The Washington times., 1921-03-29
HOLY ROLLER ROW
ENDS IN L0VEFEST
Each Faction Calls Down Bless
ing Upon Erring Amid
Fury of Amens.

storm. sunshine.
After the hard words. verbal brick.
bats. hurled Biblical quotations, split
milk and tears of last weeks bat
tie of the Beulah Heights Pente-
costal Assembly and Rest Home ct
North Bergen, N. j.. the members
of which the Philistines call the
Holy Rollers. yesterday there was
gushing love. smiles. ardent prayers
TOR blessing-and mystery as to what
would happen next
the founder Of the Church OF Jesus.
ss the sect calls itself. held the
main building and dormitories. still
assisted by the police.
Tho dormitories where the sixty
students Yho sided with the Rev.
Ernest Whitcomb. blind former par
son. had barricaded themselves be-
fore the recorders court ordered
him and his missionary pupils out
of the building. looked like . battle
field. Books. missionary texts, canned
fruits. baskets Of bread and the per
scnal effects Of young women Uttered
the rooms.
FORGIVENESS RULES.
But over in the Assembly Building
at 3 o'clock the now pastor. DIR.
Moss, radiated loving kindness and
forgiveness. and when the Worship
ers knelt with their faces to the back
Of their chairs to pray there were
ardent petitions for showers Of love
and blessings upon the erring ones
up the road" at Pastor Whitcomb's
cottage in Gutenberg, where the ex-
coriated students were shown to be
gathered. at q love feast betokening
their fealty to their leader.
Tho chorus Of "Amens" and Halle
lujahs" that followed every petition
that Jesus would bless those who had
gone away" would have made an old
fashioned revivalist jealous Of the an
thusiasm-
Pastor Moss, who had pointed out
to . reporter that the issue leading
to all the trouble was purely . doc
trinaI one of whether in addition to
baptism and salvation q man must
be born again into the spirit OF
Jesus, as the million and q half OF
people AFFILIATED with the Assemblies
Of God believe and their 800 pastors
and missionaries preach, urged from
the pulpit that no spirit Of retaliation.
hate or maliciousness possesses the
faithful.
The worshipers took him at his
word and poured out such fury OF
petitions for blessings on the folk
"up the road that all North Bergen
ought to have felt the love waves
flowing up Hudson Boulevard; the
balm o. Gilead trees and hepaticas
along the way should have broken
more buds and the birds caroled
loudly
MEMORIAL SERVICE.
At the little weather-worn colonial
cottage Of Pastor Whitcomb, opposite
the old Gutenberg race track. the
house was full Of bright-eyed stu
dents clustered about the kindly
faced blind clergyman. They had
gathered to give him an Easter offer
ing Of devotion
There also the spirit Of love flowed
road" Only kind words were said Of
them Prayers for blessings rolled
back and forth But when asked
whether they would 90 to the school
today for their clothes q voice from
the group replied from Job. He
knoweth the way that take"
Mr.. Moss said they would be vel
come to come for their things. The
prayer service At the assembly closed
after Clement Monaco. Of New York.
had sung his original hymn. Il Was
Lost. But Jesus Found Me-" He II
author Of the Chrfstmas song sung at
the Tree Of Light in Madison Square
every; Yuletide. ~ r<
!; Next Sunday = memorial service
will be held to the memory Of Ars.
Virginia Moss. founder. Now that the
matter Of rebirth 1s settled the North
Bergen Church will probably be af-
filiated, In time, with the Assemblies
of God holding the aame Pentscostal
faith. - N's-r = p tE,