Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-01-10


posters of the past. The various per-
formances of the Faith Curists might
also be cited in illustration of the same
point.
The impositions and vagaries above
mentioned have been the performances
of class, and to enumerafe all he re-
ligious fanaticisms and decisions of in
diyiduals recorded in America even in
the last two years would demand an
unreasonable expansion of space. One
noted instance was that OF Mrs.
Pauline King, the cololed woman of
Oakside Park, H., who advertised that.
publicly turn water into wine as had
been done at the marriage feast at Cana
of Galilee. When the people had
gathered on the appointed day she had
a Jar filled with water from neighbor-
ing we'll, led in a hymn, and prayed,
and then tested the contents Of the jar
and founI nothing but water, and her
leadership was gone, even though her
faith remained.
A brother and sister named Boland at
High Prairie, kas., became so excited
ut religious revival that they went
home and built a fire on the floor of
their house danced around it, and would
have been burned to death had not the
naighbors come to the rescue. John
kuhni, Il quiet laborcr in a Wisconsin
cheese factory, could not convert his
roommate, and SO he killed him be-
cause he would be better dead than
alive; cut out his heart to see if it was
black. and buried it separately from the
rest of the body, that it might not cause
the whole body to 20 to hell. The peo-
pie of Il certain portion of North Caro-
lima were greatly stirred up early this
wear by the preaching of a number OF
Baptist ministers that the world would
come to an end before the close of the
year in Alabama certain churches of
the Shcrmanitc denomination had the
end set for "A certain day in February,
and when it arrived they met at their
various places of worship and spent the
forenoon Iii singing and praying, and
only went home when sunset showed
them that some one had made Il serious
characterization in the date.
Early in 1888 one Silas Wilcox made
his appearance in Western Missouri,
preaching but one dOctrlne-the care OF
the sick. OF course, he soon gathered
Il little band around him, the members
of which took unto themselves the
name of Samaritans. As his influence
extended his creed expanded, and he
finally declared 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
had three bodily visitations from Christ.
In Indiana, in April Clyde Long, Il boy
of II, declared that he was
Christ, and must be crucited. He
erected cross and begged to be nailed
upon 1t, and when refused took Il knife
and cut himself in Il fearful manner.
Another instance was that remarkable
exodus from Oakland, Cal, last April,
when Mrs. Woodworth prophesicd that
many cities would be buried by earth
puakcs and tidal waves on the 18th, 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 it
resolutely up. William Thompson, of
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ri 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
Overpowered and kept under restraint
| until the excitement wore away. James
Baily was arrested in Alabama only
three months ago for obtaining money
from the colored people upon the pre-
tense that he was high priest of the
Queen of Heaven and could cure any i'll
by touch. Mrs. Sullivan, of Springfield,
o., became exceedingly. dcvout, 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 six-months' old babe. She stripped
| it naked, placed il upon the altar, and
reached for knife, when the opportune
entrance of other persons save it's life.
In October the newspapers told the
fearful story of that religion-craZed son
and daughter in Michigan, who deter
mined that their bed-ridden mother
needed to be baptised, and poured
water over her until she died. Mrs.
Woodwork, who was responsible for
the Oakland exodus, moved her tent
to st. Louis, and for weeks kept up
scene of religious frenzy, scores falling
unconscious each evening, seeing
visions, receiving communications from
the dead, and being cured of physical
evils.
None of these events-and scores of
like character might be added-bear
testimony against true and reasonable
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