I ! ~ U G ~
L' If olle tlictl Ibr all, t l ~ e ~ wl c l ~nll rlon(l " 2 tl1:lt C l ~ r i i tsl~oulclL ~ i tr l ~ csins of the race,
Cor. 1 4 , 15. Kot c l c ~ t ll)cr:~useC l ~ r i stlictl, t tl1:111that tllu r:lcc slio~~ltl Lc1:ir tllc sins of
1)11tIle died bcc.:~~~se tvc t\7cl.eclpntl in .LiI:~ni. 1\tln111 P O r tll:~t(lllrist s l ~ o ~ l l lISrl,resent l
I l e lllnltes 11s nlioe t l ~ n twe nlny livc to 11i11i. t i l t ? \vl~ole,t11:111tl~:lt htlnnl shol~l(l rc1pl.e-
God's \\,rat11 is not \vl~ntsomc scc'111to t l ~ i ~ ~sthlit k , :\I1 ? r Y l ,j~lll,gnlc'~~t ~~ that \v0111~1 ~ 0 1 1 -
L I I tlle
~ nccc5sal.y c!sl)l,cssio~lot'I)rokcn 1:lw. c l c ~ l ~one, n \\.ill ill.ntl(l tlll!ln l)oth ns u ~ i j ~ ~ s t .
JVc nrc l)y ~ ~ n t u r con , A tl:~~ll's : i c . c o ~ ~ ~ ~ Ilut t , it' CI11.ist clicll i,rstenri of man, wily
clliltlrc~~ of \ v ~ . : ~;t l"~ 11e 11:ttlI : ~ i ( l on 11i11it l ~ c 11oes 1111111 (lit! Y ( I I I ~ ~ s t l ~ eIn\\. tlt~innntl tivo
I I I I I ~ I ' ( I 1 :) ; I 1 s I : ~ ) c ~ ~ n l t i ~ :'i'llc s ? I:\\\. d o c not tlv111:11rll two
tisc(1, " b ~ . ~ ~ i s c\(\ I' O , I I I I ( ~ ~ctc. ~ ( ~01,1" ncco1111t 1)(111:1ltit's,~ I I iI t C.:III I,(! S I I ~ \ I . I I t11:lt Clll.ist
of the loall. L L IIu l)orr 0111. s i n i n liiso\vl~ rtlo~ri!11:~ss~~fl;-rctl I t l ~ eI ) c ~ ~ : ~ot l t ythc la!\*,

I
I i n I
r i l i t ~ ~Ic s
orI I c i
I i . I
t I ~ I I II '
Ltotly on t l ~ ct ~ ~ c . "' L 1Ie \\,]lo l i ~ ~ t ! \ j1.1 0 sit1 :III(I t11:lt I I I ~ is

i s ilentl~,: I ~ I I fi.o~ll
is I
~
t
I ~ frclc(1 Ii.o~nit t111.011gl1
~ ? 1 . 1 t1 ~ \1ay9 of' sill is
11i1n.

t l ~ cilntl~l.eOF ~ I I C~ a s e I,I : L ( ~
c ~ to I t I i s I ~ I ~ O IC OI I I SI I ~ I I I I S I I n I , I I . Tl~e
ctl to us; mid t l ~ cIrol.(l is \\-ell l)lt*:~.;ctl \\.it11 In\v t11:1ttlc111-1111lc1l ~ n : ~ n ' s c l e :wo11ld11:1\.c
~tl~
IIS, h r his r i g l ~ t e o ~ ~ s ~ ~ c s s Lc(::LIIs~!
s:tl<e, l i ~ b I I ( # I ~ I I ~ I I I cte1~11~1I.v (le:l(l, li:l(l I I C ) ~ 11is I&-
has nl:lyliiic*d tllc I:~ir,nlltl 111:i(lcit 11otrol.- tion to tlwt I:lw 1)cc>11
I , ( 1 : . 4 : 1 o n . 5: I ! ; : 2.7, I ) . ,
I f t11c.s~S ( . r i p t ~ ~ r cclos 110t i l l s0111es c ~ l s e ,. ~.c\.isv~l,
cl~~xtl i t 1 11tlnll1,
c11:111gt'~l.AInll \\-ns
in Cl11.ist tllcir st:ltc is
L c c : ~ ~ ~111:s ug:lvcB I I ~ I I II'. -:I~ .rcrnsonb
~
1
tea(-11s ~ ~ l ) s t i t ~ ~\ve ~ ~ , nut q11ote t11e for ;III:
t i o1it~et1
1
1 1 1 t io f s i ~ ~ is lt ~: tr ~ c ~ i tos r, t 1 1 1 I t i t t o 1 . L 4 l)~.li\-crl ~ i l l i from
itself &uld not 1)rovc it, it coultl not I)c es- c o i ~ ~t lzl , \ v l l into tllc pit; I 11:lvc fbu~itln rnll-
arc I U I I I ~ ~wit11 I ~ a l)~*ice."

1
e > . (liv(l fijr 11111 " (,I1111 2:;: ?-I). \Yli:~t1nvn citll 11c~1tIi
~ ~ r c s s ci ldl ~ I I I .l i ~ l ~ g ~ : i , ~CI~rist
us, 1)11tnot i11stc:1(1
v i I
meall illste:~(l,h t it (Iocs ~0111t~ti11i~s;
1
of' IIS, s : ~ j tsl ~ c ol!j~,c.tor, in I I I I ~tlc%:~ti~'
o r , (lous lot nltv;t~.s slvel)thtl~,1mmr11srlcopoth," says t l ~ cAlas-
:111(1 \\'c ; ter.
&' 1111. 111:1i(l

SIevj) i111~1li~:s
is 11ot tlc:~c[, l111t

\ v : ~ k i ~ ~etol.~lnl
g: slecl) is
clui~tit1r:tt to IIC tlltr oL\.i~,ussellsc i l l 111:1114' 1 ill1 :~l)s~il.(litv.If c~te1.11:11 (11,t7tI~ \ Y U I ~ I ( III:IYO
of t l ~ cscrij)t~lrt'sI I I ~ I ~ ( ! Ico~~si(lL~~.;~tioil.
. I :LIII I I ) C ~ I I 111;!ri's st:~tc-,111ltf i r t l ~ e i ~ ~ t e r v m ~ t i o ~
goilig to towll, says l i ~ t l ~ cI~I O. ;F I I I I ~lc!ccIl~'t, of Clll,is~,tile j1e11:11ty of t l ~ e]:I\V is ctci.~~nI
says tile 11i11111lcr sol\, I \\.ill ;~,,f;,r you; t l ~ c t ~ 11' . tc111~)ornl dc:rtl~,i c. slccl), was
t'1t11cr sits c1u\v11,:111rl tllc $011 g11cs i l r l ~ i s t l ~ cI w ~ ~ : ~ 111:111 l t y , ,)~L'E(?x1 1 0 s:~viour, fi)r 11c
ste11cZ. A lx\vyc!r : l l ~ l ) c ~ n ~111c 1
~ s +i l~l ~(,-ro I I I * ~111t1st
, tml!ie u p W I I ~ I I i ~ i sli~~~itc,tl ter111exl]ircs.
11eis m y arlvoc:~t(b;11c: ; ~ l , l ) c ; ~i,lst~latl ~ . s 01' I I I ~ . \\'l~cmn a l)l.ixol~i.rscr\.cs l ~ i sti111c out, (:irld
So i t : I I t I for I I I , i t it is t i 1 1 I I I to n ~ i g
1
!'
i. e. i?rst,~(~,Z o f ~ s . 111 1 1 i t 1 i tve I~ave Lol(l- one 1 ) l l ~l ~ i ~ ~ ~tbrs c 11;s l f p2~11011, esccpt ! ~ r -
ncis n i l t i :tccess to c11';er illto t l ~ c ~ ~ I ~ C S ~ ! I I CII:II,S C to to.(,j t ~ ( l ~ jv111, c , 111i~l1t 11:ive I I I ~ I ( ~itC
of Gotl. 1011gei;ns i l l Isn. 40: 2. 0 1 1 tllc o t l ~ e lr l n ~ ~ d
1:11t t l i t l CI~l-isttlic i,l.<frit~Zof' \ I S ? IVc I il'~n\,e~,y olla lnust s~llfiart l ~ e I ) e ~ ~ : ~Iri71~- lty
i I I , I I 1 i s : I. . t oI t I . it is. t ~ r sariollr
: ~vuitl(llie
p1:lcc. of:\ l)~.iit~llt~l., l ~ gs ~ c : I (( :LII
~ . ( ~ ~ ~ i : l iI tI Il i1\15 ~ , i ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ o . s i l ~1fait\stiL.c ~ l ~ t , v . o111,v t ~ e l ~ l ~ l l ~ t ~
a11tl lcttillg t l ~ c~)l.iso~lcr go 1i.c.c. 1;11t wily In:lll S I I I I I I ~ I II/;(!, it \voulcl Ijc ur~.just to 110ltl
I
sl~ouldwe nttcl~lptto p r o w this pml)uritioo ~ n r i ii l l de;~t11a lail~ute. I)e;ltli is not an
 IIh'RllLD OE' IT116 JlU!i.h'lNU, '3 1

act, but n s t a t ~llcncc , substitutio~lalo~lccan k'ro111 Iilcts tlc\.clope~li n t11c Scripture,

