The New York herald., 1868-03-09
Church Of the TRANSPORTATION.


The Rev. Dr. Swope, of Trinity chapel, preached
a sermon at the Church OF the TRANSPORTATION from
the sixth chapter OF jeremiah, sixteenth verse
"Ask for the old paths where Is the good way, and
walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your SOULS"
So the prophet warned the people in the olden time
who had forsaken the ways Of Gods appointment
The warning speaks to us and our times. The pride
Of our age Is In its progressiveness; antiquity Is
looked upon as obsoleteness. Nothing is respected
or rec eived which bear the impress OF org
naity. Men boast OF our progress In knowledge and
arts and sciences. THIS is well SO far as comfort
elevated In the scale OF intelligence. The only eyn
Is that tempted to look Tor progress in every
Progress becomes the watchword in religion,
just as 1t is in science and politics and
trade. There Is great danger, then that men
should grow restless in the one old fold Of
Christs building, and be tempted TO seek shelter In
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the Church are widely different. One Is OF the
earth, earthly; the other Of Cod In things Of the
world progress is all right. In the Church, In doc
trine and In practice the old Is better. The Church
was not meant to be improved. II was as perfect at
first as 0mniscence could plan 1t and as Omnipo-
tence could carry out the design. The faith was
meant not for any special age but for all time.
There is no room. then for improvement The Son OF
God knew what was In man. He knew what was
needed. SO He gave the high commission to the
twelve, and commanded them to hand 1t on to their
successors. He committed to their hands the
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Christ promised that 1t should not fail. 1t has had
days OF darkness, but he has delivered It, The
Reformation is an Illustration. 1t was not the in
venting OF new doctrines, but return to the old 1t
was not creation but restoration II was itself
proof that men knew that the only measure OF the
Church's purity In doctrine and in practice was the
model OF the Church OF the Apostles. The learned
doctor continued at some length in his practical
view OF the necessity OF cutvating wise conser-
vatism in the Church. 1t was well to progress In all
naues but IN his religious
he must remain where the great Founder OF the
Church placed him. and out OF the circle Of which his
spiritual desires could not be gratifed.
ssThe Coming Mighty Earthquake."
Bishop s. s. Snow preached upon this rather
startling subject yesterday afternoon in the Unver-
sity, opposite washington square, His audience
consisted of thrty-fve men and fourteen women,
'nt though few" who listened in peculiar, dreamy
manner to the peculiar dreamy elucidation and en-
phatic prophecies Of this peculiar "Chosen disciple OF
the Lord" as the Bishop rather modestly calls him
self. The services were commenced by singing the
hymn,
| Holy Bible book divine,
| Precious treasure, thou art mine,
when the Prophet Snow hurriedly read from q red
| colored volume exposition OF the latter part
Of the sixteenth chapter OF Revelations referring to
| the beginning OF the day Of judgment, in which 1t
was pausbly shown that the sixth vial of wrath had
three uncean spirits, like frogs coming from the
mouth OF the dragon alluded to, were the three un
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Popish rule and that Of the Protestant olgarchy OF
| the present day. God had given abundant life to
these , spirits ITS OF the devil IN working wickedness
Kind. Under different phases these spirits had
been been, Rampant upon the earth; the military
| sanction, was spreading its accursed doctrines
broadcast; the theologians Of the day in their wild
preachings have led men to defy forget the second
coming OF Christ. The devils that are causing this
| work are fallen angels and they represent the
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and warlike divison' in the three great powers OF
4 the world, reprcsenting the dispensation OF the
DRAGON the beast aud tho false prophet, as developed
! In the old Greek Church Of Russia the Popery OF
France and the Protestanism of England, then the
| oarth Wiii be again as before the nood.
| Such were The "pons" from the red covered
volume peculiarly read by the dreamy prophet.
/ There was another hymn sung:-
lie reIgns-thc Lord, the Saviour, reigns,
| when, after collection, what may be styled the
SERMON proper preached to the fortvnire pecu-
! liar, dreamy persons composing the audience. The
twelfth and thirteenth verses-"lIast thou COM
manded the morning since thy days, and caused the
Of the ends OF the EARTH thai the wicked might be
| shaken out OF ~ With great number OF words
NE we prSpne, deaonstraed probably TO tne sasiac-
ierred 70 he alegorca representation OF the Church
Of the last days. that the ndayspring' was the early
dawn OF the day OF God Almighty, and followed up
THIS announcement by asking in Stentorian manner,
"Ain right ~ Also that the .'shakngs of the earth
| all wickedncss shall be uprooted, and the present
| world would become land Of Zion. Parallel
scrptural references were then read by the Prophet
| from Psams Isaiah, Joel and Haggai IN regard TO
| these prophecies, and also from Revelations, the
Prophet In shouting voice assuring his still
| dreamy audience, after two discontented morlas
had siuifed To the door, that "they must heed the
striking. bold, plain words there contained, Il they
did not, like others wnJ took their hats and ran
away desire TO give the cold shoulder TO words Of
inspiration" Here the ministry OF the present age
| were overhauled The Prophet Snow styling their
pratings AZ sensual, earthly and deviIish," their
authors soon to be- ovcrthrown, and his sermon was
ended by the assertion that 'the coming carte.
quake" already In i,s rumbes now begun would 90
on shock after shock, until everything that can be
shaken" will be, but that the people Of
| the Lord would remain on the earth, that the
prating theologans who spoke 0f Gods people going
io heaven were simply crazed and that the earth
| ieSenerated would still be their home. "ihc rum
Dngs OF the cGthuuake were even now being felt III
Washington and Ia Europe the prophet eXcltcdlN