Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-07

at religious revival that they went
homo and built fire on the floor OF their
house, danced around il, and would have
been burned 10 death had not the neigh.
bors como to the rescue. John Kuhni,
quiet laborer in Wisconsin cheese
factory. could not convert his room
mate. and so he killed him, because he
would be better dead than alive; cut out
bis heart 10 see il il was black. and buried
II separately from the rect OF the body,
that IL might not cause the whole body
to go 70 hell The people Of certain
portion OF North Carolina were greatly
stirred up early this year by the preach
ing Of number Of Baptist ministers
that the world wor Id come to end before
the close of the year. In Alabama GER
tain churches Of the Shermanite denomi-
nation bad the end set for certain day
in February, aud when it arrived thew
met at their various places of worship
and spent the forenoon IN singing and
praying. and only went home when sun
set showed them that some one had
made q serious miscalculation in the
date.
SILAs WILCOX.
Early in 1888 one Silas Wilcox made
his appearance IN Western Missouri.
preaching but one doctrine-the care of
the sick. OF course, he soon gathered
little band around him, the members OF
which took unto Themselves the name
SamaritauS As his influence extended
ms creed expanded, and he finally de-
clared that the drinking Of blood would
heal all manner OF diseases, because the
Bible declared that the blood was the
life. In many cases children were found
who had been bled that their elders
might be restored. and the strong arm of
the law had to be evoked before the
practice was suppressed. Before the
Rev. Stephen Nolan, Of Kentucky, died
IN January last, he declared that he had
bad three bodily visitations from Christ.
In Indiana, in April, Clyde Long, boy
OF seventeen, declared that he was Christ
and must be crucified. He erected a
cross and begged to be nailed upon it,
and when refused took knife and cut
himself in fearful manner.
Another instance was that remarkable
exodus from Oakland. Cal, last April,
when Mrs. Woodwork prophesied that
many cities would be buried by earth
quakes and tidal-wsves on the 14th, and
many persons became so impressed
that they packed their goods into wagons
and fled TO the hills, where they sat
down TO wait for the destruction that
never came. Patrick German set out
to starye himself in a Connecticut
jail because, he said, God had ordered
him so to do, and for many days kept ii
resolutely up. William Thompson. of
Kansas, attended Adventist meetings in
FL Dorado to such purpose that he went
home and attempted to put his family
out of the world little before the end
that he believed was near, but was over
powered and kept under restraint until
the excitement wore away. James
Baily was arrested III Alabama only three
months ago for obtaining money from
the colored people upon the pretence
that he was high priest of the Queen OF
Heaven and could cure any i'll by a
touch. Mrs. Sullivan, Of Springfield,
Ohio, became exceedingly devout, sat
up at night and read her Bible, talked |
and thought of nothing but religion, and
finally constructed an altar in her house, |
upon which she prepared to sacrifice her
babe. She stripped it |
naked, placed it upon the altar, and |
reached for a knife. when the opportune |
entrance OF other persons saved Its life. |
BELIGIoN-cRAzED.
In October the newspapers told the |
fearful story Of that religion-crazed son
and daughter in Michigan who deter
mined that their bedridden mother
needed 10 be baptized, and poured water |
over her until she died Mrs Wood |
worth, who was responsible for the Oak |
land exodus, moved her tent to St Louis
and for weeks kept upa scene OF religious
frenzy, scores falling unconscious each
evening, seeing visions, receiving com
from the dead, and beng
cured of physical evils. /
None of these events-and scores OF
like character miZht be added bear
testimony against true and reasonable
but they plainly show what hui
man belief can be led to, and the harm
that can be done by INSCRIPTIONS or
misguided men and women. The recent
Indian craze is only portion of that
wave that has swept over the
human emotions from the beginning Of
time-the Indian showing that he is
neither stronger nor weaker than his
brother Of other hues.