Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-11-06
premt!Ionnarianism.

Promillennarian Conference, SO others spoke Of
the assemblage, T6;ch fer three days, in the
Church of the Holy Trinity, discussed the
q1eston Of Chrst's 90 ning 10 many,ifnot all, its
bearings, has 6jourued. Asa matter Of Christ
ian faith or fact the second coming of Christ is
very generally held by all who rest their faith
ia the Bible. The principle difference between
believers being when the event sba! take
placc-beforo the millennium or after ? The
Confr:uce OF course, declared what as l1dlvl
duas they had previously declared and he'd,
that this advent vii! bs before. Had they not
emphasized this idea thcre would have been
little call for the Conference at oil. An anaiy-
ais OF the programme would Indicate that the
Premcc theory Of the second advent
is held naioy by Ep!scopallaDs and Presbyte'
rigns. They constituted the bulk ofthe esssylsts,
though not TO make the Conference one
or two sided affair, Baptist, Methodist,
| ConerceatiUGalist and Refor med minister we're
saniHiched in. At least five Episcopallans read
| pspe.s or delivered addresses and six Presbyte.
rans-olever out of fifteen. The speakers
made two CT threc things prominent. Though
DO formal votes we're taken on the topics dis
cusssd it get appeared to be thoroughly bel;ev,;
ed that Christ's coming vii! be personal aud, OF
COURSE, visible. But here the linz divided
els 10 bo visible oaly to his believing ones.
Tie uabc!ievug went know whether lie is
hero Or pot, aud henco won't bo any more IL
a1crccd by His presence or absence than they
are DOW. But how this fact or fiction OF psy.
Geological science is to bo produced the Confer
euce Left to others TO discover. 1t is question
that might be debated ghcther Christ Wss or
was rot seen By unbelle7ers IN Jerusalem after
His resurrection as well as b3 believers. Ano
if lie vas thus 5eer may lie cot be when tic
coraes to Garth agaia 10 like c1aOGcE as iIo was
taken up into heaVcn. :.
Another thirg made prominent 10 tho dis
cu:sio2 vas: Thct Christ is to dwell With Ills
aocieGt people, the Hebrews, IN their o"n land
for au uDmcasuged period of tir1o. But during
q er,a,cr psrt of this period they will bo Jows
still. They will rether know Him Dor believe
ia Him uuti they sec "the abomlnsLlon OF
dsola,joo spcksn Of by Daniel the prophet
staGGirs ia the holy place. But the tu!hl.o
mc1t OF this prophecy requires the return or
the Jews to Palestine aad the rebuilding OF the
Tcnp!c and restoration Of the ancient services
and sacrifices. This, according to Bishop Mich
o!son's very abo paper, is what Will be done:
But the TsCaeites will return to their own land
ia two instalmcnts-thc first Voluntarily; tho
second, some generations later, compulsory.
But they won't find any mcra rest there than
they do elsewhere in the world, tor according
to the same high suthorty the natious' will
gather together to eight against Jerusalem. 10
enc of those vars the abomnation Of desola'
ton will appeer!a the holy place OF tbs Temple,
and then In utter despair the lsrGeIltes are TO
take tho Messiah whom they rejected, the
Christians Sagiour. But they are TO be saved
il instalmonts. too, as they had been restored to
their o1n land. There is to be q scaling Of
l4l ,OO0 Of ttcu, 1000 OF each tribe; 80 that
the tI!bcs. though scattered Oh tao tsco OF the
esrth to day. remain ia!ac: and Will so RENAL
when Christ con.es, but in their OVID beloved
Palestine First remnant, then all Israel are
to be eavaj. Another speaker supplemented
Ibis address. though going before ii, with proofs
that tho Holy Land is TO be regcne7ased. as
we'll as the holy people.
Another thing emph,s z,d bG the Conference
is tho a4osacy which is to take place 10 the
Church before the coming Of Christ. Aud
this anostacy is to b. preceded and produced
By fierce theolo2ica yer, ''lukewarmness
and faIsa dsctriue il tho pa pit. But while
| this view i3 hoj, perhaps by all Christians ln
various !crms tho Conference declared that the
world is to &c ffoEa bad to wor8c, while believers
thai il, tb!s, WHO wait fer lis appealing
si'! ad7auc: irom gocd to better and best. And
! they say The gospel uCst 30 Treactcd to every
creature hefjre CbIl:t comes, and ct the same
tine that We may look for him at any moment.
Ooe speaker did not know but He might c,me
d,,ioc tho Coofcreucs'5 session. Bu. he did
| not cxpcss spiritually CT Ho CONES to every
| trustiog heart.
Iorol7ei 10 the d;scussi,1 CT this entire doc.
trine is tbs question Of resurrection. which was
ably treated. Like some other things this,
| toe, comes il two iGa:alm:uts-"th dead 10
| Chris sbaIi rise FIST" Their resurrection is
| to take place when Christ oomas-how soou or
| how remote We doa't know, aad the C5nier'
euco very wisely l2tt this part OF the gue5sWork
to cthcra. Alter Ch'i5. has regned with
| his p:0p!c thousand years then "all that ere
| ia tae;r graves Shal coma forth.' But this
cveot wi iovoivc tf;rl advent. For accord
ioy 10 IBIS theory ard the language of Scrip
ture ''wa who a;c s'iGc at bis coming shall be
caugt, I'd 10 .reCt the Lord i, the cir end 90
shall ~ s7ar be with the Lord. Aud as Di.
Tying, it,, Bsii il BIS opening adjr,si. and toe
saying which be Vas appau led. "Ther, will De
ct least one gencigtion 10 whom death shall not
| bo the couiag Of the Lorj," and Of courso
tho rssurrec.!o0 wJn't bs, either. D.. TyDg
d3es not ks0W hog ioag Hc ara 10 ba 10 the
air, but tie Apostle Psul says always We
| shall be slws7s with the Lord, So the Greek
word is translated, SO tast it would seem 10 be
| consistent with what hGs gone before that we
who are alive at His coming snd are caught up
70 meet Him must, together with tho risen
dasd, as promptly descend 10 earth and
dwell with Hir, in Palestine whilo Hc is cnast-
sing and converting the Jews. Or else lie will
come alone TO do that work and sfter that per-
hsps we shal! bo over with Elm. Bu. il, IS B!sh.
op Nicholson declared, We arc to set on the
thrones juding the tmelves tribes OF Israel. thst
Judgment mus: take place on earth and inVofA
YES our resurrection and visible appearance to
one another and tho Lord'5 visibility to all
whether unconver:e1 Jews or converted Cont.
les. We can't judge mea in tho l :sh unless they
zee US and ere conscious of cur acts. And we
may affirm the came Of Christ. So that il We
with Him or He with US sre 10 do literally what
the Conference thinks we shall do, then Christ
srd the translated and rcsurrected ones with
Him will be scen sud known By each other and
by the living unt!ans!s:ed ones who arc to be
Judged.
Indeed, the Conference was consistent only in
| -, Wh;Io ol,or5 rod