V 4 THE AMERIOAN, Till: AMERICAN I we, e4 ( W tt 11 1 1 i id i VMM V t l 1 I t .... I M ((! Itl I- ll ,-. I ' - 1 - s t I .. i t tK i 1 II s- Im-.M.mi'I- i i Mm i' tn tit . n H , in T t, tn 4 rilRSIDKNT McKINLKY. Tbe President of the United bl.tr. will arrive In Omaha Tuetdey evening, October llth, kt 8 o'clock. 1U will b drlrtn at orv to tha city hall from whera ha will rrtlnw tha mon.tnr rade arranjrml In honor of bl vlU. Tha pooplfl of Omaha and our llt' ort will lar aslda all nartt nroludli-na and via with whether In doing honor to the cbU-f executive of the nation. The President will remain In the city until thelStb. What hai bocoma of Himwater. I'raaldent McKlnley, allow u to In Iroduoe ouf a-stlnf mtyor, Convict Moorciwalar. President McKlnlny I right In ay- Injr that the war I not ended until peace ha been t flldally declared. We upixme thU Is tha real reason why Colonel Ilryan'a regiment ha not been dlibanded. Tbe President evidently purpose to take no risk. At the riwotlon Uindored to Mr. I Craoiln New Vork the other day, Oen. I eral Joe Wbelr Mlnltouatt remarked. "The atren.th of American arm.eome. olely from the aoldlcre' ramory of the women they have left behind." What . rand old aoldler General Whee, mu.t bet Ha I. both bra.a.nd .alla.L Ila at once eiemollfl. a .olandld iM of aoutbera chivalry and an mW ' I trpa of American patriotism, lira tha fallanto'd soldier! Long It haa ben hoodlerlum rather than Drysnl.m that be made the republican party a minority party In Nebraska. anoinaon.y nop, o the party lies In A tt.t- .,.. - .. 1 ii I DomfttUrbow aniou lby irmr he to ia-s inmi inua uijiiaMiraVfJ III rMMMJIftPal. I $uib thidUe Ui tho front -Urnih I help to nominate and elct for tha office of mayor of Omaha tba king b neon- trlcter b-KHl'er of Nebraska!' In ao- oeptlnglhe nomination f r mayor the Hae' protege announced that the ao- la tlon of the convention w tha beginning I I t' H t((t l of a campelgo to redaem Nebraska " but you till love blm, and would do al ii la pretty lata for JUxewater toturo most anything to ava him. Hut If be on Moore. ,n... u i,i. .u . ,-.,. ,.-n American Bible Study. IIY;oM C . TMOMI'HON. Wtunr.n i, Tbamcond wja I past, and, behold ' the third woe cometb quickly.-Itev. 1: H- I A close analysis of that sentence show conclusively that there I to be a I short period oetweeo tha end of tba second woe and tba comtnenoement of tbe third. This opinion la baaed on tha word, "la patM and 'cometh quickly." A thing that la past la not present, and a tolng that cometb Isyctlo tbe future although approaching. This I further borne out by tbe seventh vers of tba tenth chapter, which read a follow: "It it In tba day of tba uventb angel, when he shall brgla to sound, the myt tery of God shall be finished, as ha bath dVclared to his servant and propbot." How ha God spoken to hi servant and prophets? Goto the 2th chapter of Isaiah: 14. Therefore, tbua ealth tbe Lord God, behold, I lay ia Zfon for a founda tion a atone, a tried atone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: He that belleveth shall not make bait. e4 ret t i Mp ik V t ft' (. ., 0 ttWtt !. I t r til MJ t(f ( - I ,l joiif- r -e t 1 1 H ah t.!t fc evt " n t-dl it S !! ! tUa.li wM a t ttvt,if mou'f thl ! Il,r..rh, ih I m tfcall r tiUa tea a hy It. 1" rrm-r Hnii trkr til I tY l h-tlh pfH was Jm I'htlst- It wet lr.i, ll A UImI, yit the hutUt eriitflitd't Irmiiln, tli Jrw, rej srled Hint TrtuM era wrafe ho knew ami a r t d II im the K i nf hmn God had two promising, for h ndr-rd of )tr, totetottr them, hid Ihcy wera mutlly from the poorer cletsee. The tniMirnm'. The aep'n or weir grin, wht a IN wm cruolllcil, wilt never be krown. Nadmibtmaey of thera lout hetrt nd Ml away from bit Uachlngs; bultiril knew, from the beglnnlag, what should h the result of Chrltt' visit to earth. Tblt I ihowa by the wri n u nlh " r"' '" '' ,h rlBhlaoumtii to the PIM",BWI- u n pnwiy of r'n.loln; rlRbUouooM U tha re- w ork Ibrough faith. Hut It li not tbla phate of tha aubject that we donlro partlmilarl, at thli time, looonvldor. Whao will tha royitery of Coi nnUhed' Md whit " tU tery, are the quettlona wa would coo aider. Tha twenty-flmt and twenty second veraoa of the twenly olgbt chap ter of Italah read: 21, For tha