The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-13

7 suicide had been accomplished by the
lawful abstinence known as .celibacy.'
/ For with the Inauguration Of the mil
| Iennium. under the glorious rule OF
| Christ, there will be transformation OF
| the human body that will render 1t i'm
mortal. By the exercise of His Divine
power at His second coming the Christ
will cause the blood in our bodies to be-
come transformed into spirit. This re
plhcing of the blood with spirit will rem
| der the body immortal. Only in this way
can the body lie saved II was the way
in which were saved the bodies of Enoch,
Elias and Esdras, who, without SUFFERING
the ordeal of death, assembled gloriously
| into Heaven.
TT is our belief that when Christ IN
augurates in 1916 His glorious reign OF
the millennium He will find here on
earth. but especially in Benton Harbor's
House of David, the IsfaeIite remnant
described in the book of David as the
Ia 900 that shall constitute the elect.
These, because they have faithfully
awaited His second coming, will esca pc
death. Their bodies will become immor-
tai and they shall rule jointly with the
Redeemer until the millennium ends
with the destruction Of the earth Then
they shall ascend with Christ into
Heaven, where, because of their Christ
like and perfect bodies, they shall sit
nearest to the Heavenly throne and be
greater than the angels, even as in the
| scriptures Christ Himself is said 10 be
Greater than all the host OF angels and
geraphs and cherubim.
There were addenda by another Of the
lsraelites, a matronly lady known as
Mary H. She was formerly Mrs. Mary
MacDermott, of Los Angeles. But she
left a comfortable home and a happy
family to take up the Israe1ite,s life OF
abnegation and vigil at Benton Harbor.
She said:
we will not depopulate the earth
with race suicide practices like ce1ibaey
after the millennium is inaugurated.
On the contrary, the elites-that is
to say, the elect. or the people engaged in
this movement Of ours-wiIl then popu-
late the earth with immortal beings.
We believe that Our celibacy saves pos
sible children from possible suffering.
What's the use Of having children now,
if the world, as at present constituted.
is to come to an end IN 1862"
Preaching IN Many States.
Disciples of Benjamin and Mary are
now preaching their cult in many states
of the union, especially in the south and
southwest. The disciples travel in
prairie sehooners overland and preach
out Of doors in city. town, village and
gulch Chicago has been let alone SO
far But it will not be for long. as ex-
tensiTe plans are now being made for a
descent upon that metropolis, where the
devil is supposed to be well intrenched.
The colony of ssIsraeIites'' is located
about a mile outside Of this town, and
it is the mecca to which the .rennan W
or the lost tribes of Israel are turning
in these days, that, is, according to the
statement Of Benjamin and Mary.
A company Of. Sc Australians recently
arrived. after a long two months pill
grinage by way Of the ssuez canal and
England. They claim to be one of the
lost tribes. The patriarch OF the party
5 is William G. Bulley. He is 20 years old
and has been an Israelite,' on holy
Roller or Flying Roller, as they are
variously known, for 81 years.
~ went to Australia with nothing
but my grip in my hand SO years ago,
he said, sand have seen the movement
grow. We were-not so far advanced as
the Benton HarboE branch. We obtained
a dispansation from the fifth angel, or
messenger, John Wroe AS soon as
Mary and Benjamin came to US we recog-
nized they were possessed of divine
power and we left all to follow them. 2
The Colony.
The colony buildings comprise a
group 10 which the members OF the cult
are housed and fed and employed. The
largest OF the frame structures is the
administration building which stands
in the center. There is carpenter shop.
a bakery. the kitchen, where the Yege-
tables and other food, exclusive of meats.
are cooked, for the Israelites among
their other peculiar tenets hold that
vegetarianism is the only dietary path
way along which the elect of God should
walk, and so the flesh of beast, bird and
fish is barred from the colony with as
much rigor as ordinary people would
observe in guarding against smallpox
or other seourge.
But what they lack in meats they
make up in vegetables, and on the day
that the Australian pilgrims arrived
they had 16-course dinner for their
all provided without re
course to meats, or meat gravies or
soups. And there were cakes and pies
and cookies and doughnuts galore. The
cooking IN the kitchen is all done by
steam, the prophet Benjamin having
designed the apparatus himself when
not busy with his preaching and other
iuties.
There is a printing department in the
colony, and a school, and the s.Taber-
lacle, where the meetings are held |
50 much for what might be called the
3Iant Of this peculiar sect. Now as to |
he appearance Of the members of this
colony.
The People.
tt is striking, to say the least No
.azor or shears are allowed to touch face
II head, and both men and women alike
wear their hair hanging loose down
heir backs. The dress of the women Is