Millennium, Coming of the
The kingdom of God comes unseen like summer's work before it appears.
The world is preparing day by day for the millennium; but you do not see it. Every reason forms itself a year in advance. The coming summer lays out her work during the autumn, and buds and roots are forespoken. Ten million roots are pumping in the streets: do you hear them? Ten million buds are forming in the axils of the leaves: do you hear the sound of the saw or the hammer? All next summer is at work in the world; but it is unseen by us. And so "the kingdom of God cometh not with observation." Beecher.