Lord ahail raise up at In Mount Ferazlm, Tie ahall be wroth at In tho Valioy of Clbcon; that lie may do III work, III atranue work, and hrlnir 1 nana hit aat. hit itranira act. 22, Now, therefore, ho ya not toorn rra, lt your band be made at -ocr, for I have hoar I from the Lord God of hola eontutnptlon, even dolormtned uHm tho whole earth. (Tba revlaod verclon une ooniunimatlon for oomuiDp Hon, and the marginal note u 'a land for enrth ) ou U JU " w vum ,lr"D" wur"' a.. r.A I I . . i . . . .. t. ,tr,n-Mt when U mroih wheo it i . I .a, ,,a w ma wn" 11 ' " w,lD l" l a j . a. j l ii a 01 1M wam '"a ' lmo"0 " n,, "ra ",,nf G W0U',, D,ucreM' n,""a 'n Dec'UM D"0,a knthlnf that wa. wronf, de.troy blm froro lh "f tb' "rlhi thBl Uod wouId ""l b,v' B,,da tbU "rth- would a . i a . i a m i I ' n P I not have commanded him to multiply If Me knew 'rom the boglnlnf bow many m lllton) were to suffer In case tha world M "'Ji " a that Ha la merciful, Just, foriflv Ie. And ao ha Is. Hut let us look at lhUcM,k, Mlionil humtB being. I flaikii U m asnta htwa aa Vuiar is jwlwl aa Vi k ivmw'i jwh ueu M' dM!i not cl M 'ou would 'B,, tliemto boji robh! bo fcUyi out Uto fti I nlril yltirilaai a'la aia1nWal I la. as profane langu;o, Vou get angry per- har, but you do nut cease to love him because hedoee these thing I Vou tell him they are wrong and ak h Ira to turn from them, and ha may do io for time; then ha may return totbero, may be even wore than be was at first, I..- si wiw- y um h)'"' miiv avaa yru could to reclaim him, are you re- ft a could i because ha would not be saved? rbo will say G d would be unjust -after warning tho people, after setid- It.. Ill.ft,,n ln-rth tri .nff. n,1 din to re9 thm from their aln-lf, afHr lie determined to give tbem power to over- come evil, and they refused Ilia offer, Ha became wroth, aa In tha valler of Glbeon, and performed Ilia strange work, HI trange act? Suppose you were In a boat, drifting out Into tba ooean, which wa being (wept with a storm, and you bad neither sail, nor rud der, nor oars, and tome one standing on shore threw you a Ufa Una and told you to make It fast and that he would draw you In to a place of safety, and you said, "00 you won't; I won't treat you; God wouldn't make me and then make a itorra that wou!d destroy me; be I too loving, too kind, too merciful;" and you refused the offer and drifted out to where tbe storm wa raging In all It fury, and It struck your frail boat, upset Hand you were drowaed. Would tbe man who threw you the HfA-'loe be responsible for your destruction? Cer tainly not. And Old I like that man. He la standing oa tha shore above; He ha thrown you the life-line andaek you to make It fast, but you reply, ' ft " lltikl'Wi fr;. .! I ' n t ( tlH )!: , t te'ti ) ( t.i IV- elf t ll aot Wi'v I ft lvr j t . li il an i tuts i r jo ir ir tin i a (.ih t.i . ej am e ) m th la I tit lis i p lrf tat iltroy rtr A UI, Hw, anil, wad Ihe wo't 1, lha hiiU wh drt k t c III rtiminsadmenU an4 wl.ii rVI t.i.1.1 Hi wl 1. Vim will Hn,1 ta lit twaty-fiHirth ehanier of Mtl'hrw, ih htrtnlh rh.trr of Mark enl the twenty test ehapterof L ike thH' llt forrb l'a lit aeo mil cinlntf, anl th end of the world, lie gaveeertaia s'gnt hy which they thmil.l know that 111 second coming wat retr at hand. Ha Id: "Thaiua shall be ds-kincl, the moon shall not give har light, ail the start thai! fall from heaven." All these thlngt have ooma top um. The tun was darkened May 19, 17X), tha moon did not give her light the eight of that day or aa (l..d reckons, the night of the noil day,) and tba star foil from heaven Nov. I.I, 1813. Then Chrltt, (pricing to those who would see the latlgn, ay: "This generation (hall not pa till all thete thing be fulfilled " All what thing? "The algn of thy coming and tha end of the wjrld." What I to be tbe manner of hit oomlng? He I to come "In the cloud of heawn with power and great glory," And what la tohabpen? "Heaven and earth (bail pat away, but my word thall not pais away." Hut what does He say just be fore that? "L-arn a parable of the fig treo: When hi branch 1 yet tender, and putteih forth leave, ye know that tdinmcr Is nigh; so llkiwlse, jo, when ye shall see all thoie thlngt, know that It I near, even at the door." Tbe Apostle did not