The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-17
BOGUS SAVIOR.
.ostor Schweinfurth Tells
lie Story of His Life.
CHURCH TRIUMPHANT.
<,,aes Of the Licentious Prophet,
Moe sHeaven ON Earth" Has Arous-
ID such Intense Indignation.

u..,.e Jacob Schweinfurth, the false
80 whose free love community near
sftcrd. H.. has shocked the whole
sa,yr vas interviewed last week by q
| : TOMS Post Disposch reporter. The story
Z $ interesting one and illustrates the
..,hcj bv which blasphemous impostor
- slssys secure following among ignor-
4, bus religious people.
n rss horn in Marion county, o., in
80 nd am therefore 81 years of age.
- s;vsh rss as the birth OF all mankind.
I. :, - reiiher preceded nor followed by
g.,s IS occurrences which revealed aught
- destiny. There was nothing in my
s.s,b which was peculiar except that
"a his her aim In life than most boys,
~ did not take pleasure IN pruriency.
s,sr, nv earliest days there was manifest
= s me ! tendency TO ideality. My mother
sssht me the life of Jesus. and urged upon
- 70 model my life after bis. She also
"a 10 me OF the lives Of many characters
I; the Scripture. and tried, and succeeded
srouely impressing me with the belief
~ tie highest and most noble aim was
! . rske ones life perfect. l often pond
- ,snou the perfection of Jesus of Nazar-
~ and resolved TO model my life after
~ al the Savior of the world. Such
~ the thoughts, feelings and tendencies
| hovhood. When ] was no more than 10
| Z II years my parents and their friends
"a already begun to prophesy that my vo-
Siiou would be in the service of God. At
. wears of age | began an educational
|SsiIrse which was TO prepare me for the
E~inistry. My parents were German Metho-
|7jsts and nv education was for the es-
uusal Of that faith. As / progressed in
[Ssnhood. | saw and learned enough to
i've NV confidence in the churches
|shaken, | ceased TO expect as much of the
|Ihurches as had in my earlier days. The
Eeinistry no longer appeared as the means
ID nv IDEAL was aspiring to an ahso-
RARELY ideal life. When / had reached a
|stsge OF moral perfection-1 do nor use
moral simply a. covering vir,ue. but in its
|kroade.t sense looked. | hoped. l be-
IA die divinity. ! told my friends that
nnltss the time came when I felt such
dependence, between the real and
[ial.i would never be satisfied.
~During the period of my psvchical I'M
|Isss visited Albion, Mich, Evanston in
|lhs state and other places, where preached
he word Of God. In 1875. after series of
[ale events not necessary to recount. |
'6fered the Methodist ministry on. proba-
boa
after several months spent in pursu-
nnce of studies heard of Mrs. Beekman,
Mo was preaching new and strange doc
nine at Byron, a small town which is
hhoIt twenty-five miles from Rockford. /
M told about her by the son of lady
his whom / was boarding at Alpena.
Ilkh. From what I heard my curiosity
rs aroused, and / thought / would ike
5ue her. The fact that there were few
"a had any faith in her teachings did not
IN my desire, because I believed that if
nv one came with the truth he would not
|lssell received. / saw her a few DAYS
|siMwards. and learned from her what her
|kaebInes we're. Her full name was Dor
|nds Helen Fletcher Beekman. she came
Inn Ohio to Byron in October, 1877. in
|w1onse TO the invitation of q number of
|tfks N Byron who had formed them-
<bes into a company with view of lead
= ideal lives. One of their number. who
/ "a sister-in-law OF Mrs. Bee man. and
No bore the same name, had informed
IN 81 the exposition which Mrs. Beck
|nn gave OF the Scriptures, and they ali
|11erd that she was just the person to lead
I'm n the accomplishment of their nur-