The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-11-02
THE PROPOSED CONFERENCE

or THE EVANGELICAL CLERGY WHO BELIEVE
THAT THE SCRIPTURES TEACH PERSONAL
VISIBLE, PRE-MILLEESIAL COMING OF
JESUS CHRIST TO THE WORLD.
New York Tribune: There has been so
much loose thinking and careless writing
concerning the believers in the pre-millen-
NAL coming Of Christ that the remarkable
conference TO be opened next Wednesday in
this city will be exposed to shallow criticism
and popular misconception. 1t may be well
10 state in advance that the delegates are
not expected to bring their ascension robes
with them, and that the committee Of cler-
gymen who have called them together real
lie that whether there be prophecies, they
shall fall This is not council Of Second
Adventists or Millentes, as those terms are
popularly used, The delegates have not
derived their notions from the ill.digested
writings Of the leaders Of various sects who
have caused divisions in churches and un-
wholesome excitement in communities
through unvarrantable assertions as TO the
time, place and circumstances ofthe second
advent On the contrary, this conference
has been called in the confident expecta
ton that the influence of crazy leaders and
false prophets may be weakened by clear
and scriptural presentation Of the subject Of
the pre.milennial coming Of Christ. The
doctrine is to be Invested of the errors with
which it is now incrusted, and set forth in
its primitive purity. The early christians
interpreted it as literally as possible the
signs Of which their Masterhad spoken, and
theologians, from Thos. Aquinas to DR.. Cum.
ming, have given reign to their imagination
in portraying the temperance of the Lord
on the earth, 1t is not the intention Of the
leaders of this movement to lay stress on
anything that is not clearly revealed in the
Bible, and easily comprehended. They will
not waste their breath in discussing details
concerning which there are certain to be
radical difference of opinion. The dele
gates are simply asked to unite upon the
broad foundation that the scriptures teach,
and they firmly believe, that there is to be
apersonal, visiable, pre-millennial coming Of
Jesus Christ to the world. The doctrine,
moreover, is not brought forward at this
time in so conspicuous way for the
purpose Of exciting controversy or
stirring up strife, or making what is
peculiarly known as religious hit or pop.
uar sensation. DR.. Tying and his asso.
ciates have the highest ends in view. Their
hope is that the revival of this doctrine will
promote holy living and spirituality among
christians and missionary zeal and all
manner Of good works among the churches.
It is proper to add that the approaching
conference is not a local or denominational
gathering 1t 10 to meet in the church Of
the Holy Trinity, but the rector Of that
parish is in no wise responsible for it's &C.
ton. The idea of holding such confer.
ence is not new one Many prominent
ministers ofvarious religious denominations
have advocatedit, and after many consulta.
tons and voluminouS correspondence, the
matter was arranged last June in Clifton
Springs, and a committee was appointed TO
issue call. The Rev, DR.. Stephen H.
Tying, jr., was not present at that meet.
ing, but he was subsequently made
member Of the committee of arrange.
ments, and generously offered the use
Of the church. under his charge. The
conference will embrace members Of nearly
all the evangelical denominations, and will
be national in character, inasmuch as all
the leading centers Of population from Bos.
ton to San Francisco will be represented,
The claim Is made that every distinctive
evangelical truth held by the various de.
nominations will be brought into clearer re.
lief by an acceptance Of the doctrine Of the