The New York herald., 1878-10-31
THR PROPHETIC CONFERENCE.

FULL ATTENDANCE or MINISTERS AND A
La RGE AUDIENCE AT ITS oPENNa--cHMsr
10 GONE vIsIBLy AND coRPoREAILY. vl
About oss hundred ministers ol she Gospel, OF all
dsnominations. occupied sssts upon = temporary
pasior in tho Church OF the holy Trinity (Rev DR..
H. Tyne, Jr.. rector). corner OF Madison and
Fortysecond street, At ten o'clock yesterday morn
ing rhs body ol the handsome saihcs veil hilsd
with ladies' and gcntiomon interested In the .Pro-
phstic Conferences Of believers second personal
visible coming ef Christ Many oil the delegates had
travelled lar, acsted by tho names ef"Peoria
III. - "ropeka, Kan.;" "Kalamaxoo. Mich" and
other equally distant places on their oarda Neatly
prnted pam Dhiess containing the order Of exercises
ter the throe days sossou and copies Of the hymns
10 be sung were dislriouted among me audience.
Alter prayers mad been oGerod and nymns sung Dr.
Tying made an opening address.
THE OPENING ADDRESS.
He laid dewn three propositions, as follows:--rhs
authority OF Holy Scripture Is the basis ot all knou
eagc that Lord Jesus win In anywiss return TO
this earth; tho LANGUAGE Of Holy Scripture is the
Of all information cocerninE both tho matter
and manner OF the return Of Lord; the laws 81
language the Instruments by which are TO oon
srue the words Of God ascorsan the character and
these be disproved our docsrins must Iail into
doubt Hut Whenever u is IN question the admission
OF these principles viii instantly take out OF all
: Il was evident 10 the superficial student OF she
Bible Dr. Tying argued that very frequent reference
the Lord" A careful computation had shown that
one verso in every twcuty.nvs or about tnree hun
drcd verses OF the New Testament, speak Of ,h's
future event. so constant is tLs aiiusion 20 that
which 10 70 10 at "the coming" s'ths appearinE"
pseds have some theory Of Interpretation, whion
would harmonlz and explain these passages For
the nsga.ve argument o. the I present d.soasson .:
neither nor all satisfy or exhaust tho testimonies
that they quote In support Of tnoir varying dogmas
Il vas hold by some that the coming oil the Holy
Ghost on day OF PentccoAt was Tho sufficient iul-
nlmsnt ofshs Lora's promise Again, there were ex-
Jerusalem in she year 70 A. D. aud the entrance OF
Titus the Roman the iacts TO which certain pre-
thsory, that the speaker connassd, resolves many
passages OF the Epistlss into what Is stylsa spirit
som. writer's .hs. ,no progress Of the GOSPEL aud a..
Church concrete TACT, In which tho prom 0f
The Lora's coming combine 70 these varying inter
protations ot our Lords coming was also added enc
more which identifies II with he death oi believers.
.fs rHEsE rBs0SIBs NOT TRUE.
These fvc theories Tho speaker tended, neither
satisfies nor exhausss tho teachings oil the Scrip
reference to the second coming OF the LORD.
though Il we're admitted that Anaiog cay Tn facts
whtch they might bc antioipations OF His
Ing yet appeared somet hing IN all the passages
quoted in support OF those theories wh,oh refused 70
10 cramped ana confined BY those interpre.ations
The speaker quoted from DR.. Vance Smith In
cont number OF the NsesemtA CsH.vy wEss while re-
Raruipg the Asssianc kingdom as unreal and untrue,
admitted that he men Of Inc hrst Christian genera
tion, including The apostIss and tho writer's OF tho
New Testament lived In the almost daily
of tue LORD aud Of the end Of the world.
DR.. Tying oontended that thers was . large
could not by any exposisory skill be with
one or all Of the proessed fulhmsns already dis.
no denial Of the persona-n the sense Of visible
coming Of The Lord. rhe evidence OF the sub
s.an.ivs used 20 signify the .avsS. we're ars. ~ snis
items than real personal and corporea coming OF the
Lord. These words were kaypss," which occurs
Ia nineteen passages In tho New Testament; "Epipha
neia." which, with the verb from which u derived,
oscurs In ten passages, and 'Parousias" which Is
found In twenty -isur texts s
Tho speaker considered The prenouns and advorbs
which he claimed control and qualify the various
particuiariy the passage t.rh,s same Jesus VINO Is
taken up from you into heaven snail SO como Ia
Is maoSsr ss y ,S sss nm 10 sns.s
with Christ's coming. and 10 which the Scriptures
command our reverencs, which no claimed were all
intensely personal, both their conception and the
mode si their accom- pishmcnt rho contrast be-
tween Christ and an,lohriss. set forth by ST. John,
LORD Dr. Tying made many quotations from the
New Testament Ia support Of his views and closed by
the discussion through the scholastic associations Of
tho word ~person."
Rev s. H. kellogg, D. D., Professor OF Theology In
the Presbytcr,an seminary Al Allegheny, Pa, read
the next paper. which Vas entitled ..Chrisrs Coming:
Is II Pro-miiennialf He, OF course, discussed tho
question: from tue Affirmative point OF view. An ad-
jou rnment then taken until three O'Clock, when
proceedings were opened by d.. Tyng, Jr., VINO read
address prepared by his father, who ndtsposcd
and unable to attend In person Rev. A. J. Gordon,
D. D. pastor Of the Clarendon Street Baptist Church.
Boston, read long and we'll written paper .rnc
First Resurrection" Rev G. K. I'm brio, pastor OF
Presbyterian church In Jersey CITY, read paper on
the regeneration OF Tho material world. II was then
h6-psst nve aud adjournmsns was taken Tor two
hours.
EVENING SESSION ns@
Promptly at hal-pasI seven o'clock the Conference
reassembled and The audience larger
the day sessions number OF shs islscrs published
exclusively IN the HERALD OF Sunday last wore road
ny DR.. Tying There was also now aud interesting
letter from Bishop w. W. NiIcs, OF the Episcopal
Church, ~ Concord, N. n. Tns remainder OF the
evoning was devolsd TO an ex,emporansous address
by Rev. w. p. Mckay, OF Hull, Engiaad.
ro-DAYs PROGRAMME
This morning, ~ ten, the Conieroncs will meet
again and three sessions will be held at tho Same
hours yesterday. Al the morning session Pro-
lessor Lummis. OF the Methodist Church, viii
discuss "The Kingdom and the Church" !" Rev.
IL N. Parsoas, OF tho Presbyterian Church, as Bal.
Development OF Antion rist, Bishop W. X. Mich
olson, of the Reformed Episcopal Churcn, Philadet-
pnia, will tell about "rns Gathering OF Israel" In
tho afternoon ssrhs Judgmenp will furnish tho
theme OF address by Rev. J. T. Cooper, d D., Pro-
OF Theology In the Presbyt Seminary. Al
leghAay, Pa, aud Rev. Richard Newton, ID. ~,
OF thc Episcopal Church, Pniladclphs, will road
paper "rhs Voice from 0Iivet.o In the evening
there will be public meeting. with addresses upon
The denemin atoms cn,sny represented yesterday
the Methodist Baptist and Presby yterian, only
three Episcopaiian cergymen being noticed In the