niect tile dv1n:111dof tllc law, :111t1 r ~ ~ n ~11e- l ' s \\'c I)clievc it is ns r.crt:iill 111at ; I l l will bc
cessity. Etc~rrlnltlcntll is all infillite 1,1111- I)cgott~11 01' t11c Spirit, as t11:lt Cllrist dicd
isl~rllent. 111linitc-,Illcans u~llilnitc~l.' I for I . 1 1t'cw nrc 1)ezottt:n. i l l tllis life ;IS
laru, not t1rc.natul.c of tllc sirlncr, t1ctcr111- trscc~l)tio~~s, /;)I. n purllose. All s r ~ c l ~ W, ~ I ~ I
incs tile nature ot' tllc I ) c ~ ~ t.y.: ~ l 'l'lllt sec- I)y :I \ v o lt:~ry ~ ~ sr11ritixi011
~~ of t l ~ fl~rsl~,
e over-
,
o l d drat11 wi!l be iufinitc, otllr~.\viseall will c.o~nc,xvill ;IS tllc botlv of CIl~.i.;t,bc ~uaiscd
be eternally savctl. I n i i l e i1I I a it I . Tl~esc,arc t l ~ c y
could surer etcrrlnlly, (it' 11cco111,lslllt'vr nt \vllosc sins go 11c~I'nrc t o . j ~ l ( l g ~ ~ l l311t c ~ ~ 111a11-
t.
all), but a Inerc I I I I I I I : I ~ L c i ~ ~ call g rclnnin k i r ~ t li l l ~ C I I ~ I -\\'ill a l , bu lxiscd i l l tllc I I ; I ~ I I -
dcnd etdl-nally. I f c t c r ~ ~ nslltli:l.i~lg l \vcare r:11 (if;; arltl will Ilavc tllc flesll to crtlcil)
t l ~ epenalty, Christ, :I; s ~ ~ l ~ s t i t sl~orrltl ~ ~ t c , nl'tcr tllcy arc bcgntter~o f t l ~ eSlli~.it.1Vl1tr
. have l ~ i stlivi~lityto c,t\.r.~~nl~ O I ~ I Iever I . ~ I. I ; I V ~ I I , ~beell tl111sbc,gottcrl, eitllcr 1 1 ~ 1 . ~ 1
But ninn's lifi: I~cinjitll,: a r l i ~ l ~(11.s l flt:sll l i l ' t a , 1 01. Iicre;rtti~r,sills a ~ : , i n sthe t IIol?. Split will
1
and tlenth l ~ e i n gt l ~ epc~,inlty. (;l~rist must l)cl.isl~. 'l'llc restoration of tllc flesl~is not
o111ylose llis 11nturil1lit',. 'l'l~is Ile dill, 110 / tlcsi,~r~etl to I J ~ !I)ernlallc~~t; it is essc~ltially
~ n o r c ;n11e1tlrc Inw c l c ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ r110 l ( l~nm.c,
c c l all([ c . o r r ~ ~ l'*) t all ; tics11 is :IS grass," bl~t.it is clc-
Ile'llevcr took i t bncli. J I c \\-as Lorl~of t l ~ c s i g ~ ~ c:IS d n stelij~ir~g st1)11cto t l ~ eill~orr1111-
fles11 tlmt Ile nli,cl~ttlic--we s:~? n.i our s l ~ b - til~lc. Tlic? i ~ ~ c . i ( l ~ r l ct ; o~ l t ~ a ~ ~ ~oft rtile c?~~~
stitut?. 'l'o 111;lkco11r i ) ~ . r ~ l i c ~ ,good, e i ~ i oI~l c~~] l i l i ~i l l sir~fi~l fit-511, arc3 11ot to be C O I I ~ ; J I I I I ~ ~ C ~
slloultl "1) his 11ntr1.:I!IifL: s t e ~ . ~ ~ n l: lIyI ,I I ~wit11 t l l i b l,('~lrtl/!,. 'fllesc' arc as C ~ I ~ S ~ ~ S P -
I I : L Vp ~o ~ r to r give I I ~ ~ Ilit;I ~to: Iman; /
~ clitl ~ l l c ~ l:rrltl t s rlisc*il)li~~a~.y i l l t,llci~.cfL-cts, but
11e not (lo t l ~ ctirst Y I I : Ilc ~ not Ilo\vel*to (10 ( t l ~ clic11nIty is 11ot ilih(:il~lil~ar?-.'~'III! sinsof
tlie secol~tl? 1Vlio \ \ i l l t1:ll.e to 11c.n~ t11c flcsll are ~)l.ovi(lc.dti,r n11t1will Lr for-
U ~ l t i ltl~csct\r.o poir~ts:lr.cl [)i.ovr*~l
it?
I .
I I I I ~ ~I LI 'II ~ V ,~ b11t
I I , t l ~ csill :lPninst the l[ol> Gllost
w e 11111stcIxi111t l ~ el)ropnsitio~~ l , 1 is I I I ~ ~ ~ ~ I ~ ~ I ~for
~ ~ r o v c ttIi:~t I ~ Iit~ tto
I ~ Isncrilici:
c, is provi-
C111-istis our s ~ l l s t i t u t e . I-Ie is ncl I I ) I ~ , ~ (clcd, 1 > I . a1111\rJ~~)cvc,r S ~ I I I I I I it, ~ ~ SI I I I I S ~ SIIIYCI*
in tllc fl~~sll, but I j c - i ~1~01.11
~ ~ of tl1c1 Sllirit I ~ I ( ! j ~ c c : ~ l tI~i~nsclf'; y t h e penalty uf Ciod's
\vllicl~was i l l 11i1lli~cttbre be clictl, 11r is i;i\v is cter11:ll dc;ttl~. .I. 11. 1'.
i -
I
q11icke11i11g
'III~o~I;II
I I
S1)irit."
(lc:ttl~11eC O I I ~ I I Ct11c
o rI : t I
~ I . IIoviI,
CI~
a
' I . I ; ~~ II I Il,~*ntl~er
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: I ~.!)I J ~tile
I ~ stxf(-~ncr~ts, ,

11i111se-If'. 'l'lic* I<IA?I i q n sy111I)ol of'pc,tv~~~+; I I C I I ~ ! I I [:vl*t;~i111!~

~ 111::t1c* :IS S ~ I . O ~II II I~: ) I - ~ I I -
i l l I I ~ I I I S C ~ ~;II)oI~sIIC~II
, (II!:II~I, :11111 \\.III:II I I C I I I I ! I I ~ as (.a11be l ) ~ . c s c ~ ~ t011 c ( l t l ~ n t sitlc of
c11oosc.s to ~lla~lilbst his Iln\vl.r, I I I ~ ~ I(11) '
I I I I I ~ 1111.: sl~!!je~t.
I
.e\.en f i l l aslccl~. 1 1 1 11 i : 1I t 1 1 'So I ) I - I I V P tllnt CI~ri%t. Llicrl irrs/c~rtlof us,
" \ ~ 1 1are o alive :~llri~.c!mni~~," arc? c s : ~ ~ l l l ~ iI eiss ;i~ltlectl:I Iln~.(lt:~sl;, as O L I ~ I)rotl~er inti- ,
a11d in t l ~ c1or1,rrl~c.~.io,l I J ~11i.i 1 . 1 0 i ~ r 1 , 1
llolle Illatcbs\vllci~111, s:~ys," b11t \vI~,vs I I ~ I I I ( / \\*c
I l i e f I : I I I ' sI . 111 1 1 1 il; as \\-c I,c- 1 s-~cl;t o ~ , ~ . otl~is \ ~ cI)~.c~lrrvitior~, \v11(:11I I I ( * I I are
lievc, tile I I ~ ~ ~ ~ C ' I I I I is ~ I I:~(i~l,OOO
III lirc1.:11V ~ ~ : I Ti S(Ictcr111i11(~t1 I ) C * ~ O I . ~I I~I ~ I ~~ I I~~l i ~ 'it."
toI : I I) ~ v(?
or apropltrlic ~ ~ I I I , I S : I I I ~\vl~ell ~, tile i ) l r l s i ~ ~\\-e ~ s a(Ii11it 011.1. ,2,~1l!/.,rritl,l1ill1~ i l l t l ~ a t ilil.clc-
will 1 \ 1 1 \ \ ~ t o b La ~ I I O I I * ; IxIcI> ( ~~ ~ c ~ . ; ~ tt110~e , " ivill IJI: ~ l i f l i c ~to~ lov~rc:0111e
i i ) ~ ~ sti011 t~ 1111til\VC
wllo ]lave fiillcn aslecl) 1.111.:I scsnsoll, \\.ill I)c ; f'or.g~.t,tllnt i t is cc,,)).);i,le!l 1111to111;111 once
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tlic c s c e l ) t ; o ~ ~arltl s , 11ctt tllc rrllc. / to tlic, R I I ~ I:~ltcr t l ~ : ~t tl ~ c, j ~ ~ l l y ~ ~ c nTO t."

