Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-17
DEVILS ARE CAST OUT
REMARKABLE RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT
JUST STARTED IN MAINE.

JUST STARTED IN MAINE.
Apostolic Principles Followed - Crusade
Conducted Under the Lead of the Rev.
F.. w. sandfo-d- Miraculous Cures Re
ported-The Peculiar Name They Affect.
A most remarkable religious movement
has Just been started in II lonely and desc
late locality in the wilderness, two miles
from Lisbon, Me, by "apostlcs' who
claim to be appointed directly by God and
who have forsnllcn the world and all that
is worldly for the mos6 primitive lifo pos
sible. They are casting out devils and per-
forming wonderful miracles They are
preparing to change the canvas tents they
occupy Tor great tabernacle which they
are now building witt, their own hands.
The leaders in this extraordinary cru
sade arc the Rev. Frank W. Sanford and
his wife, " no is the daughter of II promi-
nent Wall street magnate Both were
reared in luxury and are highly cultured.
"The Worlds Evangelical Crusade
Apostolic Principles, Is the formal title
Of the order The Rev. Mr. Sandford, who
is q graduate of Bates college and has been
q brilliant Free Baptist clergyman, sud-
denly became under conviction that Chris
tianity had wandered far from what Christ
preached and designed it to be- Therefore
he gave up his charge and salary and went
back to tho methods Of apostolic times
In u quiet country neghborhood about
two miles from Lisbon stands u weather
beaten cid farmhouse implanted and tot
tering In the north end of the house Is
the room set apart by the "apostlcs' for
public worship. The rest of the house is de-
voted to family Uses and the accommodate
ton of the "Holy Ghost and u.s. Biblo
school,
This peculiar name is taken from Acts
XIV, Is: :. ,,, ,, 30 49,, Hail., cho-+
and to us to lay upon you no greater bur
den than these necessary things.
In 1899 tie Rev. MI. Sundtord was pas
tor of church ut Great Falls, n. H., and
was receiving 81, 500 per year. He resolved
to cut loose from all churches and go back
to the simplicity of apostolic times.
"Will you so:' he asked his wife. ut
means great self t.rri;.l it means long
wandcrings rcrh'.rs Eomrcssncss. 1t
may lead us to u:.s ,.rd crhups to II cave.
But will you go?''
II will, Sic answered.
Apostle Sandord is educating disci pies
for the work. They are young men for
the most Part clos, 4 troll the ordinary
walks of life. Among tic nest convinc
ing Sneakers and most effective workers Of
the DISCIPLES arc Il f;.rlily Of actors from
Lewiston, IL ycIrg' men oEce connected
with Forepaugh's circus II young mcchan-
ic saved from /, drill i.,,rti $ fate. IL Holy
Ghost barrier and IL "hulleluiuh fiddler"
Below is the platl&.n CT the schools
TIC t. rms re Rospcl-wtLout money and
without price.
At least two hours daily it, expected OF each
student in the interests e the school There
is not penny behind this wcrk: TO intluen. |
till nlen (unlong luen): no wealthy ones, and
we TO rot W III "l.y rut.l t!-cy, too, are God
sent We hay" God, ard besides Linn there is
mono else. The ST hool stands for abandon.
me,lt tc Coos lr...--Eco IS absolutely rs to
Gods work.
"Srck net wis., % sh.l C. t, drink nor
whertw!.I:l yc ssh lie clct.:cG." We DO not
believe that Christ, utter his sermon on the
mount, euid. 'feter and il In win now Dass
to La f.r I. collection" following unhesi- |
tatinEly in tho tCotst, Is Of tho Great Apostle
s..l the IL, v-r revrr t,.ke collections. Entlow
ed with the Holy Ghost end having received
the Lest gifts the Spirit will divide unto u.s. !
W. stand rcaLy to start at any noment for |
airy part OF tl1is globe under the auspices Of ;
the original missionary hoard.
Mr.. Sandfozd before the close Of the pres
ent season hopes to have 100 tents in the !
field, we'll manned by earnest young men
who have received instruction ut his school. |
Ono disciple, John Henry Douglass, u
Quaker convert, is Low ccasting along |
Maine in u missionary yacht, The Truth,
tie latest addition t. the crusade, and u
commodious craft that will seat rs per-
sons.
The preacher and the disciples have al
ready moved several thousand feet of earth
with a wheclbArrow. The cornerstone
will be laid on July 1, and Mr.. Sandford
has had q revelation that the building will
be ready for dedication on July !, 1897.
The services arc entirely unconvention-
al, as severely simple as those when Christ
talked by the wayside.
Remarkable faith cures are authentical-
" reported from tho "Halleluiah camp
ground.' MIR. Sanford says that one wo-
man who had four of her ribs broken by
being thrown from n carriage was instant
ly healed in answer to prayer. Many other
cases of this kind are vouched for.
Mr. Sanford also claims to possess the
power of casting out devils. His most
notable exploit in the way Of exercising
evil spirits was when no cast tho devil out
OF his mothers leg.
His mother had been very sick with sci
at1ca, he says, and special prayer Onered
for her recovery, as we'll as amounting and
laying ON Of hands, had failed to deliver
her from anguish. So Mr.. Sanford was
sent for. He says:
upon my arrival she told me that the
pains had come on each night, the last two
or three being fearful In the awful agony
endured. She said, why, it seems as If
the very fangs Of the devil are fastened in
to my limbs nights.
"'Well, mother, said, there is some
thing wrong somewhere. I will go up
stairs and pray and you do so here, and we
will ask God to reveal the reason you have
been afflicted I had scarcely dropped
upon my knees in the chamber above when
God said to me plainly, 1t Is the devil
."Within one minute from the time left
her said, Mother, God tells me it is the
DEVIL
"'Well, Frank she said, Il feel the
same. I believe it is the devil, rather than
disease ...
1.-THE Holy Ghost had shown me that the
prayer of faith would heal the sick; the
command of faith must cast out devils. See
Mark xvi, 16 Accordingly, in his name
commanded the devil to leave my mothers
limb, and two weeks Of fearful, almost I'M
endurable agony ended when that COM