Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-12-16

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THE sEcosD CoazIEGa OF CHRIST.
/ On the 4th Of October a Conference
was held in Chardon Street Chapel, Bas-
ton, Of the believers in the near approac h
Of the second coming of Christ, and The
end Of the world. We furnish the fol-
lowing extract from an account OF the pro-
ceedings cfthe Conference, in the Chris .
tian Herald. Mornsng Stor ..~
The meetings were all we'll attended,
and about $50 gave in their ames as
members Of the Conference. The bond
of union ia this nrctog was the belief,
the common belief Of all its members, that
the Cd Advent Of he Glorious Redeemer
is NEAR Ar HAND. There was no
attempt 10 protuce conviction that it would
inevitably take place 10 1913.
A preliminary meeting was held Oh
| Tuesday evening. 1t was expected thai
Brother William Miller would be present.
and notice had been given that he would
address the congregation. The people
were disappointed. Ed. Hines opened
the meeting BY reading letter from Bro.
AiiIer's son, stating that his father was
sick with tyrhrs fever, and would not
| therefore be able to attend the Conference
as fon3ly anticipated. Et. Fl. Jones and
p. r, Russell gave an exposition Of the
24.h Of Mat
! On "Wednesday at 10. A. N. the Con-
ference was organized IN Chardon St.
Chapel. . -.
Henry D. Ward, ofShrewsbury, Mass.
was chosen President.
/ As the President took the chair he
made some Interesting aud appropriate
| remarks. He sud it was % novelty that
had called rs ogetEer.-T'he sentiment
that the coming of Christ WIS near
and that he would come personally was q
sentiment held by the primitive church,
and the contrary sentiment was modern
! doctrine, Il novelty The throne of grace
was fervent!y addressed by Brother J.
! Lieh, after which he addressed the meet
! ing 1T length, and in an able ard feeling
manner, upon the "a Coming Of The Mes
si3h. We took notes Of this address and
/ perhaps NAV write them out, SO far a
least is to give our readers an abstract.
i Afternoon Session II the afternoon
the President reai az elaborate lsetur,
upon The doctrine aad History Of lhs
AiilIenn;un." L was CLEARLY proved il
| this lecture that Chris, informed his dis
i cipies before he left the3,, and assembled Il
ri.eayen, that he should be gone but a Ut
. tie ar!iIt,' tha. lie "should mase q shor
work on the cath" and then come agai!
that the Apostles regarded the 2
AIKEN: uctg even III their day, and tazl
the Christian Fathers, ST. Clemens. Alex
aD-anas Eeaas, CFpri.sn, Justin MartyE
anl tie whole prl:nti"e Church believe
: ii the personal coming Of Christ IN th
c c.oads Of Heaven, TO raise and change hi
: saints, destroy the wicked and regenerat
,Iie earth by fire ard that they regarded
as an event daily 10 be expected il thei
dae. Ii was also shown that Luther an
. his coadiutogs il he Reformation enlsi
tanned the same sentiments. The moder
: popular notion Of temporal Md!enia:
TO precgde the immortal state. was trace
\ 10 Whitby. President Edwards and D
II Hopkins.
ssl As this learned and Interesting artic'
Ii will Be published with the report Of Il
4 Conference. we deem il unnecessary
enlarge upon its contents.
81 In the evening session of Wednesda
i Brother II. Jones, delivered an address
e an hours length, which he had evident
n prepared with much pains upon " I
r Return Of Israel" In this address =
be lceaanon opinion that the Jews are TO
ad turn 10 Palestine, their city a
ng temple, and be converted to Christians
n before the ed coming of Christ, was