Come-Outers

At the time, there sprang up in America a group called the Come-Outers, a sect wishing to follow Paul's exhortation in II Corinthians 6: 17: "Wherefore come out from them, and be ye separate."

Melville in Love Hardwick, Elizabeth 2000

It is not clear whether the Come-Outers were, as in the present use of the term, to announce themselves as homosexual when such revelations were relevant.

Melville in Love Hardwick, Elizabeth 2000

Church; some from the Jewish; some Trinitarians; some Unitarians; some from the Swedenborgian Church; some who are Liberals; some who are called "Come-Outers," and Mr. P., who professes to be, and is more like an infidel than any other man I ever saw.

Brook Farm John Thomas Codman

These men who come out effect their mission, not by making all men Come-Outers, but by imperceptibly changing the complexion of the mass.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916

In Orham, and in other sections of the Cape as well, there is a sect called by the ungodly, "The Come-Outers."

Cap'n Eri Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

The "Come-Outers" held a jubilee service because of the destruction of the saloon, but, as "Web" soon began to rebuild and repair, their jollification was short-lived.

Cap'n Eri Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

Captain Eri had seen John Baxter several times since the evening of the "Come-Outers '" meeting.

Cap'n Eri Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

Mr. Perley preached at the last 'Come-Outers' 'meetin'.

Cap'n Eri Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

Captain Eri got his friend out of the clutches of the "Come-Outers" as quickly as possible, and piloted him down the road toward his home.

Cap'n Eri Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

Since it became known that "Web" had made application for the license, it was a regular amusement for the unregenerate to attend the gatherings of the "Come-Outers" and hear John Baxter call down fire from

Cap'n Eri Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907