The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-11
CHRIST'S SECOND ADVENT.
TYNG REv1EWIN0 THE CONFERENCE
AND ANSWERING CRITICS.
The Personal, Visible Coming OF the Lord
20 hts Chureh. Possibly at Any 11me. at
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The Personal, Visible Coming Of the Lord
60 hts Chureh. Possibly n. Any Time, at
All TImes. Issu.inent Now aud AIwaysi
The Rev. DIR. Stephen II. Tying, Jr.,
preached last evening from the text. Blessed
are those servants~whom the Lord. when he
cometh. shall find Watching" in review Of the
Prophetic Conference and in reply to Its critics.
He said that the doctrine Of the personal and
visible return Of the Lord Jesus Christ to the
earth. In accordance with his repeated prom
ise. Is preeminently the truth for these times.
80 far from dishonoring. II maRnifles all other
Divine assurances. No other doctrine is com
pete until It eliminates In this highest mani
festatlon OF Gods purpose in the destiny OF our
race. 30 soon AZ this truth shall take its place
In the system OF Divine doctrine the simplicity
Of the apostolic faith. practice and zeal will
begin 10 be known by men in the world re-
membrance will become experience; the first
century will be echoed by tho nineteenth.
Each dispensation received it's own truth.
sufficient for its wants as the leading truth
OF the succeeding dispensation. The second
coming Of Christ is the additional truth Of tho
dispensation marked In the Gospel by which IL
is separate and distinct from every other sys-
tenn OF Divine instruction and guidance. The
coming age is to be marked. according to the
prophecy. like TO those which have prodomi-
mated In the past DspensationRl proof Is COM
ing to aid the comprehension OF Gods word.
All the mistakes Of inndelty in wrestling the
Scriptures from the true meaning are incl
dental and crude so soon as the great structural
thought In the composition OF the Bible is recog-
nized. In the sixteenth century. when all that
had the name OF Rodliness had been perverted
| to purposes worse than secular. the doctrine OF
the justification In the merit OF Christ by faith
only" came to the resuce. In the seventeenth
.t.kNA a. II.
| justification was not held dogmatically
by every congregation Of believers. 1t
pleased the Holy Ghost to move John Wesley
to declare the great truth OF sanctfcation In
| Christ" But. the Church is now receding into
| almost the same condition which existed In the
snriss 4, s Isyned ,n amI n N eo
| rated by doubt; 1t Is buried In perplcxities.
| Tho Prophetic Conference was AN instrument
| tiOn-the second coming Of Christ. II created
nothing II speculated not moment; II opened
ali opinion, prejudice. and influences which
would bind the eyes 81 those who longed TO
wathsrns VIII IN 81 s ss somosx & capstu @
ency. its scholarship, Its earncstness. and the
completeness with which Its work was done in
visible coming Of the Lord Jesus Christ again
upon the earth. The seed was scattered by this
conference which shall bring forth an hundred
The criticisms Of the pulpit and the. pross
show t9st bate, 70 many ule idea oi tho second com,
completely had Il passed out OF the comprehen-
sion OF tho present generation Of Gods people.
| About hundred articles published in criticism
| OF the Prophetic Conference show an evasion
Of the .exegesis; they do not follow. the mem
bers OF the Conference in their search for Gods
thoughts in Gods words. Remarks are made
| upon the unknown and uninfuen;inl character
Sher truth " Gods 9oTd Should @ snn s % ruth na
fulness from the standing OF those who main
tain IT, Until the eIegesis and Interpretation
Of hA - NJ A aN..aEC ~ Nhaa
| Conference must assume that il is correct. The
question is simply and wholly. Is IL true?''
| Church come only from broad churchmen. The
Low Church membcrs of the Protestant Episco-
nimity in reference to . belief in the see.
ond coming OF Christ with tho High Church.
the advanced rltualisuc members. The pre-
| possible agreement OF these elements with re-
gard 70 any doctrine connected with the last
| plenary inspiration OF the word OF God and
| how can we meet them on the basis OF Biblical
interpretation They are seeking to confirm
and accommodate the word of God to the dis
coveries OF natural science. and in seeking 10
harmonic them they are ready 70 give away
inspiration OF the word OF God. History has
shown us that many OF the contradictions OF
| tlnctly been proved 10 be without foundation.
The Scriptures have not been broken. and can.
made the works. and the book of works must
correspond 70 the book OF words We do not
| propose 10 take the dlcta OF one class Of Scien-
lists in reference TO disputed natural phenom-
ena and make them the test OF Gods revelation.
One criticism by city journal says OF the doe
trine Of the second coming OF Christ: This
doctrine practically invaidates Christ's Gospel
by asserting its lncompetency to evangeliza
the world" The failure OF Chris
tianity as scheme to connect the
nations OF the earth is a palpabe fact. All frank
Observers will admit II. Noamount of mistaken
fealty TO denomination or TO personal pride will
serve TO conceal IT, For 1900 years has this
gospel been preached upon the earth and not
single Christian hamlet. or village. or town.
or city. OF state, or nation Is now on
the face Of the earth. There are
l95,000,O00 Roman Catholics. l60, 900 900
Mohammedans. $40. 900 900 Budhists, i60. .OOO.-
900 Pagans and other heAthens. and 81 .l09 600
Protestants in name. Does this look like the
conversion OF the world ? And OF these pro-
fessed Protestants how little u flock really fol-
low the shepherd Does observation give us
any promise in presuming that II is Gods pur-
pose TO Introduce millennium for
the progress OF the Gospel and the
Church | know these deductions have been
spoken OF 10y u brother OF a neghborinR church
as heretical; but challenge statistics TO prove
anything contrary to what i say. There Is not
one text in the whole OF Gods word which
can be quoted to support the proposition
that the millennium is TO be Introduced
by the preaching OF tho Gospel and
progress OF the Church. Lct us be
patient with those who differ from US. let us ex-
poet opposition. but let no man tel us that the
Scriptures do not teach the second coming Of
Christ. Ho is coming: He is To claim us In