The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-27
The Ehenexsr Association, near Buisi,
THEIR OEIGN-RULEs AND PRINCIPIxs-rv'
SAND RELIGIOUS sLAvES--FHMALE HBRst
Tux HARVEST FIEI DS-- CnNMuNIsN IRaA

The Ehenexsr Association, near BuNIsl]
THEIR OBIGN-RULEs AND PRINCrPIgy-ry
SAND RELIGIOUS sLAvES--FHMALU HBRst
TUX HARVEST FIELDs-- COMMUNISM LR0A
(from the Buffalo Democracy. Oct. 81
Duiirg the late harvest Ne saw Jonng giris
painfully In this grain zelda Of ths Gbenezsr AS
They walked At nightsall 10 yards the great "a
they receive thar food and whsye they sleep ws
and spiritlses aters. We saw them IA the he
cay, working In corr pany with p,osheriy iookinl
Win ola women, and With little boys and 10.
aLo aged men, in TIE labors Of the harvest. 4
to our Amer.csn eyes was unpleasant. The VI
women in the op<n air 81 agric ultural labor, Il
ant to the chiyairy Of the Anne rican character.
naturally so For field work upon fn m with
ing climate, and tciiscme, and I'm pictures que az
degras o. woman, morally and ply sicaljy Tae 3
AID the beauty OF the gil Is tocn worried outfls
chsr2es n time. 10 IN unaaniable and oEenslN
ciine.
lie spectacle OF the gang of working women
in the Eteuezer wheat helds, char pened our at.
this association, and resulted in dstermirs
we should int rrcgate il as 70 It's character
ertss. We have done 30 in the brief time ~
editorial inquiry, and now make our hssty repd
impulse - tbs work having bsen closely associ
our recouecticns Of female sAves IN large gang,
I, rows Of . south Carolina cotton hsdd, It v
to strange that onr impression OF ths ssryice
berese hest land should bs. that il is .
ilsysry. gs.a-ss E.assE
The Eher ezer AsSccistion IL Of German rslikic,
1t was founded about ono hundred ANA forty yt
liously impsled journsy nan saddler, nam.
rick lock. Tie Count Znzendord hal previous
Eshsd Il E Eelrhuter Communities near HI rah
in the old Narienborr Convent. Against him E
the sAddler, and preached much, sud with vehs
varying prophecy some wba. with prophecy 81
the destruction Of Frankfort, Dresden, Beri ~
Lrse cities, whose places yet are ON tbs maps
The Lherezer Association, passing through ~
eSpeIisrce Of Few sects. eams in process Of i
tolerated by the Duke Of Hesse Darmstsdt Tas
from the nobility old converts aud the estate.
to them By and by the government ct Hssss
to them tie privilege Of gathering upon these o.
the believers In their peculiar faith These .re-
the larsusse Of sn Intelligent Gs ,n;.s; misaa.
sisters, which were, dispersed in AL countrse'
been prepared by the seers TO constitute the q,
of Geo, to which was promised through inspira
they, "a the spallsst herd OF the faithful, she
day-that is. il they should prove themss,
stove Of mifery. deny everything, and b undo
dit;onai obedience to the rulers and leaders Of
ties. And only in this way they can be prepared
societies Of affection for the great aim = In tn
societies which were thus segregated were
nechspies and even metallu1gists, = who kne )
part the silver from tbs iron ors, also eve
va liable metal they knew how to appropriate
several members were harmonious, su
to authority, and industrious. In this lang
our infot mant, .the capital sustained no less
Jealousy was excited By TIE growth Of the foc
iDcresfe Of the property of the leaders, and I
povcYishment Of many members Of the mlddley
Whose furos got absorbed into tho Associate strS
The 'sConsistory" inquired into ths kbenesar 3
n ere 20 inke ns,bie to it's spiritual excsllsz Gil
rport to the govern ment that the menbsSs wei
ed both in their spiritual and their worldly sstateI
the authorities toe action ON this report, thsI
the kbenezers Was instructed by the Holy Spir|
ne uncs to the faithful that the time hal fully s
them to iee from BaSJ Ion, and go to America.
