Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF TERROR IN LAPLAND. Susceptibility Of The Lapp--A Remarkable Parson--His Apostles--Strange Doctrines--" The Saints "--Their Creed--Extraordinary Proceedings--Whipping A Girl--The Storm Gathers--An Excellent Pastor--Saintly Excesses--Shocking Scenes--A Pastor And His Flock--An Interview--The Faith Develops--Blasphemous Doctrines--Arrival Of The Police And Sheriff--Fresh Excesses--The Vicar Cursed From The Pulpit--Remarkable Dispensation Of Providence--Further Excesses--Confessions Of The Saints--A Terrible Christmas--A Holy Virgin--Arrival Of The Bishop And The Magistrate--A Great Trial--An Unconverted King--A Calm--The Storm Begins Afresh--Saintly Adultery--Shocking Cruelties--The Army Of Salvation Sets Out--Tortures And Murders--A Bold Parson--Savage Treatment Of The Vicab--Whipping Women--Firing The Buildings--The Rescue--A Noble Lapp--Battle On The Snow--Victory--Saved--The Law Strikes--A Murderer And Writer--The End Of The Reign Of Terror. What I am going to relate in this chapter might rather be taken for a leaf from the writings of a sensational novelist than a mere record of facts. Nevertheless, what I relate is derived solely from contemporary persons and judicial records. I have had an opportunity of meeting many who witnessed and figured in these remarkable events, and I have perused the Court Records of the Alten Assizes, and on this material I have based the following narrative, which I claim, by-the-bye, as an unpublished leaf of modern history. How fantastic many things in this story may sound, and how absurd many of the doctrines set forth may be, I must remind the reader that they are nothing but facts, stern facts. The desolate, wide-stretching tracts where the Lapp dwells, the monotony which...