Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-06-29

times the eternal world, the habi,aiion 0
the righteous. design 10 quote sucf
passages. as refer in particular 10 lhe
church Of Christ, which is che kingdom
OF heaven or kingdom of God on earth
Mark j; Ia, l5:s !" Now after that john
was put IN prison, Jesus came into Cali,
lee. preaching the gospel of the kingdom
OF God, And saying, The time is fulfilled
and the Kingdom Of God is at hand re.
pent We. and believe the gospel" John
The BAPTIST, in speaking OF the same king
dom, calls il The kingdom of heaven.
Mat. III; 2: And saying, Repent ye:
for the kingdom Of heaven is at hand"
Here We see the time was fulfilled more
than eighteen hundred years ago, and the
kingdom of God was then, even at hand.
But friend Low differs from John the
Baptist and Jesus Christ, in that he thinks
the time is not We. fulfilled and that this
kingdom will not come until adcr the sec.
.ond coming OF Ch.ist. &c. But we will hear
Chris again on the same subject. Luke
xvii: 20; " And when he was demanded
of the pharisees, when the kingdom Of
God should come. he answered them ana
said, The kingdom Of God come:h not
with observation Neither shall the. saw s. :
Lo here! or, 10 therel for, behold, the
kingdom of God is within you" Thus
we. see il was established. in the hearts of
men some time tefore the cfucifxion Of
Christ. In answering the pharisees,
Christ gave full answer 10 two questions
that friend Low has asked me: viz :
when and where this kingdom appeared.
His third question is how did i. appear,
1 am glad he has asked me few ques-
lions, and will give him definite answers,
instead of answering them by asking
another, and thus do by him as be has
done by me, 70: wish 10 ask him few
more questions which want him TO an
swer definitely if he can, if not shall
think he cannot or dare not answer them.
Ii l can. agree 10 answer definitely, any
proper question relating to the subject in
dispute thai. friend L. or others may please
to ask me- The manner in which the
kingdom of heaven appeared. was in mer-
cy, bringing Joy and peace TO the troubled
mind. !" Ii comeih mol with observation"
1.-The wind bloweth where it Iisteth, and
thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst
not tell whence il cometh, and whittier it
goeth; so is every one that is born of the
Spirit John /: g: "That was the true
light, which lighteth every man that com
eth into the world. He was in the world,
and the world was made by him, and the
world knew him not. He came 10 his
own, and his own received him not. But
as many as received him to them gave he
power to become the sons Of God. even to
them that believe on his name. Which
were born, not Of blood, nor 0. the will Of
the flesh, nor of the will OF man, but Of
God" The Apostle was careful 10 put
this in the present or past tense, and not
| in the future as friend L.swould have il.
Either friend L. or the Apostle must be
wrong. Again, if this kin gdom cometh
not until Christ shall make his second ap
peararice. when he shall come with ter
] thousand Of his saints, then the kingdom Q
God cometh with observation, for that vii
be visible scene even as his ascension
/ was visible. Here is dispute betweel
our friend and Jesus Christ. Christ says
I"the kingdom Of God cometh not with OBJ
seryalion," sat A. D. L argues that it ma
mot come, and will not, until i come
with observation. II is as true that III
kingdom Of God was set up On earth bs
fore the crucifixion of Christ, as it is tia
kChfisl cast out devils by The spirit oil Coo
/ Mat. Xii: %: {" But If cast out devils b
\ the spirit of God, then the kingdom {
i God is come unto yon." lfsA. d l
should say that this passage y intended
4 renresent the future or second future tens
la should not be more surprised at the lde
+ than I VAS al his putting Mat. ': 3: and
in The future tense. Again the comman
, of Christ is. Mat. vi: 33: But seek
I FIRST the kingdom Of God. and its rig
- teousness. and these things shall be add,