The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-30
TEE END OF THE WORLD.


10 lhe huitor OF Inc fresS.
5IR;--In a subject so widely discus.
sed and so variously interpreted as
The Millennium" 1t Is almost impos.
sible for reporter to reflect the exact
views OF any one.
In the article published In Tho Press
on Monday. August ~. under tts title
Tho End of the World" cannot but
commend the writer's general accuracy
In stating my views.
The religious world is divided into
two camps on the subject of the Sec
ond advent. Both believe that our
Lord will come again. One camp Is
under the banner called Pre-Millon-
narlans, who say that He will come
before the thousand years of right
aousness and peace predicted by the
prophets. The other camp is that OF
the st-Millennariuns. who say the
world will he converted and there will |
be thousand years of righteousness
and peace on earth, and after that
Christ will come to take his people and
destroy the earth and all the wicked.
Both OF Of these assume to find their
doctrines In the Bible. My own opin-
ion ls they are both right, for the Bible
teaches that there will lie second and
third advent. The second advent
will DO the appearance Of the Saviour
only TO His own people; the third to
all mankind The second advent will
be secret, the third public. Each OF
those great events will he preceded by
and accompanied with remarkable
manifestations.
The preceding events to tie second
advent will DO great conflict of ma.
lions and the restoration of the Jews
to Palestine. Some time after this,
which your reporter correctly repre-.
sented me as holding would occur
about the year 1897, and after they had
rebuilt the temple on the present site
of the Mosque OF Omar, and the oriRi.
nal site OF the Temple of Solomon,
then at a time in the future not reveal.
ed In the Bible, and rs Our Lord told
Ills disciples, was known only to the
Father, He the son OF man. would
manifest himself to his people.
AT that time an event would occur
which has given me the title to this
article. IL Will be the first resurroc-
tion. All the righteous dead will be
restored to the earth, and there will he
II change come to all living believers
that Will make their bod es immortal.
And when that occurs there will be
introduced such multitude OF godly
people into every community that all
wickedness will cease. the good peo.
pie will be tho grSat majority, espe.
Icially will this be true because of tho
great calamlties that will have occur.
red before tho second advent in the
wars and pestilonces predicted.
This condition OF society will con.
tiuue for u long period, but the rom.
nant OF the ungodly will repopitlate
their lands and the time will come
when they will again be- moro numer.
Gus than the saints and, therefore,
Rev. Xxx. zig, they will again attempt
to assert their supremacy, and in the
war that shall follow Christ will ONE
the third time d u terlY destroy al
eyil-doers, This VIII lie ''the end OF
the world. when the saints will BE-
caught up with Christ 1t is called In
the Bible "The great day Of God,
The day OF his wrath and other dis
ltinctivs terms.
Although this Is bare outline oil
my views, yet IL is sufficient to show
that AIN neither re-Millenuariau
nor Post Miliennnrian. while set
the truth in both views.
There can he no question in the mind
OF any student of the Bible or OF tho
signs of the times that the world is or
the eve OF Il great crisis and 1t be-
hooves all to watch ami he ready.
A. n. KEIGwIN.
Wilmington. Del, August "a.