, 1875-04-25
unt.uthfful doguas. '' Ye sespents, 70 generation
OF vipers, how can ye escape the datnnatlon Of
! hell Z" QUEsT1oNER.
THE ADVENTlSTS. =


Of vipers, how can ye escape the dannnasion {
hall?" QuEsT1oNEa.
| THE ADVENTlSTS. :. :
HoW CHRISTIANS TREATED THEIR PREDICTIONS
To the Editor Of Ihe Chicago Tribune:
The delus1on Of the poor infatuated people vh
looked Tor the second coming OF Christ laat No,
day night and the manner in which their fail
WAS regarded By orthodox believers in Christian
! ity generally throughout our land has ;sfignif
! cance OF mort important character, beyond th
! fact OF SO many persons etaking their ali upo
their literal Interpretation Of Scripture.
To ne it il strong proof Of the real infdelit
Of tho Christian world as to the doctrines it pro
fesses to believe. The great masa OF orthodo:
clergymsn, and Of the 10y brethren, and;of non
protesting Christian believers, hold it Us par
OF their theological creed that Christ. j
| to come Asain In very form on easth-t
come suddenly as thief in the night
come in the clouds in grsat glory, surrounded
By His angels and tho souls Of just men mad'
perfect to coma to judge the earth, and tt
reign with His own on Earth thousand years
They profess to belieya thai, when that time d
coming approaches, mankind will be engaged il
ths usual voeatioup of life and viii be geuerali1
| sleptical Of any such approaching event. as tht
people Of Noah's time we're Of the Impending
| Hood. They acknowledge that this coming mnJ
be tomorrow or next week, for all ne knom tt
the contrary.
Yet here was class Of men Nho claimed that
they had made the prophecies : careful study
for yexrs, and that the 18th day OF this month
WAS certainly predicted Is the great day when
Jesus should so appear. They proved their own
sincerity Of belief by giving away ah theft
earthly goods and preparing for the sublime
event. Yet how waB this received
BY ministers Of the Gospel and Christians gener-
ally? Did they seek out tie leaders OF thess
people, and with earnest coucera examine their
deductions from the prophecies to sea Whether
peradventura this thing might bo 80 Did they
scan the chronology OF Brother Thurman, and
try to show that his figures did not demonstrate
means. They treated tl1s whole matter Hlsh
utter contempt or pity. Tne thing was too ab-
surd in their minds TO be worth momenea
thought, single hours examination of dates.
Whnt other inference can we draw except that
Thurmsns followers believed thoronehlyA and
With their whole souls believed, the doctrine Of
the second coming OF Christ, and also be-
leved that they knew tho day -ap-
pointed, while all Christendom besides
really at heart believes nothing Of the kind as to
Chrlst's physical coming at any time, as set
How would Christendom be Judged in this
matter from sd irnpartisl standpoint, say by an
Intelligent, fair-minded Hindoo7 He beholds
nation protesting to believe that The great
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a. o1,,o hane,ta+3 So 10 ~ .o,,,a s,,51ani1 1;ta
iichta;ny, out - Hs.ssr ro,i;nr nsray tho
Heavens ne scroll. and appearing in inefable
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~ hn1r.r ;nst;fn,;nrs "a ~ d;ssovs
dzt;rct;nr. cv1 gova-nncents evorrtb;nn.
s1nsos+ .bst ,,sIa. ~ hn.ns, IL. I'D h,...r
..s' T.. sa ~ taan ,Ao snu aJuau
- -. rh;1a 70 tha aer - Gna ,,sa,s
His rs;9. ~ thnnasn7 vaa,a d,,rine ,-,;ch III.
.ehie esrth shall he tha ,.tr;,,nv a2 Hi ..i,tt
- fb;s rraat want shstl MT ranars,iv ha ans1
,ectAd 10 ns,nE;nd rst t,axsrt1n,sss lions
.nonoh I'll, 10 ohsa arvah1a hr III ~, hera
faith enonrh in thu scr;ninrr, t. 1onk for them
- n,.t ~ ~ -, <,r,,J ,1ea,. roumar5sd +ho.s I
shh hal;ared ~ srstch !; ~ H;s coI,ing And
mia snt;r;nsta 4he tnou,adga ~ .,ba beadIasx5
flnr H;ndoo hahnt3s a r2.as ~ ra,io,s ha
erar. adnra+ed IN thie rb1;..;an1 1fsith 1hn
.re ~ .r ssnao;a1 .,+an4;oe - 80 a.ns;s,,;o 49,
inspil ed prophets Which s1e "a Dart m ard ] ps1csl
: ~ s.e-ef .s.;+;n1x .rl,ose s,1e,,ih;l;t1.
. ~ oat4eu H. s, "auas s.ssx. x4A.1O1!sy ~ !ty
.,9 ~ - ~ cLa;a4;~ r.. uoeLlIa LILIES W tne
|,,d1 r. fbesa nrad;nt;,,,s :,a;n,;rs 4bst thei
;tt ~ ~ - 49,: 's~at.s s ~ ,ey |
~. ~ =. 'uv t,e ~ ~ ~ s g.fr ~ th 10y
10y. ~. 40 10y ea.m' tI1 1esuis s. W tuei ueuus
y w. w eoupai!soa n1e4 ssAonom!saI pot1ous
~ . aast,S ~ ~ 9tots, aua 1uuouce
~ ,us conlsne W ouiae1 ~ p.osea " s4ees
aelatonn 70 gas % oelIain 70 Occur On me t'!a
y 81 Apta ios7, anu tnas sucn calcu1:.ton u
.euaoie Aua eueespsiplG @ ~ ploot Aa ~ ~ CUT
'c'ness - aIe tue ca Ga'cuaauons ior eohpses o1
10 enn ~: 1uo noou. iuseo People nos onE an-
'anca .nls 20 taeas psn91' ~. " sno!. s ncuons
slnonssrate sl1,s oe5unu casn LA lucy 1al.Y ana
e!a''s @eeepA "''eSe cone4oeAons 10 'no very
- nnt'ion. liz = ~ GbTsstendor vi" deiSn to W W
uch M to omen Che leaves Of the Holv Book
hieh they profess to believe contains nothing
It truth, and TO loos over the unfamiliar and
sssaIpus passsRes "nencs en9 @ a"1ul pIea1etion
orhacx ~ ss,ct sv1ni 1,oTtsnt ia Il tb. on.,on
r,sn IN h. % 1nada + 1;Fa stniv ahnpt ;n-
.rt1-+ :" -. t.1st:na s~na,a: ~ 1nnra s.nss,;o.
a.ts5 ~ oG 1u1n!teu, nan1o ~ t.o anna"oa
1one 1ne Cnt1suau p1aes1nooa7 tae ossout ID"
J, or the lgEorAnt. believing mAsses than
aong the infidela7 atheists, and heather Of the
ttside world. A rumor of = failure on Wall |
reAt tr ~ an a1yancn in the nrice ot unity |
mid hara e1;c;t4d ten times the irternst that |
tu1u =. 4es ~ et1stteI tost 4s 80 o'S sa"s
What, could onr Hiudoo. witnessing al this,
hu+s md Fill Iva |