The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-10-28
WHAT Il SHAKERS!

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Tbc Albany Times publishes a S"rmon
recently delivered by Elder George Al
bcrt Loma.; OF the New Lebanon Shaker,
in which he give. a sketch Of Ann wee
and the first Shaker that left England
for the new world. Ann Lee, the founder
Of the order, descended from England,
having Manchester ~ u birthplace, llc
daughter Of a poor, ignorant, but lhnu7
triuus blacksmith a man who came non
c-tly by his Ignorance, and ~ honestly
transmitted the bliss Of ignorance I" Il
LARGE family Of children. AZ AN carry
day she claimed that -hc enjoyed visions,
and a. she mnturcd thc@r VISIONS ana not
rru,r. She married Abraham Stanley,
NV whom she had four children, all Of
whom died when infants. She then
inincd a society Of Shakers, her husband,
who had grown tired Of her, gladly giving
his permission. Ann Lee did not 1--we Il
very peaceful liGr. Elder Lomas a1ya;
Her laundering testimony against me
lu.l5 Of the ncsh aroused such bitter
hate that she was arrested, east lhlo II
DUNGEON in which shc could III nowi,c
.,raightcn hrraIG, and there left to sthryc,
her cell door not being opened Tor 1--WE"
full week. She CANT out III Il t~"IrrahIE
rood condition, but for sornr remark q,
her. wa. nyain arrested and hrrhigIlcd
for Lll-phcmy. Taken by the moi before
~.rvrr,l ministrrsOfthccst established church,
the mob asked permission 10 brand hrr
rhcrk and bore her tongue, the penalty
Of the bIaephrmrr. The ministers a~kcd
hcr To- speak in unknown tongue. rlI'
said ,hr could not without the ana ol inc
spirit, The spirit moved and 'hr spoke
for four hours in ScyCnty-two tongues
and dialects. These judges advised the
mob TO let her 20 in peace; but resolving
thrmSrlyc9 into c~Yccutl0nrrs, thry lcH
her and the companions into "A valley
T., -touc them t;icath. Through provi,,
drutIaI interference, they qnhrroI"d
among themselves after throwing a lcw
Harmless, -IIot., and n%bandouo' their
wicked design. She was spiritually
directed to Journey to America, where,
he told her disciples, cod had - chosen
people, and where Ne ra- then preparing
the haud for the -rltln" up al liz
church,
Vhoy embarked upon a condemned
yu.-I thr Nariah, Capt ~mlth,"i Sew
York. The spirit hHd previously Ice
them forth IN dances, and battles q
spiritual warfare, ahaking and bowling
and other "%rolcsQuc mlncuycr-. The
began ON t%hipboarIi the captain, r%nra"r'
threatened 10 cast them all overheard
the -amc was repeated. 1t wa rcpcatc,
and in the midst Of u storm; and VIM
the captain va preparing to- put II
threat into execution, n plank oIarlc
from the ship. bow, and the water
rushed IN like u flood. All hands wcr
at the pumps, but many times thcI
number would not meet IN" necessity
The captain, pate ~ death, informed all
of their incvitHbIc fate, and bid them
prepare for the King Of ]tcrrorS. "tap-
tain, - said Ann Lee, "thcrc shall o II
hair OF our heads perish! | see two an
gels 1t the mast, from whom | received
this mr~ngc!' Then came mighty sea,
and the plank was secured in ltS place.
Persecution ceased on that vessel. The
shakers were indeed the captain Of that
vessel the remainder Of the voyage, and
we have the testimony of the captain
that, "hnd not that people sailed in his
vessel hc never would have seen America
On the sixth day Of August, VIA, they
landed III New York. America was con
Vulsrd with great diAsatisiactions. Pass
my up pcarl street they came 10 II house
At the door Of which sat Il woman. Halt
ing, they stated they had come "a prcncl
the everlasting gospel TO America, an,
that the Lord had directed them Ia tina
house. They were cared for here unit
they had homes Of their own. Som
months after they passed up the river
Albany. Here they were challenge
being suspected IA British spies, and II
though Mother Ann invariably prcdictc
the success of TIA" American cau@,, We
because they would neither take thcoat
nor fight, they were cast into priapI
Although confined, they were trcntr,
very Kindly by the authorities of tina
old Dutch city, and the postcrity Of tlri
Keepers seem never 10 IInvc learned 10 h
unklnd to the peculiar people called Sha.
kcr-. Many expressed themselves with
horror NJ the idea of coniining religious
refugees IN dungeons while the country
wa- struggling for liberty and conscience.
'Ihc earth opened its mouth and helped
the women in the person of governor
George Clinton, who released the prrsc-
cuted Shakers.
Our founder "icd into the wilder.
ucs- and remained three years and a
half. She gathered many truth-lo,ing
souls. She Travelled extensively, meet
my with prosecutions in the eastern
states almost too incredible to tell.
Having planted her testimony upon n
pure and impcrishablc basis, establishing
a new mission Of Jesus, by teaching and
example, making prominent purity Of
life ~ an essential in the character of
christians, aud attrsting the truth, that
the -oul ut q woman il rapablc. of ~rccciy.
III" the spirit of thri-t equally well with
man, she departed this life, less than fifty
years old, having laborrl in this country
y little more than ten years. Such ar.
indeed, the outlines Of one who was most
stubborn IN support Of principlc-an
English disposition, whose hlullncss was
turned To good account, and who suffered
nearly all things rather than let the right
20 down-m unlauntcd prophecies AMI
savior to her sex and race. The Shakers
do not Worship Ann lee. She was the
medium OF revelations which To them
are exceedingly good. We revere the
spirit with which she was baptized, be-
cause It's operations in the soul were
identical with those in Jesus. She was
with US the fulhllmen, Of the prophecy
Of Christian love, beheaded in f'rom.
wells time: out OF thee, oh. Enc.
land, shall a bright star arise, whose livh,
and voice will make the heavens .LaIe
and knock under with submission To tLc
blessed Jesus The principle %cnunci.
atcd by Ann Lee can I've best referred