Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-30
"DIVINE' BABY IN
ABODE OF Love"
cessation Caused Among the Aga
O,msnites by Advent of a
Strange Child
MOTHER A SPIRITUAL BRIDE
V.e Of Smyth Plggott the Arch
Mystic and Leader of the Sect
rvo,snre Of His Character

ovDON. sept. 2o.-But for the
oct that the arch mystic Smyth
ptvgott. who processes 10 be the
l-4 ,,,.sI,n once more mCarnate on
.-,,b Inns to conform to the laws Of
n, country the outside world would
,,,s learned nothing Of the birth Of
~, s,7 for whom divinity is also
claimed n Pggott had concealed the
laurence ne would have ran the risk
~, rr,aesu, lon. IN which event nothing
-., NJ "a miracle would have saved
ts from punishment, Miracles ave not
4, s,s ,na-.ho has found that he can
r,n people without mem-and so, Ia
e.,,ro trouble with the legal authori-
a.s No has had tho birth registered,
ia. that way the secret has leaked out
sr3 Incidentally p scandal that would
Ey, caused piggotts ignominious eN-
.rrisl8r from any community less cred
i-ns than the Aggpemonites. But the
,,,aIar tho demands their leader
~.kas on their faith the deeper be
,.,,as their vsnaratiOu for him, and
ua moot no has given that he Is one
of he V.rt of impostors, will In all
rrotabHuy merely raise him higher IN
jae.r esteem,
MESSIAH ANNOUNCEMENT.
Il Is pow over two years since Pig
cot announced that he was the Mes
sah The declaration was maze at
The AK of the Covenant the PIE
WesQue little chunh at Clapton, IN
London, where The Agdpemonltes IN
Ne metropolis were wont to assemble
70. worship. Il am he said. mat
lord Jesus Christ VINO dled ana rose
again and dscended INTO heaven am
Ult Lord Jesus come again IN my own
ldy 20 save those VINO come 10 ne
from death aud Judgment am NE
'tat liye7t and behold l am awe Tor
ever more
.r,wr,u,NT ACCEPTED
The congregation, composed for the
most part OF respectable and well-to-do
PEOPLE. accepted this statement az gos-
rel truth and received It with ecstasy
fsHo'1 arranged ior II u'tsi'sul",
That he was possessed OF divine power.
Tut they never came off. The Claptou
roru,ace nobbed him and before The
storm OF exearatiOn ne fed TO the
abode Of Love"-the beautiful retreat
OF the elect established by the founder
of Me- sect. Brother Prince. at Spaxtou,
ia Sonersetehnc. Ii lies amid q smil-
oh
trees Walls II feet high. fruged with
hmken gluss and iron spires screen
The grounds from observation and
keen scepucs at bay. The house
g. country mansion fair and
spscious and beautifully furnished. for
4 is not part OF the Agapemonite creed
that EARTHLY perfection Is attained by
,ho practise of asceticism. Adjoining
tHa house and az right angles to II Is
'ha chanel whore strange rites are per-
formed and the rcincarnated Messiah
01rshnuod. From the back Of the house
stretches yoIyotv Inwn studded nv
noble cedar trees. Beyond that, and
forming part of che AgapemOnite do
main, rs a winery and orchard. Part Of
tls grounds are laid out for croouet and
tennis
IN THE ARODr OF LOVE
o.. D." ,, , ao''r OF l2vg mere Is nei'ner
ana IN, rma pS' s sl| ssros a H@ IA J,gs
together m ma atmosphere of spiritual
,1,5.IIaaeship ana platonic affection,
",.' mon ana 80 women I'VE there,
'. .UoS OK lhe women are young and
pn, pr.. hu d., ihosl Deau tituI OF all