see, with their physi cal eye, the sun darkened, they did not tco the moon when It refused to give light, neither dl 1 thny tee tbe ttar fall; therefore, Chrltt (poke, not alone to them, but to ua also, of thelatt dayt, when he laid "je". Abraham Inher ited tho earth by faith; hli teed shall Inherit It In fact; likewise the A pontics by f tilth, awtboie(lgn(of Cbrlit't too ond coming and there will be tboo living, who saw tbe last tigr, who will ae, In fact, Chrltt' seoond coming. This statement wilt be scoffed at, but you will oe that Jetu blmielf foretold that very thing. He tald: "At the daya of Noah were, ao (hall the coming of the Bon of Man be; for, a In the day before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving In mar riage, UNTIL TUK DAY THAT NOAH ENTERED INTO THE AUK, and KNEW NOTuntll tbe flood came, and took them all away; HO B II ALL ALKOTHE COMING OP THE SON OF MAN HE Thin (hall two bo In tba Half; the one thall bo taken, and the otbor thall be left; two thall bo grinding at the mill; tho on? hall be taken and the other left " And In Sec ond I'etsr, third chapter, third and fourth vertea It I it ted: "Know tbla first, that thero shall coma In the last day acoffar, walking after their own luttt, and taylng 'Where I tho promt of 111 oomlng? for ilnce tbe father fell asleep, all thing continue a they were from the beginning of creation.' " Tbl wa written thirty- three year after tba crucifixion of Chrltt, to applied In no way to any other event than tbe actual, visible second coming of Christ, And i'aul, 1, Tbessalonlans, chaptar V:10, yi: "For tha Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a ihout, with the voice of tbe archangel, and with tbe trump of God: and tbe dead In Christ hall rise first; (17.) Then we wblob are alive and remain shall be caught UP TOGETHER WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS, to meet the Lord IN THE AIR: and so (ball we ever be with tbe Lord." That waa written twenty yeara after the d ntth tf the Savior; af ter he led captivity captive; but we have yet to bear tbe Drat man (ay that Peter'a prophecy haa boon fulfilled. In tbe twelfth chapter of Hebrews, verse Z'j, 20 and 27, It Is recorded : "See that ye refute not Him that tpeak- elh: for If tbey escaped not who refuted Him that tpake on earth, much more hail not we ctcape, who turn away from Him that warmeth from heaven; whoso voice then (book tbe earth, but now He hath promised, laying: 'Vet once more will I make to tremble, not the earth only, but alto ! wltv Bir tttftt, ) ' ' J...n a--I ( l n, j It ; t a t-i aft I tM ' f.; - J Ha r,i .-.-,1 4 t'S'M't Itrttla'Ua, tt iptr i, ,.. It n, tl -, "AM I fc l.t .l ahea tal ri-i .t the t'tvh t-tl, a1, 1, tn-r,i aat a gr at aril i) iii; r,m (.,,, I. mrrm k y as aritiq-iaka I LltVm, N, I, IIViJ ai l Hie sua Wan. a H'a k at ark e'oth if hitr, al th Rokm hteawe a Muni; j fne tut and m ma were In list con J I I. in Mar !. I T t J aid th a-s t brava fell uatn the ealh, erra a a flg tr rat th her unUmfly figt, ahre she Is thakea if a tulgbty alad. Tl a'art fill In that manner N iv. 1.1, im An4 the heaven departed as a crill mtva It I rolled together; and evri-y mo.irt in and Island were m ived out of th-lr place " The heaven hat not d-paru-d a a acroll, but when It c,oei, "the great day of HI wrath IS coma, but then It will be too late to ok Christ. When the heaven depart ycu will have to moot your Uod. Aim you ready? We bate obeyed the command of the Prophet Joel, and bare sounded an alarm; the cay of the L ird I near at band. If you are unprepared, re member, ' Chrltt came Into the world to save dnners," and "hi Is able to save to the uttermoat." Will you let Him save you? CHRIST'S SECOND COMING AN ISSUE One of a Series of Articles on the Subject by Rev. A, I). Fairbanks. Uufore, or In connection with reading thli article, that tho Btbh Student msy preierve clearly ai d critically the oreoodlng line of argument, he should read Luke xvll:20.)7. If from the 21t verne to the end of the chapter there It anything that I foreign to a direct an wer to tbe question propounded by the Pharisee, It certainly cannot bo tut ploloned by any itrlklng break or di vergency. Nor, aa It appean to mo, by anything that li even dimly apparent, I