The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-07

five Of Us, and after each days session
Of the pre-miilenniallsts we would &c
over the same ground. Nothing that they
brought forward had any weight with US
Now, II that was the csSe with 50 large q
bcdy Of theological thinkers, 1t showed tha'
that the arguments IF the pre- millennialists
were not so convincing as they themselves
I imagined
Yet | again admit there have been and
are many sincere men in their ranks. hOra-
to bonnar, the celebrated hYmnlst OF
| Great Britain, was one. He sang It, he
hvmned it, he talked it, he enthusiastically
believed in it. Still. outside II his hymns.
/ he was a thorough p0lemlc. Moody is
| another who believes in It. He does not, or
course, rank with Bonnar. DR.. Tyne never
went 70 bed without expecting to see the
| Lord the next day. Ny friend PentlcoSt Is
another enthusiastic believer.
| They certainly are earnest lock upon
| them a. imbued with mysticism. Bonnar
| was as great mystic Is one ever met
They are positive. too, no doubt u that; l
might say of them as Smith said Of Mac
auley: i wish was as sure Of anything as
you are Of everything
Christ, il appears 70 me, when ne was on
earth, completed his work. There Is no
reason why he should come again. Il IS
reflection on his mission here % say that
diabolism cannot be put down. Wash { his
pan tie HuEA4 ItEtuEEh-li'A VI AC~E-
Why should he be expected 70 alter II Z"
1t is q rare religions idea on which DR..
De Wit Talmaze has not something
timely and readable to say. The subject
Of Pre-mlllennialisIn be admits, however. Is
rather out Of his line.
y have not given it es much thought"
he said, ''as perhaps other clergymen
have; and they may be right and
wrong. Still my own belief Is and has
oil haafa (fhrisr will moi an
pear on earth until the Judgment day.
| do not speak autbOritauvely. You see
there are christian men who make special
study OF certain branches and are most
competent, theref re- TO discuss them.
Then there are those who study the lam
guages, others the arc a. illogical cOnfir-
nation and Others again the geographical
coLfirmation-any one of which is the pur-
suit of whole lifetime The Pre-milleuni-
alists, many of whom know and entertain
the friendiest and highest opinion If, have
made the Scriptures the subject of the most
thorough thought and investigation. 1t
would not become US, therefore. to denounce
tn ir belief as false when for all know to
the contrary they may have arrived at the
truth. | have read the proceedings Of the
with the greatest interest, but
yet not 50 Thoroughly as TO feel ike ex-
pressing any decided opinion on the views
presented
~ don't concede that the world is 50
given up to the devil as the pre-millenniai-
lists believe. Think that Christ has givea
Us all that is necessary TO carry on the fight
against sin. He says that the Holy Ghost
is to be the comforter.
II may say that certain religionists are
specialists. There are the holiness people,
for example. They believe that they have
I cached o state whore they are sinleSs May
be they are. | know | have not reached
that stage, and l don't know any one who
has,
Yet, the Christian Herald, Of which
DR.. Talmage is editor, has pre-miilennium
tendencies.
DIR. Howard Crosby is quite emphatic in
declaring that he does not believe in pre-
The trouble with the followers Of this
faith" he said TO me, sis that they read the
scriptures to suit themselve7 They take as
figurative What is literal and as literal what
is figuratiye in the Bible. l cannot see any
reason for thinking as they do
asked the well-known DR.. A. j. +. Ben
rinds what he thought Of it all.
mot much" be replied. lit viii not
amount to anything great. 1t is one Of the
episodes 10 the history Of christianity. 1t
Is like strong current that dashes up
against rock and is beaten back again.
why, sir, in short, it is simply ole of the
eccentricities Of the times"