The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-13
THINK THEY WILL LIVE FOREVER.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RosEDALE, Ind, Aug. 12.-Alfred Dewitt
and daughter Mary Ann are very peculiar
people. She is sixteen years of age, and
keeps house for her father. Mr.. Dewitt,
when he related his history. was eating a
supper consisting of turnips. bread and
cold water. He believes he and his daugh-
ter will never die; that they will live for
ever; that they are regenerated and born
of God. They do not eat anything that ex-
tinguishes life. They claim that which is
of God endureth forever. They claim to be
joint heirs with Jesus Christ. In regard to
his peculiar religious ideas. Dewitt says:
Il am fifty-eight years of age. was born
in VigO county, Indiana. When a young
man i was bad. / lived in this wicked
manner until 1877. / concluded to change
my wicked course. A new life
came over me. Come unto Me
all We who are heavy laden
and Twill give you rest Before this time
/ had been an invalid for several years. l
suffered intensely with rheumatic pains.
and was BENT crooked as a DOW had to
walk with a cane. The same year ] was
healed and received the gift of sanctifica-
ton. From that time to the present day |
have never been sick an hour, nor rave l
ever taken a dose of medicine. / have
never felt pain except when / met with
accidents. Once / accidentally cut off my
big toe, the wound healed in one day with
out the application of anything but cold
water. l wrapped it In a rag, and on the
second day 1 wore my boot. IN the eighth
dav IL was enfire1y healed
Reliable people in Rosedale attested the
truthfulness of this statement.
81 employ no earthly doctor" continued
Mr.. Dewitt, II take the Bible as my doctor
the book of the Great Physician. God
say to his people: IF We keep my COM
mandments and judgments and do them,
/ will q k away from you all sickness, and
Egypt, which We know; but lay them upon
all those who hate yOu."-Deut. 2.
Mr.. Dewitt claims that all those who
live in strict obedience to the laws of God
strange ideas which he claims he got from
the Bible; as to what he shall eat and what
he shall not eat, and conforms strictly to
this very strange and rather frugal bill OF
fare. Il do not eat hog meat because it is
unclean and hurtful to health and under.
standing (see Deut. A. In fact, / don't
eat meat of any kind, because Paul
says Is is neither good to 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 a SIM Now, since l do
this for conscience sake, it would be a sin
for me to eat flesh, although theirs may eat
it without SHINING. We know, also. that
those who eat meat are not as healthy as
do not eat anything that grows IN a vine,
nor the fruit of herbs, nor the seed of trees.
lSee Gen: ii: 81 We eat fruit which has
seed within it; but will not eat any kind of
seed grown on bushes"
"You both eat potatoes, do you nots"
Here the daughter, who had been an at
tentive listener, said: I'VE do not eat
sweet potatoes, because they grow on a
vine. But we do eat Irish potatoes
seed, have no vines, no holders to cling to
anything. The top of them is an herb,
which bears seed. Potatoes are not fruits
but herbs"
well, then, why do you not eat toma.
toesi"
Because they are the fruit of an herb
said the father.
MIR. Dewitt, do you eat eggs"
\ sir; because an egg m from
But. | notice that yOu eat butter. Is
that not from a COW. which is fleshfn
NO, sir; tits only the strength of the food
grass and herbs which the cow eats
Therefore we are allowed to drink milk
also. Daughter and l." he continued, EEK
pect to be among those who are left on the
land when the holy Scripture is fulfilled.
In that day shall a man cherish a 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 ev.
eryOne eat that is left in the land lisa
iah.
Mr.. Dewitt and Mary Ann are happy.
They are very poor, and live in a small
rented house. He is a day laborer, and
earns q dollar a day. Since the death oil
his wife Mary Ann has kept house for him.
and is remarkably well versed in Scripture,