The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-06
1.-THE EULLERITES.O
A Curious Community at Petersham, Mass
Their Religious Belief and Habits of Life.
Prom n, Springfield R>pu,scan.

Thoir Religious Belief and Habits Of Life.
Prom me Springfield R,pubbca..
As queer people rs are often met, and
apparently as uprign: aud religious, witnal, are
the community gitunted on the stage road be-
tween AthUl and PetefshanI, and commonl y
knlwn tnereaoouts as "HOwlsndites," or "Ful-
lerites." According to their account, nearly
twenly-One years ago two Worcester women.
| Mrs. Sar b j. Herves and her sister, Caroline f..
hawks, mai come to hope for divine revela-
ton to them. and, IN expecta ion OF It, had gone
70 camp meeting at GrOtOn Eitertnk the
tongues" who proved to be the man to N eet
tb-ir wants. la tue person Of Frederick 4. How
land Quaker Of good social standing from
New Bedford. 1hu Gay. Sent. 15 1885, was the
origin . In the faith" though not IN tempvrh
ascot 'tion, 4 the comm unity, these three icing
| pride IL calling herself aud associates. Mrs
Herveys husband died a year OF two later,
| say, "bavine been beyond him" soon alter,
the new belief received the idition Of eight
persons living in mol, among them Leonard @,
fuher the present head OF the cOinmunity and
his VIE. In Nay, 1851, having been moved by
Tue sp'rt 10 form an asset itIon for living to-
setner, they settled At fuliers, at the soutn sDi
Of Pleasant street IN Athoi In August, 1854,
tncv removed 20 their present farm IN Peter
snam. Brother" Rowland held the position
Of head OF tue oody mi kiiied by a uniway
horse. not quite two years ago HIS people con
s'dered hin prophet, and say tue Lord spoke
ny nm, aud that he led them as Moses led the
chiidren OF Israel.
rne,r religious belief In many respects rosem-
bles that Of the Advent,sts, nus differs Ia the
vital point thai tue reign % Christ under tue
unex seotcd dispeasation. Ia to 10 spiritual and
not PERSONA, Us the Advor,i-ts hold. Ihey con
strue the ssying Of yohp the Revoistor, " 1 was
IN tue spirit on the LORDS Day. to refer u a
period Of time to begn with tue J,OJO.n year VI
the world, wdicn 10 near AZ hand. Tns Judgment
CAV they believe has already begun ana IN a
snort time, ut tue opeuinz Of tue new dispensa-
uon, tue molly doad are 10 90 Fused. When
mao wno has received common salvation
dies he has no more consciousness Till the
will not DE. Miracles viii tie performed com
monty, When I'll new dispensatiOn begins they
are to be Of tue l+4,OOO spoken VI Nv JOnn, and
arc TO Judge tuv nations. lucy do not believe
IA bypOthetieai heaven somewhere Ia space :
the earth u not to bs destroyed, Dut changed
anu nnally tue devil Ia to be- bound for a tnuu-
sand years. They entirely uenouncs spiritual
isui. saying that t " from the devil, perfect
ant CHRIST. " Bro.h Ho sllud, they s.y, Law
down to rise with the prophets, and they nave
written out what they claiin 70 bv ~ or ns~ies
made oy hun months or Years before MS deata,
A. to the manner IN which u should occur,
winch Judged W the event, are certainly stris-
ing.
