New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-10-31

From the first to the last of the sacred this
have abolished death. but its physical accidents
snil remain In oil their hideous selfasserton.
The sting OF death has been extracted hut
the serpent survives. 1t will not be until
His coming that dead bodies shall be raised, and me
battle-cry, o deathl where is thy sting grave
where is thy victory :" be sung without challenge
Then the lasi enemy, even DEATH shall have been dc
stroyed In the lack Of single passage which plainly
associates death with the coming OF the Lord, how dare
men. instructed by tbs excepti0ness usage, InsreId
sent from the body that he NAY lie present with
Lordto be with Christ in PaTadse-to depart and be
with Christ, which is far better, Time would ial 10
quote the OF the passages which present Jesus as ne
appeared 70 stephen waiting ioI HIS s", ~. ae ,e
Never there reversal Of this relation IN the language
of Gods word. Moreover. whenever death Is reprs
Christ He rides upon the pale horse cannot be me
He who cometh III the clouds OF heaven Nio-
such attempted identity Not 30 polonG our NEGATIVE
cnmnaiion between death and His second coming
as final To the assumptions OF TINS theory.
John, Lord and what shall this man dor Jesus salth
unto him II Will that he tarry IN come; wlst Is
abroad among the brethren that that disciple shond MOI
thought which have been cOntroycrtug Yet Jesus
sid not unto HIM, lie shat. MOI dle Dnt' IL l. NH
that he tarTy till come, what is tnat to thee y The
Lord leaves doubt bout the difference between these
two future facts. 10 Is 0hIy an EXPLODED taGluon 10
connect them. And the heat OF cOniroyersaiiSts who
this attempt is far less pardonaDle Than the mis-
OF the disciples since subsequent 20 this interview
SO much INSTRUCTION in reference 10 the Lords coming
has been given by the Apostles This much certain
I'VE shall not ali sleep" On j. but shall all be
summoned before the judi ment-seat OF Christ There
will be at least generation To whom death snail not
DC the coming OF the Lord.
POSITIVE ARGUMENTS FOR CHRIsrs COMING.
These theories do neither satisfy nor exhaust the
teaching Of the Scriptures Ill reference TO The second
coming OF Lord. Though 1t be admitted that
anaOgically the facts which they relate may DC an
ticpatiOnS of His appearing, yet there Is somewhat IN
all inc passages quoted which refuses 10 be cramped
and conin by these interpretations 1t may be That
incidents stand in the foreground OF tue uhfeled
picture OF the future, and are lutO rac
teal prominence hut there is sublime event looming
up In tue background which far trahscends mem W
BeGuce and interest the scrptural authority OF TINS
reserved revelation OF our Lord, we have remarAaDr
testimony from IatIGnastlc cIlic III a. Ievrn. nun
Der The Nineteenth Century (Review). Though regtu-
ing the MessianIc kiHgdcm unTcai and UNTRUE, ne
frankly admits that The men OF the first Christian gen
eratlOn including the Apostles and the writers o. the
e TS and tb end Of the Void This witness Of Dr.
