Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-12
ESs;.JS OF the Ero.
Dictic Conference.
+. II. nEVELL, CHICAGO. 1879.

L. II. RENELT., CHICAGO, 1917.
We have rlcescd at last, through Dir. Geo.
+, French. tbs handsome Volume, which has
been .5m: ii,no apnoul ccd, aad locked fer With
Keen interest ty suiea's q! prophecy. The
pampi.ist c;:iii1a Of !h2S9 css,ys, issued by tue
New York Trituac, al the EDS: Of The contcr
c1G,, las: Noveubcr. has nov reached the
number a. We learn OF 50. 900 copies, bu. vas
7ery unsatisfactory from the smallncss Of the
type, iGaoeIraci@s 10 the printing, rnd the
OMISSION Ct portions CT the essays.
10 this volume We have al tho essay read,
;i!l:;crn ia ruubcr, end threo CT the addresses,
c,rcfrl edited by R.y. Nathaniel West. ID.
d., q CiucinDa!, making Z book OF $40 pages.
To the tsaays anu aGdrt sses, DR.. West has
added a Cfi,ic3I Appendix Of over forty pases,
s.v.oH prc ml!cIu!al views from sofe thirty or
.ruTc Of TIC ab!cst commentators Of the present
| aud former pcncr ltions, Of whom Dr.. West thug
spcsl14 e.. i79 j Their lame is uoirerssl. Il!
ary Intelligent scholarship, ncro conp3tent, IL
| learning or piety, 10 p:on0uIc, upon theme
| 50 great, resides anywhere in Nhtlstenden, l
! aEu unconscious CT its itciy.
The Crilic, Appendix is followed BE- Text:
uaI lnGx, which gives q c,lduily arranged
list { { over 20 passages OF Scripture quoted or
| treated in the volume.
| Thi9 book thu, carefully and ably edited, Gnd
i!o cD!y author lied publication OF the teachings
| OF Inc Prophetic Conference in New \ ork, will
uilhcu: d0ub: mark an epoch 10 the history Ct
Pre- uliilcnna!ianiSm 10 this c0untry.
| The C. iays and addresses arc marked by ST.
guar Gi,cc.ncs5. clearness aad ability. Among
| them noae IS more marked rs power aud crIgl
| -,i;, Z, I1,o III, by NJ Most \ mGeit
on TIE History OF the Pre- IL icnnial Doctrine.
! We c,y do no mere 10 tho limits Of @ news
| paper ro.ic, than gave Tor tho b,ncf: OF your
readers o sH p0iuts from this MYSTERY essay.
lis definition is worthy Of careful atontion.
"Cfrissian Chi!issn, or e.miilsnnallan!sm IS
| the doctrine OF tic ptlS,0al reign Of Christ on
Garth, 900 years after the Baa7t, False
Prophet, ard Apostle Ch,istcniom have bacn
judged, and (ha7e) persisted in common
Gooo, (lt2v. $40; ll:l5; 1920, 2li 20:l-G")
A. - TIC attitude 0! the Reformels. Dr..
| West ssy5 e.. GG5 J we have, therefore, to
Gisniss the erroneous impression made 10 varl.
Gus Histories OF Doctrine which seem to teach
whcn Using tho vague word 'milleDnarlansm,
that the Reformed Symbols c,ndomued the
doctrine ottbc pre-. milIe1nial Advent OF Christ, y
l. = : "What VIC do feed is tie COO
Gcuratiol Of false Cblasn. every where, rot
@ syllable against the true" Peter Martyr
taught ii G. Oxford, and it vas the common
icith Ct tho Augcln Church, the 1000
years having b2e1 thrown into The future by the
application OF the Apocalgpli1 symbols to the
iapacy whose final alignment should como With
tho Second Advent" 80 spoke Ridley cud
BraGfJri. So thought tho Anglican Church. Z"
Bat Di West Gaug Presbyterian, and CON
fcsscdy Cue Of the ablest 10 tho Northern
L 4 81 70 fIn
relation Of the Westminster Confession CT Faith
10 this doctrine. Ilo ssys, p. 3G7 differing
iG several Respects, but ua:cd on the two maia
points, VIZ: the pre- n'ecaia! advent aad lite.