food they drink principaIiy water, sometimes
aero tea No hesh is eaten, bee uss there Ia 20
vailed ia tue Garden VI Eden, and nothing that
crows IA the ground. because tue ground Is
cursed. They live Oh The apostolic plan Of nav
iiR MI properly IN common. III Any among them
wish ~ got married, thuy have 10 Leave the com
munity. Morning ana evening they wait Ue
Tore the Lord, standing repeat the Lords
Prayer. and read sud explain tue B.os. 4" as tue
spirit sives utterance." Although the district
public scuool ~ only stone . throw away, the
haIf-doIen children Of tue CON inunity, whom
they nave Adopted :" AS the Lord sent them
are taught az home by SISTER" Hervoy. some
Tunes the neign Uors' children come In also, and
they are said ~ do better there than a. tue puo-
io scaooi. Tue school aives a.i occas nnal ex-
hiU'ion before the faiphy, and a Christmas trse
Is provided. No Je~elry is worn, and they dress
vsff plsti..Y; though the !" wOrlds people claim
thlt the community wear AZ expensive " nx,Is"
aud show a. much pride Us they dO. fhe com
inunitS observe a sesentn-das sabbath, extend
ins from 8 4. NJ. on FRIDAY 10 the same noun
Saturd~y, ana continue without inter lssiOn
uu .. Insy are u tue opinion tnat they nseu
NOT ~ ~ "A synasosue.' or - where tue minis
To- hos 10 10 round and wlks tAs people AZ, as
lac did Gown tO The Advent Cuurch Ia A.hoi last
sunday" Inc family scat tnem-eivss la the
paror upon three sides VI the room. with the
OccasionaI vlritOis On tue fourth side and the
exercises CONSIST u exhurtaiiOns by lhe various
netnDer,. according a. tney arc moved ny the
spitlL, Witn ADuud ut " aulena' lron tne rest.
IL No one issis called upOn - spesA. they study
tue Biolr Ofton they break out la singing.
June to October last year hSy II Al over ~ WIS.,
tors, among them nins1esn, unexJse.ed.y, one
SaoDatb.
lneir number. now about twenty, varies from
tiIis To titna. Lucy CLAIM NO. 10 expect aidI-
lions, thousb recenty th"y hAis received two
or three, ~bich tney coGtt VI cOnsidrrsuiv i'm
pOrt1ncc. Gao Of taem Is = ~ 90. formerly a
member of tae Sh"aer comin4nity OF Dayton,
onlp' whe5r sac Wa n"t "a ieu'd, whp IAei
all tue way ifoiu Onio 10 JOIn "a. IN, auotu.r Is
AZ ex hap ist niulster irOi. AtnOL insi cIai.n
10 have suncr Il cuiisljsraoic p-r>ec lIoa fJr
rizhtsousuSss' SAKE. MRS. tuilef tn,nks sho
Was CHEATED Out of properly wnicI her nIosuer
loft hsr, .ni, because Of her fAtp, TAO OF their
nuDOsr, wnic sIck, tnoS say, were turned ~
mousse on school ssEfci, IA tuls CiIy. They I'd,
au~ever, that many 81 thpss fOr~- rd IA oppOs-
lug them b .yo uivI r1d eulY yiOlsnL deaths.
Ca the uthss nsnd. tnSy are pfusperins tncy
own a farm OF ~ acroa, -uI " brJtnor Asa
richards, their teuYvrai mad, Raises stOcA,
grain. trults, a., nearly sum ,sDt 10 suupIrs
thsn. Brother" Fuller, though tueir sptrtla.
hssd, does tao tlarketing, yrlnCip tliy Ia .AtnOi
lnel n .vs decided 10 sDiar.s Ias mouse, AMI
butId a chapel Ia a snort tine, Ill tue Lori per
mis-" La,s WINTER, II pfO.rcI Their Or perry,
thsy wenlto the Secretary of tho Cum mon
wealth all were ORGANIZED under rvcent SI.Is
iAr. as COtDoF.thOn, unlof the name VI
"AdOni skouio,' hsoTvw Tor cue LORD is
there; = that name ooiag f1un1 In kzskiol XVII,
~. All their Property Val now reuau ~ tue
community wnlls .lu-lo member VI IL Is uSiug.
Al may be ~ddvi tua. rue vlc~s wuicu out-
siIers mold of the Community do not asrss with
their Own. Orptnor'' named Nam 1isd Last
TAT, and b. their J"n confession IN y ii ,Oiue
dth -ui1y i.!.h INA nbif,. oa- nnaiy settled Tor
uouinI. SUN. Az nr.t tIes refused - "a, over
anytutng. Dut tnv herA Tour h. mum Osr, tn cal
euiug the law, tney Liy concluded tuAL Inc
Lord ~Iled them ~ giNo ,ip &otl iuo colnlnou
bausf is thai daiIn was wa4tn usny tnOl-
sanas a, any rd o, he Peter a an prOysIty Vas
moi peOlil scout the iIcl tnlt IA lwlaId nad
prom tie powers, ana think INK tho coinlnu-
Hi.b - slmpIY the rosIIt Of slrtWd pan ol
uls 10 set "A ilving wltnJu. wOrktns tYr It.