The sun., 1879-01-14
ST. JonN rnE RKvELA rOR's BEAsr
baptist Ministers Holding that u wns Typical
Of the Catholic Church.

"What power ancient or modern, political
or ecclcslastica did inspired John have in
mind In his Image of the boast in revelation"
was the question thnt the lev. Dr. q. w. Sam
son proposed to answer yesterday In the Bap-
tist Ministers Conference. The question was n
mild way Of putting tho question that orig-
nally was asked in the Conference n few weeks
ago: Is the Roman Catholic Church the boast
OF Revelation p
In an cssny nm hour long Dr. Samson dwclt
on the three visions Of John recorded in Hevc-
iations and snid that the fathers have sntisfac-
torily placed two of them in history-onc being
Sodom or ecclesiastical intolerance. and tho
other Maeog or informal conflicts In tho
churches. Tho boast that John saw rising ont
II the water with horns ana heads ho callod
Babylon. 1t meant. according 10 the early
fathers especially Ircnmus Babylon. or. polit-
cal domination. In tho time Of tho Jews this
principle was represented by Mammon. and 1t
is now the golden calf before which New York
bows down. The namo Of the beast was n puz-
zlo 10 the ancicnts, md II not now fully agreed
upon. continued the speaker, but the numerals
10y which John characterized II are now trans.
lated into the word Titan" that IT, temporal
power. The old Roman Church was apostolic.
but when Rome and the Roman Church was at
tucked 10y the Goths. Nnndals. and Huns the
Drudtcnl milton was imported into Rome whore
the priests haVecili authority ovcrthr civil and
into the church. aud nowhere moro than In
Spain was 1t quickly made operative IA was or
rs soon In it, offspring thcre-thc Jesuit order.
tuc Inquistion. and bull lights. Thoudurus Of
iumc first established that principle. and
icpin of France aitcrward confirmed tho old
temporal authority " the Church over tho
Christian States. "puntifrN MaNimus was as-
snmed and coins stamped with that tiuo ON
thcm.
Thus tho speaker said with increased ON
uhass. the inhrritnucc ui Wor denounced upon
the hra-t by John fell upon tho Church II Wns
~ ftItkf Ia lis ID
nsrcndanry in temporal things. The frat re-
monslranccs ngninst the Church tha resulted
IN calling thrCN councils north ot the Alps cm-
bodied tho charge that the Roman Catholic
Church wis the beast of Revelation. In the heat
OF argument. this was said by protcstunts To
haNo been tho very Church and body Of wor-
shippers that John hnd in mind while writing.
lhat led the Jcsuts to turn the tables neatly ON
their opponents and TO call CalNinisls and Pur
tans the bcnsts ot Revelation 10y ingeniOusy
adapting their names to tho names Of the beast.
Tho minister's had their hats in their hands
20 20 when brother Lansing Burroughs OF tho
North Baptist Church. Newark. jumped up aud
said that his church was blessed ON sunday the
day previous. ms never before in tts twenty i've
years history. II had debt ot $4,000 In
eurrrd four years ago, 10y adding g. aud en-.
Life Insurance. Company bought tho mortgage
gwen on ihc church properly ~ an Investment.
and tho church had paid about l2S cents for
dollar, principal aud interest Tie had been
heart sick ovcr tho debt. But on sunday even
Ing Mr. kimhnll was In tho church and made
but up To 10 O'Clock only $500 were pledged.
Hut we prayed and kcpi sticking to II. Brother
Burroughs said. although il socmcd many
time n- though We must give up Tho church
members number $50. aud all ARE poor most ot
them mechanics They ion ns thourh thry had
given enough. but they did not 10 away. After
the other churches near 10y were out. the con-
grcEutions cnmc In and cncoiraGrd us hy their
presence. There was Weeping and singing and
praying and then moro solicitation. Hour after
hour pnsscd hy. aud tho congregation thinued
out. II was nearly / A. VI. Monday morning
before the sum of fl7OoD wns made up. and
there were iu-t 80 persons iu the house. | WAS
50 oVcrloycd that kissed ono of tho brethren.
The money is pledged to be paid in one and
two years. Some Of the brethren will be- dread
fully pinchel ~ raise their contributions. ono
said he would either have to mortgage or soil
his house To- get the money"