The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-28

EoIv land and enid u Ianatictsrn
and kfgGtrv Of the divers sg"t@, 1ii
is tn Jerusalem Il small colont ri fa.
Christians who are living tire 74hlb1
life" II = a frzuIar ftrt, but true
nevertheless. tina they haze won the
reeuect ot the people Of all cr-eas anu
If alI n~atfouaItas. IN" live p 'att5
walk Of these people haze f~onfTlDL9-a
more than ans other agency ID f"l
tine towards the ~re.nDta! ~ -leSir'H
prejudice against Ch-iSt4antff Pee
DIe who cen DO that have u TftSloH
that IS worthy gf study.
In 1880 several members ~ uI4ei-
rom Avenue presbyterian church s ht-
oagg. severed their Connection " tLA
that church and sought y ne& 4t"I" li
which to put in practice an iae@t l'4Hi
of religion 1t rhe head 81 the move
n c7t VA UoratIo SpaGord. Eaqu a
oror1inert Chicago lawyer. Ir. Spai-
ford and fourteen other members ar
rycd in jerusalem in ~~epteihpe4, Ia2I-
This was the genesis Of the an tlliA
Colon" in the Holy city. Ihet I'VE a.
few hunGre yards north OF the "a
raac,Is gate and their name IS no in
aex as 10 who they are or MA IhSs
are. They arc b 10 means I'll anon
cans. vet those Of the colony VINO arc
Of other nations speak the EhEi9H
tongu and are proud OF thE AH1tl tr"'
nauoe In the american Colony are
nee ole from 1dEtd11' AE+-A~i1f
land. Germany. Norway, sweden. ben
mark. India, Eounan.& and Palestine.
Those Of other u~attonalitcS were al
tracted To the colony BY its e@uha
social and religious life. The Amer
can Colony" Is composed 81 about 1%e
hundred and twenty peoplt-in@h' Wp-
MON and children They reside WIN
o,t he walli Of Jerusalem ana HVe as
one large family. They occupy a large
stone building, together with Solht
smaller ones in the same vicinity. SIT.
uated near the "Tombs of the hlhe7.
The main building IS a spacious one
mon and children. They reside with
interior court Here they live as real
brothers and sisters and appear 70 rove
each other Just as much as II they
were all blood relations. Ihey own
everything in com2lon. Ihelr rem
gious life is based on the f|undaInenta
principIes of the early church ana they
believe in the direct Application o.
our Saviour's teachings TO SOCIAL ana
business life and not merely 10 per
sona1 conduct In all that they pos
sess there is a community of interest,
and every member Of the coioaN OWLS
an undivided share Of the Whole prop
ertv The infant owns and ShareS
equally with the adult. me harde7l
worker accumulates no more than the
HELPLESS babe. But the accumulation
of property has no place IN theF SEH-
tenn of social ethics. In fact, they
care absolutely nothing for property
beyond the necessities n
ences Of life. Their form of govern
ment Is that of the family. and NOT
that of an organized society.
They are supported by.their own
labors and receive no assistance from
church, order or society. lneA
various industries from WhIcH
get q livelihood. Their principal
o-.orr, g a store near the
Jana gate, in which they keep Lor
sale antique articles, novelties made OF
olive wood. coral, mother of pearl
fancy trinkets, Oriental shaWls, etc.
They have a Photographic depaFthlelI
which produces annually about To-
600 n~hptorraphs OF sacred places and
scenes and 1000 lantern slides, all
which are sold at the Colony store
70 tourists or on orders from Arnerl-
firms. They prepare Tor FlSllot7
many kinds of flower cards, post c1rNS.
card albums and an endless variety OIL
souvenirs of the Holy an ,IaaI-S
carpenter, tin. shoe ana piach-
smith hops, do tailoring, SILVER ana
gold elcctrOplating, literary n Illus
rating work fer newspapers, maya
zines and other publications on SUD
iects connected with Palestine. some
are engaged in teaching ~@dehIislLS.
and stone carving nFefy
farming, dairy, bakery
etc. The ladies of the colony are
very Industrious and do aftlSLlc
and fancy ne~edlework, dress max
fruit canning, cake p3AlnG'
also manufacture Jams ana Pr
of the many fruits Of the
The women make, by
~and-weaving looms and spinning
wheels. underwear. hosiery, ar
nets and much of the clothing worn
by the society. Each department OF
labor is assigned to and conducted ny
certain members Of the colony, and
. narfect system is maintained. There
are no drones, no kings and no queens
but everybody works. And every
ones work seems TO be a labor OF loNe
Under their system, avarlce, cove.
tousness and love of money can find
no qualification and are consequently
persisted out. Their feature OF social
ism is not simply a business
ment. but is a part of their religion
It is a mere incident of their social
life, but an incentive to q more per-
feet Christian life. It is claimed that
such a life is nodded after that of
the primitive church (Acts HAD
It is certainly q great check upon sell
fishness, and selfishness is the parent
of about nine-tenths of the signs OF
this world. Amy form of religious or
social life, therefore,. which tends TO
cruelty selfishness and the love of this
world, must be based on some Chris
tian principles. For the great Master.
who never owned a foot of land or any
personal property, fully exposed tn
sin of greed ana the deceitfulness OF
riches N what hindrances they are
to the perfect Christian life. !
The American Colony" is inter-
esting chiefly on account of its re-
ligion. The adult members of the
Colony were at one time either MethO-
dists, Baptists, Presbyteriars, Episco-
p~alians, Lutherans, Dunkards. Greek
Christians, or Jews. But all have
given up their former creeds and have
united upon the principles and prac-
tice Of what might be termed Chris
tan Socialism. But they do not ac-
cept that term as properly character
izing their form Of religion. IN the
minds of many there is great preju-
dice against every form of Socialism.
and these people DO not care to be
SO classed when they are not Social
ist, as we understand the term. The
fundamental principle and the one
uniform rule Of their social and reIig-
Gus life is Love God with all thy
heSrt, and thy neigfbor as myself"
embraces their entire creed and
they have no written rules or regula-
ions, no discipline, no church and no
church government, They say that
thero IS no need for law when there is
10 t"2Asgressicn. And their way OF
ITO having removed the principal
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