The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-23


descends the carpeted stairway, having laid
aside his blazer for black frock coat. He
takes a seat by the altar and the cnoir give:
another rendition. Then the embodiment
arises and reads the Twentieth and Twenty
first Psalms, the congregation repeating
from memory In unison with his reading
After this solo by sister of the "embodi
ment." He has two sisters in the fold
After this he prays. Before the amen Of
the prayer is reached his voice has run uI
TO the high~water mark. After this prayer
the choir sings Rock of Agesn
And then the sermon. There is no text
This sermon is Of three hous' delivery
That is, in the worldly language Of thl
horse editor. from start to finish. the time il
from three TO four hours. 1t must not be
understood that the embodiment of the at
tributes of The Savior is talking all THU
time. When he gets tired he goes out and
" alks about the grounds, and then returns
and resumes. The congregation, however
does not have this privilege. During the
interludes it keeps it's seat, and when the
resume, he finds his followers sitting Just as
he left them.
THE SOULS MATE.
As in generally known Mr.. Schweinfurth
has about his habitation never less than ter
and sometimes as many as fifteen and
twenty women, who are there for mission
airy or other purposes. One from this mum,
Der is selected as Schweinfurth's "Soul':
Mate" as he calls her. She is the only one
of the household who enjoys the privilege
of eating at the same table with the EN-
bodiment. At present the "Soul's Maten i:
Mrs. futile, wife of one of Schweinfurth's
apostles, who is out in Kansas at present
spreading the gospel as it comes through
the gayly attired George Jacob Schwein-
furth.
During the service to-day the "Sours
Nate sat almost in front of her Jacob
while there nestled about her lap, PLAYING
with book, a sunny-haired child years
old. The child has no papa. Mrs. Tuttle
says the little one does not know the mean
ing Of the word, and has no occasion to
know, since she came into the world through
the influence Of the Holy Ghost.
Miss Mary Weldon, who is also an inmate
of the Church Triumphant temple, also has
a cherub who came in the same way. Sew
eral other Holy Ghost children, ranging
from to years, are being reared in the
same atmosphere.
The other inmates, male and female, are
shorthand writer's, and they report the ser
mon, which is then written out and sent tC
the various outposts Of the Church Tri
nmphant, where they are read. Mr.
Schweinfurth does not lntrust his doctrine
to others. All the sermons delivered come
from hun. His disciples are second HAND
preachers.
THE SoLoNS ARRIVE.
Mr.. Schweinfurth had made considerable
Roadway with his discourse when three car.
riages arrived cont lining the legislators, tbs
engrossing clerk, Congressman DurboroW
and several citizens from Oregon. They
announced to st. Peter that tuey had moi
come officially or in worldly-mlnded way
but, as Senator Leeper said: I'VE are oper
to conviction"
They were seated and in order that they
might have the full benefit OF the sermon
Schweinfurth recapitulated what he had
said, and proceeded to expound the doctrine
which has made him infamous in the esti-
nation of the larger and more intelligent
class. The solons listened attentively, and
at the close of the discourse were presented
to the head eff the Church Triumphant, who
invited them to remain and partake Of his
food and then look over the farm. The
solons offered no opinion on what they saw
except the fine horses in the barn, which
they pronounced good, The spread was moi
of tnat character calculated to make solons
tarry. There were no bottles, no cigars
and no occasion for INDUCING in fish and
other stories. Neither were they given an
although some Of them tarried about thu
parlors until the hour for departure ar
rived. srsE
1t is not likely that any legislation will
follow this visit. The members of the as
sembly who were present were guests, and
being such, and having seen nsught except
what was orderly, they do not return to tht
capital with any complaint. They wen
back to Oregon in the afternoon and will
arrive in Chicago to-day TO recuperate. The
visit to the Schweinfurthtempl was entirely
devoid of interest. Esq
ONLY TWO DEsERTERs FROM THE CHURCH
The grand jury of Winnebago county has
utterly failed to secure any evidence which
would warrant 1t in finding any bill against
Schweinfurth. The inmates, the women
particularly, have been called aud quizzed,
but beyond repeating that the Holy Ghost
is leading them tho grand jurors have
learned nothing.
Two inmates only have ever shown re-
bellious spirit, and they have refused tc
testify against the inner proceedings
whatever they may be, Of the church. One
was the wife of Rockford man who left
him and became a disciple. She left the
home and went to Kentucky, where it j:
said she is doing missionary work for
Schweinfurth, declaring that while she
would not i've at the home she stlll DelleVeC
in the doctrine. The other deserter was q
young woman who was lured from the path
and the doctrine Of the head by Rockford
barber with whom she eloped and who n
she married. But her lips have remained
sealed ON the mysteries Of the ''heaven'
from which she fell.
Opinion in Rockford is divided or
Schweinfurth. While the strict or con
formist element of the city would like to
see him wiped of the face of the earth, or
that spot of it covered by Wlnnebago
county the new element that is using every
thing to boom the town says that Schwein-
furth is great advertising card for th(
town and that people come miles to s5e
Schweinfurth. and, of course, in doing sc
they see Rockford; and, having seen Rock
ford and its glory, many of them are con
strained to stop there and go into business
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