The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-21

the first tablet you will feel better.
working religion for the money there is
in it. have stood up and told you, or stood
up and concealed from you.
What have the ministers of the Gospel
ever done for you, or for anybody else.
Nothing except to put you all thorough
ly at sea by endless discussions over
forms and creeds that send souls down to
hell in perplexity.
Did any of them ever reach your
heart? Did they ever wed you to the liv-
ing, vital body of the Holy Ghost, the
man? Did they ever implant in you the
love for the Holy Ghost, which is the
brides love for her husband?
Did they eyer heal you of wounds or
illness? Did they ever teach you to cash
draft On God for the necessities of life,
without having 10 earn them by worldly
business? Did they ever instil into you
the truth so securely that you gave up
work and trusted in Him to support you?
No. Mr.. SANFORD uttered the last word
with triumphant conviction.
mo" he repeated. For you are still
working to earn your bread instead of
casting this business aside, and trusting
to the Holy Ghost to feed you"
Holy Ghost Would Provide.
But suppose everybody gave up work
and trusted to the Holy Ghost; who would
prepare the food, and manufacture the
clothes and build the houses to shelter
us?'
"'rhe Holy Ghost would attend to all
that said Mr.. Sandford, with sublime
faith, but in any event there is no like
lhood of the world coming into the fold.
The Lord has said, you know; that
many will follow the broad road and,
besides the end is not far off; there prob
ably would not be time to convert the
l,NI1
How do you know"
Because the signs which He predicted
have come to pass and He has told me
so.'
Does God talk to you?"
Certainly" replied Mr.. SANFORD
every day. If He did no5, how would
know His wishes"
you mean YOU see the answers to pray
ers in the thing about you?'
MOT alone that. mean He speaks to
me. L can hear His voice giving me
knowledge and advice and directing my
course. Shortly expect to go to Jerusa-
lem"
What for?"
Il don't know He win tell me when I
get there. SO far, He has only told me
to go. When He is ready he will tell me
the mission. Several OF the young Adies
are going with me. Some of them have
left society lives and luxurious homes.
Several were school teachers, others had
good paying positions in worldly calngs.
BUT they have cast everything aside, and
God has spoken to them about this trip to
Jerusalem.
Gave I'D n Passionate.
ut was 80 when first started this work
seven years ago. l had good paying
Baptist pastorate, but l was not contented.
realized the sham and hypocrisy ATTEND
ant upon a UNCONVENTIONAL pulpit. Then
God spoke to me and told me TO go to
Shiloh, Me- and trust to Him. When I
got there he told me what to do II was
to build. After spending a short time
preaching in the neighborhood, I won sew
eral students over to my way of thinking,
and together, with one wheelbarrow, and
that a borrowed one we started in TO dig
the foundation for meeting house.
at took three months TO get the founda-
tion dug Then we needed lumber and
brick and plaster and nails, and the Holy
Ghost got them for US. The building was
completed and the school grew
1.-THE day It was TO be finished and the
bills to be presented we had no money
with which to meet them. They must be
met with cash. l started out for Boston,
not knowing where to go or what to do
But the Holy Ghost took me. Before night
sent the following message to Shiloh;
-" Dear Shiloh: 1t Is hard to beat God
Almighty. InAosed find check TO cover
to-day's bills. Hallelujah Yours, in the
saddle and putting spurs to the charger,
"'F. w. Sandford.'
Paid the Carpenters Bills.
ION another occasion. when our building
for healing the sick and casting out dem
ons was nearing completion and we were
in straits over money matters, ] came TO
Boston on similar errand with the Holy
Ghost. and before we had been here an
hour wired back 10 Shiloh
" Hallelujah Money I'm for the carpen-
ter's bills. God Almighty relgns.'
I'VE named the healing building Bethes-
da after the place In which Christ healed
the sick and cast out devils.
DO we heal them2 Indeed we do. Why
shouldn't we? Didn't Christ? All we have
| 10 do is to nut ourselves on the same plane
! as Jesus Christ and be bold enough TO do
what He did Untl YOU take the place
OF God your life is simply on the line OF
the natural. after you take His place you
must carry on this work on the line OF
the supernatural. To that degree the SUI
pernatural is in your life, 70 that degree,