Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-19

How many people are there there
at the present time?'
In the neighborhood of 600.''
! Have you visited Shiloh since your
return from the Holy Lando'
| II have not done so, as I have been
/ occupied day and night here in set
| Ting problems in connection with flu
/ ture lahors.''
Are you familiar with conditions
| there"'
Il am not. nothing more than what
reports l have heard since my arrival,
from several parties who have come
down to the vessel FOR a change, and
| having been so completely occupied
with the lators in connection with dis
emharkment 1 have mad but a few
words with Them
Have YOU heen in communication
with Shiloh daring your ABSENCE"
Il received mail in the Holy Land"
DO you Plan 20 visit Shiloh as soon
as the condition OF your labors will
perlnit?"
Yes and no. ] never know what I
will do, ] seek to ascertain Gods will
for each days doings, and then pro-
coed to do it, regardless of my natural
desires. and therefore my future al
most entirely unknown to myself. For
instance, / fully expected to send the
Kingdom party across to bring back
the missionaries in the Holy Land and
in Egypt, but found a few hours be-
fore she sailed that it was Gods will
for me to accompany her. This was
entirely unexpected to myself. When
| arrived from my cruise around the
Worli respected To have general as
SemDly, large convention, at the hill
top, and instead of carrying ont the
program as l had carried it out i'm my
mind, God made it known that | was
to attend to the matter of hauling out
the vessel before going to the hilltop.
After this had been done l visited my
people, but I did so at an entirely off
ferent time from what had planned
to go up, and my future is as tncer-
tain today as it was that DAY"
Nv hat about the future of SHILOH"
If / give you my honest opinion of
the future of the hilltop, l should say
in a word it is sublime. l am con-
WINGED In my own heart Of hearts that
the people have in general been true
to our God-given MISSION, during my
long absence of nearly four years from
them. and having remained true to
their convictions they will now expert
ence a wave of prosperity which is
characteristic of the God who tries
men,
I'VE plan to double our fleet and 10
take immediate steps to set our GEN.
ter and its surrounding territory in
f3rst-olass condition. and then to en-
ter upon our evangelistic campaign
previously referred to-"
What about the published reports
that C. f. Holland, general secretary
and treasurer of the Kingdom, has
severed mis- connection with Shiloh?"
''That is about as true as the most of
theereports. presume there isn't an
other man on the face of the globe
that's any closer to me than he, Or
more devoted to our God-given mis-
sion. He has been engaged in success
full operations which have gladdened all
our hearts at the very Time when there
is so much agitation about his alleged
withdrawal"
'"Where is Mr.. Holland at the present
time?"
Il am not certain as to his where
abo.lts, for l have had no direct COM
munication with him. but he is absent
on business trip and is expected
home at any day"
Ir response to a question on this
point. Mr.. Sanford said: LAS to our
center in Boston. we have two large
houses there which are used as a
place from which to send forth our
evengelists to their various fields of
labor"
What about your immediate plans?"
We'll. like the angel in the box of
Revelations. One foot is on the land
| and the other on the sea- AS I have
! already said, my immediate concern
| is to set to work in the place prepared
of Cod, as we call it, in flrst-class con-
dition. and also in conjunction with
| that to secure for our immediate use
| two or more vessels for operations up
| on the sea-
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