Title:
The Flaming Sword
Accession#:
2006.08.29
Pubication Date:
1916/07/01
Object ID:
PA—0212
Collection:
Flaming Sword
Additional Notes & Full Text:
Current Events in Our Community Life
BY D. J. RICHARDS
July 1916
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FOR MANY YEARS the Board of Management as well as the many members of our institution have seen the need of having one central power to run our various depart-ments. It is a great pleasure to announce to our readers that we have, purchased a 90 h. p. boiler, and we hope in the future to install an electric power plant to operate the many industries requiring power with electricity-Also it will mean so much to us to have the dining room, art hall, store, and other places of prominence equipped with electric lights and fans, and the laundry with electric irons. The advantages from an economic standpoint will be enormous in the saving of fuel and labor, and as one brother expressed it:
"The acquisition of the improvement will simply mark another epoch in our progression, a factor of preparedness, not against the enemy, but for the home-coming of God's children, who in the near future must flee to the haven of safety, divinely selected and established."
At our Sunday evening Service of June 11, the follow-ing articles were read by one of the brothers: "Commerce and Its Analogous Relations," F. S., July 3, 1906, and "The Character of President Roosevelt," F. S., March 7, 1902. The Master pays Mr. Roosevelt a most glowing tribute, as a great leader and also as a man of great moral as well as physical courage: "Nothing could be more indicative of this fact than the exercise of his private right as a citizen of the United States, when he dared public opinion in placing another great citizen of the Republic, though a colored man, on a social equality with himself and his family."
Dr. Wilson, or Brother Frank as he is better known to us, who is our community dentist, has been at Orlando, Fla., to pass the examination of the Florida State Dental Board, and word has been received that he passed with high honors, which we naturally expected, because we surely can all testify to his efficiency along this line. This will now permit him to practice his chosen profession in the State of Florida. Brother Frank is a graduate of Ann Arbor, Mich., and has practiced dentistry for about 17 years. He loves, however, the out-door life, and when not serving the neighbor by doing dental work, he acts in the capacity of engineer on "The Estero," as well as other departments when necessary. This is one of the great blessings of living in the Koreshan Unity, there are so many lines in which one can make oneself generally useful, and in this Brother Frank has thoroughly proven himself.
On Sunday June 18, we had a very pleasant visit from parties who were former members of the Koreshan Unity.
In the evening of the above date we held our usual Sunday Service, and one of the brothers read the following articles: "The Alchemy of Human Life," F. S., April 21, 1899, and "The Great Consummation." In the last article we find this wonderful paragraph:
"When Rome fell, the Messenger was illuminated—at the age of thirty [1870]. Then was brought to light the new Cosmogony, the new Sociology, the new Religion. The next thirty years were spent in the concentration of mental energy, and in the final establishment of the nucleus of the new Church, in the pivoting of the Koreshan System in construction of the organic cell; that is, in the formation of the biologic battery upon which will depend the ushering in of the conflagration that will dematerialize the tens of thousands who will be 'put to flight' in the final enuncia-tion. The next twenty years will be replete with the revolution and its concomitant events, which will ultimate in the organization and extension of the kingdom,of right-eousness throughout the world."
Brother Wm. F. McCready, who has charge of our Apiary Dep't, has invented a new type of beehive; he says that a lame shoulder set him to thinking, finding- that lift-ing heavy hives was quite difficult under such circum-stances. We believe he has very much simplified the care of bees, yet at the same time produced a hive that is more efficient, both in handling and in production than anything on the market today. He has written a lengthy descriptive article on this subject, which was published in The Ameri-can Eagle, of Feb'y 24, 1916, a copy of which may be obtained by anyone writing him.
At our Sunday evening Service of June 25, a sister read: "Theology of the Koreshan Ecclesia," F. S., Feb. 2, 1900, with the following excerpt: "Equitable interest or ownership, common interest, holding all things in com-mon, as did the early church, with love to the neighbor and love for the performance of use, will insure cheerful activity." Also, "The Consummation of the Covenant," and "The Central Factor of Life," F. S,, April 18, 1902. We also listened to a vocal solo, "CYRUS, the Very Thought of Thee."