But i \ f l ~ y (lo a r l j elit! 1' Lcc.:~clsc11en.11011:~s j ;Il.glte that \ r e tln 11ottlic t l ~ e~~v'ritrr(:lc(cnti~,
t11c l)oivcr, :t1111 col~ltl ~ I I . ~ ~ Sit, : Ii FI ~I I C , t11:1ti.q, t11e c l c s : ~ t l ~I ) I I ~111ny(lie :~Itel. 1)ei11g
cl~osc, scscs1)c.s~ to 1t.t I ~ : I ~ ~t:tl;c* I
I I . (ils~ rolir.;as I1cgott1.11Gy tlle I;,tirit, :IIIII II:I\.(?I)ccri~llc!
1Lr a bl.ict' season. 1311ti t tl~is(:I 1 l i 1 1 ~:lsle,bl~' l ~ ; ~ ~ , t ;or ~ lt111, ~ ~ s HI,// ( ~ i ~ l l iXIICI
< ohlvrr, ~i,~ \1*11ir11
,
is t l ~ e~)cr~:~lt!,:111(1 as 11:1sI)et-11:1ss11111c~tl,:~Il / I ! ~ > : ~i sLcterllal,
II 110c.s111)t tollc*llt l ~ cC:ISC; . .
ii11'
71itl:t ~ I Ior(1c1.to vi~lelic:~t~! j~~xfii-c,, <\111i,pi t ; I S ~ I I I , I I X ~ I III I~: I I:I II ~ I ~ I S 1 1 0 Y ~ I ~ I . I~I~~ Ic11e' I, ; I ~
l / ; t l l l I l l s t I l l I l i l t l l l l l 1 - c~:lll!lottlic tile L C ~ c . l ~ l l , l t ltl:.i1111." i \ l l ( l tl1c
el- to !~t.;tl(IIC~;ISC 01. 111.ev~rltl :I c ~ I ~ ~ ~I ( c1 ~ 1 1 h ( ' ( ' ( l 1 1 1 ~ (I~~:I:II, ns I\.(, boil^ i,c.lic.vc,, is t l ~ c011- '
lrnve renlailretl eternally uncrcnted; t l ~ cex- j ~ ~ tllc s t same, in that IIC took it upon him
act contlitiorr w e b o t l ~ believe, tl~ose wllo to Lriug about x rcse~lerntion. h1:ln must
(lie tbc second death, will enter, viz. L L be as lose t l ~ cfirst. life, I)cti)re IIC cnn live tllesec-
if tllcy Ilnrl not I~eel~." I3ut in our investi- O I I C ~lit>. L I c I I ~\ ~ l, l i l etlre L L \vaslii~~fi of re-.
gations let 11s krrp to filcts, Lot11 i l l Scrip- ,~cllerat.iorl,"or the crowing ~ r pillto llitu, is
ttlre, arid in n:~ture. ' 1 1 r is I o I in ~)rot-cse,\\*e:Ire rlji~c!l, putting off tile ol(l
tlicre is ;I C111,ist; and I)otll Gocl ant1 Christ. r t l : i l l ; tl1:1t.is, the Ad111icn n t ~ ~ r e .L L T I I ~ L
eor,jLiit~t/!,, 1111dertookthe crention uf I I I ~ I IwI1ic11 ; t110i1so~vestis not ~ s i c l i c n e r l except ,
each l~nving l ~ i s sl~ccinl5rc)rk. " r,ct 11s it ~lic." I T ~ I I C C cvcry
, m:rll 111usttlic. or lIc
rn:ll~c mn.1 in our ~ I I I : Inllcl ~ ~ :~ticrljur like- C : I I I I ~ O lirc ~ the litb tlf t l ~ eL L seco~itl i\lan,"
ncss, and Ict tllclil Ilavc d ~ ~ n ~ i n i o ~ ~ . " hlid llot ollly must 11u die, i.e. lose tliir life,
If Christ 11a(ltnilcd of c a r r ~ i l ~out g his ! but 11c 11111st lose it rtrrtttcll!,, <jtlstas our
part of tlle work, 111:111I I ~ \\ \ ~~0 1 1c1 ( 1~i ~ : ~ \at- . e Iil,otl~ersl~o\\.ctltllnt C l ~ r i s tlo:it Ilis. Ilcllce
tained to " t l ~ ei~nngc01' ~ u t l ; "alld if God tl1cnr6 (1:11i 1 ) ~110 ' .~i(/jsh'tlitio~i i l l t l ~ ccase, be-
hat1 failed, t l ~ ecase \rol~ltlI~nvebci~neqrl:~l- cause :ill :~lik(!lose this ~rcrtlrrul liik, it' they
ly Lad. C l ~ r i s tis " tllc 1,n111bs1;1i11 tllc ever attain to tllc spiritual life.
fbur~tlnrionof the worltl;" that is, from the 1311tdoes I I O ~Christ hnvc power b y virtue
b c g i n ~ ~ i rIIC~ gu ~ ~ c l c r t u ito~ kbcculnc ~ l l cI~cn(l OT 11is~lct:~tl~ ir1111 rcsrcrrccti~)~r, to ~ ~ c s t o rthe e
of tile mcc, i l l its ~rcat,~l(Z st:lgc 01' clcvclol)- ' cla1:ltl r~:~tiol~s'! Yes? 1 ~ 1not t Lcc:~r~scb 11ctlic~tl
melrt; allel t l ~ i si ~ ~ v ~ l vtcl e~ leI , n r ~ ~rl:~in.Sc.
l, ir~%tca(l ot tl~c!ln,Lut because 11c died tc~itlr
JVe d o not purposu to ~,c:vic\\.our :)roti~er, t11e11l. IICIICC.bccolnillg OIIC of us, and tly-
o r try to s l ~ o w\vl~cri:lie is l.i<l~t,a ~ ~wt ll~ c r c irlg o l ~ rtle:~tl~, n~ltlI ~ : ~ v i ~~x)\verlg L L to take

,rvc ciiffer ill solnc of o r ~ cIc(l~~t:tior~s,

r t l l o r ~ g l, ~111, Iiis lif>,*' 11c col~le[I I ~ C O I I I P , " t l ~ c first-
t11e1.earc n nnrnbcr o f s u c l ~poil~tsclf'tlillbr- L111.11t'rrln~t l ~ etlc:icl;" t l ~ eI~cntl,on t l ~ c1 1 i ~ l 1 -
ence. O u r one olijcct is t~.utll. 'l'l~elvortl el. ~ ~ l n i an11 l ~ , so carry out tlie o r i g i ~ ~ nplan l
nton~'nrettt,occurs I ~ u ot t ~ c ci l l t l l ? S e w Tcs- . 01' I ~ I ' ~ I I ~ ~ 111;111 I I < to t l ~ ciln:~gc01' Gotl.
t ~ r n e I~ tI . 5 : 1I ; I t e eI I i t r l 1 ' I ' l l ; ~ t CIIIist rlictl itzst(~c~c/ of us, is ~ I * I I U
~ . ire 1111istSO to tile n c i ~ l l c ri l l /)ref I I O ~in S ~ ~ . i p t i ~ r Se .i ~ ~ ctrd
is, r e c o ~ ~ c i l i n t i o ~1i11t e
law, to 1t.nr11\vI~i~t. t c c l atr~rlc-1 aI1 ~ l i cr l ~ c~i111le
c o ~ ~ s ~ i t l ~ tllc tlcatl~tliat 11c tlictl. I
I I I C I I ~ . TIICI.C:IIt l r i t ~\ Y~O \\.is11to tlc.tcl.tn- I 'I'II(!
. I ~ ~ I11ot
.me, is,- IS it (1l1 list's clt.irtJ1, or is it his /{I;>, of Cl~rist,it ditl 11ot bt:,/ill 1111 ti1 11is ~ S C C ~ I I -
:
: I ~ ~ I I I ~ I I IV:IS I ~ 111:1(le \by t l ~ iel t ~ ~ t h

t l ~ a tis tllc Lnsis I?f'tl~er c s u ~ . r c c t i o~ ~I ~I I ItI:e ! =xrln, u r ~ t i lhis blo11el (lit;') \\.:IS taken into
r e g ~ ~ r ~ e ~ . a t\\'c ~ ? t l ~ n tit is l ~ i s]ilk; the s:inctuary. r111tI t l ~ e\ r l ~ o l cgosl~clngc
i o ~ cl:~ill~
I I I 1 firI r s e : 1 1 i 1 1 1 cI l i I I : ~ O I I I I I ~ I. t was 111:1tlc\\.it11
ROIII,14: 9, L b 1:or to tllis c11t1 Cl~rist I)otli :h v;~rictyof' ~ I I ~ I I S S ( 5 s ~I,cv. 16:); a11d tltc
cliecl, n ~ r drose, a11(1revi\rcbtl, t11:rt 11c 11iigI1t sti~l,!~*ir~gs 1 oI'~~l11.ist [)ei11< a 1leccss:iry :,(I-
be J,ord but11 of tlie clcncl ar~tllivillg.'' 1Itnrc : jrl~lc-t,so 111;lt\r11ici1corlll)leteu l ~ i s l ~ l l e r i ~ ~ g
is n 1)l;lin s t a t c r n ~t ~:ISl to \ \ l l y Ile tlirtl. IIe is nlsa; :I Ilorct<sni.y nl)\~ul~tell:lrlco.Ilcncc,
,

wns to b12 t l ~ elilh givcbr, ~ l i c1.~8rrllilb, wllic~,' t l ~ eatorlclll~c~~t will . ot bs co~nl~letp;u11ti1

