The New York herald., 1878-11-03

Were 20 gaze on the crowd, with is pausies and
He would say. as he looked on the isrds and the Ia
dies,
ION. where is All Sin ners IL this Is All sain.s',"
Tho Rev. Plato Johnson has anticipaiions for the
future which he can best describe himself He
prsscbed to overlooking house on Saturday even.
Ing and lsn his congregation in tears. He saia In
brudderop-Some OBJ you Is
aware dat fur dc last Tree months has been labor
In 30 hard dat sprsned de lgermcnts ob my iroas
knowcd dat couidn't take mp collection unless
mad dc voice TO fur It. an taxes more voioe
got good collection In dis meetn' house dan yous
ware OBJ. SO eluded 10 do key In de door and
jino do convention in New York says do Lord
am comm mex week, sooner laser, less
boarded roun' pcrmscuous fur free days an mites
an heerd sbbsry word dat de prophets sed Now
rse back sgin 'mongs, your homes, oullered hearts,
an wild my own people, VINO Is jess ignorant nun not
10 bsloib ebberytinG dey hears. NY pore ole he'd
mas ben most upset. did my best to understan' wat
was all about, sat all DAY In dc front OBJ do
gallery, wild my pencil an paper, rsady 10
put down dc date OBJ dc millcnnarum bu.
somehow dc speaker missed IL, sed Il
90 low dat didn't eaten II. An
now, Iss sorry to say dat dom know more bout
II dan did fore l went, an p'raps don know 80
much lss got litsie more mixed dan ebbsr was,
an das's all l fetched away. De speakers all
sartn OBJ ders own lection and tried 10 tell
dcy goin' to do wen we was leT behin'. Ebbery
ono ob 'em had his own way OBJ nxn' up do matter,
TIL a lass began to tnk dat dere wouldn't be much
sb psrocssion alter all, an dat little
would be berry peculiar. Dey 'greed, howebber, dat
nobody knowed anything about H. an dat, dereiore
It gon' TO form right OF Dey greed also dat
dere wouldn't be many New York mon in Il, 'cept do
felix's wat cot up dc Convention didn't lose my
faith IN do Bible, spite OBJ all dsy sod. Ono time
dey provin' for ded shore dat nobody knowed
anything bout de Bible but deysslves, an den went
TO scribe wat aint In is, an showed at wasn't
in It by tex ON tex hugged do ole book sed
10 myself, In spite OBJ all you say, bruddeFs dere
muss es sum parts 90 do Bible dat has
common sense. Now, bslubbed, werd more
II dat conference correct pastor may bs called
to . bigger church an bigger salary. Brudder Tying
ssd dat won he Is caught up In do air h congrsga-
tion win be le bshin' to GIT long dc boss way dey
He's ben preachin' Wild all his mite, haint took
vacation an nebbsr strained do hgsrmsnts OBJ hts
froa but still he bains done good HIS congrega-
gon' stay whar dey be an read do lethargy
sbbcry Sunday same as usual Do wife mans failure
do cullsred mans opportunity. made good Inn
preston do sexton an talked kindly tur OBJ dc
ushcrs, an wen Brudder Tying ebs Il mp . bad
job spccks TO GIT do call. Do day am . comm wen
de culered win be called TO do 'front.' his
am thick OBJ desc 'srpretations OBJ Scrip
~
ton de cuered is de only dat be 'pended
on. Dc only man wat can't nnd in dc Bible wat Amt
there. Good hye, bruddsrin, cos l lssv. You nsx'
week. Take up q big collection AM GLIB your pastor
good send on.
PREMILLENNARIANIS
PROMINENT POINTS IN THE CONFERENCE
IssAYs-cLrRIcAL AND LAY REASONS WHY
THE PREMrLLENNARIAN THEORY CANNOT BE
ACCEPTED.
Tho Prophetic Conference. the leaders called the
gathering. the Second Advsntisss Premillennarian
Conisrsncs others spoke Of the asssmblags which
for three days, in shs Church OF the Holy Trinity
discussed the question OF Christs coming In manv II
not all. It's bearings, has adjourned As matter OF
Christian faith or fact the second coming OF Christ II
very generally held by all who their faith in the
Bible. The principle difference between believers
bong s'when'' the shall take placs-bsfore the
millennium afterf The Conference, OF course
declared what individusls they had previously
cared held, that this advent will before Had
they emphasized this idea there would have been
little call for conference at all analysis Of tho
programme would indicate that the Prsmiisnnarian
theory OF the second advent Is held mainly by Episco
palians Prssbyterans They constituted the bulk
OF essayists thoug not to make the Couferenes
. two sided affair, Baptist. . Methodist, a
CongFegasionalist and . Reformed minister were
sandwchsd In. Al least Ave Ep!scopalians read
papers or delivered addresses and six Presby tsrsns
eleven out OF nfeea. The speakers made two or
three things prominent Though no formal votes
were taken the topics discussed yet appeared 70
be thoroughly believed that Chris.s coming viii be
personal and, OF course, visible But here tho line
divided. he 10 to be visible only to his believing
rns unbelieving von't know whesher ae 10
by HIS pressnca or absence than they are now But
how tnis fact notion OF Psychological science to
be produced Confsrence left olhcrs 10 discover
Ii Is a question that might be debated whether
Christ was or was not seen by unbsiievers In Jeru-
salem HIS resurrection well as By believers
And II He thus may He not be when He
comes TO earth again 10 like manner as He was
cHaIsr's Kxios TO Bx IN yYRrsALKx
Another thug made prominsnt 10 the discussion
wM:-rna. Christ - 20 dwell with HIS ancien. peo-
ured period OF tina But during the greater part OF
this period they will be Jews sil They will neither
know Him nor believe IN Him until thcy 'ths
abomisa alton Of desoiation spoken OF By Daniel the
prophet standing In the holy place" But the fulni-
Jews Palestine and tne rebuilding OF the Temple
and restoration OF tho services sncAces
This, according to Bishop Nicholson's very able
paper. 'm ~nai viii 30 dsns. Bu. tho Israel.
ties Will return 70 their own land In
some generations later, compulsory. But they woni
ind any more rest there than they 90 elsewhere In
The n.s,ops viii sasher together 70 nshs sssias,
Jerusalem In one OF those wars tho abon inaton OF
a.sooI WI appear 80: me holy place Of tho Temple
Messiah whom they rejected, the Chrisiians Saviour
But they are to be saved IN ins,.menss too, As hey
been restored 10 their land. There 10 to %
sealing Of LA 900 OF them, IL 900 of tribo
that ths tribsa though scattered the face Of the
earth to-day, remain intact and viii
Christ comes, but In their own beloved Palestine
Frst . remnant, then all Israel be saved. An
otner speaker suppIsmsnted this address, though
going before H. with proofs that the ov Land 10
be rosensraisd, as we'll as the holy people.
GREAT APosTAcY YoREToLD.
Another tning emphaszsd Ny the Conference IL she
apostacy which - 10 take place the Cnurch beiors
the coming OF Chr,sI Aud this apostscy m TO be pre-
cedcd and produced By ''nsrcc tneologicai war"
.luxcwarmness and false docirins In tho pulpit"
In various iorms, Tho Consrsnce declared that ihc
world II TO 60 from bad 10 worse, while bsiisvcrs-
tnat s those who HIS appear g. will ad.
vance from good TO better best And they say
Gospel must be preached every creature before
Christ comes, aud ~ the time that We NAV LOOK
for aim Ut any moment One spesksr did not know
but He might come durinG the Con ferencs's session.
But Ho did not except spiritually 40 lie comes 10
every trusting hsar'.