Show VISION TELLS TEES COOK THAT HEIS HE IS ELIJAH Colored Prophet Then Gathers Unto Himself the Lost Tribe of Israel V NEGROES FLOCK TO FEAST Gill Cull Ch cs of Church of ur God GodI Ml I of Christ t I lii In Iii Mot oot Gorgeous GoI GOI Garb aib Nc New York YOlk April 21 There I. There were vero gathered Ju In I N. N J. J over U against tho the hills lulls of v and anil some soine od odd of ot the lost tribes of I Israel i S All hull hall was the greeting g to each P Peace acc be he unto tJI thee C was the re ye- ye i The They kissed each other othel on the lips Ups for COl Solomon had had said Mid Let him him kiss me with the kisses of the theIn In mouth OU Thus came the tho descendants of oC Israel to to In this latter da day they call themselves es of the Church of ot God and Saints of or Christ Although known In lit the land of the negroes the they declare them themselves cI the only true Jews and assert that Christ was a ablack ablack ablack black man failed to house and fee feed adequately the swarthy multitude Solicitous mammies bearing roly- roly pol poly In their arms arias tromped tramped the thc street until Reform hall ball headquarters for the hosts was turned turned turn turn- ed cd Into an nn emergency shelter sheller All the hotels and houses boarding open to negroes were quickly tilled filled rho Those e who were compelled for Cor a time to tramp the streets did so 80 un un- complainingly Scores took catnaps on ho hospitable village stoops until elders eld elti- ers of or the host hurried hUl forth Corth In the byways bas and gathered the sleepers In Into Into tn- tn to the fold Cold Many Ian were exhausted after long long- journeys from distant points In the cast east west north anti and south Several Se delt delegates ates came from I Kansas s and amI one from rein Africa Revere Kc Crowd TI Their Prophet The gathering gatherIng- In Pin Infield Is for forthe forthe forthe the purpose of celebrating the feast of or the passover Members of the Church of God and Saints of Christ regard with loving awe and veneration their thell prophet William 1 C. C Crowdy Crowd of Kan an He lie Is a 0 tall powerful built white-haired white and mustached white negro of 60 GO Nine years ago aso he was the most highly esteemed cook employed employed em em- on the dining cars of the Santa Sana San San- ta to a Fe railroad One Ono night he had a vision Islon and a white-robed white angel told him hint ho was the tho reincarnation of or Eli Eli- jah Jab There Thera was waK delivered over o to tobin him bin the en seven ke keys s 's of oC the scriptures and by 11 their aid old he opened the tho secrets of f the thc bible and laid the foundations for his hia- church This Is what he learned nod 4 lien h l temple b bf Jer 1 Jerusalem W was tVs s destroyed h by an alien army u y some ceo ceo- turk ago the people were driven out Nine and a half haIr of the tribes were lost l. Tho The followers of or Elijah accor accordIng accord accord- Ing big to Prophet C Crowdy 10 wh were Jews and ami the Jews were black people or or as they are alC now called negroes For does docs not Solomon I. I 5 6 sing In his songs s I am black but comely comel oh ye e daughters of Jerusalem as the tents of Kedar as the curtains of Solo Solo- mono mon lao Look not upon mo me because I Iam Iam am urn swarthy because tho the sun hath bath scorched me More Scripture Quoted AK As 1 further proof that Christ was wms a ablack ablack black lIlack man and anti that Prophet Crowdy Clody and his ho hosts tH are arc Jews because the they are black lIlack Crowdy quotes from Jeremiah Jeremiah Jere Jere- miah vIII 21 I I 1 am an black astonishment aston aston- hath bath taken take hold of or me inc Also 83 For ForI I 1 am ion m become like a bottle In the smoke Once Crowd Crowdy had possessed himself of the thc 1 revealed S secrets he gave Ja up his pots and pans and an preached among amons the tile blacks telling Ih the m that tho they ere vere the lie true truo Jews and that thal ho was Elijah reincarnate He attracted to him huh a 0 considerable following lIe Ho welcomed welcomed wel wel- corned whites to his fold Their color 1 J no bar because tIle the centuries have caused tho complexion of man many to fade Plainfield fairly scintillated with the gorgeous JOl garbs garlS which the prophet Ill designated des los for fol his follower The fhe men lIre dressed ed III in nut nul brown suits stilts Drown Brown signifies 1 meekness The prophet an and some ome of ot his more mOlo opulent saints wear brown spats and patent leather shoes The sisters wear robin egg blue waists Blue signifies truth huth The other official colors color are white for purity purll red for or th tile the sacred blood and yellow and und black for Cor royalty roaH pink The prophet wont won't tell what whal i yellow and pink signifies Those arc are secrets In the color scheme The brothers broth broth- board hats em ers of Israel wear mortar with tassels the lh three titi-ee corners of the