We must never speak to simple, excitable people about 'the Day' without emphasizing again and again the utter impossibility of prediction. We must try to show them that that impossibility is an essential part of the doctrine. If you do not believe Our Lord's words, why do you believe in his return at all? And if you do believe them must you not put away from you, utterly and forever, any hope of dating that return? His teaching on the subject quite clearly consists of three propositions; (1) That he will certainly return; (2) That we cannot possibly find out when; (3) And that therefore we must always be ready for Him.
The Business of Heaven, May 11, p. 125
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