The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-21
FANATlClSM AND CRIME.
Dreadful Religious Rites of Certain
European Srcts.

The results If an analysis Of a series Of
legal actions invoking pros, eurIon for crime
supposedly commute. uuirr the spell Of Ia
ratical religious beliefs --ryr 70 Illustrate
this ronlt- Thus tn, Cuuvul-ioui=ts. a scot
existing in Paris about: 100. w.r" wont 4"
cruelty momh-s- of their order. in ''nu!i-
ton of the crECitlNIou II Jesus. IN the be-
Lief thar the souls Of IA" surviving members
would ba saved hy the -Brr.Et. Al rhalT I'i-
lows. In 1911 TIE 'Pu~chrl.au%. IN Aus
TRAN sect. murdered r. man. MS vile ana
their da1Ehty-. under tho 'iflu,-l"H t'it ne
trio. Who refused 10 so with the iaidil"S.
were possessed Of III. devil on the loi-
lowing cay they C~TacI:lat one ~ th,ir own
number. a girl of Il years "h" ilti o.
fercd herself for the death. IN imitation ~
The death Of Jesus. in order l., save the
souls Of her Ieliow-b-I'NtIs. In -. IN
leader Of a Pietistic circle m S"iiz'rIanH'
after having dIsra'cLed her sister. who gay"
her life as a means ~ SAVING IN S,uIS ui
her relatives. MS yrUcil'd 10y h.: followers
at her own command. in nrder That she
might die, rise again after three days, anu
restore to life tho sister whom sh" had
slain. In ISIS TWO mothers. aihvrcuiS ~ IN"
Holy Men slew their sick chlaT'h. "'-
lieyirc them to be victims of demoDliral
possession. il $50 a hungarian miller. hF-
longing 10 the "NazarcaeS, killed his <an
a. an Offering for his own sins, after The
fashion Of Abraham. In 1917. III lrhNtS'A,
Russia, one Of the "~SChiSmaticN' convinced
himself by prayer and fasting ana hihth
Scripture reading that 70 save his Snui y,
must be crucirieG. Accordingly h. attempted
self-C-uCifixion. and succeeded 50 TAR as the
circuus5ances Of thu case would permit. In
i>S0. in the government of FaTem. Russia: 4
peasant killed his yhIl3 As an uirIH'S i''
sin. ard buried the body in an AM mn,
Likewise. in the Government OF !tdinhr'
another peasant killed bolh OF ne en-,
Gren IN due Abrahamic form. ana WhlIe ne
babies bled under the fathers KNIFE Iie
Geyout mother celebrated the service ny
reading aloud selected portions OF tht Wi
ty-seCord chapter OF GeneStS IN I,'t, Al
the Government f Tamboft. Russia; a Pc IS
ant. convinced that to save his soul. a ildA
mus have a sin TO repent of. killed 4
rsighbor with an AK in order to satisfy TINS
highly imperative cIndiilgn.
II is a part Of the creed OF the W anter-
.rs.' a Russian sect, that intichrist rules
in high places there, ard that. accoGdlnSlE,
good men must have naught 10 Il" WIN
governmental affairs of any sort; continues
this writer in the American Journal 81
Sociology. In conformity with this belief.
. man uurEered. IL various inCeniuoS ways,
,varry-fye men. women and children. in
Guiding his own wife and babies. in or ter
70 free them from the danger OF losing
their souls by suffering tie "c5ntamlnatlLs
contact Of the G. eminent census ISh=I-
This occurred in ls+1, The "Deniets. an
other quite interesting Russian sect, ne
l!eve that evil taints all earthly good, anu
that the only escape is death. In 30 sixty
Of these men. strong in the faith. after
having murdered their wives ana cthldr"I'
permitted themselves to De put 10 ueata'
one by one. by their leader. The "ScourS-
ers." who also form u widespread ana N
fuential sect in Russia. III obedience 70 the
heheSts Of their "saviOrs.' are IN the hdeIL
Of INDUCING In human sacrifice. cannibahs-
tic feasIS. erotic dances ana other ieWd
procedures, as an extremely eulcacl'uS
method Of keeping the hand OF evil from
off their immortal souls. SO the Muck
rs Of Konigsberg and the celebrarts Of
the Black Mass in Paris afford furtner. OK
amples OF the Use Of a ritual OF ei"ilstn'
coupled with a practice of the most ab;in-
dnned and obscene behavior, to promote
the eternal welfare Of the soul
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