The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-04-17
THE WORLDS END.
Series Of Lectures on the Subject by. Re,
Albin.

Series Of Lectures on the Subject by. Rev.
AIbin.
Rev. r. R. Albin, pastor of the Calvary
Baptist church, on South Jardin street, has
begun religious campaign of somewhat
vigorous character TO prepare the people for
the end Of tho world, or the second coming
Of Christ. According to the announcement
made by the pastor, signs Of the times point
to the time Of His coming being near and
that tho great battle of Armageddon' will
possibly take place this year of 1890" The
congregation in attendance at the first lee
ture, last evening, comfortably filed the cosy
little place Of worship Of the denomination,
and those who attended were treated to some
excellent vocal music of sacred character
by Mr. William Waters and his schoir.
Rev Albin has an. impressive pulpit ap-
poaance and his delivery commands atten-
tion. As he says himself, the course he has
started is not in the nature of sermons, but
lectures on the gospel with the idea of pre-
pairing the people for the momentous epoch
which he believes is at hand As stated in
his Introductory, Rev. Albn has been a
preacher of the gospel for almost "a years,
aud for 20 years Of that period he has de.
voted much thought and time to a study of
the fulfllment of the prophecy of the second
coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. In fact,
he has lectured and published works bearing
upon the subject during his residence in this
country, and in England. He is enthusiastic
on the subject, and his discourse is interest.
ing
Although Rev. Albin did not base his lee
ture upon a text, he took occasion to read,
among Others the following paragraphs from
Matthew XIV as the scripture lesson in
the early part of the service
Verify say unto you, there shall not be
left here one stone upon another, that shall
/ not be thrown down. Tell u.s. when
shall these things be2 And what shall be
the sign Of Thy coming, and of the end of
| the world? And Jesus answered and said
unto them, take heed that no man deceive
you For many shall come in my name say
ing, l am Christ and shall deceive many.
| And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of
wars see that ye be not troubled for all
/ these things must come to pass but the end
! is not yet. For nation shall rise against
nation, and kingdom against kingdom and
there shall be famines, and pestilences and
earthquakes, in divers places. All these are
the beginning of sorrows" "
After reiterating his mission to prepare the
people for the advent prophesied, Rev. Albin
said that two great giants stood in the path.
way-ignorance and unbelef, but as David
the gospel be thrown, as in sling, against
the giants until they are slain. This work,
he said, has been going on a long time, for
the gospel has been translated into every
language in use on the face of the globe.
The Ignorance Of the gospel truths, said Rev.
Albin, is due to people not reading the Bible
for themselves or because, so to speak, they
only read it with one eye. This is he said,
lamentably true as to professed christians,
good, true christians, and even as to many of
the clergy. They fail to realize the full
force of the second coming of Christ.
Rev. Albin then urged the congregation to
read the Bible during the coming week, from
Genesis to Revelation, and said that with
this preparation, the theme of his lectures
might be more clearly understood as they
progressed One of the hindrances ex.
perienced in the teachings, he said, is that SC
many people have preconceived ideas. An.
other is superstition, SO much so in the latter
sense, that some people believe that only
ministers of the gospel can understand the
Bible. Another hindrance is wrong teaching
Many people are superstitious of Revelation
yet in the first book God has promised q
blessing on every living soul that reads the
first book of Revelation. Following this Rev
Albin urged that the book of Daniel and
Revelation be read during the coming week
The clergyman then proceeded to trea
some of the objections raised against hi
theory, among them (1) that it has beer
written that no man. not even the angels il
heaven, shall know when the Son of Mar
cometh. To this Rev. Albin said the declara
ton applied to the first coming; that it wa
preached when Christ was upon earth, ant
Revelation was written sixty years later. II
I tIo al fret I
spoken of twenty times to one mention o
His first coming; and in the new testamen
His second coming is spoken of 1884 times o
once in every 25 verses. The second obiec
ton raised is that so many people believe il
the second coming in a spiritual sense, while
in fact, the spiritual coming is embodied il
the conversion of sinners. "My lectures,
said Rev. Albin, treat of the coming o
Christ in literal sense-his personal coming
The third objection is that the second com
ing is the coming of death. To this Rev
Albin replied that death is the enemy of tn
human family. Death smites. Christ will
come to claim his followers.
AS to false prophets, Rev. Albin dismisse
the subject with exhOrtation of the congrega
ton to beware of them, and referred to case
he had read of where pretenders had cause
deluded people to part with their earthly be
longings under the impression that the pre-
tender was the personifcation of tn
/ prOphesied Savior.
i In closing his lecture for the evening Rev
Albn referred to the turbulent condition q
affairs between the foreign nations. SPEAK
q ing of the Peace Congress called by the Ca
> of Russia, he said that this was only in a,
cordance with the holy prophesy that ther
would be cries of Peace Peace p' but sal
that the Gar was all the while maxim
, preparations for war and, at an unexpecte
!, moment, there will be a great clash, an
d Europe will be deluged by blood then,
" said, we may expect the fulfllment of til
: prophesy.
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