The Brunswick times., 1897-03-14
DIR. CYRUS r. TEED.

cago. Attached to the rule that the ad-
herents of Koreshan must give up their
wealth to the cause is saving clause
permitting them to withdraw their con-
tributions i'll the event of their leaving
the community. If this proviso had been
lived up to, the suit of Hoyt versus Par
sons would never have been heard of.
The plaintiffs are Mr.. and Mrs War
rem Hoyt. Mr.. Hoyt is the editor of the
Haverhill MASS Bulletin and an ex-
state legislatC@. The defendant is Mrs
E. V. Parsons Of Boston, who is asked
to account for gold watch, a chain, a
trunk and more than 800 worth of dry
goods which she is alleged to have OBJ
tanned from local storekeepers, who
charged them to Mr.. Hoyt's account.
The story told on behalf of the plain
tiffs presents Mrs. Parsons in the light
of one who obtained a powerful influ-
ence over Mrs Hoyt, SO that the latter
was willing and eager to give her every
thing she asked. Indeed nothing less
occult than hypnotism is suggested as
the explanation for Mrs. Hoyt's ameni-
ty to her coreligionist's desires.
On the other hand Mrs. Parsons, the
defendant, protests that she is victim
of Koreshan. She will not discredit the
faith ITSELF sublime" is the adjective
she applies to it-but she has nothing
but words of bitterness for DR.. Teed,
its founder and "Christ;" for Mrs Ord
way, the ''mother of Christi and for
nfhnrc hinh in fhn l., of
terious order. She has instituted suits
against Teed to recover So, 100, which
she says he induced her to give him.
AS for Mrs. Hoyt's property, she says
it was voluntary gift, rendered neces-
sary by the destitute condition in which
she MRS Parsons) left the Koreshan
.''heaven" i'll Florida. Mrs Parsons is
a physician practicing at 104 Dartmouth
street, Boston, although her home is in
BrOckton.
The Koreshan heaven, on Estero is
land, Lee county, Fla, is practically an
absolute monarchy. Teed rules over it
with rod of iron, enthroned in man
sion which is known as Beth Ophrah.
The "mother of Christ, " whose title is
Transcribed as Victoria Gratia Horesh"
i'll the Koreshan tongue, reigns co-ordi-
nately with him over a community of
converts who are no better than slaves.
Not only have they signed over to
their leader all their worldly goods, but
they are compelled to toll unremitting-
ly, regardless of the weather or their
physical condition. These deluded
wretches are hattered with the term
"angels" and are supposed to be sexless.
The two chief articles of their creed are
the worship of Teed and the blind obe-
dience of his every order. There is no
marriage among them, and whatever
children enter the colony from the out
side world are taught to believe that
Teed is their father.
DIR. Cyrus Teed, the messiah of this
strange, sad colony, has impressed his
followers with the belief that he will
die soon, but will rise from the dead
and remain on earth, the active though
invisible deity of Koreshan, till the end
of the world. In the meantime he pro-
fesses to perform miracles and employs
his subjects in the reclaiming and i'm
proving of property that will prove i'm
mensely valuable.
So much is known about Koreshan.
Mrs. Parsons threatens to tell more-to
tell so much that the Florida authori-
ties may be prompted to interfere -
New York Journal.