The Planetary Court has been transformed in its appearance by a coat of paint; the body color is yellow, the trimmings green, and the screen doors and window screens black. Brother Peter Blem, our painter, is busy at present painting "The Estero," which is now being over-hauled. The next big job of painting will be the dormi-tory; with good walks, a new bridge, and newly painted buildings, the esthetic appearance of things here will be greatly enhanced.
The following articles were read at the Sunday evening Service of July 2: "Definition of Miud and Mental Spheres," "Genuine Science, the Panacea for Human Ills," "Behold, How These Brethren Love One Another!" F, S., May 6, 1898. We regret that we have not the space to quote the third article, because it so ably shows our Master's keenness of wit in ridiculing vices, and also shows what au absurd position the so called Christian nations, including our own, are in at the present time. Two more short articles were read: "The Abomination of Desolation Is Prophetic," and "The Equitable Distribution of Wealth, a Factor in the Economy of Rest," F. S., May 20, 1898. The selected articles of the Master's read at these services are surely a source of much inspiration to all.
Shortly before-noon on Tuesday, the Fourth, we were agreeably surprised to find our brass band playing in front of the Dining Hall. They played several popular numbers, and each number was heartily received. Music surely does change the vibration, and as Wordsworth so truly said:
"The music in my heart I bore
Long after it was heard no more."
On Saturday evening, July 8, at the Art Hall, the Dramatic Art Club of the Unity presented a three scene, one act play entitled, "The Good Old Days." If I should judge this play from a monetary standpoint, I should say that many times I have paid a dollar and a half to see plays that didn't please, me nearly as well as this one did. Every one in the cast played their part well, and especially those who took the leading parts. Sister Edna Schwindel, who took the part of Penelope, did exceptionally well, and was very effective throughout. The same can be said of Sisters Rose Gilbert, Ella Graham and Barbara Ehrisman. Great credit is due Sister Etta Silverfriend for her able management; the cast being well selected. Brother Peter Blem, our stage artist, displayed much skill as well as excellent taste in the stage effects. In the second scene, which was Penelope's dream, silhouettes of great char-acters hung on the walls; among them being that of our Great Master, Washington, Lincoln, etc.; these were very true to type, which adds another evidence of Brother Peter's skill.
Another charm of the evening was the violin solo of Brother Harold L. Moreland, who played Donizetti's "Sextette from Lucia." This met with great approval, and he responded to an encore with "Reverie" by Fauconier in a very graceful manner. Harold's technique is remarka-bly good and he surely has a promising future. The audience was delighted with his performance. He was accompanied on the piano by Brother James W. Calder-wood. Many visitors were present, and they, like our-selves were well pleased with the evening's entertainment. The program was as follows:
1. March, "Spirit of Independence," .....Abe Holsmann.
2. "Amateur Overture,"........ .................J?. Schlepe^rell.
3. Violin &'Cello Duet, "The Angel's Serenade," Braga.
Messrs. Jesse Putnam and Harold L. Moreland.
4. Romance Japanese, "Poppies," ................ -Neil Moret.
5. Violin Solo, Selected, .................Harold L. Moreland.
6. Act I, Scene I, ............Play, "The Good Old Days.''
SYNOPSIS OF THE PLAY
Penelope Mint, a girl of eighteen, is "perfectly crazy" about the good old days of stage-coach and minuet. She wishes she had lived at the time when her great-great grandmother was a belle. While preparing for a party and awaiting her girl friends Penelope falls asleep. She wakes, as she thinks, in the old days, asks for matches, and is bidden to fetch "flint and tinder." She is startled to find the household has never heard of telephone, telegraph, ice cream, fur- naces, rocking-chairs. "What a life! No golf, no croquet, no motoring!" Aunt Abigail thinks she's bewitched. The coach of Penelope's friends is attacked by highwaymen.
Loud shouts of terror—"The Indians be upon us !" Pene- lope hunts wildly for the 'phone, finds an old rifle, points and fires it and faints. Then she awakes. "Ah, I'm thankful
I'm in the twentieth century."
