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Importance of Advent Doctrine,

II. BINGHAM.
Importance Of Advent Doctrine.
The soon coming Of Christ is the central
truth of our theory. Without this the rest
lOoses vitality and Importance. just ia
the same ratio that we put of, aud lose
sight Of, this great truth, shall We be lax
aud careless in other things, and take
the position of uomindlists around us and
just in proprlion as We value it, aud APP
rreciate its nearness, we are enabled to
overcome and retaina zeal commensurate
with the importance of the great truths
held by our people. All can see that III
this be SO, We should cherish above all
things an interest in it. Do we not find
it part of our experience as a people
and as indivlduals2 .c.I srf
1t is impossible in the nature of things
but that we should feel greater interest
in the world and its concerns when we
think we are going to live the natural
length of our lives, and leave children to
be cared for aud who will need the hene-
ct Of our labors, that we should if we
had no such expectations and thought
that .all earthly scenes would close up,
and VIC should face eternal realities after
few more rising suns had passed over
us. We value these earthly blessing be-
cause We hope to use them hereafter, or
that others dear to us may. Natlro has
made the instinct of self preservation one
Of the strongest within us; and let the
mind be brought fully to believe that not
earthly riches, but heavenly, will soon be
called into requisitiou, and depend upon
4 it they will seek the one, and lose interest
in the other.
Among the special sins of the last days
we find that "cpvetousncss" and selfish
ness occupy prominent position. How
plain that a belief in the nearness OF
Christ's coming is just the thing to up
, root these sins.
As it is with the worldliness, so with
other sins of personal nature. 1t takes
bnt moments glance to see that the Ad'
vent doctrine is the very marrow OF Other
} truths held by US. Our views of the sane.
tuary subject could easily be shown to be
false if the coming of Christ be not near
! The messages as taught by us are terri
: bic deception, if the Advent doctrine be
9 not true. So Of the two-horned beast, thC
mark and the seal, and all our exposltioni
. of prophecy. In fact, we are the mos
: deceived people on earth if the coming o
5 the Son of.Man is not near.
Q The Sabbath and law, some may think
5 are important exceptions. To be sure
3 the views we hold in reference to then
! have always been true. But it is rot tru'
q that these are made especially imporan
8 when We consider the Sabbath reform
3 the burden of the third angels message,
Q work of preparation for Christ's coming
9 as a part of great reform bringing bac'
5 religious truth to apostolic teachings Tam
o az the elimination Of the work Of reform
Q commenced centuries ago from papal apos
Q tasy, to bring up Gods law, trodden un
: der foot by beast, to its proper posltio
preparatory to meeting the l1awglrer
: This work we believe is brought to vie'
in the message as the last work OF God
people; but if the Advent of Christ b
not very near, we are all mistaken in this
And is not the fact which is patent to u
ali. of thousands Of Sabbath-keepers, mad
such by the proclamation OF this message
n strong assurance Of Gods pleasure
the work ard his appreciation of the mean
ernoloyed for its furtherance Can 1t b
that he would especially bless error, an
piye more true zeal and spiritual energy
and more success, to those who use errc
as an auxiliary in sending the truth toth
people than to those who only use unadu
teratcd truth? We think not. And ye
:, such must be the case, unless the specI'
power given through the Advent doctrine
be of him. M ts..4t
believe we all know that, take Il
Advent doctrine away from its connectic
+. with the Sabbath question, we should soc
lose our zeal, at least to an important d
gree, in the propagation Of the other Az A.
it was b, means Of the messages and u
sanctuary que,tion, as connected with u
advent doctiiue, that we as people b
came acquainted with the Sabbath qiu1.e:
ton. 5sia img
Thus it seems in nearly all the pecu'l
doctrines we hold, that the doctrine Of t
near coming Of Christ is themain suppo
lf tbat falls, the othere 60 with 1t.
all becomes then very important to inyes
'cr oase. the claims Of this question, and I
every one Of US to be established in it