On Dec. 12th, the Rev. Arthur Burson presided at the Conference, when addresses were given by Vice-Chancellor Blake and other brethren. The subject for the Vice-Chancellor was--"Watch"; the Rev. J. Salmon's, "Man, as seen in the Old and New Testaments"; Mr. Erdman's, "Eternal Life"; and in the afternoon at Shaftesbury Hall, Mr. Müller replied in public, to nine written questions that had been handed in, one of which was this--"Are we to expect our Lord's return at _any moment_, or that certain events must be fulfilled before He comes again?" His answer was--"I know that on this subject there is great diversity of judgment, and I do not wish to force on other persons the light I have myself. The subject, however, is not new to me; for having been a careful, diligent student of the Bible for nearly fifty years, my mind has long been settled on this point, and I have not the shadow of a doubt about it. The Scriptures declare plainly, that the Lord Jesus will _not_ come until the apostasy shall have taken place, and the man of sin, the "son of perdition" (or personal Antichrist) shall have been revealed, as seen in 2nd Thess. ii. Many other portions also of the Word of God distinctly teach, that certain _events_ are to be fulfilled before the return of our Lord Jesus Christ. This does not, however, alter the fact, that the _coming of Christ_, and not death, is the great Hope of the Church, and, if in a right state of heart, _we_ (as the Thessalonian believers did) shall 'serve the living and true God, _and--wait for His Son from Heaven_.'" In the evening Mr. Müller spoke for 40 minutes on "Walking with God," some valedictory addresses from the Vice-Chancellor and other brethren followed, and after singing--"Till He come, oh let that word," etc., the President requested "Our dear brother, Mr. Müller, to give the benediction," when the happy Toronto Conference terminated. During his concluding remarks, Vice-Chancellor Blake expressed his surprise that pastors and servants of Christ, who minister in word and doctrine, take so little notice of the second Advent, as nearly "one third of the Bible, either directly or indirectly, points to it." By most of them the subject is ignored; but "Christ crucified, Christ risen, and Christ _coming_," _should_ be their theme. One important feature in the Toronto Conference was--that instruction was given as to the character of the dispensation in which we live. How important it is to understand that there will be _no_ universal blessing _now_, but that the _very opposite_ of this is to be expected; for iniquity will abound and _increase_, in the professing _Church_ as well as in the world, until at last "the man of sin will be revealed the son of perdition, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of His mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming." How earnestly should we seek to walk and to act _now_, as in the light of the great day of Christ's appearing!