The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-25
BISHOP SNOTV.
What IL said nv n Man WHO b.. ,,
MANY Years Of study to tn. mn. "er

""nN study to the Uthlc
Bishop Snow, the Adventist nro,,
lives In a little old-fashioned house f., v"
sire {. He Ia seventy We "a Of ire. bu, V
much Younger. OF himself lie SAID To- A SIS
l wss barn IN AShfod, Oonn.. In lsOs ",
In ~ had desire to Study, but Az ,nv -.
were poorI received only a common srn,,n,as
ucatioO, and In bose DAYS that meant ri, d.
sUellue, writing and cipheriua AT of,.on
NJ tt learn shoem kihg. aud studied In ths
tune cc ID got from work | took I'm J,,,a
aud when my emplover found II on he riiicuist
me, aud wanted TO know wb-thsr | vas ,o,s.
to make l. TIN shoes. Hut WIS delcrmina,
not to give ~. ami Nv my own excr,i m ana al,
instruction 1 We IN stored Latin, Greek ana
Hebrew. IsIy this ~ euco urage those whon,
he laboring alone "a | vas. was converted
when was about seventeen years old In Chan.
lain, Con. rneu uri ed with the Coneres,.
tional Church In that place.
When was twenty-one went To Plttsburoh
Pa. expecting to teach school there hut was
dis ooointed In getting It. a. | had t. { II b,ck
on my trade. That. u course, com 1clied m, IA
see gre many people who held dife,s,.
Views OF theology. un II, little by littie ~, ~ fam
was undermined, aud | became gn.lually an
openly professed deist, not an heist. | wa,
Suspended from the cnurcn, and remained Ia
suspe nsior until the autumn Of 80
My r"c0nvrrsion happened In this way I
called ut the house Of NV sister one diy Nv
youngest brother had procured book. puo.
llshed by William Miller, on the secon o,utug
OF Christ, ami, as l. " On the t'bie, icA,dit
up aud looked at II. aud expressed 90 esileto
read II. IL there were proof that the Bible wa,
rue, | WIS perfectly willing tu read them Al
read saw that the 80 k Treated ~ ,msthns
a. al A a. -Ill laY .
prupucct. In cJpnsttiun W. IA II | r. a tue
iii lie pt"pnecics, and the result WIS 5000 be.
came convineei mat the prophets v gwen
US history IA advance Il the VreIt evru.s ~
tne drduit Of tns " rid down to tue arcs NJ
day. | believed the prophecies werc VI .uirc VI
Gni, AMI thus Latin utterly DESTROYER my un-
pellet.
did not rest satisfied with mere ta,ory, out
made u Practical test and became -ilcers aad
G Tnest christian. | WIS fuily festsrci g. fll
fellowship with The churcI frOu wtiru had
been * eilrd. All remained mymucr "l IL ul-
NJ 1873. wneu Oettme convinced II thc daiy II
re,iring and wrote the cpngreV diun a lfttrr 10
tnaL effect, stVins tn q cOnN seed 10 tAs
chutcn = IL gcucrai. hiih az ,hur.n IN uiruc-
Ia, We're corrupt, aUostdte. and duti. thfi-tdhln
uocti me, sptrit, Nnd Practice. und sna, my duy
70 God and NV own soui reqLired me to s,clds
, rom IstI.
nd meantime commenced NV lectures On
"Propue,'y" through the NV En-i md ~ ties,
aud in lcit cane 40 New York to pr, AGA e. tue
curgie .atVu II second Adventist. then Al.
fr ukiin Hall. ih.7n sepW!u'n tpps
place IN tue congregation, ana ! preached
10 tue WltnlfhWn v ftN III lh' l'tt 10
room OF the medical College in CROSBY -tr'et
Stac- then our n,et.ngs nave been hclI o.
ysri ,us I'll .ces. AMI now we meet In tup Medic d
College at lwenty-Luird street AND Fodrt1
avenue.
l suppose | am called "A Ssconi Advent
preacher, uut deny hHSins pe &c. r ~ wsHp
with the general Advent tharc @. | =. 10 Sc "a
the s.eedy personal cHtnin- "a CIllHt, 'nih1i-h
tue exact tine II not rev" led. IT'S ncur'e
tina. an rue Curis,1 tus az o. be gttI Ri tn d
one cuurgh, Of y nicI shau he pastor. Tue iu
mortality II the soll A. distinct trnh me pud
! repudAte. bat / believe tn oetl sh.di to-
I .i-ei at the coming ui thri-t ne tigutc"u
being male inmort 1. rs hnriSn.t"u, irit o.
sleep until after tte uiiitenutun, Or tnpurhNd
ye r., wD-n they are t. be raised up 20 Jazz
meat, ana ultimately p"nisned In ths second
dr.tn.
Nv Congregation numbers about ~. The
spirl tual n IRIS 81 the church are IN .naGei Coy
the Bi-nou aud elders seoul r an 'irs ~ "A cuun
ell, Z wuicn the elders are nrinoers.
"YoLr 'Pru,uecies are not gratuitous, ar
theyf" quelie the reporter.
"Oh, no." replied tue lilsnOp, shifting little
~ receive stipJia.ed salary, paid weekly