The Portland daily press., 1900-01-29
TO JERUSALEM.
Rev. DIR. Sanford TO Abdtcat,
shiloh.


max Of my work-the most important
announcement yet, said Rev. Frank W.
Sanford, yesterday.
This announcement is nothing less than
the news that MIR. Sanford IL to leave
Shiloh-the temple on the Durham hill
and with his family, his wife and two
children, Is to remove to Jerusalem,
making rusalem his home hereafter.
al expect to make my headquarters
there" said Mr.. Sanford to the writer.
"though hope to make visits to Shiloh
ct such times as may seem good TO God
who is controlling this work. You must
understand that this Is not Q sudden
within that has taken possession Of me.
! am told by God that It is in accord with
His dsep-iaid plan Of the worlds evan
gelization movement. he has made sue
osssive steps of the work. This temple
ut Shiloh illustrate this. 1t has all been
in accordance with great plan, with
God as the one who has stood as the Di-
recting spirit.
"You will recolleot that first OF all the
command was to practise Therefore
did l give up all my possessions, leave
material comfort aud come into Bowdoin-
ham without money and without place
to lay my head. came TO Dnrnam and
was told to build. Yet as that was still
the period OF Gods testing to see wheth-
err l could follow tie great command TO
live tire world of God, we were not a.
lowed to build except as the money came
to us. Therefore. oil bills were met
promptly and oonscientiously. You rec
olleot that l would not go In 5ebt for
floor boards for the first temple. ever
though the day of the dedication had
beeI set and the people were even then
on the way. But We got the boards and
worked all night on the eve Of the dedi-
cation.
"Thsn the next test was obsdienca.
"God told me last fall to go ahead and
start In on the great str acture that fianks
the first temple. 1 did It. / frankly ad-
NIT that there were disappointments a. to
finsnces-the pledges that were made by
human beings did not come in as they
were promised. But the Great Being
stood behind us through all our trials
and He Is still behind us and He will
bring this building to triumphant IN.
ish when His time comes. We have done
our part. We have obeyed unquestion-
lngly. And the latest message from God
is Victory"
MIR. SANFORD has turned over to Mr..
q. L. Holland all control Of the finances
and the material interests at Shiloh. This
was on January LIST. the expiration of
Mr.. Sandford's seven years of work In
America. This transfer of interest has
been duly announced In Tongues Of
Fire." Hereafter all money will be ham
died, so 1t Is stated, by "seven men of
honest report. full Of the II oily Ghost and
WISDOM" whom Mr.. Sanford has sp-
pointed over this business. He asks that
all gifts intended for himself personally
and for his work in mission fields should
be addressed to himself personally. As
to the property of Shiloh, TIE great
emple and the ether buildings, 1t still
stands on the books of the Androscoggin
registry of deeds as surrendered to God
Almighty with Frank W. Sanford as
steward or trustee.
The property pays a tax to the town Of
Durham. There have been several CON-
tests in town meeting over the matter.
Some contend that the temple Of Shiloh
Is a church, others that 1t IL chucrh and
| school and therefore should bs exempt
| from taxation. Thsre has been q compro-
mise by which MIR. Sandford pays . NOM
inal tax on that part OF the stru oture
used as dwelling place and on the farm
house at the foot of the hill. shiloh has
added considerably to the taxable polls
and many of the inmates have become
residents of the town. But the most OF
the people come and go as OCCASION re-
auires. They are not voters in Durham.
after q stay In England" says Mr..
pool shall sail with my people for Jeru-
salem. In Isaiah we are told of the Inn
portance Of Jer usalem in these last days.
from that city the Lord Jesus assembled
from Mt. Olivet. We are told In Zeohari-
ah that when the day of the Lord oometh
he will stand In tnas great day, when
Jerusalem shall be taken, on the Mount
OF Olivet, the place from which he de-
parted into heaven. That chapter also
tells as what we are going into.
sis this time Of the great and the cru
ciai conflict nearf Ii Is so near In my
opinion that the war now on in South
Africa may turn into the general conflict
at hope to establish In Jerusalem post
graduate school for the study OF the scrip
lures In their own land, under the influ-
| enoes OF the mighty memories that clus-
| tar there In that Holy Place.
"Thus you behold my plan In Its four
parts:-Shiloh for The training and the
instillins Of the principle. Boston for the
spreading Of thu gospel to America, Liv
erpool for carrying the gospel to foreign
lands, and Jerusale m. the outpost the
sentry box where We shall await the ooin-
ing OF the Lord God. sending ont the
gospel to the Gsntiles and possessing our
souls In patience.
ST have lightly touched upon these
great matters of these hast days OF the
world because peopls will not pause to
listen to the great truths that ought to
| mean so much to them and which are SO
| plainly written there In the word Of God.
1t will bs profitable task to rssd these
scriptures and Tondsr on these things