| Show communistic SOCIETIES IN THE UNITED STATES IT is not generally known that seven communistic societies exist in the united states such however to la the case according to the last census the oldest of these is commonly called the shaker P society its official name la Is the millennial church or united society of believers its first community was organized at mount Le lebanon bation new york in 1792 there are at present 15 communities in the united states distributed as follows three in ohio three in massachusetts chu sette two each in KeD kentucky tucky maine new hampshire and new york and one in connecticut they have 16 church edifices and 1728 communicants their pr property perty is worth they trace their origin to ann lete lee who was born in manchester england in 1786 she came to america in 1774 her followers are strict celibates they are spiritualists they believe that the second coming of christ is past they reject the trini tartan tarlan conception of god holding that he is a dual person niale male and female chast first appeared in jesus as a male hud and then in ann lee as a female the amana society is also comman but it is in religious rather than industrial du there are seven eions with an aggregate membership of 1600 all in iowa county iowa they came from germany in 1842 settled near Buff buffalo ialo new york but in 1855 moved into iowa they are devoted bible readers they hold to the trinity to justification by faith to the resurrection but not to eternal punishment the brotherhood mennonite society is communistic in life and property but does not interfere with marriage it has five organizations and mem here berb all in id south dakota its ita religious principles are mennonite the harmony society beaver county pa has one organization and members it was founded by george rapp bapp born in germany in 1757 died at economy pa 1847 the harmonists Harmonis ts are celibates they are not spiritual letL they believe the millennium to be close at hand band they manufacture a brand of whisky said to be the bet best in the east they hold to a community of property the separatists are settled to in bailo since 1817 they originated in germany they adopted a life in 1810 marriage is practised practiced but not encouraged no religious function pertains to marriage when contracted it is a purely civil compact they have one organization and members the new icaria society was organ laed in 1879 it has no religion but rationalism founded on observation it has baa one organization and twenty members in adams county iowa the altruists are like the lo arians nonreligious non religious they are communal in life and property the executive in ie chosen by majority vote no interference is made with the marriage or 0 r family affairs of members it has baa one organization and twenty five members in jefferson county missouri |