brings 11,: illto L L !l~ei111:l~c of C;o~l." L \ ~ ~ t tilt: l c r ~ ~ r * i l i s01'i othe
~ ~ hotly is c u l ~ ~ p l c;t ei l l
his t;il.;ill~ 011 our n;Iturc L L 1'01, tllc SII(!~:I.~II< o ~ l : e r\volb(Is, lot ulitil our fl~s11-life is etcr-
of tlcntlt," \\,:IS n rlcc.c1<r:tt.ystt.11 ill ol.tler to r1al.v cJccci/.
b c c o ~ ~ tl cl ~ eLo~.tl,or IlC:ltl o t ' t l ~ er : ~ c c:IS a 'L'lle ~.~a~itt.i/irctio~~ 01' t l ~ c Gcr~tilc ~\.orltl
second .lt?nl)z, :11it1 SO ilr:j,:~~*t to tl1e~111 t-I~e.I W:IS : I ( ' ~ ~ I I I ~ I I ~I,ys Itile I C ( [(It,tctl~01' Cllrist.
tlivil~eilnage alrtl I ~ ; I ~ I I I . ~ 111 ~ . t l ~ eIniv, rllt! j lEtsc:r~lacl 11c ca~.~,ictl tile Icptl l~cifillil)to the
dciztJi of tlie vi(:till~(lit1 l ~ o tc~llstitlrte t l ~ c; Fii11~cIo111, nntl ~~t.or~iises, o ~ ~ t s i iot'l c the n:ltu-
a t o ~ ~ e l n e t ltlcntl~
t, \\.as, in solnu c:~scs,:l lirc- 'I c r l sceil, tlius Iwokc tlo~\.n the nii(l~.Ile
essnry step, it is trt~c.,juht as t l ~ e ~1c:itlr !,I' / ra:~ll. A1111tllis casting oit'of' t l ~ e n:~t~ll.nl
C l ~ r i s twas rieccss;~rytllilt I I ~tii:I~t ~ 1.111 I,ol.ti I..cirs. 1)1.o11g11t tile prol~~ises in ycncl~ 01' tllc
of t i I . I t \V:IS ~ I I C litin oftlie victiln, ; /~+,jrlil:-" 1:ol. if tllc r.nsti~rgn\vnyo f t l ~ ! ? ~ n ,
prcser~tetlbc~;)re t l ~ e I , o I . I ~1r11r1~r , I
t l ~ c s y r r ~ 1.e . t l ~ crcconcilili~of tlrc \vcir!cl, \vl1:1t h11:1ll:
bol of the blou,l: :111(ltlrc Lloo(1 is ~ ~ I I I I I ~ I I! tltc I ~ ~.ccctivi~~;: 01 t l ~ c mlip, b11t lilk i i o ~ tile/ l~
ns the life. ' 1 1 1 ~atol~elncritwas 111:lde\\,it111 c!cs:~(l"? (1ici111, I 1 : 15).
I 1 t i ( L C . 1 : I), I I a (-:l~:.i~t 1131 tool< ~f 011r I I : L ~ ~ I I ':III(I
C s~ltfel'ed
wit11 t l ~ eblotltl of tllc sl;~irlollra. J\'e i i v ~ ! cic:~tl:,li~.st,t11:rt 11o 111i,g11t I)c :L s ! t ' ~ O ~ / ( l ~ l d -
bcc:~usc11e lives; nu11 ~ ~ o n , is l ~i t isni~l
~ l ~t11:it ~ t r e , ~:: I I I ( \ so, :IS Itt1ti701' tlto tanc*e,i~rrl):rrtto
we 1i1.c Lici.:~~~sc: ]I(! clictl. 'j.'l~is tloes lrot. t:~l;\b t.l1c111 11is 11\\'11 I I : I ~ I I I ' C by ~ I I C I)~o(:csS ()L'
a11y g11)l.yli'0111 Cllrist ; 1112 bc:~rs orll- sius K ' ~ C I I C ' I . : I ~ ~ O I;I n ~ l c l sec.o~~cl,IIC diet1 at t110
 entl of t l ~ cJ e w i s l ~:lgc to brc:tk tluwrl '& the ' the p l u r ~(!f' retlcrrrptio,~rr:ytriren, I n o ' l ~ c r t
nlicltlle wall of' I):~rtiticb~i," :111(1so brill:: tile words, (;oil st~l)plicsthe n:~t.trrnl111x11,nndl'
1 1 o r v t i r e o t V\ b r : l : ~ i i c CI~ristregcbl~(:rrtcsI I ~ I I I . L h All tliiit the 14'i~-i
tl~esctwo Ilt'Ol~~rcasolls, t l ~ c rgive111Ine s11;111connc to unc; :~ntih i ~ nI
covenn~~t.
or citllcr one of' tl1c~111~
c o u ~ for
arc s i ~ ~ l i ( . to I/
i ~ ~IC-~ t tl~ittc o ~ l l e t lto~ ine I will ia 110 wise cast I
~ t t l ~ x tgreat siirrificc. I:utl it 111a.v 011t " (vcrsc 27). rI'l~isoICOIIYIU, t e ; ~ e l ~ e s
bc nskctl, 1r.11.y I)uild a \vnll tile rc~novnlof plt!ctio~~, l111tit also s l ~ o w sn s j s t e l ~nr111 ~ , 01.-
whicli, rvould rcquirc so zl.e:~t :r sncrilice? ; tler, perivn~li~~g t l ~ wl~ole
c 1)ln11. IVIICIItiley
The law 111.ougl1ta kr~o;.ledgeof sin ; : i ~ ~said,
u ~ ~ tnlnn I d " Jlct us make man in our image a11;l
i l sl~uultl1e:tr11tl~:!t. lie iv;ts aslllncr, niter ~ I I I . lilicr~c.ss,9 t'le tivo st:~kcs were
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and, because ltc coul(1 not koc.1) t l ~ ela\\., n / untlcrstootl. T l ~ eoltl creation I c l o n y t o ,
help(c,u sinr~er,Ile could I I O ~lbel the ncerl ( C;od, the xetc c,re;~tionto Cl~rist. " AIy Fo-
o f a Saviour; 11encc d b the I:IW\\.:IS a sc110111-4 tlier \~orliatllIrithrrtg, (up to tlie ti1116the ,'
!
master to iring us to Gl~rist." T l ~ lcr i v not nciv creation was to begin), n ~ ~ I \~ork."i
d
being t l e ~ i ~ ~to~ be e i 11c1.11lanc1lt
l \van arr:Ing- I T l ~ cs e c o ~ ~,ldaur,d : . ~ ~ ti rll t11i.s c:lse both'
ed so as to point to t l ~ egreat s:~crilic:e wit11 'I l ~ c a d , a114 I,ortl, 0c.gi11s his work only
wl~ichit was to end. A s t l ~ cro//~:rlr~rutiun I wit11 the '& I ~ ~ Vmrol." U I1e11ce C l ~ r i s t 113s
of nlan is to sonle 'cste~it,t l r l ~ c ~ ~ d on c n t11;s 11ot11i11g \\~liateverto du wit11 t l ~ e~ ~ : ~ t u r : d
O W I I \rill, C l ~ r i s th+s a tlol~blu\\.(l~.li, first to , Inan ; IIL' cloes not pr:~! for tl~enl,'' I prn!.
co~~vilice, a ~ scr,::~tl,
the p1a11Ii)r bri~~gio,:
God, i ~ ~ v o l v e (tllesc
~ d

l two r t . ; ~ s o ~fur ~ s tlio

I
to rogcnor;~t.e. : \ I I ~ not for t l ~ c\vorltl, 1111t.iorthe111 t l ~ o u]last
III:IIIto tllo i r ~ ~ n gof c g i v c ~~ ~n "c ( J o l ~ ~1 l7 : 9). .I
'1'11;: l ~ r i ~ ~ c i1vl1e11
p l ~ ~ rec0~11izet1,
, tliro~vs
J c : ~ t lof~ C:l~l.ist;:i11c1: I ! t11can111et i ~ ~ l111:i(Ie e, ligl~tor1 I I ~ L I I of I ~ t 1 1 s~ : i y i ~ ~ g ofs o11r I,ortI, in
? ? l l l l b ' ~( I L ' : L ~ ~ I , - - ~ ~ ~ ~ uI'
:1iv;iy Y :tlie I I ~tlrtlttrnl ; t . c l ; ~ t i oto~ ~I~is,n~ltlhis l:atl~er's work ; n ~ ~ d
iik, also n ncucssity. llc~rlc:c, i l l I I O sc~lsci his, nnci l ~ i sI ~ n t l ~ r r 'tl~ronc:. s
1
wl~ntcvcr,is it true, t11:tt C I ~ r i ddictl itl.*t.r~(Z '' 'l'liis is t l ~ c.I*':I~~II~I.'s will iv11icI111:1tIiso111
of us. 1311t11eis t l ~ cg l u t p l ~ y s ; c i : i ~ ~ , I I I ~t l,~ n tof nll i v l ~ i c l ~~ aI~ntlt given lnc I
gave l ~ i slife for us, t l ~ cj u ~ tf i ~ t. l ~ cu~!iust, sl10111(tlow I I O ~ ~ bI l~~Is110111~1 t I ~ , raise it tip
I ~ u t t11:it. 11c! :~.rnina t t l ~ cIi~st(lay;" :III(L ill ~ c s verse,

