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“Children of God” Settle Near E’town
By Ron Kapfhammer, Enterprise Staff Writer
October 15, 1970, North America
The “Children of God” are digging in for the winter on a 74-acre tract on Valley Creek Road on the LaRue side of the Hardin-LaRue County border.
The Elizabethtown colony of the Children of God was started three weeks when a group headed by Daniel Anderson, an elder in the religious organization that has adopted the name Children of God, settled in the thickly wooded area.
The group adopted its name, Children of God, because “that’s what people called us.” Anderson said Wednesday afternoon.
The Children of God, a personification of the American Puritan Ethic, lead a life similar to the Pilgrims who colonized New England in the 17th Century, Anderson prefers to compare the Children of God with First Century Christians who gave up everything to practice Christianity.
The group of 16, all young persons between the ages of 20 and 28, are “winterizing” the old, deserted, weather-beaten farmhouse …
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Former Hippies, Addicts, Study Bible at Thurber
Advance, Palo Pinto County, Printed in the interest of Mineral Wells and Palo Pinto County, Mineral Wells, Texas 76067
May 28, 1970, North America
Reports over the past few weeks that a hippy colony was being established near Thurber, prompted an ADVANCE reporter to go to the area this week to investigate.
The colony was supposed to be located about three miles south of Thurber just across the south line of Palo Pinto County, in Erath County.
As the ADVANCE reporter came to the location so described, he came to a huge padlocked iron gate with a sign next to it that stated, “Friendly visitors welcome from noon till dark. Honk and walk to the gate and someone will come to assist you.”
The reporter honked and one young man came running from a car parked atop a small hill a short distance away and another came up riding a bicycle.
They greeted the reporter cordially and one set out in search of the director and the other one unlocked the gate and invited …
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Revolutionaries Seek Converts for Christ
By Don Sloan
March 7, 1970, North America
The entry sports assorted painting and psychedelia and proclaims in bold, hand painted letters: “I AM THE DOOR: JESUS CHRIST.”
Above that door, a large sign tells who anyone who drops into 2421 East Rosedale will find: “REVOLUTIONARIES FOR JESUS.”
On foot-high risers, flanked by guitar amplifiers and drums, a bearded young man is preaching, dressed in a white T-shirt and flowered Bermuda shorts. He is barefoot.
“The Bible bugs some people,” he says, “You can’t get ‘em to believe in it while they’re in the flesh. You’re doin’ good if you can just get ‘em to believe it’s the Word of God.”
Loud “amens” come from different corners of the room.
“You can’t fight these people,” he goes on. “Just say, ‘I’m sorry if you don’t like the gospel. I didn’t write it—God did.’
‘Take it up with Him.’”
THIS WAS A BIBLE CLASS
At the Revolutionary head-quarters, a …
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