The daily gazette., 1877-07-13
EARTH's END DRAWS NIGH.
CLERGYMEN WHO SAY so--THE REA-
SONS THAT THEY GIVE FOR THEIR
pRITRU "If ..fft-.

BELIEF. 1ii"
New York Sun: The Rev. Samuel
Sheffield Snow preached OH Sunday af.
ternoon in the Medical College, at
Fourth avenue and Twenty-third street,
about the end OF the wo Id. which b.
sid WAS not far off. Babylon ia gu
| fire." me explained. 'Iu 1874 the times
of the geniiles were ended; the woman
OH he scarlet beast is now being woi
ried by the ten horns OF the animal sh.
rides; the war in Europe ni.ans The
working out OF the prophecy, and
before long the people Of God will com.
| forth from the dust and stand resplend-
ent as the sun in the rresencs OF the
Almighty" In working up to this
point, the speaker asked incidentally
but emphatieally, whe:he the people
of God were to befound within the pale
of the Church OF Rome, whereupon an
elderly haarer replied earnestly, "Some
OF 'em air." and walked out in the midst
of violent reproof py the preacher.
Inc Rsv. John Davenport, who de-
| fined himself as an Evangelist serving
under apostles restored to the Church,"
preached in the church at Montgomery
| and Morrison streets, on Reasons for
believing that the time vf onr l. ro' Is
personal return is very near" One re =
son given by him was that, notwitL-
standing Christ had been born over
eighteen centuries, the world was still
tearfully wicked. Also that scandal was
rife and delighted IN; also, that moaey
was priced more than ever, and whel-
ever there Was y TRUST there was almost
always defalcation, Another sign was
| the disobedience of children to parents,
VINO could not control them as former
ly. This the spe,, k-r said, was owing to
the general spirit Of disobedience
abroad, which neither obeyed nor had
faith i'll teachers or rulers, but assumed
personal Independence. lThe sun, moon
and stars spoken Of in Luke, which were
to give signs, meant the leaders of men
VINO would feel the approach OF the sec
ond coming and announce it; and the
Lord had created newspapers ana tele-
graphs to facilitate their announce
msnts. The seas and waves spoken of
III st. Lake as roaring doubtless lndica-
ted the murmurs OF the people, VIII Jse
voice was loudly heard, and would, in
the end, control all Governments.
The Rev. Wiley Jones, OF Norfolk, Va,
spoke IN National Hall, Williamsburg,
on The Kingdom of God, soon to be
Literally and Visibly Established on
Ealth. Mr.. Jones' remarks were ex-
temporaneous, and he had no definite
text, quoting literally from the Old
Testament in the course of his address,
In which he said: The Kingdom of Gcd
will be set up on the earth, and will be
Just as literal and Wis ble as any earthly
monarchies that have already existed.
The crisis will occur when the Eu-
pirates is drying up-that is, when the
Turkish Empire is being destroyed.
This crisis is indicated in the thirty
eighth chapter of Ezekiel: the great
Russian shall march "Out of the place
IN the north parts" This is said to oc-
cur when jail men that are On the. face
OF the earth shall shake at the presence
OF tho Lord" The second verse of Eze-
kiel, thirty-eighth, should read, The
Prince Of Rosh, Tescheck and Tubal,"
the Rosh being the Russian. He assert
ed his belief that the end Of the world
is near at hand, and implored his heal
ers to seek the throne Of grace before it
was too late.