p. 644 | A CARDINAL DOCTRINE by Christian Advocate

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 21, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 41.

A CARDINAL DOCTRINE.

By Christian Advocate

ONE of the cardinal doctrines of the Bible is the second coming of Christ. This doctrine intensified and quickened the hopes of the primitive church. The apostle Paul interweaves it into his exhortations and warnings. It entered into the heart and life of the early church. It was conspicuous by the frequency of reference to it; it is conspicuous now by its absence. The party of premillenarians have taken it into their possession as though it was their exclusive right. The doctrine belongs to the whole church, and the church must be aroused from the stupor which long waiting has induced, and embrace with joyous anticipation the coming of the Lord.—Christian Advocate.