raj First Rcsurcctioo,' a largo number Of the
Westminster diviacs, auoog whom was the
ii; Unity cl tic moro prominent aud chief, pub
iicy confessed aud preached The Chilias:ic dc
!iioc. Che venerable Pro!ocusor, Dr.. Twss,,
4 signal Learning vas % ardc1t
dis,ir,Ic oil Mcdc." Marshall, Palmer CT i lopg
lis. cl o,iic.s men of Tie FIRST learning aud
worth, preached. it and wrJ!e it.
"Piac:yal Baltic, 90 cpposer Of Tbs Goerinc,
wtitea from the Assembly to Scotland, bsmoau
log ito predominant Chiasm Ct its greatest
members. Most OF tho chief diviacs
here he murnurad, mot only Independents.
be-: clh:Ts, as 'Twisse. Marshall, Palmer, and
Inaov mere, arc tZrrass Chllas's.
"piEc;pa Cuouingham, OF Scotland, hes al.
Gnucd that they who entertained it tho pre-
Diiicans do3!i;ae Wira ct tho s0unIcat
amorr The Westminster diviocs.
"AulhGt!alive for all Who accept thcnl Tics,
S;aalG the Westminster conpal tho coo.
ciusioa Of pra.meBnial advent by Irresistible
necessity.
| And hc,.us, tho 900 yc..s come alter.
all! u1t bsG3,e. The judgment % Antichlis:,
Gnd IL view 81 The fact that The hour o! Chr.ts
c3u,iAg il uGkaown to men, they declared it to
D9 tic Gu:Y Of aIl rDeo. now to shake CIT all
cArnal security, ard be dl,UayS watchiuI, because
they iG09 no. al lchat h9T the Lord will come;
aCd &c ever prepared to say: Como, LoIG
Jcsus, c0EC quickly.
PFC milcnnariars couid ask 70 more. Conf.
CT Faith, xX;ii.. iv. &c
They the Westminster Stan iardlI tr4 pre-.
lciiicnnll 10 The core. FAC ir,.mil!cnEi.! 81
yer! is no moray allowable Interpretations, to
be &rtciou=y tolerated anoDg 'heretics,' by
ostcnslbiy o!thodcy meg, who cut the stand.
ards dom willie rroicssioE 10 defend them. tu,
is al imposed caroIaTy, lmDcltc ia the very
warp ani wool ui the symbol itsc!f. an irlnc
cis;o conclusion without u:!idle term, tho
II! 2c:l0n OF which IL an open abandonment OF
tie Reformed grount. aUd open assault upon
Ito Westminster Confession"
| All Iii9 HGud &c intensely hlEuslGG II II WCtC
net 50 sad. For many ia The Presbyterian
church nave been feeling very free to scout Pre-
niIeGnaliauism while confessirg TO having nev.
CT carefully examined what tho Sclrturestcach
| Oh he subj ct, and some have gore so lar as
even 10 reed cut Of The Presbyterian church all
minister's, who were Pro rnileunarians Dr..
| Wet oompc!S such DoT themselves TO t,ko the
!lborirg Oar.
We gave :: ics more s:a;cmeots gathered By
d.. Vests marvellous research.
"I;n. moic remarkable .han The rolura OF
Inade,n missionaries 10 the primitive oocception
Ct tho relation of the Gospel to tho comiog
visible Kingdom and Appearing CT Christ, is
tic fact that pre- :alillennarian voice., deep and
sublime, have come soupding, ia the present
century, froaI The very bosom of the Pspac7
itself. Pcro Lambert, a French Dominican and
| scholar Of eraat leorGing. rencuoccd tho Papal
theory, whiIo yet 10 the Pspal church. and
published al etq1ert defence Of Chiasn.
L7cGt2i. n Spanish Jesuit, abandoning tho
4 81 p.lI,,n,icn I'D PncSuaf 10