Show n nuuuuuunn QUEER KANSAS SECT Founded Upon Revelation Made to ExSlave I Keep Saturday as Their Sunday Members Refuse to Work on That Day and the Scriptures Scrip-tures Are Sung Lawrence ICanTho Church of God and the Saints of Christ which has been In operation In Lawrence for fully ten years is founded upon a revelation rev-elation made to an oxslave At least this Is the belief of the churchs pastor pas-tor Rev Mr Smith and his small band of followers This revelation came to the founder of the Church of God and tho Saints of Christ only after a severe penanco of four days of real fastingthat Is absolute denial of food and water i An you know remarked the pastor pas-tor when a man Is that hungry and prayln for the truth hes shore to seethe see-the night The revelation which came to William Will-iam S Crowdyfor that was the prophets namewas that eiery word of the Scriptures is to be taken literally lit-erally as It Is written In this revelation revela-tion the word also came to him that tho first day of the week Is Saturday and not Sunday and upon that day Saturday the worshiping of God must be done that the orthodox Sunday Sun-day is a workday that is if work can be found on the accepted Sabbath Sab-bath Something on the order or tho Seventh Sev-enth Day Adventists was suggested to the Rev Mr Smith Not atall was tho quick almost resentful answer fait ouh church Is founded on n revelation afteh fouh days of fasting so you see we have tho true faith But the Church of God and Saints of Christ has its Inconveniences to many Lawrence families which employ negro ne-gro servants members of this particular partic-ular sect On Saturday there is no kind of household work or any kind of labor done Instead almost the en lire day Is spout In worship There Is a short cessation at the noon hour but few leave tho temple Iunch baskets are taken along filled with fried chicken and other good things to eat for In the congregation congre-gation are found borne of tho best negro ne-gro cooks in Douglas county Even in the course of this feasting tho praise of tho Lord Is not forgotten for almost al-most constantly thero Is carried on a weird chanting of some of the songs peculiar to their faith and creed The Church of God and Saints of Christ has songs different from any other church negro or whiteIn tho country Thero Is little preaching Music takes Its place and this music is practically continuous from morning morn-ing till night These people say that the Scriptures Scrip-tures tell the entire story of worship and In tho Good Book can ho found by referring to tho proper chapter and verse all that need bo said for the glorification of God AH a reporter entered tho church recently UPV Mr Smith was saying You all know a heap of good song You say sing St John 717 IsaIah 28 10 The song Marled in a rather slow manner but before many verses had been suns It had worked Itself to a high pitch of enthusiasm accompanied by a constant patting of feet There was no musical instrument but all looked to a single sister who appeared to be the leader The members of the Church of God and Saints of Christ are distinctive as to dress particularly the men They have a uniform dress of all white In the summer and a butternut suit for the winter Lawrence folks know that to ask one of these men to work on Saturday would bo useless Tho fourth commandment Is taken with them exactly as It Is written The pastor wears a suit In Keeping with his leadership It Is of tho same butternut but-ternut color but he also wears a white dress vest showing an expanse of white shirt front |