New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-23
THE HOLY GHOSTERS."
BELIEFS OF THE FOLLOWERS
or THE REV" FRANK
r.. SANDFORD.
STRANGE PROCEEDINGS OF HOLY
GHOST AND Us" SOCIETY-HOw
MEMBERS LIVE AT SHILOH"

self in most comfortable fashion. The child
wanted 70 come down, and began to cry Justify
The mother did not look up The child continued
Cr-1ng
Presently it crept a bit nearer the top of the
dangerous fight. Again its pteous cry rang out
A wooden Indian mother would almost have known
what the child wanted. The flesh and blood
mother below paid attention.
The little lurched forward. and with cry
half smothered with fear. began the fall Three
steps below il struck its head with cruel force
Then bumrety- bump bump-bump the little thing
-nIled the very bottom. II brought up uncon-
scious at the feet of the mother. Blood trickled
from a wound in the little white brow. The mother
read
neieh5or woman who occupied the other half
Il this double cottage came in i've minutes later
;o ask what the noise about. She found the
child lying there still unconscious.
whatever has happened?' she cried. picking up
the little one.
The baby has fallen downstairs for the third
tine to-day" SAID the mother, and she kept on
rocking.
And you sit here without turning a hand
her" cried the neiehhor. You inhuman mother
You forget that baby is one Of the saints OF
Shiloh and that the Holy Ghost watches over
her said the mother.
The ueighbor woman restored the child with
difficulty and washed away the blood. She
about 10 pat some arnica on its bruises when the
mother stopped her
Why do that" she said IF the baby has
bruise demon. her mother will remove it with
prayer"
The neighbor went away and spoke her mind
about the Holy Ghost and Us Society, Of which
this queer mother member.
All his. strange and improbable it seems,
actually happened few weeks ago in a cottage
West Hill. IN the university city of Ithaca, y. Y.
The Holy Ghost and Us fanatics went there last
winter when the Rev" Frank ". Sanford and
his hand were driven ont Of Brooklyn by indgns-
ton caused by the proclamation of his remarkable
doctrines This particular mother one of the
first converts. and cold weather comes
she will have her infant baptized into the society
through hole in the ice Then the baby fall
downstairs with immunity. according to the teach
.rgs of the Holy Ghosters."
The -.healers' ~ the Ithaca band have attracted
considerable unfavorable attention lately through
ne dearh Of one Of their alleged victims David
Thompson, : prominent and prosperous farmer Of
rr- neighhoring hamlet Of Perry City He
taken III with pneumonia and in spite of the
protests Of his family. who not believers" he
refused medical attendance. and sent for the
heaters"
They came post haste and. entering the sick
room locked the door Members of his family tried
70 get in bur were refused admttance The con-
vllsfve srasrncdic ,o,is 1gs OF the sick
oroured by the loud prayers and supplications Of
the shiloh fanatics. When they came out he
vss dead
TIE farmers Of the neighborhood extremely
Indignant, and. though weeks have passed without
any action being taken il is believed that the
las Of il.
IN Ithaca the society is known The Church
Of the Living God" The have rented the Lieber-
nan Hall at No 1t7 South Aurora-st, and hold
regular services twice Sunday and each Friday
evening They have not retracted a whit since the
death OF Thompson, bat rather have gone on more
zeaously with their prosecuting. In this they are
following ne example Of their lord ana m5stsF En-
has always resulted in his making a more pro-
IT is my final tate to be crucihed for my faith"
he has repeatedly dec Jared, and nave no iear OF
Whit The public may do say.
There are between three hundred and four hun
are c6GtToi!ed by the slightest expressed wish OF
this man sanford. His mother died insane. it is
sad and ne mas a brother in the Maine asylum
fer the insane al Augusta.
The headquarters OF The Holy Ghost and Us
there is great temple; The buildings cover an no
ncose several acres Of lano and are on the Top o.
the highest hill i the Town ne great i g91 Sn
On The Androscoggin registry of deeds al 1t this i
s 3seded TO Lord Coo Almighty Frank W SAND Sand;
eysrzeif-7 The originafoT and the entire motive
poVe- Of the rnovement-Nir. Sandford-has tray.
Shiloh, ard thorough c9psecration and solicit cit
ing funds Tor the work The average number ny
Ing al Shiloh is 100 and all these give Their
labor 70 the cause. Most Of them are artisans ana
IN rt s 10 T rbIted d5ys WORKS Several
f5r5~s5 reTzo1s haye sold their entire property
fund a Shiloh" These families and indlyid uals
have taken up their residence at snIion ny MI
t1e q ibis residence they have now oef tf
o. town of Durham. Whlch IS a nttIe ldiih
lEg community numbering only ABOUT Two hul-Ileu
voters .. .,o -, o-na
re the town ard source Of pride the farmer
cordnev y Wroth For they nave been advised by
lawyers that when the bust-up 81 the 'Shllon
community comes Durham stands in the way 70
have couple Of hundred paupers thrown upon me
toRn. That would be about one pauper 10 FARMER,
sna n nat situation Dqrnam mgn s sGe OF m.
saints AZ shiloh are SAeepuonaHy u P t hc fnT5
ana let The morrow take care Of itself. they "onio
Thai is the rule governing ~shiloh'-all without
money and without price All who feel attracted 70
share rations with the rest so long as they teeI
ast duty calls them there he SAINTS HfXe DeT
oerers but FOR tie most part those who accept the
Hospitality OF the place are sincere anG deEout
srd Do rheir share toward supporting the great
This incident which occurred at Durham shows
SSoH completely Chief Evangelist sanqioro Iui d
there Go"g 5, on me %6ih for three years con-
tlsnt prayer has been in progress GAY anu
To this tower Sanford betook himself one Day t
1or little talk with Coo as ne e&pteSse S l. N
Durham and declares that he converses with the
ventures as IS man ss 20 s ssertion On this particu-
sr Gay he descended from the tower w, WIN an T4
gathered around knowing that some revelation
The Father saws that this day to baptize
9gl all n the AndToScoegln RIVER -, .o.
uch washes .sS' ne foo Of the hin on which the
temple IS raised was covered %1dn before one Of
ne followers was bold enough to pPote1 the right
way You must be Immersed face downwaId .,r
Singing and shouting, all the SAINTS .0oA up 'sie
eral OF the elders broke ice for space suTncieht
two 5gndreS men 51 women and even small children
eIe iea into the icy waters ana We ot ~ beee
Gripping 3orsfippers stood on the bank and sang
vas overcast ana the keen wind stiened their gar
9ens on their bodies hummer 90, ol t tmT no FOR
ateS who baptized were al the ie!Iitt,c o. o.
Gay only and did not nave