Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-30


aged minister told her, Your son is des-
tanned to be a Levite. Verify, God mas
chosen him, In early days, though thrown
in an unwholesOme moral atmosphere, by
Il wonderful working Of an internal God
given power OF selection | was kept from
all those secret vices which iniest all
grades Of society / studied for and enter
ed the Methodist ministry. My ministerial
associates seemed so secular, so unceles-
tal, SO unChrstlilSe that | could not feel
of them though among them. was final.
~ sent TO Alpena, Mich. When / entered
upon that charge was in the spirit OF be
coming more rapidly a citizen OF Heaven
than IA denizen OF earth Under the cleo
trio light Of inspiration found that the
Methodist church was filled with a spirit
ual wickedness in high places
"ln December, 1877, | met D0rinda
Helen Fletcher Eeekman, tie bride of
| Christ. She was my spiritual M ry. She
gave TO the world its Jesus aud its Lord.
OF my history since that time you have
been already made acquainted.
On the first floor We're the sleeping apart
ments of the ladies, elegantly lifted bOu-
doris. i he second story of the wing is de
voted TO Schweinfurth's suit, They eclipsed
| the ladies' TO; nus in elegant furnishings.
There was ais large school room on the
second floor OF the main building, where
some 20 pupils are daily taught.
The growth in membership OF this re
markable sect has been astonishing'y rapid
| within the last few years. They now have
| churChes at Chicago, St Charles, Mimi.
Minneapolis, Paw Paw, Ill, Louisville,
KY, Leavenworth and Kansas City But
the central community is this oneoat Rock
| ford, where new converts must come.
| There are quite company of travelling
men, coporteurs and agents in various
| lines, who belong TO this sect. SChwe.n-
furth makes special effort to attract this
| class, rs they can more widely SOW seeds
| of the new religion and can select the more
| liSely subjects Tor their influence. Among
the leading lights are the Rev. Mr.. Tutt.e
| nd wife, u congregational minister who
/ has been established over the Chicago
church of Mr.. Schweinfurth. Mr.. futile
| is "A man of education and excellent parts.
! He is n graduate of Yale college and An
dover theological seminary.
| There are a number OF women who by
long res dence and devotion have approach
| ed sufficiently near TO the purity or their
Christ that they are called "angels. There
| were IL of these angels when she was
there. They eat with Schweinfurth. tax
ing but two meals a day. The rest OF the
women, whose angelic wings are still in
the pm feather stage, eat separately at an
other house, and tie men all have other
quarters for their meals There is one
"ungel who is the most perfect aud called
| by Schweinfurth his "soul's mate Her
| community name Is Angelica. She is Il
| pale, dark eyed, lissOm creature of - years
uelle, with a far away look in her eyes
Mrs ClaHin said that her complexion was
| wonderful-white as alabastcr. She DC
| cupc5 special apartment, which is the
most Avishly and richly adorned Of any in
the house Her room is very near Christ So
and she is never seen about the house, and
is visible 10 others only at me Is, when she
sits on his right hand.
4 recent d sturbing element has been he
| attempt OF Chic 60 PHYSICIAN, j. >. vii.
| kins, TO secure ,tisfact on from the Rev.
! George Jacob. on account of his alleged
alienation of the affections Of the doctors
! wife. Mrs. Wilkins ii is said, made a pill
grimaGe to Rockford, and became so infat-
uated with the king Of the new heaven that
her husband was obliged to take her abroad
In order TO restore her mental balance. On
his return the doctor lie uned that the Rev
Mr.. Schweinfurth was possessed OF consid-
cradle property bestowed upon him by en-
thusiastic followers. DR.. wilkins thereup-
on sought for evidence upon which 10 base
Il suit for damages. He sent a smart female
detective TO the home" in the roll of a
seeker after truth. She was beautiful
woman and was most attractively dressed.
She tried all her fasc,nat ons On her intend.
ed victim, but in vain. He remained proof
against her seductons aud ended by con
verting her to his religious theories and she
is now disciple and wants To be an angel.
There are certain final rites celebrated
|
test. This is known TO be u fact, though
ii is one of the few things that no one
seemed ready TO explain. II is understood,
however, that IL is modelled quite clC sely
after the Mormon endowment house, and II
is rumored that the women who pass
through the ordeal do so in an absolute
state of nakedness in the presence OF
C6rist, also nude But il is alleged that
the participants are so free from all sin that
even thus unatlired they are purity / self.
There is one thing remarked upon by all
who s udy Schweinfurth He certainly
bears the closest resemblance TO the popu-
lar pictures Of Christ So near is the like
ness that strangers in total ignorance of his
identity, have beer heard 10 comment on il.
His eyes, beard inl hair are OF the same
color The contour Of his fucc follows the
lines Of the paintings of the real Christ
with great accuracy. ] have certainly
never seen any person who could begin to
approach this striking reese nblanCe. 1t is
likely that Schweinfurth depends upon
this similarity tor some Of his most power.
full arguments in making disciples. =. Y.
Herald.