The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-22
MRS.MARTIN, THEAEWGOD
AVOWS WITHOUT HESITATION
HER DIVINE NATURE,
And Says She Cannot Help Her Fol-
lowers From WOrshipping Her
as Almighty God.
FEARS ENTERTAINED THAT THIS
BLASPHEMOUS CRAZE
MAY End in the Complete Insanity
of Every One Of the Men and
Women Subject TO II.

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CSclNNATI, July 2O.-The Enquirer
says The Enq,tirer'S revelations con-
ceining the fanaticsl sect on Walnut
Hills is the biggest sensation Gin
cinnali has had for some time. 1t ia
the theme OF every tongue, and was
discussed in its various phases by
:. thousands OF people yesterday, not
only in this city. but on the trains and
outside towns. From the facts thus far
developed II seems high time for the
police authorities to take hold OF the
mater. This is the almost universal
opinion. II the 50 called religious GER
emonies are permitted to continue
several young men, however, will find
homes in LJngview Asylum. They
are now on the verge of lunacy,
caused by their f;enzied devotion to
Mrs Martin, who mafquerades III the
sacred name of Jesus Christ. Any
STRIP TOWARD BREAKING UP
the band OF fanatics will receive en-
couragement from the friends and
relatives Of the misguided people, who
have tried every art n turn them
from course 50 perniCiOus TO their
health and mental and moral condi-
ton. Mrs. Marin is certainly de-
ranged, and the pitiable object OF
medical treatment for mental disorder,
Since the Enquirer began its invest!ga-
ton the impression has grown that the
iusti6cationists will in time be led to
commit excuses entirely foreign to
their original purpose, but provoked
by a state OF mental excitement little
short OF absolute insanity.
The following letter received at this
Office lsstevening is significant:
CNClSNATI, Monday morning.
To the Editor of the Enquirer:
/ have been somewhat interested in
your articles upon Mrs. Martin and
her followers, but YOU have not struck
"pay dirt" yet, and got at the fun Of
the matter. You would get some de-
cidedly interesting reading could you
get at some of their interpretations OF
the Bible, the fall, etc. T1glye you
an idea on the matter ! will mention
one point of belief. One doctfihe is
that the conjugal relation is to be jsaS
pended between husband aud vile,
and is practiced by some, at least, Of
her followers; but little amusement
was caused some time since by the
discovery that Mrs. Martin did not
practice what she preached.
am not one OF her devotees, but
happen to be 80 situated as to know a
good deal of the mystical part OF her
theology, and as for reasons don't
care about being interviewed. ! shall
give no name, but hint to the wise,
etc. (ii a reporter, as / have been there),
is sufficient, IN HASTE.
II must not be inferred that this pa
per desires to interfere with any per-
sons religious connections, for all
men have
A RIGHT TO WORSHIP GOD
as they choose. II is only when wild
ianstiCism is inaugurated which
threatens to injure society and over
throw the reason OF misguided people
led into it that the power Of thu law
should be invoked. The Sanctiiica-
tionis,s now pose in the guise Of mar.
tyrs and are willing to give
UP their lives for their vagaries.
The articles published about them
have, sothey say, not frightened them
in the least nor turned them from
their settled purpose. The legitimate
religious community are deeply inter
ested In the subject. They are deeply
scandalzed by the insults offered to
their churches aud their clergymep.
A common humanity suggls.8 tue adj
visibility of interference with the new
scheme OF falyation, which is, in the
opinion Of every one except the
believers, freighted with dire re-
suNsss il tolerated much longer,
No Election or suspicion has over
been cast upon the purity Of the lives
or many OF this cCsntliC sect. They
are, for the most part, ladies' and gem
tlemen heretofore conspicuous in
every good work. Now they have no
association with the outside world,
and tlke no interest in the joys or
sorrows Of their mostintimate friends,
unless caught in the meshes of the
wild ianaticism which recognizes and
bows before Mrs. Martin as the only
true and living God. Those who know
the deluded enthusiasts feel nothing
but pity for them. John b. Martin,
the husband OF
THE NEW RELIGIOUS PROPHET,
ia said TO he much cast down by the
co. duct Of bis wife. lie is devout
Methods, but takes no part in the
proceedings of the Perfec,iouists,
Mrs Martin, in an interview with a
repor ar Of an evening paper, stated
tn every tho was welcome to these
NEE ings, but her statement is directly
coutradltted by the experiences OF
these who have tried to gain an
entrance, At the Camp Giouud last
year Mr. Joseph +. Larkin, a well
known Methodist, YVES ordered out of
the tent occupied by the Perfection.
is'e, and Mira. Andres, mother OF Miss
Mez,e Andres, has tried repeatedly Ia
find olt what was going on in the
place, which has such an iufatuation
ior Der am able and most estmable
daueh er. Mrs. Miller, one of the club
told the Enquirer man that only those
who wanted to be guided by the light
otuu h could commune with the Per.
fec people. Even Mrs. Martin her
self quahf d her assertion, when inter
viewed by an Enquirer reported yes
tsrd1y afternoon, with the remMl
that OF course no one would be allowet
T. participate except those who were
taoctif d This would inevitably ex
clude oil but the thirty wlrsbipers o.
t1e rev found Christ. The woman
who is the object OF adectonate ven
Grafton rect lived the newspaper mar
with come hel itatijn, but was no
afraid 10 talk. She 10 undoubtedly
ndeut conveisa ionSlist, and has
THE BIBLE At HKR ToNGUE's END.
At the time the call was made Mrs
Martin WIS nrpnarah 10 90 ont for