, 1877-01-06
I1c Declares that 1fc Has No Faith
Tlntcvcr In tho Millennium.
But tho Lord shall Come to Take His
Church and Leave tic ginners
Behind.
lIusltal Str'ite at lhe Tabernacle In Nmofy Of
r. r. El;ss.

The upcniug prayer WIS by htr. Latttncr, ono
Of the reformed men, who Is becoming quite
useful as lcu1cr OF tho uospc1 temperance
work.
Brother Sawyer read tic scriptusc-lcsson from
tho 10th Psalm, commencing, 80 give thanks
unto tho Lord, for lie Is good; for Ills nlcrcy
cndurctl1 forever" Testimonies to the power
Of Christ to sayu from The power Of strong drink
wcro given BY AIcssrs. Spawn, Hines, Brock, n,,l
Drashcar; alter which alr. Moody entered plea
for Ecntlcness AMI charity towards ally whu
had fa!cn again under tue nowcr OF tho devil,
and asked That Hol's people might pray for
such, that they might be restored asain to Ills
favor. lie tltcn closed tho meeting with prayer
and Tho bencdietlon.
THE HETrny OF OUR LORD.
The principal event OF thfs week Of revival
since the watgll.mccting Oil Ncw-Ycar's Eve
was the long-cxpcctc,l zcrInon Of Mr. Moody of,
1hc return Of oi,r Lord. All Its other topics
have been s,cl, rs all orthodox ministers dwell
llpon; all Ills uttcrnnccs have been along the
line OF '.tlose thugs which arc most commonly
believed among us,'' but When, sotnc tun days
agu, Dir. N0nly announced this srrn,nl,, there
afuso no enlnlI stir to know What lie would say
uu this thctc, which was understood to be about
bis only Theological speciality.
meyer oncc nllutlc to this doctrine, Witch, fruu
tic discourse vi ycstcsdly, appears to 10 as
iito sllut II, IN hts b"ucs. shows lin, to bc nos
tsys ss;;e4 / 2. n!S sat S,, t, sls w;'" T. Ws5 s" @
truycrtcd point: s!nncrs .at1 he brought to
Christ without It: believers cail be reused 10
hr!p.u'ncss BY other n,ntlycs; and thus II IL
supplemental series II meetings. tl,nt liz brings
tut ts fuyorito theory OF tho hHtcIy second nl-
rent Ut Jesus Christ to lake Ills church out Of
tic world.
b,t01 people, was opened with thy nincty-sixth
]ylun af thu Hiss ind, snnkcy coIcrtiuu, cntl-
tied "1,ll liz Con,c.n Tie opcnillg prayer WIS
~ the Rev. :. n,'A1anls. oi Centenary II. l..
Was sung as a stlo anil chorus, beginning with
tho wards, tsDshyu tlfc'a dark vale We wander
til Jcslls eomcx" Tlcu Il LYNN BY the wlln!e
roagrsgaat!onR, "Rcloiee an:i lc glai, for lls
rohcth aGainT Alter which Mr.. Muutl; e0nt-
ns follows: ID H. Iinothy, ILL.,, 10, Paul declares:
call Scripture is given tr inspl lratiun' Of HMl.
instruction y righteousness u; hut there nrc
sumo peupl0wto tell liz when wu take 1T, prnpl1-
cry that II IL nl very well 10 he believed, but that
tht:c y 70 tise n oHe trying to @ M,,s'eTsta. II,
does not agree about, ainl it Is hcticr 10 let
tlltM alotIs, md lea! only with those prUr!le-
tics wl!icl! iayu already been fulfilled Iii,
S4 @ rss Z tak t''at nttSo %Si " ;Sr ssysi ir,na Al
II ticso people arc right, lr ought to hayc sud:
"Sono Scripture ia profitable; but you can't
understand The pr.api;eclss, 60 y'u lad better
us study the prophecies, 1ic wouldn't lNya put
them Into tho Blblu. Sp.s,o If tl,cln urc ful-
filled, n'.d ltc Is ut work fulfilling tho rest, %
tat IT, wc ITO nut gee tlc,n all ro1nplctcd III this
lie, VIC s1Iail III the world to ronc.
] don't want to teach nltytliflE tt-ttay, dog
lnateally, OH my uwl authority, lut to my
n!nt this l'rc%!ous tloetri.c-for such must
Is taught III tic New Testament us yirarIy u
nuy ottcrdoctruc IN 1t; yet lwns IN tho Cnlitcf
aliccn OF Gixlccn years hctorc ever heard a
SERMON Oh II. There Is l:aEtlsy my church that
s Trata,neut ru t'es nly seaks "tvt arts 'tt
thirteen times, wst!o II speaks OF the return OF
our Lord iltty Times; aul .yct tho Church 'las
EaA very ltttlu to say about Il. Nov, can scc
10 ser this truth, for nothins would wake
IN tho Church sO much Tie moment a
man takes hold of the truth thai Jesus Christ
!. coi!u:, luck again to receive Ills friends to
l(lmsclf, tlIs world loses It's hold upnn Hin;
gas-starks and watcr'atochs, unl stneks III
hanks aud lii llor6r-raIlEuais, nrc u very uucsl
less consequence to him t1rsl. His heart Is
tEcc, and llr lM,hs for tic blcasctl appearing Of
lis Lnrd, wllu ut His COMM. will tuku hlns Into
Ills tlessca Kiugtlosn.
