Second advent library

say942 nerves xvx.asunzler, and a int him his 'on with the ;there shall be gvlxaping and of teeth.'"Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened untoten virgins, which took their lamps and went forth tomeet the bridegroom." [-think we cannot be mistakenin the application of this parable. "Then," that is, atthe time when the wise servants arelooking for andproclaiming his coming, and when the evil servant say:n his heart, My Lord delayeth his Then, too,when he will come, and they dint are coming. re y go in to themarria e, and the door is shut. This must mean thetime when Christ comes to judgment, for he cuts off theevil servant, and appoints him and shuts theh;:ul)0l'ti0ll,door against the foolish when they knock, heopens not, but tells them, virfins; knowyou not.Where, then, is the millennium _ some. Alter thejudgment sits, and not before; alter the bridegroomcomes, and the beloved city is completed; when Christshall move his saints home, and live and reign with themon the new heavens and new earth, wherein dwellethrighteousness. If there could have been a millenniumbefore Christ should comehis saints into onebody, andfather it must be a veryimtge ect one. A part of thebody in heaven, a part in e earth, and the remainderunder the earth; separated, divided, wounded, and tornby enemies and death, absent ii-om our head. No, itcannot be; if in this life only we have hope,we are ofall men most miserable. If we are to have atemporllmillennium, why did not our Savior mention it on themount of Olives, as preceding his He didnot, neither has any of the apostles; coming? but l speak oftroublous times, departure from the faith, iniquityabounding, and the love of many waxing cold in thelatter days. Our parable, to which we are now attending,says, at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, thebridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet. him. "At midnight;"this teaches us that at the time of his comingthere will be muchaépathy and darkness on this subject;that is the coming o the bridegroom. The parable impliesthe same. "For while the bridegroomtarried, theyall slumber-od and slept." Can we not bear witness that