The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-07-20

who sends us twenty good sized pages Of story
about new religion which has appeared in the
neghborhood of Dallas and in which General Gran,
is to play the part OF antChrist and conquer Amer
lea and Europe and make Texas the land OF prophecy.
J Will not be offended when he reads in this issue
I only the gist of his communication. The apostles
! of this religion. amigos" tells us. fearfuy
in earnest and are fanatical as New England Ad
| ventists.
OF THE NEW RELIGION.
Everything must have beginning, and, as
"Amigos" tells. this fanatcism had it's origin in
the brain of Cumberland Presbyterian minister
named Groves. who three months ago appeared in
Texas. and. after excited protracted meeting
claimed to have had visions and revelations from
God. He presented these in tho form Of unin-
teligibe jargon, in which deep pits, horrid beasts
that devoured one another aud green colored mon
keys constituted lively back and fore ground But
revelation without IN Interpretation would not be
OF much value to obtuse Texan rangers and hence
this worthy undertook to make plain his
revelation The outcome of this effort that great
conflict between Professionalism and Roman Catholi
csm is shortly take place. The nations of Europe
and the United States the horned beasts which
fought and devoured each other like Kilkenny cats
until according to this Cumberland prophet there
was nothing left of Catholicism bat very small tail.
Our correspondent tells that this fanatic had
many followers who entered heartily into his views.
Doubtless that is SO. The fools are not all dead;
nor they all in New York New Eng
land. goodly number Of them have emil
grated of late years to the Southwest. and it
would not be at all surprising if
had found their way into Texas. But we are told
that another Cumberland Presbyterian preacher
named Goodnight, already in Texas. became con-
ing to Navarro and Bell counties, and
gaging heartily in the crusade. These fanatics
believe in and preach the doctrine OF the publication
OF the body well the soul, and plank in
their religious platform they urge believing wives to
persons become polluted. And our correspondent
adds that more than one family has been thus sepa
rated by these reachers
FANATICS.
The Rev. Mr.. Goodnight. who is represented as a
man of eminent piety and learning. declares that he
and his coworkers are preparing creed or declara
ton OF principles, which they will give to the world
when the proper time arrives and the spirit of the
Lord directs But the world is not yet ripe for such
an important document, and it not known how
soon it will be. But the baby has been chrstened,
and they call it ''The Tabernacle of the Coming
Lord This is one step in church and creed making.
and an important one. Then this Tabernacle means
not sinless perfection. but ceansed and sanctied
heart, wherein the Holy Spirit il consciously
tanned every day. But this divine indwelling
qures the capitalization of the body its redemp-
God must be exercised that He will spritualize
the body that it will go to heaven without dying as
Goodnight believes. also some II not all
of the apostles His ground OF belief in the latter
idea that there is positive evidence divine
revelation which to base belief that the apostle
died naturally by violence. When the body is
spiritvalized, according to Mr.. Goodnights idea,
then a live above and without The
religious theorists expect to live to the end
of the Gentle age and the coming of the Lord
when their bodies will be changed 'n . moment, in
the twinking of an eye. and they be caught up in
their religious belief these Texas lights differ
nothing from Second Adventists.
ANTICHRIsT ITALY.
They believe that anti-Ch will appear within q
a M m liz
tary ruler who will probably subdue Italy Austria,
France, Spain and England He will then pass over
to this and subdue the United States and
South America, and will finish up his with
Russia. They, however. do not hold the doctrine Of
Gentle age. The apostles OF this religion don't
expect to be received or believed by the churches
verts in every church. and be received by many
ministers OF God notwithstanding the action OF
the Presbytery OF their Church deposing the
preachers Groves and Goodnight from the ministry.
But there is State church in this country they
expect the civil courts to recognize their orders and
the validity Of their acts. The two leaders not
our correspondent says. quite in harmony as to the
beasts, false prophet. &c. Mr.. Groves believes and
breaches that Catholicism is the false prophet,
and Mr.. Goodnight thinks Northumberland
answers the Apocalyptic description of the
false prophet Then there is o difference of
opinion between the leaders and followers to the
battle ground and the person of anti-Christ. Some
on horseback"-the anti-Chrst, who is to begin his
with the saints in the United States and that the
present movement for his reception is but the be-
in 1880; that he will then seize the reins Of
governments and by coup daat make him
self military dictator and then emperor; that
civil will follow but by his superior military
genius he will conquer ali opposition and then will
defy all law and religions that flushed with victory
here, he will lead his successful armies Europe
and conquer that continent Also Thrones will
vents &c, will be turned into stables and barracks
while kings and princes Will serve acqueys to do
his bidding. Then the anti-Christ Grant is to pro-
claim himself God, finish the GENTLE age and usher
in the millennium. If this programme of the Texas
new lights is to be carried out therel be some fun
in the world during the next ten years.
PRESBYTERIAN PRIESTHOOD.
&C. Z. w." Of this city, writes to prove that the
Presby terians who steady denuncators of the
priesthood the Roman Catholic, Greek and Angi-
can communions have IN their ministry also the
baptism declares that that rite sis not be admin
istered in any case by any private person. but by
minister o: Christ. called to be steward Of the
steward of the mysteries of God ''is certainly a
priest who stands between God and man.
whom only they to be approached"
Nay, more, he adds, the Roman Catholic and Angli-
can churches allow baptism by layman in case Of
great emergency. as when the death of a child is
imminent and priest cannot be summoned, but the
Presbyterian canon makes no exception to the rule
chapter OF the Confession OF Faith contains a still
more significant passage: THE Lord Jesus. as
king and head OF His Church, hath therein
appointed government in the hands OF church off,
distinct from the civil magistrate. To these
officers the keys Of the kingdom OF heaven
mitted, by virtue whereof they have power respec-
lively to retain and remit SINS to shut that kingdom
against the impentent, both by the word and
sures, and to open it unto pcnitent sinners by the
ministry of the Gospel and by absouton from CEN
sures as occasion shall REQUIRE our correspondent
wants some of our Presbyterian readers to show
how their Church harmonzes these, its standards Of
faith, with its spoken utterances.
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH PROTESTANT?
An ANGLICAN Catholic writes warmly in adj
vocacy of "a great centre oil Catholic worship" in
this city, where from the rising Of the until
the going down of the same the great Head of the
Church may be adored." In other words. he wants
to see a grand Protestant Cathedral reared in
New York; gorgeous fane awe-inspir-
ing temple. before whose affairs priests
with n big 'P' shall daily offer up the
memorial of the Lamb without blemish and
without spot" He thinks the Church is putting on
her beautiful garments and hurting defiance those
who would impede her triumphant progress. She
is winning back, he thinks, "the Catholic birth.
right which Tor time she seemed to have lost.
Our "Anglo Catholic" IL terribly disturbed at
the prehx protestant before his church.
and smourns tncnssantlY oyer the Puri-