The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-06-20
Maine People Drive
Out a Preacher.
MIS- FORMERLY 4 MILL HllI
Then No ssesms . lsy cisrsyms
and Fosmsistsa . asv Creed
Which Caused Trouble.

BANGOR. Ne. June -o.-No, sine
Ne days ef the MlIleriie excitensrl
when people In this vicinity host fhet
49, ..s.Is ss,'n pletely. Gays assss -ss~ssl
up tnte the mountains prepared . 7,
Ascend % glory. has there been sub
A religious eraxe as that whsch y
e~ntiy sslEed upon the people % ~
western part Of penobNcot and othe
sections o. Maine. tl
Ii eliminated last fHrhday night u
the tarring Aud fcsthsrlug Of 0~a4
". Higgins. 0ho claims 10 be th~
Iir~ct representative % the Savior
ms methods OF gaining converts 90
} his peculiar b~hef. - snragei the
It9wnsps1pis taat they decided upon
( heroic measures 10 drive him aSsy.
Higgins waz not long ago mill
hand in Calais. where his father - a
! wsii-ta-sia and respected iufnoeFuian,
but he quit manual labor under the
impression that h. had n summons
from heaven 20 20 and spread the
gospel Of truth throughout the land.
At first Higgins was a Methodist.
and for three years he was appointed
az a lay preacher to supply the cir
' ruit composed Of the towns 81 Car.
rnet. I.svant and south Lsvant
He became dissatisfied with Meth
Z sslfnsu and formulated a creed % hts
! avn. the Eist Of which was that the
a nibis must be taken literally, and
! fhat rsrfert fafh alone could save
Z ssnnera. All sho profeEsei entire
faith In the divine goodness would
} have no need Of doctors. nor lawyers
they would suffer no pain whatever.
, ana no enemies would prevail
2 against them. All wteke'iness in men
Would Cast Out pemons.
" existed in the form % demons, and
}. these demons Higgins advertised q
"a cast out Of converts at short notice
N After fss YEARS of this. dufins
n which, u - charged. Higgins estor'
20 TONS drove a blind woman 20 suicide
A because she rould not ''s@e herAeli
4 perfect In the faith" tho evanEelis
ri went on visit 20 Durham. AndrOr
n leoxxin county. where the Rev. v. l.
4 Sanford had established the head
quarters OF n new cult, called By hin
The Church OF the Jivias God"
Here IN the temple Of shiloh Of
Beuiah Hili Higgins imblbed the nes
IDEAS of the Sanford church. an
Il when h. came back to LevanI he pu
l. them into practice. Sanford had -
tabiished a sort Of cooperative col
ony nt Durham. and on high HI
IL there, the hill Of Heuiah. he ha
at caused to be erected seven immens
nj buildings Of most grotesaue deslgi
rot The money for the erection Of thea
~. structures had been given by cor
he verts To the new faith. many OF tibet
He having turned over all 81 their PROF.
IN erty and taken up their abode wit
ed the colony.
IT. II was partly the giving up Of pr
perty TO the church BY weak-mlnds
b. peopIe and partly the savage abui
ng. ~ children and others In the cas-
en- ling out OF demons that caused n
nd trouble In T,evant. The people stOs
III Higgins as long NJ they could and Il
loo select men Of the town then warn'
VII him to leave. He refused 70 go, ar
~. Tsrred by . Mob.
a mob of 900 men gathered last ~
day night. took him from the Glen
emf farm house, where he had esta
Itlshed himself Of late. and tarred NJ
l. lfaafhered him. afterwards riding hi
l. on a rail- 10 the next town.
Ever since that night eNciteme
has reigned in Levant and the sher
NJ. Of the county WAS called 60 resto
et- order and arrest the members Of I
Of mob. Only one man could be ~
u covered who would make complal
sill and he was one of Higgins chief CO
verts, named Clement. ON Snturd
pom night. after long hunt by I
not sheriff and his posse. nine men WI
the arrested and brought 10 Bangor u
ave Yesterday they were tried and ~
the eral Of them held for the grand ~
on the charge Of having been enga
at ed In a riot. The whole populatl
r. a almost is in sympathy with the m
not that the people are In favor W
pro- IInwlesancsa, but that they are 4
, Of auatcd with Higgins and evangeli
ring u his kind by which rural Maine
re- sorely afflicted.
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