The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-07-22
xxv-Sl1;in flaming fire III Thess. 1.
78l. a knowledge OF this coming
will be possessed by the righteous,

xxv-Sl1;in flaming fire III Thess. 1.
78). " knowledge Of this coming
will be possessed by the righteous.
but not by the wicked, Dan. xii-1O.
As snare shall 1.-THE day Of the
Lord-come upon the wicked, Luke
xxiS5. They remain in willful dark.
ness, and the day comes upon them
as thief, Thess. w, s. Not so up
on the righteous, verse 4.
The second coming of Christ is
new near at hand. The restitution
Of all things is drawing near its
completion. The result to be reached
is the establishment OF the kingdom
of God in the earth, and an over
throw of all opposition in Gods au-
thority. TX
The discourse of Friday evening
was a continuation of the preceding
one, bringing out tho evidences that
the kingdom of God is nigh, Matt.
xiv being used as the basis of the re.
marks. The "a chapter of Mathew
has been justly styled "Our Lords
Great Prophecy" and great impor-
tanee is attached to it, because it is
the words of Christ himself. The
prediction covers all the gospel dis.
pensation from tho days of Christ to
the end of time. 1t was not, as many
claim, all fulfilled at the overthrow
of Jerusalem in A. d. 20.
The fulinment of verse z could
not take place till after the Roman
Empire had broken up. The days of
tribulation accompanying the de-
struction of Jerusalem were not
shortened for either Jews or Chris
sians. The people of God had all
fed from the city, and net one per.
ished in the siege. Verse IA could
not be fulfilled till the light
of the gospel had made the cir
cult Of the globe. This was not true
in their day, but it is true in ours.
No such signs as verse q predict
ed to occur, took place at The de-
struction of Jerusalem. It must
therefore refer to later time. ,
The events attendant upon the
coming of the Son of Man, as describ-
ed in verses q, 80 and 81, the sudden
glory, flashing from east to west, his
sign in heaven, the great sound of
the trumpet, the speeding away Of
the angels to gather the elect, no
such event has yet occurred.
We now come TO the request of the
disciples (veSse 81. "And what shall
be the sign Of thy coming and of the
end of the world?" In the 18th
verse we read, Immediately after
the tribulation of those days." that
is, the days Of persecution by the
Papal power, "shall the sun be dark
ened.' Mark has it, Mark xiii-24).
"But in thosedays, after the tribula-
ton the sun shall be darkeued." The
Papal supremacy was to continue
from A. D., 3S.l798, period of 1860
years.
In the year 1852 the last martydom
occurred. and between that time and
the close of the 1850 years, the sun
was supernaturally darkened, just as
the Savior, by Mark, said it would be.
This occurred May 10Th, 1880. And
tho following night the moon, also,
refused to give her light.
"And the stars shall fall from
Heaven" This was literally fulfill
ed Nov. ID, 1888. Many at the pre-
sent day remember it distinctly. The
Savior continues "Now> learn
parable of the fig tree; when his
branch is yet tender and putteth
forth leaves, ye know that summer
is nigh. So likewise We, when We
shall see all these things, know that
1t (margin hey is near, even at the
DOORS" And further, "This gener-
ation," that is the generation that
beholds these signs, "shall not pass
away till all these things be fulfilled.
Let US be careful and thus avoid
the fate of the evil servant who says:
"My Lord delayeth his coming. May
it be our privilege to have the bless.
ing which will be pronounced upon
those who shall be waiting and