New-York tribune., 1867-06-28
THE SHAKERS.
A VISIT TO THE COMMUNITIES AT wArERyLILr AND
LEBANON.

yliet and Lebanon the hrSt SIX anu INC o,N S
miles from Albany, l viii give an account OF lncn
religion and daily life 1t Will be seen that tiy "0
exactly the opposite of the Oneida Community. as
Ioodinc citv pa,er has called my account OF the
Free Lovers a new Republican platform, II WILL Oh
coprse accept tile Shaker system as Demociatic
platform. - Too
She waa born in 1885, at Manchester England he'
either was n respectable blacksmith. During her
voutb she was employed in cotton factory also as
cook in hospital and she was noted Tor her neat
nass and economy She was thick set but wen pro-
portioned many called her beautiful. She ana not
soal younp company; she was early impressed with
reljgions subjects, and she saw Visions Nmle sun
Young she became so conscious OF me aSpIaNItH VI
mankind that she earnestly entreated tDa neI U'po I
would preserve her from sin ana the aOOmhauohs sho
notwithstanding these feelings she married black
ali of whom died Young. When aged %, she joined
society known as Shakers, but which diHeTed MUS
from Quakers and such was her deSouon tHlt II Sno
became something of a leader. She eohtlhualy
nrayed to be delivered from sin. Many times when
about her work. her soul was overwhelmed WIN sor-
row. that often she went ont and ma heISeu uiaS ~
one nlght pity her with pity which was not OF OOd.
Finally her tlibulations became SO great tnat nc,
flesh consumed on her bones, bloody sWeaG piG%sSGu %
fbrough the pores of her skin, and she became hep
IS as an infant In this state she was born INTO he
Spiritual Kingdom, and she became new beng 1ut
it was "a honrs before she knew where she was. she
tben snenf much time in cries God that be might
show her in what mans loss consisted, ana now nus
redemption might be accomplShed %o enc wS NoTsnn an
swered by Christ making her VISIT IN acImaI peIsU,
and This they call his Second Appearing Iheh was
through her that the God of Heaven set up C ulon @
which never is to be destroyed as ad Oeen tne oSo
with All other churches, through lusts OF the hesh'
which waEagainst the soul ..,ui.o,,od =,
Manchester when Christ again appeared TO mel, ana
repeated that the root OF al human pian 9epiInltSf f
was the act Of Adam and Eye m IN 1e oSv repT G
Inv taking p the cross against the lust of generation
II is on this idea that they build their church.
Prom the time of her first imprisonment sne was
lttle strength Frequently was she imprisoned ana
uobbed One time she fled behind mn, ana lay
comfortably all night pond OF lce But she con,
finned to preach and once, according 10 learned
linguist She spoke in u tongues. May ~, luI'
cn,baTted Tor New-York on a sort of MayflOwer
voyage. They landed in August but Demg poor
they had TO separate to nd empoyInenh HeIv tI Sn5
had difficulty with her husband, VINO Was DIuldi DIu
wretch for he did not like the way Things WtIo W!
going 1t seems that he had brought husSey INTO
fhe house for Ann had said that she would due hst
when fading his wife inieXble, he married the
woman and away they went. How or where ne d%ieu %
is unknown but he used to drop IN once IN WIne %
after the community started. Being repIoVed as
a man of sin he soon cleared out. At one ume
Mother Ann was housekeeper IN NeW-l0rK, OF at
least she did washing and ironing.
ALBANY and thence, through the wilderness 10
Watervliet They commenced scttlement put as , ~
was during the war; and as they would neither ISns
Oh swear allegiance, the elders were imprisoned IN
Albany and Mother Ann in Poughkeepsie. In l7oO,
thew were released by Gov. Geo. Clinton.
After some wanderings through New-England they
finally settled at Wateryhet, and there IN lto4 ann
died aged 4S years and SIX months. It was nor llI
after her death that community of property was es
tablished was curious to see her grave, Gul rs te
Shakers do rot put up memorial stores II was @ Iot
shown me- While was at Lebanon they were ploW-
ing up the graveyard as if to put IN crop bat thGy
were going to plant evergreens. They had previously
hauled away all the head-st0nes, the long use Oh
which was to prevent using the same ground TOO
often. .
Before she died, she gave them good practical ad-
Cice on business matters showing that her Judgment
was excellent But VIXEN she related her visions, Eho
was little strange. Said she The room over your
head filed with angels, and you could see theA tGO
if YOU were redeemed. look into the invisible
world and see what il there. sec Ezekiel GOodlCh
flying from one heaven to another. see thousands
of the dead rising and coming TO Judgment now, at
this present time. Last night great number OF the
dead came to me: some embraced the Gospel oulels
,..,e Ia 20 ~ he'll rather than to confess their SINS
fnaye sem Jane in the world of spIlts prasing God
"a Luce cad 9fe Jensihmab s m W1 fave gS'aS seen soas
which died without knowing God or the Gospel,
wandering around trying 10 find God, and weeping
and crying till they had worn cutters IN their
Since her day there have been various writers but
their works are dreary The present leader at Leba
non, f. W Evans, has some lively ideas. spent over
day in his company, and give some OF their doc
trines from his dictation. The God of the Hebrews
IS not the God OF the Universe but one OF series OF
gods which connect the low with the high being
of many steps. The God-head is male and female so
also are all angelic creatures well those who go
from this world. They who die in this world in their
sins attempt propagation but the result is something
like hideOuS Nightmares, which faGe away. On earth
propagation shOuld be as innocent as among birds.
Whatever is done should be fOr the glory of God We
arc conmanncd 10 love the Lord with all our might
and strength If do this there chance for any
other dove What is best for God is best for his
lures obedience to law is true WISDOM whatever the
present cross OF suffering may be.
The lsrae!ites had TO be controlled by fear the same
as children The original command TO multiply was
not TO crafty lust This has been created by man,
like gluttony Lycurgus regulated the sexes, and his
government lasted 16O years. In Rome chastity was
so strict that in 900 years there case Of di
Righteousness is the strength Of nation, aud
sin disgrace, for 1t weakens both nations and in
diyiduals The utmost attention should be paid to
the human race Chastity has been best observed i'll
NewEngland, commencing among the Purltans. Ma
tons strong and enduring they claste and
mons are OYe1thrOwn till they become lCentOus.
The Mosaic law should be guide rs n nation.
There is q secret wisdom for the government of peO
PIE yet TO be found out In the Divine Revelations.
Chastity underlaid tho Mosaic law. Every act was
made known to the magistrate. This IS the highest
act. and it should be devotional. one who eats,
drinks does anything for pleasure, is lost 1t
Is not necessary for one TO die to to Hell. The end
of pleasuring sought in the whole world, civilized
savage and the fruit OF IT all, Is IN the Oneida Com
munity. When solne members Of this community
10 them, they said they felt that the air of
che room was polluted On the contrary, the end of
right and shown in the act Of doing right regard
less of consequences, is III the Shakers
Hero remarked did not like the word Shaker"
for 1t did not seem enough dgniied. The reply was:
Don't be troubled. Our principles Will shake the
foundations of every organization on the face of the
earth. The radicals have the truest friends among
u.s. and there is no radical doctrine whatever which
we do not embrace. Modem SpIituallsm is rot new.
We always had communications and well know
when such things were coming. Andrew jackson
Davis accepted many things from rs. II was only
few weeks before Mr.. Lincolns death that fOresaw
trouble | wrote to him to come ard stay among us
few weeks and my letter is now on file in the
Department Had he done so he would have been
saved
Tho Isyselte women all desired To have children