The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-02-14
TIE Faith Of the Truelights.

TIE Faith Of the Truelights.
CAMDEN, Feb. 5.-The Rev. D. G.
Jenkins a Truelight or Boylite mission
ary, lectured in Camden this afternoon to
small audience. A man by the name
of Boyle, Of Sumter County, is the
founder of this denomination, the birth.
day of which is said to have been in
1870.
There is little or no published matter
as to their doctines or beliefs. They
claim to have discovered the only right
way of getting to heaven, and on this ac-
count the sect was derisively called
"Truelights." From the lecture and from
conversation with Mr.. jenkins some in.
formation was gained as to their belief.
They believe in three heavens and three
hells. Life on earth is both heaven No.
l and hell Mol. Then there is a heaven
and hell, where people, or rather
their souls, stay between death and judg.
ment and then the perm anent heaven and
hell.
Their views as to the creation, as set
forth by Mr.. Jenkins, are rather novel.
He cited the let chapter of ST. John to
prove that Jesus Christ was present at
the creation. He said Jesus and God
we're the only two beings who could Gre.
ate something from nothing. God can do
anything that does not clash with His
own character. His power is limited by
His attributes. II. he made the world,
where was he before the creation. He
was in space-space that had no creation.
God could not exist without space and
time. neither of which did God create. It
is impossible for God to have created any
wrong principles-lyiDg, stealing, &c.
The wrong principles have existed as
long as God has, and we're created by the
Devil, who also has existed as long as
God. The Devil came from space, which
was neither created, nor had it a begin.
ming. The object Of creation mas for the
benefit Of Gods offspring, the souls Of
men were not created, but ka7e always
haa 81 Is cid nDfyonic existence in God. He
showed that Adam threw the blame of
his fall on his Maker BY saying, if it had
not been for the woman he would not
have fallen, and .if:it had not been fol:
God the woman woulanot have have been
created. 81 '..ia
After preaching, or leeturing, about an
hour and q half Mr.. Jenkins stopped
rather abruptly as he was about to
explain how Eve was created.
Mr.. Jenkins is from North Carolina.
He i not 3 very intelligent looking man,
but speaks with great earnestness and.
apparent sincerity, in rather q quiet, CON.
yersational way. Sometimes be. failed to
make himself perfectly clear. He goes
from Camden to Columbia, and thence to
Charleston.
Ia conversation with him it was found
that there we're about two hundred True.
lights in this county, few in North
Carolina and some. in Georgia. They
baptize in any convenient way !, or in the
way preferred BY the applicant. Each.
church, one of which is in Eastern
5Kershaw, has Its own separate and dis.
.tinct government, celebrating the Lords
Supper in its own way. One of the most
emphatic doctrines Of this sect is not to
become insulted, to forgive and not
3aveDge. They keep the Ten Command.
sments "as far as the morals CO." Some
do not keep the Sabbath, as they think
that Christ did away with it" Those
who keep Sunday seem to keep it because
| lis Aegal and customary. An instance
was told me today about a Truelight
family in this county killing hogs on
Sunday. They say they are G Christians"
and like to be called by that name
Special to Meas and Cburier.