El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-27

opportunity to attain that absolute pu-
rity for which, at home and abroad,
they are constantly seeking
We never got as far as Greenland,
but the distance we did go was enough
for me and all the rest.
When the time of the wreck came,
every man was required to man the
pumps on a ration OF one biscuit day.
I was formerly strong. but ] tainted.
Ny fainting did not secure me more
food; I was relieved. Of necessity, from
work
SElijah7 Always Ate.
Mr. Sanford took his own turn at
the pumps, but Elijah did not for a
day, nor did his family. go without full
meals Of the kind that one ought TO
have in order to do any amount OF
work and really live
when we were in desperate danger
OF being sunk, when all but a few had
given up hope OF ever seeing land
again, when only faith in God that was
greater than our faith in Mr. SANFORD,
kept up our spirits, relief came in sight
In the shape OF a vessel
From 1T supplies Of 500 or 500 pounds
OF salt pork and two quarters Of beef
were then sent to the COrOnet in
boat manned by sailors from the other
vessel at the risk OF their lives
The food was welcomed with tears
on board the boat. Men who had for
days been keeping up the fight for life
purely on their nerve. unsustained. al
And yet, few Of US ever saw one
pound Of the new rations-
The others still had to go on their
previous rattons OF one biscuit a day.
Refused to Get Food.
"The time came when off NeWfound-
land, we importuned Mr.. SandfOrd to
put ashore and get food to keep up the
courage and dropping spirits Of the
men
And each time that the request was
Il
dered him not TO go in, and so the mea-
ger diet continued
For a little longer We subsiSted on
crackers and biscuit and potato skins.
skins OF potatoes that had been eaten
by the sanford family
Again and again the demand was
made that the vessel be put into port
and each time without avail.
Whether or not the refusal was
made because the United States author
tiles were looking for Mr.. SANFORD. /
do not know. Few, IL any. on board
knew that he was being sought.
Then one day We became insIstent
We were not getting any nearer Green
land, as far as We could figure, and we
were exhaustinE thu two and a half
barrels Of crackers which had been al
most tie only ,proTiston for so people.
Mr. Sanford was Indignant He re-
fused the request to put into port, and
prayed.
Fight for Biscuit.
The situation got so bad that mem
bers Of the crew, devOtees Of the cult
men who today know that they are
ashore and have chance TO get WELL
will not say a word about their eXpe-
riences, fought among themselves rOr
possession Of the single biscuit that was
their daily ration.
u owe my life 10 the fact that 7
reached shore when did, and the lives
ST many more Of the crew were saved
by the same fact"
The headquarters Of the queer sect Of
the Holy Ghost and Us are in a set
of huge buildings on the summit OF
Shiloh hill. near Durham. Me. The
growth Of the society was due entirely
TO Sanford. Formerly a Baptist min
lister. he took up the preaching Of a new
evangelical doctrine, claiming, through
the immediate aid Of the Holy Ghost. to
heal the sick and even raise the dead
He recruited followers from all parts Of
the country and with the money collect