The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-27
A Stra.nua Pair


RoSedale Letter to the indianapolis Journal
Alfred Dewitt. and daughter Mary Ann are
very peculiar people. She is is years of are
and keeps house for her father. Mr.. Dewitt
when he related his history, was eating supp r
consisting OF turnps. brad and cold water He
believes he and his daughter will never die: that
they will live forever; that they are regenera ed
and born of God, They do not eat anything
that exiting life They claim
forever. They claim to be Joint Ieirs
with Jesus Christ In regard to his peculiar re-
ligiOus ideas, Dewitt q S: II am IS years of
age. l was born in Vi!o county, Indiana.
When young man was bad. vel in this
wicked manner until 1877. l concluded to
change my wicked course. A new life came
over me. Come unto me a We who are heavy
laden and will give you rest Before this
time had been an invalid for several years |
suffered intensely with rheumatic pains and
was bent crooked as a bow. l had to walk with
a cane The same year | v as healed and re-
ceived the gift OF slnctifcation From that
time to the present day have never been sick
an nour, nor have ever taken a dose of me j.
cine. l have never felt ain except when met
with accidents. Once accidentally cut off nv
big toe the wound healed in one day without
the application of anything but cold water I
wrapped it in rag, and on the second day
wore my boot: On the eighth day it was en-
tirely healed"
Reliable people in Rosedale attested the
truthfulness of this statement
Il employ no earthly doctor" continued Mr.
Dewitt, Il take the Bible as my doctor-the
book OF the Great Physician. God says to his
people: If We keep my commandments and
jud sments and do them will take away from
you all sick less, and will lay on you none of the
evil diseases of Egypt, which We know; but law
them upon all thoSe who hate you.-Deut vii =
Mr. Dewitt claims that all those VINO live in
strict obedience to the laws of God will ha "a
perfect health. He has mShy strange ideas
which he claims he got from the Bible as TO
what he Shall eat and what he shall not eat
and - lffNpFE "a " RI
rather frugal bill of fare. Il do not eat hor
meat because 1t is unclean and hurful to
h ath and understanding tSee Deut XIV In
fact. don't eat meat OF any kind, because Paul
SAYS 1t IL neither good 10 eat flesh nor TO drink
wine. Prove all things. Hold fast to all things
that are good To him who knoweth to do good
and doeth it not, to him it is sin. Now since
do this for conscience sake, it would be a sln
for me to eat flesh, although others may eat il
without SHINING We know, also. that those
who eat meat are n as healthy as those who
abstain. My daughter and l do not eat any
thing that grows on a vine nor the fr1,it IF
herbs, nor the seed of trees (See Ger. ii 90
We eat frui which has seed within it; but will
not eat any kind of seed grown on bushes.
You both eat potatoes, do you not?"
Here the daughter, who had been an attentive
listener, sail: We do not eat sweet potatoes
because they grow on a vine But we do eat
Irish potatoes because they grow under the
earth, bear seed, have no vines. no holders to
cling to anything. The top of them is an herb
which bears seed. Potatoes are not fruits bnt
herbs"
We'll, then, why do you not eat tomatoes y,
"Fecause they are the fruit of an herb" said
the father.
Mr.. Dewitt, do you eat eggs"
NO. SIT: because an egg comes from flesh
and produces flesh"
But notice tlat yon eat butter. Is that
not from a COW, which is fiesh?m
mo, sir; it is only the strength of the food
grass and herbs which the COW eats. There lore
we are allowed TO drink milk also Daughter
ana !, he conuinu d, expect TO be among
tn lse who are LEI, on the land when the hoiy
scripture is fulfilled: In t lat day shall a man
cherish cow and two sheep and from the
abundance of milk which they shall give he
shall eat butter and honey; for butter and
honey shall every one eat that is left in the
land. Isaiah" AZ 'n0
Mr. Dewitt and Mary Ann are happy. They
are very poor and live in a small rented honsS
lie is day laoorer and earns 81 a day. Since
the death OF his wife Mary Ann has kept
house for him. She is a slender girl nreftv a n /
lntelligent' and is remarkably well vers d in