The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-08-03
HUMAN SACRIFICES.
MODERN RELIGIOUS FANATICS WHO
BELIEVE IN THEM.

mdny Peculiar Sccts In tho old
world, Particularly In Russia,
Whose Members XIII and Cruelty
That Salvation May De Attained.
That human sacrifices have been
made even in the nineteenth century,
and by processing Christians, too, Is
brought out by The American Journal
OF Sociology in striking article:
The Convu!sionists, n sect existing In
Paris about 1TGO, We're wont to cruelty
members Of their order. i'm emulation
of the crucitiXon of the Saviour, in the
belief that the souls Of the surviving
members would bc saved by the sncri-
liccs of their fellows. In 1917 the
"Paschrlians," an Austrian sect, MUIR
dered a man, his wife and daughter
under the dclusion that the trio, who
refused to so with the fanatics, we're
possessed OF the devil. On the follow
ing day they crucified one Of their own
number, girl of 10 years. who had
suffered herself for the death, In imi-
tation OF the death of the Saviour In
IN 1885 phe IeadeSTo a So1s ~ ofr Rff 6slleM
Gle in Switzerland. after having dis
patched her sister. who gave her life
as means of saving the souls OF her
relatives. was crucified by her follow
crs at her own command in order that
she might die. rise again after three
days and restore to life the sister she
had slain. In 1860 two mothers. adj
herents Of the Holy Men," slew their
sick children, believing them to be vic
tins Of dcmoniacal possession. In
1870 n Hungarian miller. belonging to
the "NaZarcncs," killed his son rs IN
fashion of Abraham. In 1870, In Ir-
lkutsk. Russia. one of the "SchIsmat-
les" convinced himself by prayer and
Tasting and much Scripture reading
that to save his soul he must be- cruel
fled. Accordingly he attempted self
crucifXIon and succeeded so fur as
the circumstances of the case would
permit.
In 1880, iE the government Of Perm.
Russia. peasant killed his child as
IN offering for sin and buried the body
in an ant hill. Likewise, in the gov
crnmcnt OF Vladimir, another peasant
killed both his children in due Abra-
hamic form, and while the babies bled
under the fathers knife the devout
mother celebrated the service by read
ing aloud selected portions Of the twen-
.ty-second chapter Of Genesis. In 1854.
in the government of Tambov, Russia,
Il peasant. convinced that to save his
soul n man must have n sin to repent
of, killed q ncighbor with an aX In or
der to sntisfy this highly imperative
condition. .,...sf. 1. .
1t is part OF the creed Of the "Wan-
dercrs," n Russian sect, that anti
Christ rules in high places there and
that accordingly good men must havo
naught to do with governmental at
fairs of any sort. In conformity with
this BELIEF Il man murdered in various
ingenious ways % men, women and
children. including his own wife and
babies, in order to free them from the
danger Of losing their souls by suffer
ing the communicating contact of the
government census taker. This occur
red In 1897.
The "DenierS," another quite inter-
cstinS Russian sect, believe that evil
taints all earthly good and that the
only escape is death. In 1926 60 Of
these mon. strong in the faith, after
having murdered their wives and chill
dreh. permitted themselves to be put
to death, one by one, by their leaders.
The "Scourgcrs." who also form n
widespread and influential sect In Rus
sia, in obedience to the behests Of their
'saviors," are in the habit of indulg-
ing in human sacrifices, cannibalistic
feasts, crotic dances and other lewd
procedures as an extremely efficacious
method of keeping the hand Of evil
from of their immortal souls. So the
"Muckers" of I<onigsbeTg and the eel.
ebrants of the black mass in Paris at
ford further examples of the use OF a
ritual Of erotism. coupled with prac-
tice of the most abandoned aud OBJ
scene behavior, to promote the eternal
welfare of the soul