The Osceola times., 1884-01-05

the prophets writings touching the
signs Of the times. When the three
wise men came and saw the child,
they worshirped hisn, and presented
their gifts: gold, becausc the proph-
cts had said He was to be King;
Frankinccnsc, because He Was God;
Myrrh, because the Prophet. had
said He WAS TO die. What other
man has fulfilled any Of the prophc-
cics relating to the Messiah; and what
prophecies did He not fulfill? Isaah
said He should be man Of sorrows,
oppressed, wounded and cut OF from
the living. Zachariah said he should
be betrayed for 70 pieces Of silver.
David said Of him, /" They pierced
my hands and my feet" John sid
"a bone Of Him shall not be broken. "
| When would one that labSs for his
bread get through with all the facts
and circumstances that point with
striking Significance As supporting
evidence. The fact that the sceptcr
did depart from Judea just at the
time foretold by the prophets, fully
proves He WAS the Shilo. The fact
that the whole world, by order Of
Augustus was gathered together At
Bethlehem. where they could be eye
witnesses to his birth, or advent, full.
ly warrants the remarks made by
bishop Ambrose, in the fourth centu.
ry: to show that the census was not
Of Augustus, but Of God; the whole
known world is ordered to be enreg.
istered, and the census itself was de.
signed, by Infinite wisdom, as . sol.
emn record Of that event. The sig.
nihcance of this great and entire
gathering is vastly enhanced by the
fact that it is to he duplicated at His
next coming. Timothy. We believe,
says: " He shall descend with shout,
with the voice Of the archangels, and
all nations shall he gathered be-
fore Him, and He shall divide them
rs shepPerd divides his sheep from
the goats"
Read some Of the conversations
between Christ and the Apostles af-
ter the resurrs stion, aud see if lie
was not prophet? Whilst talking
Of his coming again, they ask, "what
sign will the world havew He an.
swers, AS the lightning that light
cneth out Of one part and shineth
even unto the other part under heav-
en-, 81 shall il be-" Does any man
want a teacher, II philosopher, or .
preacher to tell, or convince him that
we have the very element Of which
hc spoke, harnessed, and that same
lightning would be sent all over the
civilized world to announce the fact
of his coming? Again while talking
Of his returning to earth, he says,
"Beforc that time comes, the high.
ways shall he. made low, and the
rough ways smooth, and the ends Of
the earth shall be brought Together
DO not the always make the high
ways low, aud the rough ways smooth
and do not these and the telegraph
connect the ends oil the earth! and
these are yet in their infancy, com.
pared with the perfection they vii!
yet reach. And this same lightning
telegraph will send the word and or.
der, and the same travelling facilities
that make the highways low and the
rough ways smooth, and connect the
ends of thr earth, will bring them
together, and it will ell be just ~
clearly and naturally visible to the
natural eye ~ it was before; for he
told His disciple, In like manner as
| leave sS i will return" When he
came befoee, he ate and drank as
other men, and His enemies said of
him, " Behold, = wine.bibber and
glutton!" and will the saints be any
more celestial than He; would invis.
ible spirits floating about in the air,
have any use for bread and meat, of
wine or coffee!
The Professors Of to-day tell us
we are now far wiser than the fool.
ish fathers that built costly temples
and paid half-witted preachers to
mystify the Gods. We are going to
build School.houses, educate the peo-
pie, and make them happy.
This ought we to do, but not leave
the other undone, until we are salts