St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-17
A FLOUR CITY CHRIST.
Eva Gay Attends Services
Conducted by opposite"
Whitney.
An Interesting Description
Of the Queer Religious
Sect.
Installation of Gethsemane's
New Reetop--Notable Pull
pit DiSeoupSes.
The Bar Associations Meet
ing To-Day--The Ninth
DanZ Concert.

! South Minneapolis was quite fully de-
| tailed in the SUNDAY GLOBE, with the
| exception that there was no account of
| the services or the surroundings of the
| queer sect. Most new religions are con-
tent with new Interpretation of the
| Bible: but here is one that manufactures
| a second Christ, who is still upon earth,
and is addressed i'll the same forms of
| reverence that are usually held sacred
to the Redeemer, who died on the
cross nearly 1900 years ago. Com
| ing down town on Bloomington
| avenue car yesterday afternoon met a
! young lady who is often q fellow pas
| about the weather and similar live
| topics. She spoke of the GLOBE article
| entitled 'ChriSt Is Here" saving that a
relative OF hers was a member of the
| community.
'Have you ever been inside the house
| at 3245 Sixteenth avenue?" l asked.
NO" she replied, al have often been
| invited to attend the services, but did
not care to go.''
Like the majority of women, l am
curious. In about fifteen minutes / had
| persuaded her to take me with her to
| the afternoon service, as friend seek
IllS hHOWIouSC' Lie SeINlc6S utSdu db
| p. m. That meant missing a Sunday
| dinner, and we have good dinners at
| my boarding house on Sunday. But
| there was no help for it. By hurrying
We would just be OH time. AS we
| neared the gate my companion suddenly
! stopped and said with puzzled smile:
"Why, don't even know your name"
TO tell her my name and object would
| probably spoil our plan. So promptly
replied: Call me Miss Smith. Say I'm
! casual acquaintance"
In. a moment we were at the door,
which was opened by Dleasant-faced,
elderly lady, named Morgan. We were
cordially invited to come in. Mrs. MOI
gan took our wraps and seated us in
cosy rockers. The house is large
frame building, having four rooms on
the ground floor. l was struck by the
| exquisite neatnesS of the surround
! ingS. The room in which we
sat seemed to be the common
| sitting room. A rag carpet covered the
floor. The walls were neatly papered.
| A canary chirped merrily in a gilded
| cage hung in the window. A Calumet
| organ, table and chairs completed the
furniture. The large window was filled
| with pOtted plants, many of which were
in bloom. The whole aspect of the room
was iliCCt III anu COSys OtNtIdl vi GIt
| members sat about the room reading
their Bibles or hymn books. Visitors
seemed decided novelty, and they all
shook hands with us quite cordially.
C. c. WHITNEY, THE DISCIPLE,
is tall, Well-prOportioned man with
piercing gray eyes, heavy mustache.
| strongly marked features and black
hair, thickly streaked with gray. He
wore dress suit and an irreprOachable
tie. His voice is well mOdulated and
rather agreeable. Mrs. Whitney, 1.-THE
angel" is short, dark. sallow-com-
pleXiOned woman with rather forbid
ding countenanee. Mr.. Barnes. the
cOugh-drOp peddler,iS rather common
place, but harmless-appearing person.
Mrs. Bushnell, the wealthy widow, is
tall, slender, fair cOmpleXioned, and
seems most guilelesS sort of lady;
Mr.. and Mrs. Thrali look like honest
working people, with a soft spot in
| their craniums. Mrs. Bushnell sat be-
side me. and chatted while we waited
| for services to begin. The talk drifted
| on religious matters.
Ibid you know that Christ really
| lives nOw?' she asked.
replied in the negative. She said:
ION, yes: he lives near Rockford, Ill.
| have met him, talked to him and eaten
But he is no more appreciated than the
first Christ. Tie Bible shows US how
Jesus was prosecuted"
why does he come again?" / in
| CURED. resotutely suppreSSing my men,
| tai doubts on the subject.
"He comes to initiate the new era of
| perfection. The old Christian dispersal
| ton has passed away, and the church
triumphant will now be established"
| "What does Christ look like?" J. asked
| in my most innocent tone.
I've got his picture. Would you
| like to see it?"
l promptly said "Yes." She open ed
the folding doors, showing a parlOr
| richly furnished. Over the fireplace
hung an enlarged photograph of George
| Jacob OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Christ.
| The picture was richly framed and
draped with handsome curtains. "Dis-
| ciple" Whitney and the 'angel" sat at a
desk preparing
THE PROGRAMME FOR THE SERVICE.
| Schwemfurth looks like man whose
| head is level and has rather a pleasant
csuntenance. though | failed to observe
the supernatural expression so plain to
| his devOteeS. The service was con-
Quoted by "Disc1ple'' Whitney. he sat
| at small table facing the brethren,
who were ranged in accordance with
| their merits.
A gospel hymn was sung first, led by
Mr.. Thrall, who brandished tuning
| fork. Then Whitney read long quota
lions from the Bible, mostly selected
| from the Epistles to the Romans and
Galatians. He explained each passage
according to Schweinfurth's interpreta-
ton. Then followed a half hour of
prayer, during which Whitney knelt
and imparti ally offered alteration to the
regulation deity and j. j. Schwein-
furth. That prayer would have
Mortified an orthodox Christian
worse than sulphur and birthstone
sermon, not that it differed from Or
| binary affairs except in the appeals to
the new Christ. 1t was followed by a
long sermon from Schweinfurth called
1.-The End of the New Law" This and
other sermons are intended as an ap-
| pendiX to the existing Bible, and will
be placed there when Christ (SchWein-
| furth) sees fit.
That sermon lasted an hour and a
| quarter. L got sleepy. Whitney has a
| fashion of raising his eyes about twice
paying proper attention. For while
L amused myself seeing how soften !
could yawn and not let the
"disciple" catch me at it. He saw me
at last, but didn't shorten the sermon
on that account. Then l got fidgety,
my foot went to sleep. was morally
! sure spider was crawling over my ear,
my hands wouldn't be still. just then
l discovered a siX-year-old child of the
Thralls. He was handsome little fell
low, and with his two brothers was sit
ting erect on straightforward chair.
The little fellow and | had quiet game
1 nf AGaaaH- hOn1 ic
der. That helped to pass the time.
THE NEW CHRIST'S SERMON
dealt in glittering generalities and was
occasionally ungrammatical. Think of
Christ quoting conversation with Col
orado lawyer and using our republican
government as symbol of heaven
that's what the sermon did. The points
specially enforced on the faithful were
absolute self-negatlon. unquestioning
obedience, love intense (platonic OF
otherwise not statedl, and the consider
ing of all ofTenses, whether great OF