The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-24
Band Of People at Duxbury,
Mass. Disappointed
BUT THEY KEEP ON PRAYING
They Cared to the Heavens This Morning
Expecting That They Would See
Signs Indicating the Com
ing Of Christ.

Duxblry, Mass, Sept. s4.-The three
hundred Of "Triune imymersionists' who
expected the end Of the world to come
at ten o'clock this morning were great
n disappointed. They prayed and sang
feryenty all the morning. shortly be-
fore ten O'Clock the sky was covered
with heavy clouds They then expect
ed the heavens TO open. The heavens
did open but only downpour Of rain
came. The belief was expressed that
the end Of the worla may come next
year, but the members of the band are
keeping up their services expecting that
Christ may come before night.
The party Is made mp Of men, wo-
men ana children and they were al sin.
oere in their belief that the world would
end today. They spent last night In
camp al Asilwood which IA in West
Duxbury. They were well-dressed,
well-mannerei people and not Of the
kind that look Ike fanatics An day
yesterday they continued in their ser
vices, being interrupted only once and
thet when eighteen persons were bap-
tized IN the river half a mile away.
During the services yesterday after
noon = collection Was taken up. Just
what the object was IN taking up the
collection, seeing that the contributors
end those who gathered the money be-
liepe there will be no use for money
after today, at the latest. was not al
vulged, bit the collection was taken
up Just the same. and although there
are not more prcitabIy than $50 believ-
ers altogether az the camp ground, sew
eral hundreds Of dollars was certainly
realiEed. % say nothing Of at least one
watch, which a man put in the box,
ard a number Of rings BY women.
The reporters who saw brothers Swan
and Oagood sorting out the contents Of
the contribution box noticed that they
were putting the bills Of different de-
nominations in separate piles There
was pile Of ten-dollar bills good two
inches ia haiQht; there was pile Of
five dellar bills which was twice az
high. ard the two dollar pile vas high.
tN NfAN AAf MfFrF "AitA1H tAitF NHN w
make two piles Of the one-dollar bills.
Before the contributions were sorted
ow and gotten ready for counting tho
meeting had been IN session for hours,
and men, women and ehildnea packed
themselves into tie little church so
closely they could scrrcely stir They
stald there hour after hour, praying,
singing and giving testimonies b the
goodness Of tie Lord and assurance to
each other THAT Christ's coming was al
hand
Imagine, IL you can, these many men
and women, fully believing that their
days were numbered, that within a few
hours they would all be in Paradise
ard that the world. with It's wicked,
folks wosrld be utterly de-
stgoyed, and you wiA get something Of
aa idea Of the eaTnestness with which
they faced the orieal before them,
Their faith fortified them for the most
part, for on nearly every face was a
look al happiness, and on few were
there ssgHs Of dread.
After Some more singing and praying
Brothers Swan and 0sgood picked up
the oyerHowing contribution box and
the people who for hours had been
packed III the sweItering room fled ont,
singing ae ioyously as they came As
they reached the open sir some threw
tAeif their arms about each other and
shouted aThe Lord is coming; Christ
Il almost here Then they would raise
their arms and eyes toward heaven and
stand motionless for as much o. three
minutes at time. Others wonld /
break out into song anew and still 9th
ers knelt to pray In the dirt o. on the
grass.