The New York herald., 1869-03-08
CHURCH or MOUNT ZION.

Sermon by Rev. Bishop Snow.
Bishop Snow, OF the Church OF Mount Zion,
preached yesterday afternoon IN the University on
"The Opening OF the Temple OF God. and the Re-
suits" His text was Revelations xL l9-"And the
temple OF God was opened in heaven, and there was
seen in his temple the ark OF his testament; and
there were lRhtninGs. and voices and thunderi9gs,
and an earthquake. and great hsil.n THIS passage
closes the description given in this chapter Of the
sounding OF the seventh trumpet and the effects
resulting therefrom. BY reading from the four
teenth verse to the nineteenth 1t Will be seen tnar
this seventh or last trumpet ushers in the third
woe and the great Judgment day. But what
Is meant BY the temple Of God, which, according
be opened In the day Of Judgmeatf In answering
this question the preacher resd number of pas
must understand the temple to mean the living
church. The individual Christian, IN whom dwels
the Holy Spirit Is temple Of God, and the true
pie. The temple Of solomon was figure OF the gos-
pc church. But this temple has been defled and
sn-the sin Ron Roman anti OSrist-of whom Paul declared
that he would sit in the temple OF God, taking the
place q Cod The effects q great n have
Of Rome but In greater or less degree, In the va
rous Protestant sects In this great Babel OF
are scattered. This was prehgured BY the captivity
Of Israel IN ancient Babylon But according to that
om sPe ana Ou the n
God in spiritual Jerusalem. This great work was
begun In the preaching OF the speedy coming and
kingdom OF Christ, from 1910 to 1874. When the
bridegroom had come to the marriage, according to
the parable Of the ten virgins, In other words when
our Lord had taken the throne OF his Kingdom IN the
autumn Of 1874, and the seventh angel had begun
to sound, the time had arrived for opening the tenn
pie Of the latter day church, which bears the
standard OF divine truth for the judgment
OF the living nations. That standard bearing
church Of Mount Zion was opened by the spirit ana
providence Of God In the metropolis Of the Western
world in the spring OF 1S45. In that church may
now be the ark Of Gods testament or covenant
that is the dwelling place OF his pure truth, which
secures eternal life In his approaching kingdom OF
glory. The results Of this opening Of Gods Ecly
temple In the spiritual heaven are described as
nghtntngs, and voices, and thunderings, and an
earthquake, and great hail. AS this is fguratve,
must understand the llghtnings to signify sudden
and intense flashes OF divine light rom the ministered
Word attended by the power OF the Spirit producing
that trembling, shaking and noise In the moral world
which is here called thunderings; for thunder is
Voices signify the utterance Of words and senti-
ments for or against the word and work Of God in
the Judgment. The earthquake is the shaking and
upheaval OF the governments and civil institutions
or the world. Already they are shaken and soon
they will all be utterly overthrown, to rise no more
And the mighty hail storm OF the wrath OF God. by
His word and providence, also begins to be felt In
blasting, crushing and destroying the hopes
and prospects OF q doomed world. Read Psalms
xviii, H. 13; Isaiah xviii, 2 II; Isaiah XXX,
30 Isaiah xxxi., Is, 10: Ezekiel KILL 10l3, In rcfe
renee to this great hail. The great day OF Gods
wrath Is begun, and the end viii De bitter indeed.