The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-05-29

against which they strive. but by which
at times they are overtaken-sins OF
omission IL not OF commission.
How precious TO every child of God
are the words of the Apostle, "If we
sin we have an Advocate with the Fa'
ther. Jesus Christ the Righteous. Let
us. therefore. come with courage to
the Throne Of heavenly grace that we
may obtain mercy and hud grace TO
help in every time Of need. for we
have an High Priest who can be touch
ed with the feeling Of our infirmities,
having been tempted in all points like
as we of the new creation are tempted
q John II, /. .; Hebrews iv, 10. 16l.
"a viii Come Again"
There appears TO be n disposition on
the part of many to deny that there
will be second advent of the Re
deemer. They reason that what has
not occurred in more than eighteen
centuries should cease to be expected
They endeavor to find the futilment
the promised second coming of the
Savior. I'm the Pentecostal blessing
But this cannot satisfy those who have
implicit trust in the Lord. and who be
lieve that the Apostles were his spe-
cially appointed mouthpleces. for did
not the Apostles. long after Pentecost,
tell of the second coming Of the Lord,
and did not Jesus Himself in the last
book of the Bible declare His com
ing and His marriage to the Church,
His acceptance OF her and the giving
TO her share in His gloryp
The erroneous thought that Jesus is
siill man aud that His second com
ing will be as man in glory and pow
or, has done much injury to the
Church. II has turned the, attention
of some to looking for and expecting
Messiah's Empire to be purely an
earthly one. It has led others TO deny
the second coming and the Kingdom
entirely. The proper view of our
Lords ascension TO the glory Of the di-
vine nature and honor next to the Fa-
ther never more to return 10 earthly
conditions, lifts us above the dlflicul-
ties mentioned.
We now see that the One who will
come in power and great glory will be
Spirit Being wholly invisible TO man
kind. but nevertheless the very same
Jesus, the same personality. the same
Ego, who was once amongst men;
the same Ego or personality who pre-
viously was with the Father on the
spirit plane. and who humbled Him
self to mans estate In order that He
might accomplish a work of redemp-
tion for Adam and his race. The Re
deemer says of Himself, u am lie
who was dead. and behold am alive
forevermore." And He who was dead.
was He not the same One who pre-
viously was rich and for our sakes
became poor? Can we not, therefore,
hold clearly to the distinctions of ma
ture. and yet see through the two
changes the maintenance of the orig
inal personality?
He Will Como In Like Manner.
The angels who appeared to the
Apostles when the Master vanished
from their sight declared that He
would come In like manner as He
went away Did He go in blaze of
glory witnessed by the whole world
of mankind? No! Neither will He
so'come. Did He go amidst great con-
and the blast of trumpets?
No! Neither will He so come. Was
His departure seen and known
the world? No! Neither
will His arrival be seen and known;
as He declared, He will come as a
theft in the night and will be present
unknown TO the world. Only few
knew OF His departure and could tell
It TO others. In like manner second |
coming will be known only to the few.
who will declare 1t to such as have the
hearing ear.
Concerning this secret arrival of the
Lord, "as a thief I'm the night" the |
Apostle declares. aye. brethren. are not |
in darkness. that that day should over
take you as thief" Il Thessalonians
', A.. 93eu
The day OF reyealment will come.
but 1t viii be after the Bride class
ihe elect Church. is with the Bride
groom, sharer OF His glory, honor
and immortality. "When He shall ap-
pear, ye also shall appear with Him
In glory" Il John Iii, p. The reveal
ment will be in flaming ire-a mani
of righteousness, opposition
N..l a 1
III things in harmony with The Golden
Rule, This viii mean at the first a
great time OF trouble, an oyerturning
md transformation in the worlds ar
'aIrs. AS the Prophet declares, THE
'lch men shah weep bitterly" Many
Joof ones d6ubtlegs eYill also weep, for
lpSIgbteopsness HSnot -eoanned to race
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