New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-01
CHESTS SECOND COMING.
DR. JOHN HALL DISCUSSES The QUESIIoN.
NE SAWS THAT THE LORD WILL COME N SPIRIT
TO ALL BELIEVERS, 10 COMFORT, TO DE-
rENn AND To LrDGl.

TEND AND TO JtD"L'
Tho Rev Dr. John Hall. pastor OF the Fifth Avenue
presby ,rian Church. preached an interesting and in
st.uc,ivc sermon Yesterday morning on the second
Coming Of Christ" Taking his text from NaIh'
viii n ne said that there were two reasons which
made the subject appropriate at the present u''o
The first reason was the accounts which had pe'n
unfinished i'm be new papers recently " the expected
anncar,ncc Of the Messiah among the Indians. Ihe
eeona reason WIS i'm thc convention az ministers who
,, ,,hl, ,,.centI, for the discussion Of the sub
i ,rnome ,ro. only ore MASSAGE in tho Bible. con
,frnod tl, nrcocber in part in which was mentioned
g, nsrioi Of I, 900 year, during which Christ wa 10
r.i-p an earth What relations he asked had Thu
Millennium to tie coming Of the Lord The majority
II nenpo believed That the Lord would come second
Jim. only p, Judge Tho minority believed tlit lie
,,,, Como fl, nj. glory and 70 ca 900 ycar,. This
latter chs, W, known a. the Pr mll"nniaH'">' D"
ca,.c in order +, establish such Kingdom Tho Lord
must come before the actual BEGINNING If th' VIII
lorriuln BIT might not the passage i'll r'fcr'nc" t.
th. coming of the Lord be interpreted IN different
way,
was not advisable To attach too mn'h importance
to tine utforancc~ upon The >upcN ih '' '''''
Christian literature. The early Christians h"' -"'r''"
terrible prosecutions from the civil e'i'IhhI'hI l.
wa, ONLY natural that they should tahc refuge ~ the
hope that Christ would come AGAIN ana -I'' '''"
satisfaction on earth for the trial. which they hAd
horne When the Roman Empire Mad been con
vercd these prosecutions had ended. The cn''u''
astic hope called ont nv the prosecutions nan "oh
cyl,ircd locau,c the cause Ind ceased 10 opera"
Til. comau Church nd been Comparatively silent
,,,o,, the .uticc, That vas easy 20 explain. The
,i,,rch y, the pa, ,cc, had not been occupied %
,o,ch win me studv Of God, HOLY articles. The
., 49,. la, ,h main thing With which mon
Ch'H'" ""u ue'" Wv mann I. ,r,,b w..
had CohccFlcn r'iH'c4N'' - '''r ""
silent satan always let ~ alone Wien il "''''''
living then he tried TO Kill II.
ING N'SO"'''"" - a. ,.rna,to, and little
active again during INC hci"r"a'"' anu '','
p,,t,,r. had h.rin Tn. car,c had been the same
rui ans ''"u g. ,,a e,rlv ,en,prie, Of
the Christian era II had begun again 90 the seven
,"e,,h century and had become :, general TIA, IN
Germany even the place OF the L"r's COMING i"i
been fixed. In comparatively recent years. IT had
Deeh taken up "'' ~ m - ,ne .,oIcct
The extreme ''n inception, 81 ,,a ''e ,ore'r',.
,.. ,.o,u.,, MIGHT 10 REGARDED
Even me N'r"on m 'Ne'"'" ."'+" :, ,.1 not
wise TO interpret the statement, of the Old Testament
Otherwise than a, they were Interpreted IN the New
Testament II was not W.e 10 'a"' '",' ,,,,, ir
ofcul' portions Of God' Wo'd' aud t" explain DIV
them the tea'Hlhas Oh ''' L"'"' Nv N'," ,.ia
lion, was fun % my -tclicS 10 me most "i people
| and y.,,uld continue to he So VII, then had they
'' ,r, 49, - ,.. ,,,, IL ,,,s with u,
been given The answer wa u''' Wa VII" W.
churches as with the disciples Jesus had Sad t.
,hc,, ,l., .ltn,u,A the, did Not understand Iiim
49,, ,, .o ,,.,..,. ,t,o, ,,orln ,.,d.r
u''''' UNIV "''' '"''' wiz" w 80.
-taud Him. The time would come "lri' H I'M H-'1
Of history the -i"rlc. would re-, called. II Wi-
.. =. t..: , clio, at - ,.,d.. Word ..,fll pa,
I "'' WIG I" i'4' ''''' a." va
/ ..f, iplctCd literally If the I"Drc" people lAl'I
,.,od literally thc statement that IA. Mes, ah W.
- tc . l,no I'u.n , fi,ronc tbnv mad rra lu To- object
- T., " 49,, ,a, in,.rtro, btnr,lly ,hr s.t.Iu.-
~ .,. 20, .,t,.r,,,,r-o Word. ,y,r f. h.. inter.
,d .,' ,ii,, ,o ttc,r come. non ,,cn,ding 10 the
r,,,i,, ,,iirb ,,.,c then, h~tt and according f.
,hn'r ,,ri, n the word millennium wa, 10 be- m
,,,'r., ID I,,,-.llv then. rn-d Inc no luauImiry Of
u. '''S: 't. rd - o,, 'r. 10. lev,
ia tcen coycr,od IVA. lie 10 come ~ Jerusalem