The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-30
QUEER DOCTRINES
EyDounded bu the Preacher. Who
Leaves a Trail OF MdnldCs
and Idiots as He
Moves About

MANCHESTER o. MAY 30.--There
Is a wave OF religious excitement
sweeping over this town and the ad
Joining villages in Brown county Thus
far one man has become A hopeless
maniac. and several persons minds
are unbalanced as the result Of attend
ing the Holy Ghost revival meetings
conducted by Evangelist John ". Har-
ris, who advocates the doctrine OF
sanctification
For some time past Evangelist bar
ris has bsen holding reyivals at Els
barry and Bradyyille. little hamlets a
few miles from Aberdeen Brown coun-
ty. His peculiar manner Of exherta-
ton and his unique views drew the
farming community 20 his meetings.
Within "A couple OF weeks from his ad-
yent into Brown county farmers and
their wives within a radius Of Ave
miles neglected their work - attend
the daily and nightly useet.nss oi the
yangeiist.
A. a result 90 Harris religious gath
erings n Eilsberry and .<yadySllle.
John TeeteFs, a young farmer Of Ellis
berry. Is now a hopeless maniac 81 the
Dayton State asylum Several others
have been examined A. To their sanity,
whine many women OF that neighbor-
hood are on the verge OF being sent 10
the probate court az Georgetown for
medical examination Men and women
Decan.e so excited at these xleeslnRm
with religious feryor that they WeFe for
the time being immune to seif-ine!ctea
torltre
John Teeiers surpassed the fanaticai
religious fakirs Of India In infie,ing
torture upon himself At one Of the
meetings Teeters tos V red hot glass
chimney from the lamps. held them
in his hands. rubbed hts face with
them. and, though the skia and flesh
OF his hands and face clung 10 the hot
chimneys. the man sang and yelled
Glory "a God, and his fanatlcal
panions shouted
Teeters would rush at people in the
meeting and yell You have the devil.
Then he would turn somersaults lard
on his head and spin like top -{e
would lay rigid for hours. as II In a
trance: then al other tkmes be would
wave and twiri his arms like wind
min
Mrs Teeters is also in critical con
dition mentally She does not believe
her husband Is insane, saying THAI her
John has only gone little distance to
confer with the angels.
Evangelist Harris was made 10 ar-
pear before the probate court at
Georgetown today. The judge asked
him Ii IL was true that he hynotized
people. His reply was.
Il am working by Gods grace. How
can hypnotize any one with only one
eye?"
These revivais that are now attract
ing the attention OF the authorities of
Adams and Brown counties were in-
augurated by A. p Hurst Of Muse :
Mill. Kentucky This man would drop
into a supposed trance for two or
three hours. lying on the floor with his
hands outstretched and as motioniess
as a lizard summing itself. but all the
while he repeated to his audiences
what he claimed were messages from
/ God
/ Upon regaining consciousness he
would work himself into a frenzy.
/ The effect of this mans exhortations
/ was disastrous to several weak mind =
ed people Many women became hys~
terical and fell unconscious.
! Evangelist Harris has set up his re-
vival tent In the old fair ground of
this town He says he will hold meet
/ ings daily and establish sect here.
1t is hard just to state exactly the
mans beliefs. They are similar to
those expounded by the Knapp follow
ers at Cincinnati He says that he
copies after the late Kentucky tavel-
/ ing evangelist Lorenzo Dow.