New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-10-31

life Thu prec,se question Is not whether there shall be
st and second resurrection nor whether Christ shall
vet reign personally upon the earth IL is important for
the present waive all reference 10 these ana All ohr
related questions ana eonins OUT cd teacS Thai
prior TO advent Of Christ we are to look ior te con-
version OF the world 20 Elm aud proonsed Season
universal pesce and prevailing righteousness or does IL
teach the contrary y =, ,,.-- =. A..
The first notable fact bearing on the decision Is tne
inter absence Of any statement In the New Testament
that any suc8 period OF universal conversion anu sg
prevailing righteousness Is 70 he witnessed prcTDu 10
tb canning OF the Lord The second Is. that Wien the
object n the preaching OF tine Gospel l. stated u 10 ~
terms which imply the exact VIM M" the re
De ned euents the Scripture that we Know NOT
nv wiither he las gone" This argument becomes
more forcible ~nea We eosin"r 'ne uI ths
which. In view OF THIS uncertainty OF ,no
tine OF the advent il evcryw here urged upon the dis
ciples of CAris III a ages 10 ~aich continuity. w
have from the lips OF our Saviour aud his apostles hu
nar statements rs 10 the condition OF the church ana
OF tie world between the ascension aud the seeohu M
in the interim Instead Of representing the Kingdom OF
Christ sci upon tine earth bcIoie te eonnS W
forth the setting up OF that Kingdom AS synchrohouS
with the glorious appearing
DIR. A. J. GoRDoN's ADDRESS.
Al the afternoon scsi,n, the first address was by me
Rev DE- A. j. Gordon Of tue Clarendon street Baptist
Church. Boston, He read q long and elaborate paper
in support of the theory Of the the his
al the coming OF Chria in glory when the pious dead
only Will be raised up. ana win the living ana trans
formed events will be caught mp to meet the L3fo III s
air second thousand years aer, OF az tc ed
the millennium when the impentlt dcad "ilpe
be Judged and to suffer the peaIiIrs O tAe necon
He argued that in Revelations, chapter AZ 40 ~ s
unnstakabe statement OF Two GistC. @ ~ 1i'S
separated by interval OF Thousand years. IL tho
first resurrection mere spokea o. DC spfua one 'Io
second one MUS also De spllI 10 N.Y. NY, "a ii,i
OF language make Que spiritual and inc other I'rr
Inc next pa FGr as in Idam all died. ec Here
asserted the unver"aniy anu thE o in Prvei"
i rearef iS me Saint fd viii H''' lie and reign
WITH Christ" IL would 10 most eXtraordiha ~,
if thew should reign with Hun Ailtr nc
ha. delivered u Inc Kingdom Ie added that taking our
intcrprcta correct, not ony nOs the Apoctyp"
harnonize with the EPlstS 70 Tue u.s. Gs e"
ccp:ion al Variance with the general tenor o. Gols dc
inEs the doctrine OF M , We an article
should not be mere Subtraction OF ieSog' an 70
of faith which ind II neeess1t, to ad2pt N olGS S 10
We ignore or deny its practical apPlieadoh'
ADDRESS or DR iMBRIE.
The Rev Dr. c. X. ImhIlc Presbyterian OF jersey
CITY, read paper tn, Rrcenerdtion.' His Theme
was nor ne regeneration Of the SOUL but tho feEchera
ton or restitution of all things. Fe quoted many pas
sages in the New Testament which predict me fntWe
glory OF the earth. lie then stated In detail the four
views of the regeneration which hayc gained currency
and his objections hrst three Tne hrst J, that
tren Will come the end-ine destruction OF
the earth, The judgement ana me reiega,i Il
OF the pictures Of glory given IN me HiDe 10 s'io
tant place called Heaven. The objection To TINS view
Is uat the Scripture roIlay ldeh.y u,v Ne
lion with tins earth. ANA the nations Ning urn ".
second theory ~ that The renewed EARN VIII nc liJ
habaton Of the noy dead atrl ~ resdiitu.,om 30
the judgment Inc opl'ci"h - 'hll ,nc i 80 49,,
n p,iu distinction between the nations living on TN
earth al the time the regeneration and Inc risen ana
rd sauis The third view il that tlie promised
plnrlrs are 10 be realized earn, ANA are 10 continue
for "A long time, bui that uicy are hshrdtlEc ana
suriIuaL The changes In the earth and fl animate
creation are To b. very i'tlc. Th- has never been
general view Of the cnurth, and ignores the unldu.u
Ial laws OF Interpretation Oi LANGUAGE fouIthly X
generation i- glurcu- chang" "a reference 10 lhls tI
and the race upUn ~ cpmpr,htn"~ the Hpp'arhs Z"
fh Syoc t. accomplish H. the resurrection by llu 81
M, departed Saints, AMI tne rapture OF Hlr lNihs
SAINTS 10 take part IL He acts OF dominion the
nverIbrow OF all form, tyi the earth the r"pr
lance and restoration OF Israel; The Odpourns 81 the
Sprit ON MI hrsh the = " tho carth 10 dr more
Than s original beauty before the curse; the euiro IT,
newa OF every child therein born, tnd mus the atom"
oil made awaiting ana applied 10 peIpttu
generations; the removal Or al phY-ca evi' rs wen -
moral. Finally, the resurrection ana ju"gmrit
and condemnation 81 tho wicked dead To ever
Jasung punishment; the destruction Of death,
and the establishments OF the tcy race thus redeemed
for perprfua ~uerauHa in word, that Kingdom 81
God undcr the whole heaven which shall bo forever,
even forever and ever