The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-13
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SHAKERS
PEcULIARIrIEs OF THEIR FAITH AND PRAo

some time ago q Alnall sensation was ereateu IN
England aud America likewise oy the eIeetmeni
by the Sheriff oil ia men. women and children from
their community house IN New Forest anu Lymlng
ton, Surrey, England. These people called them.
selves "Blble Christians" but their neighbors and
the public call them SHAKERS" "Walworth
Jumpers religious fanatics. They were ruth
lessy driven rom their home one cold winter
night, and there goods, valued at 0O0 were pled
up on the ROADSIDE. They carried their religious
zeal 100 far for the comfort OF their neighbors
They shouted, shook themselves danced and dld
other unseemlV things on the sabbath day.
sometimes interrupting the religious services
in the churches. For these causes not
only this community but tho pioneers OF
Shakerism IN America driven from
their homes and the latter from their country.
In America Ann Lee the mother or the order, and
ner elders passed large portion or their tlme 10
prison. Iney GAINED, and their successors still
claim, 10 have and to mold tue basis OF a new order
meet tue wants ami demands OF humanity. Then
altn. zeal earnestness OF purpose ana devotional
endurance TO principle may not be questlonedi
but IN their theological theories they are, accord
Ing 10 our notions very wide OF the truth IN essen
tlal points, An outline OF the Shaker laItn sup
pled Dy Elder 4. W. Evans, member OF the
Mount Lebanon community, IN TINS state win
doubtless oe u interest 70 our readers
Ihoy mold, ne says, IN common with Roman and
Greek Cathoncs and Protestants, that Jesus was
from the tomb; that sucn rising WAS the true and
1na resurrection; that his BODY was spiritual
bodies however long dead, are 10 be resur rected
the ''Gurley woman" claimed TO be resprrected
IN like manner, with this variation, as EXPRESSED
by Paul, ave snail not all die but We shall all be
cnanged.n She Is ''changed.o Her followers are
also beng changed without going through
the process Of physical death. Such Is tue
ground or their ialth that nothing can Marin
beng exposed TO the rain ana cold all night, wet
through and through, none are Injured, none nave
taken cold, eyenl' To them the second coming
or Onr. ST. Is the second appearing OF Jesus, per-
sonally. Tue Second Adventlsts held TO and
looked or his personal appearing. Some Miller
ties prepared robes in which 10 ascend and meet
the Lord N the air at ais advent, when tue great
trump OF the angel Gabriel should sound. rae
SHAKERS believe also tnat Cnrlst Is spirit sphere,
Things ana persons ia II, interior TO all other
things ana persons; tnat Jesus was born and edu-
ward mat sphere. and into II was inally Dap
tlzed, through Jonn, tne ead OF the law and tne
last OF the prophets coming down from MelchSe-
aeck, the heather, who baptized AbraIn, the an
cestor OF Jesus ana lather OF the whole Jewish
people, into a seed-faltn-oI spirituality.
That germ OF spirituality expanded ana grew,
coming down throu2h the prophets To Jonn, and
anlty was as an acorn 70 the oak, htte leaven 10
the whole mass, mustard seed TO the plant,
grain Of sand to tne seasnore, little stone
TO the mountan That Is yet 10 MI
the hills, valleys and rocks OF the sea basin.
Tue two peoples-Shakers ana Gureytes-
agree in the fact OF il second coming OF Christ and
diner as to VINO anc what Christ IS ana IN t1s
time and manner OF his second coming. Botn
hold celibacY as a necessary condition or resur'
rected souls. But wnIle shakers respect the IN.
Junction mot To touch woman Gurleyitea
10 consider tnat, being now reBurrecbeu,
they can throw or restraint. They do not hesitate
TO PRACTISE great sexual familiarity in pubic
meetings.. Respecting tne ownership o. land 10
large quantities ana monopoly OF lie ele.
mems, holding that community OF goods Is Chris
tan virtue, me shakers and Bible Christians are
at again. showing that there are important
elements OF union.
