The New York herald., 1878-02-25
MOUNT ZION CHURCH.

CHR1sr's SECOND CoMING-sERMoN By BISHOP
SNOW.
A small pacard In front Of the Medical College at
Fourth avenue and Twenty.third street annou need
that the hall inside occupied by the Mount Zion
Church, and that there would be "Bble preaching"
At three T. NJ. and that seats were Tree Shortly alter
the hour Bishop Snow began explaining 10 tho hand.
full oil people gathered together his views the
ject-"Is the Second Coming OF Christ Spiritual or
Personal f"' He argued that IL was personal and
quoted In support OF his position the parable Of the
noblcman who went into lar country and certain of
his citizens sent word TO tho king that they would not
have him (the nobieman) to reign over them. wnere-
upon the noblenan returned and put them TO ieatn.
Christ this n0bleman, and mad gone away 10
&c HIS kingaom. How many there arc
,a saw Eve ao no. want Tue app prsaSns sasn wno
dom His on earth! Give US q chance
TO slip away and sing with the angelsl" But His
Ing would ue Ike The nvDeman's IN the parable The
New Jerusaiem Is not heaven, as the theological
quacks say. IL comes down out oil heaven. And II
comes down out OF heaven, SIT, madam, can II be
heaven2 DON'T misquote anything or IN isco nstrue
anything. AS to those who deny Christ Is God,
the Apostle John says that, If we rocevc them
the Unitarians-into our houses bla them Cod
speed, partaKcrs Of their evil deeds. Is there
personal second advent oil Jesus Christi Many
would say but " they do they charge with false
hoou The two mon in shining rainent VINO stood ON
Mount Ovot and told the apostles, "fhs same eeus
Will SO come IN IKE manner AS ye nave seen Him
CO." How did He go? Personally How Will lie re.
turnf The motion OF course Will be reversed. He
ascendea, He VIII descend cloud received Him.
Paul q blear-eyed Jew gainsay this Christ has not
now, OF course, body such as he had before Hts
deatn, but Il Is the same person VINO died
again, and lie VINO denies this Is liar and the truth
Is not IN him.
WHAT SHALL DESTROYED,
The Bishop Lhcn spoke Ut icngtn of the "Roman
Monster" who, he said, was denounced IA Scripture
wicked one, VINO placoth himself ABOVE ali law,
human Or divine. he tnen referred 10 the peace
- nichg hnuI co ue tha and uh.
endure. We'll, he said, some say the moon will be
destroyed or come TO Eo.hing. God knows
peace which we fondy hope will b. eternal
Come, hope shall not talk you all 10 Sleep Il Tho
moon 10 destroyed OF course follows peace
passes away TINS Is tho converse OF the Universast
doctrine, suppose. When the fulncss OF shali
be accom- pished It VIII be time Tor the Cnurcn "
Judge tho world. little, very little Church aust
De establishes in the Western World, and with TWO
wings shall ovcrshadow the continent. or course, II
must be IN The metropolis oi the New World, and
need not tell you whero the metropolis Is. IL will
Judge the world for II Is tho cut out Of tho
mountain that Is TO smte the image tho OF
stone was cut 800 years ago. and has been rolling
ever since, anu growing Well, a rolling stono
gathers no moss. never hoard OF a rolling stone
growing bigger SNOWFALL Will, but not stone.
The images icet and toes being cut out
1,S00 years ago. The first thing the stono
was to do was to sm'te. Did II snl.e
l,SU0 years agoY Not much. 1t smitten
God SAID the world was TO be turned upside down
hat docs not signify that the soil aud perhaps tho
suDso was To be turned over or that whole earth
to bc rolled over Tor tnat occursevcry day. IL
means that society Will be turned upside down and
Gods people who have been downtrodden will cast
down their enemies and tranple them uudor foot as
the mire OF the street. The Gods could
not DO numbered Is not because He could not CON-
nand the arithmetic, but because IL is not
number them. Many will think that what say Is
iooiisn, ianauca enthusiastic; but am not mad. II
IS true that God has gwen me u knowledge OF HIS
Word. BY HIS providence He has, ndeod, called me
to reveal me my stcries Of HIS Woru making all the
crooked places stralghI