Year: 1876

THE REV. S. H. PLATT, OF BROOKLYN. on THE


DEDUCTIONS OF DIR. CUMMING. or LONDON.


There are four divisions of Adventists based upon
the speedy coming OF Christ the sleep Of the dead the
annhilaon of the wicked and that this earth TO be
regenerated and made the heaven OF tho redeemed.
The advocates OF one or more of those theories are
found in all the churches Those who look for the
speedy coming OF Christ place that eTent somewhere
within the present century, though comparatively few
Of them hold with DR.. Cumming that viii take place
this year Those who believe the sleop OF the dead
hold TO the idea that the MIND is the result OF the
physical organization and that when The body dies the
mind dies also Hence they believe that tho rssurrec-


ton OF the body and mind is a consequence o faith In
Christ The next class 90 step further, and believe
that the wicked-that Is, all who have not faith in
Chrst-resove into nothngncss when they die. This
class who hold also to Of these
theories call themselves Chrstadephlans They are
more numerous as a distinct than the Second
Advens;s The belief that this earth rescnerated is to
be tho home Of the blest or the new heaven and new
earth that the Apocalypc seer saw is very generally
held by all The Rev. 5 H. Plst., pastor OF DeKaib
avenue Methodist Episcopal church, Brooklyn, holds TO
the idea of the speedy coming OF Christ and for the
reason that ali save two or three o. the prophecies
have out And those relate to the destruction Of
the Papacy and the burning Of Rome, and The expul
slon Oft Turkish power from Europe ana perhaps
also from Asia Minor They can be fulfilled within
very years He does not pretend 20 ok the time Of
Christs coming but he doubts not there are steam
boats now on rivers and ships on the that viii
be consumed in the world conh1graiion. Men are
building houses Of iron If they were TO stand fov-
ever which will melt Ike wax IN the hres OF that
great day And yet there comparatively few who
look for the speedy coming fthe Son OF Man For
II was the days Of Noah, they ate they drank, they
married and were given in marriage and knew not
or believed until the food came and took nem all
away SO shall II be when Christ comes. Mr.. Platt
docs not accept the idea OF millennium or the reign
OF Christ upon earth for thousand years previous
10 the great judgment day. There IS no Scripture
upon which such sn idea could be based and while be
does not attempt explain that he inis it opposed
TO so many others he is compelled to discard that
theory and let God take OF the other He oehoFes
this Garth will be burned up and purified with ere so as
TO become the habation OF the saints -sad angels.
But while this process Of puriseaion oy nre gong
forward we who arc alive shall be caught up with the
Lord IN the air and there remain until the process
completed The general judgment IS TO take place on
this earth after that There may, however, pe great
distance time between the coming OF Vnrst ana me
burning Of the world and the anal Judgment ana ne
would not M time for any Of these events except IN


general way 20 say that they VIII not take place THIS
wear but viii take place in less than twcniyhve years.
and may very likely will occur WITHIN 'he next ten
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