Morning journal and courier., 1893-03-18


 nearly every page of holy writ, and beg of Christians everywhere, as they value their souls, to flock unto their pastors, and besiege them for the facts at issue, nor let them alone until they have answered req
 sonablv in the premises, as is the pastors duty to the aockI for ss though in the pres ence of the God of Abraham, affirm and reafirm that am right. I would gladly
 prove it before any dignifed body of schol- ars that would meet in earnest to find out the truth and endorse it if discovered.
 Meanwhile as such desideratum seems
 hopeless, so persistently am I misrepre-
 sented, simply call upon my fellow men
 to witness that my own skirts are fres of
 the guilt of silence and are loaded with
 the opprobrium of unwelcome newsl
 If be right then verify events are at the door whose consummation will, in due time, sift the soul of every man down to it's foundations; and if I be wrong, in Gods name silence me with facts as fair as those I offer at the bar of human judgment Surely the day of ridicule was we'll worn out Qunar) year ago to o-day, and will put it in the power of any one who will communicate with me to verify this mat ter for himself. I am neither mad nor making money. I fancy few would take this role and bear it's burdens except they
 knew, as I do, they were right. And then
 I know that the race to which I belong
 would furnish hosts that could do the task
 tar better. O. A. l.. ToTTEN.
 The circular, which has hardly been
 noticed in this country, and which ap-
 peared in the London Christian" on Jan uary 5, 1893, is 8 follows: 'But at midnight there is cry, Behold the Bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him." (Matt. 25: 6. R. V.)
 Dear Brethren:-As 'partakers with you in the tribulation and kingdo.a. and pa tience of Jesus Christ" may we be per ! mitted to suggest for your consideration
 the present urgent need for sounding forth an alarm to slumbering Church, and to the world that lieth in the wicked one, in view of the accommodating indications that "the Lord is at hands"
 1.-The stirrings among the Jewish peo- pie of a national life that has laid dor. mant for many, many centuries, but which ! is now displayed and asserted in various ! quarters of the world and under manifold l aspects, point to the blossoming of the
 long barren fig tree, and to early fulfill
 ment of the thirty seventh chapter of Ess kiel. Meanwhile, in the spiritual sphere
 we are witnessing the conversion not only
 of some notable witnesses to the Messiah
 ship of Jesus of Nazareth but of consider
 able numbers of Jews in places widely ! apart, to the joy of missionaries who had long labored amongst them without much visible fruit of their labors.
 ] 2.-What lover of the gospel truth can ] shut his eyes to the great falling away into superstition and Journalism on the one hand, and unto unbelief on the other, which has characterized the past gen. eration, as we'll as the time in which we now livef Many are drawn aside into the practices of the Roman apostasy, many | more in to doubting the authority of holy | scripture. Rome is working ceaselessly, 1 with vast army of devoted followers, to
 complete her destiny, and then to meet hel l doom; whilst in Protestant churches and colleges Christ's foes are found in his own household. And lest we should be charged with taking an insulsr and narrow view of ! the position of the Church of Christ, we have but to turn to America and to the continent of Europe, to convince ourselves that the pretensions of the Papacy were never more audaoiously pushed forward, whilst Puritan simplicity in life and wor- ship was never at so low an ebb in nations which formerly were permested with pure scriptural teaching.
 3.-If, as we believe, the searly rain" was at Penteoost, Is not ths world now re- ceiving the ''latter rain" before the harvest is all ingathereda Gauaee 5: 7, S) What is the present outburst of mis ,ionary ac:ivi: y on behalf of the Jews, the Mohammsdans and the heathen bus a further confirma- tion and sign that we are rapidly approach ing the consuEmation of thss Christian eraa sThe blessed hops and appearing of the glory of cur great God and Saviour Jesus Christ" (Fitus 2: 13- VI exerts upon believing hrasts. IL is sn in. centive to holiness; 'Egeryone that hath this hope set on Him, pari6sth himself even as He is pure" q John 3:3 R. VI and it is the greatest stimulus to 1 missionary zeal and self sacrifice We seem to hear proclamation of the word in Rev citations 19:9, "The marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready" in every successive conference for promoting scriptursl holiness; and surely
 we behold obedience on an unwonted ecale
 to our Saviour's parting command, "Go ye
 into all the world and preach the gospel to
 the whole creation" (Mark 1e:16], as wit ness the numerous offers of service of
 women in every rank of society.
 We appeal to you, therefore, beloved friends, to take into your prayerful con- eideration the value of united testimony to the imminence of the stupendous events which attend and follow our Lords appear. ing, and, if it seem good to you, to make
 the Second Coming of Christ central subject at your conference in the year 1893; if SO be that God by his blessed spirit may honor such testimony to the coming glory of his dear Son, for the arousing Of a vast number of believers out of worldliness and sloth, and that 8 multitude of the unsaved who have
 .'hearts failing them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth," amid the in- oreasing insecurity of property and the development of anarchy. yet "may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the son of man duke 2l: 26, 36, by 'laying hold of the hope set before them" (Heb. 6: 18), whilst the day of salvation still shines upon them. We are, dear brethren, your servants for Christ's eake.
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