The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-12-12

Cor INSTANCE Of ST. Louis. their biggest
man we'll remember his tiInety-hl.aae '.
reasons for his belief. why, !ne ,na mn snh.
of them had no more to DO WIN u .nE
iect than they had with Tue '"''>''s'
bill.
THE CIlfALArH& cLCS.
az w,s then a member OF the ChiaiaPhae
Club Tn IFS membership were many Oh
flo leading ministers OF the conh'ft
Stars and Bcccicr had belonged 10 It,
hut had dropped out. Scbaai was :.
msmber So was Hill and Il number OF
others equally well known. lherc 49, M,
thirty-ive of US, and alter cacn I'D u
session of the PrcmiIlcnnia'ists we "' ,,,at
90 over the same ground No'h'"S : ;nht
they brought forward had any "e ,a;.h
,.;tj nc Now if that was the case WIN
60 larcc i body of theological thinkers
II showed that The arguments OF me W
m;llcpnialists were not so convincing ~
they themselves imagined. ,.n
"Yet. again admit there nave pee'
and arc many sincere men IN their fa"Hs.
Uoratio Bonnar. the celebrated HYMNS
of Grcat Britain, was one. lie sang ~
no bvmncd if. he talked it. he enihus'-
asticallv believed in it. St'il' ou's,uc VI
his HYMNS he was thorough po'e"' ~.
Moody is another who believes III ~.
does not. of course, rank WIN noa"''
DR.. TYNE never vent to bed WITHOUT cN
Meeting 10 see the Lord the next uay'
NV friend PcnticOst is another eh'nuS'-
astic believer. ,I.
..Thcy certainly are earnest. look
unon them as imbucd with mysticism
Bonnar was as great mystic rs one ever
met. They are positive, too. no uoup'
of that. might say OF them rs oh''i
said of Macaulay: Il wish | was ~ sure
of ANYTHING as YOU are OF everything. >,
Christ it appears to ne. when lie
x,s On Garth completed his work. There
is no reason why he should come again
1t is reflection on His mission mere ~
saw that diahol-m cannot be put "o"h'
Wasn't His plan for the world regchera,
ton perfect? Why should nc be cNPec'eu
to alter it,
DIR. rALMAGEs VIEWS.
It is rare religious idea on whIch Dr.
De Witt 1almagc has not some,n'"s
timely aud readable TO say. The subject
of premilennialsm he admits. however,
is rather ont of his line.
II have not given ii IL much thought
he said. las perhaps other clersymci,
have, and they may he right ana !
wrong. Still, my own belief Is. ana mas
ALWAYS been, that Christ Will not reap
pear on earth until the JndScmcnt-Da!'
do not speak aulhorlat'vcly. 20" see
there arc Christian men who make special
study of certain branches. and are most
competent therefore to discuss them.
Then there are those who study the lam
ruaccs. others the archaeological con
tirmation. and others again The geographic
cal contirmation-uny one of which Il
the pursuit of whole lifetime. me
PrcmiIlcnnialistS, many ct whom know
and entertain the fricrIiie>t and highest
opinion of. have made the Scriptures
the subject Of the most thorough thought
and Investigation. II would not become
Ms. therefore. to dcnouncc their belief rs
false. when for all know to the contrary
they may have arrived at the truth.
have read the proceedings OF the confer
cncc with the greatest interest. but yet
not 50 thoroughly rs to feel like cX-
pressing any decided opinion on The views
presented.
81 don't conccdc that the world is 50
given up to the devil as the Prcmlllen-
nialists believe. think that Christ has
given us all that is necessary To carry on
the fight against sin. He says that the
Holy Ghost is to he the comforter.
RELIGIOUS "srEcIALTiEs.
II NAV saw that certain religionists are
specialists. There arc the holiness peo-
pie for example. They believe that they
have reached state where they are SIN
less. Nav be they are. know | have
not reached that stage ard ] don't know
any one WHO has.
let the Christian Herald. OF which Dr.
Talmagc is editor. has premilennium
tendencies.
DR.. Howard Crosby is quite emphatic
in declaring that he does not believe in
''The trouble with the followers Of this
faith he said to me. lis that they read
the Scriptures to suit themselves. They
take as ligurativc what is literal. and as
literal what is igurative in the Bible.
| cannot see any reason for thinking rs
they do
asked the wcll-known Dr. y. j. +.
Bchrinds what he thought OF il all.
Not much" he replied. at will not
amount to anything great. 1t is one of
the episodes in the history Of Chris
tianity. 1t is like u strong current that
dashcs up against rock and is beaten
back again. Why. sir, in short, it is sim
ply one OF the ccccntriciticS OF the times. "