The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-11-19
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Another New Religion Of the COL
Ored Folks.

Inc lily away preacher was at the
police barracks last night for the pur-
pose OF paying the fine of one Of his
fly away sisters, who was fined Fri
day becauSe she wouldn't submit 10
vaccination. The woman, as was stated
in the Constitution, refused to be vac-
cinated because she believed she would
never set sick or die, and that vacclna-
ton, like n other preventative, was
sacrlleglOus. She was fined IS, and not
having the money, she was sent to the
stockade for eleven days.
Last night Rev. John Smith, the ne
gro preacher who teaches the "hy
away" doctrine. called at the police
barracks and said he wanted to pay The
good sisters fine. While he was max
ing the arrangements to pay the fine lie
was questioned by a reporter of the
Constitution.
we have never lost our faith,' said
Slnlth, IN the divine promise that We
shall not taste death. When we thought
we would all be translated on the 18th
OF last March we relied upon a calcula-
ton which a white preacher had made.
Now we will pay no attention hereafter
to n dates. We will seek for no signs,
but await the coming of the Lord. We
know if we W. the right faith we shall
never die. but shall live until Christ
comes again"
How many members of you church
are there nOW?' he was asked.
We have Over 1907 was the reply,
and they are all. l believe, strong IN
the faith. They have sold ali they have
and are living with no thought for the
morrow"
Have any of your members ever
died?"
"Oh, yes. a few
We'll, how came it, then, they died?'
The were not strong in the faith. If
any more of us die then we know lust
as soon as they are dead that thew wore
not of the faithful"
Suppose o all eventually die?"
Then h a will be proof hat none
of us were strong in the faith. That is
a simple proposition, isn't it? But we
don't like to be called the fly aways,'
for that is not our name. We believe
that we shall not taste death and we
nave nothing in our doctrine about fly
ing WaY
Smith said his congregation now hOlds
meetings at the corner of Magnolia and
Foundry streets every Thursday hight,
Smith breaches. himself, at all the
meetings and selects such passages
as he holds supports the peculiar teuets
scholar and can tell you anything about
the book you wish to know, in both the
Old and the New Observation-Disclosures
Constitution.
The mileage of the blood circulation
reveals some astounding facts in our
personal history. Thus it has been
calculated that. assuming the heart to
beat slxty-nine times a minute at ordi-
nary heart pressure, the blood goes at
the rate of 207 yards to the minute. or
seven miles per hour, 1873 miles per day
and $3.50 miles per yea If a man "a
years of age could have one single blood
corpuscle floating in his blood all his
life, it would have Travelled in that time
$50, $3.50 miles.
True bills have been brought in by a
grand jury at W~estchester, Pa, against
former Congressman Darlington and J,
Mitchell Baker, officials of a defunct de-
post and trust company. The former is
held for perjury. the latter for embez-
element.
The proposed trip Of Governor Hast
ings and party of Pennsylvania, to the
Nashville exposition has been aban-
Inro1