, 1877-04-16
CuR1ST,S COMING.
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.pose in line III sne ia!les bJ :h' p!Hrhss
s;, III Of 's I'll b
with an emphatic nl,uslon he:s. ha said. thAt
brought before the Imagination the stately form OF
every prophet, and also ali those Visions and
tokens That formed tho sign language by which God
smoke to the old world, and without word OF dis
paraecment OF thtngs Of tho past, thcrc waa bold
contrast sot between tho mystic revelation Of tho
early dawn and the perfect revelation By the aon Of
Righteousness The prophets weEc faolatcd-dct
apart from thclF kind. They wero
rcycrcd and yet also feared. Their mcesasea
wcro awe. Inspiring, for they had mot alone prom
ise but wrath In them; and a. It WAS rarely, aver,
TINT they came Into tho COMMON realm OF sympathy
with tho people. prophet, accepted a. man OF
God, was like living Mount Sinai before tho pco"
p,o. They looked npon him with astonlahulcnt,
With reverence, and yet be could nut be ap-
preached; he was cnvroned round about by n mys-
tafiaus influence that kept tho peoplc back from
him, Whils, too, tho influence OF thoir words was
immediate and powerful, there was nothing In them
calculated 10 kindlo sympathy OF regard among
those who lis.ened. When Jonnh walked the streets
Of Nuoveh, The people bowed beforo hls impending
prophecy, bat they dldn't have thsob Of
the sailors had sy%gsihy With shs % storm, ths. H.
%os[ sot.y iys man oa hc Garth Non sooi
him whilc ht wrought for years and years upon the
s b .9r' T. M gnt
direct hold ppon %; When 15e spoke 70 them +
con- eoa.eeaes, 70 reach and ss..p snd oId thom
* ssd .eo1: ss: g. III. fe e I'd
sgs' ,s.ss st ss, s,s ts.s
a5sssn aass nss towards Ss him ao.. rrss.tibiy liz
people hoard bin gladly:: They th!onEodm u Iiis
:tsRsS :oaS ndt ' kesp .asy IT, sna
Lazarus came sud stood about Him with an I'M
em 1
touch them With His blessing. itc drew men unto
lilm because lIc va 70 accessible LIZ ~ W ~. not
s1 IL. Sc essa aSs ssf
n.rssd e s. ses s. a
Jesus fsr ii sdyanee of thoss of the Old prophets.
80 far had tie brought different and T. better cfa.
The times Of TIM ancient. prophets might b.
called tie Iron age: that Of the coming OF Christ
Tho TG,n so ws p" ffass o' he
lid Seen baa n tsa es %hon esssy
M sna ss s xox vi s. .s ain
6pd permitted u to live and think and 70 DO wc1o
Eolden with tho tfasa'-bestsr taan ever dawneo
cly!!z.tlon bad done gss.s gn asa,; T. bad .rept
land. land II bad placed popalaton whera once ihsrs s
was nothing but tho waving OAK. It had made the
.y sna wes
did mot say, '.Ohl for tls old times when ~ heu
shades: hsn W. s9ua Yak p s9iitHas
a. ihss. Man did not look back with regret aud
IepinInV, not peer inso The dim mlst and dark
s eab hs nooay q snn aes s a eThsn
dod lire in tho last days. aud In tho better dAys
With tho advent Of this divine teacher camo alsq
tho startling snnenneeWeat that n tiese % were The
| tf4HE - ftffa n kHI
end Is not yes 'r Tas end q tha word sccoruns
very day had been a1cd. but we wcra 70 remeu,.
hef thai dod'. ideas Of thc la.t days might d!tler
s did n net ns.tsn na t. ~, wo5s Is,
ms ms' VI. :hsf ~ e ana
se Ai tssss;s q ssa sye
broad. Aa old ma.tor, who painted month at.et
eesa :s1s :s to R:ay .aay sSa Pps:ss
W. doing Tor eternity. ThesefoFs Thea wo said.
Tns lat aays fs Sa /, a IT,.
that laJ svermots before jehovah. There was an
abundance ot men, however, who croakIngy q.
s's0 d.ys. bas tn the wont days-a, ths dsys thst
portended destruction: They. sa!d ihe world
op5Ss y IT, rhss s Sssn
10 be ioaing IL hold. Tho Gospel to them was >
fatlnre. because u d!d not muct tinF views o. A.
| h.1 to.k to-. $s
views The sait o. na@anty n1u oat ~ H. s ,ho 70
thom. Iho ttutn w. t"o n9spus .1 ~ t1e
Days OF cohenmmat!on. sno asoM ~. e'aMupa,t ~
70 aAW 9ioi5 npoa V1nrH mSnt on"nu .t"ntn1
rtogFsss means s'o5 snh ~ " t. "sn
mhsn tue c9fta shon4o Do n'e@ VIII 'no E'os1 o.
o9d. u..,.x.,,,u =, H.. .a,..,.
m arx .nas ,n M M ts
tnat the k1ty w a. ~. w @
guntIcmAa eoRan!stsd ntieh! the sgn'Acaaee aug
tsas .0tt.,G o III eo'us H. hubc.t az and no.
otat messenger end tne Mootost msssase
AZ come sso6a 10 w Sl1t.emM. ~ tsa!1aunn T.. o.,
tHh 5aeE nh RppAee'es loutAt tat Roat ~ Ut y
81 Nazareth. is was n centre toward. which
ey 'snneI and N n1 9tI t.1s so y hc
given to seEsph tongue revelation hghsf. nohlsr.
sweetss, q moro somprehenstvs than tnas WnieL NJ !
1as ps a. % ~ c9 s. * ~ s1ovnin
social event OF stl time, y marked the adxeut q
- ~ o m
taovetnmsnt nad been taalealsy enanSoa nY me 10
Tas Se
, ons niaa seemed 70 bring unto a'mselt Al! p1sa1