The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1834-10-04

which is outside the drawer, and 20 the
world sees but zee the whole length Of
i'll see the end"
lie succeeded in imPressing!Ms Fol-
GER and few others with u tirm belief
that he was the prophet he pretended to
be, and having gained this poin, began
70 execute the true mission he came upon,
and informed Mr. Folger that she wa.
very poor and in want of money /; that the
world prosecuted him, and il was instl-
gated to do 80 by the devil, because there
Sos no truth now in the world except in
him Matthew'S"
Puerie aud absurd as were these rep
resentations, they nevertheless induced
Mr. Folgcr to give Matthews different
sums of money,-and the latter, encour-
aged by his success thus lar, determined
re snare neither promises nor threats to
make the best Of the advantages he had
gained. In addition to what he had al
,eady told Mr. Folger, he therefore in
formed him that he Matthews had COM
menced the reign Of God on earth f; that
Mills and Pierson had been called into
the kingdom, and although the devil had
succeeded in suspcnding for a time its
permanent establishment, he -1attbews]
would now 20 on TO overcome The devii
and to establish the Kingdom oil God.-
| Under these circumstances he called on
Mr. FuIper to contribute OF his substance
for his Matthews support aud the pro.
motion of the Kingdom, and threatened
that in case he should refuse to provide
him whatever money he waned, he would
visit upon him, (Which he vas empower
ed to do,> the wrath Of the Almighty, but
that if he iFolger] would believe in him
aud obey him IN all thing, he should be
called into the kingdom, nd he Mat
thews] would forgive him ahh sins, and
he would enjoy eternal happiness
In the month Of Angst, 1893, Matthews
went to Sing Sing, in Westciestsr coun-
ty, where MIR F'olger had a furnished
house, and where his family At that time
resided. As Matthews brought his bag
gage along with him. his intention Of pay
inc a long visit to Sing Sing vas pretty
obvious, and Mr. Folger invited him t"
take up his residence at his hou'e. Hav-
ing remained there a week, he got tired
of such narrow Accommodations, and told
Mr Folyer that he and Piersof ought to
hire house for his own spechl use.--
Mr. Folger consulted Mr. Pierou on the
subject, and they agreed to comply with
the very reasonable request Of Matthews,
and SO informed him. In the mean time
the ambition Of Matthews had % increas-
ed, that hired house would 10 longer
content him, and he intimated u his two
friends that it would be i,npropelfor per-
son of his character to reside il hired
house, and that they ought to purchase
house for him. This also Messrs. Fol-
ger and Pierson agreed to; but before
they could accomplish their purpose Mat
thews impaired another revelation to Mr.
Folger, and informed him that the house
which Mr. Folger purchased some time
previous at Sing Sing, and in which he
then resided had been purchased for him,
l(Ma,,hewsl and that the spirit of truth
had directed Mr. Folger in making the
said purchase.
As the house had thus been miracu-
lousy purchased for Matthews, he had OF
course clear right to remain in 1t, md
he did remain in it without further cere-
mony until October, 1888, when he re-
ouired tha, Mcssrs. FoIeer and Pierson,
who then resided with him, should give
up the house to his own charge, which
they accordingly did.
In the latter part Of October, 1888, he
required them to give an account OF their
property, and having ascertained It, he
demanded that they should both eater
into an agreement to support him, Which
would ensure them the continued blessing
of God. They accordingly entered into
the required agreement, and supported
him and supplied him with whatever mon
ey he demanded. On the death OF NJ
Pierson, Matthews came TO reside at MI
Folger's house in this city, and continued
to be supplied with money by him. unit
the early part Of this month, whe,, th'
latter intimated to him that he could NJ
/. longer continue to support him and tba
; they must part. :. a,
Soon after Matthews lcG this city, NJ
: Folgcr began to git rid Of the deiusao'
= which he had SO hong labored under re
= garding the fellows character, and hav
ing fully satisfied himself that Matthew
. was a rank imposter, and had grossly Im
: posed upon him, he offered reward 70
4 his apprehension, and the pretended pro
: nbet WAS arrested aud committed to pris
o on ut Albany.
y Among other articles (says the Journi
Of cCommerce) found with him, when al
d rested, is a very beautiful two-edgc
y Sword, which the fellow calls the Swor
Is Of Gideon, and which he says was m'ra'
e ulously preserved and put into his po
II session. On examining II, however,
exhibits strong marks Of having once b.
Ir longed to, " at least been made Tor, .
[r officer of tho United States Army; rs u
d blade Of il bears the nationu' motto -
ID pl.ribus unum" Along with this, WI
81 found a six feet rule, marked like ca
q pencers scale, which Matthews says W
US to measure the New Jerusalem, n ord