The silver messenger., 1912-02-27

ltRlOuS Acou0A"
Tho coIonists are called The
=, the Holy Ghost and U.s."
.d., ia called Elijah the Sec
70 bis followers he Is the direct
..,,ve of God on earth; to
,.,-.ctors he is a hypnotist; to
m.lly interested. a fanatic.
~. more or less in the worlds
,srough the adventures and mis-.
.,r,es of its energetic leader and
.s.inles who rove the seas and
,he word OF God to all coun-
:, N. earth" the Holy Ghosters
to have come to the zenith OF
potoriety.
Yacht Coronet. one OF a fleet OF
Il craft belonging to the colony,
a At Portland recently. battered
s.a.fouIed, her topmasts gone.
..,ls torn to ribbons. and her
.aten hull riddled with the bor-
4 the dread teredo worm OF the
:, leaking 1000 strokes an hour.
hard we're Sandford. his family.
anv other members OF the Holy
sect most OF them living skel-
from the ravages OF scurvy and
.sed to the point Of exhaustion
many days work at the pumps.
"a after their arrival three men
sent to the hospital by port Of
sandford himself was arrest
4 civil suit brought by a woman,
claimed that she had been Illegal
aimed two years previously when
vanted to leave the Holy Ghost
.atjne Kingdom. and after the
Ghost leader had given $4,000
= this charge he was soon after
tel again by the Federal author
charged with being responsible
"A death OF one OF his flock who
leen buried at sea, and for the
= Of the others. both charges be-
Md on the fact that he had kept
Il sea IN a boat improperly pro-
I'd when he might have made
Va fifteen years ago. in one Of
paintest and Quietest Quaker
kunities OF Maine, for the inhab-
Of Durham. outside Of Shiloh.
lrgely Quakers, that Rev. Frank
andford and his Saints OF the
Ghost and Us" crusade estab-
the headquarters Of their re-
able creed and started the erec-
their Temple.
ea the first spadeful Of earth was
4 Sandford's sole capital and
nent was three cents. a wheel
y. and a shovel John Henry
ass. whose name is now immor-
4 amongst Shilohites. gave the
q his home farm for the site.
farmers became converted by
fuung leader, then only eleven
out OF college. They gave their
their labor and their land. and,
themselves to the move
as the Shilohites speak OF their
sg Z great white Temple. the
serving the purpose Of dor.
vas erected, a four-story brick
~ was added, and several cot
sprang up.
dord's original three cents. In
m the bank Of God" as the
Ghosters would say, bore heavy
q and now an outlay Of 5000.
more is represented in the
nss on the hill top"
way In which money has al
poured into the Golfers OF the
l'es has astounded the curious
world. Sandford's method o1
ns funds Is to pray. He declares
'oo mas never yet failed hin
money when 1t was needed.
saints Of Shiloh" say that God
ordered the erection Of this
AND selected its site; that hs
aeo the money with which te
mat each successive stage Of
ac'lon has been marked by 9
IN order that 1t might b<
mat God was directing; that 1.
vnen 1t seemed. time aftel
'aat money and material were
y 70 De had. when 1t appeared
ae work had stopped for good
we're promptly furnished
supernatural agencies.
Sa'nts also assert that Shilof
- commended from on high IL
onef ways. They claim tha
'son' Mrs. Olive Mills. died IL
@p'e and was afterward raised
~ dead through the agency O
'Sneelist Sandford; that hun
" persons have been healed IL
hospital Bethesda" OF al
ot bodily infirmities: tina
nave been cast out by tn,
mat In short. every miracl,
- ~ the New Testament ha,
~. s.a,eo and wrought there as
As' n God approves this secon.
-.uon OF the world.
,altner proof OF the sincerit,
ss'n all the good works o
.s done without money ant
Price Every conner is vel
AZ strangers are received a
!" IN hospitable fashion. ar,
odsed and prayed for. an.
NJ OF depart as their own vo
~ su't Sandford ia the head o
I movement u. .&.&.a q.