there the lean chance to ground a claim that any thing but an antwer to tbe quettlon In tbe 20 th verie I thought of. Chrltt In turning to hi disciples to add rest them employ language that can convey no othor Idea tban that he la punulng the answer to tbe question of the Pharisees. To lose tight of thl or to fall to discover it, li a mlsa io vi tally Important that It I more than probable that he who doe loto, or fill, will find himself befogged in hla effort of eoropurld in, scripture whh torlpture. Of no let consequence 1 the fact that that which the PharUee call the kingdom of G jd 1 hero made to mean "one of the day of the H jh of Man," or "HIday,"ori('day In which "lie I revealed." H-e vere, 22, 21, 2 ond .10, H jch a ttate a I represented In verie 20, 27, 28 and 29 I by our Ad ventlit brethren unanlmoutly urge! as that which thall Immediately procodo Christ' moond oomlng. So that tbl answer mutt necessarily be a reference to tbe second appearing of our Lord. Here, at tbl point, It will be well to notice that "thl day of tho Sun of Man" furnlshet an occasion for a charge to hla dUclple exactly Identical with the one given to them In Matthew and Mark, to bo heeded on the occasion of Jerusalem being aurrounded with armlet. I'lea, at thl dago, take plenty of time to oomlder whether tucb a charge would bear any Important relation to tbe event of Chrltt' coming to ralso th righteou dead and to "change In the twinkling of an eye" the then liv ing righteou. To my mind, the olalm that tho event of Christ' econd com ing, according to common conception of It, fuenlshea aa occnslon for the charge, "not to como down from the hotite top," to enter the houte for the purpose of lecurlng any of it furnish ing, or to eater the field for a coat In case It bad been left there, I utterly void of reflective consideration. It 1 a olalm that evlnoe evidence of the ab sence of a sound mind. Such a coupling turns the whole thing Into a glaring absurdity. Then, next and last, and not least In value, 1 Christ 'i answer to tbe question 'Where Lord." See Terse 37, which answer. For 25 Cents unlfti )ou otlr tt for a lojr Vou ,OMj( ,,u Una ,tnr If ou t.tnl t fc.fti rostf.l on CAri;n, the Infot motion . pnUincl trt It t otumrt vs. tt b ttoith iy limtlljMUj, SeniJ CASH tAltlt inlir, Adlrt?a, AMCIilCAN rUnLISIIINOCO., lOlRHotAAiti 8.,Omh. Nob. tt my re'nl ( rum ix; ling, li 0,t elgfal la whtt-h there ' ail ha 10 tit a In cue h-d, ore U 1 Ukm and tH other Iff Ivo wnmo fritidlrg Io-rctb-r. on. io he taken aid' h eihr le'lS two m a In the fH.1, Ai O rUt, In tbe way of thowlng hen and where tajt; "Wheresoever the body I th t er will the eaglea be gathered to- pr-'ho-,,' Head now from veme 15 la Matthew xxlv, to 29 Inclusive, and It roust he notlo-d that tbe expression, "Immrdlate'y after these daya," relates to all described In vertct between the loth and the 2tth. The 2Sib verse stands there as an Irrevocable, unim peachable testimony 1o the effect a above shown. Aa the 2tih of Matthew, tho 13h of Mark and the 21st of Luke are reproduction of the same thing, I think we cannot do lost than to produoe their language on the lame points com parallvely. Luke xx':20 21 22, ny "And when ya shall are Jerusalem compared with armies know that tbe desolation then of Is nigh. Then let them which are In Judea (loo to the mountains, and let them which are in tho inldtt of it depart cut, and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto, for these be the dnyt of von- geanoe that all things whluh are written may be fulfilled." Luke can not mean by this language that the event named willmaik the end of all ti nt was written, the full realisation of all the prophecies, but he did mean that It marked the finish of all that was first, that which wat ceremonial, merely typical, tho preparatory to the final or last. It marked tho end of the old covenat t and the time of the new. It was tbe end and the beginning. Tbe ond of tbe old dispensation and the be ginning of tbe new. The finish of David's temporal or earthly rolgn, and the beginning of bit spiritual relgo In bit (uccessor, Christ. Of this feature of the subj ot, In a future lettor, I shall treat extensively. The word, "For these he tbe day of vengeance that all thing which