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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1892-5-26, Page 3DRIGIi OF THE FLYING 'ROLL tory of the Latter :Day house o e Israel. Volinde l by a Soldier In the lla•ttish Army —1uow no Took to laintsvil n'1Yi[c nud. Mow They Journeyed to Toronto and Theis to Detroit -ono or Their Dupes Who RuinedrCliteseer for thetituse. • The New and Latter house of Israel was bot founded by "Prince" Michael, as many suppose, but was originated by, James White, a private soldier in the English army in India. He had little or no education, and was notorious for his immoralities, but he was imaginative, shrewd and plausible. In India he fell in with a number of fana- tical native fakirs and dervishes whose mys- tieism and jugglery fascinated him, and he soon became an adept in ib. He obtained copies of some of the writings of Johanna Boutheote and John Wroe, the famous "false prophets" who created like sensa- tions in England. From them, with the aid of the fakirs, he compiled an out- landish book which he called the " Fly- ing Roll," which he intended should be the bible of a new religion. When his term of service expired, he returned to England and told the disciples of John Wroe that he was their leader risen from the dead, and sent by Heaven to be their spiritual head. again. They rejected him with contempt, but, nothing daunted, he press steel himself to the disciples of Jo- hanna Seuthcote and told them that he was her spiritual son. They promptly accepted bine as enoh, and made biro their prophet and ruler. His questionable practices soon **roused their suspicions, however, and, his. autocratic air exasperating them, they drove him out. He was followed by 2S or 30, and with these, he founded what he called the "New and Latter Rouse of Israel;" He then made wholesale additions to the "Roll," saying that the spirit of Jeremiah appeared to him and showed hien his command as written in Jeremiah xxxvi., 28: "Take then again another roll and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoakim, the king of 7udah, hath burned." Isle also renamed himself James Jersbon Jezreel. He now claimed to be a trinity, and that Ms Initials ""J, J. J." signified that he em- bodied in himself three persons, John Wroe, Johanna Southeate, and James White. Among tlioso who stood by him and aided him to establish his new re ligion was an uncommonly pretty girl about 16 years old, Like "Prince Prince " :Bike, Jezreel Was decidedly fond of pretty girls about this age. But this one was as shrewd as elle was pretty. She made pilo marry her, net according to the ritua,1 he bad made, but according to the laws of England. Then she made herself as completely Ids ruler as he was over the community, Esher Jezreel was the name she took, and she called her selt "the servant of the House of Israel"; she held herself entirely aloof from the rest, to whom she was known as " Queen Esther." About 1.2 or 13 years ago these two made a tour through Canada and the United States. ,Anion the places visited by them was Tor- onto, brit, as far as can be learned, they made but few converts, although in other parts of the continent they acquired a large following. Jezreel was then a fine looking man,tallaud wellproportioned,with his hair falling aver his shoulders and his beard reaching to his waist. Ho was a singularly ofleetive speaker, always talking as though in a trance or a frenzy, with his eyes seem• ing to stab from their sockets, Thee pair went from here to Detroit, and preached among the farmerb in the ontlyiug district. It was here 64 they secured Noah Drew for a disciple, but who afterwards became au object of pipy. On their return to Eng- land they began the building of a great temple at Chatham, which would serve ab once for a dwelling, workshop aul plane of worship. Before it was fi zished, however, Jezreel, ,in the midst of one of his wild ser - mous, burst a blood -vessel and died. His mantle fell upon his wife and she became head of the house in name, as she had long been in fact. Then she began to' truly merit the title of "Queen Esther." She dressed in royal fashionwore a jewelled crown, and was atto led by liveried ser- vants. Her rule was more autocratic than her husband's had been, bat her tact and shrewdness enabled her to keep her follow- ers eontent, She told them, and they be- lieved it, that she would never die but dwonld live to see the end of the 'world which would occur in September, 1895. She did die, however, in June, 1888, to the 'surprise and grief of the community. But they did not lose their creed, but actually increased in numbers, and are now await- ing the coining of Michael who is spoken of in Daniel. )3e it said for them, however, that' they refused to neceptPrince itliohael, claiming that the Michael they look for. would noeconiein the flesh but in the spirit,. The Noah Drew men tioned above Ives apros- perous farmer near Detroit, when he came under the influence of Jezreel, who induced hini to sell his farm of 100 acres, convert all his property into cash and turn it over o the general treasury of the House of Is- ael at Chatham, where he and his wife went to live. The dehuded man never saw dollar of it again. As he grew old and nfirm he asked for some of it, but was re- used. and was forthwith turned out of the temple. A wretched home in the outskirts f the town was assigned to him for an bode, and bread and potatoes were sent to rim daily, and thus • they . lived itrail 1890, when