d. He himself was known to have beaten and abandoned his wife and children. However, though sickening he was, he capitalized on the weakness of the people then and offered them refuge and inspiration where there was none.
             Matthias prospered because the Second Great Awakening marked the revival of religion where self-proclaimed losers like Matthias could easily fool people into believing the unbelievable and aspiring for the impossible. He had odd concepts which surprisingly hypnotized many people including a businessman named Elijah Pearson, a young Christian couple Benjamin Folger and his wife, the shrewd Isabella Van Wagenen and many more. The hypocrisy of Matthias was sadly missed by most of these followers who failed to see behind the facade of this fully bearded, bizarrely dressed individual. They followed his teachings blindly till sexua
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