New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-07-15
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al remarks upon the nature Of prophecy and the
rca.onablencss Of the attempt TO give it distinct
Interpretation, he announced the purpose OF the
lecture that evening TO be an Investigation Of the
rgopheuc period in which we live, in order TO
ascertain the position VIC occupy The whole qucs-
ton with regard to the prophecies that have al
ready been fulfilled is matter Of history, and 1t
tc facts recorded be- statcdcorreciy. there can be
Lut htdc danger of deciding wrong.
Tie Grand object of the Book of Revelation
which contains the prophecy which formed the suL-
.,-, Of particular rcnnrb--s TO gi,c prophetic
,,roera-a,ne Of those events OF hi-tog which nave
bearing upon the welfare Of the Christian Church.
Upon looking over the pages Of history il j. easy
10 discern certain great events which have excited
special influence upon the welfare of the Church
the overthrow of Judaism and the Jews: the IN
roads Of the Northern Barbaran,, and lie break
ing e.undcr Of the colossal Roman Empire: the
rise and career Of Mohamned,sm: the Crusades;
the Reformation of Luther. &c. arr among the
g,ee, event, which have a striking connection with
ihe.,istory Of Christianity. Now, since these are
events which would naturally strike the eye on
looking back there Is not the slightest dilh-
Guilty ia believing that to an eye looking forward
the same events would stand prominent, forth
Tie prophetic Apocalypse, therefore, Is History
forctod and History l. prophecy fulfilled. Still
al these events are brought about by the agency OF
men, acting from their own impulses and with their
ow, purposes in vicw-tAclr actions, nevertheless,
rs % wcr. srystallzius into iuhment of prophecy.
There ure two methods OF announcing prophecy
ard ~ ms he
agents and iucr actions ia their order and all the
circumstances attending their actions; the second
y, depicting by a system OF scnsuou, images and
thus snldowins forth, the occurrences of history.
These are termed respectively literal and symbolic
prophecy; and tscy sustain To- each other rcla-
ii,a similar Ia that OF npddrd.e, Rise and Pro-
etcs, of Religion in the Soul, and Buuyan's PHI
grim, Progress In the Book Of Revelation, the
events Of history are shadowed forth under three
symbols. namely: seals, trumpet, and vlals-thcre
being sc,cn Of each. The subject of this lecture
will require rotic" OF the events predicted 10y
the symbol of trumpet, only. The trumpet was
military instrument employed in giving signals and
sounding alarms and it is from its use, undoubt
edly that it came to be employed IN the Sacred
train of disasters which. according to interpreters,
were fulfilled in the sundering OF the Roman En-
rrc by the Eruption Of the Northern Barbarians
Prot. Bush referred to Gibbons History OF the
Decline and Fail of the Roman Empire as a work
olyast Importance t. the Interpretation OF proPhc-
cy Any one who Will read it with eye to the
history Of tie Eruption OF the Cloths and Nandals,
and thc subsequent tor-ois which iell ike thunder
bolts upon tire Roman power, viii find the jniidcl
historian recording these events oiicmtimes in the
very figure, employed in ScripturaI prophecy. The
chapter, in that history, Prof Bush said winch
embrace the events from 400 to coo of the Chris
tan Era need but text preiixcd and few un-
holy words blotted out to form an exposition OF
distinct predictions in Revelation. He then read
from the Apocalypse definite announcements OF
coming cslamities, and from the pages Of GisboR
passages pointing out expressly and beyond all
question the fulfment Of these same prophetic
declarations.
The events Swallowed forth by the first four trum-
pets. he said are thus 10 be fulfilled during
,hi, space of 800 years The fifth and sixth relate
to the rsc and progress of the Sarncen power; and
as the main purpose of the Lecture was 10 slew
that We are now living at the period alluded to 10y
the seventh trumpet. Prof. 3. said that clear
examination of the intent of the fifth and sixth
would be necessary. He therefore read from the
Revelation the passage containing the prediction
and went into minute comparison oi lis seNeial
mari. with distinct features of the history OF the
rise of Moharnmcdism and the war OF the.Saracens.
Tho sixth tr,impc, also examised IN the sam"
VA, as foreshadowng The downfall ot the onto
man power
From the nature of the Lecture, which was
mainly citation comparison OF parallel pas
.agcs in secular history and in the prophetic reNe'
lation. il is maui,cstly impossible to present any
thing like satisfactory sketch of II. Prot. s.
sustained the position he assumed a. he has in all
hi. former lectures with success and ProioSns
ct;ticJ ability. The whole course has been sue
,c,sfsl and satisfactory to all interested, even be-
yond what was generally expected. The large
,h,,ol oc tho University has uniformly been crowd
Ell =, the utmost and every evening with the eA
ccntiop of enc OF two which were particularly IN
.l,mcr, great numbers have gone away unable to
procore seats. The subject has awakened
deem and anxious interest with the religious pun
lic and the exposition OF Prof. Bush IT 1t has
failed to NEE, the prejsdccs and performed oP'n-
;.rs oc ,,nv of hi. hearers, has uniformly com
,r,nae3 ~, respect and serious attention OF them
ALL 4. n writer of great strength. purity ana eIs-
sancc Of style Prof. Bush has lew equa's among
Us: while the ,ranscondent importance ana ih'I'n'iS
in,cre, Of she subject Of his lectures have cni''ea
the favor of all who heard them. The whole Sc
rie> ha. been emneu,ly instructive and has oeon
Of essential benefit to the science OF theology