The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-04
CguRcH OF THE COMING WOE.
The Prophet Snow Reviews the Religious
situation and Exults Over II.

Ahc TrOpuet SHOW hevieWs the Religious
situation and Exults Over II.
The usual motley assemblage or score and half
OF persons greeted the Very Rev. Bishop Snow yes
terday at the performance of afternoon service In
the University Building. The Bishop began his dis.
course by reading from the volume OF prophecies
with key, and sad:-The word "doctorn comes
from the Latin word 'tO teach,r and Christ says,
Beware OF false teachersn Now. brethren, you
begin to see the point. 1t is these laer.day doctors
OF whom Jesus and his apostles told us to beware,
and tell you 1t is fact beyond dispute that you
cannot reap grapes from thistles nor wheat from
apple trees. Only little while ago clergyman OF
The Church OF England said that Charles Dickens
the novelist, was sent from God Yes, Clergyman
said Charles Dickens, novelist, was sent by Cod
Now, neither Charles Dickens nor that clergyman
was sent from God.
WHAT MAKES THE DOCTORS OF DIVINITY
and clergymenf A lot OF boys are sent to a semn.
airy by their parents and after studying great many
things they out and they lind three professions
or means or living open to hem One OF them thinks
he would like to be preacher, is sent to theological
seminary, and comes out with the right to wear the
prefix Rev. TO his name. Then this young man who
thinks himself cut out for preacher and is chosen
says that he IL sent by God. How many sects are
theref cannot remember them ALL and, brethren,
You could not expect that should remember them
aZthe names OF all the sects In Chrlstendom. All
of them, however have their ''doctors' and ''rev-
erend," attached to- them; Even the Uni.
found in all the churches down or up
to the Catholics and the concern founded by John
Wesley Co. The Catholics pretend to be the only
genuine Christians but the Episcopalians pretend
to have the pedigrees OF their D. d. traced all the
way back to the Apostles time. But all these
preachers, riding on dlilerent hobbies, teaching
every kind OF doctrine, cry. 40 here, and 10 !
there" ana ll go for you" says one,
AND SILL GO FOR YOU"
says another, and this has been the practice and
preaching oil all the false prophets who worshpped
the true God and the false gods from the time the
Jews down to the time OF Henry Ward Beecher. Ana
the people like this, and run and throw their arms
around Beechers neck, and like It, What is the bur-
den OF all their songs There's good time
think they are on the high. ROAD to saliva
ton, ana The Unitarians think they've got
BIG THING ON CHRISTIANITY.
or course the only high road to Heaven is that the
Methodlsts take though you've got to be baptized
by the Baptlsfs before you start. The Episcopa.s
have the only true catholic and apostolic Church,
and you must take ticket from them they say, and
to make II sure IL ought TO be punched by the ritual
lists. To have coupon from the Catholic Church
would only make 1t stronger. They are all sailing
In for good time coming. But is there good time
coming God the Father gives the world to Christ
that he may break them with a rod OF iron or as
P0TTER'S POT, IN PIECES.
The sects who have the D. DIS don't take this In
full; they leave out the connection which gives II
sense. But perhaps l may he reminded that there
Is another passage III Scrip which says, Behod
q second woe cOmeth." Does that mean conversion ?
Any ID. ID. who tells you that all the earth Is
agree with Martin Luther that the world is bathed IN
wckedness and will go on in wickedncss, and that
1T is FALSE TO PREACH
that men are gong to be saved. Timothy said that
men were wicked avariciOus, mean blasphemous,
knavish wretches, incontinenI and full Of wrath.
Yet Timothy sald TO cap the climax that these men
were Christians. Mahomer asked the mountain to
come to him, and when he found 1t wouldn't he went
to the mountain So Christianity has been preach
ing that the world would 60 to the Church. and now
they've found 1t won't the popular pulpit orators
are taking the Church TO the world. In the words
, OF Christ the great Preacher Bishop snow added.
IL preach not TO the world or 10 save the world but
to those who are out OF the world who are thine"