Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-09

that look for him shall ho appear the so
!, Ond time, without sin unto salvation
y The Angels also testify In Acts II IL
(which also said, 20 men OF Gallee, wi
stand 80 gazing up into heaycny (h
same Jesus which II taken up from go
Into heaven, shall 50 come in Ike mannC
as SO have seen him go Into heaven" 81
u Mr., liallou aud his co'agltators thcs
texts do not In the least teach what the
most cmphatlcally declare, but were a
fulfilled forty years subsequent to the crl
sldxlon, Such talk may DO for America
Sccptlcs to believe, but not Christians
In lst John .; 2, Beloved now we ar
the sous Of God, Gnd II dolL not yet AZ
pear what we shall be; hut we know tia
when hc shall appear, wC shall bc llk
hlm; for We shall soc him rs he lS," S
this IL scripture II Is claimed, but the tex
shows Us that tho spiritual work wa
done aud The result was, 'nGw we are th
sons Of God, but the remainder Of th
verse shows what the result shall be o
being the sons Of God Ia the present time
namely, bc made like him, whcny Whel
he appears. Phil, 3; 20 and q say, $50
our conversion is In heaven from whence
also We look for the Saviour, the Lord Jc
sus Chllst Who shall change our viii
| body, that It may b, fashioned like unto
his glorious body, according 70 the work
Ing whereby he Is able even To subduc al
things unto himself" This text plainly
teaches that Paul with John expected the
vile bodies Of the saiuls at Christ's com
Ing would be changed lie Is speaking
OF Il class vino had had their hearts chang.
ed before this was tD be done. Also in
Rom. s: %, "Anl not only they, but our
selves also, which have the first fiultS of
the Spirit, even We oursclyc, groln with
In ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to
wit, the redemption of our body" Paul
speaking Of this same body IN lst Cor. Is :;
SO says, "For this corruptble must put
on interruption, aud this mortal must put
on Immortality" VIII Mr.. Balou say
that that which shall put on Immortality
is the soul or Spirit of man? how can that
be since It Is claimed that they are already
immortal, and always have been whether
good or bad? Perhaps it VIII be claimed
that these texts have mentioned arc not
rendered right, If so presume we shall
get the correct rendering shortly, SO we
will patiently wait the issue. Matthew
9th is quoted the events Of which
are all crowded into Il short period of
time, say within forty years from the cru
ciilXion. Perhaps people who are igno-
rant Of the Bible and history will believe
it, but not ali. one of the events which
was TO take place as mentioned in the list
is that "Thc heavens and earth shall pass
away" Was that fulfilled before Jerusa-
lem was destroyed: If so what is the
name OF the planet on which we are living
to-day? 1t may be claimed that it is the
new heavens and new earth, but how can
that be since 50 many people are in pain
and die here? John in describing the
new heavens and earth in Rev. q: |, etc.,
said there was no more sea and God
should wipe away all tears from their
eyes, and there should be no more death,
nor sorrow, nor crying, neither shall
there be any more pain, for the former
things are passed away. We think we
have not reached that, golden shore yet.
Christ said in Matt. 24: II, THAT this
gospel Of the kingdom should be preached
in all the world for witness unto all na-
tons; then shall the end come" Think
ye this was accomplished in forty years?
Try it and see. Christ was asked by the
disciples in the Sd verse, "Tell us, when
shall these things be! and what shall be
he sign of thy coming and of the end of
W
md plainly answered. What is meant by
hese things is seen in verses | and 2,
which was the destruction Of Jerusalem,
md signs were given of this event which
we're all literally fulfilled. But there
we're other events given as signs of
Ihrist's coming which were not fulfilled
Until good many years after Jerusalem
vas overthrown! Such as the great trib-
.lation spoken off by Daniel the prophet
which did not end until the sixteenth
entury when the last public execution
ook place in Spain.
Immediately after this the sun was to
C darkened and the moon should not
i've her light. Mr.. Ballou scouts at the
lea that this event was literal, but never
heless it was, and it occurred in 1850,
lay the 10Th. The stars were to fall
rom heaven Is Il ilg-tree casts its untime-
: figs when shaken by "a mighty wind.
his was done in 1888, the night of Nov /
3th The powers Of the heavens should :
c shaken, then shall appear the sign ofthe >
on of man in heaven, and then shall all the
'ibes OF the earth mourn, and they shall :!
,e the son of man coming. How? BY
IS spirit! Nay! In the clouds of heav-
a. How? With power and great glory.
Ir. Balou says this should be rendered
Tribes of the land" Well call it land if d
sounds better; land is nothing but '.
arth any way. He would have some l.
1dy believe that those tribes were the =
,ws only, but there were, and there are :"
,mebody else in the world besides Jews.
He furthermore says that he doe; not Il
ad of only one coming OF Christ in the IL
riptures, besides his spiritual coming in u
e hearts OF his believers. We'll we do
merely hone he will read the texts we