National Republican., 1877-04-09

creed Of God, where is the Necessity Of assem-
bling this vast multftude, calling then no
nom heaven and down from hell. to admin
letter upon their cafes sgaihi Tue popular
mind is roinx through prccisely the same
ehsnfe touching the destruction Of the
virked.
Men win think Of these matters, ..d the
result will be that modification az er moiia
cation vii take place In the Popular dbetriDe
Of the judemess uniil they come to embrace
TIE MORE SPIRITUAL VIEW
which u is my pleasure 70 impair, this morn
ing. Did you ever read Of king Who failed
TO execute judgment upon those who broke
his iawsi Even Gods reign vouii not result
in good n justice and Judgment were not exc
cuted here on the earth, and that explains the
fact that at least up 10 the ne OF the eetab-
lishment Of Christ's reicn, juseneus vas ere.
cuted here on the earth. Turn 10 the Old
Testament, and from the beginning 10 the end
you win hrd no Judgment thar vas not tenn
poral In its nature.
The prophet tells US: "when thy Judgments
are In the earth, the inhatffants Of the World
judge In the text is Christ Judgment is to
be sdminis'ered ty him. wish you to con-
sider the words Of the prophets, with reeAri
TO Christ, whose coming they predicted. I
direct your attention 10 the book of Isaiah II,
beginning with the third verse. Turn also q
tut tNNtuth tuhNatT VI Nut same bODk. III
will be observed that q Judgment In the earth
b spoken Of, and mono other. ! ask esDeciAl
attention to the fourth verse Of the forgy Sec
opd chapter: "He shall not fall or be discour-
aged till he have set Judgment IN the earth;
and the isies shall wait for the law" In
Jeremiah, xiii, you will ipd Language Of the
same import, where Christ "a represented as
acting the part Of judge. You canpos npd
I'm any part Of the Old Testament one single
eentsnce that describes Christ a. iudge, or as
beginning his work Of judgmeni in the nfs
immortal; NOT Que.
In every single instsnee in which, BY the
Pr prophet, hs 81 Is .spresen,ed ?. seiny The p.rt
men. Nov, one Of two things Is true: thai
the old prophets were very imperfec;iy In
spirtd, or the popular doctripc is . fAlsehood.
Theologisns quote Matthew, xrv:IS, as q
proof Of the doctrine that the judgment is to
begin
AFTER THE RK.uRRrcrIoS
Ind at the end Of time. Where L. their war
course Of the Saviour, AMI you will fall 10 fnl
any reference whatever TO q resurrection. II
this be an omission Il Is certainly . very
strange one. But you answer, We are told
that the Son Of Nan is 10 come In his glory,
and the holy angels with him.
am asked n pretend TO say that any such
coming happened two thousand years agoi
80 We nos " hhe AAhk fosScu htuk ttt
that coming At some future timei
am reminded that my day Of Judgment is OF
long duration, running TO the second coming
OF the Messiah. Is there any warrant In the
New Tettameut Of the use make of tho word
dayi Paul, writing to the Romans, says
The night 10 far spent, the day b a. hau1."
The period Of night is understood to be the
long past. Christ said "For Judgment am
come Into this World, nov shail the priests
Of this world be cast out" SIM sgaIn: aNou
is the judgment Of this world"
My idea Of the judgment is shown 10 be
scriptural as well as reasonable. Jus; 50 long
a. men look for judgment In the World 10
come, putting Il great way Oh, and having q
chance Of escape BY . temporal repentance, Il
VII not have great influence over them. What
We want Is TO arrest our tempted nature, and
keep II from transgreseion.
You have now my thought Of the Judgment,
OF rather my answers to the questions First.
when did the day OF Judgment af.er Christ
beeins IL began with his medistorial reign.
Where 10 that Judgment executedi Il ID
where the soul goes hy faith, and aeknosl-
edges him as king, 10 the glory Of God, the
Father. As TO the nnal issues Of jndxnsnf,
Ws diher widely from Others. There ara three
views with regard to the issue Of what u
termed the Judgment. One d the orthodox
view, that therc b an external separation be-
tween the righteous and the wicked, the
righteous going to Paradise, and the wicked
sinking into perdition. The other answer 4
Eiyen that the issue Of the Judgment b asai-
hflation Of the wicked.
The doctrine We hold 10 the salvation Of All
he wicked, and their reoonciliaiion 70 . union
with God.