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Show H hM BZLIEPITi lllfcME'JOAU ADVENT. H ! 9 ' YjiAT Ss taile. mllienarianism MM ( ' J sweeping over tne relUinus Mcrld Um M le a hua ti Ml Mve. It is sprcal- H ) iD J" tvery direction J11 this H ' country and iu Curope. Sj:ne of H ' I ' tbeieaJInsmiudsoUheaseincut- H t" ters of B'b'e theology are iml'iuc-J H I TC"h Hs theory, hen a the deep in- H B terest that h H baeuf.kenlntht-lilo H "J re luilieuii'al conference heU in the (I city of Brujkiyu, atten Je 1 by many 1 - eru'nent divines. H sW i , Tne tenet n, pat in c)u'Jsaed W i s'ltjw, a fIU.v Cirist's h-coni t J' ' alveut will Im .Mvci.n f Hie f mlllenniuin ici-te-tl of after it; it I f ma nojlHln'salfjratauytime, J j and is certiln within a century or io. It will flul tao wjrlJ stee;HJ I i . In iniijuity aul the church in !. ge-ieral oil ail inllXerent, anl , t'leaaveut ofOa'ist will bi thebe- , ' ginniu of a revival which will ;,' briu.r on ths ni'IIenniu n instead of 1 I beintliewjnd-upofairreataiWatasj j ' ter the thousand years. Hence the umu pre uiHecuia'ists. Tor r.U ' . this they have aiijalant Scripture, f !, orcaarie, an J the si?m of the times I I . the war au I rj nors of wars, ' -' 5aaueial revolutions, siciallsm, w "coWnrM in the caurcbcV' nnd f , otluTsyinutoaig areojluted to. ' J .' I" Einp tn;re aremanyal- 1 ' 1' t vanced thinkers who believe in the ( ' doctrine, and expsct the pcJy coming of Uie Inrd. Hence it is ' not a matter tnat ouiit to create -1 surpn VUat the Indians MiouU ( t v loo'i for the ocming of a Messiah. it' ' Their filth in the appearance ofa t4 'j ' clelivererco'n'ain cruje shape, j a?dciati with ritesaad ce.-emouica ) j tat ere adapted to tho con- illtlon cf a rop5e iailen lo a ' j ,' degradedl jo&itiga In the scale i of intellleopa. Uat in o'osce , their bslief is ideuUcal with that of , 'j Z" lJi'n? Christians, with tits ,11" ' "exception of the nature of the work a ' which tne Savior is to 'crform. 1U , With them it is to be tneirreutrap- Jf 1 ' . Jfon and not that of the whites, ncd IX" I J I J fie introduction of a millennium of p4t 3 I "" ,'1'":,ce n,llJ l,Icuti' exdJilvely for f f 'j' I , Vths Indiana It is the same idea of I V J l Christ ineliiding tiio identlti" of I H ' the personage -.3 that cntartaintsl I.j ' by Jmdinc; men wiio profess to be j' ,' teachers cf Ci.ritUan doctrine, only K " la R crude and Iimlte.1 shape. ,1 t , What isU-euiiseof tliiatudden I "i -i i JJJtburstofanespectant faith in the! y' J . j ' , NsconJ advent of Christ Is it not j I -V 1 an illuslration of thcoMaiagc that) ' '! t "coming tveaU cai their i-ha Jours j J, I 'berore" The caue is not visible, j ,rf 'T-and nicy bj due t)v-ritual forces' I. ii 1 operali-a; 1 j s U.T areopta ir',j ani tin-j 1 1 1 I i)pre"jsIocs I m ,ii reganUns Iraprnan't rrcnU or the j rJ(J future. Isitfloi Hie3pirlt of light j tlij'. and ulli) onera'ins upon men to I MJBx- .-. "nduco them t9 prepare for great thlnys Uik await tho people t Ihe earth? The anticipation if the second coming of the Lori has spread wonderfully in the Gentile Gen-tile nations within a ehortcpacevf Mine; tho same expectancy ha taken hold upon an uncivilized race, nd douUIess the belief of CbristV xmiu will continue to spread. When lt:hs.ll seize 'the Jews, Inter-e-ting times will be reached, tts the predictions of the inpaeU clearly point to'th'c time in the latter dayr whey fiey "also UaIl begin to be lipve la Christ," and shall re-people Palestine and rebuild Jerusalem. |