The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-03-23
A New Sect Ia the City.

ing point Of uOctEluG Is taat lue
coming and kingdom Of Christ" is
close at hand. This is a branch, new
in Philadelphia, Of the sect known as
tho "Ca,hOliu Apostolic Church" "
which was founded about forty years
ago in Scotland. Tho denomination
has seven churches in London, three
in Connecticut, one in Boston, one in
New York city aud ono in Pottsdam,
New York. The movement which led
to the establishment Of the branch in
this city was iuauguratcd on Sunday,
tho 81 instant, by tho Rev. W. W
Andrews, Of Connecticut, with whom
is associated the Rev. c. A. G. Brig.
ham, of tho same State. Mr.. An
drews, formerly minister of COugre'
gatioualist Church 10 Connecticut, has
held bis present faith ever since his
college days. His first sermon here
was delivered yesterday afternoon
to an audience Of several hundred per.
sons, in tic hall Of tho philadelphia
City Institute, Eighteenth and Chest.
nut streets, where all his meetings have
been held, and where il Is the iutentiun
OF the New branch TO worship uutil it
will have grown strong enough to
erect q church building.
The liturgy of tho " Catholic ApOs-
tolic Church bears more resemblance
to tho Episcopal than to any other de-
nomination. It calls for tho celebra'
ton of tho Eucharist every Sunday
morning, and Of the communion every
morning, n service of prayer morning
aud evening and the observance Of
Christmas, Easter, tho Circumcision,
All Saints Day aad Good Friday.
Tho members. while rejecting tue doc.
trinc OF transubstantiatiOn," believe
that Christ is "Mysticully and mex.
plicably" present in the Eucharist.
The church teaches also that confession |
public or private-of sin to the min.
ister is good for the snul, but does not
make it obligatory. Every cOngrega-
tiou has bishop. 1t is part Of tho
faith that prophets Of God and apostles
Of Christ hayo arisen of late years and
are now speaking, just as did JcremiAs
or Isaiah and Peter or Paul of old. |
The believers expect a union OF all |
Christians 10 one faith, Que baptism
and one Church to be effected about
the time of Christ's coming, and hold
that they urc under the slmc Obiigu.
tions to adopt the ceremonial prescr.b.
cd ty their ministers as werc tho Chris.
tians Of old to follow that laid down by |
Paul and other apostles.
10 bis sermon yesterday, Mr.. Au.
drcws, having called attention to tue
present wicked and troubled state Of |
the world as being just what prophecy
and revelation had pointed out as The
immediate forerunner of the second
coming Of Christ, cited numerous pas
sagcs of the Bible in support of the
faith that was in him. Among bis
references were verses from the liryt
chapter Of Isaiah, wherein the prophet
speaks under the fgurcs Of Judah aud
Jerusalem. From Joel tho preacher
quoted:
And it shall como to pass after.
word that l will pour out my spirit
upon oil flesh and your sons and your
daughters shall prophssy, your old
men shall dream dreams, youv young
men shall see visions: 's s; X
And l will show wonders iu the
heavens and il the earIh, blood and
fire and pillars Of smoke.
The sun sIull 10 turned into dark
ness aud The neon into blood before
the great and the terrible day of tho
Lord come.
And It shall come 10 pass that who.
soeyer shall call on the mime Of the
Lord shalt be delivered for iu Mount
Zion and iu Jerusalem shall 10 deliv.
erauce, as the Lord hath said, and 10
the remnant whom tho lord shnli call"
This prophecy, said the preacher,
began to be fulfilled in tho coming Of
the Holy Spirit, before thu downfall Of
Jerusalem. That downfall was only a
type Of tue moro awful judgment which
is to fall upon tho world at tho second
coming Of Christ. 10 prepare for
death is not enough, he said, for, Us
We know not tho hour Of the coming
W. shunll ret reaGY to bo translated |