Show 1 woman worshippers Wor shippers philadelphia Ke ne cord th application for a charter for the allfred ol 01 anna chodes who desire ire to be incorporated as the J elimar mira mitta congregation of tho the lord awas begun before judges piercy and biddle yesterday tor argument upon the exceptions filed on behalf of the relatives of the dead woman and the general council of he be evangelical lutheran chorchi this body objects io to the propos proposed td association because it a announce n noun ceto to worship ship according to tho the lutheran cullus cultus the witnesses wi 0 o far examined unite ill id declaring that thero is lu ther theronia an labout bout the peoples worship except that they use a german lutheran hymnbook william H on tn behalf of the except ants stated court that affi affa davi davits tain jn support of his hi allegation that the people to be incorporated were practically idolaters Idol aters but the court tho thou fief that tho the matter was of importance to warrant its being placed on the general argument list of the taking of counter affidavits later in an fn the day mr filed ti several everal affidavits one oab is swarn sworn to by meta aleta a sister of the deceased anna mhd de dares that in numerous conversations anna said that she was the HA holy ah ghost 0 t the tile phird person of the trinity rini t and should be worship ped accordingly the affiant had r seen en the picture in the house on eleventh street in which her S sister was 1 represented as the holy ghost T tha mos most t im important briant affidavit is that Y rapp who was formerly q one na ot of the fifteen or twenty persons who Vio constituted miss meis act acct she declares that J el elimar elizar ii required the members of hb her r congregation to worship her oa as a god they prayed to her saying y i I 1 I 1 wo we come to thee holy spirit P i 1 1 1 ve io coma me to thee holy mira sa alitta s1 i i ta forgive ua us our sins she claimed the power to forgive sins as the third person of the Go godhead ahead her hery adherents would prostrate before beford herand worship her she forbade the use of coffee and would dib dictate tato her bar co commands which were written in books book a by her followers on festive occasions occasions the greatest of which was her Uirt birthday liday sho she would array herself ina in a red velvet gown or oneff one of whit silk embroidered with the ille sun and moo moon 11 and stars and put on a crown studded precious procious stones said enid to be diamonds she used wafer atef wine and bread in her communion ice and alad there was nothing lutheran in her teaching she rejected the bible and aria required d her followers to say prayers at ag 6 9 and 11 am a ra 12 in and d 3 5 and 9 ym pm they were obliged to confess their 0 kojs a to pray and she would then scold berate them and sometimes strike them on the face or oi back or mouth with her bar hand ora or a boak or whatever was most niost handy they would thank hey ber for these castigations declaring g that she bad w whipped tho siaa out of them m she taught that teat those aho vho obeyed ed her tier teachings would never die that in 1885 the world would como coma to an end but that her followers would live under a no new despe dispensation satio her followers believed her immortal and still confidently expect her hei ruction in her back bedroom abet had bad a bedstead and bureau which she declared were reserved for abe q brid she claimed to LQ beho be sho nad d been w t a W th these ese doc toniea for more cagl than J h a tT enty ave years salome cia lome Il lattman a married bia sis ter of the womac stated tb thai A anna declared th entire jour ney vex through beleto ilia he moon and different stars and had seen her re relatives lati ves in heaven iii white isile robes thero it I 1 was revealed to her that the she was wits the holy ghost immediately and lately after she site had a is great preat grov growth tt b ha hair 1 ir onn day bac waa combing ity and one hair fall fell upon the floor and crimped itself in such TI a way ns as to form the word J elimar mira milta Il lenit wa wak k revealed to her in letters t ers 0 go meant bug lUt Greek tha daughter sf jelin ivah the witness had seen her dimi ples kneeling pg to her sistr and biad in she was a as represented as the holy Q ghost host rf a emil BlaUr Blatt matt in a nephew of mini mira milta alitta corroborated the stat menk about the tile anu dress he alo had bad seen ills wis abut in a tv st tv af drees dress of f white batin wearing a 4 costly iv lit lacea veil with rodj 1 11 her fiur anil giedre around frim from winch which was T t edn fri angulAr 0 piece af gald on thigh th ohp aira Wit 0 engraved engra engraved 1 she also had a go gold d mc me dallon a heavy old chain and ant d kid gloves over which she wora rings 1 u A t t t 1 U I 11 I 1 1 |