The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-16
wa. the great end rapid spread Of the

was the great and rapid spread OF the
| Snakers
lent feputs or Shaker brooms ana Shaker
apple butter bids fair 10 outiast the col.
onies themselves. yet today, with all the
worlds sin and suffering. Mother Ann
| Lees doctrines. I'm modified form again,
have deeper hold on the thought OF I'm.
| telllgent persons in the community at
large. than they ever did before. and those
who read the under surface signs Of the
Zines know "a. Perhaps that h how ID was
meant tO be. Ann Lee. too being dead.
yet speaketh
sixty'four years after Mother Lee died
this country witnessed the inception OF
the cult OF spiritism. now num-
bering millions OF . believers. aud
a. too. took It's rise from
woman-two young girls the Fox
sisters. After them came Mime, BlaVat-
sky, originator OF theosophy and messen-
ger 10 Europe and America OF the doc
trtne OF reincarnation. In the orthodox
Christian church the ban against women
priests and ministrsnts still I'm most in
stances holds, so that they may rot Of
hciate al its affairs, but-and the Is n
phenomenon OF the time-they have in
scores OF cases stepped out alone ana os-
tablished sects and faiths of their cwn
taking their doctrines from no man. In
Jersey City a meeting house, strangely
beautiful In an unearthlike way, with
two neat houses close 10 IL, constitutes
the headquarters OF the faith cure lect
founded by Sister jackson. For IL years
Sister Jackson was chronic suffero-, ,sha
says. enduring agony OF both mind and
body, Then through prayer and faitn she
was healed utterly and sent on her mis-
sion TO heal and convert others.
Sister Jacksons church is literally no
respecter OF persons. There you sec the
lady, the black man. the foreigner the
gambler and drunkard, the woman IF
the slums, the banker and the merchant
sitting In row In the same pew. and
one Is exactly as welcome as the other.
One after another rises and tells how In
response to faith and prayer he or she
was helped In ways wonderful, and each
believes his or ner own story and In be-
lieved by the rest. Here a woman nearly
80 tells how her eyes were renewed and
are stronger than they were when she
was is. Again. some ailing one claims TO
be suddenly healed IN the midst OF the
service and breaks forth in song and
thanksgiving No collection is ever taken
In Sister Jacksons house OF worship. and
no money Is asked for A
box is pi-led where those who
wish 10 contribute TO the
church may do 40, and IL is never empty.
Sister Jackson has founded several coll
ony churches.
In San Francisco the Church OF Divine
Science, Rev. Mary Kramer. pastor.
iourishes and increases I'm like manner
OF the religious sects founded by wo-
men the Christian Scientists are the
most numerous and powerful. Mrs. Eddy,
the mother of Christian Science" says
that since last November 2s96 members
have added TO her Boston church alone.
Both Mrs. Eddy, mother of Christian
Science, and Helen Wilmans. mother OF
Mental Science. have themselves splen-
didly demonstrated over poverty" in
the phraseoogy of their teachings. Both
number their followers by the hundreds
OF thousands. 1t is claimed there are
million Christian Scientists. RS. dy
moves among her subjects regal. like "A
queen. When she passes by, they stand
with heads uncovered
Helen Wilmans, a woman OF marvellous
intellectual grasp and determined will,
would be the last person to admit that
there is anything resembling a religion
In her cult yet a religion IL is. 10 all in
tents and purposes giving to its adher-
ents a faith and a hope on which 10 joy
fully build their life and conduct
LILLIAN GRAY.