Smyrna times., 1896-01-08
The Methodist Church is Chosen of God.
BY SIMON B. NEEDHAM.
WAUKEsHA. Wis Dec 1ea5

WAUKEsHA, Wis, Dec. 1895.
we speak that we do know, and testify that
we have seen, and ye receive not our witness"
John 3 Il.
In A. ID. 1900, December 25th, was
born a Jewish maiden of the tribe of
Judah, at Richmond, Virginia. who
being left an orphan child, was taken
into a Gentle family, and carried to
the western part Of the State and made
a domestic slave. This Hebrew girl.
julia Judah, was the daughter of one
Emmanuel. Judah, being separated
from her people, the Jews, united with
the Methodist church, and had all her
children baptized in their infancy in
the church Of her choice. When the
seventh child was born, they called
him Simon Bolivar, whom his mother
said, would be prophet of the Lord.
And when Simon was seven years old.
the Lord said to him, eye shall not die,
but live to see the coming of the Lord. "
Simon is the writer of this article. and
IS now the author of a new library of
books, known as st. Peters Library.
He Is walking bible, and offers to
read from the Old and New Testament
Scriptures with closed book, making
his own selections with any person of
the 18th century. He was raised up in
the Methodist Episcopal church. and
at the age of IA years he became pub
lie speaker, and in after years an Or
dained minister of the gospel. He SAYS
that the Millennial kingdom is now
here as a thief in the night. Thess 5.
1, and etc. And that the times of the
Gentiles have expired. "And so all
Israel shall be saved, as it is written.
There shall come out of Sion the De-
liver, and shall turn away ungodlings
from Jacob, for this is my covenant
unto them, when I shall take away
their sins (unbelief } Isa. SO: 20, Luke
21: "a, Rom. IL: %, 26. The writer
believes that he is living again, a re-
incarnation of the first fruits of TIE
gospel dispensation. This fact was re-
vealed to him in 1854.
In his writings he claims to have
corrected all of the greatest errors of
the Christian world. He also claims
for his library universal acception
and demand. Zach. 8: %. Now if
what is here said of the Methodist
church proves true, that out of this
branch of Gods Zion shall come forth
the Deliverer of the 10Th century, what
will the enemy say. Hath not God a
perfect right to choose the Methodist
church to educate a son of Abraham,
of the tribe of Judah, to do whatsoever
He may call him to do. ''And no man
taketh this honor unto himself, but he
that is called of God, as was Aron,"
Heb. 5: 4. Time, however, will reveal
all things. Hence, we should Judge
nothing before the time, l Cor. 4: 5.
A word now to the Methodist church,
beware that We do not treat one of your
own children just as the Jews did
Christ, and thus bring shame and re-
prOach upon yourselves, John l: II
and 10, 81. Luke 19: IA. Acts 10:
40, Al.
That we are now in the very last days
of the reign of anti-christ, no bible
student will dare deny. Hence, as the
servant of God, and the friend of hu-
manity, 1 say, 'awake to righteous
ness, and sin not, for some have not
the knowledge of God, 1 speak this to
your shame" Cor Is: a. Brethren
l still love my mothers church, which
in the providence of God her lot was
cast, and in which I learned to call
upon God in the days of my youth.
OF course, ''when I was a child,
spake as a child, I understood as
child, but when became man, put
away childish things" Cor. 13: II.