Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-03
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Delaware Avenue Baptist church
was crowded almost to OVERLOOKING q
the several meetinss hsld yesterday, BY
persons anxious 70 hear the Rev. Henry
0ratten Guinness, the great London
Evangelist, and the Rev. DR.. James
Cameron. ne famous Chinsse mission
The morning ssrvios opened with
singing hy The Chbif and the reading Of
ltAs e6th psalm b. pastor NesdhSm,
after which the cohgregAsion Joined in
singing the opening hymn.
The Rev. DR.. Cameron then read .
passege Of scripture from tho first chap
ter Of Acts, followed by the ainging Of
another hymn. At the conclusion Of
the singing the Rev. Mr.. Guinnees was
introduced and, altar making fervent I
prayer, announced his text from the
second chapter Of Daniel, from which
no rsad several versee, ,sbeginn ing with
the slst: "Thou, o King, sswsst, and
behold . great image, This great
image, where brishtneas was excellent
stood before thee and the form thereof
Va: tsrrible," etc. Tho passages Of
scripturs read referred 70 tho dream of
NeossssS sn0 A<c0S oou ~ Iov'
elatton 70 Daniel who Interpreted it
After briefly illustrating t6s various
passages of scripture and the iuterpro-
tation Of tho dream, the speaker pro-
ceeded 10 show that the dream had not
only been interpreted, but its teachings
bad actually come 70 pass and that
from Nebuchadnezzar's time, on to the
present tho Jews have not been An
independent:people, butlhave been ruled
Nebuohadnexzar soon forgot his
dream and gave orders that all the wiso
men should be killed. He sent for Dan.
iel and praye ed for him to interpret the
same, which was done before the king,
- the words of the text foretells. II
this point the speaker statsd that Il
was announced that he wAs TO speak of
the "second coming Of Christ" and in
20 doing he would prove By the text
that tho second coming was inevitable.
Continuing he said: Prophecy IL an.
toipsted history; history the fnllHll-
ment Of prophecy; prophecy unfolds 70
us the lans Of providence; the Bible
commits itself TO vehSmence or open.
ing prognosticatio and ~ 1t Is opened
IL developes itself moro fully" Rvil
ex lists everywhere In the world and the
various evils were the work Of the do
stroyor. Tho open pages Of the book 10
the deliverer which L. TO overthrow the |
The scheme Of the deliverer
was then explained, when the speaker
said that every age veriies or falsifies
It.
II the ages fals,fed IL. then 1t was
not from God, but H. On the other /
hand 1t 10 from God. No one knows what
> day will bring forth, and man can't
forsee the future, for the things that are
generally como 70 pass. but
the Bible forsees the future and fills in
Ill the details, while time and expe.
rience verifies the truth Of the scripture
and prov ~ It to be true and truer. The
Bible claims TO be, from beginning TO
snd, the word of God and declares what
d to como 70 pass. The speaker then
referred TO the passage quoted from
Daniel and is similarity with Reye-
alton, both Of which, he said. were
TWO parts of one book, - they both
treated on the Same subject; although
written In different languages and At
J jifferent times the import was about
he same. People don't begin with
Daniel is the reason they don't under
'tand Revelation, the latter being
ooked upou a the Second Daniel, both
II which, when undertoOd, were tho
most comprehensive and infallible, a.
hey fortell the future In . simple and
beau tifnl manner. 1t 10 not impossible
% understand these two books, or else
Bible. He implored his hearers to get !
i'd OF their Ignorance on this vast and
subject, TO strengthen their
aith, to see things tax ing place from
lge Tn age and then they would soon
.ealixe that the Bible WAS . truth and !
he very word Of God himself, as he
lad 10 truly verified in his own expe-
ience. He spoke Of the value of havingI
heir strength In God increased, and
made an earnest plea to young men to
Increase their knowledge. He spoke at
ength Of his work In the study Of the
ministry, his work as an evangelist,
etc. In referring more d.
ectly TO his subject, "The Second
Joining Of Christ" he said that the
words Of Daniel were very common-I
,lace, easy to understand, and thayI
ince they were uttered, twenty five
housand years ago, their prophecy had
,een fulfilled on up to the present time.
he again referred 10 Nebuchadnez- !
.ar's dream and what he saw, (the ina
res of the worlds great empire), and
the dream at length, ~ An II.
Of the growth Of the world.
dream represen ted
he different monarchs, which could not
10 questioned a. part Of history. At
hat time there were four great king
IONS and there has never been another.
he referred to the breaking up Of the ,
Roman empires, which have never been !.
,a,,,st.A I;v,< ~. |
ID efforts made TO have them all reuni- -.
ed into one vast empire, Babylon,
Persian, Gretchen and Roman, were no
more. According to the scripture, the =
second com ing is placed ~ the close OF
he fourth empire or 1t the beginning of
he fifth. In reply to the question :
Where do We live ?" the speaker re.
erred his readers to the seventh chap.
or Of Daniel, which again speaks Of
our great empires, Only In . new form. :
" hat . contrast between the King o y
'nly son and those wild beasts.
He thon spoke Of the reign Of those
Wild beasts and tho rising up Of the
ION Of Man, who was able to overthrow
he beasts. Casting his eyes over the /
the speaker said First Z
70 have the cross, then the crown the :
u6bering, then the glory. We've had
he suffering now for the glory. after b
ollowing the details of the four king a
IONS, as given In Daniel, he said that '
n Revelation you do not see the three Q
lrst, but only the fourth, a. the others q
ave all passed away. He pictured the v
Wild beasts as typical to the respective c
mpires. the principal Of which was the b
,radual subjugation of ell into Christ. &
Explained the breaking up ofthe Roman c
umpire, and of the fulhllment of the
prophecy after that the rise of the
! apostolic church the destruction oil 4
sabyl Ion, and casting out of Satan and Q