Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1843-03-16
Sayings and GIeanings relative TO MiIlerism.

toniShing mistakes seen IN poetry or prose.
Having in a former Article, given the reader to
derstand that Millersm is not a humbug, shall
proceed in this TO endeavor to expose the falacy of
his notions relative to Chrst's second coming. He
aflirms that said coming sis yet future !" whereas
cording to the Evangelists testimony, it took place
before the generation passed away which Christ ad
dressed-whle some of those people were living who
stood near him when he spake. Let me refer 10 the
scriptures.
See Matt xvi. 81, %: "F'or the Son of man shall
come in the glory of his Father with his ANGELS, and
then shall he reward every man according to his
works. Tery / say unto you there be some Standing
here tchich shall not taste Of death till they see the son
Of man coming IN his kingdom"
See Mark viii 80 also ix. |: "Whosoever, there
fore, shall be ashamed of me and my words, of him
shall the Son of man be ashamed when he cometh in
the glory of his Father with his angels Teriy say
unto you that there be some Of them that stand here,
Chich shall mol taste Of death till they haze seen the
kingdom Of God come toith pocer."
See Luke tx &C. %: "For whatsoever shall be asha
med of me and my words, of him shall the Son of man
be ashamed when he shall come in his own glory and
in his fathers and of the angels But l tell you Of a
TRUTH there be standing here iChich shall not taste
Of death till they see The kingdom Of God"
So you see, reader, that here we have the testmo-
ny of three evangests, and they all affirm that the
Savior declared his second coming should take place
while some of his hearers living. What can
be plainer2 | contend that letters cannot shape
that sounds cannot convey language more pointedy
opposed to Mller's chmerical notions than this which
we have quoted. But have hardly noticed one half
tho H. 81,
In Matt. xiv. 1874 read as follows: "lmmedi-
atey after those days H. those days that shall pre-
cede Jerusalems destructon shall the sun be dark
ened and the moon shall not give her light, and the
stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of the
heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the
sign Of the Son of man in heaven and then shall all
the tribes of the earth mourn and they shall the
Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with pow
er and great glory and he shall send his angels with
great sound of trumpet and they shall gather to-
gether his elect from the four winds from one end of
heaven to the other. Now learn the parable of the
fig tree: When its branch is yet tender and putteth
forth leaves we know that summer is nigh; so like
wise ye, when we shall all these things, know
that is near, at your DOORS Verify say unto
you, this generation shall not pass till all these things
be fulfilled" | ask the reader to notice here three
particulars. l. "The parable of the fig tree" was
mentioned, to the disciples that Christs coming
in the clouds "NIGH, EVEN AT THEIR DooRs."-
g They to ,gih their o,cn eyes the things of
which he spake "Hhen YE shall SEE all these things"
&c. 3. "Ihis generation shall not pass till all these
things be fulfilled" Now is it not strange,-passing
srange,-that Jesus should use such language as
this-te his disciples to icatch" for him, for his
cond coming was ''nigh," sat their DOORS" &c. when
he was not intending to come under eighteen hun
dred years? Surely the disciples eyes must be wea-
ry with matching ere this Again, he says to them,
aye shall not hare gone The cities Of Israel till the
Son Of man be come" If they to be 1900 years
in travelling over the cities of Israel their limbs must
be as weary with travel their eyes are with watch
ing.
"But why not notice Mr. Miller's comments OH the
above passages?" | will.
1st. "Tbis generation shall not pass" &c. 1t is
said this text that the Christians should remain
a distinct to the end of the material world and
Mr. NJ quotes | Peter ii. 9 as proof But here he is
lame; for he has been shown (by Rev J. B. Dods)
that the original word rendered generation in Peter
is not the same with the word so rendered in Mat
thew. And besides, how is the word generally I'M
aduterous generation-'Joseph died and all that ge-
neration." Generation as used in these instances
means an age. I'd. "1'here be some standing here"
&C. When Jesus uttered these words, Mr. M. says
he referred to his TRANSPORTATION the Mount
Well admit it for a moment His second coming,
then, took place when he TRANSPORTED. All the
parade therefore, about his appearance in 1913 refers
to his third coming. But reflect a moment. Did he
literally come in the clouds when he Uent up on the
Mount to be TRANSPORTED before Peter, James and
John? =. Again: When he came, he to render
unto according to their oorks Did he thus
ward mankind when he TRANSPORTED?
Reader, be not deceived. As Archbishop New
comb says, "The destruction of Jerusalem by Titus
is emphaticaly called the coming of Christ" This
coming was A. 10. The testimony of Clarke, Gill,
Hammond and others might be quoted in favor of this
assertion, but deem it unnecessary.
But the question arises, did he come literally in 'the
Clouds" "with his angels" &c. when Titus destroy
ed the Jews? No;-yet he virtually appeared and
displayed his divine power Many people deny that
Christs second appearance took place them because
he made no personal appearance. They seem to for
get that throughout the Bible any virtual visitation