Cast of Characters
Penelope,..................................... 4 young lady with old-fashioned tastes,
Miss Edna Schwindel. •
Mrs. Mint, ............... Penelopes mother,---...-- Mrs Rose M. Gilbert.
Maud, Penrlope's sister, and very modern. Miss Barbara Ehrisinan.
Miss Martha Mint, .-——.Penelope's aunt, ...... ....Mrs. Ella Graham.
Eileen, ... / Mrs. E. Boszormeny,
Katharine, /.,.,-.. - _ - ) Miss Florence Graham.
- \. Girl -'friends of Penelope, < . ., .
Grace, ( 1 Miss B. Ehrisman,
Julia, ' l Miss Etta Silverfriend.
Mrs. Tompkins, ••—;..The girl's chaperon, ........Miss Susie Ehrisman •
Miss Abigail James, Aunt. in. PcneJope s dream, Mrs. R. M, Gilbert,
Biddy, .................................... 4 servant. ........................... Mrs. Ella Graham.
7. "Humoreske," ............................................ Dvorak.
8. Act 1, Scene 2, ..............Play, "The Good Old Days."
9. Characteristic, "Vision," .......................... F. v. Blon.
10. Act I, Scene 3, ..............Play, "The Good Old Days."
11. March, "The Winning Fight." .........Abe Hoizmann.
On Sunday evening July 9, two wonderfully prophetic articles on the signs of the times were read by a brother, and are as follows: "The Culmination of the Old Order," F. S., Feb'y 27, 1903, and "The Age Ends in War and Revolution." In the last article we find this very pointed paragraph:
"It is not merely in one field of activity that we are to look for the woes in which the dispensation will terminate. There will be upheavals in the religious, social, political, and commercial fields of action, but especially have the commercial Shylocks fixed the mine and laid the train for the volcano of imminent destruction and retribution."
The Service closed with a vocal solo: "Fear Ye Not 0 Israel," written by Dudley Buck.
BY D. J. RICHARDS
July 1916
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FOR MANY YEARS the Board of Management as well as the many members of our institution have seen the need of having one central power to run our various depart-ments. It is a great pleasure to announce to our readers that we have, purchased a 90 h. p. boiler, and we hope in the future to install an electric power plant to operate the many industries requiring power with electricity-Also it will mean so much to us to have the dining room, art hall, store, and other places of prominence equipped with electric lights and fans, and the laundry with electric irons. The advantages from an economic standpoint will be enormous in the saving of fuel and labor, and as one brother expressed it:
"The acquisition of the improvement will simply mark another epoch in our progression, a factor of preparedness, not against the enemy, but for the home-coming of God's children, who in the near future must flee to the haven of safety, divinely selected and established."
At our Sunday evening Service of June 11, the follow-ing articles were read by one of the brothers: "Commerce and Its Analogous Relations," F. S., July 3, 1906, and "The Character of President Roosevelt," F. S., March 7, 1902. The Master pays Mr. Roosevelt a most glowing tribute, as a great leader and also as a man of great moral as well as physical courage: "Nothing could be more indicative of this fact than the exercise of his private right as a citizen of the United States, when he dared public opinion in placing another great citizen of the Republic, though a colored man, on a social equality with himself and his family."
Dr. Wilson, or Brother Frank as he is better known to us, who is our community dentist, has been at Orlando, Fla., to pass the examination of the Florida State Dental Board, and word has been received that he passed with high honors, which we naturally expected, because we surely can all testify to his efficiency along this line. This will now permit him to practice his chosen profession in the State of Florida. Brother Frank is a graduate of Ann Arbor, Mich., and has practiced dentistry for about 17 years. He loves, however, the out-door life, and when not serving the neighbor by doing dental work, he acts in the capacity of engineer on "The Estero," as well as other departments when necessary. This is one of the great blessings of living in the Koreshan Unity, there are so many lines in which one can make oneself generally useful, and in this Brother Frank has thoroughly proven himself.
