Richland beacon., 1889-07-06
RAYvILLE RICHLAND PARISH La, JULY g. 1885

and am now occupied in writing a new and
true version of the New Testamen; that can
be accepted as the periec; and inspired word.
This in itself, when given to the world. will
create revolution among those whe now
consider themselves orthodox believers"
"Will you tell me something Of your do>
mesiic life here"
DOMESTIC LIrE OF THE BEEKNANITEs.
swell, sir, You can say thar We live as a
large family. There are several married
couples here, but most are unmarried The
evil charge that we practice free love shows
low little the world knows of the purity and
snlessness of our lives am the type OF the
sinless one, and those who live with me and
believe become pure even as am pure and
in them there can be no guile. One marriage
ceremony is binding, and there can be no
divorce. The sexual relation is only entered
in by welded ones for the purpose Of raising
children, and any other intercourse for the
qualification Of passion is considered SINFUL.
As for myself, never exp, rience the passions
of man, for am God. | know that | shall
be reviled and prosecuted, and men will say
all manner Of evil things against me, but
am holy and the world will yet bsow it. The
whole world is imPaneed as jury 10 uy us,
bu, those who now peisecu,c us will be ut
iery destroyed. You and all othe.s will
have TO come 10 believe in me before you can
be saved. nigh, add tina, our 'Churrh of the
Redeemer' will supPlant all others on earth
We shall subdue the whole earth The so>
called orthodox churches are the beasts OF
| Daniel and must be destroyed
If You have The same body that was cruci-
fed where are the marks of he nails in your
hands2" asked the scep,ical scribe.
81 do not claim that the material physique
has 40, changed and put on new flesh, but
my features are not changed and though new
material substance has covered The point Of
the ,or'uring instruments, in It general sense
the same body IS now before you n arose
| from the iomb at my resurrection"
viii you give me little biography of your
earlier life before you became divine''
81 was born i'll Marion, OHIO, in 1853, OF
German parenrage. Before reached the aye
Of twelve my mother used 10 say tina, an aged
minister told her Your son is destined TO be a
Levte. Verify God has chosen him. In
earlier days, though thrown ir an unwhnl--
some moral atmosphere. by a wonderful
working of al internal God given power of
selection was kept from all those secrc'
vices which in!rst ,il grades of society, my
ideaiity was strong and applied hi, faculty
to the betterment Of overt conduct aud private
virtues, the elevation Of life and heing. The
the son Of man. thought constantly. shall
he satisfied VIXEN | awake with Thy spirit.
| always -communee with Heaven. | studied
tor and entered the Methods, ministry But
] was not satisfied. My ministerial asses
ciates soemed so secular, so unceles,ial so
un- Chrstlke that could lot feel of them
though among them. saw through one OF
the back windows Of Meii odism "a sigh, OF
social and religious conditions which COM
PEELED me to trare with the >lnw and steady
finger OF candor across my Methodist hopes
ibe word DISAPPOINTMENT | was finally
sent TO Alpena, M'ch. When entered upon
tina, charge was in the spirit of becoming
more rapidly citizen OF heaven and less a
denizen OF earth. Under the electric light OF
inspiration found that the Methodist church
was filled with spiritual wickedness in high
places. The abomihation that make,h deso>
late was found to he standing where it ongh,
not in the church, in all churches.
"In December, 1877, met Dorinda Helen
Fletcher Beekman, the bride Of Christ. She
was my spiritual Mary. She gave to the
world its Jesus and It's Lord. or my history
since that time you have been already male
acquainted. And now will have to be ex-
cused, as have pressing duties. l will es>
cort you through the house before you 60,
that you may see our hene. Everything is
open and there is nothing that we fear to cast
tie sunlight upon"
The Lord then led the visitor hurriedly
through the house from cellar to garrett The
former was well stocked with provender
Hundreds Of glass jars of fruit were ranged on
the shelves and ,ub after tub Of frayran,
butter set in tho coraers OF the spacious un.
derground rooms.
sLEEriyG APARTMENTS
On the first floor were the sleeping apart
ments Of the ladies, elegantly fitted bondoirs.
The second story Of the wing is devoted to
Schwemfurth sui,e. They eelipsed the
ladies' rooms in e.egant furnishings There
was also large schoolroom on the second
tloor Of the man building, where some thirty
pupils are daily ;augbt The garret, which
is co'nmodious and clean but very plainly
furnished. contains dozen beds. Here sleep
the men whose hard work and substance
have gone toward equippirg the rest Of the
house IN such princey fashion. Within the
last year or two $50 600 has been spen, in
remodrlling and refurnishins the house.
Mr Schweinfur,h has complete charge oi
all the finances, and uses the means a, hi.
pleasure. never accounting for anything.
The grow tn in membership OF this remark.
able sec, has been as,onisLngly rapid within
the last few years They now have churches
a, Chicago, ST. Charles M.nn Minneapolis,