Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-02
SUNDAY BREACHES
ONSECONOCOMING
OF JESUS CHRIST
Evangelist Takes the Position that
Members Of Spiritual Church
Will See Savior Without
First Tasting Death,
DATE OF EPOCH IS UNKNOWN
One Thousand Years Fixed as the
Length of the Millenial
Reign.
POVERTY AND SIN TO CEASE

The largest afternoon audience of
The campaign so far, heard Billy
Sunday yesterday preach on THE
Second Coming of Christ" the same
sermon being repeated in the even
ing.
II is a subject, it is asserted, that
many ministers avoid, and the Bible
facts that the evangelist stated held
the audience in rapt attention.
"The world will wake up some
morning and find all the Christians
gone" Mr.. Sunday asserted at the aft
ornoon meeting. "Christ at His sec
ond coming, will catch them all up to
Him in the air. But there will be
many church members left on earth
and many an orthodox minister, be-
cause they are not real members of
the spiritual church"
The time Of the second coming is not
known. Mr.. Sunday quoted scripture,
:. ''Of that day knoweth no man, neither
= the Son" Then he asked, How does old
Russell know then?'
He traced events following this second
coming as prophesied in the Bible.
Business VIII Go ON.
business will go. on, governments will
eoAdnue," the speaker said, but it viii
e the time of tribuation. The devil win
! be loosed and there will be nothing to
prevent him from working his. will as
there are now many agencies at work
he frth xrytn Ia
seven years OF seventy or 200. We can't
tell exactly but the figure in Daniel is q
After that Christ will return tosearth with
His saints for the millennial reign Of 200
years. He will establish His kingdom in
Jerusalem Thither will come also anti
Christ and will deceive the people
THE millenaium will be a grand period
Our bodies won't grow old or tired or dis
eased and we will have faculties to enjoy
a thousand-foid more. Poverty, war, pes
thence and sin will be unknown.
AT Christ's second coming the dead In
Christ will be raised and viii be caught
up to Him in the air along with those
stili living. Many will see Christ without
first tasting death. 1t makes no differ
enee to me whether I see death first oil
not. know shall see Him.
Those who are members Of the body OF
Christ shall reign with Him through the
millenium. 1 don't know where I'll reign
nor what job Gods going to give me
But am coming back to Omaha then
and I'm going to look right at this loi
where the tabernacle stands and live over
those days once more"
Sees Many signs.
Mr.. Sunday referred to the belief ex-
pressed by some that the millennium Is al
hand because they say the world is grow
ing better, because science is making
great strides and we have the automobile
wireless telegraphy, liquid air, X-rays
VAsd other material wonders. He as
serted that the world is no better thar
it was and that the superabundance OF
evil is fulfilling prophesy. The millennium
will not bring Christ. he said but the
coming Of Christ will mark the dawn OF
the millennium as the coming OF the sur
marks the dawning of day
Mr.. Sunday named many signs of the
times that indicate that the day OF
Christ's second coming is not far off
Among these, he said, is the radlca
tendency to depart from Christian faith
and subscribe 10 various false doctrines
Also, the return already of many Jews tC
Jerusalem. "Many OF the metal parts fol
the rebuilding of the temple at Jerusaleun
are already on the ground" he asserted
Emphasizing the Importance of the sec
ond coming Mr.. Sunday asserted that Il
is mentioned 3S2 times I'm the New Testa
nlent. Paul mentions il more than fifty
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