, 1875-09-12
A SHAKER SAINT.

The Albany Eceniug Times publishes ia full 4
, sermon recently delivered by Elder George Al
bert LoEnas, Of the New Lebanon Shakers, from
which is extracted the following sketch Of the,
| life Of Ann Lee:
We are all familiar with the wonderful snd poxs,yue
simplicity manifested in the sayings and doipRs Of the
carpenteris Son" and wond not BE- unrniudful or
the edorte and acconpNshnents Of ~Blacfsmith'e
Beautiful Daughter" in behalf OF ~ race For, 81
evar the right uppez1nost and ever is justco
oooe," 50 Shall woaa2n yet gst hsr reward. Who was
ann hee7 she descended from England, having Mao
out tns Of z
nonezty BY hts ignorance and as honestly transmitted
the bliss Of tgnorance to large family of children
earned her living BY the strength Of good cons:t1-
! ton. but never learned to read or write!
fesdo from he plays common to G ehd1en"prefss oqa
ring rather retirement to places secluded from pub
lie gsze' Thsa she enjoyed sou-feas's Of heavenly
har Juvenile mind In these visions sho waa instruct
Cd that % human nature w.s deeply depraved thss
dod would open way for the uelivefanco Of po,r hl-
manity-fos those who felt weary and heavy Iaeeu.
She would tail her visions her mother md sobbins
them. Her mother, uosher-hke tried 70 disrs theso
reflections from the mind of her daughter, as
sae te .obbtns ~ith her ,.aaitsr a, 4. II tsn1 .na
wsre-and indced they wero-present realities. AZ.
she mstnred, her visions dld not ce.se; md
thereby to give her thoughts another lnclinnton She
manied Abraham Stanley, by whom ahe hid four
4Hf11t0.
here may say that have felt compelled to symps-
thize With this unhappy man for stanleya man Of
relationship with .uch woman Tor oompaaf,n.
The death Of the children of this marriage does not
red life ~as aught but happy. not on tha general
ground Of marital happinsss-incompakabilit 1t
the truth Of her spiritual inssuctions and sae I'm
came the most troubled Of souls and IN earnest
seeker for refuge from life TINT ts "death unto
Tft1fa1 &tY3NA k,.AA
doubt auxous to get rid Of great burd.n as sha
had become gave hsr permission to unite herself
the Qu.kers, they obtaining this co4pom-n in conse-
quence Of peculiar shaking Of the body rhe under
fs.stoua exctement and particularly while elverlas
against the SOUL arising from the abuses Of tho great
commands. committed under cense Of the marital re-
latlons Ann became the uost zealous md onsspokcn
member Of this little band For disturbing tho Sab
tth according to the Church Of Enel4nds ccnzceacc
she was thrown into prison. and here she tells u. shs
met IN vision, Jesus, formerly OF Nazar=th- It is
nere, sne claimH she wss instructed that ner nln~
Of i, excessive t5baiaon VAR Tho prepaz,4o
Chr1s, even ID Jesus bad received It in oden t1ues
surely nothing but revelation could have dictated
pqophetcai mon.hs tho go % p1op6et.eal @ 81 ,esx,'
the tl1ne that antiChslst should BE- permitted reign
through the agency ot woman We have refurred to
ner ignorance OF letters; and yet the computations Of
Disagree With her predictions. nd lea Us to think.
with Henry Vincent, that shs was usca By tie por
Of tns sRtn, wesa s ros t5us shs
he contemplation Of all thoughtful and wornea !"
Can nythng good come from tho daughter Of Man.
Davis has remarked that Ann Lees cri1no wxs that
II being woman and curious 1t is that many u1;l
9s 1t ss ps ts Az
'zoused such bitter ha.o thst ahe arrested,
ast INTO dungeon in which ahn could IN no wise
traighten herself, and there left to starve hor
ell door not being opened for two full weeks
'ho came out in toierably good condition, but fo-
d for blaspheuy. Taken b. tho mob before serersl
minister's OF the Established Church. the mob ask~t
he penalty Of the blasphcner. Ths minister. asked
or to speak in unknown tenguas.-ehs Ea.d sae could
OF without The aid Of the spirit. The spirit moved
nd she spoke for four hours in different
'ngues and dialects These Judges advised the NOS
let her go in peace but resolving themselves n:o
aueJ to stone them tn death Through Proy1dentiai
reference ths5 qusr1eled among themselves altar
icked design She was spiritnall5 di2ecssd to lou. @
y TO America, where, she told her disciples, God
I'd s shofea people, and ~hero he wns then prepar-
hsx ,. embarked ::ke upon q condsmned vesae,-:ho
ID howtog. snd other grotesqae maneurres. Taea.
70 cast them ii ovesboard Il u, sss ms eepsts1
,,!s tee c'Ps3iS g:esssas Z r: i. ITO
watezs rushed in Ike aood. All hands vere At
e punpa, but raany times their number would ~
vt ne necessity. The Captain, pale death, H.
Emed n e. AZ Of their r Inevitable # ard bid hem prs
e, - there ahail no: a hair Of our heada Perish
two angels At the m1st from whom r.ce:yed ibis
's.age!" Th:n cane mighty sea, and the pls:S
= secured In its place. Persecution ceased on til
heti: band Of nine fought thu dsvl IN ao7
'thod, they w3Te moved in I'll freedom ~,
skers were indeed the Captain Of that veesci the r.
Under OF ths royage, and haze the tce:trnyny of
Captain that had not that 1>eop!. saileI IL bis
Eel he never wonl1 h.se seen Americs ~
the 9Th Day OF August, 1774, rhsv
del IN New YORK. America Has eyu-
[sed with great dissatis{ac.iuus P..sioz
Pearl street they came to house at tbs dor II
seh cat woman Ha1ting, they stateI taey hzd
ne 70 Pseaea The everlasting Gospel in America, aod
: no Lord had directed them to that house. TheT
e cared Tor until they bad homas of their ogn.
ns "oo'as Atez they passsd NJ ths ziraz to A1hsa7