Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-09-27
HE FAITHISTS COLONY.
sHALEAfITEs OF NEW MEXICO AND
THEIR RELIGIOUS DOCTRINES.

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Converts, but They Take All the
Children They Can Get-The Members
of this Queer Set Drink No Liquor. Use
No Tobacco and Eat No Meat.
DIR. II. Newborough, the agent of the
Shalemlte colony in New Mexico, is the
author of Oahspe, the Bible of the Church
OF Iae, which the Shalemites constitute.
His mission is to secure infant children
to bring to Shalem. The Shalemites
have come TO the conclusion that there
Is little hope Of securing adult converts
to their faith and have, therefore, set
about procuring children. These chill
dren they propose to raise in the faith
and perpetuate their customs and re-
ligion.
1.-The children at the Shalem colony"
said the doctor to "San Francisco Xxs
aminer" reporter, ARE healthy as any
children in the world. AS they get no
meat, their blood 10 clear and their skins
are free from blemlsh. You don't see any
pimply, blotched faces among the Shal-
emite babies. No, indeed; humors o
the skin are unknown.
"You see, our object and our hope Is
that these babies will grow up strong,
clean blooded men and women, and in
their progeny the bad instincts and dis
orders that are the natural result of all
these centuries OF flesh eating will DO
bred out and their children will be Gods
chosen. For mono can know God save
they approach Him. The source OF all
selfish passions and contention is flesh
eating. AS our Bible says:
'Flesh diet had made man foul from
the soles of his feet to the crown Of his
head. Nearly all the people had some
ailment--as weak lungs back, throat,
chest; or rheumatism, catarrh, kidney
weakness, prolapsut, decayed teeth or
deaf ears. Yea, the people smelled so
of flesh and blood food that they could
only be compared TO den of wolves or
flesh-aating animals. To hide the smell
they smoked tobacco or annointed them
selves WIKI various perfumes Carnivor
Gus diet had reduced man to be little
more then carniverous animal and d
tighter In the struggle for life. The
people were OF four kinds-First, turbu.
lent and Quarrelsome; second, silently
selfish; third, hypocritical, smooth
tongued, and, fourth, paupers and de-
pendents. The dependents comprised
the vast majority of the people.
"All OF these traits have to he eradi.
the father Of God"
Yes; but did not you yourself write
this BibleP" asked the scribe
For answer he produced the book. II
is almost as largo as a Websters die
tionary. He opened it at the first page
and pointed to the top of the page. 1t
read:
Book ofJehovah's Kingdom on Earth.
Which Containeth Within 1t the Book of
Shalem. All Of Which Is Ante-script.
"Wherein God revealeth his plans .ol
the redemption OF the world from sin
and all manner or unrighteousnCss and
disbelief; and showeth man how to take
part In the redemption to change all The
peoples OF the earth into peace and nar.
mony, for their own good, that they may
glorify the Almighty in his wonderful.
creations"
"What does it matter what Instrument
is chosen 10 record the word of the Al.
mighty asked the Doctor. THE Shal-
emite colony he continued, sis near
Las Cruces, on the line of the Atchiso,.
Topeka and Santa railroad, and couple
of hours ride from Ell Paso."
I'VE have q settlement there on a large
tract of land belonging to Mr.. Rowland,
who IL an enthusiastic member of our
sect. He is quite a wealthy man. OF
would be if the property he accumulated
belonged to himself alone, the property OF
the Faithists belongs to the community |
There are not many of US at the colony,
and that Is partly the reason why am
now actively engaged In procuring chill
dren to bring up In the faith. Three
verses in Oahspe give you the key to the
logic NJ our creed:
Va hal,
go about gathering up calves and colts |
and the young of all sorts and they take |
them to good place and feed them and |
when they are grown up, they are the |
choice in market.
IN. Now, behold, there are thousands |
OF fatherless and destitute children in |
Uz, which, leIt To- themselves, either die |
or grow up TO be thieves, robbers and |
murderers.
"io. These are cheaper than calves |
and young colUs. And they may be |
raised to be of more profit to themselves |
and the state az ten times as many eat, |
tie.
so we take charge of the chill dren
'At Shalem there are all the modern |
appliances of faIming though we have |
hardly farmed Successfully. There Is a |
steam laundry and a community kitchen. |
All OF the Shalemltes live in one big |
building. and all have common inter |
est III the products Of the colony. Cattle |
and fowl are kept only for the milk or
eggs they furnish, or to work, ana they |
are not sold 10 any one who will slaugh- |
tel them for food. Marriage is sacred |
among us and no man can have more
than ono wife. In addition to abstain
ing from flesh food we drink no LIQUOR
and smoke no tobacco. The breakfast. |
purely ot vegetable food, of course is
served a, q o'clock in the morning. The
other meal of the day Is served at noon,
and they eat no mora until the next
morning, The children, of course, get
food oftencr. AS for myself, one meal a
day Is all take. We seek to make no
adult converts, but il they choose TO iCin
US we take them, and if they leave us we
pay their passage from Shalcm to what
ever part of the union they choose
to go.
"If they rob US we do not prosecute
them. In everything we follow the
Bible. Our clothes are Loose, as it pro-
vides; our costumes are white and not
dissimilar in cut from those worn by
your Chinese. We make no distinction
in the color of the babies we take, and
there are colored as well as white chill
dren at Shalem. Sometimes the BOYS run
away after the flesh pots, but think the
majority will grow up as they should.
Tho IRihla ia n 01 Of ol-