Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-04-03
Correspondence.
For the Standard.
End of the World"

Mr.. EDTToR,-A recent eommunica-
ton with the above heading was last week
reviewed by a. NJ. O." Ishan not now
reply to his whole article; it would de-
mand too much space. There are two or
three points, however, which may be no.
ted.
stated that " the end could not come
until all the enemies of Christ had been
subdued, not by might, nor by power, but
by His spirit" and / meant to be under
stood that according to the scriptures, the
end could not come until the kingdom of
Christ had progressed so far that there
should be no opposition. There are
great many passages to this end, but in
an article ike this a single passage, if to
the point, is enough, and must stand I'M
less contradicted, in which case the Bible,
having impeached itself would become
entirely useless for any purpose. It's a"-
thority a0ould cease.
A contest has commenced, Christ and
his cross against Satan and his emissaries.
1t commenced in a particular way. 1t
was not by violence and destruction, but
by the word of God. That contest must,
from the very nature of God, continue
until Satan and all his hosts are destroy
ed, or until he shall prove too strong for
! the Lord. But to the law and to the
, testimony. In the old testament the
very first promise after the fall, was that
Christ should bruise Satan's head or de-
Stroy him, and the new testament repeats
: the promise-Heb. 2: IA. Passing by
the hundreds of passages in the old tesla
ment that point the same way, l must be
content to use few in the new, which
clearly declare that such must be the case.
l will commence at Christ's resurrection.
. Matt. 81: 16-Jesus said, {" all power is
! given unto me in heaven and in earth.
/ Go We and teach all nations" 1t cannot
: be denied that when that assertion was
made he had begun to reign. His king
, dom was not meat, and drink but right
eousness and peace, and JOY in the Holy
; Ghost" rom. IA: II. 1t began even
| before the crucifxion. Matt. p: %.
1t was preached first by Jesus, Mark
r 14-Luke 4: 43-Acts l: 3. 1t was
l continued by the disciples agreeable to
/ Christs last command, and soon gave
, promise of its subsequent power. Allu-
r ding to this the apostle Cor. 10: 1925
| says: He must reign until he hath put
; all enemies under his feet. The last en-
envy that shall be destroyed is death .
4 Here then 1t seems to be proved that his
D kingdom, commencing as early certainly
as tho stata-s,,->t No. % o.
S gress, until it shall overcome all opposi-
r ton. And this will be all accomplished
= before the end Of the world, as the last
enemy to be destroyed is death, and that
will be by the resurrection. I might
name few other passages that prove the
5 same thing. "The stone cut out of the
+, mountain without hands must become a
e mountain and fill the whole EARTH" In
: the parable of the mustard seed Jesus
foretold that his kingdom should become
r greater than any other. In the parable
d of the leaven he declared that it would
e " leaven the whole lump" change the en-
n tire race as leaven changes the meal
= See Matt. IS: There are no passages
d that contradict this. The wheat anC
II the tares grow together until the harvest
e but when is the harvest? Manifestly
: commencing with Christ it continues tC
; the period spoken of by Paul when " he
1t should gather together in one all thing:
l. in Christ which are in heaven and which
are on earth" Eph. l: 10; John 4 IS
Sc Lift up your eyes and look on the fields
e for they are white already for the har
T, vest."-Matt. 9: 81, IS; Luke 10:
II Then, also, the end of the world haC
s COME Cor. 10: IL. "These thing!
n happened unto them for ensamples, anC
m they are written for our admonition upor
lie whom the ends of the world are come
g And so of the other quotations of J. NJ
10 O. They have no reference to the sub
I'd ject, certainly they do not disprove N,
position. If there be anything to b.
learned from the signs of the times i
< is the same. The heaven is diffusing it
4 self abroad-the mountain is filling tn
whole earth. I therefore adhere to m,
former position "The end cannot com
a. until all enemies are subdued."
IN Your correspondent inquiries why I di
st not quote Matt. "a: So; also Acts
in connection with the statement that
was not designed to be known when til
u end should come l answer, because the