The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-05-04

bath Erening. .qprs 60 1873 IN reply to structures
published By the Req. THEODORE CLAP.
BY REV. ALEXANDER CAMPBELL
but of that day and hour knoweh man no, angc
OF Heaven, but, My Father" -Nctthep, xiv: Sc.
The passage of Lords discourse reported by
- But of that day and that hour knoweth moi
to ake m this s subject out at fe
Py the appea.anee of structures under the of the
that the text quoted discourse Of last Sabbath evening
relations Waeye a% ~ az into has
those structures were intended an answer to Rev Mr.
Martins discourse in which he quoted that
his the first opportunity embraced to present to your
The writer Just named that the day designated
in our text is the time OF the destruction of jerusalem We
His argument as he himself States it. that the Whole of
the discourse OF or Lord on this occasion recorded the
ivered in reply question put by the Disciples which as
he understands IT. is to when Jerusalem should be destroy
He that Christ his discourse proessedy
gress Of his speech he should the subject Of the
ton of Jerusalem and the subveTsion of the Jewish poy
hearers any Notice Of the anson. But let be reme-
bered that all the dongs of Christ had been written,
Apostle John could not Contain all the books that Would be
required for the purpose much more must this be true in
understand the matter the holy Apostles and Evan
dscounes as in the wisdom OF the iwise were viewed
convenient and at the same time Sucent tor the
mankind IT, then, what our Lord says any of that
discourse does not accord with the destruction of jerusalem
found in other passages Of Scpnre there is no necessity
that he should have introduced formal notice, special
hearers might have been necessary and if it there
can be doubt but such notice given in the
doubtless instructed by the Spirit what parts of his dcoure
to hs ts and Mha1 % p1 on hi, na
the one which pu him in error on the whole subject this
Chs and the Of jerusalem are one and the
event at least that they are events Of the same date
answer the question connection with the question Itself
shall find that the question contains in two subjects
discourse of LORD presents to each Of these subjects
ssm reply Now let the The
shall these things be and what shall Dc the sign Of thy
So ep
Christ and the end of the world There be reason
the world intended the termination Of the Jewish state
which occurred about the year TO- in the destruction of eu
be Just as little DOUBT that by the coming Of Christ II this
question meant his coming as the Judge of the world at
Lord taking up the latter first continues to answer it from
the Of The fourth t. the temnaton Of The
then proceeds to ANNOUNCE that Immediately after the
sa1 19 a &c he dn s %
and the starr shall tall t6m heaven and the powers Of the
the Son Of Man in heaven and then shall all the tribes Of
the earth and they shall see the Son Of Man coming
R his angels with sound Of
and they shall gather together the elect from the four
we learn that the time Of the Saviour coming is to be after
the tbuaon Of the Jewish nation in the destruction Of
jerusalem By keeping in minds the distinct subjects
proposed in the question prepared to perceive very
clearly transition om the asW of part of the
l. Let proceed to notice some of the circumstances
which identity that day. in the text, with the second
In various parts of the New Testament the term THAT
ny way in have an
persuaded that he abe TO keep that which i have cq%
Lord HIM that e ad Of the e in
me- The a R Rp
Judge shall give me at tint day and not to only
Many will say tome in that dr. Lord, Lord and then
will profess to them never kney you Id depart from me-
that shall be tolsrabe in that day for sodom than for
that city, uke X is2 But ye, brethren, pot in
Thess W 14 A s You who ioabsd rest with
when the Lord Jesus shall be REVEALED from with
know not b and ii that obey not our Lord
he the
when he shall come to be goned OF bis saints and to be
s. Not one of these texts can if Interpreted by their
contexs be applied TO the subvson of the Jewish State
referred to the day Of na judgment This hearers must
understand if they but read these passages of sacred
The occurrences described in this chapter from the be-
ginning Of the tweny.ninh verse to the end Of the next
final Judgment elsewhere given IN the Scriptures, but not
with the destruction of jerusalem or the subverslon OF the
In the thry-rt verse Of this chapter is said And he
they shall gather together the elect from the four winds from
end of Heaven to the other in the fifty and fifty
We shall all be changed in moment, in the twInkng OF
at the last % The sn s i9una ana
Who doubt but in this passage in Corinthians, the
Apostle describes the Judgment day
Christ in His second coming, is TO appear in the clouds of
heaven In the hrteth verse of this chapter read And
3 e sn 0 In Acts s eae
ninth and eleventh. while they behed he was taken up
ood o sad e'S his same Jesus Wheh taken
INTO Heaven. shall like ye have seen
N cloud Who can doubt but this prediction, uttered
ascension relates to His second coming at TIE
Of Matthew it is revealed that before Christ shall be
gathered all e be the tenth al Hes sn o b
fore the Judgment seat Of Christ s9d again in the, the tenth
must all appear before the judgment seat of Christi
In the thirty second of the twenty ninth chapter Of
I we m nbephe e as e De om e
goats " in the First Psalms, fifth verse that the ungody
hall not stand in the Judgment nor sinners in the congre
The esnies awarded to both the righteous and the wicked
te Wee t IS sad These a 20 away INTO evetng
punishment but the righteous into life eternal correspond
e # the a fa nOe Of 5S that ter
e tons were a gea h they s M only
word here translated everlasting and eternal literally
Ths eniton Is affirmed by our learned OPPONENT as con-
eded by all scholars This assertion made with posi-
iVeness ana at all times necessary WHen
lroo not at hand As another discourse introduced
he Derivation OF the tenn and its definition as given BY
his great and leave the brother of the Congregational
church to class the Stagete among scholars not he
night prefer But our object is 10 place information before
he people, who nave neither leisure other facilities o
examining subject which be properly understood
without some research. We will here offer something further
IN this word.
Phlo " In eternity Cen aan) there is nothng past
y future but II exists unit by the necessity OF us nature
This definition full and unequivocal The Lan version
Of the Bible called the NuIgate made by the learned
Jerome Christian father who lourshed in the fourth CEN
and the early part of the fifth In this translation the
word atonas rendered by Rernus and the same tre OF
he Latin TRANSACTIONS of the Greek fathers generally where
he word occurs We have already said in the discourse OF
Sabbath evening that from a1on the Latin words GerMas
md 9terpus are derived and might add GtuR. ms
asst word comes directly from aon Then from would
,ome Grur7s which, by sycOpe. becomes 6ternus Gter.
,as and our English words eternity and eternal Vow, et
IS inquire what the proper meaning OF GteHuS IN LAIN
flour brother please will let Cicero answer .e question:
He saws As the universe in part mortal tod himself
,ernal taterna) motion, the soul imo "a tse
,ifera mparts action the ffai body For what IS al
ways moved is eternal (GternHm) ior that when causes
,ction in another well that which acted upon by
omeiing without itself when to move by neces
ty it ceases to live Therefore that only which Is self
deserted by ITSELF