The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-08

MODERN RELIGIOUS FANATICS WHO
BELIEVE Nv THEM

worIG. Particularly In Russia.
whose Members gin ana Cruelty
That saivation May he Attained.
That human sacrifices have been
made cyrn in the nineteenth century,
and Ivy processing Christians. too. is
brought out by The Au@rcau journal
Of Sociology IN u striking article:
The Conyulsionists, svct existing in
Paris about 1860, were wont TO cruelty
members Of their order In emulation
OF tie cruciiiSion of the Saviour. in the
belief that the souls OF The surviving
members wuull he saved 10y the sacri.
fees OF their fellows In 1917 the
"paschrlnnM" au Austrian sect. mui-
dered ~ man. his wife and daughter
under thr dplusion THAT the trio. who
refused to go with the families were
possessed of The down On the follow.
ing day they crucilied one OF their own
numhcr n girl Of 10 years. who had
suffered herself for the death. in imi-
tation OF the dra;h of the Saviour in
order TO save the souls of her fellow
believers
In 1873 The leader Of plctlstic cir
Gle in Switzerland after having dis
patched her Nstcr WHO gave her l.lr
as means or saving thp souls of her
relatives. wus crGcirrd by her follow
ers ut her own command In order that
she might die. rise again after three
days and restore 90 ifp the sister she
had slain On 1868 tvu m1thcrS nd-
herents Of the Holy Men" slpw their
sick children. tclicv.ng tl'cm TO bc vie
Tins OF dcmou.acal possession In
1875 Hungarian miller. belonging to
the "NazarcUts" Killed his son as an
Offering for his own slus after the
fashion of Abraham In 1870. in Ir-
kutss Russia. onp Of the "Schismat-
ics' convinced himself by prayer and
fasting a3l ulch Scripture reading
that TO save his soul be- must be cruel
fed Accordingly he attempted self
crucinXiun and succeeded so far as
the circumstances Of the case would
pcrnlt
In 1880. IN the government of Perm.
Russia. peasant killed his child as
an Offering Tor sin ana buried the body
in nm amt hin Likewise. in the gov
eminent Of Vladimir, another peasant
killed both his children in due Abra-
hamic form. ANA while the babies hled
under the fathers knife the dcvout
mother celebrated the service 10y read
ing aloud selected portions OF the TWEEN
/ ty-sccond chuptcr OF Genesis I'm 1891.
In the government of Tambov. Russia,
n peasant Convinced that to save his
soul q man must have sin 10 repent
of, killed n nolghbor with an ax In or
der TO satisfy this highly imperative
condition
| 1t Is part of the creed Of the WAN
| derers." Russian sect that anti
Christ rules in high places there ami
that accordingly good men must have
naught 20 DO with governmental af-
| fairs OF amy sort IN conformity with
this belief q 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 talier This occur
red in 1891
The "Deniera," another quite inter-
esting Russian sect. believe that evil
t1lnts all earthly good and that the
only escape ia death. In 1925 go of
these men. strong in the faith, after
having murdered thcir wives ana chill
| dren permitted themselves TO be- pun
to death. one hy one by their leaders.
The "Scou'gera' who also form a
/ widespread anl influential sect in Rus.
sin, in obedience to the behests OF their
"saviors," are In the habit of iudulg-
ing in human sacrifices. cannibalistlc
| feasts. crotic dances aud other lewd
/ procedures ms an extremely ctiicacous
| method of Keeping the hand of evil
from Off their Immortal souls. So the
"Muckers" Of Eonigsherg and the eel.
ebrants of the black mass in Paris af-
ford further examples Of the use Of a
| ritual OF erotism. coupled with prac-
tice of the most abandoned and oh
scene behavior, to promote the eternal
welfare Of the soul.