Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-06-17
is, OHIO, JUNE II, 1869.

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spects resembling those of the Moravi.
ans. Now and then. however, they
are carried away by outbursts of fanat-
icism, as on one occasion when Mo-
lokan rushed into the midst of achurch
procession, seized picture of saint,
threw it on the ground, and then
trampled on it. At first the bystanders
stood silently aghast; but they soon re-
covered from the shock and piously
put the offender to death. In the year
1888 certain fanatic named Terenty
began to preach repentance to the
Molokani. He gave himself out as the
prophet Elias. ordered them to desist
from the work and give themselves up
exclusively to praying and singing
hymns. announcing that the millenni-
um was close at hand, and ultimately
fixed day on which he promised to
reascend to heaven before their eyes.
When the appointed day arrived he APP
peared in carriage, and ordered the
crowd which had assembled to meet
him, composed of many thousands of
Molokani from all parts of Russia, to
kneel down and pray with him. AT
the end of bis prayer he tapped his
arms and tried to fly; but he only fell
heavily to the ground, injuring a wo-
man in his fall. A great uproar fol-
lowed and his disappointed disci-
Piles handed him over 10 the po-
lice, who sent him to prison for a time
After his release he recovered some of
his influence over the Molokani, to
whom he preached the coming end of
the world to the day of his DEATH
Eventually his flock migrated to
Georgia, where they settled down with
in view of Ararat and united with a
colony of Lutherans from Wertem-
burg. When Napoleon was in Russia
the Molokani imagined that he was
the Lion of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
described in their old Psalms, who
was destined to overthrow the false
Emperor, and restore the throne of
the white Gar So the Tambof Mo-
lokani appointed deputation from
their body "to go clothed in white and
present an address to him. in the
year 1919. The deputies made their
way through Little Russia and Poland,
as far as the Vistula. but they
were made prisoners. One of them
escaped, and got safely home; but the
rest were never heard of again
in the report he drew up
Gin Russian) for the government in
the year 1858, says that "the Napo-
leonovshohina, or sect of worshippers
of Napoleon, reappeared in 1890 at
and at Pskof, and again in
1874, at Moscow" The worshippers
of Napoleon at Moscow meet with the
utmost secrecy in private stone house
in the middle of the town. There, af-
ter performing other rites, they pros
trate themselves before a bust of Ma
poleon as before divinity. For them
is still living, and they be-
lieye that some day he will return from
Siberia, together with Peter III. Then
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world, and Napoleon viii command the
legions of the faithful under him.
Liprandi goes on to tell how the police
contrived in November, 1845, to get |
hold of certain secret pictures belong
ing to this sect; one of which he laid |
before the Ministers of the interioF.--
These pictures were printed on very
thin paper, in order that, being slipped
between the leaves of books and at
lases, they might get passed unseen
from hand tc hand. And these pic
lures represent Napoleon ascending to
heaven" Liprandi ends his report
(which was never intended to be other
than strictly private and confdential)
by remarking how strange it is that ''in
Moscow there should have sprung up
sect of Napoleon worship
pers."