Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-06

TIE COMING oF TIE LORD Rev. Wa.
D uwiddie, pastor OF the Second Preso3ter!ao
Church, preached apo.htr sermon lass o'sht
on the secood advent. lie :eed the "a chapter
Of the Second E9istls to tho Thess 'ionlans'
wherein cc,ur these words: NOW we D.seecn
you. brethren, by the coming of cur Lord
Jesus Christ, a9d by our gathering together
unto Hin, that ye ts not 5000 shaken 10 miod,
or b. troubled, neither By spirit, nor By word,
nor BY letter az from az, tina! The day OF Chris;
i, at hand For tina. day shall
Get come except there ooDo filling away hrst
and that man of sir be revealed. the sao CT
perditicn." IL said this vas :he chapter
WHICH g, usny were c,Dtioua;S quoting to show
,ba; it gss IN possible f,r The Lord to appear
10 cur Say, cIo!ly assertng that this uorlon OF
the sccori letter bad been WIT On to dlspei trJD
the D:rds IF the believers at TneSSaloolcs "a
uoiourdad hope. Ho did DOT see h1T unY
caroest Christian could bs saii.fed "lth eucn
p-u ;le exosaGtion. OF Scripture, as though
rac Holy Ghost would usys au Up jstle to nak5
g sta:emeot 10 oue eplSt!e II be c,otEa1iotsd 10
ttia psx,. a graat many people c:uo not
rtcou,i'c this ch4per Of the New Testsntoi
w,:h Divers c,htr, which spoke 20 plainly CT
the coming Of tho Lard as being probable at
auy rloucut. There were ~ discrepancies
~:ls.:v.r 10 toe several passages it tnen 6oud
ooIy take the bio 20 exiul0c the Scriptures
closely on the sutherland tue tune vas al
naod when every oue who called Oh the naG19
ut the L rd SHOULD be diligently AID p;ays:tulIy
s,u3;iug his Bipe-,s ,hs tics vas cjmiog
Waeu orarGs, lesch'nss OF eynJds. IT coucc,!s
sod of ,ts fathers would all % as good. hay
and s,u,be,' while "the Wuri OF tbs Lord
would soduce forever" The raversnd gentIs'
cnsa tEcn proceeded to show the difference
ret secu he S:rip:ural ierDs, "t5e coming OF
h, Lrrd" snd the day Of Cariss." Tor thu
L1ri.) Taess Chris'i.os e: Thsssalooica, be
SAID, hsl 'lurned hon !ol5 to serve the IlyIcg
and tie rru, God, ana ~ wait for bis S)n from
aeaver,' aud they bad b:cn tod that at Ills
c1Minr hose aniluZ them who bad died Would
Dc raisel ieo.a the dad. aud tbs lltlng traos.
I-te!, cad il appears that they walked (as oil
believers even DOW sbcud) 10 earaest cxpscta
tl01 OF this occurring during thsc iIle tine
bu: trial, a3d trlbai.tioas ovsrtakios thenI,
turaush false soqc1iog % :oy had besu led 10
naie7e that the dag Of Christ wss Ct hlod-l. e,
hal couo, as it reads 10 tie originsl Gfcsk-
,a,! /, cy, too. were uodesGoicg tn, day OF
Y,cErtnce OF Cad, which they hal b:aH taught
~ bgl.ave thsy would csc,p, by the pcrsyoal
,pyea1iug Of the Lord who would !Eto thcu
t:lst 6geIl upon the faoo of the who'o earth.
NV &c iospced apostle. far frcIa uoder'ak'n.
- 'Gi.pei' flo thci. minds this 's!ees:d hope,
8 ,,cineaces tie c1ap'rr 10 Ibe second cpls ls
si.h these cord: IN ~ rc b s"ch WI,
hr."'hren. ly the coming Of our Lord Jesus
Christ ard or gathering together INTO Im:
that you Go - Ak, o Ia uI;.i.
as tbas The day Of Christ Wis at hcld. That
II, lie beseeen,s tHeul py the lta o0risut 'Talh
nc bad before fought to have no oJucsrn about
.nolher, which wou i not occur ia their tlnl'.
rhraughou: the whclo Bible thsre WAS oIesr
is,iucnoa made between the coming Of tic
L1,d a!ter bis taitb'u! followers ana the day
{ Tbs LJrG-Oro vas always spoken ut az a
blessed nope. wbe t5o ohsr wts Invariably
used &c SHOW ico jaigme3is OF Gbd WHOM
s1u'1 cnavtab:y coma upon this earth, and
o:. DiEis'rr FHad n ny pas Stages t'a1 J3h tho
CD ard New TeslaU eut5 to prove tba es5er
.,ur. lls cid nos adnst the idea OF 30 pRoy
profss,i2a Calis:iats't To dag hist 10 lbis age.
t!.rou.h tho preaching Of the Gospel the Ehnie
y, rid would be colv>rtid, This notion wss
antesonig'e 20 pla;o Soirtu:al sta;cman's o.
be contrary. the Bibio teaches that "RlcI.t
tueu aut sadneefs shall Wax verse aud WerSe
that Christ, who is our lie. shall apps.r.
rake us church away, and then. when tho ear q
sbal become GcVod Ut oil holy lLtu"Uce,
in,quity shall abouad aud all sorts Of wicked
arss prcvAil. fosIiy developing toto be anti
,n.ist, who will be Consumed by tho brightness
/ The Lords appearing. Then wou'd the day
If the Lord CONS. Ho closed BY making 81
eutuest app, al 80 bis bearers 10 examine into
thcse matters, as there was time coming
'"wben tie master of the house would riss up
AID shut to the door" Of mercy, sud ~hen
maoy would staod without knocking ia vain
or aduillarce. 1t is the purpose of Rev.
VIZ. D,nW!ddi, 10 oon'iouc, on ntz; Sun
!sy tisht. The subic: Of last nights ser
moo, which wil lead ct ouc, 10 tee coosi 'eIa-
tou OF vino is tic mao of sic. or ap!;-ch!lh,
vho is to DO destroyed by the breath OF The
L,:d's mouth aud Consumed By tho bris htness
Of His coming.
SUDDEN DEATH Tho oanmua!,y vas
shocked yesterday uorti1C at hearing Of the
>u,deu death of Peter G. Ubicr, e.q, Mr.
U,ler hss sufTsr-d Tor Yeas with 40 axsraVG:
d Csc Ct hn,mma!ory rheuus,isu,. and
:, Id, $40 ysars since received stroke of pa
r.i}sIs, from which he nrVer entirely recovered
out vas able to b. about the house, aod 90
4 L.