The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-19

disruption of families, the safe OF
property. the abandonment OF business
and a wholesale exodus from Rhode
Island and other New England states
70 Duxbury. there to await the antici-
pated lend Of the world"
When the members of the sect 4
reached Duxbury there was great
weeping and wailing and gnashing OF
teeth There were also astonishing /
contributions to the Golfers Of the /
OF their superfluOus possessions ana /
turned their energies and attention
from earthly TO heavenly things |
Thousands of dollars in bills and cur |
rency were heaped upon the plates
and this despite the scoffers. who
asked what possible beneht could be
derived from money in the face of the
impending calamity. Hundreds were
immersed with the triple ceremony
which IS conducted at these cOnven-
tions. and from which the sect derives
the most popular of its several names.
The fatal day dawned TO find the
faithful assembled and waiting for the
coming of the Lord. It CHANGED that
a storm had ragged the evening pre-
vious to the fatal day." and that
there had been a lively display Of
northern lights. or the aurora boreal-
Is. When the day passed without
causing the humiliation of the world
this display was declared by one Of
the elders TO have been a mighty
shock from the Holy Ghost" This was
the only abnormal phenomenon that
rnaterialized and. after several days Of
fasting and prayer, Miss Brown an
nounced that the destruction had been
postponed. probably on account Of the
state of the weather.
Soothing and Ridicule.
Great was the scOfnng and ridicule
heaped upon the Triunists as they
wended their way sOrrOwfully back
to the devastated places they had for
merly called home. where the mem
bers Of the sect, not having yet lost
faith in their young prophecies, set
tied themselves to await the next
vision. for lit won't be long now" she
assured them. Sure enough in April
the girl was the recipient of another
heavenly visitation. when Il was re-
vealed to her that some great thing
/ would transpire on June 81. The exact
] nature of this occurrence Miss Brown
/ has kept locked within her own breast.
/ She has not even taken the old men
of the church into her secret,
ION June p the sun leaves Aries
/ and enters Cancer" said Miss Brown,
/ discussing the incident. something
/ terrible will happen to the world on
/ that date. The development will be
most unusual, but the exact nature Of
/ it 1 do not care to explain. What will
] happen. however. will be OF special
! significance to everybody on this
! earth. 1 have advised my people to
/ prepare for the wrath to come
/ The Immersionists held a confer
ence at Duxbury two weeks ago to
make arrangements and preparations
| for the end" Some Of the least
| credulous OF the members showed a
| disposition at this time to discredit
/ Miss Browns predictions. pointing to
| the spectacle they had made Of them
/ selves under her direction several
/ months before. The weight Of num-
/ bcrs was against them. however. the
/ majority being strengthened in their
faith by another and stronger mani
| festation of supernatural power dur
| ing the progress Of the meeting.
This manifestation came towards
the end Of the meeting. when Miss
| Brown actually went into a trance on
! the floor Of the convention. The fol-
| lowers gathered about her PROSTATE
/ form and waited with bated breath
| for the revelation Of the message"
I The girls body became cOnvulsed, she
/ frothed at the mouth. and her eyes
| pointed always upward toward the
/ heavens. Those nearest to her saw
I her lips move and, leaning closer still
/ distinctly heard her enunciate again
] AAAr AaAdA NDLuEs june IL - minutes
/ before IL ante-me didian." The
watchers embraced each other in q
rapture of agony. Miss Brown was
pulled to her feet and kissed with an
| abandonment OF devotion. The meet
ing broke up I'm the widest disorder.
| Again the members fioCked to their
homes to await the final summons.
Appeal 10 Authorities
In the meantime the residents OF
Duxbury are considering the advis-
ability Of appealing to the county au-
thorities to prevent probable repeti-
ton Of the excitement Of last summer
They claim that these people bring
their own supplies to a large extent
. spend practically nothing in the town
while they make night and day hide
Gus with their lamentations. They alsr
dislike the Objectionable notoriety
which is given the community by the
+. presence Of multitudes In the event
the people should succeed I'm side.
tracking the Triunists it is probable
that some nearby locality will have ar
opportunity Of observing the exhibi.
tons Of hypnotism, ground rolling and
going into frances that have regaleC
Duxbury for several years.
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