Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-18
! NICHOLSON WARNS
TABERNACLE AUDIENCE
OF SECOND COMING
Evangelist Tells Darby Hearers
the World Is More Wicked
Today Than 1t Was
1000 Years Ago
WAR NOT ARMAGEDDON

| Talk about the world getting better is
| all right for the fool sitting in his study
| reading books; there are more sinners per
! capita now than there were in the time Of
| Christ"
The Rev william =. Nicholson made
this declaration this afternoon at the
| Darby tabernacle.
! He pointed to the fact that 1900, 900
/ men were lighting in Europe to shed each
others blood and said that civilization
| had collapsed to satisfy malice and lust
| for power and envy among nations
THE most blasphemous part of 1t all
| exclaimed the evangelist, "is that they all
pray to God to support their arms He
then acted the picture of the Kaiser. the
| car and the kings petitioning the Al.
| mighty to bring victory
when Christ comes" he declared,
there will be no king but one king and
not until then will wars cease. and not
until then will the problem of capital and
labor he solved" He chose for his sub.
ject "Chrst's Second Coming"
at is as important to cultivate the hope
of the Lords return" the evangelist said.
"as II Is to live rishtcously in this world.
1f | were not expecting the Lords second
coming | would not be cultivatng all the
graCcS | could
NOT ARMAGEDDON.
There are men and women who won
der If the present war in Europe is the
battle Of Armageddon. but that is impos-
siblc because the war Is not in Palestine
today, although the strife is moving east
ward and may reach there before II ends
81 believe in the personal. and visible,
and imminent return of Christ. I believe
the same Christ is coming back that was
here before--thc Christ who was CruCihed,
with the pierced hands and feet and
wounded side. And He'll come back per-
sonally.
THAT dirty. old Iong-whiskered Rus
sell had Him coming back last October,
but now he has changed to next year,
and yet some people follow his teachings.
But that does not change the fact that
Christ is coming again IT'S no cunning
lyl devised fable He's coming in person.
II the devil has induced Russell and some
others to counterfeit the second coming
of Christ II only proves that it is doc
trine worth believing, for nothing was
ever counterfeited yet that wasn't valu-
able.
THE SECOND COMING
After expressing his belief that the
Lord may come at any moment the speak
cr said:
THE QId Testament is fun of the sec
ond coming of Christ. The first coming is
never mentioned i'm the Old Testament
without an accompanying mention of the
second coming, but the second coming is
the first. Are the Old Testament prophets
liars? Or was the divine grace that
caused them to prophesy at fault?
"Then l believe in the second coming
because the New Testament is full of It,
Read the New Testament and you will find
that the second coming is mentioned on
an average of every 10th verse all the
way through"
The Jews accept the second coming
but not the first. We accept the first
coming, but try to invent all kinds of
counterfeits for the second coming. Just
see how the devil twists you around. Oh,
he's a willy pup"
81 believe in the second coming be-
cause Christ told his disciples 4 will
return Did He tell lie? No! He
didn't say ri send the Holy Ghost
lie distinctly said that He would come
again"
Tonights meeting will be attended by
$50 delegates from the various churches
in Chester. Tomorrow afternoon Doctor
Nicholson will speak on Hall"