he died. The Jez- reelites refused to bury hire and his svife had to apply to the authorities for a auper's funeral. Some benevolent people wised a fund and /sent her back to her riends near. Detroit. Ibis affair created a it teat indignation 'butpublic wrath soon sub 'gelded and the event was dismissed from ;Hind. It is said that Jezreel used. to appear at the community's private services in a red sap and a massive sash ornamented with golden keys, swords and stars. In one hand he held St, Peter's keys and in the ether a rod of iron. Our Daily Bread. Day by day the manna fell Oh, to learn the lesson well? Still by constant mercy fed, Give us Lord our daily bread. Day by day, the promise reads ; Daily strength for daily needs; Cast foreboding cares away; Take tho-manna of to -day. Lord,„our times are in Thy hand; All our sanguine hopes have planned .To thy wisdom we resign, .And would mold our -wills to Thine, Thou our daily task shalt give, 1)ay by day to Thee wo live; So shall added years fulfil Note arown— o ur Father's will. • 4s riches and honor . forsake a man, wre ., discover him to be a fool, but nobody.coeld 4fiiid it oat in his prosperity.—[La Brnyee. Snakes appeared through the broken -Plas- tering in the school of Chestnut Hill, Mont- ville, Coen., and the pupils fled in terror, Religions Doubts and Diffi.oulties• "Religious faith has its difficulties, 'but not, properly speaking, its doubts, If I be- lieve the word of God, and that word is made clear and certain to me by a messen- ger, who, though fallible, naturally is pre erved from error in the delivery of this mes- sage, then I believe firmly, constantly, un- doubtingly, But have 1 no difficulties Yes, but difficulties are not doubts, Abra- ham had no doubt that he was required to sacrifice liis,son Isaac. ` Take thine only son'—every worda dart to his paternal heart—' Take thine only son, Isaac, whom thou lovest, and offer him up asa holocaust on a mountain which I will show tayou.' There could he no doubt aboutthis com- mand. But had he no difficulties ? Yes, ' How can I sacrifice Isaac ?' 'How can God make him the father of future generations, as He has promised, if now my right hand must smite him ? And I must burn his re- mains. How can I reconcile the past pro- phecy with the present cotnn,aud ? But, as prophecy and command are both certain I believe both, and leave reconciliation to God, for there •is no contradiction in them, because He who gave Isaac life can also raise him from theashes of the holocaust and ful- fil the prophecy. I will give you, perhaps, a clearer illustration ot the difference be- tween doubt and difficulty. If, as a student you see a slim in mathematics worked out on the biaekboerd by some pro- fessor of ability, you have no doubt whatever of its correctness. But you examine it, ,and you encount- counter certain portions of it which you do not understand. Still you have no doubt that the Professor could explain it. You have therefore a difficulty, but not a doubt, The Magi at Bethlehem had their diftcul- ties, but they never doubted what God had revealed to them. Difficult questions pre- sented themselves, ' Is it reasonable that p King be born amidst such poverty? Are the shepherds and this carpenter suitable courtiers for the great Ruler whose star we have seen in the East and followed?. • Can: this be the new -bora King of the Jews 1' But, being wise men, they alight have rea- soned with themselves, 'After all, to Him, it divine, it is the same. What is the dif- ference between cottages and "palace halls and Heaven itself ? What difference appears to the great God between these severallittle things? Infinitely above all in Heaven and earth, is God; and whether he selects a palace or a stable, to Rini they const be alike for all are infinitely beneath Him. And when he comes especially to elevate the poor down -trodden, it is appropriate that he should deify that poverty, which was almost a crime before He came and thus teach that man should never look again with disgust and contempt upon the poor, since the Lord God bad donned the vest- ments of poverty in order to exalt it.' Be- ing absolutely certain, then, of the great primary truth, we can reason away our dif- ficulties or seek their solution from author- ity which proposed the primary truth itself, as we consult tho professor about the sum on the blackboard, of which we had no doubt, andmueh difficulty. It is important to keep in mind this distinction between doubt and difficulty.” The Music of the steel six commas wItSLEY RYtl•. There is =stein the woodland When the matin breezes blow Through the forest trees that shadow The fresh river's rippling flow. 'Where the golden rlmbeams softly Through the Leafy brannhessteai, Ana the angler's ear is gladdened Bl, the whirring of the reel. Do you love the mountain valleys) Ila you love afar to roam Where, on rocks, the mountain rivor Beats -its wavelets into foam? Then came with mo in them ornmg, With your =cloud boots and creel, And we'll angle for the artists Tltat hake music on the reel. Up amid the peaks that glisten With eternal robes of snow Which, kissed by the warm sun, furnish Life to shrub and flower below, Where its waters laugh and gambol, Shouting loud, peal after peal, Wo will wait and watch and listen For the music of the reel. There are players rkillcd and finished In the art of niuslc's school. But none can piny the instrument Of the Ulla) within the pool,. Cast your flies upon the waters, Whthepleasure -ouwould