The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-11
CHURCH OF THE SECOND ADVENT.

Bishop Shows anctification-The Old
Story Fixed UP Under Old Texts.
Bishop Snow held forth yesterday in the chapel
OF the University washington square, on the
parable of the ten virgins. The Bishop was not
quite SO rampant as he mad been on many ocoa-
sions before, but still he was sufficiently spicy to
interest some ffty or sixty people who had come
to listen to his comfortable theories During the
sermon he never lost his temper but once, and
that was after some half dozen people had stray
gled out OF the chapel during the DISCOURSE When
the sixth person had left the Bishop got irate and
told all OF those who remained that n any one had
got
TIRED OR DIsGUsrED OR AFRAID
he or she had better get out now, as ted being
interrupted In that sort OF way. After this invita-
ton nobody left. Previous to the Bishops begin
ming of his sermon he read q letter from Italy,
which appeared in one Of yesterdays papers, the
subject Of which was intensely interesting to hum
judging from the sOnorous manner In which he
read 1t alOud-as 1t was hostile to the Pope, who,
the Bishop explained, was Antichrist After the
reading Oh tho letter q hymn was very nicely sung
by the congregation, and then the preacher pro-
Ceeded 10 discuss the subject OF his text. lie
ton with the answer OF Christ to the disciples on
tho Mount OF Olvet. and quoted great many
texts OF Scripture from various books OF the Bible
to bring down his theory to the point he wanted
namely, TO snow that Christ in
THE YEAR 1874
had become King OF all men, and that His corona
ton then took place IN heaven. The seventy weeks
and the 1890 days were OF course introduced in
explanation OF oil this and the conclusion was
deduccd that Christ was now destroying all evil
persons, especially the Pope, and all evil things
and though the Bishop could not say how soon
yet he was as sure as that God was God that
Christ would one day reign over us here below IN a
new state Of things for us. AS tor the teachings
OF the preachers about our going to heaven-that
waE all foolish and absurd, our heaven being u
future life on earth, with Christ the King OF all
THE ADvENTI5T5
met his severe condemnation. lie did not see how
people who believed tnat we, who, ike the virgins,
were now slumberlng, waiting for the bridegroom
to come, could well be WIDE awake and asleep at
the same time. and, as they admitted they were
asleep we should only take them at their word
and look uron them to be dreaming or something
like that These people, the Bishop said, were
tearing each other to pieces, and were
spit up into several branches already. lie
wanted It to be understood that they
whose doctrine was sound and founded on the
Scriptures as he had already proved to them. Tie
Bishop was very eloquent IN xp.ainlng the inter:
probation That should be put upon those texts OF
Scripture in which mention IS made OF a woman
clothed with the sun and having the Moon at her
feet and that other woman who was depicted as
sitting on the back or Il scarlet beast ana decked
out IN the greatest style. The former was the
Church OF Christ, but the atter-ah, that was Anti
christ, or, IN other words,
POPE Plus THE NINTH.
Bishop Snow was particularly complimentary.
whenever he could maze cnance to tnat terrible
be destroyed for "a certainty, and whom all men
should know and believe in, not as a quiet OLD
gentleman over eighty years Of age, but as the
genuine, indubtable Antichrist venerable old
wretch, no doubt, who making all soris OF
mischief IN the world and who IN the new earthly
chance OF getting even the ordinary comforts OF
life
ordered the singing OF o hymn, and the audience
separated without any disturbance.