The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-31

ssnnies Between thee ssssness.s Tn
Tive Seed Prsdsstinarian Baptists" difs
from Primitive Baptists concerning the doc
trine OF predestination. The former hold tina
God predestined all his children TO eterna
life. and the devil with all his spiritual kin
dred TO the eternal kingdom Of darkness; tina
he foreordained all events Whatsoever. from
the creation to the contamination OF all things
not suffering, In his perfect knowledge ant
infinite wisdom. an ything to occur to chang,
his plans The Primitive Baptists hold. on tn,
other hand that while God predestined some t.
eternal life. his predestination did not extend
absolutely TO all things. for this doctrine would
| they Insist, blasphemously imputs to the AL.
| mighty the existence OF evil and do away with
sin and human accountability. We are told
that some Of the Old Tvo-seed Baptists claim
Peter Waldo. wyclif. John Calvin. Knox
and Bunysn as elders" who held the true
faith as TO the two seeds. and say that Arminius
was the great corrupter OF sound doctrine on
this subject II appears also that many Of the
Two-Seed Baptists are strongly opposed TO a
paid minister They are Antlnomians. and
do not believe that the help OF a minister 10
needed by the Saviour to reach and save sin
| ners. He IL, they hold. q full and complete Sa-
viour. and carries on the work Of salvation.
| without the help Of men. Modern institutions,
such as Sunday schools. theological semi
naries. Bible and missionary societies are re-
Rsrded with marked disfavor. Although in
New York We seldom hear Of the old Two-Seed
Baptists. yet they have 397 church edinces
and 1881 communities. who are scattered
through twenty-four States. being most
numerous in Texas, Kentucky. Tennessee.
Arkansas, and Mississippi They have three
churches In the State OF New York.
The Christadelphians are an offshoot from
the Disciples OF Christ, the important scot
popularity known as Campbellites. which is
represented In almost all the States and Terri
tories In 1914. John Thomas. A. D.. an Eng
lishman. came to this country and identified
himself with the Disciples OF Christ Soon
aferward his Views changed. and he became
convinced BY study OF the Bible that the
cardinal doctrines Of the existing churches
correspond with those Of the apostato Church
predicted In Scripture. He began to publish
his views. and organized numb OF societies
In this country. Canada, and Great Britain.
No name was adopted for these societies until
the civil war broke out. The members then
applied to the Government to be relieved
from military duty In consequence OF
conscientious scruples. and finding It neces-
saryto have distinctive name. that OF Christa-
delphians, or Brothers OF Christ, was adopted.
Tho Christadelphians do not accept the doc
trine OF the Trinity. They hold that Christ
was Son OF God and Son OF Man. manifesting
divine power wisdom and goodness in work.
ing out mans salvation and attaining unto
power and glory by his resurrection. He Is
tho only medium Of salvation; the Holy Spirit
10 an efliuence Of divine power. They believe In
the natural mortality OF the soul. and that eter-
nal life is only given by God to the rghteous
that the devil Is the evil principle OF human
nature; that Christ will shortly come personal
ly to the earth and set up the kingdom OF God
In place OF human government that this king
dom will be established In Canaan, where the
twelve tribes Of Israel will be gathered. and
that. at the end OF q thousand years, judgment
will be pronounced on all. the Just receiving
eternal life. the unjust eternal death. The
Christadelphians practise immersion, They
have no ordained ministera Those who speak
and conduct services are called "lecturing"
or serving" brethren. With four exceptions.
their meetings are all held in public halls or
private houses. They have in all sixty three
with 1.277 members. who are
over twenty States
The Schweinfurthians are members OF the
so-callod Church Triumphant. the founder and
h4d OF which Is George Jacob Schweinfurth,
who was born In Marion county. Ohio. In 1853.
He entered the ministry OF the Methodist
Church In Michigan. but soon left IL
and became disciple Of Mrs. Beekman. who
before her death. which occurred in 1888, de-
clared herself the spiritual mother Of Christ
In the second coming" and pronounced
the Messiah OF the New Dis
pensation." He accordingly became the ac-
head OF her folio wers and re- I'm owed
the headquarters OF tho sect from Byron, nine
miles from Rockford. Ill. to the Weldon Farm.
six miles from Rockford. changing tho name |
Of tho body to the Church Triumphant A
args franc house called Mount Zion, or |
Heaven. 10 occupied by Schweinfurth and a |
numb er OF his disciples. There are also other |
each OF which Is presided over by
IN apostle. who reads weekly the sermons
previously delivered by schweinfurth at
Mount Ziop. There are no rites. ceram onies,
Or forms OF worship. The single condition Of
membership is recognition of Schweiniurth as
he Christ OF the Second Coming" The
Jhurch Triumphant accepts the Bible as
he Word OF God. but denies tho es-
ential divinity OF Christ. He was. say
he Schweinfurthians q mere man. but
through an experience in which He was
reed from the power and curse OF sin. after
which He received the spirit OF God and be-
anne divine. Schwoiniurth docs not claim to
70 Jesus OF Nazareth. but to have received tho
anne spirit and to be equal to him. He claims
o be sinless. to perform miracles, and TO La
bile to bestow tho spirit on whomsoeyer he
hooses He also declares his power over sin,
lot only to save from its curse. but to save
rom Its commission. It seems that the
have twelve organizations
md 1874 members scattered over six States
With the exception OF Mount Zion. which 10
eturned asa hall. all the services are held in
'riyate houses
".
For the purpose OF the inauirtss Insti,utsd
y tho authors OF this volume. all associations
deserving the communal life. whether founded
n religious or secular basis. are en- braced
nder the head Of communistic societies.
here are nine Of such associations, but one OF
hem. the Brusderhoef Mennonite, may be
nore conveniently considered In connection
mn the other Mennonltes. The other eight
ON munistic societies are these; The Shakers.
he Amana tho Harmony. the separatists.
no New leara, the AltruIsts, the AdonaI
homo, and the Church Triumphant. or X ore
han Eeelssia The oldest of all communistio
ssociations In the United States is that OF the
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