The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-01-24
From the charleston ANews and c0,siey.

Last Sunday morning, 18th instant. thu
threatening. aspect of the weather did no,
prevent the Attendance of large copore
CATION at the Citadel Square Bantist
Church. The subject of DR.. Chambliss
sermon was of peculiar interest at the
present time, and his views were uttered
with remarkable clearness. The unusual
pressure upon our c0iumne Yesterday
crowded out our report; but we give this
morning some of the most striking uessa.
ges from the discourse. DR.. Chambliss
said
Nobody has ever questioned 30 far as
/ know, that by the phrase 'that day'i
1.-THE text was 2Tim., 1:18) Paul meant
the day of judgment, the great court day
OF eternity. The expression was not un-
usual with him. in tho first chapter OF
Second Thessalonians it occurs where he
speaks of the coming of the Lord ITO be
glorified IN his eaints and to be admired
in al them that believe in that dan. u
Again, in this chapter,i only few lines
above the text, he ten1ploys the ssIne
phrase, as he sees the glittering sword OF
the e1ecutioner so near, and the Lord
the righteous Judge, standing lust be.
yond, with the far outshining crown in
his hand for the poor head which Wa
about to roll in the dust. II know whom
I have believed, and am persuaded thnt
he is able to keep that which have com.
mitted unto Him against thai. .day.n
And so the truth is at once put bevond
denial aud beyond the need of argument.
for oil who accept this book as Gods
word, that there is to! be day of judg-
ment for this world. Men may discuss
this question or that bearing upon the
trasa!;--the nature cs :ho great trial, oT
the time of it, or the place-but the fact
ltselfcannpt be questioned by any one who
believes the Bible, that "God has appoi,s-
ted a day in which He will judge the
world in righteousness by that man
whom BE has ordained Jesus Christ.
the Son of Man, the Son of God.
Now, I do not suppose, of course, that
q day OF twenty-four hours, one of our
days of alternate sunshine and darkness.
will begin and end the final Judgment.
But do believe, and I rest my conf
dence on this Book, that in one of these
days of twenty-four hours, when the in
habitants of this earth shall be driving
on in pursuit OF. their various cnds Of
pleasure or OF gain. when the shuttles
shall be flying in the looms, aud the
stones grinding in the mills, and the
ploughsharea running in the felds-when
anxious brows and busy hands shall be
moving here and there in store and work.
shop, in counting house and professional
office, when school-room and playground
shall be vocal with the pleasant Bounds
of youthful learning or. amusement, when
politicians shall be wrangling in legisla-
tive halls, and arms shall be clashing on
ensanguined felds-in enc Of these days
Of twenty-four hours whether at mid
night or cock-crow, or at high noon, there
shall como wondrous sound pealing out
of heaven, such as never yet smote. upon
the ear Of man. At that sound the
wheels Of universal motion shall cease to
roll, and the great angel, standing with
one foot upon the sea and the other upon
the land, shall swear by Him that sitteth
on the throne that time shall be no longer.
Every grave shall then give back its dead,
all whom thu sea has swallowed up shall
be cast forth, and they that remained
alive shall be changed in moment-in
the twinkling of an eye-for the Lord
ahall come with His holy angels, and sit
upon His throne to judge the living and
the dead. .4 se
In the day :hat Time ends, the final,
universal judgment will begin. lis con-
tinuance will hot be measured by tempo
raj star dards. We cannot speak Of it as
either long or short, as embracing hours
or days or years. We only know that
however changed may be our relations to
material things, however new and strange
the conditions of our existence then, we
shall be judged, every one of us, accord
ing to the deeds. done in the body, and
shall Tecaiye sentence for eternity from
from the mouth of the Son of God.r
Have / said one thing so far which is
not sustained by the plainest declarations
OF Scripture? tave said there shall be
ajudgment; that it shall come suddenly,
with u great noise; that ali worlds shall
cease to move, because time shall be no
longer; that those who are alive at its
coming shall be instantly changed into
another, condition of being, and that all
the dead shall rise, that the Lord. JesuE
shall appear with the holy angels and sit
upon throne of power. have said
that the last day of time shall be merged
in eternity and thejpdgment viii continue
until every Human being shall have re-
ceived an eternal sentence. dare e. say
that no one who has any acquair lance
with the teachings of the Bibie2will dis.
, pute that the doctrine as thus Ear unfold.
ed is found therein. = Ike questions abou!
which there is room to differ / have not
raised Yat all. The time Of this awfnl
evont-AWEether it is near or fer distant
the piace-whether upon this earth, or ir
mid air, OF in another. sphere 1.-THE specia
characteristics of the scene-whether the
innumerable millions of Adams ract
shall stand in one vast ithrong and be in
dividually judged in hearing of ono an
other, or whether physical forms and
material spaee shall be there unknown
ell such questions, as Improbable AND
insolvGble, leave to those who would 81
wise above what is written. Only 90 fal
as the Divine record runs, plain ano
cleGr, SO plain that the way yfaring man
though n fool. need mt err therein, do
ask you to go, and would warn every
man to stop not short of that---the truth
of e Judgment to come, (which shall begii
with the rising of the dead and the clos
ing Of all earthly. scenes, which .shal
embrace every human being, and an
nnnnr.. the eternal' dentinv of all. Jesu
Christ himself sitting as King of king
and Lord of lords. ss-s- + :
But there is an additional truth en-
folded in this text which we must no
suffer 10 escape US. the Apostle pray
that Sin that day" Onesiphorus may flint
MERCY of the lord. Now, it nhy seem =
as q little strange that any anxiety shoult
be .elt about SO good q man, and there
solemn lesson for us here. Paul doe
not doubt the .piety of this disciple, bu
as he hears in imagination the awful cry
"the trent day of His wrath is come, am
who ehail he able to stand y ihS feels cha