The New York herald., 1869-01-18
TIE GREAT TRUMPET.

s'sIessengcr" Snow at the University.
The usual select assembage gathered yesterday
afternoon at the University 10 listen to the teachings
OF Prophet Messenger standard-bearlng s. s. snow.
The venerable preacher announced as his text the
thirteenth verse Of the twenty-seyenth cnapter OF
isaiah.-
shall pass that day ths, the rres, trumpe.
shall blown and they shall come which were ready 10
perish in the land of Asyr and the land Of
saetn ''' '"' ''' - ''e "0s mount ~ 'sra
The preacher asked what day was Intended by the
prophet when he said in that day. Ii was under
stood by the Jews TO refer 10 the day OF Messiah;
and they were right, as IL meant the great day OF
Christ and the day OF the gathering OF His people.
The genius OF Christianity was not cramped by ma
uonates, ana God was no respecter OF persons; His
people who were 10 be gathered we re all those who
loved God in sincerity. To state that the prophecy
Of the text was for the Jews was foolish. VINO
were Jewsi st Paul. himself one OF the
s;rictest OF Hebrews, had SAID that he was
Jew who was not one outwardly, but he who
was one lnwardly. Was not this enough to settle
The question about these promises being for the
Jewsy The fact was all the prophecies to Israel
20 ne inlned 70 the lovers OF Christ Judaisers who
cohtended otherwise showed the spirit Of anti
thirst lsraes foes were also to be considered M
typical Ia the old dispensaticn God brought his
people out of Egypt, and nc was 70 do the same
,ning Tor hls people, yet IN these latter days after
the same manner. There was spiritual Egypt and
spiritual Assyra. The figure used TO denote the qfeaf
oppressor OF the latter DAYS was Babylon Wss the re-
any spirit OF Baby lon stu existing Eishop Hopkins
OF vermont. had written book To prove IN AZ Rome
was not tue beast ~ the Revelations that the Pope
was not antiChrist and that the Babylon OF the
1 Apocalypse was the city of Babylon OH what wis.
| d0u. bishop Hopkins The doctrine that the Pope
was not anti-Chrtst was dsnnabc even though it
| came from Protestant bishop. such teaching ful-
nled The prophecy that the second beas shOud wor.
! ship the first beast whose deadly wounds had been
healed The great trumpet, the text said should be
sounded, and many scriptures spoke OF the
gathering which should result from the blast
The gathering was 10 bc IN zion. which
must mean Ia the standard bearing Church.
People prayed, "Thy. Kingdom coinc.r hut
did they understand what they were asking for,
Did they know tnat could not come until this last
trumpet was sounded They were taught ,,,fycrrntly
by the deceivers, the sheep IN wolves clothing who
preached from Protestant pupis. These mel ssId
mat the prodigM son was a man IN n state
OF nature. THIS was lie. Were they NOT
aware that son and . man in state
0f nature could not be son OF t.od, who were
the swine the prodigal son fed II they were not
their hearers, and the preachers would faln mn
their bellies with the husks with which they
were feeding their nocksS The trumpet which
was TO be blown would not give forth
an audible sound; the words were not 10 he taken
literally, but must he considered figures 10 convey
an Idea. Two silver trumpets we're made FOR the
service OF the temple aud the priests blew upon them
but tney were only Intended to be types representlur
the proclamation of tho WORD. Of Col, The IlowiDg