The Forrest City times., 1891-02-20
FALSE cHRIsTs NUMEROUS.
9Asy Gsvs Appeared in All Ages anA A
 Many Countries.
The queer belief, of the Indians |,

The queer beliefs of the Indians of tho 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 of the signs that the coming cf the real Messiah issnear at hand; others. backed by the evidence of history, give tho advent of these impostors but lttlc weight. preferring to treat them as i deluded fanatics, worthy only of a place in some insane asylum. That there is no sign" of anything in these appearances, unless it is sign of soft spot in the head of the impersonator, may be inferred from the fact that not | less than twenty-four different persons presented themselves to the Jews alone. claiming to be Christ returned. and the year 1862. Many of these "Messiahs" were defended by the Jews at an enormous cost of both life and 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 Yrucifix- | ion of Jesus Ghe Jews, of course. put Jesus down among the false Christs), and in whose defense lost over GOO GOO men when the Romans made war upon them in an attempt to put down the | popular delusien.
 | In the sixth century 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 Egvp- | tians to follow him in revengeful war against the Jews. The chief ruler of i Egypt became one of the impostor's fol- l lowers and contributed an immense army for making an invasion of Pales- tine. Everything was in readiness when the false Christ took down with q fever and soon died. just as 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. 1 The masses were becoming more gen. erally educated, and. therefore. less | likely to become followers of such l blasphemers. The extraordinary wies ! of Mordecai, a German-Jew. who lived in 1882, gained him quite a reputation as Christ, but, sharper that he was. l he was at last compelled to flee for his ' life and end his days as an outcast. Moses Charjorn Luzzatto, an Italian. born ill l07, is said to have actually believed0imself the predicted Messiah. He wrote Il Newer Testament' and organized a church, but did not make any considerable headway. He died in TAO. while making efforts to prove his divine origin.
 According to the Fremdcnblatt ot Berlin q false Christ made his bow in 1 Germany in August, 1872. He called himself "Jekuthiel" (Chronicles vi.. lS). King of Israel, and announced that he had come to assume the throne of his Emp pire as the true Messiah. His manifesto. entitled. "To Whom It May Coneern." bore seal which had the crown of David on one side and a Scriptural quotation on the other. He evidently found but few disciples. as but 1 very little concerning him ever ap- peared in the German papers.
 In 1850. or thereabouts, the moun- taineers of West Virginia attempted to create an excitement by pretending to believe in the divinity of one of their number. Eighteen hundred aud eighty eight gave Georgia trio of false i Christs. a woman,a negro by the name Of Edward James, and white man named Dupont Bell. The woman 6 success iu the miracle line gained her great reputation for awhile. James and Bell were both finally committed to the insane asylum. With Schwein. ft.rth as Christ of the Rockford Ull.)
 "aeaven." and the Indian Messiah in the Rocky Mountains, we end this
 Curious Note" on falsc Christs. -SL LoYts Repabhc.