The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-01-10
UNIVERSITY CHAPEL.

1.-THE TEMPLE OF GOD OPENED IN HEAVEN"
About seventy elderly people of creduous ten
denotes yesterday afternoon assembled in the
chapel of the New York University, Washington
square, to hear Samuel Sheffield Snow, who
styles himself 'The sent of God to restore
all things" relate how IL DO done The services
partook something of the character OF the Presbyterian
Church, without prayer. They consisted Of Bible read
ing hymns, singing by the choir and a long discourse,
largely interspersed with Scrptural quotations The
songs were chosen from the collection known as the
songs Of the Sanctuary" published by the Church of
Zion The speakers subject was nomnally based upon
Revelations XII, 10. and styled, ''The Temple OF
God opened in Heaven" To attempt anything like
accurate description Of Mr. Shows address would be
very difficult he wandered all over the Old Testament
prove the views he entertained of the prophecies
contained in the Revelations and which, he said,
pointed TO the establishment OF Christs earthly king
dom in this world with New York its centre and the
speaker the standard bearer At the outset
he stated that what John wrote OF he had seen
the Island of Patmos and did not evolve any OF 1t
from his own knowledge or learning He simply re-
lated revealed facts which typical Of what to
occur afterward and many of which have since been
realized. These revelations we're given by God That
the kingdom Of the Lord shall be established and His
temple opened in heaven clearly predicted and
will undoubtedly be fulfilled The time when they
shall be was then the great point for consideration,
and TO illustrate his theory regarding the
tcr-that has begun to be realized I'm the DAYS
of the voice OF the seventh angehe referred 10 the
fifth sixth and seventh OF the tenth chapter of
Revelation And the angel which stand upon
the and upon tho earth lifted up his hand TO
heaven and by Him that hveth forever and
ever that there should be time no longer.
But in the days of the OF the seventh angel when
he shall begin to sound the mystery OF God should bo
finished, He hath declared to His servants the
prophets" The speaker, continuing this line OF
thought took to deny that the finishing Of the
mystery Of God meant the conversion of the Gentes
according tho idea Of modern Christianity. on the
contrary IL signihed, revealed 10 John that the
Kingdoms Of this world should be broken and
destroyed and that OF the Messiah God estab-
lished That the world was even now in the
first stages of its final completion Of the inevitable pur
pose declared Mr. Snow felt con6denI for the and
caamites which had afflicted the world during the past
few years Since the termination Of the second loretold
woe In 1874 the beginning Of the third which the
Scripture declared should follow quickly Therefore, !"
said he '.the seventh angels trumpet has begun TO
sound The coming OF the Lord Jesus at hand,
and until He came HIS people would not receive their
reward. The doctrine OF immortal souls going TO
heaven amer death, the gentleman pronounced false
because II explicitly prophesied that only when
Christ and established His earthly kingdom
would the Israel Of the Master enjoy its recompensc
The remainder Of the very long discourse devoted
TO the explanation Of this theory and condemnation Of
Roman Catholicism. At the close Mr Snow said that
the standard OF the now religion, which marked the
advent OF Jesus must be planted in the United States
anu that he THE speaker was its minister.