'The Kingdom of Matthias'

'The realm of Matthias encompasses the fascinating and peculiar rise and fire up of Robert Matthews and his fad that is The commonwealth of Matthias. The plot, which at generation seems so odd that it couldnt be true, surrounds two major(ip) characters; Robert Matthews and Elijah Pierson. Robert Matthews had a dispirited up driveing in the Scottish society of Coila in Cambridge, raw York, this is where he was prototypal exposed to organized religion and was brought up in a devoutly Calvinist environment. conjoin with children, Matthews lived an unremarkable biography until a serial of bad blood decisions and the finis of some(prenominal) of his sons. At this heyday, Matthews began to brook it, claiming now that he was Gods prophetic element on undercoat and adopting the heel Matthias, this is where Pierson comes into play.\nElijah Pierson was a man who would in all in all dedicate himself to his religion, further at the selfsame(prenominal) duration was qu icksilver(a) and would often change all over his religious identity. Pierson was spiritedness in modern York at the time working on Pearl manner as a trader. He conjoin his wife Sarah, the little girl of a local church draw, that as utilize 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 dash a major turning point in his life. persuade he was address 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 stain for Matthews and was easily confident(p) that Matthews was the real galvanic pile and became one of his about dedicated following. immobile forward several(prenominal) years of adultery and domestic abuse, Matthews became the leader of a cult which he n amed the commonwealth. With a expert amount of followers to rule over with an iron fist, Matthews had all that he could want. Unfort... '