feel iis wakened by the. music, Fio,vingfroni the spinningreel. Now the winds, low through the branches With slow wmgings, softly steal; And the striking of the artist Now within the pool, you feel. Gently wakens now. ns echoes, Tltesofttouches of the breeze; And the artist in the river Strikes upon the piercing keys. Now the music hums and quavers, Oh thojoyous thrill you feel As. awakened from its slumbers. Sings with glee the whirling reel! Jovs there may be that will equal . Those, which thus, 'WO all inay feed?. But to me t here's none that' Than the music of the reel. . Storm and Calm. The turmoils and the storms of life That toss us whore and whither .Arc not the galls thatblaneh our cheeks Or make our spirits wither. They clear the mists that veil the peaks; Wo see beyond the mountains; The barren ttesert now appears A. vale of crystal fountants. Our restless spirit, caged within, With frantic, wild. endeavor Cried out for some calm, lovely spot Where it could rest forovor • �To calm retreat our soul could find Amid the d est and rattle Of clashing swords and blazing guns Life's never ending battle. We pined for some familiar friend,. To whom we could unravel Tho tangledakoin of life's wild dream • As through the maze we travel. No kindred spirit answered back; The spell was only broken 13y echoes of the feeble voice By which our words were spoken. Just then we heard a still smallvoice, As of an an angel bending Above our heads to catch the cries That were toheaven ascending— The surging billows ceased to roll- A flood of ;joy supernal And peace possessed our wondering soul— It was the calm :Eternal: Truxuas BAIRD. An historical house in Panyer Alley, .London, running ftoin Paternoster -row to Newgate -street, is, it is said, about to be demolished. In the wall of this house is the well-known sign: of a pannier with a naked boy sitting on it, inscribed :- " When you have sought the City round, Yet still this is the highest ground." This alley was originally a standing place for bakerswith their bread panniers, and the sign has been in existence over 200 years. Five hundred people lost their lives by a recent ekuption of the volcano Ngauruhoe in the Sandwich Islands. In the adversity of our best friends we always find something which isnot wholly displeasing to es, -[La I ochefoucauid. £If HT'WITH A MAD DOG. tt Took Two 111[e'rt With Clubs Twenty 1111iia ittes. to Kilt lirtm. In the dingy cellar of a tonenent house in New York'a policeman and Thomas Mar- tin, the owner of the house, had, a struggle. with a vicious bull terrior the other after - aeon whieh fter-upon"which they will remember for .some time, The dog was a muscular brute weighing some fifty pounds, with great reputation for goodteinper, Three families rent the upper floors and the children potted and played with the dog at every opportunity. Yes- terday the.terrior surprised everyone by sulking for the better part of the clay and refusing to eat. A lout 4 o'clock Joseph Austinschock, the three-year-old son of the tenant ot the third floor, went to the yard,.and, at usual, spoke to the dog. The animal sprang at him with a growl and buried its teeth in his arm. The boy screamed with pain, and the dog, loosening his grip, snapped at the boy's hand, lacerating it badly. Tenants of the house rushed to the child's assistance and the do gg slunk away at their approach. Austinsehock's parents were badly fright- ened and insisted that the dog should be killed. His owner consented and the dog was caught and tied up in the cellar with a bit of clothes line, because the tenants fear- edto go into the yard while the dog was there. . Martin found a Policeman who was arm- ed with a 32 -calibre revolver, but had only two cartridges. Martin piloted him into the cellar and pointed out the dog. They neglected to take a light with them and had to depend on the uncertain light which came in from the street through the - small, square windows along the cellar walls. The Policeman waled lust back of the dog's right soulder and fired. The bullet struck the shoulderbladeautlgtaneed off; inflicting only a flesh wound. Maddened with the pain of the wound, the dog leaped. et the officer. The rope broke, and he sprang directly at'the police- men's throat. He jumped behind a barrel just in time to escape the dog's attack and fired" again. in his excitement he missed his aim. The dog caught sight of his master and charged on him. lrlartin jumped asid. in time to avoid the attack, and the police- man drew his billy and managed to get a blow in on the dog's head. It seemed to have no other effect than to..madden, the animal still more, but Martin had a chance to arm himself with a piece of lead pipe. For fully twenty minutes the men fought with the infuriated beast in the dim light of the Cellar. During the struggle they struck him a dozen times or more, bot did not seem to even weaken him. By this time Martin was becoming exhausted, but neither man dared risk turning his back on the dog to run up the steep cellar stair, T1,e dog charged again on Martin, and seiz- ed him by the hand. He hung on with all a bull terrier's persistence. This gave the officer a chance to get in three or four af- fective blows on the dog's head. The anl• mai loosened his hold on Martin's hand and MI back. Both men attacked him, and be finally succumbed under repeated blows of the policeman's billy and the lead pipe. Martin hurried off to a drugstore and bad his wounds cauterized. His hand is badly bitten. Martin