News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-03-15
THIS FOR THAT.


times when the house would have
been quite packed, as was supposed |
would have been the case by some OF
her people who had known other pre-
vious to her coming. But there were
other interests which the church felt !
to be more vital Just at present than
giving great share Of attention to
those things which are peculiarly noted .
rs the ground of doctrlnai contro-
versitv. But as doctrine has been
SO laboriously and fevently put be-
fore the people, and the Revelation
been manifest in the light of history
as meaning one thing when Others have
thought its symbols meant other
things, we venture to review this
part of the lectures, but in words
as brief as possible. or course the
putting of ones thought over against
the thought of another may not
amount to much, but this at least it
will show, that there is more than one
way of solving the mystery Of Bibli-
cal symbolism, and a way which will
permit the possible conversion of the
world and the spiritual triumph of
Christ without His supervision i'll any
other sense than is manifest through
His church and the PrOvidential order
ings of history which favor.
Notice at once the sweeping state
ment Of DR.. Clark from chapter VI
of the Revelations to NJ, inclusive.
''It is supposed the calamities which
should fall on the enemies Of Chris
tianity, and the Jews particularly,
are pointed out under the various i'm
ages, as well as the persecution Of
the Christians under those calamities.
Dr.. Clark will not admit, and will not
allow that Biblical scholars admit that
there is any closing the worlds histo-
~ therein-nOt i'll any part OF the
five chapters .Shich follow from the
beginning of the sixth. And DR..
Clark, who was indeed very schol-
arly man, aud certainly knows enough
to tell us of the seals as well as this
general scope of the history Of Gods
church, says, in a word, The first
living creature, like ion," say
the Rabbins, was the standard of
Judah on the east with the two tribes
of Issachar and Zebulon. The second
like q calf, or OK, which was the en-
blem of Ephraim, who pitched on the
west with the two tribes of Manasseh
and Benjamin. The third with the
/ face of man was the standard Of
Reuben, who pitched on the south
with the two tribes Of Simeon and
Cad. The fourth, which was flying
eagle, was the emblem on the ensign
Of Dan, who pitched on the north
with the two tribes of Asher and
Naphtali.'
His comments we fluid run thus up
on the white horse enrolled within the
Lion of the tribe of Judah. The
white horse is supposed to represent
the gospel system, pointing out lit eX-
celIence, swiftness and purity. Him
seated thereon the Lion of the tribe Of
Judah. The bow he holds the preach
ING Of the gospel darting conviction
into the hearts of sinners the crown
! He wears the emblem of His kingdom
He came to establish on the earth,
and the words ''COnquering and to
conquer mean overcoming and con-
founding the Jews and Gentiles, and
spreading more and more the doctrine
and influence of the cross over the
face of the earth. Disasters follow to
J In Il,
pie there represented in other seals.
When toward the close the earthquake
comes, the sun darkens, the moon
turns to blood, the stars fail and the
heavens depart as scroll, etc, there
! by is manifest Il most stupcndous
/ change, to wit: a Christian Emperor
in the conversion of Constantine the
great, through whom civil and relig-
ious power and rule become Christian,
and thereby the previous system of
things was eclipsed. The sun, the
ancient pagan government Of the RO-
man Empire, was totally darkened !;
the moon, the ecclesiastical state OF
the Roman Empire, was totally ruin
ed; their sacred rites abrogated :;
their affairs cast down; their temples
DESTROYED, or turned into places of
Christian worship. The stars Of Heav-
en-, their gods and goddesses, demi-
gods and deilied heroes Of their pOeti-
cal and NEUROLOGICAL heaven PROSTATE
| indiscriminatcly and useless as the
/ figs or fruit Of 4 tree shaken down
/ before ripe by tempestuous wind.
Every mountain, all the props, sup
ports and dependencies of the empire
Island, the heather temples cut off
/ from the people. The kings of the
earth, the great men and the rich
men, and the chief captain, and the
mighty men, and every bond and free
man hid themselves in the dens and
rocks Of the mountains. All were as
touished at the total overthrow, and
alarmed, and preferred death TO that
which they apprehended from this rev.
olution, and said to the rocks and
mountains, 'fall on us and hide us
| from the face Of him who stitch upon
| the throne and from the wrath of the
lamb, for the great day of His wrath
! is come, and who shall be able to
stand" They now see that all these
terrible judgments came from the AL
mighty, and that Christ, the author
of salvation, was now Judging, con-
demning and destroying them for
their cruel prosecutions Of His follow
ers. "Some," he says, "apply this
to the day Of judgment" but he says
directly, "they do not seem to have
that awful event in view" And he
further says, truthfulIy, and as it
would seem, all sufficiently for the di-
rection Of our judgment about the
real meaning here tia, DR.. Dodd OBJ
serves that the fall OF Babylon, Idu-
mea, Judah, Egypt and Jerusalem has
been described by the prophets in Ian
gua@e equally pompous, liguratiye and
strong.
Well, it has been q very long time
since Constantine, and it is likely to
be, as man measures time, long
time yet to that period when the
church will cease its work for the
world, but by occupying till lie comes
the nations in a true sense may come
under the spiritual sway Of Him who
sits upon the kingdom in the hearts
Of mon 70 r,uln than foI, IIirnuolf II,