This was the age when the truth of what Ralph Waldo Emerson said in his essay named "The American Scholar" had to be thought about. It was felt by him that men around him saw the scholars as being impractical and recluses and thus unfit for doing any physical and practical work and may be thought of being like a penknife where

The picture is clear in view with the action of slave owners prevalent in those days. The slaves had been set free according to the laws of the time, but however action could be taken and this could be witnessed as when a slave was trying to shine his shoes since he wanted to go as per the promise given by the master, the master killed him by the struck of a blow. (The Project Gutenberg E-text of The Narrative of Sojourner Truth) Such cruel acts were the sort of actions that the men of those time took, and this is not permitted under any law nowadays, whether it is civil or ethical or religious. It is thus clear that a religious man during those days would not be in a position to take such a brutal action, and would hence be considered to be unsuited of becoming a householder.

Since they were scholars, they are often not considered important enough to be given consideration and not considered human enough to lead a normal life, but society promotes the concept that they should live outside society, in a celibate manner. This was the general feeling about scholars - they were felt to be very important for society, and yet not a part of it. The scholar is not supposed to be capable of taking action and yet, if action is not taken what is the value of thought. Without acting on the thoughts that are given, the truth of the thought itself will never be known. Of many things in that age, society was very critical and one of that was sex. At the same time, it is important to understand that sex in itself cannot be bad. Thus viewing sex as evil is probably trying to defeat the purpose of life and sex in itself was then giving thinkers serious embarrassment. This brought up the concept that searching for pleasure was evil in itself and the results were then seen in the men of that time. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

One of the main areas where he preached, Five Point slum then had thousands of poor immigrants, social outcasts, prostitutes and criminals. The social difficulties were also used as an escape route by Matthias to get support for his economic troubles so that he could survive economically. The time was also suitable for getting followers as there were economic difficulties for the general population at that time. (The Cult of Matthias in 19th Century New York) He promoted the use of new cultic teachings, encouraged the use of new type of dress, diet, and several other practices which brought a hatred by the working-class sections for the materialistic, the respectable, and commercial ideas prevalent with evangelicalism. The sexual ethics being put forward by him however proved that it was beyond the limits of what the conventional society was ready to accept and tolerate. (The Kingdom of Matthias: A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th-Century America. - book reviews)

The changes in religion occur due to the decisions of God and not due to the desires of human beings. In terms of changes also those are in certain types of forms or new solutions being found for general problems of the society. At the same time, there cannot be changes in the fundamental laws that God has told human beings to live with from the beginning, and when anybody tries that, as Matthias tried, it will finally lead only to the destruction of the man. These rules are seen from the beginning of time, and are nothing new.

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