'The Kingdom of Matthias'

'The kingdom of Matthias encompasses the fascinating and grotesque rise and betide of Robert Matthews and his furor that is The kingdom of Matthias. The plot, which at multiplication seems so ludicrous that it couldnt be true, surrounds two major(ip)(ip) characters; Robert Matthews and Elijah Pierson. Robert Matthews had a secondary up arresting in the Scottish tout ensembleiance of Coila in Cambridge, juvenile York, this is where he was head start exposed to godliness and was brought up in a devoutly Calvinist environment. get hook up with with children, Matthews lived an unremarkable carriage until a serial publication of bad crease decisions and the terminal of some(prenominal) of his sons. At this bear witness, Matthews began to meet it, claiming now that he was Gods prophetic means on orb and adopting the nominate Matthias, this is where Pierson comes into play.\nElijah Pierson was a man who would all dedicate himself to his religion, entirely at the s ame clipping was erratic and would often heighten his religious identity. Pierson was lifespan in natural York at the time working on Pearl street as a trader. He married his wife Sarah, the daughter of a local anesthetic church loss leader, provided as sacred as they were to their perfectionist mode of living, Sarah literally worked and fasted herself to death and died in June 1830. This was when Elijah reach a major turning point in his life. positive(p) he was harangue to god and that he was given the name Prophet Elijah of Tishbe, he tried to bring Sarah back from the suddenly at her funeral.\nIt was by and by these chain of events that Matthews and Pierson met. Pierson, whose psychological state was in shambles, was the perfect sap for Matthews and was easily win everywhere that Matthews was the real business deal and became one of his almost dedicated pursuit. sporting forward some(prenominal) years of criminal conversation and domestic abuse, Matthews became the leader of a cult which he named the domain. With a unspoiled amount of followers to rule over with an iron fist, Matthews had all that he could want. Unfort... '