Second advent library

M'ms :rum nmssrrmcsthc heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved,and the elements shall melt with ferventheat." The elements of the 'earth are air,tire and water; these. will be so overpoweredhy tire,as to melt with fervent heat.As water once overpowered the earth, anddestroyed all living from the face of it,except those who were preparedfor it.;sowill firetheoverpowerearth, and hnrnup all living, that hafve not the "form ofthe fourth" with them. Arid after that,the heavens and earth will be new as theywere after the flood. And the meek willinherit the earth forever. Onemore evidence1 will bring, that the wicked mustlie cnt off from the earth before the meekshall inheritit. Psalm xxxvii. l0,ll: "Foxyet alittle while and the wicked shall notbe; yea, thou shalt diligently consider hisplace, and it shall not be. But the meekshall inherit the earth, and shall delightthemselves in the abundance of lnpeace."this passage we are clearly taught thatwhen the meek inherit the earth, there willhe no wicked on the earth. Then this musthe after Ghrist's coming; for Paul tells ns, 2'l'hess. ii. 8: "And then shall that wickedbe revealed, whom the Lord shall consumewith the spirit of' his mouth, and shall destroywith the of hisbrightness coming."So it will be to findimpossibleany timebetween now and the coming of Christ, butthere will he wickedon the earth; and after-