Dakota City herald. [volume] (Dakota City, Neb.) 1857-1860, 1860-04-21


AARsLiN, THE java aer Religious thso-
ry.-on Sunday last, about the hour Of ten
O'clock, Mr.. Marslin marched into town, at
tired in a suit Of autiquatcd buckskin, Of 8
very dirty hue, and with a revolving rifle on
his shoulder. He is an Englishman by birth,
small but compact ia stature, locks hearty
and robust, and about forty or forty five sum
merB and an equal number Of winters, have
passed over his head. He resides in Dakota
Territory, on the neck Of land formed by the
Junction OF the Big Sioux river with the Ais
souri,, and carries on a dairy at that point.
His residenc is all alone in the woods which
cover that part Of Dakota Territory, and must
be some twenty miles from this place. He
travelled the entire distance, by field and food,
that morning, in order 70 meet his appoint
ment.
At two o'clock in the afternoon no com
lnenced his discourse, and ran through with
a short sketch Of his religious career. He
used to be, he said, n noisy Methodist, but
not having implicit confidence in that faith,
and not knowing which Of the other multi
tudinOus sects to follow, he batook himself for
a number Of years to praying to the Father
to enlighten him what course to pursue in
order to secure his salvation. Eleven years
ago the Lord nssered his prayers, and fore
warned him in a dream, that the faith Of
Abraham wCs the thing. His conversion TO
the Jewish faith dates from that time and
he has carefully abstained in the interim from
all food interdicted by the law Of Moses
After q lapse Of seven years he became a
clean vessel, and nothing remained but to be-
come ciroumoised, Here he h~esitated for q
time, but being warned again in Il dream, he
circumcised himself with his own hands
He also oircumeised his two sons. He be-
lieves that Christ is the Son Of God, ald that
He will come again into the world as expect
ed by the Jews. He was not very select in
the choice Of words, as he used a number Of
them not found in Webster's Unabridged and
the use he made Of them showed a shocking
disregard FOR Murray.
He was particularly severe on the habit Of
eating swine flesh, attributing oil the ills that
hesh is heir to, to that abominitable " pract-
ice. There were q goodly humber Of ladies
and a large crowd of gentlemen who listened
to a terrific TRADE against the porcine tribe,
from him, with such nonchalance, that they
have been ashamed to look u hog in the faes
ever since. He would not touch p poTkeI,
disemboWelel or otherwise, fox five hundred
dollars; as he said if be did he " would be a
deGled man" re asserted that " hog " was
not fit flesh for food and as proof of its del
e~teTious effects said that many persons
had "eaten swine flesh and woke up dead the
next morning" The use of pork made him
"logy," weakened his physical powers, and
"loosened the skin on the top Of his head"
To prove the reliability Of his statements
he called on the Lord 10 show his power, by
showoring down rain within the next twenty
| four hours. lie had scarce ceased speaking
when black, heavy, portentious clouds gath
! cred in the west and several felt delighted
and thankful to the jew, not for evidence OF
the reliability Of his statements, but for the
prospect of having their fields well drenohed,
which their spring grain so much needed
The twenty-f0ur hours passed over, and the
clouds passed away, but no rain fell.
He will discourse again in this place on the
goth Of next month.