New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-07-14
TIT A4F ! f4N1uTs
Interpretation OF Prophecy.

| PuDH'itf'
For the Tribune
Interpretation OF Prophecy.
Mn. EDuoK,-fOr several SUNDAY evening las,
past have attended the lectures of Prot. Bush on
the Prophecies, At the University Chapel Tn
general learning and research exhibited in these lee
lures the Professors Official capacity aud b, elu-
tation author in yari5u crar;nen,, Of sacred
literature, fully cuitc lin To- the respectful CON
sideration Of all That his cNpositions Of the pro
phccies inlallibio perhaps the learned PROBES
himself docs pretend. Ny own OF Union
that the premises oa which bis theory rests, arc
radically wrong purpose %. w. an cxaDaina-
iion Of said lhe,iy az ny carlcs. convenience.
On the ,uoicc, of prophe'ical dotea, though tac
! Professor admits That al 'he most prominent o,ents
| predicted in holy Scripture arc marked by date :
And that, for tie most part, being yeed under fay,-
| tic0i numbers. g., TIE "sEvfS TIMES of
| Ncbuchadnozzar Dan. II -J1 are % be- understood
! cpigmaitcaHy, j. t.. " n d1y Jor yeaT. Nun.
| NIN-33, 81; Eh-k. ". IT'D get, on the qucs-
ton Of certainty, as 10 tAeir commencement and
! termination, be- evidently sought. and 10 doubt 10
some extent obtained tac c0mmeudai0us Of b..
audience for his mo}esiy, in mot presumng TO iN,
| prospcctycly on any dcfaite point. Then. too.
| the uiQaHcr in which tins was done. H. was tv
exciting the dcri-i0n and exposing 10 the ob.oqus
gt ms audience, any attempt % 60 bcy0nd this
Nor had any notice been tahcn Of ihis di-courcous
treatment OF an opponent, mad the learned lee srcI
conienied himself Will. the use, repeatedly, u
several Of hi, lectures o the cpiihel. Ia regard t0
| such, 81 foolish, prcsump,uous, &c, or to that
effect. But when, a. in his lecture OF last Sunda,
evening. while dilsling upon this subject of ccr-
trinity in the department Of propheurai time. be-
remarked tha'. no rea,ouojic man voaid 0sl
t." and that "Ho SANE MAS ,rould attempt n, -
T. sirs, et it To be quite beyond further endurance.
True. compared with Profess or Bush. with no
oiliei appeniase 10 ny name than HAT Of "irc.-
bytcr' OF the Church ot which have thc h9na.
10 be minister ~ become rroa. n mottcr ofc0us,
to admit, that he is
'Alno., whole r-e u length,
I, scarce, y mIic Stone
SUI, to attempt 10 crush an opposing system. bs
raising the outcy OF folly, presumption, insanity.
and the lkeagaiu-i ii- advocate, cannot bui awake
an effort N the defensive. And, while the sub
-ttulo of abaSc for 0rPulacRi may pandcr - the
appetite Of present existing prcudic0s against the
cndeayor TO u.s. dcfatt,riy, upon the point OF iimc
on which we now stand in the successive cvOls
tions of Gods dispeusa,ions TO men; yet appca
10 every person OF reflection, whether 1t savOrs not
covertly Of an apology for that ignorance of The
subiec,, which compcls Interpreter OF prophetic
time in the midst oi an attempt to determine The
commencement and close of a certain prophetic
PERIOD. with the utmost sclfcomplaicency 10 hand
ii ovcr 10 his aHaicncc TO determine for them
selves
If other writers on prophecy are incompetent TO
harmonic those declarations ofGods word which
declare on the one hand, the Hict-Hke fuddeRHcsS
with which the coming Judgement. Of Gcd VIII fall
upon the lctckcd; and on the other, the blessed
assurance 10 the trVe JCiicrcrS that "bGf d0y
SHALL NOT ovFRTAKE THEN As A THIEF (scc !,
Ties. V. Ill y they alone are responsible. Eol
myself, have the tirme,t possible persuasion thar
the important subject OF proPhotical times and sea-
sons is fully revealed to the " wise" dan. MI.
10 in these last times. In accordance, therefore,
with this persuasion, have drawn together the
evidence historic and prophetic, which the Scrip
lures furnish 81 our hands upon this subject, in my
ACE oF,THE World ASD SIGNS OF TIE INES,
&c. The reNrH j. before the public. II aims OF
FRET and defailc couclu ions. which believe, ii
not immBfablc. are irrefufojlc: yea, and as based
on holy Scripture. IMNUTAELE. TIL oNerjhrown, not
by the shafts ol sajircal Nirliencc. bat by argu
mcni.
And, as rcoucci,c, that this SUBJECT If any, is
fairly subject Of inquiry and that all conclusions
respecting il are fairly open t. auimndvers;on.
to criticism and Professor Bush' assertion, rs
above, to the contrary u0twithslanding believing
myself possessed both OF a sound body AID sane
mind. and - wcil ,cheH pcnned my Age OF tie
World as uoic - herewith respectfully call upon
that learned gentleman Ia point out single dlscre-
pancy in m, chronology, either his'0rtc or PTopAc-
tic. IL oiher words herewith challenge him,
l. TO rciutc the aaArcrs, in my Age Of the
World (sce y. p. l3y--ljl Inclusive to the OBJ
jccflops gee p. p. lI3-ll5.) against the attempt
To iN definitely upon prophcticai times and seasons
as therein anrcipaled;- aud
II. 10 rcfItc tie CHKoNoLoGY OF my " Ago OF
the World, either historic or P,oPte''c' or both.
am, gentlemen. respectfully yours.
New-YorA, July Il. lsi2 r. G. siiMtALL
CRors Is MARYLANp.-Thc Ccnlreyille (Quccn
Annc's Coz I mes says; " The farmers have al.
snishcd cutting their wheat. The harvest has been
| 4 poor one In some fields the wheat has not
been cut at all-whe in other. the straw has been
cut only for winter feed for cattle The growing
| corn j. very small for the season. he truth j.
the weather has been TOO cold for corn. Besides
the worm injured the crop So much IN the cary
part of the spring, that il can never recover and
the farmer cannot expect heavy crop.
| The Kent CO. News of Saturday SAYS; Since
or last weeks issue. Information from various
quarters has reached Us, which induces the belief
| that the wheat has been injured considerably more
| than we anticipated Some farmers VII! not prom
ably realize more than third Of the quantity they
had two or three weeks since every reason To eN-
poet. The corr. although injured by insects, and
generally not so large As we have seen al Tins pc,
| riod of the season, j. nevertheless healthy and
| growing, and promises fair, although not iull
| crop. The oats, we believe are good.
| In 81. Marys Co. TIE wheat harvest j. ever,
and we learn from gentlemen in all parts OF the
county, that the grain has been very materially In
iurcd by the rust. ard that they win not average
] ,nnrc ,hnn half n crnn. LenmanlinMn Herald.