Background
Jacob Beilhart was born on March 4, 1867, in Columbiana County, Ohio. He was the son of John, a farmer, and Barbara Beilhart.
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Jacob Beilhart was born on March 4, 1867, in Columbiana County, Ohio. He was the son of John, a farmer, and Barbara Beilhart.
Jacob Beilhart studied at Healdsburg College. He was licensed as a preacher.
In 1884 Jacob Beilhart worked at a harness shop in southern Ohio. He served as a farmworker in Kansas in 1885. In early 1888, Jacob became preacher and evangelist.
In the early 1890s, Jacob worked as a care worker at a sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan. One day, Beilhart had a patient, a young girl, whom doctors were not giving hope. Jacob prayed for her, and she experienced a quick and complete recovery. Then he had made sure confirmed that faith was the remedy for illness.
In the late 1890s, he worked as the operator of a medical boarding house.
In 1899 Jacob Beilhart founded the "Spirit Fruit" magazine in Lisbon, Ohio. In 1901 he founded the commune "Spirit Fruit Society" (later known as "Freedom Hill"). Jacob's message included the importance of doing good works, the teachings of Jesus, the glorification of "female qualities," and the need for marriage reform. Unlike other founders of communitarian groups, Jacob did not attempt to attract converts. He also allowed his members to come and go as they pleased - some stayed permanently while others only visited for days or months.
Jacob was a leader of the "Spirit Fruit Society" until he died in 1908.
After Jacob's death, the "Spirit Fruit Society" existed up to 1930.
Also, Jacob Beilhart was a writer. He was the author of "Love Letters from Spirit to You." Some of his writings were translated into French and Portuguese.
Jacob raised as a "fire and brimstone" Lutheran. His search for the truth led him to faith healing and the possibilities of mental suggestion and self-sacrifice.
Jacob Beilhart's "Spirit Fruit Society" was his view of "true life" for the "tangible fruit of the Universal Spirit." Jacob's message included the importance of doing good works, the teachings of Jesus, the glorification of "female qualities," and the need for marriage reform. His "free love" philosophy included the right for consenting adults to change partners, but not have more than one partner at a time, and was tolerant of homosexuality. The intent was to create an atmosphere of tolerance, not one of promiscuity.
Jacob Beilhart married Olive Louema Blow in 1887.
