Virginia Argus

CHRISTO SACRUM.

A new religious society has lately been formed in Holland, entitled Christo Sacrum. At first it consisted of only four members; but in a short time the number of the sect increased so rapidly, as to amount from three to four thousand. The object of this society is to unite all religious sects. The principal place of meeting is at Delft, where the society has already put a church, in which we find Calvinists, Lutherans, Mennonites, Catholics, and persons of various other religious persuasions, amicably assembling. The society does not admit of any dominant or exclusive system; they have no priest, but only orators, who, while delivering their discourses, stand at the altar. The service is divided into that of worship and of instruction; the object of the former being to shew the greatness of God, by directing our attention to the admirable regularity which reigns in all the productions of nature. For this purpose they assemble every Sunday at six or seven o'clock in the evening. The service of instruction is held every fifteenth day when they discourse about different subjects, and particularly revealed religion. Six times each year they assemble to celebrate the Lord's supper; and during the prayer and the blessing, the whole congregation continues prostrate. The Dutch clergy have strongly opposed this society, but without effect; and the present Dutch government favors the new sect.