The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-18
The Present Position OF Pope Plus TX.
with Reference 90 tho PropAscses.

The Rev. DR.. DowLrSo, minister Of the Baptist
church Of Bedford and Downing Streets dell
vered the following DISCOURSE last Sunday evening
the present position OF Pope Plus TX With reference
to the prophecies. Long before the commencement
Of service the church. the unplsssut-
ness Of the day wss crowded to Its utmost capacity
and many obliged to 70 away unable to procure
either sitting standing room Our report has been
lying sinos Sunday evening, In consequence Of
the arrival of the Niagara with the foreign news
thsIs being no available space for II till this morning
The Reverend gentleman read for his text the first
elk verses of the seventeenth chapter Of Revelations
then the sghee NTH and lastly the Ars Ave verses Of
the following chapter. After detailing the reasons
which induced him 20 select suoh topic for his dis
that evening - the present position OF Pope
principal being that sermon had been lately de.
vUrso BY Bishop Hughes and reported in the Tibsne
"Sn ths present pos.so: Of Pope ria. *" Ia
been enunoisted-he was Of opinion that It was rem.
dsssd incumbent on him TO apply corrective to those
went ON to cay that the identity Of Pspal Rome
with anti Christ, was mentioned By Luther, Me-
lsnothen, Calvin, and I'll the continsntai 70
sish rsformsrs; BY the illu:trious Sir Isssc New.
ton, Msde, whistes. Bishop Newton, Lowth, Dsnbury
Niustsious and learned names. The same tsstimo ny
has borne in che authorised docin standards Of
The Episoop. s'SSs:.sn; ha ss Ms.h0ai.t
America The same deetrins Is stll taught in the
theological school Of Geneva, BY the Alustfous dAu
solitary exception BY all the most learned professors
and csrgymen OF the present day, connected with the
various evangelical denominations Of Protestant
Nov it may be very easy for Dr.. Hughes to say with
great self. that such men are profoundly
ton knew % much % John Hughes ON this subject
We will toy nothing Of our own conclusions, except
that they not formed without careful study The
amin S3nU d ns1AS
strengthened ths more sttsntivey ws study the sub
ject, that the Romish, 90 far from being the true
Chliss.,h.s Oh. poss..sss no claim to be- called
. Chrstisn church; but, with long line Of
corrupt and wicked men, who have worn her
triple crown, that she is anti. ChriSs-the original
Of tLat aposete power whose character sketohsd
eighteen ha ndrsd ysars sSo BY tbs Of
who're coming Is after the working Of satan, with oil
dsosivsblsnsss Of unsighteousns and whom the
Lord shall consume with the sprit OF his mouth, and
destroy with the brightness Of his oming"
If this 10 so-h Popsry ID not Cnristis nifty but sys-
tenn Of corruption, error, and fslsehood, that has
usurped that venerable name then IL evident thst
vices and horrible orustss Of which her corrupt ana
wicked hierarchy have been guilty through 90 may
centuries Of OF shame, of poaton, anu
of guilt Let not the nhds therefore, sfer being made
acquainted with the enormttss Of It's anti Christian
rule, look with ecow Of contempt 1t the New Tssta-
He PooeS, i. no. cnrisaSisy IL not sn. religion
Of the New Testament-it IL - far from It Is light
from dark nsss- - heaven from he'll Is Christ from
sntichrist And IL would be just rational to brand
Christianity with the crusties and enormities Of ths
idol tempss Of Jusgsrnsut or Of Ksles, or with the
ton, - TO lay 1T the door Of tho religion
OF Him who was meek and loWly In heart,
and who came not to destroy mems lives but to
them the crimts the murders the burnings, tbs
the obsce mites the imposturee, the lying
ders winch have marked the OF spostate Rome
at every stage Of her polluted and blood stained his
II Popsry we're just exhibition of Christ auity, It
wesld b. . religion unworthy Of . being Of ind mite
hnltv han Surlun and 10
prophecy has fvrstold its history AMI described
char Aotsr the existence of such system for many
the strongest proof Of inadslty This difficulty how
immediately vsnithes. and Popsry 10 transrormed
into an eloquent argument for the truth Of the Bos
when remember that its whole history and ohsrao.
