nth-day Adventists; but an Adventist is not
necessarily a time-setter. From the fulfillment of prophecy, and the
signs of the times, we believe in the soon advent of our Lord; but
we are not time-setters; we do not hold to any future, definite time.
The great Second Advent movement brought us to the time of
waiting for the advent of Christ, which is the especial watching,
praying time, in view of the nearness of that event. Probably no
text of Scripture as fully expresses our real position as the words of
our Lord: "Take ye heed, watch and pray; for ye know not when
the time is." Mark 13:33. We hold that the Adventists were correct
on three fundamental points out of four.
1. They were correct as to the premillennial second appearing of
Christ. No doctrine is more plainly stated, and more fully sustained
by direct Bible testimony,
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than the personal appearing and reign of Christ. And, whatever
may be said of the Adventists, this fact will not be denied, that
hundreds of ministers who believed the coming and reign of Christ
to be spiritual, have given up their mystical interpretation of the
Scriptures, and have adopted the literal; consequently they are
Adventists. Among these are revivalist Moody, and Mr. Patterson,
author of "Fables of Infidelity, and Facts of Faith."
2. The Adventists were correct in their applic