Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-05-09
Mr.. Moody's Last Sabbath in Boston.
THE COMING OF CHRIST.

until the day dawn, and the day-sta
arise in your hearts" Knowing this first
that no prophecy of the Scripture is of an,
private Interpretation" q" For the prophec,
came not in old time by the will of man
but holy men of God spake as they wer
moved by the Holy Ghost"
Gabriel came down to announce the con
ception of Christ angels came to announc,
his birth, angels came to announce his res
direction, and angels came to announce hi
return. When the disciples stood gazing W
into heaven, two angels dropped by theil
side and said Ye men of Galilee, why
stand ye gazing up into heaven This SAINT
Jesus which is taken up from you into
heaven shall so come in like manner as yt
have seen him go into heaven"
Thank God, he is coming just as he went
We are going to see him in person he that
left this earth blessing it-for that is the way
he left-is coming back to build his own
church he is coming back to receive them
that have looked for him, and have waited
for his return. In the twenty-sixth chapter
of Matthew and the sixty-fourth verse, YOU
will find that it was this very thing which
caused his death. When the high priest
asked him who he was, and if he was truly
the Messiah, what does he say Jesus saith
unto him, thou hast said nevertheless, say
unto you, hereafter you shall see the Son OF
Man sitting at the right hand of power aud
coming III the clouds of heaven" That is
enough; the moment they heard that they
accused him of hlaSphemy, and condemned
him to death because he said they should see
him coming again.
Let me say that believe this doctrine has
suffered good deal from those who profess
to be its friends, and don't know any who
have done it a gre iter injury than those, be-
cause they have set a time and dates. We
read in Matthew xiv SO, But of that day
anG hour knoweth no man; no, not the
angels of heaven, but my Father only" And
it seems to me that the devil is all the time
trying to counterfeit these precious truths
so that the mass of Christians will not be.
lieve them. II is very clearly taught that
the day and the hour knoweth no man, not
even the angels of heaven and when man
tells you Christ is coming next year, or in
$780, or at such date, you may know that
he hasn't got the word of God for it, because
it is distinctly taught by the Master himself
that the day and the hour knoweth no man.
If we knew the hour we would not be watch
ing for his coming, and all through Scrip
ture we are told to watch. Not only that, but
we are taught IN this same Ghapter that he
ls coming uieApecteuiy therefore N yt
also ready; for in such an hour as ye think
not, the Son of Man cometh"
some oi you say les he comes 10 us an
Wheh we die, pu' that Is not "hat Is taugh'
here-death is not the coming OF LORD
me thought want 10 can your attention
10 Is tllis, that the dlsclpies diu not iooR
upon ohrlst coming as death at an thel
kept that distinct. me coming Oh the LORD
Is one tlilng ana death Is another You OF
! may be summoned away by death before
Christ comes, out we are not Taught any
where IN scripture to look Tor death; that
Is not the nope OF the church' am taugh'
10 look Tor the LORD, ana IL is something
much sweeter 10 Inc 10 look 1or MS returi
than 10 look ior death.
ana there is distinction between death
and ms coming thlhk we have made
great mistake IN saying that is the coming
OF the Lord. Death Is one thing and tn,
coming OF the LORD Is another why, tht
year OF jubilee VIII burst upon thls worlc
by-and-by, and the Lord himself shall return
to this world; and lhat Is distinct aud separ
ate from death, There Is no death when h'
comes IT. Is an me- ana then all shall o'
changed IN the tWihkIihg OF an eye. Al
Enoch went up 10 represent the flrst dispen
sation, and as Elijah went up to represen
the second, so CHRIST went up TO represeh
the third; and when he comes again thes'
vie bodies VIII be changed as Enoch wa
changed and Ell]ah was translated, and w
are not gong to die IL we remain or tarr.
untl Christ comes we are not gong to tast'
OF death death mas been conquered an,