The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-11
COCHRiNE'S RELIGIOUS SECT.
One Of the Holiness Crnzes That Flourished
in Maine Eighty Years Ago.

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one OF the n"'ines' ,rn>ss ih", r'""r'"he"
IN nam" Eighty Years Ago
",''h S''n'ro"' ~ Nv VI 7''"'n"' e'''' 'i',ao
'h' "thcr any '0nhn Il l1lnl" tha' IS suppose" 10
have been the property Of old Jak" Cochrnne.
II roc,ll,J nno ~ IN, u,,orret roly a &c rr.z.u
',,,r t,,onn - Nav rrn,,,'d :. sntI o,, ynrr
ever Known IN New fnEhnd' said I'cw l"rk
/ man who bad lust returned from visit at his
old home in tha Pine Tr,e state "Corhrann
u,n. tha tnr,,nor ~ sno, ,vni,,, anmri.had
! mainly in what has pcen Thomas l}. Reeds
Congress district He started It about eighty
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years ago ana though It has entirely passed
away as generally accepted faith, traces Of it
nre still to ho found in IN. torritory which wos
u" "'.'' W Wv ''','" ~ nv ""'.n
t"e scene OF most OF ms Iab"rs. some p'op's
Wornn,i.,n hn,,,,.', ,n,n,h ,rs - ,h. soct ,yero
,ftarworI ,monv Tho ref odherorta Of .Tosenh
S SmitT among the ''rS' ''"e''"'S oil JOSEF"
"rorb,,ro mazda sovor,I Thousand convarts
~ NO., ro,,ia,,
He gained moro than 5000 followers in
srar,cIy populatcd district The reaction
came in about three years lilo didn't have
coat of tar and feathers like that other Maine
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him four years in prison for his sins:
when he arrived in that part of the country
from, his ho,nn in Nov, iIon,nsbire and hogan
hi, ~, ,uiH Cnnhrnn ,ln,,t
"a year. Old. He is said to have been hand
some or uoworful builI and unusual yigor
mentally His eyes Of dark h11ci were bril-
liant and penetrating in their glance and he
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command Of his audiences. He had the rep
ut,,i,,, ~ h,fng tbo strorroet n hortor, av,r
known in that region. At his meetings strong
his oio,,,onnn sinco wIitan,.ld nrohahlv
US '''.o " '''.i' 1.'
| in so short a time. He taught that the Lord
E"Ee MN anu ms lono"erS si't."i P.,NeEes
and powers. enabling them to heal the sick
/ and even to strike down dead by force Of will.
if they so desired. BY the exercise of this
power the enthusiasts believed they could
WELD unlimited influence in any direction.
ihes 1n,usl. .nes ro",' ,'.ttea9' 'ne s.nu "
the farmers crops or bring tho housewives
| soap or butter.
"Cnchrane nro,.ssad 70 b,ve roce,ved tho
h.tts, %, ,b rIo',, Ghs, n" - he a., [no
Ted to give it to others 80 that thereafter they
/ won,d live without Gin ua di.onnrovad ~ Mi
! church organizations. He taught that all prom
erty must he held in common and proclaimed
an mar r''Ee VOWS n"u''cu' Hitrl'ual anlhl,y
alone was to be valid as marriage tie under
the new , dlSpens sat- This spiritual affinity
u"e'ie"' "" - '"c "'7i "','0' VI man, 'a'''-
their husbands. in search Of their Spiritual
mates OF ribs. as they called them some OF
| those who were y ated N ms way came TO New
| ork and joined joseph smith attrrthelr leader
was ilnnrisonrd rev helped IN the founding
OF Salt LAX" city.
| All those converts looked upon 'o'hrane rs
! an apostle WI" r"""lNed avn" inspiration ny
, direct and frequent communications from tho
| Almighty. The Lord tells IN" was a ~ rase
, often heard from the lps not only OF Corhrane
hmsrlt but OF MS prosrlytr?: On. Of the
| leaders crn2est excuses was his imitation Of
/ Christ entry into Jerusalem riding on an ass:
That Ler,"TmnnGG to3N li3re in the town OF
| Porter. and - sald to nave been blt ~ shame
, lcssness that has hah lew lhrni!"is Cochranr,s
. attempt to wax on me wafer az Sohago lake is
rom sI,nr,. ana ohout IN in"hes unTar watar
ne rnose ,w't YER AZ thS IN" 81 ms Ptet"hu"d
mn,hinIievor Mad rtmoyeI one OF The nianks re-
celyed ducking.
A., n ms I"rH.lary ilcrd' Experimentation Oh
cnn t,s h S he M in
/ come ns mus, thiursi. rAnWttlu9 'neln III
70 ron me 'nS nd ,nr e ant: