The First and the Second Advent.
WHAT a difference between the first and the second coming of our Lord! When he shall come the second time it will be to be glorified and admired, but when he came the first time it was to be despised and rejected of men. He comes a second time to reign with unexampled splendor, but the first time he came to die in circumstances of shame and sorrow. Lift up your eyes, ye sons of light, and anticipate the change, which will be as great for you as for your Lord; for now ye are hidden even as he was hidden, and misunderstood even as he was misunderstood when he walked among the sons of men. “We know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” His manifestation will be our manifestation, and in the day in which he is revealed in glory then shall his saints be glorified with him.—Sel.