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saying that it is from the Devil, or Antichrist. Brother 

 Rowland, they say, lay down to rise with the prophets, 

 and they have written out what they claim to be pro- 

 phecies made by him months or years before his death 

 as to the manner in which it should occur, which, judged 

 by the event, are certainly striking. 



The Community live mostly upon farinaceous food ; 

 they drink principally water, sometimes herb tea. No 

 flesh is eaten, because there is to be a restitution of the 

 order of things that prevailed in the garden of Eden, 

 and nothing that grows in the ground, because the 

 ground is cursed. They live on the apostolic plan of 

 having all property in common. If any among them 

 wish to get married, they have to leave the Community. 

 Morning and evening they " wait before the Lord," 

 standing, repeat the Lord's prayer, and read and ex- 

 plain the Bible, " as the Spirit gives utterance." Al- 

 though the district public school is only a stone's throw 

 away, the half-dozen children of the Community, whom 

 they have adopted, "as the Lord sent them," are taught 

 at home by Sister Hervey. Sometimes, the neighbours' 

 children come in, also, and they are said to do better 

 there than at the public school. The school gives an 

 occasional visit before the family, and a Christmas tree 

 is provided. No jewelry is worn, and they dress very 

 plainly ; though the " world's people " claim that the 

 Community wear as expensive " fixin's " and show as 

 much pride as they do. The Community observe a 

 seventh-day Sabbath, extending from 6 P. M., Friday, to 

 the same hour, Saturday. The exercises begin at 10 



