New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-30
SHAKERISM.

brief Lecture was delivered yesterday By the Rev.
j. rRxpsRIck EVANS, on Shsksrism, at Military Hal.
before respectable auditory. Three males aud AK
females Of this peculiar sec, introduced BY Dr.
HUI. who observed that, Ike all other schsmatios.
his worthy friends msntaine there wa oay one true
church Of which they were ;he representatives,. One
thing he could vcuch for, that hospitality was 8
Christianly Characteristic among then, Of which he
had partsken largely, and he lea The Reverend
L. curer to explain bis tenets. who Immediately re-
spopded .
oeca.ion was not embraced for ths sole purpcee q
iecturiug, but, having paid VIA 70 the city no
wished TO define the position OF sAkensm. Inc ,ol-
lies If fashiop he remarked, initiated against sP1itu
alit,. he did not present himself a. equal IN erudi
tcn 10 his hearers be repudlates all dess OF asump
ton, protesting merely TO be . practical Chrstian.
who preferred rural pursuits TO literary ssuf~A we
are simple be continued, evea in our mode OF singing
which is adapted to our preseat oeveopmerf. song
was then read by one OF the ssters-"Hos sacred'y
best is the hour of prayer and eAeerfui chorus
followed devoid of all purtsnical ahestatoo. sec
oud and third song were sung to aord time tor the
arrival of visitors, when the speaker ressmed his ds-
course. Truth was the fundamental basis OF theu
faith. Protesting Christians OF other DENOMINATIONS TONS
were In the habit Of condcmnipg all who differed fom
them l., eternal death. he entertained different IDEA
of religion bssng all good on truth that pure religion
the relation between the Creator and his creatures
-"s rseeles bisots 6sht,
He can't be WRONG, whoss heet - IN 'no uso'
Nothing but truth could save Ne. TO be saved,
n be preserved from doing wrong Persons who set
their faces against all religion be could symPAthise
with. having been in similar poeition before his be-
coming Shaker. Man must believe according 70
rational evidence Of Thing. not seem IAN n ."sI,
are nine" saith the Lord, not one shall persh. he
differed in unison with his sect, from oil others nam
tanning q new platform-yet holding a RELATION WIN
mankind of ali denominations. There was to be q
rrt and second coming of Christ. The hrsf Christian
Church had fallen away from their pristine purity gu,
a second was established by bis order which dinered
from other. in so many respects ,hs' vas h"l;sxsS
mat Jesus Of Nazareth merely human being pos
sssrs An the weaknesses Of moals, and was Identical
with ADAM but after the quckening sPnt descendea op
Jesus be became Christ son OF the hvnR "Su-a per-
fect bei.s-male and femsle-s C.ysticsl duality
Christians had been TAUGHT .eneve In Trinity; the
Shakers believed in a Duality. "Let us make man."
Male and female created He them, aud lie called Me'r
name Adam. Throughout the whole animal creation
twp sexual organizations In unity are recognized ~;
Raul referred 70 no book for the great volume Of
Nature 10 the foundation on which oil sacred tfu'n
must rest. Man Is instructed 70 regard scripture AZ
the Word Of God; the Shakers do not, but merely a.
historical data which Is yet unfinished, wherein moral
precepts have been registered. will send you the
q Comforter the Spirit Of all Truth'-not the Bible
the heart must be hap med to bring iorth fruits OF
righteousness God is the fountain Il the Two pnnci-
pies, male aud female, which has not been duly con-
sidered. Adam was q type Of Christ. Adam and I've
yery properly intoduced the reproductive system.
Christ to produce the ressryecf,or lie lived an
entire cebate FIFE order distinct nom the old ono,
and they could not become his peculiar disciples who
entered the matrimonial order. Peter had Q wife;
but the primal Disciples were not perfect, ell subject
to the law OF msS nn. H
any affinity, but for any intrinsic worth they possess;
for true Christians love God, and love their neghbor
also. Shakers despised not kindred relations but
deeply lsmented the lack Of parental end sl affection
vale In dav Ths nal ord
Of Christianity is destined to prove triumphant.
Highly Intellectual beings were never intended to
marry The offspring Of the most intelligent Dvines
sedom inherit mental end~nents shaker does
not presume to dictate bus htuce bis hearer. to med.
itste on the spiritual proWesnsn-the resurrection OF
sous The resurrection q We dead according 10 the
Shaken doctrine, Is separating from the 6esh. Like
causes produce similar results: II the power OF the
Holy Spirit unaffected itself among the primitive
Christians, why may il not be re-developed In the
Nineteenth Century, Andrew jackson Davis had
observed, II is altogether useess to call In question
the belief Of Shakers, bubbles having alone been
Christianity according to Mr.. Evans, cannot recos
mn. .IA institution Of msr1sge. Until Christ became
manifest in Jesus. ey. the Apostles could not become
real Chrstiaps In the Temple o. Solomon were Two
figures over the Ark-msle and female chez
mystery Of God, The great An, was never compre.
hended until lately. Jehovah literally Interpreted
meaDsHe She male and female the eternal dual ere
stive power Ann Lee was proclaimed BY the Shakers
10 the Amounted oivree beloved by Christ, for she
had founded the new institution. One Of It's
principles was to institute rigid inquiry relative 10 ts
rational deductions. The shakers abolished tho
recognition Of private property, and lived In common
served the lecturer good or bad; no sect OF people
is better or worss than ourselves. He believed In no
eternal punishment. Progressivenese g the divine
lsw-mevey, and not sacrifice. Truth, 10 word and
deed testify Christianity and implicit obedience n
Chriet in Judging not that We be not judged Tie
Shakers required no monasc barriers, but minstered
to each other a. brothers and sisters and after TWEEN
ty that there real happiness enjoyed under
the new d<persstior than was ever participated In
under the old.
At the conclusion 9 contribution was raised to de-
fray incidental expenses, tracts were grstufousy dis
tribuisd, and with two more Shaker songs the meet
ing closed.