The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-08-20

a man or woman can walk through a word.
Of bcsuiy--themselses the most beauiiial
/ 81 IN things and bind themselves up ~
uabecoming drapery, and smother ali their
impulses 70 express lie beauty with which
God inspires them, and % il with content
aul satisfaction. Il cannot be done
So when DE wagon load Of shakers drove
cut Of sight, heaYel a sigh, for ! Anew
tlat not 10 be unhappy IN the lie Which
was typiled in their dress and establish
meut, would be a greater misfortune, g.
seniially, than dissatisfaction and content
would be. Ii they were happy IN their
life, they must have boen perverted IN iRcH
nature, or endura,ed, beyond The sascep-
iibility to receive the IMPRESSIONS OF healthy
men and women. If God ever put any
thing majestic aud noble into a man, and
gave him a fitting frame for il, lie never
intended il should be hidden in a meal bag,
or permanently quenched under a smock
lrock. In the infinite variety which lie
has introduced into human character, ans,
! into human forms and faces, there Is no
warrant for dressing men in uniform, but
a most emphatic protest againstit. II God
made woman beautiful, lie made her to
be looked alto give pleasure 10 the eyes
which rest upon hcr--and she has mol usl-
ness 10 dress herself as if she was hitch
ing post, OF to transform that which should
give delight TO those among whom she
moves, into ludicrous caricature Of wo-
mans form.
] repeat that have every reason 70 be-
lieve that God loves Shakers, but ] do moi
think lie admires them. If God adnircs
the bodies lie las made, lie cannot ad-
miro them when they are covered by the
Shaker dress, for it spols the looks Of them,
and differs essentially from the plan which
He pursues in draping all other forms Of
. life, There is no grace about it, and no
beauty Of color Cod admires clouds, ]
doubt not, when painted BY the setting sun,
and Stars flashing in tie heavens, and tle
flowers Of myriad hucs that are scattered
over the earth, but If these are objects Of
his special admiration, as they are Of ours,
what can lie think Of dra5 Shaker bon
nett? What can he think when man and
woman, the glory and crown Of His crea-
ton, are entirely oyertopped and thrown
into The shade by birds and bees and bios
SONS, aud pol,ing around the world in un-
examplea and ingeniously eontriyed usli-
ness What does he think Of men and
women who take that passion Of love which
was intended TO make them happy, and
give them sweet comEanionship, and beal
Young children TO their arms, and trampIt
il under their feet as an unholy thing, and
to welcome TO their hearts, instead, black
ness, and darkness and tempest What
does lie think of lives out Of which are
shut all meaning and all individuality, and
all love and expression Of beauty, and al
notwithstanding, and humanizing gex-
perience
/ owe 40 grudge 10 the Shakers. like
their apple sauce (they ask thrifty price
for IT'D and have faith in the genuiness anc
the termination, under favorable condi
tions, Of their garden seeds but object
to their style of life and piety, and to ev'
eryihing outside Of Shakerdom that looks
! Ike it. | object to this whole idea, Cane
the Shakers have monopolized it, that Got
takes delight in the voluntary persona
modification Of bis children, and that ht
approves of their going about sad-faeed an'
straight-laccd, studiously avoiding all temp
tation TO enjoy themselves
have seen a deacon in the pride Of hi
deep humility. He combed his hair straigli
and looked siudiously after tie mail
chance; and while he looked he employed
himself in setting good example. Hi
dress was rigidly plain, and his wife wa
not INDUCED in the yanities Of milliacr,
and maniua making. He never joked.-
i lie did not know what a joke was am
farther than to know it was sin. HI
carried Sunday face through the week
lie did not mingle in the happy social par
, ties Of bis neighborhood. He was dea
, con. lie refrained from participating j
free and easy life because he was a ea
con. lie made bis children hate Sunda.
! because he was a deacon. He brougli
, them up 30 that they learned TO conside
? themselves unfortunate in being the chill
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