The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-15
FOUNDER or TIE GlET or
TONGUES ADMITS THAT NE
Y HAS ttFso 20 lfyouNG WOMAN
AND rs 50 Err q ER ctilGp.
LEARNING T0sRE INlsSIllNIRt
Apostle Levi Llpten Hopes " Hia
Confession Made ln Ru6Iie Sos Oh
tain the cempie EohaiyenG CO Of
His Creator and the Generals Public.
BUT THE PEOPLE iNslsT #
THAT "a uIt RtTiEs ACT.
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ALLIANCE, D i, Dec, III AlEhongli
itmay have lseen quite the rlgIt ;iili.
proper thing in Biblical 9tifnes 10 ciy
your sin from the housetops and aHli
public forgiveness, Il does not Iecess
sarily, follow that at the present time
the full forgiv veness I'LL sSbe ext ended.
This Is supposed to be- the concltl:
sion reached by Apostle Levi L,,p
ton, founder and head Of the Gigt Of
Tongues cult that has spread All over
the world, who's esterday issaed 4
public confession that HE had fallen
from grace and become the IA tfeT Of
a "man childny by one of the yauns
workers in his. cause
h Lupton asked for ofgiyeiiess be
cause Of. the public confession he hhd
made and although indica lions to-day
are that 1t will be extended by The
followers Of his reliG ion, prcspeets
are not so roseates from tile stand.
point OF county officials. out side cllls
zens generally and members Of the
girls family.
Local public feeling hAs been
aroused to en- intense pitch here by
lLupton,s confessio lon In which. he
named Miss Mamie Coriete, aged ze.
OF Cleveland. stenoE rapher and as
Isistant In his office. Leading cifiseUn
To-day declared that unless the mayor
i at once axes action IN the case they
Eigili appeal 70 County Prosecutor
i5Sifehbauni d Canton. defdPnlInr
that Unptor Be arrested on cIdlIli1.
3of violating three reiit rfllninl3
statutes. as{admitt ted by iiis own con,
,fession. 8.
Statement by elfi.s HrstSsf.
William Corlettes 81 eiau6, 81
brother OF the girl issued d ltement
! In which he roundly scored Isupton.
My sister left home three years
ago to prepare to be a mi sionary, By
studying at the school near a ilianre.
For years \ her only thought has
been religion. She wanted I; 70 teach
Christianity In some foreign country
and SO went to LuptoIi' S missionary
school, where she Judged she could
get preparation. She, or course came
In almost constant contact with Lup.
ton. He Is a man whom sI dislihed
and dlstrusted from the moment I
first met him. Il rseogIiized that he
was man VI much personal magnet
ism, but he struck me al once
wholly inslnceres although he is3 d
man Of culture and fine presence.
81 nor my family can take no re.
venge upontt Ills. man, even though pls
dc; feel that bis confession IS wholly
insincere and ypocriticais He * aIl
: intense, insane religions fanatic "A
coward. who thinks himself n topeli
and in league with God. What could
& do TO him?
u "My5 sister never believed in the
so-called gift Of tongues. slie did
not put any cred dence IN { tliat or any
phase OF their peculiar belief. she
was simply study ying To- {hecoIne al for
eign missionary. like; iiundreds Of
other girls, with an ambition to teach
the heathen and study the Bihle
Lupton,s Following.
\ Lupton has d following IN this city
of about 40 and a sea ering following
over the entire world 4 HI has sent out
tSver 100 missionaries IN The last two
Gears. (
Y Early last summer the Corlet ta gifl
vent away, guplosedly To- visit IN iii:
N hois. She returned the n1iddle of NO.
{ember. The night before Thanks.
okiying Lupton called d inee sting Of his
4 assembly. 3
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