Second advent library

'LECTURE I.TITUB ll. 13.atLookingt'that bleuedl andgreat God, mga; Svio?g:s°|lls'ChEst.pennng't°f thWinn! we take a view of the trials, smictipersecutions, poverty, and distress, whic theGod sufer in thispeopleagxworld,we are almost led to exclaimwith the apostle, "If in this life only we have hope, weare of all men most miserable." But no; we will notcomplain; for to suffer the short period of threescoreyears and ten, at most, will only give a greater zest tothe glory which shall follow at the sgpesrinéot' ourLord and Savior the great God and esus hrist. Iknow the world are tauntingus with the inquiry,"Where is the promise of his coming? for, since thefathers fell asleep, all things remain as they were, evenfrom the creation of the world;" for they willto bepretendignorant'-'las the apostle Peter expresses imsclfof the eluge) at the world that then was, being overflowedwith water, perished; and still more do they pretendto be ignorant, that the same earth is in like mannerto be destroyed by Ere, "reserved unto tire againstthe day of _,judgment and perdition of ungodly men." 2Peter iii. .Also, my brethren, there are some evenamong us, who "are spots in your feasts of charity,feedin themselves without fear; clouds without water,carrieef about of winds; trees whose fruit withemth;twice deed, plucked up by the roots; ragingwaves ofthe sea., foamingout their own shame; wandering______.._-