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ful patience in the generation referred to. But his words
passed away though the time did not come for the "heaven
and the earth to pass away." Moreover, the days of the
disciples' persecution did not witness any unusual phenomena
in the form of earthquake, fighting, or pestilence. Even in
the period immediately following, the prophesied four events
did not synchronize. In the last two scores of years of the
last two centuries we heard "of wars and commotions."
"Nation" did "rise against nation and kingdom against
kingdom." "Great earthquakes" were experienced in divers
places and famines and pestilence, but neither did the sun
become darkened nor the moon fail to give its light, which
things had to occur before "the coming of the Son of Man."
These words may be taken in a metaphorical sense, but in
that case, why should the Adventists look for the second
coming in its literal sense? Moreover, most of the above-
mentioned phenomena have taken place at times when those
who preached and taught in the name of Jesus were not
passed away though the time did not come for the "heaven
and the earth to pass away." Moreover, the days of the
disciples' persecution did not witness any unusual phenomena
in the form of earthquake, fighting, or pestilence. Even in
the period immediately following, the prophesied four events
did not synchronize. In the last two scores of years of the
last two centuries we heard "of wars and commotions."
"Nation" did "rise against nation and kingdom against
kingdom." "Great earthquakes" were experienced in divers
places and famines and pestilence, but neither did the sun
become darkened nor the moon fail to give its light, which
things had to occur before "the coming of the Son of Man."
These words may be taken in a metaphorical sense, but in
that case, why should the Adventists look for the second
coming in its literal sense? Moreover, most of the above-
mentioned phenomena have taken place at times when those
who preached and taught in the name of Jesus were not