Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-26

REV JOSEPH sCHBADEN AND IDA DECkARD.
tiously dcyout, believe her 10 bn an angel
In human form. They worship her as
such, and tho "churoh" Is based upon
thoir faith IN her.
The girl II apparently single minded
mud sincere. From her frances thu
awnfcus with messages for tho faithful,
messages claiming sometimes 20 be from
tho Deity hiins1lii guiding them Ms ne
guided the putrNrchs u Old, also she
bring. word from the blessed dead In
Understanding 10 The bullof n hur fol
lowcrs--nud from lost souls In hndr.
Her communications arc listened 10 by
those primitive people with all the rover
onco due Co anontcd Hninthond.
Tho new church, 81 the mountains hns
now u membership OF about iOO.-a ocn-
turiJu baud II mountniuoor nciRhbors
firm and Mtlcut IN their remarkable faith.
They propose from now Un to "prosclyte"
Tor thcir church aud TO spread their belief
throughnu tho world
Rev Joseph Schrader, minister OF the
Congregational Methodist church, is tho
recognized lo,dcr Of tho flock, aud In his
work ho Is always assisted by his partner,
Rev Henry Fowler, who Is 0f the regular
Baptist church.
These people believe that the world has
grown MA wicked and Indifferent 10 tho 70.
llglon glyou us by God and taught by tho
apostles Of old that they will no longer
hood It's warnings that man In his wick.
odn'vs wholly dlsrcgArda tho Bible and its
proCepts; that ttanslAtors have perverted
Its true meaning; that the preachers and
teachers pt tho present duy nrn fnlso to oil
that God Intended them To be truc TO-, and
that tho Father OF all has singled out and
elected this girl angel II medium through
which To communicate with those who are
truly his people
This movement started in protrno,cd
mcuting which Mc@fs. Schmdcr md Fow-
Ter were conducting and tho c1cltomont
has run high ever since with increased in.
tonslty, until their faith is apparently as
solid as Tho rucl, Of hgus
The "nnRcl "a tho cpntcr Of attraction
around which this lltlo band OF worship.
ofs gather. She IA about 10 yonrs old,
sung" digger OF tho mountains, with
limited education, OF light complexion
and not at all hurt with beauty Of face
or form, but seeminply "a girl Of Christian
training, who'll sho knows--must have
been taught tho art Of "mllng' while
away from her own Preside.
| Al Irregular Intervals She passes Into a
| trance or what Ia termed by sonia Of the
flock "spolls, and when In this condition
! It /, claimed she " uulor tho direct infu.
onoo ot tho Lord her spirit flying nwny 20
! the "land beyond the sea, - whence II re.
turns, bringing messages to deliver TO tho
people ON earth,
In this condition sho will lilo seemingly
semlconscious for days, the "spels" be-
Ing broken nj intcrvnls by return &c
consciousness, WHOM slo oonvorsos with
those about her IA reference 10 tho trI
from which her spirit ins just returned
telling them Of tho gloriCs OF heaven aud
Of the horrors OF he'll, hpprlsing Individual,
OF the fate which thnlr relatives aud friondl
who have gone before have met and o.
their own ultimate destination, then fall
ing back into tho same condition 10 dopart
on another trip,
Tho "anRoln In tho opinion OF thcs,
orodulous people IL NO far above sin thai
she Gun never fall into wicked ways and