The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-03-14

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s1ua that hsve obtained tbc victory owe
{ death and tho grave.
Z The same spirits thst Inspired The lead
! cn Of the Jewish people with Millenuia
q ideas, such as were practically carrie,
. out 10 the Wilderness for forty years hayt
+ always existed, stil exist, They uflct
used ,lIe Jews as mediums, rs IN the cast
. OF Cyrus, who sent the Jews back irou
Babylon, 10 rebuild the second temple, ,
type Of the Gentle Pentecostal Church oI
Shaker Church, as the first temple wa,
the type ofthe Jewish Pentecostsl Church
which was built when Israel wa- In great
power aud glory as a nation among ma
tious; while the second temple was built
by Jews and Gontilos, under the protee'
ton Of the civil government Of Babylon
JUST IS Etit RiAhNle SIC hhtAattH ti'' tN'f
pic Of God, with it, eolibacy, non-resis'
tance, its yea and nay, simplicity OF
speech and of dress, its community Of
property, and temperance, which will ul-
innate In a fruit aud vegetable diet, and
in Divine spintualism, increasing unto
the perfect day, when God shall be all,
snd IN every thing
win YOU 60 back with me to the early
days Of Christianity, prcdicatiug that the
physiological truths Of Moses and the
/ Prophets were the basic foundations Of
Christianity, and that none but good
/ jew could become Christian, a MEM
/ Der OF the Jewish Pentecostal Church; as
Jesus did not preach his whole Gospel
except TO the "lost sheep of the house of
Israel" 4 diluted Gospel, likened to
milk, was preached by Jesus and Paul TO
Pagan Romans, Corinthians,
I Ephesians, Galatians, &c., all down to
the year 1870, when Ann Lee began to
take of the face Of the covering that was
over al people, and the veil that was
spread before the face Of all nations Of
Gentle Christians, who suppose that the
whole truth Of Chris's Gospel was con-
tanned in the creeds and dogmas of those
several sects and churches.
And here let me say that we must all
drink Of the cup of suffering that Jesus
drank Of and be baptised with the bap-
tisn that Jesus was baptised with, or not
be Christian that can gather with him in
the spirit world. There is a subtitle Christ
sphere or heaven, intervening between
the inhabitants of all material worlds and
Deity; aud from thence go Christ spirits
to all parts Of creation, as they came to
Jesus and Ann Lee on this earth aad to
as many as have received them who have
thus become Or are becoming sons and
daughters of God, as were Jesus and
Ann.
If we thus go back to the early ages of
Gentle Christianity we may trace the
growth from the germ up to the Shaker
Church, through all the variations, the
changes and exhibitions Of the history Of
Christianity, as foresecn and graphically
described in the Apocalypse. When the
key to this book is once attained, the
whole becomes simple history, but writ
ten before the events occurred.
When Christianity passed over to the
Pagan population of Rome and its em-
pires,w have records of germiAal Christ
ianity which the Spirit, through John,
predicted would take 1850 years to de-
velope. During that period the holy city
or Pentecostal Church would be trodden
down by these Pagan or Gentle Christ
ans. The "woman" or church fed into
the wilderness, the two witnesses proph-
esied in sackcloth, and a complex systom,
denominated "the beast, . reigned for the
same period of time. (See Cummings
and Shimeall.) Al the end Of that period
Christ was again manifested in Church.
We have first the Hermit Age, during
which, Draper states, that at Ons time
there were in Egypt 10000 males aud
q 900 females who lived alone, each in
his and her cave or hut or cell. These
were mortifying the appetites and pro-
pensities Of their bodies and souls ne the
light dawned upon them.
First-They began by abstinence from
animal foot, and lived upon coarse
bread, roots and herbs, often fasting en-
tirely, drinking only water.
second-Thoy praticed silence TO NOR
tly idle, useless, or wicked talk, speaking
but very seldom.
Third-They disciplined themselves ia
peace, learning to overcome evil with
good
Fourth--They forsook all property
not absolutely needed to support life,
Filh--They forsook all generatiye re-
lations.
sixth-They swore not at all.
seyenth--Thcy not only lived celibotes,
but they waged war Of determination
against all thoughts aud imaginations
arising from, or tending toward. the life
principles thus they "hated their own
ne" 81. jerome said that while mar
riage fills the earth, It is virginity that
peoples heaven"
At first these hermits abjured labor and
spent their time in iucessant prayer and
other devotional exercises
At Jerusalem, an asylum for the insane
herinits was established, the insanity be-
ing largely due to want Of work.
This was soon remedied, and some simple