The Work Of Christ In The World Four Sermons Preached Before The University Of Cambridge On The Four Sundays Preceding Advent In The Year Of Our Lord 1854 Etc

Author : James Sabine
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ISBN 13 : 9781331115694
Total Pages : 82 pages
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Download or read book The Appearing and Kingdom of Our Lord Jesus Chirst written by James Sabine and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Appearing and Kingdom of Our Lord Jesus Chirst: In Four Letters to an Unbeliever The Great Doctrine of the Second Advent (the subject of the following letters) has been upon the mind of the writer for about nine years. His attention was called up to consider this very interesting question through the means of sermons received from the Old World, particularly some able discourses from the pen and pulpit of English preachers, clergymen of the Church of England. McNeile, Bickersteth, Melvill, and some others, have written and preached with great force on this subject, while the Dissenters generally have been opposed to the doctrine, and have looked at it only, or chiefly, with a view to resist it, and put it down. At the time of the writer's embracing these views, he was not aware that any in this New World had paid the least attention to the subject. And what is most astounding, the Christian public have discovered very little interest in the Doctrine, however distinctly proclaimed, while the proclaimers have said little or nothing about The Time. Really, the professors of Christ's holy religion seemed to be proof against all impression arising from the mere assertion of the truth itself; but as soon as his coming speedily - his being at the very door, was declared, men began to be uneasy; and when 1843 was announced, the whole matter of the Advent began to be clearly apprehended. Then "there were great searchings of heart;" then men began to be in trouble. O the depravity and deceitfulness of the human heart! While the Judgment of the Great Day is yet considered in the obscurity of distance, "for many days to come - for times that are afar off," men can bear the prophecy. "A little more sleep, a little more slumber." But no sooner is the cry, "Behold, the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him," than the world is up in arms - the church too! Alas, the blood-bought sons of Zion will not endure the tidings: - the church will do anything rather than prepare for the immediate coming of her Lord: she will bestir herself anew, and set about the conversion of the world afresh, rather than admit the possibility of her Lord's coming without delay. Though I may not be satisfied with the announced date of 1843 as the year of the Lord, yet if our learned chronologists can make it appear that our Time Table is 157 years behind Heaven's Dial, then I shall be persuaded to believe that A. D. 1843 will close the sixth millenary; and then, upon this system, the following year, A. D. 1844, the seventh millenary will commence, and so the coming of the Lord may be expected, early in the Sabbatic year; on what day or what hour who shall presume to say! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.