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NAMES OF DENOMINATIONS.
From the Buffalo Times.
The Hussites took their name from
John Huss, who was born In 1873,
and was burned in 1415. They were
also called Bethlehemites from the
Church Of Bethlehem, in Prague, Of
which Huss was the pastor.
The Lutherans took their name
from Martin Luther, who was born
In ls43, and died in 1546. At first
the name was used as . term Of
ridicule, but was adopted by those
10 whom 1t was applied And soon
became q serious designation.
The Mormons received this name
from the book OF Mormon, which
was claimed by Joseph Smith to be
q revelation to himself. They them-
selves reject the name, and call
themselves 1.-THE Church OF the Lat
ter Day Saints Of Jesus Christ"
The PhariBees mentioned In the
New Testament took their name
from the Hebrew word meaning
separated. They were 20 called
because they considered themselves
better than the other people Of that
time and separated themselves from
them.
The Libertines, q religious body OF
Holland, were 80 called from the
fact that they asserted tbat men
could not do wrong when following
the dictates OF nature. Their pecu-
liar doctrine led them into ali man.
ner Of excuses, and finally secured
the r suppression by the government.
The Waldenses, . religious sect,
were, 1t IL believed, named from the
German word Walden, "a forest,''
) though some think that the deriva-
ton is to be found in valois, . prov.
ince where they predominated The
former 10 generally pre- erred, q
their religious meetings were held ir
the woods.
Tho Shakers had their peculiar
designation gwen to them in deri'
. sion. During the religious excite.
. ments which were encouraged By
their form Of worship, members o
this sect often fell Into convulsiv,
tremblings, sometimes ending II
partial or total Inconsistencies, ant
this singular phenomenon gave I
name to the sect.
a The words monk and monster,
arc derived from the Greek wor'
: monos, meaning "alone." A monk
in the roper sense OF tho word
one who dwells entirely alone, an
monAster. %, properly speaking, ~
Q establishments In which each indi
vidual has . cell OF dwelling to him
SELF and has little or no communica
ton with the others Of the sam
society.
D, The wesleysns were named fror
+ John Wesley. They wers Gale
Methodists In derision because Yves
ley and his companions methodize
their time in order to conserve
I and do the more work. In Englan
the Primitive Metbodists are Gale
aRantersn from thsir habit q
preaching on the streets or In publ
places or wherever they can get >
audience.
The Fifth Monarchy men formed
religious sect that sprAng up In th
days OF Charles I. Of England. The
were 70 called from the fact tbs
|, they asserted that In the last day
the four ancient monarchies, th
Assyrisns, the Perslans, the Baby
|, Ionisn and the Roman, would b
!, RESTORED, and to them would b
added . Christian monarchy or aft
monarchy, Of which Christ would b
the King.
: OF the FrsnciscAn Fsisrs thsl
ers two orders, . called th
, bservant FSiars, bscsuse Of the
leidity IN otssxving the origin
biss laid down BY the founder. II
thsr The Conventional Ffiars, VII