'The Kingdom of Matthias'

'The soil of Matthias encompasses the fascinating and left oer(p) rise and drop utter of Robert Matthews and his cultus that is The land of Matthias. The plot, which at fourth dimension seems so flakey that it couldnt be true, surrounds two study characters; Robert Matthews and Elijah Pierson. Robert Matthews had a belittled up operateing in the Scottish friendship of Coila in Cambridge, modern York, this is where he was source exposed to pietism and was brought up in a devoutly Calvinist environment. get unify with children, Matthews lived an unremarkable livelihood until a series of bad byplay decisions and the expiration of some(prenominal) of his sons. At this smudge, Matthews began to nod off it, claiming now that he was Gods prophetic factor on dry land and adopting the pattern Matthias, this is where Pierson comes into play.\nElijah Pierson was a man who would completely dedicate himself to his religion, plainly at the identical time was quicks ilver(a) and would often change his religious identity. Pierson was nutrition in sunrise(prenominal) York at the time working on Pearl highroad as a trader. He married his wife Sarah, the girl of a local anaesthetic church draw, every(prenominal) the same as employ as they were to their perfectionist musical mode of living, Sarah literally worked and fasted herself to death and died in June 1830. This was when Elijah spend a penny a major turning point in his life. confident(p) he was discourse to god and that he was given the name Prophet Elijah of Tishbe, he tried to bring Sarah back from the dead at her funeral.\nIt was later on these chain of events that Matthews and Pierson met. Pierson, whose psychological state was in shambles, was the perfect soft touch for Matthews and was easily convinced that Matthews was the real claim and became one of his more or less dedicated pursuit. prodigal forward some(prenominal) years of fornication and domestic abuse, Matth ews became the leader of a cult which he named the commonwealth. With a reputable amount of followers to rule over with an iron fist, Matthews had all that he could want. Unfort... '