The Washington herald., 1907-06-02
HAIL BLACK PROPHET.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE one.

ing, but the Interpreter Of prophecies said
everything was all right that the prophet
was merely in a spiritual mood
How long has he been prophet
asked The Washington Herald representa-
tive
Since 1896. when he were Twin in Okla
homa, You see, he had revelations. one
night we were readin' de Bibls an he
come ercross Malachi. 70 fve which says
'Befo' de great and terrible day OBJ De
Lord An viii sen you Elijah, de profit,
an he will turn de hearts OBJ de fathers
10 de chirren an de hearts Oh de chiTren
to de fathers least All come an smite de
earth wid a curse
de mex mohnin' he woke a profit,
saying Gentiles prepare fur war, an
Isreal prepare to meet your God Dat
were de first prophecy dat he prophesled,
an sho' nuff, two year later dere come
de Spanish war. In de meantime de
prophet were workin al through de Ter
ritories an Kansas stablishin de church.
How does he receive his revenue?'
was asked.
"Dere amt no revenue to IL. All de
Saints is workin foh de profit. All he
got ter DO Is ter say what he want. an
he gets it, He can jus sit dere an let
me write foh him TO any oh de churches
in de country an dey send what he
want"
At this moment an extravagantly
dressed and somewhat copiously.b built
woman descended the stairs and entered a
neat looking carriage waiting at the
curb, with two well eroomed bays at
tached 1t was the prophets wife.
rs that your mother?' was asked Of
the interpreter.
''No, indeed. dats a wife he took on
after he come ter Washington
Philadelphia Their Mecca.
The interpreter then explained the work
ings of the church. It appears that
Philadelphia holds the main tabernacla,
and that there the Weekly Prophet the
official organ Of the church, is published
| It is Philadelphia 10 which all the saints
turn their faces as their earthly haven Of
peace and tranquility. The Weekly
Prophet is ran by Joseph Crowdy, the
Prophets uncle and contains the reports
of each Sabbath days services through
out the country. All reports are paid foc
/ boy contributors.
1t transpired during the interview that
when a new member is taken into the
I church a part Of the ritual is washing
/ the feet of the aspirant % sanity hon0Ts.
/ This IS In application Of one of the verses
/ I'm the New Testament and not in con-
[ fOrmitv with any particular ideas OF
sanitation. This was emphasized by Mr..
/ Crowdy, who said: we washes the feet
/ Of the new member when he comes into
the fold. Some people has the idea that
I feet washiu is part of our weekly serv-
I ice. Dat amt so. We do il in de church
when De new member comes in, an dats
&c only time
In explanation Of the greeting By kiss
/ ing, Nr CrOwdv said. we kiss. wiv ole
| lips when we meet on de street But We
/ is taught ter respect each other. an il
/ All was ter come eri1ug after work. an
mussed up an in NAH Worlin clothes
am All passes one 90 our lady saints.
/ An jus dispenses with de kiss an says
/ All hail"
/ AT that moment the prophet gave a
peculiar gurEle his eyes became disteud-
| ed, his fingers began TO twltch convul-
/ sively, and his lips 20 CULVER.
! 'S-s-SH.' cautioned the Interpreter, and
/ In whispers, "De prophet is talkiu face
/ ter face with God dis minute OATS de
/ way he do Look at him. but keep
/ quiet"
/ Excuse me-" whispered The Washing
/ ton Herald man, and he stepped softly
/ ont OF the door.