Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-09-27

Ne robateo ana nae No Meat.
Dr. n. Marlborough, the agent of The
shalemlte colony In New Mexico. is the
author Of Ouhspe, the Bible Of the Church
Of lfae which the Shalemltes constitute.
Ha mission Ia 10 secure Infant children
TO bring TO Shalem, Tho shalemites
have come 10 the conclusion that there
Ia little hope Of securing adult converts
to their faith and have, therefore. set
about procuring children. These phil.
dfen they prOposs TO raise ln tho falth
and porpotualo their customs and re-
lIglOn.
"The children at tho Shaem colony
said the doctor 10 "San Francisco -
amluef' reporter, "aro healthy ae nny
children IN The world. AZ they got no
meat, then blood l8 eloar and their skins
are free from blomlsh. You don't soe any
pimply, blotched facos among the ghal-
emlte babioB. No, indeed humors ~
the skin are unknown.
"YOu see, our object and our hope t.
that hose babies will grow up strong,
clean. blOOdod men and women, and IN
their progeny the bad instincts and dis.
orders that are tho natural result OF all
these centuries Of flesh entina will bo
bred out and their children viii bo Codp
chosen. For mono can know God save
they approach Him. Tho source of nll
selfish passions and contention ls flesh
eating. As our Bible says:
"'Flesh diet had madO man foul from
the eoles Of his ieqt 10 the crown Of hla
head Nehrly all tho people had some
ailment--as weak lungs, back, throat,
Ghost; or rheumatism, catarrh, kidney
weakness, prolapsut, decayod teoth or
deaf ears. Yea, tho people smelled 30
Of flesh and blood food that they could
only be compared 10 den Of wolves or
flesh-eatlng animals. To hide the smell
they smoked tobacco or annolnted them
selves Wkh various perfumes. Carnlvor
ou5 diet he'd reduced man 10 be q little
more than carnlverouB animal and a
lighter Ia the struggle for life. The
people were OF four klnds--FlrBt, turbu.
lent and quarrelsome second, silently
selfish; third, hypocritlcal. smooth
tongued, and, fourth, paupers and de-
pendents. The dependents comprised
the vast majority Of tho people.
"All OF these traits have TO be eradi.
Gated before we can approach Jehovah,
the father Of God"
Yes; but did not you yourself write
this Biblo2" asked the scribe.
For answer he produced the book. ~
Il almost as largo as Il Webstcr's die.
tionary. Ho opened II at the first page
and pointed to the top Of the page. II
read
"Book ofJehOvah'S Kingdom on Earth.
Which Containoth Within 1t the Book Of
shaIem. All Of Which Is Anto-scrlpt.
"WheTein God revealcth his plans fOi
the redemption OF the world from sin
and all manner of unrighteousnoss and
disbelief; and showeth man how to take
part In the redemption TO change ell The
peoples OF the earth into peace aud uar.
mony, for their own good, that they may
glorify the Almighty In his wonderful.
creations"
"What does II matter what Instrument
ls chosen 10 record the word OF tho Al.
mightyY asked tho Doctor. ".rhe Sha-
emite colony he continued, "ls naur
Las Cruces, on the line Of tho Atchisou.
Topeka and Santa railroad, and couple
of hours rldo from FL Paso.
I'VE have q settlement thore on a lufgr
tract of land belonging to Mr.. Howland
who II an enthusiastic member OF our
sect. He Is quite a wealthy man, OF
would be II the property he accumulated
belonged to himself alone, the property OF
the FHiihists belongs to the community
v.
and that is partly tho reason why ] am
now ectiyely engaged In procuring chill
dren 10 bring up In the faith Three
verscs In OGhspe give you the key to the
logic Ut our creed:
"76. Ye have beholden how farmers
so about gathering up calves and colts
and the young Of all sorts and they take
thon TO good place and feed them and
whom they are grown up, thoy are tho
choice In market
~. Now, behold, there are thousanda
OF fntheress and destitute children In
Uz, which, leTt To themselves, either die
or grow up TO Oe thieves, robbers and
murderors.
"io. Those are cheaper than calves
and young colts. 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 Sbnem there are all the modern
appliances of farming, though We have
hardly farmed successfully. There Is a
steam laundry and community kitchen.
All OF tho Shalemltos live In one big
building. and all have u common inter
est in tho products OF the colony. Cattle
and fowl are kept only for tho milk or
'RBH hhpg hitllt WI w NOlht hHu LUHN
are not sold to any one who will slaugh.
ter them for food. Marriage is sacred
among us aud no man can have more
thnn 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 at q o'clock In the morning. Tho
other meal of the day Is served at noon,
and they eat no more until tho next
morning, The children, OF course. get
food oftener. As for myself, one meal
day Is all J take, We seek TO mako no
adult converts, but II they choose TO iuin
us we take them, and II they leave ue we
pay their passage from Shalem to what.
ever part of the union they choose
to go.
"If they rob us we do not prosecute
them. In everything we follow tho
Bible. Our clothes are loose, as II 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 we'll as white chill
dren at Shalem. Sometimes the boys run
away after the flesh pots, but l think the
majority will grow up as they should.
The Bible 10 congomeration of al
most every other known Testament.
The names Of other characters from the
New and Old Testament, tho Koran, the
Teda and the rost appear Ia slightly
changed form. as jehovah Mri-te BudhH,