Vance smith is valuable as that Of one colby unpreu
edly hostile this truth That 1t Is JUSTIFIED by exact
cXegesis II is Our purpose 10 demOnstIae as the
10 show that is very numerous class of pass
ages when cannot by any exposory sk be connected
disputed, but which imperatIyeIy demand and VIII
brook denial of personal in the sense OF visible
coming of Lord To these We turn with und0uDtlng
The nouns substantive used TO signify the Advent
are FIRST in tins ue vi proof They are incapable of other
definition than real personal ana cOrp0rcI as OPT OS,d
10 gura,ive spiritual, incOrporcal coming OF our
Lore so definite is the usage of the terms that we
he thus explicit in our statement. Inc first oil these
words Apokaypss II occurs IN nineteen passages Di
the New Testament, and is Translated in our version
revelation" anestation" appearing coming
and TO Tighten" IL will Oe recognized III The texts
Il Cor i: y, "Waiting for the revelation OF Jesus
Christ" q Tness. a. "At the revelation Of Jesus
Christ with Ills .ughty angels; Peter a. ~ the
appearing Of Jesus Clrist;" Il Peter ~: 13l, when
Has glory shall be revealed Whenever USED IN Iser
TO objects or persons, which can be Recognized ny
sight tins word REQUIRES Visibility as necessary qIa r
itua truth to the mind, but never for the spiritual dis
cernment OF Christ
the sacred writers il Epiphaneia Together VITA the
verb from which 1t is derived. 1t is found IN ten pas
fG..f mel 10
gives its classic dehnluOn The appearance O
thing corpOreal aud resplendent de aGds u ~ it was
particularly employed the Greeks TO denote the Az
poarance OF their gods with cIrcum.ta ees OF external
splendOr." In accord with this usage 81 Paui intrO
duces the e. Tim. lOl 10 describe our rds IN,
carnation at His first advent. lie speaks OF
the of !I oar ssvcST Jesas C who n
abolished death ana brought llIe aud immortality TO
Pauis shipwrecE, Luke wrote (Acts xvii: 2Ol,
Neither sun stars IN many DAYS epiphaniZed
The third aud last word TO winch ask attention. is
ParousIa. Ii will be found twenty-Our texts OF the
Now Testament. with the two meanings oi " coming
The coming OF our Lord As examples We quote Iatt.
xiv 81 WHAT shall be the sign OF thy coming" u
Il Thess II :1O. d" Are ye at tHe Coming Of
our Lord" danes v 81 The coming OF tho Lord
with the manifestation OF the Man OF sin In all Other
Is 70 aeTece hG e3mhg S
Cor. VII 81, THE coming of Itus, and Pll 1; 26J,
Tine coming OF Paul" The literal rendering oil
this term is q the becoming present" 1t narks the
moment when absence ceases ana presence Deglns.
exclusive testimony to tho future real ana personal
coming OF the LOfd.
advcrbs, which cOntrO anu qua ,ne various ~
OF our Lords appearing These not only consent to the
reaty strcngthen its proof To attenuao the Second
Advent into dguratye or spiritual fact Is TO oppose
Scripture which Its very texture To have been
arranged for Just such emergency OF doubt Whist
looking up clouds which had shut of IRON their
gaze assembled Christ two angelic men recalled Inc
thoughts Of the Disciples To eirt, ana VITA words OF
promise opened to them most glorious nope. 1hey
satd aYupJ
heaven. shall so come IN Ike manner as ye have seen
H Har THIS m e1 II Is Of Promises In
opposition TO all aegorlzcrs ana splrlduaIlzeIs' II
Himself contradiction of all theories that would de-
grade HIS coming by identifying l. WITH death me pa.
bis coming, III like manner as ye have seen MN co.
OTHER SOURCES OF PROOF.
But TO these sources OF proof We aud the ofiees
and actions which connected with His coming and
which the scriptures command our reverence These
are ali intensely Personal both III their conception and
In the mode OF their accomplishment Our Lord warned
His disciples against the pretensoDs OF anticbriss
These lnpostors clearly TO DC persons. Their
cuar dogma to be the (2JOhn wiz confess not that
Jesus Christ is coming in the flesh. and the substitution
Of themselves the stead of Christ the object Of
hope II His competitors were To be personal and vs-
ibIe surely the aIguage of warning implies than
q spiritual manifestato on our Lords part. The
personal coming OF the Lord But all agreed
that the judgment OF the saints ana the world Will be
chef feature in the Advent. How ia this Office presented
in scripture VIII the law OF the survival OF the 1.tcst
produce the final judgment, irrespective OF glorious
Person Are the discriminating influences Of the Gospel
all that is by this phrase Are the Judgment
seat OF Christ aud the great white throne ngtlOns
OF fancy which have corresponding reality These
CLOSES OF philosophy and sprituazer1 must be brought
10 the test or the world itself st. Paul taught
in scepticsl Athens the truth words. which
ticpate all later criticism tActs xvii: 30, 80 ::
" God hath appointed a day, In the which He
Will judge the world by that man, whom He hath
ordained. whereof He hath given assurance unto all
men, in that He hath raised him from she dead" III
a personal designation, then the Judge
will be o person II the resurrection OF Christ
yisibly demonstrated, equally so will be his coming
again. This is demonstration on the surface Of the