Wine one party takes the Scriptures as the In.
failibe Word OF GOO ana tue physical resurrection
the maj resurrection OF Qualification, the other
party, reasoning rom facts and principles, regard
the scripture records as Illustrative OF the then
present alth oil the writers aud actors, TO be In
terpreted these facts and principles, regardesi
OF persons and old theories. Both agree tlat the
dead raised and NAV reanlmate their phy slca
bodies not too mucn decomposed for tneir re.
paratlon under me laws ot materializ1
tlon. But the shakers assume that sucn re.
ANIMATION Is onI nrst resurrectlon
first Is abnormal, temporary. Fhe second IS nor
NAL, and may become universal 10 the human
race. As there Is no permanent phy steal resur-
rectlon 80 neither Will there DE personal reap.
peanng OF Jesus as the Christ. IL Jesus and tue
apostles. who saw and "gnew only IN part,n and
prophesled, as rntougn glass. darby did so
derstand up 10 the time tuat they passed into tne
spirit WORLD and AS nearly all the so-called Unrs.
tan world nave aud do yet unders Iand-sucn
understanding no more establishes the fact tnan
1t establishes the TACT tnat HIS kingdom was to 90
OF tnIs world, wnen the iacts wee his Kingdom
TO be set up aud established IN the word
OF spITats GU the oasis OF the Mosaic law, and 70
be composed OF the twelve tribes or Israel. upon
which tue twelve apostles would Sit, as upon
twelve thrones. That was tue map-caild-a mae
cnurch-a continuation OF the Jewish Pente.
cOstal Christian Cnurcn, caught up 10 God,
away rom the persecutI ing power OF the Gentlls
Christian church eartn. That Gentlle Uhrlstlar
Cnurch included ge1eratious private properly
war. and Church ana state governments. ~ has
had its reign ,2J0 years. IL Is now being broken.
1he fragments OF lis mouarchial kingdoms lie
around loose, broken oy republican principles -
concentrated IA the tnndei government Of tine
United States These are breaking ia pieces all
other Kingdoms aud governments, because christ,
having made HIS second appearance, spiritually,
has begun to organize a Gentle Pentecosta
Church on the earth under the protection 81
.'uew earthN civil government wnicn secures Ito
erty OF conscience as right. The marriage u tue
Lamb and Bride will oe effected through Spiritual
tecostal Church IN the heavens and the GENTLE
Pentecostal Churcn on eattn. After tue marriage
OF the two cnurcnes Is perfected their united tes-
timOny viii De against ali eyIl that afilicts nu-
manly, physical and spiritual. They Will sing the
song Of Moses the servant u God, and the song Of
the LamD-..ln tiny ngnt we behold light Fires
aud disasters having oyertaken the community
they have temporarily suspended their religious
meetings, and unwIllingly they part Tor a time
WITT their numerous visitors from the outside
world. Tneir loss reached Sl50,0OO Out they are
already rebuilding and will soon be settled once
more.
RELIGION IN THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.
FORTY CHURCHES ON TwESrx-FoUR SQUARE
AuLEs-rHE FOUNDERS OF FRENCH METHOD
ISM
1t Is not perhaps generally known that while
nominaIy unuer the jurisdiction OF Great Britain
the little group OF Islands between that country
and France, commonly Anown As the Cnanne
IsIands-Jersey, Guernsey, sark Alderney Hern,
&c.-are really independent and fres The sans
laws aud form OF government virtually which
prevailed among them 500 years ago exist and
govern them to-day. But the ISLANDS are not onlJ
Independent OF England but also Of one another.
The revolutions that have disturbed the rest
Europe nave not reached them. Their old Gus
toms and usages remain, anu the Official language
Of the islands Il French, but old French OF cen
turles ago. Ia oue thing, however, writes Rev.
Mr.. Cook to the New York CHRISTIAN AdUocate
Jersey and Guernsey nave not remained faithful
To tue past. tney iorm a Thoroughly Protestant
country, and more religious people
Inhabitants the superncies OF the island
being twenty-lour square miles,, has about
Iort ' churches or cnapels, only two OF whicn are
Roman Catholic. The Methoulsts the most In.
nuenfial denomination, after the Church. 1noy
have not less tnan seventeen chapels. twelve ol
winch are exclusively French. whlle the ave
others form an English circuit. The membership
Is between 300 and l400 only, but 10 is supposed
cOngre cations comprise July one fourth OF tnt
nnaDltants. the services tthree times q week ID