Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-11-02
The Prophetic Conference.

The second days session of the Prophetic
Conference, at the Church of the Holy Trinity,
Madison avenue and Twenty. second srect. N.
| Y, was held Thursday. The morning services
were opened with prayer by the Evangelist
Needham, and after tbs devotional exercises
Professor l.ummig, Of tho Methodist Church,
read paper on "rhe Kingdom and tho
Church." lie said that tho word rendered
"kingdom'' is the only one thus rendered 10 the
Now Testament, aud, as it occurs in tho Cos
pels was as we'll known to the jewish people
as faith, hope, charity. worship or auy other
religious term. Tho Jews expected literal
kingdom. lit be said that the Jews miaun.
derstood the kingdom Of God, it may be ans.
wered that it was not because they understood
it 10 literal way, but 10 their anxiety for the
glory of the kingdom they overlooked the
humble and sutferlng entran:s OF the klDg
Don His mission. 1t has been claimed that
the Christian Church is the kingdom OF God.
but John and Jesus declare the kingdom CT
heaven is at hand. Joseph OF Arlmathea wait
ed for the kingdom as something to come.
Paul taught that flesh and blood cannot en'er
into the kingdom of God.
The words used to indicate the building OF
the Church and the settlng up OF The klogdom
are different, and the one Is never applied to
lhe Church, or the Other to the kingdom. The
kingdom is an end to be attained; the Church
is means to that end. No one who enters
into the kingdom will DO cast out oil It. Most
OF those in the Church will be noHavcd. The
kingdom of God is a unit; the Church is an az
pregate of units. The kingdom is everlasting.
the Church is temporary. Some hold that
heaven is the kingdom and that We shall cutter
it at DEATH If 90 thy kiugdom como i5 very
poor reading. Professor Lumms further ar
cued that the belief that the kingdom is at
hand does not discourage missionary efforts.
aud concluded with reference to the Flood,
saying that the heavens were opened alter
Noah had been long derded for bis prepare
tious
The second paper was by the Rev. II. NJ.
Parsons, a Presbyterian minister of Buffalo,
and was discussion Of The Present Age and
the Development Of Anti christ The here
sizes and in6deities OF the times were referred
to only in general terms, ard the paper had I'D
new features.
These papers consumed the mOrDlng sessIon,
and the reading OF paper on The Gathcllog
of Israel" by Bishop Nicholson, Of the 10
formed Episcopal Church, was postponed to
the afternoon session. With great detail and
pr0llXlty BlShop NlcnolSOn argued Clat theto
is yet to bo a returning Of Israel to their own
land. The Apostle Paul makes tho positive
assertion that God has not cast away the Jews
as q nation. According to his theory the 18th
mus of Sucz vii! bo destroyed for the oon
vsuieuce OF returning Israel; but on their first
restoration tho Jews will be as yet unoonvcred.
The second restoration meant the conversion OF
Israel, and then would begin the millcnnial era
Bishop Nicholson dwclt in glowing language
upon that epoch. and, in conclusion, paid high
tribute to the wonderful characteristics Of the
Jews, who had been preserved through ua'
speakablo suffcrings for the coming day: 10
this nineteenth century they orc suterlog
people still. but ndissolube as ever. Whlo
other nations have been dcnatlonaz,d the jew
is Jew still.
Tho devotional exercises in tho aftetnoou
were opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. 5.
II. Tyog, jr., and the closing prayer was 10y
the Rev. Mr.. Hall. At the devotional mcotlpg
10 the evening addresses were made by the Rev.
DR.. Goodwin. Of Chicago, and the kev. DE-
Brooks. OF St. Louis.