The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-17
THE END OF THE WORLD.

COOPER NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DREAM NOT
INDoRsED, BUT JUDGMENT NOW GOING ON.
In room 24of the Cooper Institute were gathered
yesterday afternoon between thirty and forty peo-
pie, all but dozen Of whom were gray-haired men.
They represented q society Of Second Adventists,
who have been in existence for thirty-fve years. or
since the time when Miller created such excitement
by prophecies Of the end Of the world. There
two bodies Of Adventists in New York. both
of whom reject the theory Of the souls immortal
ity, and believe the dead can only be
raised by the second coming Of Christ. One Of
them, however. believes that the wicked as well as
the good shall be raised. while the society at the
Cooper Union does not. Last week their creed was
made more or less tho subject of hoax which at
tributed dream to one Of their members named
Rickerson fixing the certain destruction Of the world
on Friday, the 14th inst. The event failed to
come of, and the Adventists became again
the laughing stock of . wicked world. One
OF their most prominent members. Mr.. NJ
4 Green. assured reporter Of the
HERALD. that Rickerson. while an Adventist.
was not ember Of their body. and that he had
not attended one of their meetings for year. The
whole story. Mr.. Green said. originated in simple
remark of member to another just before the
last preceding meeting. that Brother Rckerson had
dreamed such . thing
DANIELS VISION.
The services began by the singing of several
hymns to the accompaniment of q corcertina, whose
melancholy strings" to quote from the Bah bal
lads were "struck" by one Of the brethren in
rhapsodical manner. Then Brother Brown read the
seventh chapter Of Daniel. expounding the Adven-
lists Interpretation Of the prophets dream he
went along After the familiar description of the
sea and the four great winds, and the four mighty
beasts Brother Brown inquired. "Now. what does
all that mean? will tell you. for it is on that
dream Of prophecy that we base expectations Of
the near end OF the world. The four beasts were
symbolical OF four great kingdoms, which any stu
dent OF history waH easily reco9nze Inc fourth 1
and claws of brass. was the Roman Empire.
which tramped all the rest of the earth under its
feet The ten horns its head represented the ten
DIVISIONS of the Empire, and the little horn which
came up, and before which three of the other horns
disappeared, was the Roman Catholic Church. This
little horn excited Daniels attention in particular,
said Brother Brown, because it had eyes like
and spake great things. But Daniel was told in the
little horn had become very powerful
it should fall. and the saints should
pages Of history The four kingdoms have come
and gone three Of the ten kingdoms disappeared be-
fore the power of the little horn; then. in 1870
when the Pope was saying. am infaliible. that
very moment land Brother Browns fist came down
on the desk with q whack) he was overthrown-
From all these things We conclude that the end of
all things earthly is near We believe that God Is
now judging the world. and all the names Of the
two great books. The season Of probation IL nearly
| over, aud then Christ will come. not to judge
but to execute and reward. Last week there
| great cry because some man had dreamed dream
which proved to be false rs most dreams do. Why.
we might advertise in the newspapers and cover the
town with bills. announcing that the truth OF Gods
Word would be revealed here to-day, and nobody
would come to hear us. But somebody has q dream.
and, 10! the whole people are attentive Now. II .
man dreams DREAM and 1t tallies with what is told
| in the Word of God, why, 1t will como true. But IL
a dreams dream and it don't tally with the
/ Wordo of
Brother Brown delivered his concluding sentences
/ with air OF great sagacity. and several of tho
brethren muttered their Endorsement OF what he
| said.
| ADVENTIST DOCTRINES
There was another hymn and then the brother
| who handled the concertina went to the front and
| read the thirty-seventh Psalm, from which no
demonstrated that the wicked should pass away. not
| be raised up nor punished forever. but BIO wiped
out and the good should inherit the earth. He said
| that the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher had remarked in
| his sermon AZ reported a week ago. that If the
were to be punished forever by the oecrec Of God.
| then he MR. Beecherl should wish there
God And so should I. said the speaker. land T.
| ''and T. added the congregation
Brother Green dwelt upon the excitement created
by the newspapers about Rickerson dream, and de-
tailed the substance or interviews he had had with
some of the reporters. 1--WE believe, SAID he, THAT
the end OF the world is near that in the last
| days. but can't say when the last trump will
| sound. We believe that when man is dead he is
dead. He has immortal soul, and he can only be
raised to life by the power and second coming Of
Another brother urged the Importance of making tho
the little time left tor probation deplored
the present condition Of the world, which was de-
voting itself to amusemcnts going to theatres gong
| to Europe going anywhere except to God. Tho con-
certina was resumed. and the people sang
| Come take walk In Calvary
And the Man who died Tor
| As the last speaker took the floor some persons
began leaving. which impelled one of the thought
full brethren to pass the plate without waiting for
the speaker to cAclude. Soon after the meeting was
dismissed.