Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-07-19
ODD EAST SIDE SECT.
THEY EXPECT TO START FoR TIE NORTH POLE BY TRANSPORTATION.

Their Spiritual Guide and eopnseIor-
 @hinis the Earth's Axis Will Be Changed
 and Things Generally Upset cn Sept. g.
 In East Seventy-fifth street. New York, . few doors from First avenue. is an old fashioned, roomy frame house. well shaded by trees. lii that labyrinth CT tenement houses it is comparatively a garden spot ill the desert.
 The owner of this house does not ex- pect to have any use for it after next September. Neither do score or more of people who went there the other night to pray with him. They expect the Lord Jesus Christ to appear at sun rise on Sept. 9 and bring about trans figuration for their benefit, which shall remove them to the north pole as the chosen people of the earth.
 This reads like the statement of crazy man, but E. Stutzke neither look ed nor acted crazy when he explained his religion to 6 reporter He was sit ting upon the porch of his house. wei coming brethren and sisters who came to worship. Each newcomer shook hands all around and quoted some verse Of Scripture appropriate to the approach ing millennium.
 Mr. Stutzl1e spoke chiefly in German, so it is impossible to quote him literal y. He is an assert9ve, bushy whiskered man of about 45 years He came here from Sa1ony about ten years ago and prospered ill business as 8 paper hanger The doctrines of tho new covenant were ineulcated in him before he left home.
 About year ago he came to the con- clusion that he had made money enough to last him until the appearance of the Lerd next September, so he quit work and began preaching and editing for the flock of followers that he had gathered around him during his stay here. He breaches three times week ill the par lors of his house, which are so arranged that they may be converted into quite large meeting room.
 The Sabbath and Sunday are distinct in the creed of the New Covenanters, but it includes them both. They hold services on Saturdays and Sundays Every new moon Mr. Stutzke gets out paper called Rays of Light of the Holy Ghost. It is published in both English and German.
 We do not circulate very many copies, he said, with smile, "but we have number of people to look after. We send to brethren in nearly all na- tions. The expenses of the paper and of the meetings are defrayed by the follow CTS. We do not beg. D
 The new moon figures eonspicuously i'll the creed of the New Covenanters. It is festival time with them. Asked about the numerical strength of the New Covenanters, MT. Stutzke said:
 "The children of the Lord are few. Our numbers are large ill the far east and in some parts of Europe, but in the United States we have only 5000 or 6,000. Most of them are scattered in the west. We are < scattered people. In this city we have 200 or 300 followers, most of whom come to this house to worship and read the Scriptures at some time during the week. Some of them are English. Most of them are Ger mans Our meetings are conducted in both languages. <"
 And do all the people expect to be taken away from New York by transfig uration on Sept. 22?"
 Certainly, said Mir Stutzke sol emnly. Unlike most believers in ex- treme religious views, this evangelist seems utterly lacking in enthusiasm, although he impresses one as being very much i'll earnest. In the course of half an hours conversation MT. Stutzke made it understood that, according to his belief, the Saviour would make his appearance simultaneously with the sun on the morning named The difference of time would be taken into considera- tion. New Covenanters in Germany would get 6 long start of their brethren in the United States.
 MT. Stutzke WAS not clear as to the precise position tho Saviour would occu- py in the Armament, but his impression was that he would appear in human form directly before the sun.
 He will come i'll blaze of glory, ," he said, "but only those who believe in his coming and are prepared to meet him as he has commanded will be able to see him. Those that are prepared will be taken away with him.
 We shall go to the north pole as the princes of the earth. We shall be trans figured We shall not have these bodies, but we shall have some visible form and shall be able to come back to do good to friends left here on earth. ,
 s'Then you do not believe the earth will be destroyed after you leave it?'7
 'eThat is nonsense. But the north pole will be turned nearer the sun. y
 What MT. Stutzke tried to explain in detail was that the earth would be thrown of it's axis and the law of gray itation upset.
 Asked what use the earth would be |