The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-28

They Are Not So Prosperou. As Thsy
Once Were.

shiloh, Novemt er THE one hundred
and fifty students and apostles that CON-
pose the devoted community Of Shiloh
have been going through dark places
lately. We're some Of the privations that
they have endured for the past four
months detailed In Print the pathos OF
their experience, would stir hearts far
and wide. IL is an open ssoret that since
early fall the great Shiloh projsot has
been rubl ing hard against Adversely.
These who have been watching shiloh fer
| . long time to criiiciss II ars eagerly say
ing that what they prophesied at the first
has come 10 pass. They claim that the
whole n i;hty proj,ot tast has bean sngi
nsersd by Mr.. Ssnferi and his assistants
has turned out to be fizzle. But there 10
no such feeling as that on the hill.
On the contrary, the band of workers
assert that they behold In these piiva-
tions. those delays, tn Sc disappcintmenis
and reserves merely part of the great plan
Of Ged who stands sp,nsor, director and
controller Of the woik.
1--WE needed discipiins. sail Mr.. Sand
ford to the writer. "Mattsrs wsre getting
SO easy for us that we were In danger of
strutting. We had been asking and re-
otiving In full measure until 1t appeared
te us that there were to b. no more hard
ru 5s-no more denials. Shiloh's chief has
more gray In bis hair than when he went
away to England early last fall. Shioh's
temple Is now so far from the state 10
was expected 20 be In ut this time that
the caviiers have considerable opportuni-
ty for assailing 1t.
Eneland much Of tao work has been held
up. A score or so Of the men have been
busy and have accompli ,hed q great deal,
however. The court yard hiss been graded
and tons and tons of earth removed until
the original temple building Is left stand
ing on a mound Of earth hitesn feet high.
From this building platform ana steps
will descend into this inner court yard.
Considerable of the work OF finishing
has been done In the interior of tbs great
four-squ tsmple, though of courae the
new section still requires many day to
put 1t into shape to receive inmates. 1t Is
because so little work has been done here
In the past two months that the critics
are talking.
But Mr.. Sanford says that the prophet
mustn't get discouraged IL God occasion
ally finds 1t necessary to oversst plans
little.
While Mr.. Sanford wa s In England no
cabled money enough to finish the gntss
Of praise. Carpenters ars now at work on
these. Tbs gate on the south has been
built with the money furnished by the
English believers, that on the north by
Amer ican workers.
cove no man anything" has been one
Of the cardinal points In the doctrine that
Mr. Sanford has preached. There are now
across this water several people who want
to come to live In the Shiloh communi-
ty, but the injunction has been laid on
them that all thrtr debts must ~ settled
first. They are now arranging these and
will come aor oss the hrss Of the new
year.
During the past few months there have
been wild st,ries circulated as to the
amounts due on tn, tsmpls building.
There have been rumors of attachments,
etc., most OF which stori s have BEEN fab
ri,ated. 1t Is fat that R'e,tiv to Mr..
Sandford's grist he has no. bee Sble to
meet all the bills on the new structure
with the puno.ilious promptnoss that has
marked all his dealing In the past. But
the creditors are making no talk about
these matters, which are Of course private
relations be wesn themselves and those at
the head Of the Shiloh movement. We're
1t net for tas fact that MIR. Sanford has
in the past insisted on such prompt set
Element Of every claim agains. the templs
this temporary credlt at this time would
have excited no attention. That there
are to be any legal steps or any attemrt
by creditors to press their claims may to
dismissed as idle rumor.
Mr.. Sanford tells me that four weeks
from the day he landed in Liverpool
without money to pay his return passage
to America ami without n notion as to
= here he WAS to lay his head, he received
the gift of s11,t0) worth of property In
Liverpool. This lie mar siou that has al
ready beer described.
Immediately on his arrival at Shiloh
last week he detached MIR. and Mrs.
Perry and Olive A. Mills from the Shiloh
staff and started them back to Liverpool.
They will take charge of the property
there and run the school that is rapidly
fling up. Mr.. Sanford rays that 1t is on
account Of tits school on the other side
that he brought no more students with
him on his return TO this country. He
ssys that he expects TO bring more on his
return to this land In 1900
One matter has shed some gloom on
the Shiloh work. 1t Is statsd that at least
sll,0eO worth OF pledges that were made