The Portland daily press., 1896-04-02
PROPHETIC CONVENTION.
The Second Series OF Meetings Held at
the Friends Church.

iel Resumed-Two Ways of Looking at
the Matter-Did He Refer to the PapaI,
or the Moslem Power-Evening Address
by MIR. Woodward
The morning session of the General
Prophetic convention yesterday, was led
by Rev. E. P. Woodward, and the ques-
ton under discussion was s'To what does
the Prophecy in Daniel s, LA referP'
The discussion was opened by Mr.. Wood
ward, who was followed by Rev. D. T.
Call.
Other speakers followed. Some thought
that the words of Daniel, referred to the
destruction of Jerusalem, and were liter
ally fulfilled when the city fell before
the Romans, and the Jewish nation dis
appeared forever.
MIR. Woodward objected TO this view of
the case. He said that the Roman never
assailed the civilization of any people. He
believed that it is historical fact that
while the Romans did destroy the temple
built by Herod, expect for very brief
period they offered no opposition at all to
its rebuilding, and one Roman Emperor
did tryhis best to rebuild it on it's ancient
site.
No Jewish temple or Christian church
was to be built there, but Mahomet did
build mosque, and it remains such to
this day, and all the power of 100000 of
people is back of it, and the only way to
take it would be to first Of all destroy the
Ha hot no
daily sacrifice referred to by Daniel, had
as much to do with the regular Christian
worship, as with the offerings made by
the Jews.
Mr.. Higgins thought that Daniel had
reference to the Papal power, and one to
the Moslems.
Mr.. Woodward read for Rev. DR..
Southgate, Rev MIR. Findiey, aud other
authors to show rs matter of fact tho
Moslems do produce substantially the
same condition wherever they go, that
Daniel saw and so wildly described
Mr.. Higgins thought that the Papal
power has vexed the true church ofChrist
much more than Mahomet, or his success
sors.
Mr.. French objected to the position as
sumed by Mr.. Woodbury.. He thought
the Christians church was meant by
Daniel.
Mr. Woodward spoke of the interesting
fact that while Mahomet at first dreamed
of a union between his followers and the
Jewish people. he found that impossible,
and became the bitterest enemy of the
Jews, leading his first expedition against
colony of Jews and killing them all af-
ter they surrendered.
Mr. French thought that Daniel 8, 26
and ~, had reference to the destruction
of Jerusalem.
It was suggested by delegate that the
words of Christ regarding the times of
trouble ahead, referred at once to the de-
struotionsof Jerusalem, then close at hand
and to something more distant and still
N ore terrible.
Rev Mr.. MayburJ thought that the
truth might BIS between the two extremes.
He did not however, believe that Daniel
had special reference to Mahomet.
~ would like to ask Mr.. Woodward
said Mr.. Higgins, "this one question.
Has the Mohammedan power disturbed
the church of Christ to anything like the
degree that the Papacy has troubled it?"
Mr.. Woodward said that Mr.. Higgins
referred not to the Catholic church, but
to a.religio neutrality-suspicious. of which
the Pope is the head. There is no doubt
that the Papacy was referred to in pro-
phecy. He however, maintained his
position Regarding the Moslem power.
A delegate thought that the Papacy
might have been one, and the Moslem
power the other leg of the image Daniel
saw.
Another delegate suggested that admit
ting this to be true, then the image DAN
lei saw rested on one leg, the Papacy for
six hundred years..
Rev. Mr.. Mains said that was not
quite correct. The prophecy referring
to the Papacy evidently did not refer to
the early church at Rome at all, but only
to the claim set up by the Pope to be
universal bishop. In that sense the Pa
pal power and the Moslem system came
together in 606
MT. WOONWhFu Sflu bDdb III WIS III QUO
that the Pope claimed to have universal
power, and that it was three years later
before Mahomet in the cave to which he
had retired, claimed to have been called
to the office of a prophet of God.
Reference was made to the fact that
the three state churches, Rome, England
and the Greek church, are in many re-
spects moving along the same lines.
A lady read from the words of Daniel.
and then said els this then the time of
the end when we have a right to believe
that the wise shall understand these
things?"
Mr. Tucker said that the words re-
ferred to extended to the end. We cannot
tell when the time may coma
Mr.. Woodward said that If the Sultan
should be forced out of Constantinope
and should take up his position as mill
tary necessity among the holy mountains
then we should have right to regard it
as witness to the rapid coming of the
and