, 1875-07-18

to be treated arc the Knlysty aud the skop<sy.
The doctrines Of these sects arc the vary op-
posite Of one another IN many thingsttYet both
pretend to be IN improvement On the alleged
material Christianity Of Russia- How we'll
founded this ridiculous claim ia, bare state
ment Of their dognas and practices will suffice
to show. Both sects believe in constant reEe-
1ation Of God to His creatures through the mo-
dium Of prophets. They hold even that the Di-
vinity still becomes incsrnate in men. TheJ
scorn the idea that Judea is the only nation that
has Witnessed God made man upon its soil. and
point With false faith to some poor viii ago On
the Volga, where the mystery Of Bethlehem has
been repeated. New Christs are continually re-
veallng new law to men.
Russia is the only country In which indlvl1-
uals still lay claim. occasionally, to the PERSON.
ality Of God. Daniel Phiipovitch, the incar-
nate God Of the Ehlysty, says Of himself. II
Am the God, announced by tho prophets. cone
down second Time to earth for the salvation Of
the human race; there Is no God but me-"
This 10 the first Of hlx twelve commandments,
The nAue Khiysty means 'the aaRellants,"
from real OF supposed practice OF the Becta-
res TO lacerate their bodles- But more fire.
quently the Khlusty cali themselves By 4. mama
algnifying tho 8 Men Of God"
Tue origin Of the Men Of God" il involved
in obscurity. It ia generally thought th 1T they
had their beginning in Russia in tho mi ldle Of
the Seventeenth century. There are those,
however, who say that their founder Htaa one
Kullmann. German, burned for heeesy 1t
Moscow in 1883. kullu1ann rejected the Scrip
lures, preached the reign OF the Spirit. and it III
sald. gave himself out as the Christ.
The Khlysty have their own Gospel N uu-
written one, IL beiug contrary to thei1 uelig,ous
principles to reduce ANYTHING to writing. They
SAY that when their Gcd descended on Russian
soil orc OF his irnt in]unctionB WAS that none OF
his teachings should be reduced to writing; and
one OF bis flst acts Was to cast all the books OF
the Law into the VoEga- In th wav he intended
to rid hiB people of all wrangllpg over the Scrip
lures. These fanatics teach that God never
revealed the true faith in Rusaa until about the
t.me Of Peter the Great The saving doctrine
in clouds Of FIRE, brought by the Father who
thele assumed human form. The Father thus
incaruate Was known by the nane Of Daniel
Phllpoyitch his worshipers call ffin also the
God Sabbath" phiiipo7ltch begAt one Ivan
Timo{eeyltcn souslof, OF 3 womsn over hun
Heaven he recognized as bis son and a. the
Christ. The real Chr1st is alwaya present among
them By adoption and succession. Each genera
tiou has lts own Chlise, aud even each Russian
community claims it's living Christ, the sucsess"r
OF the first In many respects Iimo1eevit4h's is
history 1s b:t car;catura Of the Sa71oTs. Thus
be chose tweive apostles, and preached the Co.
pei of hls father Oh the borders OF tha Oka~ His
preaching Tas st2pped BY the Car, aud he was
om S% 6s h ~ t T.
csucl6ed near the holy door OF the kremIn- He
was buried On FRIDAY aod rose iron the lead On
the night between the following Saturday and
Sunday. This paEsllelism between the life and
death Of the Founder Of the Christian religion
was crncified a second time. and = se<;ood time
roe @ T. from % the desd. In order to preSent Sec
ond resurrection the skin WAS re'noved from his
body; but woman having wrapped shFou1
about 1t, new skin WAS formed; he rose once
MORE from the dead, aud lived in Russia fo1
many years. after which he was united to bis
father in Heaven
Tie Hh{usty have for more tlrnn century
yenerated the places IN which THAR incarnete
gods were born, lived, and acted a honse IN
been always regarded BIZ them a. "a species oi
Santa Casa, and thither thousands. of pilgrims
| docked yearly to do hin honor.
Fhilipo7itch's twelve commandnests ineuleat<
| it's the use OF fermented drinks, another assist
ing A. weddings and festivities. Tne oath il
| condemned updef: all circumstances, and mar.
rage absolutely iptardlcted The two command
| ments Of their Dodecalogue which have contrib
which enioin belief in the Hc,v Spirit and the
| keeping secret the rites of the sect. Belief If
| tho Holy Spirit mesus nothing more thar
| faith in the iilns1ons OF 7their imag1na,
t1on. The revelations OF the secret,
| of the sect is forbidden entire.
| ". The commandments are very ex
press on this matter. keep these precspts
kean them secrat reveal them neither to lhy
| father nor thy mother. II they strike Thea with
the. knout II tuey burn thee with fire., Bn1e1
withuut-o ~esd. d.n-such is-the order OF the Do
4acao9ues
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