, 1881-04-03
<wcre dictated and ordered BY his little tyraiits'
is rl.narfpfl lis Il urrctlE and sutIcrS tnartyf-

were dictated and ordered by his little tyTahls'
is regarded lis Il llerctic and sutEcrs martyr
don.'
1t is rather curious that IN the opinion OF
many wise and gooi men, the first ana ,noss
fatal Of all events 70 the primitive u prl!Sion
was the setting up, A. D.. lsl, of 4 C!1tls1iai
Acadtny at Alexandria, the first master .t of
icis,a and then. Platonis,ta, and had been q
says that Aullnonius :':,tloptrd with such
dextcrity, the doctrines Of The Pagan ph.loso-
phy. as to appeara Christian to e Giiflsliatms ta
cortiil.; to one writer, :'nolest, plais1 people
retired and kept at due distance.' having 40
relish tor ''stoical and acadenllcal dlc~
tatrs'' The long story ct i hetSiIIy ;tII eyer 1e
viii often repeat itself in details, and
will rather revive old errors and notions ti;ll
invent new ONES. Snsularly enough tllo
first hereto whom wc cncou'ittr Is Marcio!,
riasc lie did hot adult married persons 70
baptism, .scnnsiuerins 1t wrong to propaEate
4 race subject to the cruel dominion OF l1e
Crcator.': Marciun seems to have been =
that Ills world is prey to evil. l:!d deatl, ;;,a
as frccn. them froul it.. They weie IN 1lle
habit 0f being baptized frequently, some OF
the Shaker writers have discovered hlafclon,
and make much Ut him: Indeed: they lily
say with truth thnt in the e'fly days OF ne
Church t!1cr. WIS Il strong party Ill me
Church III favor OF ce1ibacy. On the otief
hand, there WAS yrrat deal OF mystic l!bere.
lnislll, Of which it is pleasant he! the1 10 1ead
nur 10 write .-...-.,...a,s
during tbs second and third centuries Is ~
ttrestlng rs showing tie propensity Ut 1ol1y
or Of ua;,hness III q religious glrb to repro
duce itself, or else to 20 from generation 70
ri
With occasional outbreaks. The Adai'ltes
of North Africa, claiming the orlslna! lllllo-
cetlce of 4idaau. went TO- Wofs'llp Wlln ~
superiluity OF clothes: The conlpilers Of tile
fralnud found Il hundred absurd fables aoout
Adam, and preserved them. In all religious
listory lie was the prominent figure. lie was
represented As feared by the angels i tnld
atioretl by every utI1cr living creature. me
tictons concerning hiul both Ill Callln1,lc a,iu
leretical literature were l'llilleraple. a!io
tic and Alanchuan systems Ihe hrSt Adttii- y !.
ties were Il natural result Of this; bus " Is
strange to find them reappearlng especl:.lity;
in Bohemia and Aforayia, IN the t'tteenth
century, underline lea'tsrshio o. tseneln 'eav e
s,trp, styled himself AdaIn, the Snn of Gee.
'rhul,gh Zisca nlnde war upon them vigof-
ously. ant! all bnt externiisi:tea tAenl' Ilaey
still exist in Austrin. and made troupe tneae
wien religious liberty WAS declared III lsa9:
The wriitr of s.Coslno's Trayels'' says there
were many Ad;l,ultcs in EnElaMts ad that ,., u
their weddings Il tree was PLACED III me illt.
die of the synagog. The pleasantest part Or
ti,is is that these poor creatures had inc
grace TO marry at all. 1t Is somewhat re-
,uarka!)e tl.at 50 nlan, of the curly iieretlcs
Should have denounced wettlock. When Old
Mother Ler, the first Shaker, set up sucli
doctrine, perhaps she had 10 ides how Old II
was-ti,ys niouldy though not. venerable no
tloll of the Tatianlsts, the Apotactacl,
the Excalceati. not to mention dozen
other sects. CcsibacS was louE re-
garded as Christian virtue, and sub
Scuuently as a priestly qualification. IN
thu, time of Cyprian, the comparative merits
OF u1artyrtolu and cniibacy were rated as.oAe
hupdred to sixty. St Patrick, in the fifth
century, in Il Mure elaborate classification,
rates Bishops and doctors of tho Church.
monks and single women. at one hundred !;
ecclesiastics in general and widows protested
at sixty: while The faithful laity only stand
at Thirty. Many Of tho Fathers have :. ex, :,
trayaEant notions upon this subject lind
the Shaker doctrine upon this point well set
forth IN 4 curious bouE, entitled: The
Testimony of Christ's Second Appearing.
Published by order Of the Ministry. Union
Village, Ohio. 1e23.'' In this odd work l
ind Martin Luther described as = a damna-
bic nla1l,'' "a miserable sinner and "a1.
i:aperious and prosecuting tyrant," his prin-
cipal offence apparently being that lie mar
ried the excellent Catharina y0n Bora