The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-15
FOUNDER OF THE GIFT or
TONGUES ADMITS THAT NE
HAS WRoNGE YOUNG WOMAN
b AND Isl EATA Err OF lttEH cllILp.
.LEARMNG E0sBE lIllSSlI!NIE.
Apostle Levi Eupton Hcpes BY 5la
Confession Made IN Public t9sSQ Oh
tain the Complete Eoraivenesn of
His Creator and the General Pebble.
BUT THE EoPLE INSIST
THAT uTho RiIiEs CT

(speciaf e West WHITMAN.

Special to West Virgtnian.}
ALLIANCE, i. DEC. lis, Aithougli
itsmay have keen quite the llstlt ssiisl
proper thing in Biblical times TO cry
your. sin from the ,housetops and aslf
public forgiveness. II does not neces.
sarily follow that At the present time
the full forgiveness will be extended.
I This Is supposed to be- the coiiclu.
sion reached by Apostle Levi t.iip.
ton, founder and head of the Gift of
Tongues cult that has spread an over
the world, who yesterday issued 1;
public confession that he had lien
from grace and become tie father OF
"a man child. by one OF the young
workers in his cause.
Lupton asked for eforgiyeness be-
cause Of the public COME sBioti he had
made and although indicati lions today
are that 1t will be extended sby the
followers Of his relig lion, prosnecte
are not so roseate from tie stSnd.
point Of county officials, outside cltt
zens generally and members Of the
girls family.
Local public feeling has been
aroused TO en- intense pitch here BY
Lupton's confessions IN which. he
named Miss Mamie Coriete, AIRED Z 81,
of Cleveland, stenogyap her and as
tsistant In his office. Leading eitlze1H
to-day deciareis that unless gthe mayor
/ at once Ia ses Hon III the case they
sswili appeal to Count Rfoaao5if1f
ESfrehb9uni OF Canton def1nndin f
THAT tJupton lie arrested on al Z 0
{of violating three a i|f6 rent lfiIasl
statutes, as admit led by bis Gown CON
fession. F91.s 81
Statement by Glfi's Brother.
William Corlett Of Cleveland, q
brother Of the girl, issued d statement
in which he round scored i.upton.
my sister left home three yeats
ago to prepare to BIO q missionary by
studying at the school near: n liance.
For years her only thought has
been religion. She wanted to teach
Christianity In some foreign country
and so went to: LuptoIl,s missionary
school, where she Judged she conIsl
get preparation. She, of course came
in almost constant contact with lsnp,
ton. He Is a man whom 4 iialiited
and distrusted from the moment /
first met him. 4 recognized that he
was a man nj much personal fiagnet.
ism, but he struck me at once as
wholly insincere. although he is d
man of culture and fine presenee.
Il nor my family can tsl,Se no re-
iSenge upon II Is man; even though wS
do fee! that his confession Is wholly
insincere and hypoeriti cal. He is an
intense, insane religions fanatic. ID
coward, who thinks himself ID Touch
and in league with God. What could
] do TO him? k
4 " sister never believed n the
so-called gift of tongues. She did
! not put any credenca In that or any
phase of their peculiar belief. She
was simply studying to become d for
.eign missionary. Ike hundreds Of
other girls With an ambition to teach
! the heather and study the Bible, n
Lupton,s Eolleysinu.
\ Lupton has following nStllis city
of about 40 end a scattering ioilowlnH
over the entire world He has sent onl
ver 100 missionaries In tic last two
Fears. a 4 4.
Early last summer the Corlete eifl
vent away, suppos HI To visit IN iii
fois. She returned the middle 81 No
fember. The night before Thanks.
living Lupton called q meeting Of hii
assembly. S9 &
e., Continued ( IN pa "a NO., 4