New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-21
THE WAKEMANITES.
TIE MURpEREsS OF MATTHEW'S INDICTED.
Revelations Of THE Prophecies"
FULL STATEMENT OF HER DOCTRINES.
From Our Own Corespoudsnt

SfonC jury, ana nothIDS otS shV inAuV""A' wa PA'
vent their trial taking place j, this city al the March
Term Of the Superior Court.
A true BIZ was found against Samuel SD for the
murder Of Jrstus Matthews on ne Path Of December
Thankful S Hersey was indctt A. an accessory after
the murder, aud Rhods wakemSn found to be
accessory before and after the murder.
Rhoda Nakeman is the " Prophstess" and founder
Of the sect called Nakemsntcs. Is will be remem-
bcr,d that she is the wonderful woman who prctends
to be messenger sent from Heaven which place she
swesrs. under oash, she visited about thirty years
ago. and was "sent thence TO this wicked world TO
save the world from sin and preach Christ and Him
"crucifed 10 all mankind.
The trial of the Wakemanites will produce great
excitement perhaps more than any murder trial that
ever took place in America. The tragedy itself was
of the most startling character but did not equal the
surerstitous creed that these deuded people call re-
ligon The existence If such in the enlightened,
refined and pious City of New-Haven astonished the
people OF Connecticut more Shan tho murder itself
And when their doctrines became known, people
would hardly believe that in the latter half of the
Nineteenth Century much ignorance and super
stition could exist in the " Land of Steady Habits.
But facts become stubborn things, and when chapter
after chapter Of the dark deeds of the Nakemanites
met the pubic eye the people declared that there was
more need of Home Missionaries in New-Haven than
there was of Foreign Missionaries at the Fejee Islands.
This is hard to admit, but it is true.
The Prophecies " has held meetings for quite a
number of years past in this city, and has been preach
rg her singular doctrines, which nearly as alb
surd as the belief of the Fejee Islanden and while
she was making converts OF men and women who had
been accustomed to hear the Gospel preached one day
out Of every seven since they bade plaintve adieu
TO their crades-the educated and wealthy citizens
were contributing of their worldly goods most literally
for the civilization of the poor heather in Zanzibar or
the Pacific Islands. This may be right, but charity
begins at home And another chapter in the his
tory of the Wakemanltes is ready for the pubyarts
peruse. And here the tsaats, as expounded
the tTWidfettss herself Although great deal has
b, en- published about these stranse "~~"' ~,
p Of their doctrines mas ever yet Deen gwen 10 'ho
rubl;c and but few persons even in this city know
what their doctrines really are
In order TO know what they really do believe,
have visited he Prophecies almost daily since heI
confinement in Jail, and after repeated Solicitations
have persuaded her to write what she GIRLS the
fundamental principles OF her doctrines Tor me 10
publ,sh. REQUESTED her aso to give true account
of fine n,tempt that Amos Hunt the =" han ct SIN,
made 10 poison her.
n will be remembered that Amos Hunt was once
believer in her doctrines, but had fallen IRON grace
and doubted her being messenger sent from "od I"
redeem mankind In order to ascertain whether she
was human or divine he put some poison IN pe ana
come cakes which he carried to the prophecies, ana
thought if she them and lived, she might De wha'
she proessed She ate part OF the cakes, ana came
very near dying from the effects of the poison Since
then Amos has considered the Prophecies an individual
human and not divine.
Some Of the peculiarities of the Wakemanite doc
,rip.s have obtained verbally from the Prophecies,
and as she says the whole world is persecuting her.
she does not wish to reveal TO the worlds people,
as Size calls all those who do not believe in her doc
trines all the " fundamental principles OF Wakeman-
ism The articles Of her belief may be enumerated "a
follows:
l. A belief in the genuineness Of the Bible.
2 A belief in God a. Supreme Ruler.
g. That Jesus Christ came into the world ~ save II
from ,
the whole world from sin, and build up Chri'ts king
dom earth. ,
3 That the devil has the power over DEATH and when
ever bis satanic majesty chooses any sinner nsst die
G. That the curse was put ON the world by the evil
shirt but that God will take II of for Christi SAKE
T. That she has the power TO destroy the world AZ
pleasure, or bring the millennium wheneVerrhe WISHES
a That God has invested her with supreme power,
and that she can exercise this power on earth.
O. That .he has the power to forgive sins.
10. That she knows the thoughts of people by look
ing at their eyes. - -.
II. That the Devil puts the evil spirit upon every
body that does not believe her doctrines.
-. That il is not legal to marry, and that all mar
riages are the consequence OF worldly dsts.
Irequested the Prophecies to furnish me with an
abstract Of her religious tenes, and after some hes
tston she wrote and signed the following statement
upon piece of paper and presentedit to me;
I'VE give all her communications in her own
words Ed
This !. ust a. true as there IL God in heaven, and
lust "a time a. Jesus Christ il the Son Of God. God
revealed to me the plan of salvation through Jesus
Christ. That when the man of sR was revealed, ana
bs mower eubdued by the power OF God then the Se"
Te,salem which il above, and which II the mother OF
n, ali. will come down FROM God out of heaven. lie
mrs. act was committed on the blessing; ana "nen
God put tie ON the ground tor man SAKE Ine
curse End the blessing could not remain together. The
angels went to heaven to- mourn for Adam ana Eve,
and il moved the heart Of God to give the Spirit the
Word a pant Of God himself, one in the Godhead 70
be Redeemer, Mediator, and whole SAVIOR. io9
justified hin, sanctifed him, and gorhed him. and
gave up the kingdom to Chnst, and he was 10 reign
until be had put ell enemies under his feet, and the
last enemy 10 be destroyed Is Death. FOR since ey
man came Death, by man came also the resurrection
from the desd-lst Cor 18th ch 2lst and 22d verses
For a. in Adam all die in CHRIST shan al De
made alive Please read I'd Ihes, I'd eh, ana 81 'ts
and 9Th verses. When the mar OF sin 10 re'eaed anu
srlJued Then the Sew,Jerusalem viii come down
from God out of heaven, and will change ell the living
nom sn to holiness; will take the curse on the ground
for Christs sake, which was put on for mans 1aKe'
Then God will send the angel 10 bind Satan-see rev.
* /. a-change the dead rsise them, aud take them
| home to heaven. Then Christ will reign IN every
heart and God win be all in all Then there viii be
no more sickness, lin nor death. II the WIZ o n9o
can't be done, the Judgment must taKe Pace anu sne
whole word being found in their Tins mus be forever
| ,e-. RHopA WAKENAS.