The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-05
irEYICAy FREE CHURCH.

Il,, Russo-ruriSish War--pre dictI.us 81 the
Past About TO be yerihed-Probnbie Il ter
ulinntion OF Moha m m ed uni m-Lect ure by
Rev. Charles II. ~myth.
Owing 10 the announcement that the impending
war between Russia and Turkey would form the
principal portion OF yesterdays lecture the Amerl-
can Free Church, Masonic Hall, was well attended
Rev. g. b. Smyth in making SEINE preliminary re-
marks, saId;--what correctness there was IN the
predictions uttered respecting recent and pass
ing events before a shot was nrednn the existing war
your knowledge OF what has TRANSFERRED as yon
have learned iJ nom the daily journals, IN which
they have been recorded as received by telegraph
and BY MAIL must have convinced you. we take
no credit to ourselves, however, ne SAID, TOT these
assertions They have sprung MOI from any original
sagacity in US but from
COMPARISON or THE PROPHECIES
OF Holy Scripture with current events as the latter
have been placed before us In the newspapers the
one as though dngerpost pointing in advance the
way To the remainder and heralding them in al
with the far-spreading sound OF trumpet by which
all tse clergy In the land ought to be wakeaec UP
SNORING on I'VE WALLS
OF Zion and dreaming and rayiD9 IN your sleep
about things which took place before The
the pauo-post future, or tnat concern aerial
and iar.distant spheres, awake and a e. sF
the signs OF The tunes In which 70 live
and teach your people TO right about lace
60 The events with witch they are Immediately con-
cerned in lhe everyday transactions OF lie as 1t
passes, and those marvellous movements IN every
department. OF nature and Providence. which are
making Ammo Domlni. 1870 The most remarkable
year ia she annals Of the world, aud the most mo-
woRRING OUT IT'S DESTINY
that has ever been IL is theological doctrine that
the house OF Israel was a type oil the Church OF
Christ II that is true, the history OF the former
may be considered indicatvs OF the history oi the
latter and we may anticipate, too, the fudlnenv OF
"a certain a9apn WISE men Oh the
world that history repeats itself, and on tais prin-
cple learn from the records OF the past many things
thai Will be recounted OF the present and the III
ture. AS the prophet jeremiah, through the
spirit VI God, foresaw and fsretold the approaching
evil hat would befaI the children OF judah and Ben
Jalnn from the north, so might We have forescen
rem the teachings Of the same spirit, as we lind
them In the Word OF God the destruction which mas
been falling which VIII fall upon the Ssnth OF
Europe from the north.
AS the NAUTICAL wa,chman benolds III
THE LITTLE DARK SPOT,
not bigger than a mans hand upon the horizon
cloud, which is but the precursor OF a terrible
squall or OF proracted storm, that the mighty
ocean TO It's lowest depths and the stars
sinks TO The unfathomabe sands the greatest ships
that have nCased The wide expanse, and gives
warning Of
IMPENDING DANGER,
so may We II we be careful readers OF our Bible ana
would call an insignificant occurrence circurn.
stance which prophecy declares is destined to swell
into enormous magnitude and give birth to transpi
rstions that toss crowns nom Oae to another as bat
rle-d0ors their shutlecocks, and dig up tAe ground.
work OF Kingdoms ana empires as gardener WeGld
the soil with his spade.
The speaker continued ut considerable length to
diate upon The probabilities OF a war between
RUSSIA AND TURKEY,
which, he sniG, might involve England ana the Me-
haDmedan Powers TO the east OF Turkey In Asia and,
after passing an encomtum upen the United States
for It's civil end religious privileges and congratulate
ing upon being only distant spectator OF European
wars urged upon his hearers thankfulness TO God
and the duty of religious well secular nstruc-
ton In public schools and in the families, The
great means OF advancing and preserving those
ocSSIn &.