The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-17
CALVARY BAPTIST TO
HAVE NEW ED|F|CE

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/ Commitfees--Dr. Jenkins Sermon
Last Night.
/ Members OF Calvary Baptist church
yesterday morning unanirn ously ap-
proved plans and specifications pro-
viding for an addition to the present
edifice at the corner of the Boulevard
and Grove avenue. Herbert L. Cain,
prominent church architect, was
given the contract TO draw the plans
after careful elaboration by the COM
mittee.
A committee consisting OF fifty la
dies and gentlemen has been appoint
ed and 1t will have as its duty the
soliciting OF the mem bers of the con-
gregation in an effort to secure the
sum of $4,000 by September i. This
work will commence Immediately.
Eight thousand dollars of the amount
desired by September / already has
been raised in cash and pledges, An
expenditure OF $4,000 will be necea-
sary to erect the annexation to the
church. When completed the seat
Ing capacity of the main auditorium
will be more than double that OF the
present structure with ali additions
completed the church will represent
an outlay OF nearly 100000.
! All previous records for attendance
at the Sunday school were broken
yesterday morning when over four
hundred and fifty scholars were pres
ent. The attendance at the morning
service also was good, while every
seat was taken last night when DIR.
Carter Ashton Jenkins delivered hts
discourse on the Second Coming of
Christ
Following this meeting last might
several candidates were. baptized by
Dr. Jenkins. In a sermon last night
DR.. Jenkins said:
| That Jesus Christ lie actually COM
ing again just as He went In accepted
by all Christians Differences have
arisen over the time and purpose Of
his coming Some Christians declare
that the millennium will be ushered in
by Christ; others say that the millen-
MUM will come first and Christ at
its conclusion. One class says that
missionary effort will be the means in
Gods hands OF producing the millen-
mum. The other class says that mis-
sionary effort can never succeed ana
that the only hope for the saivatio n
! of the world Is for Christ to come and
set up his kingdom and reign In per-
son. You see, therefore. that pes
simism is characteristic of premillen-
arians. They can see nothing but in
creasing wickedness and a hopeless
world. FAnstmillenarians are optimis-
tic. They see expanding virtue. a
conquering church. dying apostacy.
These are the two views.
| Now. much needless confusion has
arisen because Bible students have not
distinguished between the providen-
tial and personal comings OF Christ
Providentially. he has come many
times. Personally, he shall come but
once. at the end OF the world.
| mistakes have arisen from trying
to make all such EXPRESSIONS as. The
| Lord Is at hand The revelation OF
! Christ refer to the second advent of
the Lord. II you cannot get this i'm
portant distinction much Scripture is
| meaningless to you. For instance,
James says. The coming Of the Lord
draweth nigh He did not mean the
personal coming. For to speak of an
event as drawing nigh that was at
least 1000 years off would hs an abuse
of language. All such expressions re-
ferred to the providential coming OF
, Christ.
! The Saviour said: we shall not
have gone over the cities OF Israel till
the Son of Man be come
| TT would not take long to go over
that small territory. Sc the coming
must have taken place In that genera
ton. Verify say unto you. there be
some OF them that stand here which
/ shall not taste OF death till they see
the Son of Man coming In his glory
That coming took place at the de-
struction OF Jerusalem 10 A. D., and
the aged John who had heard these
words was an eyewitness. So Christ
has been repeatedly coming I'm his
Kingdom.
+ Christ finas coming WIN be In yer
son at the close OF the millennium.
Some raise this objection: When the
Son OF Man cometh shall he md faith
on the earth, Notice. when he com
eth Does not come except 4providen
tally at the millennium. And when
he does come after the millennium
Satan has been loosed--nations de-
ceived. Grew. 20:7-a.)
Christ does not reign In person one
thousand years. He will reign as he
does now. FOR he Is now the King
Of Zion. So the kingdom will continue
lin its present form during the mill
lennfum, till The Judgment. III Peter,
3.3-4; Matt 2s:1a20.)
so this teaching and baptfxing is
10 go ON till the end Of time. The
difference between the millennium
and now Is to be found in the fact that
during the millennium evil will be SO
overcome that Satan may be said to
be bound. He has lost his power,
Has no great party Ms now, This is
the triumph OF the Christian church
on the earth. This is the success that
shall accompany the plans OF Christ
on the earth. The infidefs voice shall
!, be hushed. no more blasphaany, no
more vicious literature. no more sab
bath dissertation. no Sunday trains,
mo dancing. no card playing: whiskey
= .reltc- Of the harharic past The
blessings Of that day none can count.
And th1e shall be unhered u ~ the