t friendship mortar mOlLar boards symbolizing love all and truth On tho the jet jot black tresses of or tho sisters sisters sis sis sis- r. r are marvelous mal crowns Clowns col parti-col aL ti ored spangled and bc he If It the F f. f silk be pink the lady Jally Is an nn elder cIder blue a n Both Doth men and women C r r. r have ha sashes thrown throw over ore the left f Inscribed with the letters of the tho church In gilt sill On the tho sa sashes hes are mc badges those of oC the thu higher hl her officials oUt oUt- putting puLling to blush hit had badge c of ofa a floor manager at nl a ball Plainfield sat Kit at up lip and took look real notice notice notice no no- tice o of the thc host when It paraded the tile streets SL St t. t Isaac Fassett high hu bugler l lr r ru u of the church headed the slon blowing mighty blasts on a silver sil- sil horn vet ver trumpet shaped t like a rains rain's 4 TIme The prophet wearing a spiked helmet and white while kid cloves rode In a hack Behind him came cathe Grandfather Abraham Abra Ahra- braham bra bra- ham otherwise William lIlIam Plummer and Grandmother Sarah on week da days s 's plain Martha Butler The Tho ministers of or tho the church CO GO o of them car carried led each a n little tittle basin a aup aI acup slice of unleavened d bread I cup up and u a u I Th The Tue ministers arc are continually equipped with these articles the tho basin In which S to wash the Ceet feet of or an Intending convert conJ convert con- con to lo his hislIp water to lo place J vert the cup CUI lips lIp and the thu unleavened bread for sacramentS sacrament S 'S fhe The washing of oC the tue feet Is hi practiced practiced during the baptismal services tWI only ull ot Prophet Ant Ann Withered therell At the conclusion of the tile street JaI jarade parade pa Ja- ja- ja rade the hosts repaired repaired- to Reform ballon hall ball hallon I Second street for fOI a few fow hours hours' relaxation re- re on and communion They The gazed r who with reverence upon the thc prophet I took his place on the stage In tn a high high- backed ed chair It Was as observed that hand hung helpless at his his right L and Bide aide and that his lips trembled I made efforts to frame faline words I I In Ill reply to lo whispered questions the elders tol told the host to ren read Ezekiel III ill 26 6 And I will make th thy tongue cleave I Ito to the root roof of ot th thy mouth nn nod and thou shall bo be dumb Chief Evangelist Joseph Crowdy Crowd a nephew of or the prophet tells how his ills uncle was stricken live five months a ago o as the scriptures had ordained La Lay physicians would pronounce the case ca c cone one of paralysis Evangelist Crowdy says sas that the prophets prophet's right arm ann was wa blasted so o that ho h. could not nol write when his tongue tong was silenced But some Homo da day at al the thc prophets prophet's will his powers will be restored Even now when the singing reaches a n. pitch or of highest religious lous fervor the tile prophet Joins with much gusto He lie apparently ap ap- parenti took tool on a fine appetite during due dur ing the ride In parade and sl signified to watchful sisters a n desire to eat cat Thc They brought ht him a n. hU huge e platter of tried fried ch chicken and golden g brown corn conI pones For a full hour he prophet dill did not lIot so NO much as attempt to tn speak The helpless right hand rested on his knee Ime but the good left hand helped itself to fried chicken until there wasn't even eve u Ii drumstick on un the platter I Caan a M o of fir La h I I Careful plans have heel been ma made l' l for forthe forthe the feast crust of the passover cr The elders under orders from the prophet had hadIn obtained In Ill markets whole carcasses of or the finest spring lamb lamb Iamb without a blemish A roaring fire was started In iii the cook stove tovo In Inthe Inthe intile the tile basement o of the hall hail and the tile carcasses car cal casses were roasted to a turn Stacks of unleavened bread were obtained and casks of ot pure water Before the feasting be began all testimonial ial lal services and anti preaching were held In ill the hall hail At the tile stroke of oC midnight ht St. St Isaac I. I Fassett tooted lustily on the silver sliver trumpet and the host gathered around tables in the hall lIall Up came the roasted lambs smoking on 00 broad brond trenchers and the thc host fell to All that was left was WI burned according to Deuteronomy vl vi vi 4 Neither shall any of the flesh which thou the first filst day at nt even en remain all night until the tIle morning Prophet Crowdy Crowd looks on Alexander Dowie Dowle as ts a bogus Elijah Pointing Pointing- to his kinky white curls the thc prophet quotes Ills hair will look like lambs lamb's wool and his eyes ces will look like names llames of or fire The prophet asserts alerts that long white hair hall and anti luxuriant white whiskers are arc no more like lambs lamb's wool than a yard ar of or hemp I |