The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-14
INSIST THE JEWS WE'RE BLACK
PROPHET CROWDY 1T
IN A VISION IN A DINING CAR.

HIS was WUen Ill INcCCiNOu thO wv
Keys of the LOrd-NesrO Delegates at
Plainfeld Observe Feast OF the Wilder
ness In ReSalia-Red SILK CorOnets.
PLANF1ELD. N. j.. April 13,-Plainfield is
full Of a black cloud and the black cloud
is streaked with a thousand %rainbows, more
or less thanks to the coming Of the member
Of the Church Of God and Saints Of Christ,
the negroes who think that they are the
only real Jews and nave gathered for the
Passover, which they began to-day with a
street parade in seven colors, in which every
body participated but the seven elders who
had been assigned by Elijah the Prophet
| to cook the lamb that was eaten at mid
night tonight in Reform Hall. on Second
street.
After the parade there was a feast in the
Wilderness, the same hall serving Tor the
time icing for the Wilderness. Everybody
ate what he or she liked because it was the
last meal before going to the diet OF water
and unleavened bread at midnight.
The lost tribes which have found them
selves are strong on food and colors. W
of the huee are secret. OF the 1000 negroes
living in Plainfeld only about a dozen
belong TO the Jews" The rect OF the
colored population will have nothing to do
with the visiting prophets and apostles,
so the latter have arranged to sleep tonight
in the Wilderness on settees.
1t was William S. Crowdy, now Elijah,
the chief prophet, who discovered that all
other black men we're Jewe and the missing
nine and a half yribes. Before he was a
prophet Crowdy was a cook on the Laoka-
wanna railroad n presided over the gal
lev end of a dining c,r-and he bad a vision
right in the car as tho train was rolling out
! of Hotoken one day. He can't tell of that
vision lust now himself, as explained in
Ezekiel, iii, 20; but he put forward Joseph
Crowdy, who, as the chief evangelist, IL
his spokesman.
The Jews were black" said the chief
evangelist to-day, and so We are the real
Jews. What does jeremiah say3 In the
| eighth chapter. t~wenty-hrst verse, Jere-
| miah SAYS For the hurt Of the daughter OF
my people am I hurt; ! am black, astonish-
ment has taken hold on me- II Jeremiah
isn't good enough authority see what Solo
mon say in his very first song, verses hve
and six: I am black but oomely, 0 ye daugh-
tiers of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar. as
the curtains Of Solomon. Look not upon me
because I am black, because the sun hath
looked upon me-"
If Joseph Crowdy isn't as comely as Solo,
mon It isn't the fault of the costume maker
for the lost tribes. He and all the other
men wore brown coats and trousers and
socks. The women wore brown skirts
and stockings and blue waists. Brown
stands for meeknees, said the evangelist
But it is only used as a ground work
~, :. 1T A~l HE arnEflaa n RI
swords to Offset n excess OF IN
their trousers and socks. This garb OF
course is in accord with the vision which
Crowdy had in the dining car when he re-
ceived the seven keys OF the Lord The
blue of the women's waists stands for truth
All hands wear black sashee, black being
the royal color, according to the vision
The m wear red silk coronets with
white bands, red meaning blood and white
purity. The chief prophet the CHIEF
evangelist alone have yellow and pink In
their regalia, but you have to join the tribe
before learning the secret meaning Of yellow
and pink, and you can't join the tribe without
having your feet washed publicly at the
temple or in the Wilderness, as the case
may be, by one Of the elders. There are
ffty elders at the present feast and each
Of them carries a shiny TIN basin attaGhed 10
his sash ready for immediate use on the teet
of ANYBODY who may be moved to join.
There have been no feet washings in
Plainfeld yet and it is not expected that
there will be until the last day.
1t Vas between mouthfuls at the feast
in the Wilderness that Chief Evangelist
Crowdy, who is Joseph, son OF Jacob. told
why he and all Of his race were Jews. He
was helped out in his narrative by his
grandfather Abraham, known in the protane
World as William Plummer and by grand
mother Sarah whose folks always thought
! she was Martha Butler. Grandfather Abra-
ham wore a triangular mortarboard cap.
The three points of the crown he said meant
Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Grand
mother Sarah had on a scarlet crown.
Didn't Moses put his hand in his bosom
and take it out white, asked Sarah. and if
il was white when he took it. out wasn't
it black when he put it in? It surely was,
and 80 Moses was a black man"
When asked if their chief prophet couldn't
give more details about the dining car
vision one Of his followers said: Young
man, let me read to you from Ezekiel, thlrd
chapter tw~enty-sixth verse: and will
mouth that thou shall be dumb and shall
not be to them a reprover.' That's Just
what the Lord has done to Mr., Crowdyl bu
he will be able to talk again when the Lore
has filed him with more visions to give IN
Something had happened to the prophets
tongue. sure enough, and he could only
speak with effort and wave his seven coloreo
lannels in reply to questions. But he
could swallow we'll and there seemed to he
no physical affection Of his tongue as he q
sat ar meat upon the platform at the Will
derness feast. And according to the in
strlctions received in the dream, Prophet
Crowdy used no knife and fork.