Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-29
CHRIsr's COMING.
A Correspondent Takes Issue With Mr..
Jordan.

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4 Correspondent Takes Issue With Mr..
Jordan.
To the Editor of the Globe
In your issue of the 9th inst, observe |
communication from Thos. NJ. Jordan, at
tempting to show up ssthe fallacies of the
late prophetic conference in New York; as
regards Christ's second coming.
However sound Chas. GriswoId and A. M.
Torbet may consider the views of Mr.. Jor-
dan, I can but consider them quite as IN
sound as the views he would refute. If
Christ's second coming is yet future, there
is certainly more reason to expect it ''soon''
than at some period indefinitely stated, as
the day of judgment, the end of time, de-
struction of the world, etc.
With your permission, would s ubnnit
few reflections for the consideration of your
correspondent and the gentlemen who have
endorsed his article.
First-Since the whole tenor of Christ's
teachings are to tbs effect that he is king,
that he is to rule until all nations and
kingdoms shall become subject to his sway,
that this kingdom was given to him by the
father for the especial purpose of this sub
lection, that of the increase of his govern
ment and dominion there shall be no end,
ETC., by what authority does he place his sec
Ond advent at the end of time :? Christ
hksns his coming to ssa man travelling into a
tar country to receive for himself kingdom,
and to return; and when he had
returned, having received the kingdom, he
called his servants to reckon with them"
| Mr.. Jordan will not deny that Christ is now
king-that he has set up his government
in the earth, etc., for such are the teachings
of all churches throughout the world. But
how could he do this before receiving his
kingdom? If he is not to come till the end
of time, then he is no king! and if no king,
how can he have subjects? Yet all church
members claim him as king, and themselves
as his subjects.
But he certainly was not to be king until
| his return What then? Is he a usurper?
Has he stepped into his inheritance before
the father clothed him with authority? He
said to his disciples, eye shall not have gone
over the cities of Israel until the son of man
be come" Of the beloved disciple he
said, eff will that he tarry until | come,
what is that to thee?'' And he repeatedly
said, "This generation shall not pass away
until ye shall see the son of man coming in
his kingdom
beloved disciple is dead. The apostles long
ago ceased from their labors in the cities of
Israel By what authority, then,
does the prophetic conference,
or brother Jordan or any other NAN, place
Chrst's second coming still in the future,
and much less at the end of time? TO do
this is to deny his dignity, and his rule.
FOR he must reign, (when, at the end of
time? No. but here, and now,) until all
things are subdued unto him-t4en shall
he deliver up the kingdom to God, even the
father" etc. But brother Jordan would
have us believe he is not to receive the king
dom until all things are subdued. But for
this purpose he was to receive it; and, as
we have seen, he is to
give up the kingdom when this
work is accom- plished; that s'God alone may
be all in ALL" Clearly no rule is needed
where men have ceased to disobey. Each is
a law unto himself. The king and his tunc-
tons have ceased.
| Now, where is this kingdom of Christ,
which, as our friend quotes, ''cometh not
with observation?' 1t sis not meat and
drink. + x Behold the kingdom of
God is within you" Then the judgment
seat must be within you, since it must pe
established within the kingdom. So also
must the judge, and king, be within
the same limits. Tue man who commits
a felony in the United States is neither sent
to Great Britain to be tried or punished.
He is tried ana punished in the kingdom
where the offense was committed. If in the
kingdom of Satan, he may be tried and pun
ished there; but if in the kingdom of Christ,
he will be tried and punished there. No ex-
tradition treaties are recognized. 'sNone
can pluck them out of my hands. My father
who gave them to me is greater than all, and
none can pluck them out of my father S
| hands. -
! Don't say this refers to saints. There were
no saints then All sinners, and they
are not much less now, and God gave Christ
charge to redeem, purify, and save them
save them from their sins. 10 this end he
establishes his kingdom IN their hearts, and
rules there, rewarding every man according
to his works. Hence Paul speaks of "Christ
| formed Within" i. g., under his reign and
discipline his qualities of love, mercy, good
ness and truth are developed, and we become
like him. "He that is in Christ, Tor Christ
in him, is new creature. Old things are
passed away: behold all things are become
new"
| Chriat, therefore, is spirit. His kingdom
| is spiritual kingdom, and all men are being
gradually transformed into his image. The
| leaven is hid in the measure of meal, and
however slow the process, the generations
show the change for the better, and finally
the whole lump will be leavened. "ihey
| shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy
mountain
Christians berates the Jews for mistaking
the Messiah. They looked for him to come
| in great pomp, and redeem them from the
Roman yoke. When neither his appearance,
or reign. met their expectations, they denied,
and put him to death. But it appears to me
that Christians have fallen into similar er-
ror. They have been looking in vain for a
personal appearance, of great splendor, when
his professed followers should be elevated
above all others-be his accepted ones, and
since they have not realized this expectation,
they deny that he has entered into his
wherever the hungry are fed, the naked
clothed, the sick ministered unto, or the
prisoner visited, there is the evidence of his
appearing, his presence. ''Inasmuch as ye
have done it unto one of the least of these,
ye have done it unto me-" Every good man
and woman is an eviden e of s.Christ formed
within" The ladies who went to Kate
Carnpbelrs den q few weeks ago and took
charge of the remains of poor sinsick out
cast were members of Cnrist's body''-sub-
jects of his kingdom, and took their orders
from him direct. Such acts are stand
ing proof of Christ's presence. He
is with US here, and now, in the church and
out of tor rather his church-embraces
all who emulate his example, no matter by
what name, nation or title they may be
known. His mark is in their foreheads
though the world may not recognize it or
him. In the olden time he came to his own,
and they received him not; and so it is now.
Those who profess to be his own, receive
him not, neither know of his presence
I3ut tresnass too much on znnr snace