Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1876-05-10
For the Spirit of the Age.
Further Reply to Jasper Hazen.

II.
an article in your paper from the pen Of
the Rev. Jasper Hagen, concerning the
destruction of this mundane sphere and q
day ofjudgment AS the columns Of the
AGE are open to all, l wish to make few
remarks upon the said article. Mr.. H.,
to prove his theory, quotes part ofthe
25 chapter Of Mathew, beginning at the 3lst
verse, which reads as follows: Then shall
the Son of Man come in his glory, and all
the holy angels with him, then shall he
sit upon the throne of his glory, and be-
fore him shall be gathered all nations and
he shall separate them one from another
as shepherd divideth his sheep from the
goats: And he shall set the sheep on his
right hand, but the goats on his left
Then shall the king say unto them on his
right hand, Come, We blessed of my Faith
er, inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation Of the world. And
to them on his left hand Depart from me
We cursed, into everlasting fire prepared
for the devil and his angels. Now turn to
the oath chap. and read it carefully in
connection with the 2jth and then tell me
if the two chapters are not bound firmly
together without one single break, and
both referring to the end Of the Jewish
age, and the destruction Of the holy city.
See oath chap. 3d verse: And as he sat
upon the mount of Olives, the disciples
came unto him privately, saying, Tell us,
when shall these things be? and what
shall be the sign of the coming, and OF the
end of the world? Christ then begins his
discourse and continues it through both
chapters without break. SO we see, ii
the 25th chap. refers to q Judgment Day
at the end Of time, the oath chap. must
also. The oath chap, I'd verse, foretells
the destruction Of the Temple; he then
goes on to tell what shall be the sign OF
coming and the end of the world. In the
30th verse, he says: And then shall ap-
pear the sign of the Sen of man in heaven
(when? at the end Of the world, or age.)
And then shall all the tribes of the earth
mourn, and they shall see the Son of man
coming in the clouds of heaven with pow
er and great glory. And he shall send bis
angels with sound of great trumpet
nd oh oil l,n hnp |, oil
the four winds, from one end Of heaven tt
the other. 34th verse, Verify | say unto
you, This generation shall not pass till
all these things be fulfilled. 1t appears
by Christs own saying, that his coming
and the end of the world We're to take
place during that generation. 25th chap
Isl verse: Then shall the Kingdom O
heaven be likened unto ten virgins, (when
at the end of the world, or end of thu
Jewish age, he closes the parable of the
virgins with this sentence watch there
fore for We know neither the day nor TIT
hour wherein the Son of man cometh. W.
find by Christs own saying that he CAM
IN power and great glory at the end o
the world, or end of the Jewish nation.-
Please look ut the % chap. 3lst verse
When the Son of man comes in his glory
1 with all his holy angels with him; W
G find that he came in power and great glor
: during that generation, or age. II W
read the two chapters with a mud fire
-. from prejudice we sec at glance tha
, they both refer to the same great calam
a end of the Jewish nation. 1t is wei
II known fact to every student OF history
t that the Jews were Gods chosen people
r and the destruction of their city, and tn
end of their national existence as peo
Y pie, was one of the greatest calamitie
that ever befel any nation since the cret
Il ton of the world. 1t was in this city thf
n Christ first taught the doctrine OF tn
Il resurrection from the dead, and from il
walls went forth those sublime truths an
teachings of Christ that tend to the VI
lifting of man into an elevation of purlt
II and wisdom, giving him strength her'
and assurance of Immortality beyond I'll
s, grave. At it's destruction the city We
,r totally demolished, and its temple, whic
had been rebuilt by Herod the great,
an extraordinary style of magnificenc
- was leveled with the ground, and the 10.
II Of life exceeded everything recorded o
'e similar occasions in ancient or model
e. history, and the Jews, Gods chosen pee
d Pile, were scattered to the four winds
10 heaven Josepheus says, no less than l
100000 lives were lost during this wa
and the most ofthempe perished at the sic.
u of Jerusalem. This was the time SPOKE
; of by Christ as the end of the world, al
ht the time of his coming in power and gre
N glory, instead Of it's being at the end
this mundane sphere. The preaching al
~ crucifction of Jesus at Jerusalem, al
II, the propagation Of christianity from tn
u city of Judea, into almost every part
the world, are events too we'll known
80 need any comments from me. The reje
~ ton of their promised Messiah entail
il on the Jews such dreadful calamities
has ever since been regarded as visit
marks Of divine vengeance. Christ Oft
-" exhorted them to forsake their evil way
ul and to wash in the blood of the Lamb a
tn become as white as snow. And he oft
,e. tells them how he would gather them
he gather as hen gathereth her chicke
ao under her wings, but they would not
- Again ask the readers, one and all,
eh take their bibles and tell If they do l
to both refer TO the same event which W