The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-08-07

could not make, him that did the
service as pertaining to HE conscl-
cncc. Which stoot. on! Gin meats
and drinks, and divers waS'lluGS,
and clrnaI offerings imposed Oh
them until the time Of rclulI.:;t ton
But in those sacraicoS there is I.
remembers again made OF SINS
every year; ''tor it Is not possible
HAT the blood of bulls ANA 81: goats
should take away sins. Bat "in
that he saiti. Il new covenant lie
hath made the first Old; now that
which IecaSct!: and waXetl old is
ready to vanish away
This Old covenant was ready to
vanish away and give place to the
new one, and what were to be its
provisions "ThiS is the covenant
that ! will make with the house Of
Israel saith the Lord: will put
my laws in their minds aud wiitc
them iii their hearts; and | will be
to them Cod and they shall be
to me Il people; and they shalt not
every every man his ntlghbor and
teach man his brother saying
"klow the Lord,' tor ali shall
know me from the least to the
greatest, for | will be mcrcitu! TO
their unrightcousneSs, ana their
sins will /, member no more. CD-
a t,.A. Il IL ~
~ parIoncd year 1T Il time, and
thus were Ic!ncln bclci again bat
under the EcW and better covenant
God has promised TO he nGcrcii'li
to their nnrl 9htousncs>, and lnlGll-
ties once pardoncl are to be rtiilcl..
bcrc,l no mOic.
During the time the Jews were
held captive by Nebuchad!ieZzar,
King of Babylon, God made known
to him in IL urtan-whlch was H.
tcrr:etcd by Daniel, onc Of the
Jewish captlves-celtaln grea;
national changes hat were to take
place, in which was tUreto.d the
destruction If his own government
and three others which were to
consccutivciy aricc; and finally the
of the kingdom OF
Gu,i, viii III WAS never to be DIES
,royed, but was to till the whole |
earth and stand forever For Il
full account Of this remarkable
revelation from God the reader is
referred 10 the ID. Chapter OF Dam
icl. We cannot so back OF the
date Of this dream to look for the
kinollom::or D.lHiel tells Nabu-
that the whole affair
was destined 10 make known to tie
king what shall come pass i!eic-
after hot before the Foundation OF
TIE world, OK i'll Tie days Of 4A5.",-
ham, bat Hereafter.
AS this prophecy brings HIS down
to within thirty years "t the COM
ING Of Christ in lie time Ui' iiicii
Tie kingdom CT Heaven WAS 10 DC
81. up-we may expect tie IarO;n-
.,-r nt tie Saviour sUOn 10 com
incnce prcacl.iii. about II; avcor-
dinghy, Matthew says: "in those
days cameo elm the Baptist, preach
inw the wilderness rf Ju,.t;:, ANA
saying, rt,,cnt ye, ior thc AIust.ou'
o., ,lp;,ven is ut hanii.' Here We
H.. .IohE Announced the near ap-
proac. ui TIE kingdom ior tie ori-
zen of which We have been lo"klng.
Bat We are sointlmes told that
john set up the kingdom himself.
Let us hear the Saviour Oh this
,c!nt. After John WAS cast into
)rlson and his labors were at an
md, Jesus taught his disciples to
pray as fellows: "Uur Father
y no art in Heaven, halowed .
,hy name, THY Kingdom come,
etc" Would Jesus have instruc-
ed MS disciples to pray fur tie
lingdom TO come if it had already
:ome? 1t is true many repeat ;
his petition now who believe that 5
he kingdom has long since come,
'St SVI''y SuNh pOlSOhS luAhh III |
lie about what they are saying.
like the school boy they find it in
heir lesson and must repeat it,
We may pray for the kingdom to
re advanced in the earth, but we
cannot pray for it to come after it
las come, any more that we may
pray for God to send down the :
Spirit, since il WAS sent from heav. :
IN TO the earth on the day Of Pen
,ecOst, and has been here ever
since. Once more: When John
heard OF Jesus he sent to him to
know if he were the Christ, or
he should look for another.
After Jesus had answered and
sent the messengers away, he said
% those around him: "Verily |
'ay unto you, among them that
ire born OF women, there hath
zone risen greater than John the
Baptist; Notwithstanding he that
& least in the kinC1Om of ho..von