The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04
BILLS PAID BY PRAYER.
MIR. sANDFoRD AND MS BAND OF
WORLD EVANG ELIZEBS.

NE says He Has Got Fart or n Temple. nm
Engine. and n Team by Prayer, ana Hc KN-
poets TO Get n white Chariot ana n Yacht
Things Some or His NeiEhbors Don't Like.
LEWISTON, Me-. April Frank W Sand
ford is building a worlds temple" for worship
in the adjoining town of Durham, and has gath
cred about him forty disciples" The members
OF tho community have taken tho name OF
Worlds Evangelizers," and they claim to DO
living literally after the manner of the carly
prophets. Mr.. Sanford says he has had direct
aid from God in building the temple, or vabcr-
naclc. as it is called. He began about ten
months ago without a cent. Now the structure,
which is somewhat ambitious, is well advanced,
and the indications are that it will be furnished
and equipped for various industries.
The school is in u flourishing condition. Its
disciples" are being fitted to go out and con-
vert tho world, and they will begin this summer
by evangelizing tho State of Maine. If their
prayers arc fulfilled some Of them will dazzle
the people of Aroostook county with q pageant
almost as spectacular as a circus parade. and
others will tour the coast in q missionary yacht.
The whole country round is greatly excited
over the doings on "Beulah Hill, as the site of
the temple Is called. Sandford's namo is coupled
In some cases with criticism 80 harsh as to al
most amount to threats, in others with God
| speeds and "Amcns." Meanwhile gifts OF
money, furniture, and produce pour In on this
now prophet. Mr.. SANFORD says ho talks BUSH
ness with God just as another man would with
his employer, and when he gets n omman to
do a thing ho does 1t, believing that God will be
responsible. For instance, an engine was needed
to run the press which prints tho bi.monthly
magazine pit blished by Mr.. Sanford, and also
to supply the power for the electric lights which
are expected to come later. A letter was sent
to a Portland firm asking the price of an engine
and by mistake tho engine was sent. Tho evan
gellst wrote to tho Portland concern that he
would pay 800. The offer was accepted. but
there was no cash to meet the bill. Members of
the community retired to their closets to pray.
Sandford's prayer was as follows:
Now, God, we've got this engine and we've
got to pay for II. You don't want us to run in
dobt and you know VIC bank on you"
In reply he says: God said just one word,
provide but it put me at case. God said, 4
had just as soon have your word as the money
Two hours later a chcc k for 500 was sent bya
person who knew nothing of the prayers or tho
immediate need of money"
1t seems also that the Bible class of the school
was praying for u horse and carriage about q
week ago. Tho members thought that n team
would facilitate their house-to-house visits. A
few days ago one of tho disciples, Brother Glea-
son, returned from Lowell. Mass, with a tangf-
BILE answer to the prayers. Brother Gleason
brought a fine bay horse. a now harness, and an
named McGrcggor,. who lives in Lowell. Nc
Sertcd by Mr.. s SANFORD Since his conversion
McGreggor has confined himself TO trades where
now tells people all the defects of his horses:
He is an eryanselist; TOO, in q small
Beaiah Hill settlement hopes to get a pcrambu.
iatinF chap, chapel i to , make a T sqm gneT t tour h Of all the The
applications for a big white wagon which ho
proposes a, t,a call the Gospel CHARIOT, i and he
gor will be the instrument to secure, it.. Mr.;
Sanford also says that somebody will be found
Some of the disciples are praying for a good,
T ,1o yacht, so thai ut they may nay be re able net 10 I reach b.a
moved to make such a present.
The brothers and sisters have implicit fait'i
to the four White horses AMI the yacht. Their
faith seems to have u reasonable ground, too.
f fSos 50 have iSF ' Prsv eay for rei # Sas b ss9u1 an e esPensins
enterprise to build the temple. The plans call
s sGr Z ]in il1f sys of ea of slfef oak, liF and a a s S5f 15fidr;
equipped annex. where the school will have its
SS uSbTIiifhTsd aH The f basement IS tinished, the T frnm So
work up. and some of the interior begun. All
1a aoi m4Msy SO lar and ha evs con" The ti ii,Wishe nel" on ahs
disciples have TO admit that they follow tho
bi Amonf iq the diseiP pRs "a aTS b no Reife an Of feRss,
a young man from Washington State. and others
from fTosiy distant ME st stedfo The y s 8 r1SSd Ihe b Of sa tex.
College. and has been pastor OF large churches.
He has travelled extensively. has been all over
the world in fact. and has had many adventures
In s%hipwrcck. cyclones and the like. He says
that in every country he has asked God in prayer
if his work was to be there. and that after many
years of waiting for the call he was directed by
God TO settle in Maine and TO work there as
Thu, disciples are mostly poor, and they arc
required to, pay only, 81 a week for their board
school. Two OF the, pupils have left and some
say they were expelled. These diseruntled ones
say that tho school is in the hands OF a ring and
| the pupils get nothing To eat but pea soup, and
not much of that. Mr.. Sandford's reply is that
they should not expect to live luxuriously ON 81
Then. too. some of the people of Durham call
the evangelist brutal because nc breaks thick
ice to baptize his converts. But Sandford says
that he has never urged any one to be baptized
in winter, and that he has broken ice only TO
perform the rite when requested to DO SO, and,
moreover, thatit,s q pretty poor sort of Christian
against SANFORD and his followers Is an article
ga Fi nnp %hieh an inSiT S%n t RSPb,lI fth OF a 1S song to
Mrs. sanford. The edition was suppressed after
III, : disciples had conferred over it. but not
until a few of the copies had been circulated.
The article was rs follows;
late one blessing follows another in rapid
succession. On Feb. : ut . O'Clock in tho morn
ing Mrs; Sanford gave birth % a young prophet;
rooms over the beautiful white corner stone in
scribed; Built upon the fogndati9n OF the apps
God himself, with q special providence, pro
man Of God as attending physician. No mcdi:
cines were administered, but the company of
gentleman students at the farmhouse and the
company of lady students in the house of God
waited on him for his own dclivcrance.
"Tho Holy Ghost himself was in charge of tho
day, and so wonderful were the answers to
prayer in physical results supernaturally
brought about that DR.. keifcr characterized
them as simply miraculous On the eighth
day the members of the school gathered together,
and at o O'Clock tho father knott In prayer. com.
mendcd the child 10 the caro- of God, and saidi
In tho name of Jesus Christ, / name you john"
Durham people arc still saying unpleasant
things about this story, but the father OF tho
young prophet I" is sure he is still In harmony
with God. and for proof says that God continues
to answer his prayers and 10 aid him. In fact,
he keeps n stenographcr and typewriter busy
answering his letters, scores of which contain
money. or his critics he says:
"Thcsc people have no more appreciation Of
what ! am doing than n savage Of Edison's latest
discoveries in electricity. God and ] have been
attending TO our business, and If other people
were us attentive to theirs they would not have
time 10 bother with the Worlds Evangclizers."
n SINGING SQUIRREL.