The Ordway new era., 1906-08-24
TWO QUEER n
FAITH OF The HOLY 2, /
AND KNEE suNur~
Sect. Have Their H.,.....
Western New York - ~
Year Succeed !. ~ ss1
Ing New conv.rt,

he ia'est curious sect. :. y.
In western New Yorr !" ull
rollers rollers and the knee bendeTs m ~
rollers were organized sS''..
ago on the shores Of Se' c. v
lake. and the story Of the ~.
strange religious sect is I ,h.s %s
Sl o. place i in the twentieth cea'a'. ,
Is the chief tenet Of ths 's.,a'I sa''
oei,eiIa oe, hell of sputterIpr II, S,,'
and hnmes that eterpallv I'M Sa
never consume. To this ssu ~"es
.,ned every one who does NV ~.
.he faith: The creed en,oS'.. ~
.. .rlnes which were REGARDED j.
sential to happiness loO W..
IL Is a creed that copve,,, 80,
ana the writer has seen , ~,
young women in various s,,rs. s
terra at the conclusion Of M
revival meeting. IVY
M, ine leaders OF the faith N
Mary Mcintyre. Miss Emm,
Prof. N. l.. Eastman and rlS..
Wordsworth. of Syracuse, NJ
generation is effected in se,s,,I ~ i
inc course OF treatment IN.
prayer, bathing, robing ana Y.
D.
py Immersion. When these ~
prove futile in cleansing M -
the sinner the penitent /, on,.
perform what the believer, =, /
holy roll" The unregener,t, I
the hoor at one end o, tbs a
and rolls over and over lIts
until everyone present Is sati,s.,
inc deyii has been rolled Out.
times the ceremony lasts A ou,..
an hour. but II the conyer, Il,
an unusually tough customer /.
be compelled to roll for an ~
fiye hours-a most heroic n.,s,i
securing salvation.
AS the subject rolls by The h.
audience every person has Il.
ilege TO ask such question, AZ
secs fit, and the convert ns
satisfactory answers before ke 4
lowed to rise. The sins o, ljs
must be confessed In de,AIl ,,,
innermost secrets OF the sOal
public.
Perhaps the stronges, iea,r
this frenzy is the establishing, 1
strangcst OF all sects. the a.lsz
OF which call themselves kns.
ers. The knee Blenders are a,
community and live along The n
shore OF Seneca lake. This ~. I
mated about iivo years ago II
time u Swedish farmer nanA
son. n man OF some educa,ios
to act in a strange martx.
claimed that he had visions =
fused to assist In work on "
and passed most OF his tin
knoll near the lake. He rrnt1a
his knees and in answer TO 4
quirics said that the great "
had commanded him to rers1
rest OF his life In that unco-sx1
position. Shortly after rece!na
interesting but inconveniea' n
ton. he began to preach. bis
being on socialistic lines. Ca
his relatives became imbuet ~
sincerity OF his preachines y
pouscd the strange religion y
tire family soon began to live =
knees.
The enthusiasts now nured
about 200. The knee bentes
the existence OF punishment =
next world. declaring that ha
come on earth IN the shhPs
sorrow to the wrongdoer. P'i's
not made to the Supreme Best
to nature. which is held aec'1
for all changes in the elene'.
accidents caused by fire. VI"
water. Communism Is he
principle of this queer rensla,
farms OF the enthusiasts are
in common. They hold knse
services Ave times day on !.
where Burson was "inspi'ea
the worship their faces are ~
ways toward the sun. lAa
a revival meeting is held; -
cu,ous as the thing is, the W., J.
ers keep adding converts i,
story as this belongs to
but. as an illustration oil
frenzy dominating the nua... ....l
It is an interesting psyenol0s"
Of tho present day.