Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-20
SAYS BRETHREN
FEARED EXPOSURE
NEGRO BAPTISTS TERRIFIED
Testimony in Trial Of Pasadena
Church Muddle Shows African
Bellies Threat Carried Great
Weight With Deacons

wei, judge, Youah honah, it hap
pened jest dis away: Dat yellow gal
came in afore dat board of examina-
TONERS and she hussed her skurt round
funny like and she twis one eve and
wink her ear and den she say all SASSY
like, If youah all done gwine to ski
doc me out'n dis here church den dere
IS somethin' gwine to happen and some
OF de odders is sure comm along"
Such was the testimony yesterday
OF one of the brothers of the Friend
snip Baptist church of Pasadena, ana
the man who was called as one of the
last witnesses was not bashful i'm stat
ing his opinion regarding the actions
of some of the African eclat of Pasa-
dena.
The final evidence in the case was
taken yesterday and then Judge Will
bur in department eight of the supe-
rlor court granted the warning fac
tons twenty days time i'm which to de-
termine whether they would argue the
case or not.
Whether sanctificaton can be OBJ
tanned through a sudden and quick
process, or whether it has to come on
in more genteel and systematic man
ner is the basis of dispute between
the members of the church and because
the pastor, the Rev. Mr. Bushell. is al
legged to have advocated the sudden
process, half the church rebelled and
were promptly ousted without the
usual ceremony. One member of the
warning faction and one only remained
and she was the young woman re-
ferred to by the deacon.
Threatens Exposure
When she was called upon to eX-
plain certain actions regarding an in
t'macy with one of the brethren she
threatened an exposure which would
have abolished the entire sanctifica-
tion system. She was allowed to re-
main while the brother was ousted.
Are you sanctified, Lucy?" queried
one of the attorneys yesterday of II
portly chocolate colored dame who oc-
cupied the witness chair to overflow
ing. "'Deed I is, chile" responded the
woman. Il done been sanctified two
years and three weeks. How does
know / is sarctificinicious? Well, das
kinder funny to explain JUS exactly
First I begin to trust in de Lawd a
hull lot and den 1 get morn and morn
of de blessings of de yearth and pretty
soon l feel JUS as joyfulness as if [
had big chickum dinnah on de table
waitin' fuh me all de time. You JUS
feel dat good all de time"
WELL done been sanctified fru de
readings of de Scriptures" answered
another woman. II jes read de Scrip
lures until purity soon | begin to like
eberybody and den I like myself some,
and den | know I am abjectly holy!"
Finally one of the deacons was called
to the stand. "Are you sanctified ?"
asked the attorney for the plaintiffs.
mo, sab; 7 ain done yet got no SAN
tificashums." he responded. IT got my
IL.
ness, and I got eight chilun and six
of dem is dere wit dere mudder, but
I amt got dat feelin' yet"
"stops DebIment"
"What does dat sanctification mean?"
repeated another representative of a
study in charcoal. "De way it siders
up to me is dat 1t means to stop so
much of de debilnnt what you is doin
and to serb de Lawd. I am sanctified
now, but befoah I got it | was care
less and unwouthy."
During the entire proceedings Rev.
Mr. Bushell has acted as assistant at
torney for his own case, and his wife
has been constantly with him. The
two, with the support of fifty-eight of
the sanctified brothers, have been
fighting against one hundred and eight
of the other members, who claim to
have been mistreated.
According to the allegations against
Bushell he carried things with n high
hand and attempted to change the
church from the Baptist to the Holl-
ness faith. He is alleged to have ex-
pelied a number of the rebellious men,
bers and to have trampled the cove
nant of the church under his feet.
Two sisters head the opposing fac
tions, one sanctified and the other not.
The sanctified members say the others
are jealous.