Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-08-27
upon the city, Mrs. White described the

! IL thOu huOWu, tNtu tuOu, dt iehst
in this thy day the things that belong unto
thy peace but now they are hid from thine
eyes" Luke xix, AZ. lie had come to his
, own people and they had rejected him.
: The very people whom he left the
, courts Ct Heaven to save would not
receive HIN. The Jews with their religious
forms and great professions of holiness, the
speaker compared to the boasting fg tree
covered with its green foliage which had the
appearance of fruitful tree, but was
barren. having nothing but leaves and the
Gentiles who claimed no religious virtues.
| she ikened to those trees which had put
forth no leaves, which made no pretentlOns
to fruitfulness.
She urged that the words of Christ as he
was descending the Mount of Olives. "
thou hadst known, even thou, at least in
this thy day, the things that belong to thy
peace. etc. that these words were uttered
with reference, not only to the inhabitants
of Jerusalem before him, but to the people
of all succeeding time. There is truth
for every age, and it belongs to the peace of
every people to know the truth that be-
longs to its day.
She spoke at some length upon the light
that has shown out upon the heavenly
sanctuary. Way down in the last days in
the time of the Judgment. John saw the
temple of God open IN Heaven, land there
was seen in His temple the ark of his tesla
ment." Rev xi, 49, This is what espe-
eially called attention to the law of God,
his testament. which We find in his temple
in Heaven. The Jews held up the Old
Testament and cried out. THE Father. the
Law, away with Christ :" while the popular
religionist of the present day, equally blind,
exclaim, Christ, the love OF Christ. Jesus
! only. away with the Law ' The speaker
claimed that the law and gospel should 60
hand in hand, and that John saw that this
should be the case with people down here
in the last days. 'Ilere are they that keep
the commandments of God, and the faith of
| Jesus Rev. xiv. L.. The Seventh-Day Ad-
yentists claim TO be this people. They take
the whole Bible, Law and Gospel. The
speaker exhorted all TO receive the truth;
TO know the things that are for their peace,
even in this day to be in earnest 50 that
when the master comes they may be found
TO bear good fruit, and not leaves alone.
SUNDAY 1RNING-sERMoN BY ELDER JAMEs
WHITE
O. Bat sanctiiy the Lord God in your hearts and
! be really always To- give answer to every man
| that asseth You reason OF the hope that in
/ you. with meekness and fear Pet. III. T..
The text suggests preparation of the
y
the Lord God in our hearts as the object OF
our worship and supreme love. Ii also sug-
Gests preparation Of the mind by study.
We should especially study the sacred
Scriptures in order TO be ready ever to give
a reason Tor our faith and hope, whether
IN the pulpit, by the Preside, or when We
meet iDquiring friends by the way.
The speaker proposed to answer the ques-
ton. " Why are we Soyenth-day AGven-
tists2' lie said he thought il egen wrong
to differ with others without good reasons
to dihsr. lie stated that il was not from
national cast, or from UNCONVENTIONAL
mould that We believe a. we do. for we
are gathered from nearly all the nations.
and from all the denominations and from
/ the outside world.
The speaker called attention ID the double
/ namc-SovCnth-day Adventi-ts-and stated
that an Adventist was not necessarily
time-~etter. The periods of the prophecy
| OF Daniel have terminated. Vim. Miller
mistake was not IN the time. bat IN the
/ event 10 occur at the close Of the two thou
| sand and three hundreith prophetic day of
| that book. The sanctuary to be cleansed at
the end OF those DAYS was not the second
! coming of Christ and the burning day. a.
supposed hy Mr.. Miller but the closing
work 81 the ministry oil Christ in the
/ heavenly sanctuary. lie stated that the
word referred to the Heavenly sanctuary.
which was 10 he cleansed by the blood OF
Christ, as the earthly sanctuary was ccansed
by the blood OF goats. Alter speaking
few moments upon the personal coming of
Christ, and the events connected with it,
the speaker called especial attention to
Matt XIV 25-27, which he affirmed set
forth the false views of the Second Advent,
in contrast with the true.
lie said that Christ IN that prophetic
chapter carries the mind down past the de-
struction Of Jerusalem, past The perSecu-
tons Of Pagan Rome. and the period OF
papal dominion which ended in l799 and
that in the 23l verse he says, " Tim
(the speaker placed emphasis On the word
fhea) II any man shall say unto You.
10, here is Christ, or there, believe it not. -
In the -6.h verse Christ says, " Ii they
shall say unto yon, Behold, he Is in the
desert, 20 not forth" The speaker thought
thar this was met in Mormonism which
take its converts u salt Lake City to
the desert, where they claim they have
Christ.
lie quoted the re-. of the verse - Be
hold be is in the secret chambers believe
it not. ' lie referred 70 the quite extensive
belief that Christ comes at death--at the
sick bed, in the sick chamber. at death.
lie showed the folly Of placing the second
coming Of Christ at death. There can be
but one second coming Of Christ. lie called !
attention 10 the manner of Christ's coming
with all His holy angels and quoted Matt.
XIV y. and several other Scriptures. lie
showed the folly of that mystical interpre-
tation If the scriptures which is 50 preya-
lent, which allows one 10 give Just such
meaning to the words of the Bible Is Will /
suit the wishes f the individual.
lie proceeded To tell why We keep the +,
Seventh day" His first reason was. " Be /
cause We take the Bible just as it reads /
lie presented chart containing the ten
commandments lie presumed no one 1
would object t. any OF them except the I
fourth. lie noticed the argument that the /
ten commandments were abolished at the /.
cross and nine of them re-cracted hy the |
apostles he called for the new copy. but |
said 1t could not be found. lie said that /
the second commandment could not be |
found in any form IN the New Testament. /
that only three Of the ten can be found /
word io- word in the New Testament; lie |
claimed that the law of God is still binding, /
just as it rcat- and for that reason we |
keep the Seventh day. lie said there is not /
a single text in the whole Bible Tor the Oh /
Scryaucc OF Sundav
iHtIc Wa u -dISt attendance anu, not Z
withstanding an unfortunate scare at the .
prospcc; OF shower. which did not camc /
during the sermon, the audience, after re-
firing 70 the large canvas tent listened with |
great interest and close attention.
SUNDAY EVENING.
Elder Canright spoke upon the sabbath |
question. v hat does the New Testament .
ny upoa thc sabbath The speaker would /
nn.-., t.r.L The lnunla.lan Of the SlhLath |