The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-04
NOT PLEASED WITH SHILOH
Rev. Mr.. VETS Finds Mach To Conn
plata OF Mr.. Sanford. Colony.


plain OF mir. sanford's Colony.
Lisbon Falls, September Alt seems
that among the people with whom Rev.
Frank W. sanford Is surrounding him
self there are those who fail TO agree with
him. One Rev. q. s Weiss, who has
just LETT the colony, disagrees with Mr..
Sanford to the extent that he prefaoes
has statements for publication with these
words:
81 have been on Beulah Hill or Shiloh
In the Sanford movement for three weeks,
and have seen so much OF the abvmInable
folly and nonsense practiced here in the
name OF the religion of Christ. that my
very soul IL filled with disgust and
righteous indignation.
Then Mr.. Weiss goes on In the columns
OF this weeks Lisbon Enterprise to give
what he calls an expose of the hidden
scenes OF the Shiloh community. AIr.
Weiss seems very much dissatisfied with
the food and very qusrulous generally
TIM following extracts indicate the
nature OF the gentleman's complaints
against Beulah.
"God knows that have no malice
against MIR. Sanford or his apostles, but
am writing in behalf of poor, ignorant
written by Sandfo-d In Tongues OF
Fire. come here thinking 1t to be all
the work of God. If can keep only one
person from the suffering, anguish, shame
and disappointment of many who have
come here, who were made to believe they
must give their earthly all for this move.
ment, and after doing so were told to get
out, my coming here in the providence
of God will not have been in vain.
81 came here after much prayer, and 1t
does seem to me as write and pray.
that God sent me here with eyes and ears
wide open that might see this modern
abomination of desolation. and expose
the ubiquitous system.
"When first came was favorabiy Inn
pressed, as others are under the magnet
ism of Il. W. SANFORD, who Is It's presi-
dent, secretary aud board of directors;
but 1 soon saw that there was little re-
lance to be placed In many of his contra
dictory, but pretended revelations. Once
God told him that the building was MI
to be completed by August 18th which,
God, he said, told him was to be the day
of dedication, and the large force of Sand
fordites worked day and night for weeks
to bring this about, some OF the men
hardly getting one night of sleep out of
three days and nights. Then God told
him 1t was to be completed by October
I'd, but after having q talk with the boss
carpen ter, he found 1t could not be done
without force of fifty men working
night and day, and as bis workers were
almost worn out and many taken sick,
he finally concluded that he was mis-
taken anu God only intended hat part
of the building should be finished this
year.
"The Gates of Praise were TO be all
up by August 18th, when thousands
were expected to come and pour out
their possessions in the hands of the Lord.
God told him So but finding 1t could not
be done, after much prayer one of his
disciples. named Gleason. got a different
revelation. Some felt the gates should
| go up at once, and some thought by
Thanksgiving day. and they felt the
| Lord had told them so, but Gleason was
asked whether he got any impression
from the Lord, and he said Il don't
know, but 1t seems that God satd ''semi, %
II e., half'-and Sanford at onoe
caught on and said, Now you are getting
at 1t; semi means one-half, and this
means that the Lord wants only one gate
of praise up by August 18th, the dedioa-
ton day. Sanford rushed off as soon as
possible, had men hired to work day and
night to get out those gates, SO as to
have them hung August 18th because
God told him 50; but strange to say, the
dedication day is passed and one week
has gone by since and the men are still
working on the frame work of the
Gates of Praise to the left of the build.
ing.
"Instead Of the salvation of souls there
are such Jealous and aggressive effort.
made to influence the peoplel-to give al
their wealth and earthly possessions ts
this religious community which he II
building on the sand-and the mean
used to get this to my mind SO ungodly
and unjust-that / am convinced that
there is inuch more evil than good done
by this movement"
Rev. Mr.. Weiss describes the table fare
at Shiloh as "oomprised of green cucum
bers and bread and two kinds of water