The sun., 1878-11-06
THE SECOND COMING or CHRIST


To THE ED1ron OF THE Sun Sir: The
question, us there to be Millennium was asked In
THE suN Of sunday. the goth inst have to reply No,
the simple that the Millennium is past In the
twcntythird chapter Uf Matthew, Christ indicts. tres
and sentences the Jewish nation saying IAN these
things shall come upon this generation the obvious
meaning being that the punishment should come upon
the generation contemporary with himself lh the
twentyourth chapter OF Matthew Jesus rrophcsied the
destruction Of the temple and his disciples asked hn
when these things should be- and what hond he the
sign of His coming and the end Of the world chat Is the
Jewish world or agcl In cply lie gave them .igns
there should be false Christs war; iainne pcstlcnccs
earthquakes In many places, fearful sights and great
signs from heaven Luke. xxi. prosecutions. the alius
away Of some ilis d~ciplcs false prophets the np
proac OF dcsoatiDe armies and. lastly the great sisn
the destruction OF ofJetus,lem. lie then declares I'm
mcdiatciy afcr the tr.bulatcn obstruction Of loru-
salem they shall NO the Son of Man coming IN
hc S,"s whon =, ~ e W ,s.S Things 1te Signs ore
dictcd - precursor, ." III, coming an 81 whGh arg ro
in the sposioc agcl know nt It l. near even ~ ihc
doora Aud then as ih"ugh 10 rrnd,r shy n'nmIuVt n,u
standing 81 his wors absolutely iinpuslnr ne n'nhG. ~,
tho solemn asscverntinu! verify. say unto Nnu Nis
Tic words ihs generation" obviou.y pos- tc same
meaning the parallel oppression ln tie twenty third
Now ,nce The lord plainly declared that he would
during the lifetime ui his auditors t.co ALTO Matt
2a Ny 2s why not iai!hinly assert that lie was as
"Bat" Il VIII ir answered I'VE have no historical
record that lie csme.' reply that The nature OF NE
sons That second coming to have privacy ike
n midnight wedding marry; y secrecy like Dc move
those in !hc de.h who needed N, Injunction =, wsicn
the world not 10 hin tor he -aii. IN ltuc
white the world sceih NC No morc Hence, nc Z,
pies believed His word and awaited nis coming Many
eminent CHRISTIANS ts,called admit h,t the aposil,s x
pcctcd tho coming Of ,Ari-t during their own lehmc Lt
example. sec br Primes statement IN IHr SIS ~ the
2sl inst bIt ley -! tne APOSTLES @ wy
Il the apostle, mistaken On such sn important point
Why not on others Hut they wcrr not mistaken
II Is objected that the Thcssalunian disciples being
troubled on hearing report ihn. the nu,e Of christie
coming had arrived were warned by Paul that thy
be not shaken IN mind. or troubled, ncith,r by
spirit nor hv word nor by reported ,ter troin
rauh thnt the daY ~ Christ is ut hand. and tls
warning IL ndvancl a. nroof that Paul did buieve
that tho coiuiue n Christ would ocrur m his dan Bu'
referring the original discover that iHu merely
cautioned them that the tmo was not prr~cnt, had not
sepuent vcrcsof thischnpter had not all lecn uhlcd
The letter uf the thessaionlans was wriiun In .! y
AMI the coming o CHRIST did not occur unt over eighteen
wears Airrward. Thus The 1hessalOninns were shnk"n
~ mind little ahead oi the hnc. The apostles tostinrd
Wsi erv Wa The 'iofd ,s At hSnd John In \ Is -
announced the last hcur." iinmeda,cy aiterward ic
come TO pass message especially n the seven
churches whom c FrectS and then delivers 10 hem ihc
sponls with that IN the parable NJ the Virgins
which announced the coming ot the bridegroom
came, tnd the bride tile primitive rhurcin went
IN with ham 10 the marriage. tho doors were then closed.
ic foolish S.rzns Mere ,hnt put apa llln
the millennium IN heaven until thvse latter DAYS VIC hear
No note sneh positive nes az thos o. ths ao''ss
bclrt Hur proof o. his refer Co second rarartaph NJ
interview with - McGDnn IN Tnt sus ul u,o 2s,h mst
Nc mienm an j. past. and ssser with eo~l rrusn'
that the third coming The second couins was o
r~drmptpn ~ tho nririuNc brevers the thiri ng
will be- to the Judgment ~ The wicked " all nations. and
othe redemption u the faithful believers Of al' nations