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Show APOSTLE OF WORD FAITH IS COMING Aji apostle of a weird fait.li, the Countess Aureha Bethlen. a Hungarian noblewoman, lady-in-waiting to Empress Elizabeth of Austria at tho time of her unfortunate assassination, is mnking her way to 'oh Jr. Lake City to sprend the teachings of her cult Baha'o'llnh. Countess Betlfle'n is at present in Cheyenne Chey-enne where under the guise of a beauty doctor, she is sowing t.he seeds of tins strange religion. In order to make converts to Baha'o'llnh she abandoned a title, one of tlio oldest in Hungary, n life of dazzling splendor at the court of Franz Joseph, and a casth' hidden among the hills of her country. The religion of Bahn'o'flah was founded at- Shirnz, Persia, by Ali Mohammed in JS'M. ' By the attractive-ness attractive-ness of his teachings, he gathered around him a group of enthiisin.it ic followers, fol-lowers, whom later, however, he led to martyrdom. The countess with little money travels trav-els I he country, building up her depleted de-pleted income by occasional lectures on beauty and the mode of preserving it in which she is J.-n adept. She fears no ill fortune as she looks fo tho Lord to provide. She conies to Salt Lake City alone, with no one to aid her in planting tho strange Persian cult, among the church of the city. The countess is received always into I he innermost social circles. She is well educated nnd speaks thirteen different t languages. So firmly has she established a branch of her faith in Chicago, that a magnifi- cent temple is soon to be raised to be called Mnshrak ol Azcrir. The architecture archi-tecture will be of the mixed occidental and oriental styles to; represent the perfect man. The countess is an unustiallv beautiful beauti-ful woman and weavs black almost entirely, en-tirely, which sots off her handsome face and figure to perfection. Her only ornament is .1 string of black bead's presented to her by a. Buddhist ma-hara.ja. ma-hara.ja. She traces licr family back to Bothlen. Tabor, who was king of the land now called Hungarv in 14. B. C. Familv castles and traditions still exist near Budapest, where she was reared and from whence she went lo Franz Joseph's court. When in New York she became interested in this new faith and consequently became a follower and a missionary. She says when questioned as to her reason for giving up her propcrtv to work 111 the ranks of th.c faithful of Baha VMah that Cod is forgotten when wealth is permitted to remain, "When we are poor," she says, "we remember God. T wish to be in the same circum-i stances as tho people 1 teach so that I iniy bo able to feel what they feel nnd know what they know." There is no paid ministry in this 't f Ki? j fcl .;, f fPii 11'!?,' .L J Jim 1 - COUNTESS AURELIA BETHLEN, Apostle of a weird and fantastic faith, BahVo'llah which site will spread among the chtirchcs of Salt Lake City, coming here in the guise of a beauty doctor. faith. The idea that the ministers of the cult should earn their livelihood 111 some other manner than by teaching the religion is carried out by tho coun- tess who makes her living as a beauty doctor. The movemont of Baha'o'llah if said lo usher in the seventh great crcational day. a new cycle in the ovo-lntion ovo-lntion of humanity. |