Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-04-11
FALSE cHRIsTs NUMEROUS.
They Have Appeared in All Ages and In
Many Countries.
RIO Be CoHtinhedl

The queer beliefs of the Indians OF
the Northwest concerning their Messiah
have aroused renewed interest in the
subject of false Christs. which Jesus
himself said would come after him.
especially just at the beginning of the
end" According to some the appear
ance of these pseudo Christs is one oil
the signs that the coming of the real
Messiah is near at hand; others, backed
al sdrent ~ ''t, tbese ;mnostors bni l;tt;s
weight preferring TO treat them a,
deluded fanatics, worthy only of 4
place in some insane asylum. Tha
there is no sign" of anything in these
appearances,u unless it is a sign of sof
spot in the head of the impersonatOr,
may be inferred from the fact that not
less IAN tweuty-four different persons
presented themselves to the Jews
alone, claiming to be Christ returned.
between the time of the crucitxion
aud the year 1862. Many of these
"Messiahs" were defended by the Jews
at an enormous cost of both life aud
money. Especially is this true in the
case Of Coziba of Barchocheba, one OF
the most popular of the false Christs.
who arose as the Messiah of the Jews
in the second century after the crucifix-
ion OF Jesus Che Jews, OF coarse, put
Jesus down among the false Cbrists).
and in whose defense lost over GOO, 600
men when the Romans made war upon
them in an attempt to put down the
popular delusion.
In the sixth century a remarkable
impostor appeared at Alexandria. in
Egypt, claiming to be Jesus of Nazareth
returned TO earth. He showed scars
on his hand and feet where he said he
had been nailed to the cross six cent
uries before. and called upon the Egyp-
tians to follow him in reyengeful war
against the Jews. The chief ruler OF
Egypt became one of the impostor's fol-
lowers and contributed an immense
army for making an invasion of Pales-
tine. Everything was in readiness
when the false Christ took down with
fever and soon died. just as q COM
mon Egyptian would have done.
The tenth century was one prolific OF
false Christs. not less than eight or
ten so-called "Messiahs" making their
appearance and being ministered to
by greater or less multitude of de-
luded followers during that century.
From the beginning of the eleventh
to the opening of the seventeenth cen.
tury but few false Christs are recorded.
The masses were becoming more gen.
orally educated. and. therefore, less
likely 10 become followers of such
blasphemers. The extraordinary wiles
of Mordecai, a German-Jew. who lived
in 1852. gained him quite reputation
as a Christ. but. sharper that he was.
be was at last compelled to fee for his
life and end his days as an outcast.
Moses Charjorn Luzzalto. an Italian.
born in 1907, IL said to have actually
believed himself the predicted Messiah.
He wrote Newer Testament" and
organized church. but did not mako
any considerable headway. He died in
l740, while making efforts to prove his
divine origin.
According ia the Fremdeabian OF
Berlin false Christ made his bow In
Germany in August. 1879. He called
himself "Jekuthiel" CHRONICLES vi.
ls). King Of Israel. and announced
that hc had come to assume tho throne
OF his Empire rs the true Messiah. His
manifesto. cntitled. 'To Whom 1t May
Concern" bore seal which had tho
crown OF David Oh one side and n
Scriptural quotation on the other. He
evidently found but few disciples. as but
very little concerning him ever ap
pesred IN the German paperA
In 1880. or thereaboutS the noun.
taineers OF West Virginia attempted to
create IN excitement by pretending to
believe in the divinity Of Que of their
number. Eighteen hundred and eighty
eight gave Georgia trio of false
Christs. a woman,a negro by the name
OF Edward James. and white man
named Dupont Hell. Tho woman's
success In the miracle line gained her
great reputation for awhile. James
and Bell were both finally committed
10 tho insane asylum, With Schwsin-
furth ~ Christ At the Rockford (Ill. \
''hcaven. aud tho Indian Messiah in'
the Rocky Mountains We end this
sCuric ~ Note" on false Christs. .-Sk
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