Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-20
From Guiteauk

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Jews; then to the Gentiles. At Christ's Second
Coming God not only judged the entire human
race, except those then on earth, but he espec-
ally judged the Jewish nation, destroying it's
| nationality. For two thousand years, |. e., since
| Gods covenant with Abraham he had sent upon
the Jewish nation the rain and sunshine of reli-
! gi0us discipline, and the harvest was reaped at
| Christs Second Coming. For nearly two thou
sand years, l. e, since Christ came, A. d. 20,
the Gentiles have been under Gods care. and
the Gentle harvest must now be near at hand !"
= TRUTH u. 49,
Here is the original Of the above:
"As God divided mankind into two great FAM
ilies-the Jews and Gentles-so he has ap-
pointed separate judgment for each. The
harvest Of the Jews came first because they
were ripened first. God separated them from
the rest OF the nations, and for two thousand
| years poured upon them the sunshine and rain
OF religious discipline. When Christ came he
| said the fields were white. BY the preaching Of
| Christ and his Apostles, the process necessary
| to make way for the judgment, was complete
| AT the destruction Of Jerusalem. the Jews as q
nation were judged. Then the Kingdom of
Heaven passed from the Jews to the Gentiles
Mattel, b God commenced process of pre-
paratlOn for a second judgment. The Gentiles
came under the sunshine and rain, which had
before been sent upon the Jews. For nearly
| two thousand years the Gentle crop has been
lnaturinE, and we may reasonably look for the
Gentle harvest as near. "-Be,edn, p. 2T.
From Guiteau:
The Bible chaEacterizes the Inhabitants of
Hades as in state OF sleep dan. IL: 2; Cor.
15 SD, but they are not in q state of absolute
Inconsistencies. They are simply Withdrawn
from the world Of sense. like person in ordi-
nary slumber- They are in the soul of the uni
verse instead of the body. Their operation on
the surface ceases at death. Their sleep is OBJ
posed to the visible activity of this world and
also To the perfect activity of the resurrection
world After Cbrist's crucihXiOn he remained
IN Hatles three days, and then he assembled to
the Father. Before he assembled he appeared to
HIS disciples and said All power is given to me.
In heaven and on EARTH /. e he entered upon
Career of activity in both worlds. The saints in
Hades sleep until their resurrection, when they
too, viii be active in both worlds. Truth, pp
81, 90.
From the Berean:
The Bible almost uniformly characterizes the
condition of the inhabitants OF Hades as state
of sleep. (See Dan 12:2; 1 Cor. 1551, &c) 1t
Is not to be inferred from this that they are in
state OF literal dormancy or Inconsistencies,
Tor We nave positive evidence to the contrary.
The meaning is that as q person in ordinary
sleep is withdrawn from the world of sense and
exercises his consciousness and activity, so far
as he has any, in an inward. subjective sphere
So the dead are withdrawn from the material
world. and exercise their consciousness and 40
tiy!ty IN q sphere which, with reference to the
material world. is inward and subjective. They
are in the soul of the universe instead OF the
bOdy- Their operation on the surface ceases at
death. Their sleep is opposed to the visible ac-
tiyity OF this world and opposed to the perfect
activity OF the final resurrection. Christ, as
well as the rest of the dead, may be said to have
been asleep while he was in HadeS. His activity
in this world ceased; but when he arose out of
HaieS and assembled to the Father he assumed
the government OF heaven and earth-i E., en-
tered upon q career OF activity in both an in
ward and an outward sphere. So the saints
while they are in Hades, are asleep as being con-
fiHed in an inward sphere; but when they come
forth into the resurrection they become active
again In the outward as well as the inward
world. "-Berefrn, p. 800.
Here Ia one more sample:
I'm order to the full exhibition Of Christianity
II Was necessary tnat there should be: l. A his
tory of the life of Christ. This we have in the
four Gospels. 2. A sketch of what followed mis-
resurrection. This We have in the book of Acts
3 systematic exposition Of the theory Of re-
denptiOn founded on the death and resurrection
OF Christ. This We have In the epistles OF Paul
T. A code OF morality with injunctions and
warnings against error. This we have in the
whole New Testament 5. An exhibition Of the
mature results of Christian faith. This we have
in the first epistle of john g. A sketch of the
futurity of Chrst's kingiOIn. This we have in
the book of Revelations. Truth, PIP. II, ~.
Original passage:
In order to the full exhibition of Christianity
it was necessary that there should be: l. A his
tory OF the lie of Christ; =. A sketch of what
followed his resurrection, viz: the advent of
the Sp rit. and the first progress of his kingdom
under the administration of his Iieutenants; g.
A systematic exposition Of the theory of re-
denptIOn founded on the death aud resurrection
of Christ; 4. A code of morality with suitable
injunctiOns and warnings against error; 5. An
exhibition OF the mature results of Christian
faith; o. sketch of the futurity Of Christs adj
niInistration- The first we nave in the evangel-
lists; the second in the book of Acts; the third in
the episties OF Paul; the fourth In the whole
New Testament; the fifth, in the first epistle of
john and the sixth, in the book of Reyela-
tiOns. "-BeTeGa D. Il.
We could 90 on and occupy large space with
similar specimens. His long review of the Scrip
ture passages relating to the Second Coming is
simply crude rehash of similar reviews i'm the
publications of the Oneida Community. His
ideas of .'HadeS" of the .'Origin of Evil of the
Two Seeds" of the "Dispensation of the Full
ness of Times" of the Lords SUPPER" and of
Paurs greatness are all crude and distorted re-
productions Of what he found i'm the pubica-
tons OF Nr. Moves and the Oneida Community
he result OF his literary and theological work
is crude in the extreme, and is more of tray
esty OF the truth" than anything else. He is
very poor literary workman, even with stolen
Ideas He can borrow, but he cannot build; he
can steal bricks, but he cannot erect temple;
he cannot even make good, coherent literary
mortar to hold his stolen material together
What he adds to his stolen material and his Dor
rowed material, in the shape OF original thought
OF his own, is worthless; and he shows no deep.
SDlitudi apprehension OF the questions ne at
tenpts to discuss. His ability as an original his
toricai critic and teacher may be judged by the
following passage:
The wars and rumors of wars, the anti
Christs, the famines the pestilences the earth
quakes, the great tribulation," ETC.. spoken of
by the evangelists as events preceding Christs
coming. al came to pass prior to the destruc-
tlon or Jerusalem JOsephus records the occur
renee of these great events as matter of his
tory. OF which he was an eyewitness; but he
knew nothing of the Scripture containing
Christs prophecy. He speaks cODtemptuously
of Christ as ''Une Jesus. a country fellow, who
went about crying with a loud voice, .WOl wo,
to the city. to the people, and to the temple ~
Ti'uds, p. 81.
The amount of truth and critical profundity
contained in the last sentence of the above may
De estimated by comparing it with the third par
asraph. chapter five, book sixth, of Josephus's
History of the Destruction of Jerusalem"
Jesus, the son of Ananus," the man who cried
"No, wo to Jerusalem" for the space of seven
years and five months, appeared at Jerusalem
about four years before the war with the
Romans began, some thirty years after the
death of Christ, and was killed during the seige
OF the city by Titus, just before its destruction
tie Is nowhere spoken of CONTEMPORARY" by
JOSpDnllS nowhere mentioned az fine Christ Tho