Two Dozen Watch for Second Coming of Christ

1920

TWO DOZEN WATCH FOR SECOND COMING OF CHRIST

New Religious Organization in Maine Awaits Return of Messiah.

BANGOR, Me., - Six men and eighteen women founders of a new religious sect, are in camp on the outskirts of this city awaiting the second coming of Christ. They resemble the famous Millerites, except that they set no exact date for the advent of the millennium.

The party told the police they came to Maine from Pennsylvania. Neighbors have christened them the "Allenbyites," because the new sect believes that General Allenby, when he captured Jerusalem, fulfilled a prophecy in the gospel according to St. Luke, and hold that the time has come for the children of Israel to return to Palestine.

They include as children of Israel not only the Jews, but also other residents of the United States, Canada, British Isles, Scandinavian peninsula and other countries. They declare they are unconnected with any other sect.

-The Ada Evening News, Ada, Oklahoma, September 28, 1920, page 7.