Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-26

Sister" Roxy is an unusually larg,
woman, tipping the beam at 36,
pounds, and stands six feet two inches
IN her stockings. She being the heat
OF the society possesses all of the
powers, which include the power tc
heal the sick, commune with the dead
and to place the converted on an equal.
ity with the apostles. Her church In
Lexington is situated on the corner OF
Warnock and Constitution streets, a
small frame structure with member
ship of 100. Here Sister" Roxy
breaches three times a week regularly
and at intervals holds protracted meet
ings, which last sometimes three or
four weeks.
When these meetings are going on
the white people, drawn by the weird
and peculiar antics of the Powerites,
crowd the place and look on until the
early hours of the morning. When a
candidate is seeking the power con-
slant watch is kept, and dozen or so
of the members PROSTATE themselves
on their faces in prayer until relief
comes to the candidate. They often
remain PROSTATE from twelve to
twenty-four hours.
Two years ago Rolly, the 1O-year-old
son Of Sister Roxy was candidate
'or the power. After praying over him
for day and night the little fellow
arose, and said he had received the
high power. The members of the
church say he picked up bible and
read from it text and from this text
preached a sermon such as would have
been impossible for any one not pos
sessing the power to have done. All
Goodlowtown was excitement. The
negroes rushed into the place and
Frustrated themselves near the pulpit.
Scores Of them crowded around the
boy shouting and on the following day
every window, every lamp and every
bench in the place was found to be
broken to pieces.
At 4 o'clock in the morning the po-
lice interfered and hauled number of
the Powerites off to the station house,
where they were locked in the cells.
Here they continued to pray, and the
authorities grew much alarmed lest it
should be necessary to have number
Of them tried for insanity. They
thought Rolly's getting the power was
the second coming of Christ, and that
the world would Immediately come to
an end.
From that day until this Rolly has
continued to preach the power doc
trine. He has grown fat and at the
age of IL, he now weighs 1870 pounds.
He says he never went to school and
does not know letter of the alphabet |
still he can read from the bible and
hymn book. Sister" Roxy declares
she could not read line until she got |
the power five years ago and COM
menced to organized church.
At first she held prayer meetings in
her house and the homes of her neigh
bors, but so fast did the colored people
become converted under her that she
was able two years ago to build
church. She has also organized
branches of her church in Cadentown,
and Brucetown, suburbs
Of this city, besides Nicholasville. Win
chester and Louisville. The county
here have been called on
TO settle dispute between the Power
ties and methodists regarding the pos
session Of church in Cadentown.
The matter has been in Judge Bull
locks court in different forms for a
year past, the Methodists claiming
hat the Powerites damaged the church
in their peculiar demonstra-
ions while receiving the power. AS
/ healer, Sister" Roxy is certainly a
success. She showed your correspond
mt letter yesterday from Mrs. Frank
FOX, highly respectable white wom-
IN living in Clay City. She is now
lale and healthy, weighing $50 pounds
md says her good health is due to the
lealing powers Of Sister" Roxy.
Relating the story, Sister" Roxy
aid: "Lawd bless We, honey! all youse
;ot to do when yer sick is to b'lieve
n de Lawd an SEN Tor me. When 1
vent to see Mrs. Fox she wuz a skele-
on. She had been lying in her bed
hree months an the doctors had give
Ter up. I axed her IL she had faith.
he said yes. l knelt down by her bed
n prayed, an prayed, an prayed. all
he time holdin' her hands an a-rub- !
i'm my other han over the parts {
there she said the pain wuz the worst.
)oes you know dat woman 'rectly {
pened her eyes and said she wuz we'll {
n wanted to git up. Her people
idn't want her to git up, but tole I
hem to let her do as she pleased.
"She got up, put on her clothes an c
'ent to a nearby grocery store, where c
he weighed herself. Law goodness! /
ne was wuz skeleton-weighed only S
twenty-five pounds. She got de t
over, an is now a leadin believer in g
lie Power society, an l 'spek she will ?
TART church at Clay City before +
'ng." 6
Sister" Roxy is proud of her son, a