The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-19


preach the gospel without money or the
knowledge of where their food or clothes
or shelter is coming from.
The talks of Mr.. Sandford at the house
at No $40 Massachusetts Avenue have been
OF so sensational a character that all Bos-
ton has been attracted to the meetings.
What Mr.. SANFORD offers is a religion
stripped OF formaIity. dignity, ereeds. The
Holy Ghost and Us Society makes no hest
tation about cursing all the creeds and de-
nominations alike. That the ministers and
the press OF Boston have risen against this
intruder does not seem to concern Mr..
Sanford in the least.
Mr. SandlOrd is 4 small spare man.
with waving brown mustaches and steel
gray eyes. There is something magnetic
about his eye aud good deal that is hyp-
motto about his gestures.
The Holy Ghost and Us" he said, when
asked to explain the motive for the So
ciety's eccentric name. stands for a com
bination that owns and moves heaven and
earth.
To US. the beings who inhabit the earth,
and the Holy Ghost the living and pres
ent representative OF God. there is nothing
the earth can refuse to yield Why should
people work and take their minds from
spiritual things when the Holy Ghost. who
is just as real and actual a living man as
any Of us. stands here in our midst ready
to provide us with a living2''
But everyone who works doesn't find a
living coming so easily" was suggested.
Then it's because they haven't made
FaHY l.
make his acquaintance yCu'll ind that you
won't have to work for a living but that
He'll be at your elbow ready 10 provide for
every need-frOm food and drink and
shelter 20 your car fares.
How? Oh. He has various ways or
course. don't mean to say an unseen hand
puts food in your mouth when noOntimc
comes. The Holy Ghost has a more DELI
cate way Of doing things When He secs
that nOOntime comes and there's no food
in sight. he looks around and finds a place
where food is aud brings the person with
the food around. Or He takes hold Of my
hand and leads me TO the person who's got
the food or the money to pay for it. It's
so with my clothes; it's so with every
thing II you'll only leave il TO the Holy
Ghost He'll lcok after the food and
clothes and shelter He's a sort OF care
taker
1T was so when I first started this work
seven years ago. l had a good paying Bap-
list pasturate but I was not contented I
realized the sham and hypocrisy attend
ant upon a denOminational pulpit Then
God SPOKE 10 me and told me TO 20 to Shi-
loh, Ne. and trust TO Him. When / got
there He told me what to do. Il was to
build. After spending a short time preach
ing in the neighbOrhOod / won several stu
dents over to my way OF thinking and to
gether with one wheelbarrOw. and that =
borrowed one. We started in 10 dig the
foundation for a meeting house.
1t took three months 20 get the fouu
daJiOn 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.
The day il was TO be finished and the
bills 10 be presented we had no money
with which to meet them They must be
met with cash. I started out for Boston
not knowing where to go or what 10 do.
But the Holy Ghost took me. Before night
! sent the following message TO Shiloh;
Dear shiloh II is hard 10 beat God Almighty
Enclosed find check Co cover todey's bills Halle
1 luIah! Yours IN the saddle aud putting spurs 10
the charger +. " SANFORD.
"On another occasion. when our build
ing for healing the sick and casting out
demons was nearing completion aud we
were in straits over money matters. 1
came 10 Boston on a similar errand with
the Holy Ghost. and before we had been
here an hour wired back 10 Shiloh:
Hallelujah, Money in for the car
penters' bills God Almighty reigns'
We named the healing building Be
thesda. after the place in which Christ
healed the sick and cast out devils.
do we heal them2 Ind Ell we Co.
Why shouldn't we. Didn't Christ? All
we have to do is to put ourselves on the
same plane as Jesus Christ ard be bold
enough TO do what He did. Until 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 supernatural is in your
life. To that degree you are taking the
lace OF the Son Of Cod
Mr.. Sanford introduced two young girls
who had left society, given up their home
AMI friends and incomes 10 join his fold
They are Hiss Guptil and Miss Mary Cup
til, OF Portland, Me They are both beau
ties. and seem completely under the spell
OF Mr. Sandford's weird cult.
Miss Mary Guptil intends to sccompany
the leader to Jerusalem. She is a TALL
dark-eyed, pink checked girl. with q great
deal OF grace and refinement
God spoke 10 me through Mr. Sand
ford she said. and l cast myself at his
feet. / have given up all / possess. and
have done il Willingly My only regret is
that / have nothing more to give. | do
not know where my next meal is coming
from or where l will get my clothes But
l have no fear about that. Mr.. Sandford's
example has filled me with faith. and be
has introduced me to the Holy Ghost"
The Gupul girls are only samples Of Mr..
Sandford's followers. His magnetic grey
eyes are working wonders among the i'm
questionable women of Boston. and his
hypnotic, persuasive voice is raised in sup
plicatiOn for them 10 leave their families.
their homes, their means OF livelihood. and
follCy him and the Holy Ghost to the
ends Of the earth.
Mr.. Sanford bases his beliefs on the
sixth chapter Of Matthew. 1913: Take
no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or.
What shall we drink? or. WherewithaI
shall we be clothed? But seek We
first the Kingdom of God and His right
eousness; and all these things shall be
added unto you
Mr.. Sanford denies. however. that tho
| Kingdom Of God can be found In ones
own home OF in ones own walk OF life
or anywhere. in fact except within his fold
and under his management.
And most of all, he adds. decidedly
lit cannot be found In the modern church
nor under the guidance OF the hypocrltes
who call themselves Christians"