, 1875-04-19

contemplation or lhb volchcsh ekic6 10 the uo'
hour for gazing upward, lifo with all rs taske
ana trinla is before them. Tho wort still
tl'soudcd IN sin and dnrknoas calls to them In
preach tho aospell' To ti,om !n !utr!hscd tho
aalya1on Of immortal souls. AIako ba,c your
arnA thrust In tho sickle for 10 tho fields aro
whito for tho i'atvest Il IL no time to 10
eyes 10 i,iorco tho vcil bel.l1d which tho Lord
las disappeared. y Why gazo 70 upward? This
eatoo Jcana who Ia taken l,i' from you sl.ai 70
como H. !lko tuannor ~ % havo Beon Him 60 uso
heaven"
Ths, then. is not tiis. annl departure.
Tho Broen earth sLa1I ouco moro ba lre,t'lon by
tie feet of Him who Inns vanished trom thtif
eght but fur ttis assurance. their hearts wos'ld
lopkc.l into each Others facns With tho G,adnoss
pt new aud glorious hope, and, nlurincrlilE.
"1Io shall oome again lilo shall COME aea'h !!
they wenL hack TO Jorusalcn with great Jug. and
wcro continually In tho tonlp[s rraltinH anu
blnsslng 1ob.
from thin time onward moro l,oarss zeal is
evident In tho work ui these :ayiy Disciples;
thcy have eolnoti,ing 10 live and lsbur for. lilo
amid tIo blool anil darGnaas nl Golgnlhn Is coH-
Ing agnin to take unto lln'eeit Ills great power,
coming in Tho clouds Of llcason, and NJ His
holy angels with liin,l What htrouRlh and pm
tienao wi,.t earnest Of homer and victory, Ill tho
words with which they gtcct ench other. Tho
day is ut handl" Why should they tre1nble ut
tie rabbl'b nnathema, or tho roaring of the
bcas,a of tue Ainph,thca.rc7 The day IL tear
ut hnnd when tue Lord shall avcugc Ills own
eicctl In the nu.-fas.or futmr0 they SEQ tho
sAsoDo OF Israel rebuilt md occupied by Quo
,uore spcndidlv e.rnyed tl,an Solomoa ~ all li1s
alory; Tho esglen or hnted Rome sirasEoa in tho
dust. and Go;ls nrn,ica. trondnE their
ens mics undcr foot. No doaet thoy
fully expected TO neo al thls IT; t.
they were doomed 10 bo disappointed. Iwonty
cuntuie. llave passed away rince thou, and still
iho eyes Of tlo Lords people hre turned !oward
tue clouds OF heaven ~ thoy wait Tor Ills up.
ind muny time when tho Church has falt a.
bitterly a. lsrael in EgYpt tho lasl Of tho hard
taskmaatcr, cry from the depths lios gone up
ua1d: "now long, . Lord, loW lung Come
tho years 20 by anu tho sgcs wlth their a'ox.rc
yoving wteoB; aud tho eyes Of tue watchers
grow weary, and tho acorntui rorda OF the al.
oieDt unbe!ievcr hnye worn at length upon the
Of water upon stone. till Christians: hoping
apninst hope, begin to ask, "Wnore ID tho prom
,ac Of liia appearinEf" 1t Is nothing unusual
for learned men to assert tlas the los'R-hoped-
spiritual manifestation: that la that Ho will
romo not vitblr, but rather by tho n1otciae Of
saving uraco md the power Of Ills splrit III tho
sayson Of nop H.: nhs howevs1 T. y n9p
Church which lci thrm to believe that one dny
tho clouds wonld Heparato aud Christ would
uomc in lilo ma,lner Aa Flo WAS taken up llso
hohven.
THUS word Of promise. uttered with 10
uncertain sound aud oft-repaatea, ndmits
N no question peradventtre. lie sl,all 30 como
~ like manner as Ho MAS taken up; th0y saw
Him 10 aud they shall see Him come. Tlcn
heaven, Hnd Ha shall come with poser and great
glory. We hsvD not followed eunniuEl f-dcsised
fables Hhcn wo rlade known unto You tho
coming Of our i.ortl Jesus Christ but wero oyc-
s,f d. 81 nEf.