are written may be fu filled," It appropriately and most help fully enlarged upon In MalachI 111:1-6. Head it carefully and with a free uo of the reforencca. The entire chanter might, In thl connection, bo read with profit. Tbe8lttchaptorof Italah Is a forecast of that day, I have not space to reproJuce cither of theso chapter. The Interested student oan cattily turn to them. If he find It difficult to dl- cover the relovancy of this choptor to tho day tpoken of In Luke xxl:22 he ihould read Malauhl lv, particularly noticing, first, that the flnt word In the chapter conjoin that which pre cede In tbe .'Ird chapter to that which follow the connective word In the fol lowing chapter. "For," becauee of, since, by reason of that which goes bo fore, a described In chapter 111, "bo hold the dy comoth that thall burn a n ovun and all the proud and all that do wickedly (ball be stubble, and the dythat cometh shall burn them up, talth the Lord of Host, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch." If this language I not ttrong enough, expressive, or the judgment day, then any other moaning of It In the 11 1 bio might be received with misgiving. "It I the Uay that comoth," that burn etii; not a fire, purely and alone. Tbe solution It found In Nahuro 1:5-0: "Tho mountalni quake at him and the hill milt and tbe earth 1 burnod at hi preeence, yea, the world and all that dwell therein, Who can itand before hi Indignation? and who can abide in the presence of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire and the rocks are brown down by Him." That the ending of tberold Jewish dispensation I tbe day referrod to In MalachI lv:3 1 undisputably clear in the light of the following comparison The fifth vero readt: "Buhold I will send you Elijah too prophet before the coming of that great and dreadful day of the Lord." On the occasion of VOU I AN m AD !. . hi it Mtming tJowa irons the moual of tranflf uratme, tbe cMciplr having io in Ird hi wor't concerning hit re turn, which wer: "AaJ the Sob of Ma shall cane la the glory of Hie Father with hit anfeU; and thee ha thall rtwtrd every man accord leg to hla works. Verily t aay unto you, therw be so no standing hrrj which shall not lat e of death till they see the Son of Man coming la hi kingdom " They asked him: "Why thea aay the Scribe that Ella mutt firtt come?" To which Jetut give antwer thui: "Ellat truly thall flnt come and restore all thlngt; but I say unto you that Ella 1 come already, and they kney him not " See Matthew xvl:27-24 and xvll:10 11 1213 Aa to who thli E la (Elijth) 1 the fol lowing la conclusive: "For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. And If ye will receive It this Is Ellas, which wa to come." No v re- mind yourself again that this Ellas v waa to ':como before that great and ter rible day, named In Malaohl lv 1, ref erence Mai lv:S. Five verses in Luke, xxl:22 t0o20, are obviously descriptive of the day, or days, of vengeance. D m't fall to read them. The 27th verte con- ,v found tho time of Chrlst'a advent with It, the day of vengeance. Il It, "And then thall they the men whose hearta fall them for fosr aie the Sjo of Man coming In a cloud, with power and great glory." The next verso, referring to the things detcrlbed la verses 23 to 10, reads: "And when these things HE- uin to como to pass then look up, and lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth nigh." "These things," al ready considered, which are unques tionably thtnirs Immediately connected with the day of vengeance, 1. e., the -J destruction of Jerusalem la again re- , ferred to in verse. 31 and 32. So like wise YE when ye see it ebb things come to pass know ye that tbe kingdom of Gjd Is now at hand. Verily I say unto you, thli generation (ball not pans awiy till all be fulfilled. All of wbat? All the thlnga from the be ginning to t he end. In the 81th verse Christ plainly tells hli dUclplee that that day shall come upon thorn, In the words, "upon YOU unaware!." Tho expression, ' know ye that the a. kingdom of God 1 at band." See verse ' 31. It evidently moan "tbe day of the Son of Man," and must bo confounded with Mttlhew 111:2; Mutt. v:l 10; Matt. vlilOll 12. A. D, Faikuanki. 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