-
not t h t lie n l o ~ ~ne~ i g l ~tlic:, t t
111ig11tbe ~ I I C '&!irst l1or11 from tlie clcatl ;" -10, '& /'will raise I I ~ I I I 1111 :it ~ I I C last d:ly."
" t l ~ cfirstbor~lnlll(Jng I I L I I ) 6/.l,thr~~1~."
~~ \\'l~y ~.c:itcrntet l ~ ctict tli:~t 11c will r:~iac
--- :t cartpill cli~rs,it' IIC is to r;~iscail! thc dl!trii!.'
TIIN I ~ I ~ S U I ~ I ~ I ~ C I ' I O S . I31it t l ~ ctlctrl:~rntio~~ is p~~sitivc.t l ~ a tChrist.
I I.:I~SOS o111v:I C]:IS.S : :~ntltl~is class :ll*e COIII-:
DOC., 0tri::L rctiur: t ~ l c 7itrtt:rtll 1t,,r)l, or 1 l ) o ~ c *ofilic-11 t~ :is 11Iivc1)11t011 t ~ ~ ~leiY c ' 11ia1i;;
0114 those rrko a . a ~ j r l ~bir * ~ , o i l v t r bolh.' 1 tllc '* dc:al i l l (:l~rirt," 111osc till: K ~ t l ~ 113s
Ier
11% 11clicvc III. t.~ri,st,.s1,ttiy 1~i.y U I L ~ ~ I . i z i v a ~ iI~itn,:11ic1 W I I O II:IVC t l ~ e ~ . c l i ~(:uI)I~: r c to,
" FOI':IS t l ~ cl=';~tl~~'r
I
r:~isatl~ L I I I the c l c b : ~ ~ l I I ~ I I I .
,I
I
1II(:I.C :lr~>S c ~ , i ~ ) t ~1vI1ic11 ~ r c si r e 110t'
ant1 q u i c k c ~ l c t l ~~ I I ~ I I :I ovc~i so tile Son I clciil~ite,I,)r irist:~~lc.e, 11s i l l At1iu11ill1 die, Lh

ic!inet11 I I I I i l l ( T I 5 : 1 ) .0 I i t I I be I I I : L I ~ ~s!ivc, but

T l ~ e r eis n sl?~isci l l ivl~irhall t l ~ i t i ~are . i cvcry Inan in l ~ i s own ortlcl.." l l c r c tile
ascribed to God ; n ~ ~ nt gl n i ~ ~nll, is :isc~.il,c(l rvsurrt.ction is clearly t : ~ ~ i g I ~; tm, ~ lthat
to Christ. I3ut t11c.r~is it acnsa in ivllicl~ (2lirist is in sornc way r c s l ) o ~ ~ s ~lbr l ) l cit ; but
tile work of (;otl n ~ ~C111.i.it d is clistinct ; , it does not say ?rho raises tl~eni.
thus, "l;or t l ~ cb':~tlici.jl~tlgctl~ no rrlnn. but j 'I'lie fkilure to see tltis clearly (11':1ii~11 ~ ~ I I C
l~ntlicon~niittc.(lall j l ~ c l g n ~ unto c ~ ~ ttl~c?Son" I l~ct\vccntllc \vork ol'tlle Father, and tli:~tof
(verse 2 2 ) . 1le1.e is n i ~ o r l ii l l lvliich the tllc Son, is, w e :~l,~i~.clic~itl, a t t l ~ cbottolil of
Pather takas 110 part. A,q;li~i, " No Innn \vllat is ! i ~ ~ o \ vas n tlie 1lo11-rfartrrcr:tiut; doc-
. can colne to me, esccl)t t l ~ c l":~tl~crivllicli 1 t r i ~ ;~ tlli~t c is, tint o i l l ~tliu (lead in C!rrist
11ntlisent Ine clraw 11ili1 " (.101111 0 : 4.1). / ivill Irc 1.;1ise(1. 1,l ~ c r e:Ire so llinliy tests r

Ucre is a ivo~.kt l ~ c.I.'(:tliI!r docs, intlel~c~itl- i wl~ichif t ; ~ i i e !~loilc,~i i~tlp$/tllis, tl~:it some
c n t of tlie Son. Ant1 t l ~ i s is i l l I I ~ ~ I I I O I ; I of ~ ollr I)r.ctl~re~l ~ I : I Vflillc~i
C into tllat tlelu-
wit11 the pl311 f1.0r11 t l ~ cl.)c,<i~iiii~~g; 1
( h l ( 1 ~ ~ 1sio11 s ; :;r1~1i~cncc:Siiil to :~pl)~~cci:ltc tlie I , ] ~ I L
wit11 tile nnturnl Iiinli, as S I I ( : / I ; t l ~ osccy.1 on oi'tllo :1gcts. S o rnml c:111 c s l l l : ~ i nn:ly, ~~
t11c l ) l ; ~ ~oifet l ~ Ile>11,
c 1
;i~idtlic I < i t ~ y l o i ~i ~v,c r e G 4 1 will r:ii>e 11i1il ,111 ;~g;iiii,: ~ tt l ~ l:x?t c (lily,"
]]is; b11t t l ~ ctvork ol' i . , ~ , y c r ~ ~ ) . ~n11(1 ~ i ~ jt lt ~, c : I I I ~ I I I : L ~ Ci t 11ie:1n ally t11i11gbut I.CSIII.~CC-
r I ~ II I to ~ r i sGod tiori ; 1 ~ 1t11c.v ; t c;in spiritt~nlizc, or r:ltl~cr
lrijtgs the ~ ~ u i ~ ~~LrUt Ilfo Ll C%i.isI, CIY fclst 11s / ))IJS~IL'~SC, thuse tests \\*I~iclitcncl~a gt.t)~eral
 rcsurrtiction. But \~II(!I.I we ~i~lclerstand t21c C'l~rist,\vllo rii:~kcs alive, gives an!. but his
wliolc pln11, :ir~tlt.l~att l ~ cfiosl)i~ltr:~cIlcs in ow11 ki11t1of lift. Illlt n second I~irtlrmalies
the n~:liii,o ~ l l ywllnt b e l o ~ ~ gtos itself, we r:lIl :L ~ ~ l ~ , v s i~c a- el s ~ ~ ~ * r cn cnecessity tio~i filr sucll
u ~ ~ t l e r s t : l ~w~l t~ly 1':1ul stol~l)ctlsl~ort,witl~,I ;IS till nslcrp llnrc~_tencrated.. '(As i l l Atl-,.'
" Cl~riutt11o (irstfruits, : ~ n d :riirrw:lrcls t l ~ c yI : I I I:III~ (lie, so i l l (>llriut, sl1:11! all be 111atle
~ t Cln.istVs, n t Ilia r:oll~i~lg." .1'11vy I :~!ivcl,I I I I ~ ,w c r y III:III
t l ~ : :trc i l l his o w l ordvr ;I' lliis
t l ~ a t:ire his, : ~ r ctile 011cs 11,: 11:ls ~ ~ r o l ~ l i s e:it l~lec-perI I I ( > ; I I It ;l Ii iIi ~~ iwe 11:ive t l ~ o l r ~ lif~ t ,
to r:~ise;arltl if I I C gives tl1c.111lifi', t l ~ c ylire / t l ~ i svi~awbe true. All will be n~aclcalivo
I ,I i f ' I I I ~ r t I , i I . . 'l'lli~t is, be C O I I V ~ I .or L LC*O ~
I ~,I O
is n new crca:lt~~rc.." l l c l ~ c c C111rist =ivils ; to :i lir~owlecl~ ol'tllc t r i ~ t l ~ .,11111o111y as
oilly tllc 11e1vor .*l~irit~c,t/ l i l ' v , : ~ ~ ~ ctI~elx!ii)r~~
l 1 t l ~ c y:IIV I)(>gtlttc.~~ agai1l, 110 tllcy 1 ~ v l o 1to1 ~
: docs I I O ~r:~iset l ~ cI I ; ~ ~ I I ~lllnli :I~ ng:1;11 to a ( CI~rist. ' ~ I ~ P I\ve I ~ I I ~ sum J* tli, t11c :lrgli-
i natural f!;s111v life :--As t l ~ c1::1th1>1.l~aisctli iilc:~it tl~~~s.-'l'l~e1":ttIli~. 3s alisti~lct fi'cjln
'