tyr fully deintated In the prophetic Script lres
that is that great sntchrst In power described
Daniel in his seventh chapter twenty ffth un-
dsr the emblem Of little "horn" ss "wssrying the
saints Of the Moot High" by Jonn in the Rsvo ATOMS
as beast making war with saints and ''ope.ing
lon the great mother hsriots and abom stions Of
the earth"-a woman drunken with the blood OF ths
saints ana tho martyrs Of Jssar ana BY Paul in bis
faith giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines Of
dsvs and in second Epistls to the rhsssalo niaur,
TIA. man 81 that son Of psroison Who Oupos
eth and exsteth himself above all that 10 called God
or his worship"
In these prophetic Scriptures the character Of Papa
anti Christ Is draw with unsrrng precision which
sufficient alone to prove that there holy
Paul and John-"speAk IS they were inspired BY tho
Its an important fact that Popery is plainly sub
jeot Of prophetic prediction In the sacred Scripture
and though the almost entire subvsrsion OF true
Christianity which occurred In the course OF only few
centuries might otherwise have tendency to stagger
our faith In It's divine origin YET when IL
that this great anti. Christian apostsoy, failing
away" happened In exact accordance with the
Scriptures Of TRUTH the fact serves to strengthen,
rather than shake faith In the divinity Of eur holy
religion Not long ago, the remark was made by Ro-
man Catholic" The Bible cannot bs true without
hrl.. -~AD
Pope gives It all its evidence and authority. Very
true said . Protestant " for the holy Bible
has predicted the rise, power and calsmites of
Pop~ry, II thsse predictions had not bssn fully
Dsnifested in the actual existence and tremsn.
dous evils of Popery, the Bible would have wanted
the fulnmept Of its prophecies, aud therefore would
not have been true" The same thought was recently
suggested In an eloquent discourse BY Professor
Gausssr, Of Geneva, before his theological GLASS.
" In pointing to the Pope" said he, I" We point to
America which calls upon US to believe the Bible.n
Considered in this view, the obdursoy of the Ro-
map,sts, like tbs obduraoy Of the Jews, wonderfully
instructs the church, because It has been forstod;
sIs thus " 10 that the scandals Of Rome have been
tra psformt4 into an eloquent argument. The sovs.
reign Pontn and ksmish hierarchy become, In shis
way, admirable supporters Of the truth
10 prove that Popery lie the subject OF prophetic
prediction 1t would b. easy to produce multitude of
'ept With citing entire the full length portrait OF Ro
mish spostsoy In the second epists TO the Thsssa-
onisns, chap I'd verse &c and first Timothy, chap.
those portions OF the sacred Scriptures, and pro.
cedsd How accurate IL this inspired portrait Of the
great spostscy Of Rome, although pennsd i've six
centuries before It's complete Mt Aside from
the accurate symbolca descriptions Of the 20
In the prephec OF Daniel aud the Revelations those
two pussges which have just quoted, alone cousti
tuts . complsts prophetic picture Of the papal
tiohrist in which every feature, every lnesment, IL
drawn to the very ifc nor 10 this to be dered
for wasrkstchsd by the pencil Of Omnisciencs itself
We shall proceed TO show, In the nrst place, what
We to und~rstaud BY the mystical Babylon spoken
Of In the text Secondly, the circumstances Of her
fall and thirdly the probable time at which the event
shall occur.
The reverend gentlemen commenced with the Hrst
point, and commented on Daniels vfion-the four
beasts the little horn" sc and after copously Illus
rstipg the Identity inferred that anti christ must b
Kingdom growing out Of the ancient Roman empire,
hs then addressed himself to that part Of Bishop
he's sermon, In which 10 stated that 1.-The force
n circumstances compelled them (the Popss) little BY
little, TO assume the sovereisaty OF small provincs-
he Italian Peninsula" with the visw Of showing
hat there provieential Intervention In the
matter he referred to letter which Pope Stephen a.