The Kingdom of Matthias

The terra firma of Matthias encompasses the fascinating and peculiar arising and fall of Robert Matthews and his cultus that is The terra firma of Matthias. The plot, which at times seems so bizarre that it couldnt be true, surrounds two major characters; Robert Matthews and Elijah Pierson. Robert Matthews had a modest upbringing in the Scottish community of Coila in Cambridge, refreshful York, this is where he was commencement exposed to religion and was brought up in a piously Calvinist env ironment. Married with children, Matthews lived an daily life until a serial publication of bad business decisions and the death of some(prenominal) of his sons. At this point, Matthews began to fall behind it, claiming now that he was beau i jazzs prophetic cistron on earth and adopting the observe Matthias, this is where Pierson comes into play.\nElijah Pierson was a man who would exclusively dedicate himself to his religion, but at the same time was mercurial and would often ch ange his ghostlike identity. Pierson was living in New York at the time operative on Pearl lane as a trader. He married his wife Sarah, the female child of a local church service leader, however as commit as they were to their perfectionist way of living, Sarah literally worked and fasted herself to death and died in June 1830. This was when Elijah thrill a major turn point in his life. convince he was speaking to theology and that he was given the quote Prophet Elijah of Tishbe, he well-tried to bring Sarah back from the exanimate at her funeral.\nIt was after these reach of events that Matthews and Pierson met. Pierson, whose psychological state was in shambles, was the perfect patsy for Matthews and was substantially convinced that Matthews was the real deal and became one of his most use followers. Fast forward several years of adultery and house servant abuse, Matthews became the leader of a cult which he named the Kingdom. With a respectable amount of follower s to rule over with an iron fist, Matthews had all that he could want. Unfort...