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Title: The Aletheia : spirit of truth, a series of letters in which the principles of the United Society known as Shakers are set forth and illustrated.
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Mace, Aurelia Gay, 1835-1910
Subjects: Shakers
Publisher: Farmington, Maine : Press of Knowlton, McLeary & Co.
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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fully led,Culling the wild flowers, resting in green bowers, Where to my feet a rich carpet is spread. Music of warblers free everywhere greets me, Blending in harmonys unwritten song;So, from the depths profound, chanting a merry round. Onward the ocean-bound brook glides along. Wonderful trees with your branches extending,Casting your shadows and shedding your dew, Moved by the breezes, dependently bending,Gratefully clouds pass their shadows oer you. Mighty in strength, wealth, and pride of the nation,Waving in grandeur oer mountain and plain. If ye could speak, t would be, Check the strong axe-man,Save and protect us, ye powers of Maine. Thus the great Pine Tree State may by an effort Rescue the forests by which she is blest.Finding in recompense treasures of excellence, Richer by far than the mines of the West. Beautiful trees of the primitive forest, O how delightful to walk in your shade,Culling the wild flowers, resting in green bowers. Where under foot a rich carpet is laid !
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KI.DKR ABRAHAM PFiRKINS. (Age, qo years.)Formerly Bishop of the Societies in New Hampshire and Maine. O teauteous resurrection morn !My spirit unto thee is born ; ^ Thy elements I love.Thy air I breathe, in thee I live,The substance lost 1 now retrieve. Which opens heaven above, The worlds of light above. LETTER XII. PROTESTATION /. August, 1884.Editor of The Increasing Light: — Before me is one of your papers containing an articlein regard to our people. The writer says that hestrained his understanding long and earnestly to getclear on a certain point, and that he failed of satisfac-torily finding out, when he attended our meeting on theSabbath of the twenty-second of July. If he will lend ushis attention a few moments we will enlighten him, butwill first say that we notice several mistakes in his com-munication to which we greatly demur; and as we desirethat our principles should become better known to thoseoutside, it may be well to give your readers the otherside of the story.

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