The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-06-18
The Prophet or Mcnetous.

Ihe Prophet or McnetOus.
From CALI n8ni's Messenger. June 81
We have alread stated that considerable curiosity
had been excited ut Bois, aud in the neighborhosi
Tor some mouths past, by the preaching Of person
called the Prophet Of Sieneous. aud by his alleged
OF several Diseases and that his proceeding,
mu,e SO much noise that they attracted the ntte 4
ton Of the authorities, and he February las
tried by the III .bunal Of Correctional Police of Ro
morantin, on the charge OF having outraged the Ca
tholic religion, and Illegally prlcts5d medicine do
then acquitted Of tue former part of the charge
and fined l6f. on the latter. rhe public Prosecutor
appealed against TINS judgment az too mid aod Il
quashed by the court of appeal of the di atrct
s. trial ordered, and il took place thee
Gays ago, before The Tribunal Of Correctional Police
OF Blois. The accused was accompanied by his wife
and daughter, and Ill three respectfully dfc,s.
ed HIS name is thcsnau, and lie is possessed &c
property which brings him in lO,0)0r u year He
carried large Dibiei in ms haud Several witnesses
proved that be had preached in his own house aud
had afterwards administered sort Of sacrament, by
handing round pieces Of bread in Il plate, and Il
glass Of wine. making his congregation eat and
drink. and saying they did 50, lat, for this is
my body; drish, for this is my blood y, IL vas also
stated that in his sermons he had declared that
lie recognized neither the Virgin nor the Saints;
that De did not admit the sacrament of marriage
tbat OF confession; and that if the priests were
tomar,y there would be fewer prostitutes AMI bls-
tards All this constituted the " outrage to reii.
gion complained of; and, to prove The charge Of
having illegally exercised medicine several wit
called who admitted that he had cured
them OF pains and different maladIes, by rubbing
them with water or oil; bot they declared that he
had taken no money for his services, and. dis
missing them. had said, = TO and pray 10 God
One man stated lie had been cured by the accused
OF nalady in the eyes, for which he had long been
unsucces siully treated by regular ply sciaus: and
another, WHO was lame and oolgod TO crutches,
said. THAI after having been tour times the hos
pital wthout obtaining relief, the accused had com
pietely cured him. When called on for his defence
the accused sain . With respect TO the char,e OF
having outraged religion, / might be silent if 1
alone were ern.d; but, to tranquillze the con
sciences Of my fellow believers, 1t is ssary that
! should speak. Ny conscience tells me TO explain
TO you Why do not belong to the Roman Catholic
church | admit that render no worsh p 10 saints,
and justify myself by Exodus, chap 90, s."
The President told tha defendant tnat he could not
allow the court TO be made 4 school Of theology:
but the accused answered: : reply to your charge
by a text from Exodus. chapter 20 aad, opening
his Bible, he reao: :. Then God pronounced these
words. saying, Thou shalt have 10 other gods BE-
fore me-" :. do not, he added, "recos-
Mise your saints, but | alnit that Mary vas
pure when she conceived. pure envelope was re-
CURED to contain Him who TO be the source OF
all good But it cannot be supposed that | could
have wished to outrage my fellow creatures II TIER
religious belief ''Iou accused Sid tie
President, :" OF having outraged form Of worship
| legally established in France, by paro5yiag Tho
sacrament = ''Whoneyer administered the slcri
| ment | took the Bible and read Matthew, chapter
20, verse 70: jesus took the bread, aud af,cr IL
had blessed t he brake It, and gave ii TO his disc-
pies sa, iur, Take and eat DO this il memory Of
me : tbat is 10 say, follow ny example | se:itcd
the words and put them in prnciice but THAI was
no der'sion OF my part. "nrt Continued he
with energy, The blind see, the d. hear the
paralitic cured aud you think that can do all
that in The name Of evil, and without fath" "BIt,
SAID the President. "you have charged the priests
with dong nothing without money - 81 only
read Matthew, chapter y. which says, sYou shall
be punished. Pharisees--' = You compare, then
priests TO PhaIisees e. 81 only said that any one
who makes traffic Of prayer is not evangelical :
blame the fact is not to blame the intention / do
not accuse the priests My words have been falsely
iIterrrctcd.' Did you say that the celiba.y OF
the priests the prostitution Of from 80 900 TO
100000 women e. g said that if the priests mar
RED there would be $4,000 or 100000 women sho
would not be single, and that public morality
would gain thereby. God has SAID il Genesis char.
EARTH and ] said that we should not oppose that
precept.' To effect your pretended cures, did
you Lot make Of bread, oil. wine. and water =
:. made use Of all the ia ngs which orr Lord used.
l SAIL Make use Of this oil, this bread. and this
wine. in the n@me Of the Lord but ! did not say
they were to be used in my name cured by firth;
and, instead Of prosecuting me, the public presecu-
tor should assist me- The public prosecutor then
addressed the court in support of the accusation.
and an advocate pleaded for the defendant While
this was gong on the latter read his Bible with
great fcrvor The tribunal acquitted him of tho
charge Of having outraged religion, and reduced the
fire for illegally practising medicine to Of The
accused had with him several books and tracts
explanatory of the doctrines of Swedenborg also a
register Oft the marriages effected by him between
his disciples 1t appears that within the last six
months upwards Of 10000 persons have been to see
him.
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