Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-03-04


And men shall write thee-w with tho great aud wise
j. R. T.
A Response to IS Meta.''.-Thoughts on
tire Millennium.
We have not had leisure before TO respond
as we desired to your comments in previous
issue on the lines herewith again quoted:
"Ere the peach shall hore 5ltsha in an August
Or the rintagc haze grnced the rine,
The South shnH eruit orrr fofhdnd HIM
Like qicnare;,eAhed ,cih rime."
You say the writer makes the prediction on
the high ground that the reign Of EMASuAL
dravs nigh, and you fear the prophecy is
wide of the mark" But are you sure you
have understood the contributor to our neigh.
bor. the Field and F'iireMde, as he would have
You DO Does he hold it essential to the com
ing of the millennium that any one nation OF
The earth be I" nc,u Jorn?" Or does he not
rather make allusion to the people of God in
this sense ? and are not Christians the F" neso-.
born nation" spoken of?-not those who pro-
fess the name of CHRIST not those who
wear the outward garb while the heart is still
drawn out after the pleasures ard treasures
of time and sense but the honest humble.
trusting, prsSing followers Of CaRssg .ssL Look !;
ing upoDtthe question in tIis gts WS md, 4
much reason toswatch for tbes sal2Soae Ss
thai great day Of the Lord.
All Christians, at least all who have studied
prophecy carefully and prayerfully with Di-
vine aid. believe tha. Christ will make a sec
ond advent upon earth, and reign for thous-
and years in glory and majesty, as two dis
tinct advents are foretold the ore as Man to
suffer- the other as God to rule. The Jews
dazzled by the glory &c the second overlook
ed the first; we, lear, in looking backwards,
to the Cross, are neglecting to prepare for tie
Crown. 1t is generally conceded by all that
the six days of Creation are typical Of the
six thousand years tbro' which the earth is
to endure, and the seventh is the day Of rest,
or Sabbath Of q thousand years. If our space
were not so circumscrlbed it would afford us
pleasure to compare these types and antitypes,
and discuss at length their wonderful reseni
blance; but let us now pass o.
At what precise time these six thousand
years terminate and when the seventh (mil-
lenial) period begins cannot be calculated; for
we read "Of that day and hour knoweth no
uIan no, not the angels Of heaven, but my
Father only But it is not encrcachng upon
forbidden ground to declare that the time is
drawing nearer By. the laws of nature und
be it ten or be it hundred years hence we
should not be the less earnest in our constant !
preparation for it. Let us remember it will !
come as thief in the night. and woe unto
that man whom, when his Lord co,nclb, he
shall find sleeping.
We believe there will be two. resnrrections :
the first, of those who sleep in Jesus y
they being called to life are, with those Saints
then upon earth, to enjoy season OF petfsct
peace and holiness. What blessed reunion
of friends aud loved ones that will be, ouly
those can conceive who have parted from
them as they went down into the "Dark val.
ley of the shadow of DEATH" What life of
happiness, Whist unalloyed rest and love and
confidence will be given to those who await
their Lords coming with lamps trimmed and
burning, only those can imagine who have
here lived only as scj,urners in a wilderness
Of tears-who have had stones given them
when they raised their hands for bread, and
cruel rebufs when they a-ked for trust and
affection. Truly, under ou :fiictions can we
not look forward to heaven Where these
storms can no longer assail our frail bsrk.?
I" Our Fathers house ON high!'
+" But the rest of the dead livc not for a
thousand years. The wicked can have no
part in the Millennium. In the great and ter
rble day ot. the Lord, at the last Judgment,
they shall come forth from their grave, to re-
eeiye the awful mandate, ".Depart from me,
ye cursed intoererlasting fire. Having been:
s':nt out from the blessed COMMUNION Of
Saints upon earth they are nox forever de-
barred from their society in Heaven "Then
we which are alive shall be caught up toceth-
or with Them in the Clouds aud so shall we
b. ever with the Lord"
it is str. nge that such L glorious theire is
not preached more frequently from the pulpit.
To our knowledge theIe are many, many in
o,,- very midst to whom this blessed PQYOusia