Matthias and His Impostures, or the Progress of Fanaticism: Illustrated in the Extraordinary Case of Robert Matthews, and Some of His Forerunners and Disciples (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Matthias and His Impostures, or the Progress of Fanaticism: Illustrated in the Extraordinary Case of Robert Matthews, and Some of His Forerunners and Disciples

Do it by all means, if you can obtain the facts, was, in substance, the reply. Before, however, the work was seriously undertaken, the writer mentioned the project to a number of clerical, and other religious friends, by every one of whom he was urged to proceed. The materials were mostly collected early in the month of M...