Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-04-04
LOCAL NEWS.


REMARKABLE LECTURE Starting Wees
Sin and its Couceptton-Fre Lore Notions--
Womaa$ Rights Common P0ms-(uuse Of
Color-Why People orr Rogue~, dc. &c
Last night Mrs A. e. Brown, whose advent
has created some sensation i'll this city by
reason of the startling views she entertains
in regard to life death and the marriage state
delivered lecture in the parlor oI the Man
sion House Mrs Brown, who is 4 lady ap-
parenty Of about IS years Of age, very stout
and imposing looking, commenced her lecture
by saying that she owed all her knowledge Of
theology to her tather-That she had gone
where nlan could never go in the pursuit Of
knowledge namely, into Eternity She de-
cared that God did not make the devil but
left her audience in the dark as to who did.
That God was never alone in Heaven as
some have supposed That as the Inaugural
ton Ola President OF the U. s. necessitates
the employment OF persons to carry Oh the
measures of the government, 50 God was
obliged to employ ambassadors to carry out
his views. Man is not made after the i'm
age OF God, as ministers maintain An I'M
aye is stationary and all knew that man
went sometimes forward and then backward
and was never stationary. The ministers OF
the present day would not go after knowl
edge \ great many OF them did lot believe
in Jesus Christ She limited that the lack of
knowledge in the ministry WAS owing to their be-
4 ,,r,) off, pI tbut /
would BE- better We're they to be by themselves
more. Eve was taken from the Gt,som OF man:
the devil soon took possession of Eve, and
caused her to bring forth Cain After hc was
born, she awoke to her sin and then brought
forth Able What the devil delights in, was
the birth Of children. lie first secures the
mother and she transmits her sins to the
child Were it not for this the devil would
kill every child as soon rs born. Death was
not the work of God; he would bc glad il
man were to live for ever 1t was the devil
who caused death He killed all who he
thought would live to the glory of Christ, The
marriage state had never worked well, and
never would until woman was allowed to be at
the head of affairs Woman represented Christ
in this world Woman had been since the
world began prey to the lusts Of man; had
been murdered and brutaly treated. 1t would
not be so much longer. Woman would be taken
from man He would no longer have her to at
tend to and minister unto him. The birth OF
children would soon end God was coming child
rem would be born but God would SOW the seed
Seeing one of our prominent citizens looking
startled at these views, she remarked that some
persons might be allowed to retain their wives,
ut which our friend seemed greatly relieved.)
There should be, she said in the family circle
no separate purses, and there should be only
one purse-all should be allowed to come and
take freely That was the plan she pursued
She was disguised at the meanness OF men-
buttoning up their pockets and swearing to
their wives that they had not 4 cent-not allow
ing them enough money even to get new bon
net That was the cause of so much stealing IN
the world Mothers had to steal money to pro-
vide clothes for the coming infant, and consc-
uuently the vice was transmitted to the child
She never allowed any man to keep her purse
Ut was observed that several ladies III the audi
ence looked very intently at their 'hegc lords
while these views were promulgated, but the
gaze was not returned Mrs. Brown would
assure everybody that there need be no fear OF
death. She could prevent it. She had stag-
(,ercd unon the cure Life was like the earth,
if became parched and needed watering. The
Metaphysical Discovery would cure all. The
loud she discovered must be poured into tho
head, ears. eyes &C. 1t would put water into
the body, and life would never 60 out "a gen
tleman in the audience was heard to ask would
not 20 much water be injurious and apt to cause
dropsy. There was great reason why uoC
made negroes black Mrs. Brown several time
asked whether she should state the reasons, anl
mnrmurs of assent were heard, but she refused
to do 50. She closed with an earnest appeal t
a)l IN rouse themselves, and seek the bench
of her discovery, which she was willing toImpar
either for nothing or for five dollars the
latter preferred. 1t ISL source Of regret thu
the lecture cannot be given in full. 1t WAS
most remarkable production, and rs tren'
said. if all she said were true, he believed III
would ut once commence to get ready to leave
this world, or at least, his home, for if Mrs
- obtained possession of the purse there
would be no more happiness for him III TIM
life There was large audience, and anon!
them some of the judiciary Of the State.
An ALEXANpRlAN IN ST DOMINGO
RENINIsCENcE.- of the results OF the visl
of the Commissioners and their suite to the Is