Richland beacon., 1877-12-01
A NEW RELIGIOUS SECT.
The Body Of Believers and What They
Believe-A Return to the Bible but a
Rejection of the Trini.y-Christ Del
fed Priest.
TAl!eghany (pa) Mail. o., 81

[Alleghany Pa) Mail, o., 81
The body of Believers. or the Church OF
God. Is the retentlOus tItlc of IA nav rci.-
Ions sect which VIII have an organization in
fIiieburs on and alter Sunday neat The
new sect has no creed bat the Bible; r, i..cI,
the Trinity yet regards Jesus as devnr. and
baPtZ:> IA ms haIne alone; believes IN The.
sccOui advent and consider, Christ as Il priest
after the Order of MrcLizedek A prIiiier
III one Of The newspaper offices Mr. Wells
10y name, Is the founder o. the sect H. n.n,
burg. He came here ABBOTT a year a.n aui
has now Congregation uI about i.s,iv ru.rI.;.f
about iiin. lhry meet ir:uitriy IA ilt Inv
eteuic Academy, on iItIIn->ne ,lrrcl. an
Wells stated to Il reporter TIA. ;hc prominent
doctrines oil their bcliei were these:
That the Bible tooth Od and New Tesla.
meats Is the only revealed plan of salvation:
that the Bible, havrrg passed through tile
hands OF men, is 10 he interpreted Jy tine
standard gwen by Moses (Deur XIX, 80
and Witnessed 10 10y the Jews: ',One wines,
shall nu, rise up against any man for auy in.
Iquiiy, or Tor any SIN, III any in that lie Sit
ueth; al the mouth Of two witnesses, or al
The mouth Of three witnesses. shall the mat
be established From THIS basis they de.iuce
opposition 10 the cree,s OF Chrsieuiom:
That by repentance and faith IN that name
called IN Hebrew "Yah-huo h- who shall be
called the saviour, and in Greek "laisous' or
Jesus aud baptism in that name by HIS cons
mand, and IA witnessed to in al apostolic bap
usns, we became a part OF that name, and
a such lnhcrIloI> oil the promises made TO
Abraham, Isaac ant Jacob of the land If
canaan; 10 David of a perpetual kingdom OF
royalty, aud to the Son of God, of tie heath.
Ell Tor an inheritance ard the ul:eImost paris
oi the earth tor posse scion, aud of a priest
hood forever after tue Orer of Mcichlzedek
As tie was born Jesus, taught as Jesus,
died as Jesus and assembled TO heaven, and is
10 return as Jesus. they bapiizc only il that
name aud there is no baptism (aiIer john y
10y an apostle or disciple recorded IN tue bible
IN any other name Also believe He is MADE
priest after the order of Meichize,lrk bat
Is not now nor ever was n prcsi aEer the
order OF Aaron They believe man to e
mortal, with no immortality IN him. that life
and insslaRtaiity were thought 10 light by
Jesus and y not obia'nab.e until the resuriec.
tcn and then only by Leief of the things
concerning the Kingdom oi Gud and the name
Of Jesus, the Christ AMI Immersion in water
IN thai name Tor "a u.lUn " ih that name.
HEY believe IN the second personal con.-
M Of Jesu, 10 the cath to Iai,e Hrs sleeping
saints and To confer Immortality on HIS living
SAINTS; 10 overthrow all human government,
ami establish a divine government not left to
the will of amy people, Of whom Jesus in
person /, the a.,olnled klng, and His SAINTS.
washed from Their sIns IN the blood of the
Lamb, having been made Immortal, viii he
subordinate rulers and Kings, uvc>.el with
an rnerding priesthood, by and through
winch, divine government with II, rulcr-,
AL people Will come 10 know the Lord tom
The least uuro the greatest when All Things
Witnessed 10 ia the Sculptures shall have been
iuii iled.
They deny that the Bible ever gives a
promise that nIan al dtaIh beioie death o.
alter death caH 90 Ia heaven, bat declares
i''aIn'y the O. ntfary ~ the case OF both saint
AMI sinner, aud places his reward on tue earth.