Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-11-08

70 fht hedthtn IRON tue Nhule cI breai
Britain. The idea Of preaching the eos-
pei to savages aud iiolaiers was ridiculed
The FIRST promoiers Of missions were treat.
ell coldly by many who ought to have
known better. But now the feeling l.
completely changed We are employing
hundreds of missionaries in every quarter
Of the globe. And what saith the Scrip
ture ? The gospel Of the kingdom shall
be preached in all the world for a re'tAess
unto all nations and then shall the end
come" tMatt. XXiv:l4l
. What shall We say 10 the wonder.
ful spread Of khOrrled, e and eommHnioa
tion Jet'oreH HaiaioHS in these days? S,v.
eniy years ago TO 6ud pour man wis
could read was rather an uncommon thing
In few years man who cannot read
will he IA rare sight. Seventy years agu
there we're few who ever travelled beyon
the bounds of their own country. Now
every one can move in every direction, aud
our population is Ike swarm Of bees
disturbed. Steam navigation and railways
have altered the character of society.
Tine aud space are made nothing OF
Seas, mountains, and rivers, are no long
er obstacles. God separated the nations
in the day of Babel. Man is working
hard to make them all one again. And
what saith the Scripture shut up the
words. and seal the book, even to the
time of the end many shall run to and
fro, aud knowledge shall be increased. )
(Dan. xii ~ .... "..
3. What shall we say to the pGrS and
Shakiny Of nations which we have seer in
these last seventy years The mightiest
empires ON earth have been shaken to
their very foundations. Kings, and prin-
ccs, and great men, have been driven
from their high position by scores and
been made wanderers on the face Of the
earth. There has been no accounting for
it by any human reasoning. Those move.
ments have taken place in the face Of in.
creased knowledge, civilization, and de.
sire of peace. The shock came froiu be.
meath. And what saith the Scripture
"Nation shall rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom and there shall
be fanines, aud pesiilences, and earth
quakes, in divers places. All these arc
the beginning of sorrows." Matt xiv
I,S) .'
4 A. What shall we say to tho increas
ed attention 10 unjalflled prophecy which
} has appeared IN these latter days? Sev
enty years ago there were few who paiC
any attention to the subject The pass
ages in Scripture which speak of thing
to come were comparatively neglected, o.
! perverted with curious ingenuity fron
their simple meaning Now on the con
! trary. the current of public feeling run
strongly in favor of prophetical study
} Books on the subject are eagerly brough
, up. Lectures on the subject are listene'
} to with increased attention. And wha
7 saith the Scripture "Thc words ar
! closed up .apd sealed till the time Of tn
: end" (Dan. xii : 0) The words seer
; unfolding. The seal seems breaking. Ca
, the end be far otf?
~. And now, in the last place, Il
me speak Of the particular duty OF all be
g levers connected with the truths We hay
Just considered. That practical duty
4 put before us in plain words "Let u
therefore cast off the works of darkness
I and let US put on the armor of light"
Reader, | love to observe how closel
/ the doctrine of Chrst's second comin
; and Kingdom is bound up with person'
holiness. | marvel that any can regar
; the secoud advent and rel n Of the Lor
Jesus as merely speculative matters, {
r denounce them as Improbable subject
IS TO my own mind they seem erninentl
practical, or else | have read my Bible
c very little purpose. A La
y Listen to Paul "Let your moderatc
n be known unto all men; the Lord is
: hand" (Phil. iv: 5.) "Set your affe
S tion on things above, not on things on Il
earth. For ye are.dead, and your life
$ hid with Christ in God. When Chri
; who is our life shall appear, then shall J
It also appear with him in glory. MORT
r therefore your members. which are upt
h the earth. (Col. o; 2-5.) "Exhorti'
10 one another; and so much the more,
], as ye see the day approaching" (Hc
/ x 25.) Peter says, We "look for ne
heavens and new earth. wherein DIVE
y eth Righteousness. Wherefore, believe
II seeing that ye look for such things.
70 diligent that yc may be found Of him
peace, without spot, and Llameless.'
!
IS Peter iii 13, L.. These texts appe
Ut to me to speak with no uneertain voic