! u p tllc c I ~ ' : l c [ k11(1cl~~icl<cnetli tltc111, even so t l ~ cSon' r:iiscs t l ~ cclc:lcl. ' I l e c!oes not gi vc
i tlic Son quiclicnetll 1v11o11l11e will. ,spir;t~ccrllitkt ollly by nntl t l l r c ~ i i ~Cllrlst l~ ;
Tllis laisil~g111) tllc de:id by the lT;itllcr, tl~errI;,reillere c:ll, be no otlla. c s l ~ k ~ i a t i u n
is not n spiritual rlnic-ltcl~il~~, for 11011e b111 1 0t'.Iol1115 : 21, otlly t l ~ i ~ t . t lI.'atl~cr ~e raises!
i si : t I I
is i1 positive s t : ~ t c ~ l l ctl1:it
0 1 n i yet I t11e L I I I ~ ~ ~ I I ~ I . ~ I 11111
l ~ t it is the k':itl~cr, II suc-l~:is :lrc rnixccl spirit11:~l-
: C ( I t, l ~ e~ o i riiiscs
botlies.
i
i
o~lly
r ,
in co~~tr.:i-clisti~lc!tio~~ to t l ~ cS ~ I Il , o i s l l ~ being
i true., wc c;111~ i ~ ~ c l ~ ~ rLlikc sta~i(l
the c1c;1il ; i 1 i c 1 tltis COIIIIIC[I wit11 n 1,ositivc 20 : :j5 ; 1l11ttll~ay~vlliclls11:l.lbe nccount-
assc!rtioli tlr;lt Clli.ist rniscs l ~ i sow11. ctl 11~ort11vto ol)t:~i~i t11:lt iv01-1t1. :~11[1 tllc res-
Let it be rc~ilcmbcrccltll;it i ~ o w l ~ c doe3 rc i1rrcctio1;lioln tllc tle;iel, 11eitl1crI I I : I I ' I ' ~ IIOP
it say t11:it C111,ist~aist!sany 1)ut l ~ i soivrl, i :uve sire11 ill lilsrringe: lwitlier can t l ~ c y[lie
a11d Ile docs rcitc.r:lte t l ~ i s~t ti ~ t c * l i ~r:~Ilil~; ~~lt, : I I .
I,
TIIC~ l : ~ t i ~illall r ; ~ l is coi~~ltccl
sl,eci:ll atte~ltiolito it. bb 1
Verily, verily 1 say :is (lcitd, sl,iritii;llly field ; the l:ntl~er raiser
: u ~ t yea,o the 1101.11 is coil~i~lg, P I ~ L III O I V is, 1 1 1 0 111ii1l O I I ~of tlli~tc~lldilioll; and n l t l ~ o u ~ h
WIIL'II t l ~ etlci~tls l ~ : ~111311'
Son of iarn, u ~ i O t h rt b~ d 6vur sll:~lllive. ..
l l tlle voice of t l ~ u ltc cl~iic.lieustlrcln, t l ~ c ytlo 11c1tC ~ ) I I Ifort11
I I ~ I , I ~t Il ~ cc l ~ i ~ t l , "b ~ :lye
AIarvcl 11ot at tl~is, (t11:tt tliosc w l ~ o Ilenr 1 sp;r.itr,,tl clenth w l ~ craisetl
~ t still i l l a state of
~ ~ ; \\llile tllosu
~

'
nie s11:tIl live), fix tllc Iloul. (Ihc))l~rrl,ti~ile) \\.I~(J:\re c o ~ i i ~ t etvol'tl~y d to be r;risedji@~t,
is coining i l l the wl~ieli(111 tlrnt arc i l l tllc tile tlL-:ld, will clic no 1llot.e.
graves sI1;111 Iienr his voice (tllc 1 t 1 ' Cllrist clitd for the wol.ld, it is true, Lut
and s11:1ll c o ~ i l cf o r t l ~ " (verses '75, 2 8 ) . IIC w;ls I I I ~ I Ia rrtrtrtrcrl I J I ~ I ~ bLb ,took on l ~ i l i r
Cl~rist's hotly is to be l.:iisetl " a sl~ilnit- o11r ~i:ttl~l.e,"b ~ s~i ~t ~ chis c resl~r~.t!c.tionIto-
ual body;" \vIlilc t l ~ o s er:iiscd by tllc I+'i~tlier1 II:IS 11utlli11gto do wit11 tllcri1 O I I I ~ti.o:ll t l ~ o
arc raisec! for tllc ~ ) u r l ~ o of 1
s c brillgins tile111 111olnclitof their couvcrsio~l. lJrior to t11:tt
to CIlrist, lle~icetllc ' Sl)irit of Clll.i.st \\.l~icl~ I t l ~ c y;Ire I I O ~llis ; tiley l ~ a v en o i ~ ~ t c r t t si tr ~
was ill tllc ~)l*ol)liets,"could s:~y,bL'L'/~y tlc:t~l Ililll, It(! (I~JCY 11~t.k ~ t ~ zi?ie7)1; u t l ~ e yb e l o ~ ~tog
mcn sl~alllive, t c ~ g c t l ~ wit11 cr ),I!/ ,I(~,~,lC!,ti'y t l ~ el;;~tl~cr;n ~ ~ all c l tliry rcccive, is f i . c l r r ~
(tllc denel i l l Christ) s11:1ll tllcy arise." (;otl, allel o~ltsitlcof' Cl~rist. ~ I n t lo ~ i l yas
W e bclcivc Cllrist g i ~ e sOIIIY v)iritll,d t11e I::ttIlcr giu~.,tl~elilto I ~ i ~ l doc!s i, 11c be-
Eye, since his resurrection. Tlic hour gill llis part of' tlic work ill Lri11gi11~them
($

