The New York herald., 1870-10-24
REFORMED DUTCH cnyscs, FIFTH AyESEE.
PapnI Rome.-Discourse by tho Rev. John
RQQern-

PapnI Rone.-Discourss by the Rev. John
Rogers.
The Reformed Dutch church. corner OF Fifth ave-
nue. and Twenty first street. was wei filled yester-
day by congregation which listened with deep In.
terest to a discourse delivered by the pastor. the
Rev. J. NJ Rogers, ON "Papal Rome" He took Tor
the text of his remarks from Revelations, Kill, IL
and Island beheld another beast coming up
out OF the earth, and he had two norns like lamb
and he spake as q dragon. Here Is WIS
dom. Let him that hath understanding count the
number OF the beast: for It Is the number Of man.
ana his number Is six hundred three score and SIX"
The speaker opened by referring to the second
part OF the chapter In question and the clear pro-
phecy to a second Rome, which he would show by
comparisons with the sacred text refers TO Papai
Rome, as the first part or the chapter referred to
ancient Rome. There are various points or resem-
bance In regard to both ancient and modern Rome,
and. above ALL III the attempts OF each TO interfere
with che temporal powers OF the rest or the earth.
We will see tnat TINS chapter OF Revelations vivid
CHARACTER or ANCIENT AND MODERN ROME;
for, as the second chaper Is but continuation OF
the first, so Papa power and pretensons were but
proongatl0n or the CHARACTERISTICS OF ancient Rome.
Rome was not a creature OF Gothic origin. 1t was
the offspring OF the Latin race and took Its charac-
TER from the moral corruption and gross super
sttl0ns which characterized the Romans previous
to their conversion to Christianity.
THE CHURCH OF ROME
has always anected genteness and charity. II has
claimed To follow the footsteps OF the 0wy saviour
Bot while putting on the garb OF the lamb it spake
but the voice OF a dragon. Ambition and
arrogance have always held sway In Its conn-
cils. IL early connected itself with the
te mporal powers. Up to our own day
Papai Rome has held sway over the world ana
men have bowed down and worshipped the beast.
The records OF the Church of Rome are replete with
pretensOns to the power Of working miracles, and
millions Of men have believed 1rmiy In the exist
ence OF that power. This deception OF the people
on this subject has been powerful means OF pre-
serving the spiritual influence OF the Roman Church.
After the death Of Constantine the civil power OF
Rome was gone; the empire shortly after ceased to
exist. The very existence OF the city OF Rome was
subsequently threatened by n horde OF powerful
invaders. Pope Leo the Third, however, by his ap.
peals to the leader Of the barbarans, not only suc
ceeded In saving Rome, but gained much influence
him that the Pope, being considered the savior
OF Rome began that to- grow In power and In ambi-
tiOn, until at length 1t surpassed even all the power
of imperial Rome. The Papal Church banded Itself
with the civil government In crushing out all the
aspirations of the people after liberty and know.
ledge. Its domination became at length so great
that man who was under It's ban for refusing to
submit to Its dictates became outcast and iugi-
tive on the face OF the earth He then continued TO
show that the numbers referred to In the Revea-
Ons referred prophetcally to the Latin Church. and
that these numbers predicted also the time at which
did not agree with those who thought that the des
tructi3n OF the temporal would bring, as q conse-
quence that or the spiritual power OF Rome. for the
temporal sovereignty had been an element oi weak
ness rather than strength.