On Sunday June 18, we had a very pleasant visit from parties who were former members of the Koreshan Unity.
In the evening of the above date we held our usual Sunday Service, and one of the brothers read the following articles: "The Alchemy of Human Life," F. S., April 21, 1899, and "The Great Consummation." In the last article we find this wonderful paragraph:
"When Rome fell, the Messenger was illuminated—at the age of thirty [1870]. Then was brought to light the new Cosmogony, the new Sociology, the new Religion. The next thirty years were spent in the concentration of mental energy, and in the final establishment of the nucleus of the new Church, in the pivoting of the Koreshan System in construction of the organic cell; that is, in the formation of the biologic battery upon which will depend the ushering in of the conflagration that will dematerialize the tens of thousands who will be 'put to flight' in the final enuncia-tion. The next twenty years will be replete with the revolution and its concomitant events, which will ultimate in the organization and extension of the kingdom,of right-eousness throughout the world."
Brother Wm. F. McCready, who has charge of our Apiary Dep't, has invented a new type of beehive; he says that a lame shoulder set him to thinking, finding- that lift-ing heavy hives was quite difficult under such circum-stances. We believe he has very much simplified the care of bees, yet at the same time produced a hive that is more efficient, both in handling and in production than anything on the market today. He has written a lengthy descriptive article on this subject, which was published in The Ameri-can Eagle, of Feb'y 24, 1916, a copy of which may be obtained by anyone writing him.
At our Sunday evening Service of June 25, a sister read: "Theology of the Koreshan Ecclesia," F. S., Feb. 2, 1900, with the following excerpt: "Equitable interest or ownership, common interest, holding all things in com-mon, as did the early church, with love to the neighbor and love for the performance of use, will insure cheerful activity." Also, "The Consummation of the Covenant," and "The Central Factor of Life," F. S,, April 18, 1902. We also listened to a vocal solo, "CYRUS, the Very Thought of Thee."
The Planetary Court has been transformed in its appearance by a coat of paint; the body color is yellow, the trimmings green, and the screen doors and window screens black. Brother Peter Blem, our painter, is busy at present painting "The Estero," which is now being over-hauled. The next big job of painting will be the dormi-tory; with good walks, a new bridge, and newly painted buildings, the esthetic appearance of things here will be greatly enhanced.
The following articles were read at the Sunday evening Service of July 2: "Definition of Miud and Mental Spheres," "Genuine Science, the Panacea for Human Ills," "Behold, How These Brethren Love One Another!" F, S., May 6, 1898. We regret that we have not the space to quote the third article, because it so ably shows our Master's keenness of wit in ridiculing vices, and also shows what au absurd position the so called Christian nations, including our own, are in at the present time. Two more short articles were read: "The Abomination of Desolation Is Prophetic," and "The Equitable Distribution of Wealth, a Factor in the Economy of Rest," F. S., May 20, 1898. The selected articles of the Master's read at these services are surely a source of much inspiration to all.
Shortly before-noon on Tuesday, the Fourth, we were agreeably surprised to find our brass band playing in front of the Dining Hall. They played several popular numbers, and each number was heartily received. Music surely does change the vibration, and as Wordsworth so truly said:
"The music in my heart I bore
Long after it was heard no more."
On Saturday evening, July 8, at the Art Hall, the Dramatic Art Club of the Unity presented a three scene, one act play entitled, "The Good Old Days." If I should judge this play from a monetary standpoint, I should say that many times I have paid a dollar and a half to see plays that didn't please, me nearly as well as this one did. Every one in the cast played their part well, and especially those who took the leading parts. Sister Edna Schwindel, who took the part of Penelope, did exceptionally well, and was very effective throughout. The same can be said of Sisters Rose Gilbert, Ella Graham and Barbara Ehrisman. Great credit is due Sister Etta Silverfriend for her able management; the cast being well selected. Brother Peter Blem, our stage artist, displayed much skill as well as excellent taste in the stage effects. In the second scene, which was Penelope's dream, silhouettes of great char-acters hung on the walls; among them being that of our Great Master, Washington, Lincoln, etc.; these were very true to type, which adds another evidence of Brother Peter's skill.