C O J I I C ~ ~a ~~, i dnow is, wlrcr~ tllc tlcntl stl;ill I to tile itllngc of Geld. A11tl not i!ltil 111;111
Ilenr," riienning tllosc n.110 are de:~rlin i l l i - Iins ~ ~ : ~ s st111.ou~li1 rcl tlie rnoul~lillgharids of
aln, but llut 11l1ysic:llly tlentl. 0.11~ rcnsoli ; b o t l ~ ,cloes lie re:~cl~es 1n:iturity.
for bclicvi~igtl~is,is, ccrt:iinly not tint !Ic Tl111swe Icarll tI1:lt C111.ist rniscs only
is deticiciit i l l power, I ) ~ itllat t Ile 11n.sno:Il- Iiis O W I I , nlltl that Got1 raises t11e ~ l a t u r n l
ilig to do wit11 ally but I~isowli, t!~usc the nl:tll, f i ~ rt I ~ esalnc rc:lsoll tlii~t he cre:~tetl
F a t h e r l ~ a given
s 11i1n. J V l ~ ~ iho i was in I I ~ I vjz. I ~ , to hiill over illto tlic h:tiicls of
tlie fIc:li, t l ~ cJews were b 5 l ~ i sown ;" :lnd Cl~l.ist,to Lc c o ~ n ~ l c t c r lns , fist as t11e lllan
Ilc 1.aiscc1 t l ~ c i rtl~bn(lto ~ l i S:ILIII:c 1
lift Ilc 1li111- 01. tlie a g ~ rc([~~il.cs s ; illltl \ V I I C I ~ Lr011~1lt to
self 11:1tl. 13~1tnow, if Christ gives lit;, it is tile S L ~ L ~ ~ I)irtIi, ' ) , , ~ ~ t110 o ~ . i ~ i l l tlesigl~,
nl "Let '
t l ~ cs~)il.it~lnl, tlic lilk t l ~ a it4 i l l II~III. 11s ~ ~ l n l IiIcI ; L I ~i l l 0111' i111n~cniltl ut'tcr our
T h e resurrection colnes hecause of tllc likcl~css." will be co~~su~il~niltccl.
sccolld Atlaln, even as cleat11 cilnc because 111 tllc liXllt of tllcsc u l ~ f o l t l i rtrntlls, l~ the
of tllc first fIclnn1 ; ]jut the first ~ \ J : I I I IOoes p l r , l ~ of' r ~ d ~ ~ ~ ~begills l l t i to ~ >take ~ l :I clear
not pllysicnllg kill, nor docs i t .follow tililt ant1 defi~ritc outlille never Lcfurc u~iderstood-
 1iIE:ILALL) 04' 1'Il.E IIIOI;LVING. 95
-.- - - - ___ _ _ ._ _ --
(JUESTIONS A N D ANS\\TEIiS. (J~lestio~~:-IfC l ~ r i s tis ~ l o our t substitt~te
]ble:~seC X I ) ? : I ~ I IIIOW IIC I m r s our sills," nn(l
I-Iow is Christ to sit 011 I):~vitl's t l ~ ~? . ho\' ~ ~ it c is, tllat "l)y 11isstl.ipcs \vc ;Ire I~c:ilc(l."
1);lvitl's ilironc, was L b tllc throllc ot t l ~ e A I I S \ V C I ' : - t11e ~ ~ ~~ ~ I I I C111e' :~II(IC~SOIIY~]~
kii~gtlomof' tllc I,ol,tl " (1 C111.orl. 59 : '3:). I l o r r l ~ r\ Y~ P I ' ~L e i ~ ~ g c ~ ~ : ~t!.e c t eSolitl~,
t I i ~ ~a11(1
Got1 fi;ivc it lo I):ivi(l for 3 t i ~ ~ lalrtl p , CI11.ist. ant' Illcll \\.ere sullcrillp every c o ~ ~ t ~ c i v : ~ l ) l c
is to occupy it o111yIijr :i ti111c.I;,r ]lc. rcil_ylls tol'tlll.c?, i;)f', let 11s s~~]b[)osc, thcir ow11 1l~lg-
only till all e ~ ~ e r ~;ire ~ i s~lb,luetl,
t~s : L I I ~ tl~oll 1cc.t ut'sollle ~ l ~ i l i t a 01-tlcr l ~ y by \rl~iclr tlley
gives ~ t ptile k i l ~ ~ t l o rt nu (-i,111,c \ r e ~tllc l 1:;~- 11:~IlI11le11illto tllc c l ~ c ~ l ~ hal~tls i c s ; a ~llnri
tllcr. T l ~ I.;i~~;tlolll
o OF Goci, sll l t ~ r11s it re- , ~bl'csclrtsI ~ i ~ ~ l s:ltc l f\ \ T n ~ ; l ~ i ~ ~:11ltI K t rs:~ys,
~~~,
];ltes to this ~vo~.ltl, .:I~ ' 1
is ovtbr t l ~ eI I : I ~ I I IIII:III. jiOtx~,:rtct l ~ ~ snlcll, e a11t1 l)rillZ ~ I I ~ I I I
J t was to I),tvitl, i l l tlli: tyl,ic.:rlc[isllcl~- ~ 1 ~1I ~ I ' O I I ~:[!I~ I ~ I I I ~ ~ ~1111tl ~ I * ~~I ;I I~S (C : I ~ ~ . ~ ; I ~ O ~ ~ I I
sation, n11d will I)e given 1')- C(11rist (lul.illlr I o I I j ~ r itt will r11(111ire IIIOI~~~IS
tile l.cstitutio11 ;IS?. a I of.1:1bo11r,1)eti)i-es r c ~ : L errar;lte II :t [):lss:lge
Christ sl,o:tks of' l ~ i st l ~ r o ~ l r: I, I I ~ of 11is frola t l ~ e])l.isoll illto t l ~ i ;c.l1:~1111cl oL'csc:~pc.
lJat11c.r'~t11ro11eas ilisti~lc.t, I I ~tl1:1t over- . ( . ) I I ~govcrlllllcllt I I I : I ~tlle
6L ; ~ I I < ~ C ~ Spro- S:~I.~
co~lletl~ s11;ill
, sit wit11 l l ~ cin nly ~ I I ~ I cJ rI Ic ~~i7i,sio1l ,~ t11c u ~ ~ t l e r t : ~ l < : I iI lI ~ l ~, eI I I ~ wl-
~t ~ I ~
as I ovcrcnlne, : i r ~ ( lsilt cll~wllwit111 1 1 ~Fat11- ~lllti~l.i:~ll)' ~ O C S to t11(*rcscIIc. Ire s 1 1 ; ~ rin ~s
er in l ~ i sthrolle ;" tile rrul clnl)ire ol'(Jll.ist i 1 I I their I~;rrrlsl~il)s; Ile :uIYcrs cold nr~rlIIUII-
bei11g over t l ~ e11cw cl.catio11, or sl~il.it~~;il g ~ r stripes
; :111(1~ I I I ~ ~ ~ S O Iul~til, I I I ~ like
CII~;
- .mall. Still, 11e ti~lics tllc kir1~([o111 \vl~icll tllelrl, 11c is covcrbd wi.h \rou111lsa ~ ~sores, rl
God gave to l);~vitl,n r ~ t lrcigi~su ~ ~ t; i~ ll lare :111(/ hi:; f i ) r ~ nis Illore 11::lrrctl tl1:111 :LIIYof
sul,duc(l, a ~ ~Goti's tl will is clollc 011 c:ll.tll ;ls tllc111. 111f:~ct, 11c beconlcs o ~ ~of ct l r e ~ ~ r ,
it is in 1ic;iven. 1Ic11cc,i l l tire rcstitutiol~, : L I Iis~trio41 ill :ill lloii~ts,CI.S they l i l c l t ~ t !lt.icJ.
the 11:lt~lrnl111011, tilt? ~ l n t i o ~ ~ ares , to serve I I c el~tlurcdt l ~ c~ I I : L I I I ~ , alrcl t n u ~ ~ t salltl ,
nntl obey I I ~ I I I ( I ~ ; I I I . 7 : 14). stripes, 1111til 11is work W:IS f i ~ ~ i s I ~ c (t11~d I.
I
1)nvid.s ~ ] I I . V I I (IS~ ,2" 111~1.eI C C O I I I , ~ , ~ : ~ - jllst as t11cy :l.vc-rl.a i l c s c e ~ ~ c l iinto ~ ~ g the ~J:IS-
tion of ter111s. Ytrl:i,i,IlieillIs t l ~ c; r ~ ~ o i ~ \ t c~( l~, g t11c e , \vatcI11'111~ ) ~ I ( : I Ifire I , v into tl1c111,
and was a I I I ~ I . ~ty1)c
! of'tlle tpl,,: ,\1loilltc<1. ~ I I C It11e I I I : ~ I I \VIIO II;LLI W I , L ) I I ~ I I t~ l ~ c i r(lcliv-
God sat 011 t11:1t t l ~ r o ~bcfi)rc ~ c IIC g ; ~ v ei t C'I'iIlICC 111115 I)lcrtlirlg to lire cz:~rbth. '1;llcir
to 1)avicI. (1 S:IIII.1 2 : 12). ~ \ I I , I it 110 11101*o 11t~1rts fhil ti1c111; t11e~ I I ~ I isI i11 I ~l ~ o l)crsuit,
t
folluivs t11;it C I I . ~ will 1
. . ~ I).: aisit',/e ;it . J ~ ~ I I Sa :l ~ d.airlioi~t;I E~iid'et l ~ r yC ; ~ I I I I . ! ~l i l ~ t l tl~cil.
1~111, lecallsc l ~ e s i t s O I I I);~\.i~l's tllrul~p,tlllrll way o ~ ti.ol~r ~ t t I ~ i ~t1;~l.k t 11:~ss:ige,,an,/ to nil
t11at Got1 W;IS visii)le, \ ~ I I C I I \V:LSk i ~ :~lb[)c:ir:i~~~e,
~ ~ , t l ~ e yI I I I L S ~: I ~ ; ~ tit11 I I I illto t11e
. .
I;vcry itlea o f :III c:irtllly liills I . ( I I ~ I I I I I ; C I I ~ I I I ( I S of' tl~c:C I I ~ I I I Y; L I I tl~cir ~ <!cli\-crcr rc-
over earthly ki~~g(lorlls, is rCl)l~Islvcto ollr ~.ivcs,a1111I I I I C ~ ?more irt tllcil. I~c:~tl, Ilc lentls
sense o f l)l*c)l)riet~, \ V I I ~ I I nj~l)licp(ito t l ~ eylr~- fi~l.tllir ~ ~ ~ u l t i t uof~ rnlltivcs; lc aurl in spite
r$rd Jcslls, a s Ilc \\.;IS S ~ C I IIjY 1';~uI. 11' ot' the enemy, lie sets the ]loor \ro1u1clcd suf-
11ewere to l>u ill the flcs11, tl1c811 i ~ ~ t l t * tile ~ t I fi'rs f'l.ec.
espect:~tiol~sof our i \ [ i l l e n ; ~ ~ , ibrctI1l.cn, :~l~ \\':IS 11ot tllc.il. c l ~ n s t i s c ~ ~laid ~ e ~011 lt II~III?
of a visible court, n r l t l its nc:cc?;s:rry :icIjrrrlcts, ([ill Ire l ~ o t1)c:rr tllcil. sins i l l 11;so1\.11 bocly ?
and located i l l I';~lcati~~e, 111i~llt I,c renlizcd. was Ilc 11c.t \vou'lltlt.d h r tlwir tr:~l~sgrcssiuns'?
Hut suc11 is 11ot t l ~ ec:Ise, ye:^, tllougll we i~ntl,;IS a figure of' S I ~ ~ C I I , C O I I I ~ tiler :lot,
have k ~ ~ o wCl~rist, n aftcr t l ~ cfleslr, yet now, as tiley rcjoicctl wit11 t l ~ c i rfiicrrtls, over their
hel~cefortlj,li110\\. we I I ~ I I I110 t110rc." tlelivi.ra~~cc,i ~ n v crccallcrl l ~ i s laccrntcd
I f our brethren are ].)erl)lL~setlto uudcr- for111,311~1t r l ~ l vIlivc esclarnc(l, L' by his
st:uld how Gorl coultl be killg over Isrnul, strilws we ;ILY h~alt:cI " ?
