New-York tribune., 1879-02-03
THE BEAST OF PROPHECY.
7he Rsr Dr. Justin d. tuit9n AZ me Cehe""'h b'i
-'' ~ Church. Brooklyn.

7he Rer IN. Justin D. tuit9n At ne Ce"'e""ht BaD'"'
" ~ Church. BROOKLYN.
Tho Pcv. DIR. Fulton preached IN his pulpit
nj tpe Centennial Baptist Church, BroOklyn YESTERDAY
taking for his text Revelations, xiii. l. And stood
upnn the sands OF the an saw beast rise M Ou'
of the sea- having seven heads and ten horns and upon
bis horns ten crowns and upon hs heads the name oi
biasphemy." etc
Romanisn. said the preacher, Ia the masterpiece ol
satau. The disposition 10 let Romanism Alone on tho
part Of many should cause anxiety. They would not
admit that they worsnpped the devil, yet 1t must De
confessed they submit to his sway aud do MS
bidding The Church Is in greater DANCER on
this account than on any other. witnessing l'i
Christ destroys the power " Satan Silence as 10 tho
Vaccinations Of the Pa pacy wdens the sway OF satan
If Protestant pulpirs did their duty could John Kely
bavp given to Rome in the week of January 1879
sj65 OOO and not to support charities thai
we're unscctaan It IL not necessary that one Shau oe
reponerated or be converted, become Roman Cath
Ole and this explains why so many Rom2n CatholcS
wear striped cotaes on Blackwrlrs Island.
The Two powers which nave been chiefly employed py
Satan in in his conflict with the Church have been per
scouting governments founded force ana exercised
nv the sword and false pricsthOOds founded on deu-
sion The beast Ia not the secular pawer alone, hN
would appear from Revelations xviii, 3. where
John saw sitting on scaIletcol
ored beast. full of the names OF Oiasphem!'
II there had been disc imnati0n made between the ara
gOu
ing minister would not have described the beast OF
pronhecy principle in existence before Christ, and
u tbp time OF Christ but he woull have said the spirit
mat animates Pumansn IL the So rlt oI the dragon
winch fought God ~ heaven ~ hue, an a., alprg 1IId %
track Of history when cau@ru ne J'"S C,I. u" ~,
Iden cali at tue foot of SnI ana 10 meet ChI7 just
lie came out Of Jordan ana passl mo ,1e W. I ~
to be tempted OF tue HeFlI, "hith duScu 1'u r ~
cruelty our Lord The woman Is the spiritual power o
tbe papary oihcd purple and scarlet, with god ana
precloas stones and pears. having golden cup IN n,r
hand and upon Ter forehead maine Wrllch nSH''IN'
Babylon che Great the nother "i hdrp'S anu a'o'H"
In me tariy hiorv OF the Roman Cth he Church the
srcula- power attracted more attention than tue sI
ua Tie :ime wac coming Whcll l.' scculal "S, =" I' %
away and when the sp1Ilu 'AS To rem IN. NlPo,Gmn m
the First olIuinrd the FraucoRoman Empei"rship III
lsO4; III lSOS he took possession OF R'mc IA ISL
Austr A. Prussia SaXonv, Naples. Bavaria MuTtenpuf-
and Westphaa their s0ycregn1 10 Dresden TO do
hIm honor. At NoSc9" he waS struck WIN Tue - h,u ""
fate Higher than ,p0lc0n the FIRST rose Na'"'e"h
the Third. over aCa1st ulm Was snirch me SiahuI-
bearer ~ ProteS anti'nl now the poiptia'hs WI
of Europe II saId that IN lcllsl"h 3I holnc va
sac ed to all the Catholics Of Europc, and thi hgrc
serious mcutieS III the way oI su pre-, w
temporal power OF the Pope Ia ms trle crown Cal-
the pivo' which pontIca organz 0ns reNolVr ana,
in this tripo crown that Eul0i hhd, IT'S eiuPo7'
Europe tnat the head the church should be lndtli
d-nt and sovereign. Should ia" dominion 81 the Priest
VtnO =, aso and suuuld the POnc simply become thc
Bsbou OF Rome and the subject Of Victor Emanuel. rs
Is tue Bis Op Ui Canterbury under queen victoria hu
it was declared The crOwn,d heads "I Europe Nohu
revolt aud would III drIyiug Victor Emah-
uel OF The Imperial cy and relhstdie tc POPE IN
o ne Cai ho.c world are bound by feuda Oaths. the
Priest to Bishop nd the lay members TO the Priest
fore when he comes 10 mold secondary place then VII
the equilibrium OF Europe be broken up no" iu'le
II was believed bY the Rev George Stanley Faber that
Nanoson iii was described Revelations xiii, II, II.
as tbe beast c, ming out the earth having two nonS
ike tDc lamb" II seems impossible hft thcsc tatt" III
history can be true There is nothing more strange
fnan the events which know nave occurred III the
lite Of Louis Napoleon Next came the cry Tor hhhcNd-
az ms
tiles would come 10 c'Ose IN ISIS In that year the
commemoratl Of tho eighteenth century Of the sup
posed uartyrdom of Peter WAS held IN Rome. 1t
gorgeous scene. More, than 900 SarIi, u,
priests of every grade. All nations wondered at the
beast Ia tue year was published thr Dul snion un
in tne Council To meet at Decen 'er & 1869,
on the anniversary OF prUclalming the dogma OF the
immaculate COucepuon to proclaim IN, % I"iti' i & &
declared the Pc ope naibc, and two days after TN de-
cree publsned, the Pope VIII exalted abOye All
thai IL called God wor-hlppcd, reached 10 an ap-
uearance the height to winch Lucifer aSpred ana rom
WhCh Lucier icll. ,
On July 10, Napoleon declared war agmnt Prussia
ana came contact with the public opinion "f man
kind In brief time circumstances beyond his control
compelled hlm to wIlhdIaw his troops from Rome,
which et the Pope deiencelea ana c,uSrd the haIlot
Of tie TiDer walk unprotected ana helpless III the
city Of her habltatlon. me piOpheC!' Inc Lhu4D
snail them. He Is Lord OF Lords. and can
make kings His bchcsts, fulfilled. The beast of
pmOphecy from mis- Imperial throne had become cap
tive ana prisoner 10 Bismarck the siandardhearer OF
The Italian soldiers were received by the
people with the greatest enthusiasm and by
thousand to tnth NOttu III FAVOR ol
against the Priest King. since then eccleslaslca eS-
tblis, mcnt- have been broken up; he school system
has ben established freedom OF worship has been pro-
cured Rome j. accessible 10 the Gospel as Is New
York. The doom of thG harlO Is cert un the
doom ~ the beast In Europe no more than in America
mas Ronansm protection. There as here SaIan causes
her TO initiate Christianity. Her priests preach;
schools established OF character hat robs hrr
children Of a good education Bui, IN spite Of all the
Gospel is winning It's way. The power Of Rome -
hIokrn il melting away before the teachings of the
Scriptures, ana in duo time tho places winch know II
nUW shall know IL no more.