The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-01-21

said 60 me. Remove the covering
cnHt over the face nf an tho earth
This paper IN HHcredly devoted To
the accomplishment ~ that God.
given commission. and IL nH free to
every human being az calvary
II has taken snndfurd quite "a
while TO work up the nerve 10 make
the announcement that he IN Elijah.
hat be- finally aid Il with his char.
nctefiHtic modcHty. IN the last NUM-
her Of the Everlasting Gospel ~ q
5000 word sermon, la which the final
ana positive announcement ~ made.
Portions Of the sermon follow.
Well, now, who ia this herald ~
CHRISTI That Is the question that iH
ngitatlng the public. Yesterday
morninR, about O'Clock, after had
spent the night IN prayer IN the tur-
rot God made me know.
y have never had much concern
about the matter.
Yesterday morning. however. God
said something to me. and when
God speaks, ! know what bis voice
means. Like a thundorbolt. three
words were spoken. and they sank
into the depth ~ my soul. These
were the words
hliiah Is Here
= hardly know what 20 make of
u at first ] listened and waited,
ana walked the floor. and at last
Just before left the room. lie
said: Testify.
And am teatlfyins today be-
cause God told me 10 testify, and
because he told me what 60 testify
I have seen very much In the past
that has agreed with that mighty
sentence that GOD spoke 10 me. 4
remember a. ! SO back over the iast
summers campaign In England,
when God said 10 mr distinctly dur
inE ono time ~ fasting and prayer.
Restore
= had a eonaclouaneHa that God
had authorized me and commission.
~ me 90 restore Israel hack into
faNor with God. and ! knew that my
going 60 Jerusalem had something
20 do with "a Ia some way. but ~
never occurred o. me that this mes
sage IN England meant the commits
ai0u or Elijah.
Eiilaa Puts Yirv IN His Bones
Another thing. na look back IN
my past history. there has always
been fire in my hnnSs whenever 7
have preached about Eiiihh re-
member once when I preached about
him / feli the presence - God go.
that I covered ny face with my
hands II seemed AZ " God was 50
real that ! might see him with my
eyes. and it was an awful thing 60
De in the presence 80 divinity.
'-rhe last sermon that ever
preached 20 a denominasionai body
was ia Auburn seven years ago, and
! preached from the words. Where
n the God ~ EiiiahT am glad TO
report seven yesrs later. as / stand
on this same platform IN the same
city. that ! have found the God ~
Elijah"
The sermon 10 30 lengthy that u
II weariuome 60 read and all through
the discourse the same argument s.
used a. IL quoted IN the foregoing.
The entire sermon In an argument
60 prove 20 the people that God has
commissioned Sandfuri as "Eiitsh Z"
and that the latter f. 10 prepare the
people for the second coming ~
christ.
sssafsre Dislike, shs Press
or aii the things snndfors desesis.
the one thing " the press From the
Atlantic 10 th~ Pacific, and from
the calf ~ Mexico 70 Alaska. Their.
has not been a paper. secular or
otherwise. that has believed IN Sand
ford and his work. and he has b-~n
denounced IN the hfttrrsst terms pos
Hibir ~ every paper ia the country.
Following u a blow aimed az the
press. which was published 40
portion % the sermon IN which Sand
ford proclaimed himself Elijah II
have disreERrded public opinion 50
that q HTKHa sef a
rxpisin fhs lies that hav. been spok-
IN against mc. but have c0mfortsd
myself @tth fhr fact that God un-
deratagd ~ I have kept silent ia
the rssi. but hencsforth I am going
20 speak whenever I want 20. In
one ~ the eificn where I recently
preached the reporters gaye y fuii
description % what 7 said the iast
uiRht-svsn quoted my Hentcncea--