The New York herald., 1870-03-21
TaE CEaISgIAT ISRiELITES.


Their Origin md BclieS--The Advent Of the
GentiIcs at an End-A New Dispensatioa--
Sermon by the Pastor, Frauris Thomas
Sacred WOrsilip.
This sect sprung into existancc In England in tine
year 1922. through the preaching OF Mr.. John Wood,
himself an lsraeite, who believed tnar' the time
mentioned in the Bible for the Jews to assemble and
become great nation had arrived. Aided By one
or two other devoted persons these doctrines were
preached IN derent parts OF the country; out their
efforts did not meet with any great success even
at the present day their followers there are only
few hundred missionaries In the interest OF
THIS NEW BELIEF,
were sent 10 Germany and France but only few
were converted. better 1ield was found IN Aus
tralla where some converts We're made and three
churches established; but the numbers brought into
the fold were not large, or throughout the entire
world the sect numbers only I,000 In the year 1887
Mr.. Bishop ana his wfe were sent over here to
convert the Americans. and after great efforts and
many sacrifices they succeeded In establishing q
church in East Houston street, the onls one that
ever existed in TINS city. Ten years later the build
ing now occupied at l0S First street bought and
the churcn removed there bur SO far
THE DOCTRINE HAS NOT PROsPERED,
for after lhirty years OF work IL has OILY 10 mem
DerS. Mr.. Bishop also preached throughout the
south and West, and succeeded ia geGlng together
small congregations other cities, Dut their nun.
berS are counted by units
According 10 the testimony OF the prophets the
seed OF Abraham, thar was scattered through the
world, VIII Que day be brought together. Tney VIII
then receive u new dspcDsaton and be Gods
chosen people. THIS time they believe To be soon al
hand, and the new dispensation IS Christianity.
new covenant with the Lord. Qsomans, XII, 2i.1
THEIR IDEA
IL that the dspensaon VI the Gcntes Will soon end
and a new one VIII be gwen, durag which the Jews
VIII believe in CnrisL and the seed OF Abraham from
al nations shall be collected INTO one greatpeope.
Int Bible Is their foundation Tor everything, and
they have no theology outside OF II. Ihey nave "a
book " doctrines, called the LAWS OF God, diylued
INTO Two DOCKS. containing twelve laws eacn.
Each law Is Bible text, and thus 20 them, they are
tne laws OF God Their literature CONSISTS OF these
laws, uyinn BOOK aad Q collection Of sermons al
OF w1Ica have been published III England. Their
small nunpers do MOI appear TO disconcert them Ia
tue easl or they say tnat A. the proper tlle ol
these lew sn2ll come many thousands.
TO BECOME IE8EEg
OF this church II Is necessary 10 subscribe TO the
following, winch IL printed IN their law Dook:"Any
one that sunscribos with their hand believing the
four books OF Moses and the four books oi the
Gcspe, 10 be gwen by the inspiration OF Cod, WIN
os received "a meInpers OF the chGIch.n After the
person y received as member he . padc known 10
tne doorKeeper, who VIII admit Inn 10 service
| only mallbers are aGmitted. When person wno
| ~ nos member presents hinse! aI lie door
me man stationed there tets him 10 come IN the
afternoon, when there will BE- sermon Ia German
10 wh;cn the pubic VIII Dc admitted.
And such is the case. Most cs the members
derstand German as well as Engisn anu as Mr.
Francis Thomas speaks better Gerlnan than he does
English ne breaches IN German. rms afternoon
there not over twenty persons present aud
most oil mem members Mr.. Thomas toog nis texs
from Genesis, first to fifth, ana SPOKE as ioilows
winch gives
THE GROUNDWORK or THEIR BELIEF
What IS the UNDERSTANDING or meaning OF the word
darkness, and The dividing of Tue light from tie
the darkness was the spirit Of GOO; the DARKNESS
was the spirit Of darkness, called satan. For God
had not yet created the light OF the sun; OF
there was no darkness nor ignG yet o. hand. We
ind py searching the Scriptures TINS division, tnas
the hght leads TO lgnt ana good and The darkness
to evil. We VIII pass the other days OF creation
aud look at the sixth. And God said, Lei
us make man III our image, and after our
likeness, ana he was pronounced good, ana very
good. NOW, " Is well understood by those who have
searched the Scriptures that man IS often SGT forth
IN lguratIve language as . tree Isaiah speaks Of
trees OF righteousness, the painting Of the Lord.
Jesus says am the vine, ye are the branches. But
through dis0bedlence,
ADAM BECAME DEGENERATE PLANT
OF a strange vine, and death was pronounced on
nm. But the Lord Is now seeking those VINO are OF
the trae vine tnat He may graft them thai lie may
be the husbandDan OF tnein, lie was of the
woman's sced Jesus, who bore the ruit OF ininor-
taty. And He saith, EVERY branch IN me that
bearetn mol fruit He takcth awayr How does lie
take them awaya 1t Is by the death OF the mortal
body, the spirit Icing separated iroM the soul and
body. Isaiah speaks OF a vineyard. This vineyard
Is the Israel OF God: for the vineyard OF the Lord
Hosts Is the u0nse Of Israel and The men OF judah
His pleasant plant. But the House OF Israel darng
tho tnree dinpensLuOns, have borne
WILD CRATES,
through their blood being ceanssd; but now the
spirit Of Truth Is come and - bringing all things TO
the remembrance OF Israel which written la the
scriptures 10 5e fulfilled and pointing ouy the re-
ward when Will be conferred on those VINO receive
Its teslmony. Their sorrows viii then terminate
and Cod VIII make tho Old earth anew, according
The words OF tnc prophess:-"And 1T shall comc 10
pass In tie last days tnat the mountains or the
Lords house snail Do established the top OF the
mountains ana snail be exalted above the hills. and
all nations snail now unto IT, and VIII make them
one nation ia the land upon the mountains OF Israel
And one Klng snail rule over them. anu there shall
DC no more two nations, neither shall they be al
vlaed into two kingdoms any more al all. Ana the
LORD viii be King over all the carLn. In that daJ
Ihere shall be one Lord and his name-one.r
Mr.. Thomas states that as YET but lew Jews nav
Joined their Church, either IN tns country Cl
Europe. but tDat most OF the members are recon
verted CHRISTMAS or the descendants of the seed OF
Aoranam that nave been lost la other natoaaItles.