AN ODD SECT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2549, 15 March 1887, Page 2

AN ODD SECT.

' • I referred along tltae .alters Hag* alar collection" of who have been gathering tejetbw aeir title rof ffifat aev 'ini bettor KousawjsrMlijV A ke*4 him'Bolf to. be, inspired, vrott i rabid'pamphlet called '.be "Flying Roll,! 1 ' wherein he prop'Qnnded Ik* theory thai the judgment 6/ tail worM was to bo speedily prononnced, bnt li the inevitable itid approaching dooH « remnant of 144,000 might be saved Vf taking,his adrioe and placing is Ife hands, for the common good, aiy spare cash thoy, .might ehanes to n possessed of, which'.money vn U U expended in building ib imnem temple," preßumably to hold tht m! 4 remnant, at a cost of 18000, Straig* to Bay, he has found manj : adhejeata, and building; operations an 'going w at the rate bf«£10,000 year, Unfortunately, however,, lot " Jezreel," death has upset his. calculations, and he has gono tofind rest elsewhere. This untoward erbnt W so exercised the faithful remnait tkat they are wavering in their allegiance, but Mrs Jezreel, who has survived to husband, Is evidently eqtul to iki' occasion, and is easting forth the feeble* knoed members with a startling energy. As these importunate persona had surrendered' their all to the prophet and were living in common,, the wauiimay be imagined.' Perinilesi and'homeless, they are wandeniig abcut, a lamentabla spectacle of,i^uoraiibs 1 and duplteltr. The worst feature of It is that uany onoe happy homeirhavq been dwtroyed by the father or mother, or both, yield* ing. to.the seduotidnß of; the.-pretender; and one ease Ib pasticularly mentioned where a man in a good commercial. position surrendered his worldly proa* peots, and left his tfiffl and children ta thecaraof apitijeiio world. It'k•« misfortune ;the, Government cannot intflrfera'andyßtopinch indecent teafoolery j but this is a free, ecunhy, aid we pride ourselvwi on TOlNitil awl religious