Approaching the West — Page 16
A pproaching the West—16 to call himself Jesus, but Smyth-Pigott was viciously bold to announce his Godhead. Soon after, the prophecy concerning him started to unfold, bringing him to manifest disgrace! Smyth-Pigott was married to a lady named Catherine who was consecrated as the ‘Bride of the Lamb. ’ There were dozens of most beautiful women residing in the Abode of Love, and Smyth-Pigott would choose seven ‘spiritual brides’ each week. In 1904, to the surprise of the predominantly female community, he chose an outsider beauty named Ruth to be his ‘Bride of the Lamb’ or his ‘Chief Soul Bride. ’ Soon after, the ‘spiritual’ nature of their relationship was exposed to be no more than sexual intimacy as Ruth got pregnant– three times–giving birth to ‘Glory’, ‘Power’ and ‘Life. ’ On discovering this immoral and disgraceful relationship of Smyth-Pigott with one of his unmarried disciples, the Church of England took stern action against him, and he was defrocked and thus utterly humiliated. But Smyth-Pigott persisted in his arrogance and announced: ‘I am God. It does not matter what they do. ’ After some time, a new ‘Bride of the Lamb,’ Sister Grace, was brought into the Abode of Love under the pretext that she would receive religious instructions. But when Smyth-Pigott wanted to have sexual relationship with her, the earlier ‘Bride of the Lamb’ Ruth protested strongly and created an embarrassing scene for him. In retaliation, Ruth was defrocked in public. Soon after, she left the community without her children. After that unpleasant incident, the membership of his church steadily declined. The public got extremely angry and became violent towards the remaining members of his church. Many times rowdy crowds demonstrated outside the gates of the Love of