witllout a visible court, tllen it 111:1y p e q ) I ~ ~ So C l ~ r i t~~t o k1111011 11i111our I I ; I ~ I I I ' C ; :111d
tllem to ~ ~ ~ ~ c l c l -]low stn~~ t11c
tl Sa- was tricd in nll poi~~tri, 11ot i ~ l ~ l i k cbut , j~~st
viour is to sit on tile snnlc t l ~ r o ~ ~ c . ;IS wc arc. J I e bure i l l 11is I.~r(l_v, oar sins;
God's k i l ~ ~ d uisn lZ I I e v c r l ~ s ~~ i~ ~I Ii ~~C [ O I11t: , ~ I w;rs
. ~ v c ~ u ~ r ~f'tlr
l c coll ~ trr ; ~ ~ ~ s g r e s s i oa11c.i ~is,
I I f tI tI .i
at tlrc en,] of t]le lilillcllllial ngc is
1
it 1111 to t I I E Ly 11;s.itl.i/)cs IVC re I I C R I C ~ .
,yl~Ostiti~liu)~ ~\.ouIcI I I ~ L ~ c ~! C C ' I Ifor tlic en-
collsisterlt wit11 tllis. 'rile " i)yir]o" lyi,clls e111y to ~ I : L V C tO~t11rcd~ t i ~ ,:llld ! , set tlle pris-
wit[, Cllri:lt, o v e ~t, l ~ cn ~ t i o l l s ,\yl~iIclie 5 i t S O I I C ~ Sfi.~~e.1i11tI I C , by 11;sk ~ ~ o ~ v l\ I ~ ~ OvII l ~ ~ ,
on 6 6 D;~vitl'st11ro11~1, b t ~ t6 h t11~;t i 1 i 1 1 ~~3~ ~ l ~ :Li c\,ietc~ry,
l1 111:~clc;t \\.:LJ' 01' c.sc:~])c,; I I I ~i l l
arc scell, arc te11l~,or:d; wllilc tile tllirlgs s])itc: ol' tllr: c!llclll~, set ~ I I C ] ) ~ ~ S U I I C ~ I 'fBr ~ c ;
llot see11arc eterlral." 1a11d no s ~ ~ b s t i t ~ l iill i o it~l ~ ec;ise. 1)e;ltll is.
 a n enemy, Clrrist does not duliufy a?!qfetld- for AC~:IIII'S sin,nrld live bccausc of Christ's
cd luzi~,but colrqllers 311 Iwetny, ant1 Ic:~tls ~ - i ~ l l t c t s u s r ~\see r s ~11:ive
, a rcsl~or~sibilit~ ill
captivity captive :-'Li:l! h;s X./~~)ii!lcd~e shnll t l ~ elatter case, bccur~scour secotld bir!l~ is.

I.lny rigl~teouascrv;~ntjustil:~ nlnny; lor Ire

slrnll I~cnrt l ~ c i rinicl~~ity " (Isn. 4;;: 11).
And God so lorctl r l ~ cwt)rl(l, tll:rt hc'sc*nt
his Son, not to n,,l)ense 11is own wrath, but
m:~tleto tlcpentl, in sonle clcgrcc, 011 our-
I . O I Is~a l v ~ t i odcl)er~ds ~~
011 tllc secot~dAtlalll ; if w e are toru of'lri~~l,
\vc s11:1llpossess Ilis n:iturc, all(\ t,l~crct'o~.c
cntir.clg "11-

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to destroy cle:~tl~, : I I Il l~i l ~ r t l ~ : 11:ls
~ t t l ~ cj>o\v- iu~rnol.tnl,rllercly tt.cuuse \re arc born ag:liu,
er of cleatlr, t11:it is, tllc 1)cvil. Cllrist took ljl~tw l ~ e t l ~ c\vu r rolnc to thc Lirtl~or !rot,
o u r nature, bcc:lrne one of us, that rle might I I L + ~ I C I I ~ I S011 ourscl\.es. Altl~!)uglr t l ~ cfirst
.:.. sutTer nnd dic .~ctithUY, not i~~aidua'.)f a s ;Lbif' birr11 is i ~ ~ d r l ) c ~ l (of l c ns,
l ~ t it is very I)rol'cr
i.. .-. tlrcy llave hated ~ n c ,t l ~ c y\rill 11:1tcyou ; if tlr:~t the 11:llt' clcvcloltcd crcat:~rc, should
they lrave ~)ersccutcdrnc, they wiil pcrsc- Ilegin to exercisc some rcsllo~~sibility.
,: . cute you." Tlrc s c r v n ~ is ~ t lot in tlris above
his I,ortl ; Ilc~lre,'' \VC fill up lvlint is bc-
hind of his sutYe~-ings." I : I I ~glad lie (lid -
, not su&r i/lutc[td of' us, for it w e sulicr NORTHA n . 4 ~ . i\.l.\ss.
will1 11i111, tvc sII:III also r.ei.gr~\\,it11II~III." 1)e:ir brotllcr ; I~:l\,i~rg rend your articles
-., QIICS:~DII
.,
:-IIow clocs tlrc rcsurr.cctio11' on the atollc.nlelit, 1 lc.c#l i t :I t 1 1 . t ~to write
comt: by m:rn (Christ), as t:~~r:l~ti l l 1 Cor. :111d let you Itno\\* I~owth:rr~kfulI a m for t l ~ c
15 :), if t l ~ el.'ntl~cr~.;~iscsthc ((cud'? great ligl~t. It gives s u c l ~nu : ~ ~ s i g l lillto t
A~lst\.cl:-No~ic? will r l ~ ~ c s t i othe r ~ power tbc I)~:III, :~rltl111:~1ict; us k~lowCotl :u~tlC111.ist
of God, to Ir:~vc~ ~ i s et ld~ edcn(l, ere11 it' uo co I ; I I I C L ~ Ibetter'. IIo\v any orle call t:lIic es-
seco~lclAd:~lrlII:I(I I ~ C C I I providc~d; but In(- cel)tion to t l ~ ctruths, so clca1.1ysct f h . t l ~is ,
less somc provision lr;111 I~ccn~llndefor r:~is :I nlystc-ry to I I I ~ . I nlll very gl;~(lof your
ing I I I ~ I Ito a 11igllc.rnat11l.e t l ~ e r e\\.o~~ltl Iln\.e r)r-otl.nctrt(lctl'urt to set the s111~icct1)clorc
been no use ot'rnisiug Irim. since Ilc nlllst I \.olrr rc*a(lf!rs. r f l ~ c > l i s l ~ t I I O \ V 'slriui1lg 011
11avc livcd in sill, nntl ~licul:1gai11;as \ve nlnv 'tllc I)I:III01' ~ I I Cages, is c s c c e ~ l i n g li ~ r~t~r?s-
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su[)ltose \V:IS t11e cnsc \ r i t l ~tlre witlo\v's son t i 1 1 to ~ I I I ~ . I l ~ c i ~yo11 r ~ l~)I.C;ICII :it tlris J I I : I C ~
I-aisetl I)y Ulisll:~. Ilut :IS Cl~risturr(l(!rtook i l l 1371, slro\\.i~~< t l ~ ue l ~ ~ l i rotl~ gt l ~ c IS35
to bccourc tlie sc.cur1~1Xtlurn, nntl by :I sec- I 11;i~s 1 1 1 D ~ I I I1. 3 : : L I I ~also
~ t l ~ eli000 ycrrs,
o ~ ~birth,
tl \
r:~iseI I I ~ I I If'roln tlris state of 111or- i l l IS73 ; : I I IIr:~vc ~ I)ecrr tryin:! to lollow t l ~ u
t:rlity, 01. livi112tlc~1t11,to n co~~tlition of irn- ever sir~cc; n11t1 : I I I ~ti~lly l~c.r.ir~:~tlcd
n~ort:~lity, the rcsr~rrcction of' tlrc nnt~lrnl l~ositionis i n l ~ : ~ r * r ~wit11 ~ o n yt l ~ c1jil)le.
man by tlrc l":~tl~er,\vIro alone tlrals wit11 \\'it11 tlrc \vol.k Got1 gives you to do
tllem, is ns Ilcccss:lr.y, to t113t crld, as \\.:IS a ~ luny ~ d hc bless t l ~ a \vol.k, t is my 1)rayer;
t l ~ c i rcrcatior~. f Irrlcc., b L As by Innn cnlllc 11. I V . 1~110\vs.
I dt!ath, 11y Inan ( ' : I I I I:I~(so t l ~ erc.;ul.l'c.ctio~~ ~.)rla1100.J I ~ I I I I . - I ) ~ : Iirotlrcr.
I~ I an1
! of the (Ic~:~cl.'' ~\(I:IIII (10~'s11ot kill tlre rac:c
only illdirectly : tire 1)evil is t l ~ cn l ~ et11:1t
11:ls tlrc power of (lent11; s o t Ire scc*nll(lA(~:IIII
does not ,cive : I J : I C ~tlrirt lib. ~lir.cctl\.. .. . t'or t lle
F : ~ t l ~ c1*:1iset11
r 111) t l ~ ctlc:ul : I I I I ~ rlr~ickelrctll A t l v c ~ ~ rninisti-rs,
t n ~ l dIllrnlbc1.s: advise rnc
them ; l)ut as death c:trno becalc~r:of onca not to ~ i v your c pnpcr 11ouse-ronn~, 1)ut 11ow
111:111'soit;.~lce, so tlrc rcsr~~.rccti(~n ol'tl~c(Its:~(l (YLII I slrtrt nry eyes to S I I C ~ IgIol.io11s light?
corncs Gcc!l~iseof tlrc riglltco~~sl~css 01' onc. l'l.:~isc Got1 lor 111eir~crc:lsctilino\vlc.tl!re il,
of
T h i s by I I O nlenns 11ro\.cs t11:tt t l ~ c~intur.:rl 11;s ~~reciotrs wol.tl ; t l ~ cOctoLcr. 111ln11~cr I
mar^.' " t l ~ ecrc:ul," : ~ r cr:~iserl Cy C'l~rist,but nlust s:~?,\rns 111catf01'1111n~ry souls.
tlley are raised bc(!a!rsc of Iiirn. I w : ~ r ~tot :lsk n question : 110 j o u tlrink
i$~lestio~~:-Il;:IS t:111gi1t ~ I Ilton1.5: 19, t l ~ cL:il)le tc;i:alres t l ~ : t~l t~ c\rol.I(l was 111:1c(e
nl:lrly \vtbrcrn:~tlcS ~ I I I I Cl,y ~ S , (\is~)l)c*tli-in -+iscin.vs oi.74 l1o111.scncl~Y
~ I tlrc
clicc of olle rll:ln; a~lcl11ytllc ~~igl~tcousncss I . U v no Irlenns : t l ~ e word " tlnv." ..
of one, rllnny :ire 111nt1c:rigl~teor~s, tlt~csit of'tcr~rcq)rcsca~~ts all i r ~ ( l c f i ~ ~pcriotl;
ite ; ~ r i t lin
not 1)cove our entire ir.rcsll~~l~sibility ? rllis c n c t l ~ c r earc goo(1 Y C ~ S O I I S for bc~licv-
A I I S U ~ ~ I ~ : -a11 A S\v 111) :Ire I , ~ I . c.i'
I I htl;un, illg cncl~LGd(~y," \vns :1 vast gcologic:~lperiod.
are born ~rtrtlart l ~ c~ ) r l l ; ~ lot yl clc:itlt, we nlVc . .- -- -

not ~.esl,or~sil~lc lor tl1:1t, sirrce IVC l ~ n v eI I O T l ~ articlec on Ilcvel;~tion,is crawdcd out;
choice, in thc nlattcr; but although we die also q u e s t i o ~ ~ s llev. 14 : 6-9.
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