The Washington times., 1909-10-03
THE MANNER OF PEOPLE.

calm OF the spirit,
THE MANNER OF PEOPLE.
TT was at such as these. # was at
1 these very folk. that the world
laughed a week ago last Friday. They
set day for the crack OF doom They
waited in conhdene for the trump OF
Gabriers horn. The day came (as we
knew il would. and there was no blast
from heaven (as We knew there would
be noneD. and so we laughed and the
world laughed with us.
II was like that when the Rev. VIII
liam Miller led his $1,000 followers out
to see a beautiful fan morning IN 1913.
II has been like that on countless Occa-
sions. before and since. 1t probably will
be much Ike that when the Great
Doomsman really calls.
Those who have thought they heard
a call TO Duxbury. in Massachusetts,
might have earned hearing for almost
any call they chose to hear. Neither in
tellectually nor socially are they out
casts. They are. indeed. the folk from
which every pastor Of our American
small cities enlists his following.
Doctors some are. preachers a few,
merchants many. and teachers, perhaps
a dozen, among the men. Their as
sociates are of their own class-the
women we'll dressed as the average Of
customers IN our department stores,
bright as our American women every
where. unusually kind. and some Of
them distinctly cOmeley; the children
normal. happy, out-of-doors Riddles.
Their number has probably never ex-
ceeded 900, but it has surely reached
that total They come from a wide
arca-from Canada and North Carolina.
Ohio and Maine. Massachusetts and
Rhode Island-but the strongest single
delegation is that from an organized
parish in Providence.
Gathering This Year
Not Religious Spasm.
The gathering OF this year was not
4 spasm. For about twenty years Adj
ventists have come together near Ply
mouth In the heart Of the woods a
certain Mr.. Strang had builded a chapel
10 be used by any denomination (ssve
that OF the spiritualists alOne) which
would or could maintain il. The Meth
odists took Il first and did not give Il
UP. except TO move TO a larger struc-
ture. From them il passed 10 the Bap-
lists. From them, in turn, Il passed
- the Adventists. who have IL now.
About two miles east OF Il. through
a. sumac. is Daniel Websters old
Rrist mill Otherwise. il is five miles
from anywheres from DuXbury. from
Hanover. from Plymouth from Egypt
and Mr. Thomas w Lawson. 40 trair
nor trolley knock at its door. and IN,
diligent reporter who would seek il out
must ride to II from Marshfield oil
Hanover in a barge"
Through all these years the Ieadinl
spirit has been. the Rev. Robert b
Swan kfar back, when a Baptist. h'
was persuaded that the imminence oi
the Saviour coming OvershadOwed al
the boundaries OF sectsrianism. Ii wsi
his habit 10 spend part Of each sum
mer in the cool woods Of plymouth
county. As others OF his faith sOugh
out the same shelter and as still 9th
prs came TO think with him. he tool
over Mr. Strang's chapel. Christene,
the little settlement "Ashdod, " after tina
strong place" which was one OF IN,
five great cities Of the Phillistines. anf
began to hold there regular ConvOCa
tions each spring and fau.
Following 0utgrew
Its Cramped Quarters.
From time TO time the following out
grew fits quarters. First. II becam
necessary to erect a building 10 sup
PIGMENT the boarding houses. That wa
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