III II. Peter, l., %, VIC rcad, "So prophecy ot
the Scripture IL u my pr!vasc Interpretation"
So'nc lsonlo ny, "ull yes' The prophecies e are
lut lor the rank and fo nf tho Cilnreh.'' I3nt
Pstrr says. "Tne rrupl'ccy cams not by tic will
Vt null, but holy Mcn siaku. ~ tliey wctc
eyea ~ tue liolY G,1st n I'D tss ,,s;
uI cut Lord. Look at Daniel, H., Il, WHERE tc
tells the INT a,lln. uf that stonc which 1hv King
raw II! Its dream that WIS c,1l tut 81 tie Inl!-
taA wisl.ul,t hnnLs, al,t! that hrakc In pIcts the
tron, lltu br..ss, t!u clay, tbs silver, n,n tlv
Eoi. ''The dream IL certain atil tilt intcrlrF-
iation tll,Icof hurc,h says daniel. Now we
lMye sccn tho fullIlament Ut tt!ut prt1plcey VI
blbylols, ,a1ni Nsdo-pclsia and t;rcecc ,sin! Hume
Eayu Ill bccH broken tn pieces, a,lh now It only
ft'Eains for this stone cut out vi tile sHo'ntain
without !lantls tu bfllto ttc tHagt nfnt bFrak It
IL pcscs TIL II becomes like the dust of tte
s.unlIl1cr tArrshIn.- -Euor, nnd fnr this stoae to
Become grcsIt mountain anu I'LL tAu Wlln!c
easth
-, nur itow - nE oo1so TO coMEt 80.
We ara toll l,aw lie ts gutug 10 ronlc, When
bose disciples btuol luok!u1! up into l,caren ut
,aet!t. Wig sail unto turn tAets l.. ~: "fe
i i'nn ol Galilee, Why stat"l yn gaxl''s ", 'nto
ION you lntn leaycn .tsa1l so co'nu, in liEe
mu..er Us ~ !,.a.s seen liA,i ~ !ato isays,,.''
,'w did llo 10 ups Hc took lis flesh mud
.o!es up with Him. "1ooE at tne; handle ne !;
" bones ns W stu .ne llayci anl the llentl.al
~ wlosm they crAsiic*l anu laltl III tilc grayts
10y asn fsyn lron tllu deal and n!li snlug ,ll'
stHatPH+' III u NuIlct Suj tilc AlHcts, Dnk IL u
VII coinr aga1n Just rs he went. An ansel
es4sent tu announce His birth Ut tho Virgin
tasta sang of his sdvent In bethlehem; mi
!sN tqlu tho women of Ills resurrection; aud
". angels told tho disciples Ut Ills con,lls,
1san- II II the SANG testimony III I'LL these
eaEs
don't know why people shouldn't l'ke to
Nuly tie Bible, mud linl unt ull about thIs
st4ous doptsiIr Ut our. Lords return; 6cmu
- gpne beyond prophecy. and ttctl to tell
=. very d.v no would come. Perhaps
~ one REASON why pcopl, lou'4 6clIsyt tilS
sxrsnc. liz IL coming, We knuw That;
sNftaat wbrn liz IL coililus VIC don't knus
jj.tLew, XIV, 10 settles that. Tnu augs's
SSIt hso~, nnl Christ aays that cTsn ltu
Ssen't know, hu. tLut Il something the Father
Aos to Himself. Ii Christ lu.l said. ~ mi'l
ssrs',e ,ara for :s,bj1 years, nono VI His .i,s-
H. would have bc.u, IL wassl, for !li'u, but
a!the prurer attitude Of Christ!an IT, u a!-
sas lh'klig. Tor llEs Lords return. 10 t;nl
~ net s,iI ;;s whca lie Is to coulu but Christ
tGsIs u wut"|.. III this sanlc chapter W. find
- !le ~ u ss,'uc unexpectedly AMI sus!deE1y.
4tho twenty-ecScutn vrrsc We hnsp these
al, " Fut Us thu l!ghlnin:s col,lcth out Ut thy
r 9n1 slincth unto the west. eren fo tlsali
- TIC snstnly Ut tho sun ct Alan bc.h Aai
vi ln tho ftrt f-fuurth verse tsT4tFvfprp u,