Disciples tLat eson'crs would appear in the latter
iav easing "Wnctc Ia tlIn promise OF Ills
coming ~ Aud to meet this objection. IN re-
minds them how tic de!ugo wns long delayed,
hit came Mt lant when mon Hore no longer look
ing for It; reminds them alho that with God
thousa>,l years are as CLIO day, aud one dnY hs q
thousand years; and repeatn the nRst,1 ance tint
whom tho day Of tho Lord duca come II will coMc
tina. tho Apostles and early Chrietiana fully
believed III thn advent Of tho Lord Jesns, and
that Hia coming would oo IN peFsou visible mil
glorious. This article Of tloiE fnith waN cSsr
t.on Of all bellovors az motive to patience aud
giadnoas, aud lloly living. "lhere il laid up for
mo g crowp," eays PAUL, now ''rtady TO be
oflered,"-"a crown Which tho righteous Judge
but unto all them that love Lis appea.,ng.'
II this testimony Of tho Apostles bo taken in
connection with tho proMiao OF the 1.-TWO tucu N
enng p Tt tp 1nn apY h,a1Srea We
may look to the skies with q confident hops that
i'll tho fulluess Of tlno the man Christ Jesus
shall through them como ln poiaou TO reign king
oyer all nnd Llctaetl forever,
The world that saw him robed In tho cast-oH
purple Of o roman magistrate, crowned with
tho1na. sconrgea. spit upon, bn1tetcd fnintlug
nndeE tue burden OF eross, aud "liftet! up" to
dia III shame and agony, will yet SEQ Him robed
will the diatlen1 Of The universe. Tho clouds
that mourncd IN tackcloth when tho quiscrlns
limbs OF tho dying Christ were still sha,I gather
their hr.ahoat hosts together for tho tLrons and
canopy OF Him WHO Is aiivo neah and llyoth for
ever.iiore. The legion Of aaEesH t!lns loycscd 10
the da, kncsa over Calvary, aud mourned borauso
they might not tear their dtlns king from IllS
cfoss saa!l throns Ills obasiot-wheels aud cry,
Lord. for @ behold lie co,neth, and
ali nations shall lear before Him ~
And thu Christ Who wandered, tootsor0 aud
homeless. oyer tho bills Of onlilee shall reign
uulrproachabo. Tho saulo earth. and yet no. !
shs same for 1t shall be mude ready for Ills np-
penrlng. All traces Of sfn md guilt hhall aud.
donly 10 ,cmoscd, as II by lire, at tile stgual Of
tho twInkltnS OK an eye fanlo, az Of Coda |
furnace shnll sweep o,or valley and bill. aud,
when tho lcnse Hmoa0 has clea!od away, behold /
Beatty @ Of % Psiadpe. Inaesd ot tho lor E; si.aii 5
come up the fir-true. aud instead Of the br'cr |
shall como the myrtle troe and all tlo lrocs Of !
tho field EhnIl ciap their hands, and tle lllllB
AlalI break foath before Him Into ringing, The |
last roranant Of the c,irso shall have been swopt
away Iuo owlched slRli have been suddenly |
removed by tue doath-angel to thelr own place !
and the salnts. "cangat up Into the cir " DUR |
Ing the great co1agration, shall descend again in |
thv gland trEumpbui adscut 10 Fcien witt, Christ
= athousand yents THIS IL tho rictnro that waa
ever boforo the mintl'a cyo of The ancient dis" |
siplee. Hor was 1t nero hopeful dream. lts |
br,shteat colors Nete caught ftom tho visions of
nrNohntA IF
wo d,d but realize that h,l this ls coming ia not
nfar oil, our shostllyed dsy would be crowded
with dusoA that must ueadH DO wrought before |
tie satting auu, mud cur life would Bccm like
tlat passover night when IArael stood, g'rt und
sapaaled, with stait ~ baud ready for tue Jour
uaY Of deilyernnco! but tho wutehwors! Of tho
curly Church, .Tllc tlmo drnwcth nesr!' falls
upon our ears, dullcl Wi.h loug lstaaing, like M
idle, oft-told tale. lhe oil Of faith which tho
ssnts provided for thslr lan,ps when the Tosds ,
well.nivh exhausted but this a|Ho was foretold:
'tWI,et The Hun Of Alan colnoth slal lle hud
r. s..~ - Al.