thinks that the dog was mad. Little Joseph Austensehock's injuries are more serious than Martin's. The wounds were cauterized and the boy is doing well, Women Choristers in Vogue. The honorable order of deaconesses has been revived in the methodist ,church, in which women more nearly share spiritual dignities with men than in any other of the protestant denominations. In the respect of possessing an active feminine element for parochial labors the episcopal church follows close upon the liberal minded methodist ; for not only, like the methodist, does the episcopal church encourage the formation of countless charitable organizations of ladies, but latterly the tide of prejudice has set in favor not only of the ininister's sharing cer- tain actual pulpit duties with devoted lady parishioners, but also of the appointment of women to important uniform service. Quietly have the more broad-minded rectors turned their attention to the formation of choral classes drawn from the feminine ele- ment in the congregation. In some three or Ifor New York churches at Sunday after- noon and feast -day services, a group of young girls, in severe, half -priestly black robes, chant responses, psalms and hymns quite to everyone's satisfaction. The gowns worn by the women choristers are severe in the extreme—of thin black serge. Hanging full from the throat, with the flowing vest- ment sleeve that falls to the gown's hem. A close little black cloth cap set demurely atop a very simply combed head completes this somber toi ( 1 that in no wise dims the d eetness of voices carolling froni organ loft or pew.. It is unnecessary to say that this innovation has proved very popular. It is liked especially by those chiefly concerned, as it allows them to take so active a part in the services. S ..0 DROWNING ACCIDENT. • Three Children Meet an Entlinely End. A Montreal despatch says :—A triple drowning accident occurred today in the Lachine canal, at St. Cunegonde, under the very saddest possible circumstances, and to night two worthy families are mourning over their dead. This afternoon four brigh t little boys named Edgar Lachance, aged 4 a sArthurLachance,his brother, 6 years ; ears and Napoleon anro Paul Leblanc, aged respectively 6 and 4 years, set off with the the consent of their parents to buy some candy at a stnall shop a few blocks away. After they had started one of the little fel- lows suggested that they should go down to the canal and see if the water was high, and the agreeing, the quartette arrived on the bank. It appears tat a raft of logs lay moored near at hand, and while three of the lads jumped on and began to amuse themselves, the fourth, Pani Leblanc, more timid perhaps than his older brother and two companions, refused to leave the canal bank, but stood watching the others walk- ing about on the raft. In a moment; Paul was horrified to see all three fall into the water and sink. Being so small he could do nothing to save them, yet the child cried for help with all his might, No one being near, however, the trio of playmates drown- ed before his eyes, after which little Paul went home with the sacl news •of the acci- dent. In the meantime the St. Cunegonde police arrived at the canal,, and the bodies were recovered ani. taken to their bereaved families, who are naturally terribly dis- tressed at the loss of the little boys. Girl Friend—" Do you feel the same for your husband as you did when he was courting you?" Newly -married Lady— " Well, not exactly.; Then most of the time I was road for him ; new most of the. time I ata mad with hien." THINGS FOLKS DO NOT KNOW. Spiders have eight. eyes. Music type was invented in 1502. Fish are always sold alive in Japan. Glass originally came from India. Silkworms are sola by the pound in China.. The savings bank was invented by a elergyman. 'Me Russians invented wood paving for streats, The ashes of burnt corksmake fine black paint. The wearing of green veils is said to be injurious. In battle only one ball out of eighty-five take* effect There are 1,000 men to every 906 women in Greece. Sales by auction were formerly held by candlelight. Laplauders often skate a distance of 150 milesa clay. Wooden sleepers on railways last about fifteen years. A thousand children are born in London workhouses yearly. All the chickens in the western part of French Guinea are perfectly white, . VIOTIM JE NIHILISTS, Gen. Gresser Dies of Poison—Efforts to rind the Murderer. Adespatch from ST. PaTIMSBUxo, says -Gen. Grosser, the k'reiectof Police of this oity, who is supposed to have been poisoned are making most earnestefforts to ascertain how his death was caused, The General's cook has, been subjected to a rigid examina- tion, involving, it is said, torture, for the purpose of extracting a confession, but, it is said,that the policearealmostconvinced of his innocence, and that the poison was con. veyect from some other quarter. Creaser suffered great agony in his last hours, and it is reported that he amazed his attendants by expressing regret for his course as an agent of despotism, The police are makin g frequent descents today uponsuspected houses, and have made a number of arrests, by Nihilists, led to -day. The authorities 17hen Baby was sick, we rave her Castorta. 'When shewas a Child, she cried for Ca: feria. When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them Castoria. Atheistic .lootrine He—"Sorry to have kept you waiting, but my watch was wrong. 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