, 1880-12-18
THE SECOND ADVENT.
II Will Ise Preceded by the Seven Ydntsa'
ltclum of Antlst:hFiAf. .'"1 NJ

II VIII Ite Preceded by the Seven Years.
Reign of Antist:hsiAt. ."i ~
Tile toplc ut tho praycr+nlcet)ns held In
Moody's Church Inst night wns ",'Tlie Com.
Ing Of tho Lord Jesus Christi: '.Tl'cro were
about 20d people present..
frnn Matthew, XIV, ntd ssty'ng TINT ie
wished to impress ,,so,, thc |Icafts of Ills
hearers tint 1t WIS. Jesus who was c0inlng--tle
personal Sun OF Afnn; md, however Ignorant
they might ba regarding tic details Of prop!I-
csy, or chronology, ur times, ,ur uvents.o signs,
0r w0ftlars. they might DO very clenr IN tho
apprehension that the hope WAS ever bef0rn
tl,U.n lint Christ lli,,,self woul ett,l,e agnin.
lie hntl n!lth heard It rcIunrkctt rs pi!c Ut
t'te db}rctfna agalmst those called nrn'n1lIe len
TIC i,"rd WIS {" co,nc. tic i'ao : iarse nc. &c.
ul1n1MtAflee with tint sclln0l Of tleutOg1niis
and Christians, but IN nl! his experience,
both III Eurnpe ntNl In this country, he hut!
S' r Wiz wcn III Grst T' ws ss to te. k XIV na
that fn'tattcs I,al nrisGM H., ll,s country, and
u their zcs,l had sokcii Of times a!!l brought
TIC whole HslbJrct ii,fo dlsrepMte. The strong
1S,! n tf vnT1s 10y,
CONSTANT y preaching asUut tue advent never
fixed q year. Ito hEtl heard nf pcbple III
America prtparlAg ascensinii rnbcs a''d gut
,E rndy ~ to w., ro'aely y, ;o,, snc m
one truth Of GDd's WORT WIS nude prUntl.
lrMi., 1ie h0iMtt his liearrrs. would keep
their balance, 'IMl como to tile Wgrti soberly
a.al try 10 be full rounded Christians, a,,il
nuke hobby Of any one thing.
MI. NfnhtKD1!iery followed, and also read
Tram Matthew. .xxlv., Ills Interpretation being
i,I {lat !io prophecy WY itllllilng u or ttay;
Df GotlS Eracc were nlU tllnH, ntd When It
was sufficiently "ureuchctl rs n Witness"
THE END WOULD COME.
Mr.. Dnuglnss sath the I}lble WIS n book Of
iMstrMstl9t,, anl u.ul gnye II to Us II teach
rs wlat Ills VII lh.. ws. II s. Tns pIal n1ok
riddles mud problems Tint The common pep
pic cnni hot understand. We would cn,l.-
prcl,elld it BITTER If We read It simply. Tic
1agnn''S '',S IN te literal: II. re|se,e.l t!!e
'rllEre was \ kfnEtloln to come; Till. ltlh!s
was full nf It; ai,tt G0d had spoken nf It by
MI Ills Prophets. II was nut hard To tlti!let.
sta,nt prnpl1esy: II we got tile tune right
we might not get MI the .lrlnils. Tie grcAt
Ills Kingdom. Il1s WIS tic great tlloi!glst
t touE pSns lMce VIII; , m f." ea, II In my0iXs 1sl
everybody thought lIe WIS n man; MID yet
Of Godheatl. When lle canlc tho seconi
9L The Gollcad VIII! tho ,!,aii umLosoi'ie,l IL
enalng. rGat was t to "blsssett 1'e hoe' ns' II
the Church. Desire a,tt expectation were III
Churches talkct about faitii aud loyS very
beautifully; hut when Hskgtl about hope
they lind i visionary n,ld ln,letlnlt ldrn,-
didn't believe III II, ail,l ntl 1iU desire at III.
eXp,scatioiip9ittnE ,Y TIC c9'InE n q tho Lord
We dill not know what 1nUllciit tic LNrl
might come. lie might cone In our uay.
real,le were " locking Tor il!M whsT lle eape y,
would cntcll many asleep. jle was incllncs!
to think that Matthew xxfy. al xxy. referred
to the seyen years Of nnexpired prophecy
that wHll'tt elosU Ibis tlisponshtlon. Tho prop
Itmisltt begin ut my. moment During theso
seven yeurs ti.Christ would try to l'!ut ont
tic Christian religion nlul during tlo lust
tlr9e and l.atf years w9Mll @ REQUIRE every.
law, aud All wlso did not obey walId he tor
tured. A Mtnrk w0uld 'bu pit upon every
onu to sliow that he yns loynl.. :, Christian
%n S1cf5s 5o won @ ssoaK@ b. sSssa asa stss thsre
All would worship Anti,Christ except those
whose llnines were written iii the Lambs
l5ook Of Life. The Devil would help Anti
Christ, aud
DECEIVE THE vI.ltY ELECT
by tho marvellous things he would accom-
plsl;, Eysry 1 mo Wlo Ia 0 nSt Yot1p %orslp @
would sc1ld an nlgel to proclaim TO tic peo-
rle Of !tllo eartll, Worship God: don't wor,,
sl.p tho Antl.Chrlst" Every man would!
for uod, hu would hs rut 10 death. Tieri
the Snvlor would come md judge the living
natiofs md dispose OF them: Those wllo
were loyal to AnlI-Chrlst during tho soycll
mn fhH uhrfl1 ft'hn f1pgfftlHttSn 1r1uttI In