accordingly departed, and arrived in Buffalo in |
ter Of ls42-sthros corner piilars Of the Hbenej
pie with him, |" ~ our German friend says--one Z,
another tailor, and the third saddlsr. .fhsj
around in several states for homo returned to
where, ut an inn, the Holy Spirit commuI
through the landlord, Informed the Sesr tia
were one thousand acres Of thoise IudIsn ii
Buffalo Tor sals, and suggested to him
it. The qualto viewed the Lard, cyphd
the qusntity Of timber upon it, regarded i'll
spi iiuAl, agricultural, social and political aspe
vent and bought che Thousand acres subse
they bought moIc, and, we believe, they now o q
thousand five hundred acres Of - beautiful land
can desire to zee. They have large water pod
tory, wooIlen factory, taanefy, brewery, I'd
factory, black smith shops, tool factory, coopers
wagon shops, ard everything necessary to an icda
onmuDity. They have their own stores ali
Religion and hard work are the life at Ebenexst
work is high piety, and the direct avenue 70 futu
I6lsness il crime. Old men work-iittls chil6re
To ea,u sor sthng, to fetch money Into tbs con
the aDinatirg purpose. Bands too aged and f
hold hoe, can yet knit woolIen g,oyss-and gio
kit by the sImful So OF stocking, and weo1
The imu atnre and the worn out ars ne6e pro1
these light employ rents. Their net earnings
msnte Accordingly, Eoerezer is . money lend
GOOD 'sDeet security, the seet's sgent viii lad y
,nd tip top Gentle mortgage can easily Be so
fer culrtn cash.
There ara thirty two trustees, we uudsreta.
English for owners, copa1tners, under charter,
own the property in unequal interests. Four o
r. 49, t. EAAA 49, Al
lsnd cost various prices, fr "a ten collars to til
dollars acre. Every acre Of it IL NOW worth
rage Of one hundred and City dollars. The culsu
10 perfect. there il not Astfer fsrmiug in kmeri
fruit 10 of the ctoieest-she cows Are OF the Be
their Lame is legion--the Ahesp are Of the b
carefully tended BY shepherds and dcgs-Ard aito
the ktere zer settlement is on the highway to
and fame, ~ well ~ to the city Of Buffalo. A
nots 10 it not . mastespiece Of economy to per
bread backed German, to work year after year
and money wages not to exceed thirty dollars
DUE? No Ysnkee CAPITALIST can purchas labor 3
terms-not even the Kingdom Of Heaven being Al
CURT mt In America, as legal tender for hard wos
kbeDezer Seer, however, has no trouble about
spiritual payment for cosporeal labor. In NO cass
eelt extracted from The treasury in payment "a
to exceed thirty dollars . year Out OF this u
nust purchase his clothing Initiating that rsci
which ccnirea the advantage Of the hAndle to
though thfy invariably exact interest on loans
those IL llows obviously bss studied arithmetic q
sharp ss all Lombard street in the wisdom Of the
Of money. The member who brought his faith
guilders s'multsrsously to TIE Ebenszer, VIII,
draws, takes ont what he put in. but With no Il
II the lum vas very lsrge, he gets only half O
drawing. Thor esd us is paid him 1t the conysaieuc
trustees without interest Did he NOT have oh
eternal happiness! What does he talk Of inter
Possessed OF highly absorbent qualities like a
the Menezer Treasury. has been known to rend
not cent Of principal In = case whore . depo
twelve hundred dolilrs wanted at the expiration
years pous labor, to take himself and his di
Hope is considerable circulating medium batw
trustees and the brethren. To thoee who hold Gu
end - promised share OF the material pro, est :
speak Ct tho spiritual. Nusic ss prosane dist,
iaborious inclinsti1Ds, and wastsr Of precious
The perfection Of simplicity is in tie,r creed. Il
tho sser infaliib!s ~ > tesefsr, and ab. oute as
and governor. They believe in detail ia 4 God
Their, Son and Holy Ghost disbslieve in . c
thurch--believs in . community OF saints Ito
fbert ger Sainss)- disteli,ve in bsptisr,--Sel;ey
Ioyd's supper, which is administers d whenever ii
ieeIs Ike it, This feast IL ceie,rated in three
into which relsiously and socially The brethrea
serted
LIST IRE the called of the Holy Ghost, who Ia
Those who have got 70 improve before they q
seive the fsvors," las our German stisnd ssys,)
lrst class.
3. The weak IN faith hue ba nds And wires "wh
chil6ren'-'syourgm men and maidsrs WHO long
triUcIy," and these who marry or in.ond ID nia:.
or without tie ccrsen. Of parents These uretc
put In The class with The childsen and ara Il
ed in The msetDg FROM the frat two classes To
"the e1ehsnge OF Amorors looks In the mestings
are f'x meeting talls-th,ee for romsn, thfss &
In tie rrsc'ings chapter Of .he Bible Il rsed, .,
surg, each one says prayers, ard then FROM till
seers ceyoutly give warning TO the brethren and
ard enlarge on the pious nature ofhsri work
on, the seer takes \ turn At inspiration, and sc
the holy Ghost, pronounces some old or now
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