Another charm of the evening was the violin solo of Brother Harold L. Moreland, who played Donizetti's "Sextette from Lucia." This met with great approval, and he responded to an encore with "Reverie" by Fauconier in a very graceful manner. Harold's technique is remarka-bly good and he surely has a promising future. The audience was delighted with his performance. He was accompanied on the piano by Brother James W. Calder-wood. Many visitors were present, and they, like our-selves were well pleased with the evening's entertainment. The program was as follows:
1. March, "Spirit of Independence," .....Abe Holsmann.
2. "Amateur Overture,"........ .................J?. Schlepe^rell.
3. Violin &'Cello Duet, "The Angel's Serenade," Braga.
Messrs. Jesse Putnam and Harold L. Moreland.
4. Romance Japanese, "Poppies," ................ -Neil Moret.
5. Violin Solo, Selected, .................Harold L. Moreland.
6. Act I, Scene I, ............Play, "The Good Old Days.''
SYNOPSIS OF THE PLAY
Penelope Mint, a girl of eighteen, is "perfectly crazy" about the good old days of stage-coach and minuet. She wishes she had lived at the time when her great-great grandmother was a belle. While preparing for a party and awaiting her girl friends Penelope falls asleep. She wakes, as she thinks, in the old days, asks for matches, and is bidden to fetch "flint and tinder." She is startled to find the household has never heard of telephone, telegraph, ice cream, fur- naces, rocking-chairs. "What a life! No golf, no croquet, no motoring!" Aunt Abigail thinks she's bewitched. The coach of Penelope's friends is attacked by highwaymen.
Loud shouts of terror—"The Indians be upon us !" Pene- lope hunts wildly for the 'phone, finds an old rifle, points and fires it and faints. Then she awakes. "Ah, I'm thankful
I'm in the twentieth century."
Cast of Characters
Penelope,..................................... 4 young lady with old-fashioned tastes,
Miss Edna Schwindel. •
Mrs. Mint, ............... Penelopes mother,---...-- Mrs Rose M. Gilbert.
Maud, Penrlope's sister, and very modern. Miss Barbara Ehrisinan.
Miss Martha Mint, .-——.Penelope's aunt, ...... ....Mrs. Ella Graham.
Eileen, ... / Mrs. E. Boszormeny,
Katharine, /.,.,-.. - _ - ) Miss Florence Graham.
- \. Girl -'friends of Penelope, < . ., .
Grace, ( 1 Miss B. Ehrisman,
Julia, ' l Miss Etta Silverfriend.
Mrs. Tompkins, ••—;..The girl's chaperon, ........Miss Susie Ehrisman •
Miss Abigail James, Aunt. in. PcneJope s dream, Mrs. R. M, Gilbert,
Biddy, .................................... 4 servant. ........................... Mrs. Ella Graham.
7. "Humoreske," ............................................ Dvorak.
8. Act 1, Scene 2, ..............Play, "The Good Old Days."
9. Characteristic, "Vision," .......................... F. v. Blon.
10. Act I, Scene 3, ..............Play, "The Good Old Days."
11. March, "The Winning Fight." .........Abe Hoizmann.
On Sunday evening July 9, two wonderfully prophetic articles on the signs of the times were read by a brother, and are as follows: "The Culmination of the Old Order," F. S., Feb'y 27, 1903, and "The Age Ends in War and Revolution." In the last article we find this very pointed paragraph:
"It is not merely in one field of activity that we are to look for the woes in which the dispensation will terminate. There will be upheavals in the religious, social, political, and commercial fields of action, but especially have the commercial Shylocks fixed the mine and laid the train for the volcano of imminent destruction and retribution."
The Service closed with a vocal solo: "Fear Ye Not 0 Israel," written by Dudley Buck.
Author:
[various]
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Notes:
This is part of a bound set for the year 1916.
Object Name:
Periodical
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Phys Desc:
31 p.
Publisher:
Guiding Star Publishing House
Publication Place:
Estero, Fl.
Subjects:
Periodicals——Theology