The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-12-10
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thew finished the house in four weeks.
Nv soul was told to remain on earth
four weeks more. All my friends
came and we worshipped God four
weeks more. All my friends came
and every Saturday we worshipped
God.
'In four weeks more my soul was
told that I should live on earth four
years if did right and preached God.
All feel thankful and people joined the
church, about fifty people. [ was
promised more time if we worshipped
God.
at is ten years since we began and
we have good things. We learn to
keep ourselves when sick. When our
friend is sick we kneel and ask for
help to cure him. We learn some
thing once in a while to cure him. If
we don't learn to help him we gener-
ally lose him"
Louis Yowaluch, full blood Indian
who is the legal head of the Shaker
church, made speech at the same
meeting. 1t was about as follows:
"Well my friends, we was about the
poorest tribe on earth. We would not
believe anything. Minister came here
but we laughed at him. We loved
bad habits-stealing--and John Slo-
cum died. He was not a religious
man--kneW nothing of God-all of us
same. We heard there was God,
from Siocum, we could see it. Same
time he heard God; we believe it. I
was worst f lot. I was drunkard +;
was half starving; spent every cent
for whiskey, I gambled, raced horses,
bet shirt, money, blankets; did not
know any better.
"John Slocum brought good to us
words civilized Us. We could see.
We all felt blind those times. We lost
by drowning. Our friends drink whis-
key and the canoes turn over; we died
out in the bay. Today. who stopped
us from those things?
John Slocum came alive and | 1e-
member God and feel frightened.
became sick for three weeks, four
weeks. | hear voice saying to my
soul, Tomorrow they will be coming
to fix you up" Had just heard about
John Slocum and knew it was punish
ment for my bad habits. Now I have
quit swearing-my heart is upside
down; it is changed. After l heard
the voice [ heard another say, "There
1t is now-some one to fix you up
Have you prepared your heart? II
you don't believe in Christ you will go
into big fire and burn forever That
day was we'll; got up; talked to my
friends, advising them"
He fully and freely places John Slo.
cum at the head Of the church, who
assembled to heaven and brought back
personal knowledge of the road; but
at the same time he takes the lead in
laying out work building churches and
sending preachers out to new tribes.
Sam Yowaluch, younger brother
OF L 'uls, has more of the native super
stltien in his character. He has by
common consent been placed at the
head OF the faith cure branch of the
church.
One writer says the Shakers use
parapAernalia OF Catholic, Presbyteri-
an and even some of the Indian relig-
ion.
IL times of excitement many of
them tWitch and shake. The followers
OF this new religion dreamed dreams
saw visions and were taken with a
kind OF shaking. With their arms in
full length, their hands and arms
would shake so fast that d common
person not under the excitement could
hardly shake half as fast. The shak.
ing spread to the Nisqually and Che
halls Indians.
On the SkolSomish reservation their
indlscretions caused the death of a
mother and her child, and an addi-
tional loss of property to the extent of
5000 or $500 in few months. 1t also
became a serious question whether the
constant shaking of their heads would
not make some of them crazy and &C.
cordlngly the authority of the Indian
agent was brought to bear, and it was
IN great measure stopped.
The Shaker church now has build
ing Cor church purposes at Mud bay
at Oyster bay, at Cowlitz, Chehalis
and Puyallup. They have about a
dozen ministers, regularly licensed,
and about 500 members.
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