The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-07
PERSIAN HERETICS.

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4, PROSECUTED SECT DRIVEN OUT
IA BY THE PRESENT sHAH ~
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Untinsay. Ds.eh-lAs orsater Hess,
BIZ Who 4 - Hzsse asoa. Rae. Nesi,. Land.
Professor Browne. lect4seriin Persian. ?
st the University q Cambridge. has
written, .. curious book. entitled The
Episode Of the, Bab.s Probably q, few
people, know who the Bah Is, but Mr.. =.
Brownies researches arc certain to
awaken interest in the NAH. who was the
arch hereto Of Persia in the earIy part
Of the reign Of the present shah He
died violent death ut the hands Of the
government when Il was learned that
the heresy that he preached Threatened
the peace Of the national church. His
followers live and arc faithful TO his
memory and teachnxs. 49,. 90 -
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OH DIVWHCb 0UO8s tCkk8 VI I'm G1Ek40xuI~ =
nary exertdohs to BEE thssn and get their
story nom their -sysni lips. They afei
scattered far and wides- Some Of theH,.
sre In Cyprus others ara in, Palestine,
safe from the vengeance Of the shah. All
Of them would expect TO lose their heads
II they showed themselves in Persia.
Only tho humble followers of the Bah .
live unmolested IA their own country, ::
bolding their meetings secretly for fear.
Of the persecution of tho angry Mollahs.
Tho Bah was Mohamme,lan, re.~
former, who wont to Mecca and ean,c =:
back with q hew commentary on tho
Koran He spoke of himself as superior
y Mohammed and to an other great re-
Ggious reformsrs, but he announced
That n greater than hewas coming: That
greater one is Beha, who lives In an
earthly paradise called Behje, .neaz.r
Tyre, where Professor, Browne found
him. The author says he feels quite I'M
equal to the task Of conveying vivid
impression of the faces and forms that
surrounded him during his visit to thu .
strange retreat. BE almost runs short
Of adjectiyes whom. he describes thu
wondrous and. venerable figure Of tho
holy man., He says he behelA q faee
which he will never forget. although he
cannot describe It Tho piercing eyes
seemed to read his very soul. mo need
TO ask IN whose presence i stoed az /
bowed myself beforeone who is the OBJ
tect OF . devotion and love which kings
might envy and emperora nigh for in
vain" .......
Beha's preaching IS . prophecy Of tho
"uost great peace" and OF the brother
hood and unity Of man. The brother
hood of the entire race is coming. Ira
predicts. Prof. Browne says Bella ksows
the exact position Of European hffairs
and is sorry for the western nations.
He sees kings and rulers tavishing their
treasures in the purchase of means of
destruction instead of procuring the
means Of happiness. Meekness, con-
cord, obedience, submission are the es-
sentials Of his secret in the perfect way.
he Is loved and revered by all his fol-
lowers wharavar fhoy s~ey. ~ .>4l v,.,v
q message from him s. read in the secret
meetings IN Persia Of the humble fol-
lswefs Of the Bah. -ss-asz-- 80 80. .,
The Bah was not lesEpsd IN the law
Hhe the great aoetors 81 the church,
and for that reason, they held. him in,
contempt. Il was his habit to dispute
with them in tho temples, and although
rs was ignorant his wisdom put their
knowledge to shame. They said he
proved himself an impostor because he
talked bad grammar. He showed them
that his grammar wa the grammar of
the Koran, and asked them If it Was not
better to be wrong with the prophet
than right With the rest of the world.
Whenever he became too Troublesome
they beat him with rods. At last they
had him shot. A company of Infantry
was drawn III, and the Dab and one of
his followers wcr: placed before it rs
targets. The first discharge killed the
follower, but o:ily hcoke the cords thst
bound tho prophet. He might have c.sn-
verted his executio.ers then # lie fra,i
had time to make tie most of tho situa-
ton. But before he could speak the
second volley was lred and the Bah
died Of many wWinds. -: -s.., .-... -...
His followers ware terribly ineena<l
at the outrage, sls} tried to ..sss,ssinats
the shah. Et,,ld that he tainted with
terror at the sight of the eonspiratorsv
and was only saved by the timely arri-
val of his escort, For time he ma,ssr
Persia very unsufc FOR the followers ok
tia Bah. He killed their ieaslers. and
to this day those who escaped from their
native land have ReSsr dared to returm.
Among the vaetims vas the- one Saliva
ton Lasa 81 the movement. the beaufi-
ful Kurratu 1r'Ayn, Eho, It is said. wa
q miracle Of learning and Of every f. NJ
nine charm. She vas killed BY Eov,
torture, and 10 the very last She declared
her supreme faith " the teachings OF
the Bah. The ,yollahs who slew hev-
came nsa> rebelling s few months ago
Hbeh their lord ara master threatened
to interfere with the tobacco question
in PersSa They made him tremhe for
bis life and throne until the obnoxious
measures he proposed were rescinded. =.
Meanwhile Beha is waiting patiently
hsxiie, confident that the day will como
when his teachings will triumph in Ter
ssa aud the leadess of his faith ess, re-
turn to their land.-Nsw York Sun.
IL. A Cess Story s-,-'.s' -
Two men loeated varmint III trcc
and enc scaled up for the prize. After
an. interval ri several rninutos x~h;.b