The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-20
THE .sANCTIFrED BAND.
4 Peculiar Religious secf That Lkvea
IN House Boats

II ATH~s ks<stSs~
oas ce The NEST peculiar religious sesss
n America . TIE -S2nc;lned Chu-cA.. 81
S&aeti@ed Band" which - located On tie
Czew2n river near MeaIrcse. " =. Per
aSFs Ia '1Sanctias1 Band ss al riga.
fF~1n r-scval staEagesat. ant perhaps IL
- not. aas csr.aialy Il 5 unconventional
enough
TIE aaszaess@es Go act approve co tsssr
ways. ats1 recently 81 attack vas made
On wat . known SIS sAs Aa5ernasse Sac
tse1a. w1sca resulted n Ia Killing - era
~SAAn ane me ao0Eal1x Of teres er teag
n1e1- These people lrs - boats ~hlcA
they cal azss. Ca1xsracsea OF rough lur.-
Der. these aESs are merely Acase 5oafs.
Win neither sails. ears aer ssheg means
or aoSson1otsan- Sometimes sney are drag
se3 u2 or lie bank hen Il 10 decided 10
make n 2Fotraesed stay
when launched axsia the ark drifts
aroGr- Ga4esx scnss 22sslEg scatraAn gives
II a cable Ac4 te~s Il 20 saEzs ssher town
or landing At 1crs than sas town the
inhabitants % these arss havs been ted
sisher BY a delegation Of cssaxeaa .. The
officers 0. TIA i&w that tasy must uacxr
and refusal 70 hoist anchor aas resulted
81 MAR.
TIE srks vary N ssse. bat they arc al.
the sane II ere end 10 q email reca
containing q cooking stove are xsscaen
utensils. Hare ne fsoa fer TIE snhaelt-
ants os the Graf, Il prepared, Adjoining
Is larger room used ssterna t.ly ~
dining room ard meeting pace where
public and private worship 10 conducted
IN fas otAer end 90 he beat Is another
large Foozn used As = sleeping apartment
NJ privacy - gsysn TIE occupants. ana
t&sy steep together. regardless - sex. age
or relationship.
The public Is freely admitted .nso the
Kitchen and assembly rom, al ne sne 10
allowed TO enter TIE sleeping apartment
except those wao airs "san fed" Il - a
SORT o. holy OK bellies reserved fer iae ex-
elusive ass OF members q the band.
The discla,ins 0. the Saacslis4 church
teaches thai no one can "a 20 heaven until
ne or she has become =anSg..sa n oo1y
well in spirit. This ''sancstacAtlon''
takes place instantly. and IS nog = matter
OF growth. and i renders the sanctsaeS
person Incapable Of sin.
This IS explained meaning thss nssA-
ting that 's&acgiaed'' person does 10 Or
can be sinful Acts Which would be ~ronx
In tae unssnctlhed are psrfeos.y proper
when committed by these ~ho have eeea
purified" by TIT. s4nctlaeA ten process.
They assert tha; ctvf marriage Is ne
marriage ard that sanettfisa person can
not dwell with ths unsanetIfed. This iaxlo
has causes husbands 20 desert wives and
wives 20 desert husbands. Aaa the teach
ms ot X has been the ca usc OF tha attacks
made on "the sanctlfiea bands" by the
jewellers II the towns TIE banda have
visited.
The Sanctlfe1 church bad It's orsxln
eight years ago OF Chlncossague island.
Acconac countT. Va Joseph Barnard
Lynch. the richest mAa On The lslsn4.
claimed 70 have been visited ~ a. Amges
during trance and % have hSea told thai
he vas 'saactaea-" lie began preaching
hts doctrine. aad soon had 3 number Of
followers
There are q score o. hands known 20 he
IN exissenes today Lynch. the leader, ard
Sadie +. Collins. Tia head deaceness."
are located a. ths river landing near Nix
onson-
There were about twenty OF shs band al
the ark when the eorresp pendent and
photographer visited them The ark ala
not seem large enough 10 aald such
number, but il was sa.o that several nsa
were absent in the country sol.e!tlng con-
Irlautlons while others we're On tie river
catching eeis-
Another regulation % the Sanci.rea
church Is the system % having fellow
wstcamen-" This regulation requires each
male member 10 have the wife Of another
member as "fe.low-wAtehfnRa." and
they aust daily retire 10 a private spot
whore they watch and pray"
single women are not allowed 10 hsccFns
'fesiow-waschnsn." and mans wits can
not act IN such a capacity. She must ~
thu observation-disclosures OF sems other
man
The opportunities for immortality - vhs;
the unbel!eving unsanctlrsd complain %.
and they do not believe that The sangts-
led are superior to temptation.