The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-21
ANGRY CHRISTIANS.

DIR. FULToNs BREACH OF COURTESY TO DIR.
sAMsoN-ApoLoGIzE OR BE ExcLUDED-THE
ROW CAUSED BIZ ''rHE SCARLET LADY" AND
THE ''BEAsT OF THE APOCALYPSE.
"How good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell
together in unity" illustrated yesterday in the
Baptist Ministers Conference The brethren had
good time generally discussing the essay read by Dr.
Samson week ago on the Beast of Revelation"
The Doctor disappointed several OF his brethren who
can't see prophetic beast anywhere except in the
Roman Catholic Church out of which. in their view.
nothing good can emanate. But DR.. Samson TOOK
the position that the ''beast" was principle and
not u person, and he maintained that that prin-
ciple the prosecuting spirit which began
long before the Christian and in the time
OF Christ was located in the Jewish hierarchy in
Jerusalem; aftcrward taken mp by the civil
power of pagan Rome and later by the civil power or
Christian Rome; that when the papal power sue
ceeded to the latter the marks of the beast and the
number of his name transferred with the prin-
ciple and that the apocalyptic description APP
picable to the prosecuting principle and spirit of
Puritanism in Old England and NewEngland as it is
to Rome Romanism. This the position the
Doctor maintained yesterday Also and he put
"clincher' to his brethren when lie asked them
what they thought the teaching Of revelation would
be on this point when Popery went down. as they
believed it would. OF course when the man or
the system dies the prophecy that refers to the man
the system will disappear too; but DR.. Samson
maintains that matter what system is up or down,
what man reigns in Rome or Jerusalem. persecution
of and hostility to the Church OF Christ VII! never
cease from the earth.
DIR. FULTON ON A HORSE.
So far the public will conceive Dr. Samson liz right.
And DIR. Hedden agreed with him, though he con-
fessed that he hoped Brother Samson would have
made it plain that the Church OF Rome is the beast
lyptic prophecies to her. Dr. Sheldon also agreed
with Dr. samson's interpretation. Dr.. Hoyt did not.
and Dr. Knapp did not. Each OF these good brethren
read extracts the former from Secretary Thompsons
..Papacy and the Civil Power and the latter corre
spondences between Daniels beast and johns.
brother Potter the secretary, who presented such
favorable picture OF the Catholic Church in Europe
few weeks ago, read from commentators to show
that there are almost many and diverse views ON
this point there are commentators Drs. Lodge,
Swan. Symonds and others, while they were pleased
his conclusions. Or. Eddy. Mr. Rhodes and others
did not think the brethren knew enough about the
subject to discuss It, and Mr. Gessler believed it was
unknown land OF prophecy that can be understood
only in the light Of fulfilled events.
The roll had been called. and the time for adjourn
ment arrived, and yet Dr.. Fulton who was boiling
over for chance to tell all he knew about DR.. Sam
son and the beast had not had his chance The time
was extended but DR.. Fulton could not be reached
before adjournment. Five minutes more tackled
on for his special benefit When he took the floor it
was evident he had something marvellously grand
fathers and writer's Of the early church to show that
they applied st. Johns prophecies to the Roman
thnrc He was mad evidently He fired at Brother
Potter for presumng to say that the Roman Catholic
~ ali IT, All s,,fcicn for the eyanueliznc of E,lrone
mt no could excuse Brother Potter's YOUTH but
FRAT Dr Samson a man of wears scholarship and
var;ed cxnerience should intimate that the Church
of Rome was not the .beast'' and .the
sc.riot LADY,; and .the man of sim and Ali
That WAS unendrrable 4 brother mildly suggested
that tho .iadv, and the ..bcast on which she roda
~nht NOT mean one and the same person or thing
! 1,u9 the Doctor was mad He went on to saw that
atter ali a wns only what he might EXPECT from a
nan who went ain through our late war without
,,ca ra;sng his voice for liberty though occupyino
| a nrominent mint in the capital Of the nation
NJ sender that he should defend the Papacy
'o nnNIsTrns MAnNAN APOLOGY DEMANDED
Whom DR. Fulton took his seat it was plain that the
| romn+iat had heen thrown down and some would
ssra - mn II was lifted mn by one. two three a
dnzon brethren who at first protested against the
aan advanta"c Dr Fuiton had taken of the courtcsv
~ the conference 70 so grossly Insult Dr. samson
whom thcv ali loved and Ionorcd Drs Gillette and