Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-12-20
INFIDELS WILL
Be SWEPT AWAY
War, Famine and PesiiIenCs
Predicted bj Sanford
FRElC les A RECORD SERMON

FRElC les A RECORD SERMON
Talks, Prays and Sings For Nearly
Ten Hours Without Once Leaving
Pulpit at Shiloh, Most of His Audi
ence Remaining Until .Eenediction
Is Pronounced-Says He Has North
America by Hair of the Head
Durham, Me. Dec. 1S.-FOr near
ly ten hours Sunday Rev. Frank w.
Sandford, the leader of the Holy
Ghost and Us society, who today is
to appear i'll the United States district
court at Portland for sentence on a
charge of having been responsible for
the death of six Of his followers,
stood in the pulpit at Shiloh talking,
preaching and praying.
Of the 600 odd men, women and
children who make up this strange re-
ligiOus colony hardly one was absent
from the services, some even being
brought in from the hospital on
stretchers
Outside the day was gray and
dreaTy. The hilltop was white with
snow and flakes of white fell inter-
mittenty only to be followed by
drilling rain. Inside the temple,
where the followers of this man, who,
nineteen years ago yesterday, penni-
less and alone, set out to evangelize
the world, were saying their good
bys, tie atmosphere was equally as
cheerIess.
Hell itself cannot hurt me-" Sand
ford declared in referring to possible
Punishment. God has done SO much
for me that nothing hurts"
The service started at o'clock in
the morning. 1t was Al last even
ing when Sanford pronounced the
benedictiOn. Many of the people
stayed through it all without dinner
or supper, and not once did Sanford
Or his elders leave the platform.
Taking th~ cSire hook of Pevela-
Roas for his text, the prsasner called
upon two Of his leaders, Elders Nc
kenzie and Hoad, to take turns at the
Teadi2g. AS one or the other would
complete a passage, sanford would
-1aracl iQrth into sermon, then
pause while another verse or chap
ter was read. Frequently he would
TALL upon his knees and pray or call
upon tie audience to sing while Hast
jngs and Wakeman played upon the
Golden Harps. One of the favorite
hymns with the gathering was Praise
God From Whom All Blessings Flow B"
In the course of his remarks Sand
ford predicted war, famine and pesti-
lence. War, war, war, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, - he declared to
be in sight. God will sweep the
earth of infdels by war, famine and
pesti!ence," was one of his predic-
tons. sAsasarS sSF-4s> g. ,4el,--e, 49,.
H., A. another time the preacher pre-
dicted the early coming Of Christ
You will not have many years before
you will see the Son of God come,
promise you" he said. Il shall have
perfect PEACE when that day comes
| have the keys to death and hell in
my hands.
I've got North America by the hair
of the head" the speaker exclaimed
and declared that If | go down
North America will go with me. II
be man of God wherever | go, anC
III turn this old world upside dowr
no matter where | go. | never haC
North America so much in my charge
as l have since l stood before the bal
in Portland"
The Stilohite leader predicted tina
one FAY soon the Shiloh denomination
would entold the entire world, hav
ing survived all other denominations
But that, he said, would take som,
time
After nearly ten hours of exhorta
ton, prayer and song, the gathering
was ord red forward and on its knee
by the leader, and then, accompanie
by the narpists, closed the picturesqu
day with burst OF song Just as
Am, Without One Plea D." Lord Tha
We Fear and Love" and Praise Go
From " hom All Blessings Flow
were the most popular with the emo
tional leader, whose voice was clea
among the hundreds that participate
in the volume of what he said We
THANKSGIVING The imrressiI
meeting was closed with a solem
oenediction from the leader
QUEER PRANK OF NATURE