The New York herald., 1877-11-02
A NEW RELIGIOUS SECT.

THE BODY OF BELIEVERS AND WHAT THEY De-
LIEvE-A RETURN TO THE BIl LIE BUT RE-
LECTION OF THE TnINITY-cnEIsT A DEIrIED
PRIEST
From the Allegheny (Pa-, Mail, Oct 81.
Tho Body OF Believers tho Church oil God. IS the
pre,ont,ous t,,o OF religious sect which Will
have an organization in Pttsburg and alter sunday
next Tho sect has creed but the Bible; re-
lccts the Trinity yet regards Jesus divine and bap.
tizes In His name alone believes IN tho second advent
and considers Christ as priest aftcr the Order OF
Meichizedck. printer IN ono OF tho newspaper
Offices Mr. Wells by name, Is tho founder OF the sect
In Pttsburg. lic came mere about year ago and has
now congregation OF about forty grouped about him.
Tbcy meet regularly In the Riverside Academy, ON
Duqucsnc street MI. VOLS stated TO u reporter thas
The prom doctrines OF their belief were thcso
That the Bible (ooth Old and New TcstamentsI - tho
only revealed plau OF salvation. That tho Bibic hav
ing passed through the hands OF men rs 10 DO inter-
pretcd by tho standard gwen by Moses (Deut XIX,
ISL and Witnessed 10 by Jews:"Onc witness shall not
s.n any SIN that he snncth; at tho mouth OF two
witncsscs ut the mouth OF three Witnesses, shall
tho mater bc established" From this basis they dc-
ducc tho following facts, many oil which arc In oppost
ton to the crceds OF Christcndom--
That by repentance aud aith in that name calco
In Hobvow ..Yabsnuo," ho who shall DO the Saviour.
aud in Greek Yaisous or Jesus, and baptism IN that
name by His command, and as witnessed to IN all
apostolic Daptisns we became n part OF that namo,
and such nhcritors OF the prom made To Abra-
ham, Isaac and Jacob OF tue and OF Canaan TO David
Of perpetual Kingdom or royalty, AMI to the Son OF
God, OF he hcahcn for an inheritance and the utter.
most parts OF tho earth for possession" aud Of
.prcsthood forever alter tho order OF Melchzcdck"
AS c born Jesus, taught as jesus, died as Jesus
and nsccndcd heaven, and ~ TO roturn as Jesus,
they baptze only IN that name and there IS no bap-
tsm after John by any apostle or disciple recorded
In the Bible IN any other name Also believe Ho Is
made priest after the order of Mcchzcdek, but ~
now, priest alter tho order oI
Aaron. They believe man to be mortal. with no I'M
mortality ia him; that life and Immortality was
brought light by Jesus, and Is not obta nabic until
the rcsurrccton then only by belief VI tho things
concerning kingdom OF God and the nano OF Jesus
the Christ ana immersion IN water in that name, iof
n nnion with that namo
They Dcliove IN the second personal coming ot
Jesus TO tho 10 raise HIS sleeping Saints and 10
confer immortality HIS living saints to overthrow
all human governments and establish divine gov
crpment not lett to tho will OF any people, OF whom
Jesus in person is tho anonted King aud HIS saints,
washed from their sins ia the blood OF the Lamb, hav
ing been mace immortal, will be subordinate rulers
and KINGS invested With uneDding priesthood, by
and through winch, a divine government with i,s
rulers .'nli people VIII come 10 know the Lord from
the least uuto the greatest when all things wit
messed TO IA the scriptures snail have been iulhcd
They deny tnat the Bible ever gives a promise that
man DEATH before death or after death can 60 10
heaven, but declares plainly the contrary IN tho case
both saint and 9nner and places his reward on tho
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