Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-27
DUNK kARD .LOVE-FEAST.
PECULTiR AND BEIUTIFUL 80
CgIBfLiTItS avn SICKAMENT.
washing Each Others Feet-sRcrRmsntR al
supper and Com m mnnion-The Passing of
tn. Kiss Hospitality to spectators.

| III. Kiss Hospitality to spectators.
Especial CorrcspondenccI
| CHICAGO Aug. ~. The supper tables for
| the guests Mt the exemplary religious fcsti-
| val at Franklin Grove, Ills, were spread
with cloths so white that there was no need
of plates for the simple meal, and there
were none. All the more was it like the
classic pictures of that Oriental supper,
which all Christians to this day commemo-
rate Bread, such bountiful chunks, disap
poared, AMI were rcsupplied by
| passing and well loadci brother. Butteri
Such butter as the prairie pastures OF
| Lee county, Illinois, can produce. know
not what other spot in the world grows the
| rich fodder and furnishes the pure cir, and
| ! suppose the honcyei blossoms, and know
not what all elements that give an in
| dcscribablc, uu'urpa sable, delicious, deep
| golden hue, and n flavor to match
Pickles never did dote on pickles. But
oven to ono who would gladly swallow the
| worlds sweet, and cvade the sour and the
| bitter, those cured cucumbors had n per-
suasivc power that introduced n new item
| of delight 60 the sense of taste. And
"appo butter ~ dainty creation with an
absurd namc--in my native district we
| called it "marmaale"--wa perfectly
| toothsomc. Coffee Pen faileth-Hy geia,
| health goddess, would ever he tho COM
pnuion OF human kind who could abide just
| there in those circumstances; not the least
| of which was the warm welcome. boun-
teous conduct of our Cnrstian entertainers
| In even these miuuti1 they were eNempli-
| fying the manners of the Oriental land Of
| Christ and tho Disciples.
In the mi lst of the meal smiling face
came fastening toward me. 1t was my new
friend, the sister stranger with whom | had
| talked for n few moments before the meet
| ing, who showed me the great coffee
| kettle on the stove. She came TO see whether
| ], as all were not, had been served with
COFFEE, or whether | wished it. Like this
supper had been the midday lunch of the
sisters and brethren; that they might be fed,
! have Il social hour anl not go fasting or
faint or grcrdily hungry TO the later and
substantial sacred teas5. Refreshed | went
upstairs betimes to get slightly seat for
what was to come, viz all that was best Of
| the feStival-the consummation and center
|
The approaches to the sacrament were so
long, tho details so graduate |, that the mind
became quoted and prepared, the attention
] was drawn and fastened, the intelligence
cleared by explanations AMI reasons for
each detail, and finally the sympathy was
so absorbed that ceremonies, which coolly
! and suddenly told, might seem to contain an
element of comedy, became a harmonious
| part of the entire sacrament.
| A young lndy who did not adopt the COS
tune nor b'long to tho religion of her
| family only bccauS, rs | thought, she was
remarkably pretty and could not bring
| herself to scclude it, used to these scenes
from childhood, was surprised when ask d
if never there were spectator boys and
roughs inclined to make light Of it.
| She nnsw cred: ''l don't soc how any one
| could. Sometimes there Is not a dry eye in
the room; ACCORDING to the capacity for
| tender feeling and pathetic eloquence in the
speaker who conducts the ceremonies"
All day and evening, through preaching.
! praise aud prayer and in the most solemn.
emDlematic rites, there was scarcely time
when there was not the ringing patter OF
little tot foot ,tepS from un ,arpeted aisle to
aisle, or the wailing Of "A young infant, or
the aloud prattling or tired ir3tting of
two-and-a- -half-ycar old. Never but one Of
| these occupied the floor at timn, strange
to say. There were not great many little
ones there. And when the first one a
small boy in pettcoats, with the brightest
| of eyes and fair, in'antile complexion, came
| trottng by again and again | was ready to
sez, aud bind him over to keep the peace.
But after awhile, finding that nobody
minded it, ! forgot it too, especially as the
| speakers were in no wise disturbed, being
domestic patriarchs, used to large house.
| holds of children. As for the little hand
some trotter, he continued his rounds until
| within "Pullocks Course of Time" his
| guardians got him. and the Juvenile feature
at last really fell into harmony with the
occasion-an impossible to be frustrated,
| religious, family festival.
An elder urged again the propriety Of
coming to the feast with a clean conscience
| II hear that there be divisions among you,n
| said Paul to the Corinthians. The speaker
| enlarged ON that theme.
Dunkar is never have lawsuits. Such an
| event would be subject for church dis
| cipline. The two branches Of the denomina-
ton, indistinguishabe to the stranger, how
| ever wide they feel themselves from each
other, are alike in this respect. Individual
| difficulties are scttled among themselves: If
necessary, with the aid Of elders.
II the Dunkards could convert everybody
| to their per uaslon, the struggling profess
! sion of the law would have to adjust its
| own bankrupt affairs and dig its grave.
In the Dunkard ministry, the preachers are
neither hired nor paid. Thus two OF "the
| three learned professions would be exter-
minated. And the hearty looks of ths con
gregation indicated that also the doctors
| would have to take their own prescriptions,
| and the apOthecaries' doors would rust on
| their hinges. The miliiners too and the
| dressmakers would have TO dip into the milk
| pans and the churn Most of the mer-
chants and the fancy goods manufacturers
would be turned out to pasture, and find
| fortune in the furrow that follows the plow.
| A veteran brother at Franklin Grove, of
100000 wealth, for attending a fat cattle
| Ihow, was about to be churched He quietly
Withdrew lie did not fight 1t out, as many
| churchman does In other religious bodies.
An accident in the little village of Ashton