The morning call., 1893-03-11
HEAVEN AT HAND.
Generals MaybeIl Are With
Us Again.
THEIR "WONDERFUL SUCCESS"
Stephen VIII at Once Reopen a
Little German Church Round
the Corner.


Stephen Maybeil herewith smilingly bows
to all San Francisco gives his long
and POLITICALLY tangled locks another tan
gle and says: Heaven is at hand. Poverty
must 60"
Everybody has supposed that Maybel
was in New York where the ex-sandlot
orator and the founder of the Army of the
Kingdom of Heaven at Hand went to preach
his gospel just after his spectacular mar
rlage TO May Hanson at Metropolitan Hall
few months ago
But Stephen is here. He turned up in
THE CALL Office last evening as pleasant
and smiling as basket of chips. With the
general came his wife, his partner general
in-chief.
Maybell shook the rain from his big slouch
hat, and throwing back his military cape
displayed splendid uniform, like the one
he always wore when he left. including the
epaulets with a cross, crown and stars upon
them.
Mrs. General Maybell similarly gave
glimpse of her navy blue uniform, brass
dress buttons and epaulet5 like her hus-
bands.
"Oh, we returned week ago and have
been staying quietly at the Van Ness. We
just came IN 10 get you TO put this in the
paper, said the smiling general as he
! handed over an envelope, on which was
written the notice:
General MaybelI and wife will open The
Peoples Church, % Eleventh street, between
March II, and Will hold servlc 5 every night
thereafter for the Lord lie and the Heaven
Now. Come.
Mrs. Maybel sat down, raised dam
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sweetly smiled her share of the request.
The pretty general would have made very
sWeet-taeed nun il her devotion had taken
her to convent rather than TO the uni
formed prophet and his cause
Yes" said the general of tho strange
something or other, 1--WE are back again
and are going to establish a church here at
once. That's an old German church we've
got; rs called the little old German church
round the corner
I'VE spent four months In New York
after we left here in August, seeing after
the publication of our twelve books of the
gious-political series, but our publishing
firm failed for S5,000,C00 about month ago
aud now all our plates are in the hands of a
receiver. The Science of the Millen MUM
and four more have already been pub
iishpd"
What success did you meet with in New
! York;" was asked
Wonderful SUGGEST" said Mr.. General
Mayhell with a smile.
"Nonderfulr said the sweet-faced Mrs,
General Maybel.
"a wonderful successr' said the general.
I'VE have established headquarters at 10
Clinton place and held several public meet
lngs, but 1t was so cold we had to go to
private houses"
'Huw did the papers treat you?"
"On, magn fcently. Tho members of
the press without exception realized the
|. benefits Of heaven here and acknowledged
hn an IN Init II 81,
necessary before there WAS any chance for
political reformation. There is more
| reform In the daily press than
in all the reform papers ever
printed. They are narrow and confined to
| little technical circles. We found that the
common people. the public. agreed with US,
but the theosophists, anarchists and such
are Intellectual, and have no conception of
the mother-love."
Mo reformation can come through poll
tics" said stephen, as he banged a chair
with mis- fist. He IS probably dead right"
I'VE have eft our headquarters in charge
OF Sister Evangellne. who ased to be a the
osOphlst, but she was converted, and now
she breaches Heaven at Hand"
''She was formerly of the Society Of
Silent Unity" Mrs. MaybeIl explained
That Is a sort Of improved theosophy or
Christian science. Her name is Mrs. Brown,
but she prefers being called Sister Evan
geline. Many of her old class have followed
her. We have 100 directly enrolled there"
I'VE will represent ourselves in the par
lament OF the worlds religions at Chicago"
Stephen continued. I'VE VIII stay here a
month or so, then organize a church In
Portland and then go East again."
sister Eyaugeline ranks as an adjutant,"
said Mrs. Maybell later. "Oh, am gene
raj. My name is Mary-General Mary
Maybell. Now, Stephen, please put in cur
creed"
We'll" said Stephen, thoughtfuIly. Eve
apply the wisdom and love of the church
for the upllftment of the state and cur
political creed is. Poverty must TO-"
The new church II was learned is to be
under the care of a resident pastor in the
person of Major Edwin McKenIey. an old
clerk for Wells Fargo 81 Co., who studied
for the Baptist min istry once and who was
converted a week ago.
There Will be no melancholy sexton for
the church.
LAS we believe in life and not death we
abolish all death titles" said General May
bell.
Thomas Howard. printer, who was
converted six long months ago. is TO be
captain, and will be superintendent of the
building" Pastors in the army will all be
either captains or majors and will wear uni
forms but little less splendid than that Of
the prophet.
''Do they get any payP'
well, the privates that are actively en-
ployed will get So week, but the ofiirers
Will get nothiI g. except as they apply for
funds from the general fund.-" the general
explained.
But how will this general fund be
raised ?'
Raised as in any other ecclesiastical or
gahizailon-by donations. subscriptions, the
sale OF religious political works, etc. Oh,
there'll be no trouble as far as funds nre
concerned, Every body recognizes the truth
OF this thing but those that are too much
learned. They want to get il into geomet-
rieal plans"
Generals Maybell appear to have found
believers who will support the cause and
they know: that death may be a myth and
that the world is theirs
This is not reformation" said the sweet
laced general, lmpressively; ut is restora-
tlon. 1t Is the restoration of the religion of
Jesus, suppressed for 1000 years"
And the Generals Maybell passed out into
the darkness and the storm.