The New York herald., 1869-05-29

every soui and Woman Is BY divine righ. the worlds

every soui and woman Is by divine right the worlds
instructor. Release her from hopeless drudgery and
place her in her true position. morally and ilntelec-
tually, and true religion would be better developed.
Jonn Weiss was the next speaker He SAID that
science had the great function before it Of aboshing
the soul.
Mrs. Cora Hatch Tappan said that the Church OF
to-day was the rostrum, not the pulpit, and that
sectarian creeds were rapidly melting away before
ine truths Of natural religion. 1t was not new re-
do not tell us that we have religion, for the great
keystone OF religion Is only touched by master minds
Ine divne parentage OF God constitutes our relation
10 HIM. and the father and mother constitute the
true teachers OF the world. Mrs. Tappan closed
WIN beautiful per0raiOn, and at Its close the gas
was almost eturned on when HoratiO Seaver editor
OF tue Investigator, essayed 10 make few remarks.
Loud LOUD cries were made lor more light, and ne pro
Meeting Of Shakers I'm Boston.
BOsrON, May 2s, 1859.
Convention OF Shakers numbering about sixty
delegates OF both sexes in the Meionaon to-day
They represented the Communities OF Mount Leba-
non, OF watervieit, N. Y; Harvard, OF Shirley
Mass; Hancock, OF West Pittsfeld, Mass; Canter-
bury, at Enfield, and the Community at Fredericks-
burg. NO. There was large attendance OF specta-
tors. Presiding Elder Frederick w. Evans, OF
Mount Lebanon welcomed the brethren and specta-
tors. and SAID that the meeting was for mutual con-
suitatlon and investigation and he hoped all would
DC prOHteus
Addresses, interspersed with singing, were made
by elder Henry Cummings, OF Enfield, N. H.; elder
VIM. Leonard OF Harvard, Mass; sister Harriet
Buard, brother Albert LOomis, OF Watervllle; sister
Paulina Bates and other leaders of the sect. Elder
Leonard, in his remarks, considered that the
Shakers occupied different plane from the mass Of
Christians. The plane OF life occupied by the others
was well enough, butthe Shakers deemed that the
Christian scriptures required an abandonment OF the
worldly and animal Instincts and passions. He
quoted two OF these scripture texts to prove that
purity Of life was the special thing required by
Christ. They knew Of no salvation upon other con-
dittons than pure and upright life
Brother Loomis said the Shakers recognized the
equality OF all persons, without the distinction OF
race or SEX He announced that while they regarded
marriage as proper and honorable institution 1t
was not specially Christian institution. 1t belonged
and as disciples Of Christ, seeking to live the angel
life now, they felt called upon to f0rbear entering
upon matrmOny. He thought that many Of the
practices Of popular clergymel were not patterned
after the unwOrldliness OF Christ. He discussed
the question OF marriage as Christian Ordi-
nance, and affirmed the scripture was against It.
The benedlctiOn of the ministers could not sancJify
it II the master did not by his example and nunc-
t0ns He argued in general that spirituality OF life
was the essential requirement of Chrst's teaching.
Sister Pauline Bates testified to the spiritual salts
faction which she had found in the lite OF u
sister Of the Shaker fraternity during "a
kindness of the brethren towards her
and the other sisters and their honorable and ex-
empary lives she bore witness to, and expressed
the belief that the spirit OF God had appointed that
His children should walk in this way the Christian
life,