Gleanings from old Shaker journals, compiled by Clara Endicott Sears . THE HOME OF THE SOUTH FAMILY OF SHAKERSAT HARVARD, THE SHAKER MEETING-HOUSE AT HARVARD, MASS. FRUITLANDS AND THE SHAKERS 265 of something which he never found, and he restlesslywandered from one community to another in his searchfor the ideal manner of living. It is, of course, incon-ceivable that he should ever have thought of abandoningthe freedom of his philosophy for the restrictions of theShaker religion, but what he sought there was the rou-tine of a life of alternate action and meditation for whichhis soul yea
Gleanings from old Shaker journals, compiled by Clara Endicott Sears . THE HOME OF THE SOUTH FAMILY OF SHAKERSAT HARVARD, THE SHAKER MEETING-HOUSE AT HARVARD, MASS. FRUITLANDS AND THE SHAKERS 265 of something which he never found, and he restlesslywandered from one community to another in his searchfor the ideal manner of living. It is, of course, incon-ceivable that he should ever have thought of abandoningthe freedom of his philosophy for the restrictions of theShaker religion, but what he sought there was the rou-tine of a life of alternate action and meditation for whichhis soul yearned, and the Shakers seemed to allow himthe right to act according to his own light. From thepoint of view of their own definitely outlined faith, theycould not understand his attitude of mind, searching firsthere and then there for an ideal environment to har-monize with his strict, ascetic temperament. Even here,where a daily cross was taken up against the world andthe flesh, he found too much thought given to supplyingbodily needs. His theories, regarding the necessity ofabstaining from all but the smallest measure of
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