Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-09-02


reckoning day of Israel, of which the fol-
lowing parable was type: The kingdom
oil heaven is likened unto certain kion
which would take account of his servants
and when he had begun TO reckon, &c. AL
SO under the figure namely, How is if ,hat
hear this Of thee? Give account If ,b,,
stewardship for thou mayest be no lonoer
steward
| The end of the World again occurs as
follows, At: Again tie kingdom of heaven
IS likened unto net that was cas-, into the
sea and gathered Of every kind which when
II was full they drew to shore, and sat down
and gathered the good into vessels but cast
The bad away. So shall it be at the end OF
me a0ortd, the angels shall come forth and
sever the wicked from the Just and shall
cast them into the furnace of fire. ,herp
shall be waling and crashing of teeth. j.
sus saith unto them, Have We understood all
these things? They say unto him, Yea.
Lord. Then said he unto them, Tberefora
every Scribe which is instructed unto the
Kingdom of heaven is like unto a man thai
Is an hou sehoder, which bringeth forth out
ot his treasure things new and old.' Have
we not, at the present day, some such
Scrlbes, Teachers nell instructed ,,0fo the
lhtngdom ofhearen? Then let them sneak
out. These articles solicit correction. The
writer IS willing to be called upon in anv
state oil this discuss;on-to stop and attend
'ocorrectIon at any time. Also will answer
The inquiries of any who shall interrogate
II IN any expression he is not understand
Bat TO our subject.
The reader will perceive that as the kino-
dom OF heaven was to be established i, the
earth, so also the PARALLELS of the kingdom
| OF heaven, the furnace Of fle,' and the
waiting and gnashing of teeth,' were all to
be fulfilled on the earth. Moreover, had not
the disciples first learned that at least some
that stood there should live to witness his
coming, they would never have asked the
signs. But as before cited, Matt "a. 3D.
Tell US when shall these things be ? and
when shall! be the sign Of thy coming, and
/ Of the end Of the world 2 Aud Jesus
answered and said unto them, Take heed
that no man deceive you, for many shall
come IN my name, saying, am Christ, and
shall deceive many. And ye shall hear Of
wars and rumors of wars see that We be
| ,bl.d 10 Ill IL
10 pass, bot the end is not YETI The end of
what is not yei2 The reader will of course
reply that The end of The arorid-thal which
was asked-is not yet.' W; For nation
shall rise against nation &c. onward TO
verse p, 'And because iniquity shall
abound, the love Of many shall wax cold 5
But he that shall endure unto the end the
same shall be saved.' Endure what? En-
dure the hatred and revilings. Bot to the
end Of what? TO the end Of the world as
in the question originally. For it was not
the material world, but the Jewish polity,
world or kingdom, the end Of which some
uho stood Mele e. should live to see And be
SQCeu from WHAT ANS. EtoHi tue coHl-
ing time Of tioubte such us neUer aoas since
there rds a nation > (Dan. II: ~ That
there will be judgment after death IthiHh
will be conclusively proved before we dis
miss The subject, but this judgment was to
be before, as cited above. All these things
shall come upon thi, generation
". l5:) Aud this gospel Of the king
dom must be preached in all the world
for witness unto all nations and then
shall the end [of the world come Then
!, how long was il before the gospel was
} preached in all the world? How fal
does the phrase 'all the world as uset
ia former DAYS, extend? We will make
ourappeal 10 the apostle Paul, who, abon
Thirty years after this, wrote as follows
Iron. 10: 49, But | say, Have they
, not heard? Yes, verify, their sound wen
!, into all the earth, and their words unt
, the ends of the world And before TO-
: Il: 8.) Your faith is spoken of through
e on, The whole world So in A. d.
Luke 2: ~ There went out deere
from Cesar Augustus that all the worl
> should be taxed N Merriam.
S Bennington, Aug. 81, 1910.
d Brother Murray The following is the sui
n stance Of sermon preached at the funeral OF sist
Jane Pennek a youthful member OF our church, al