THE HARMONLST SOCIETY.
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fhe subsequent article contains more circunsna-
tlat account 0 settlement in The pestern pnrt of
PennSyfranld, than has before reached as. II Is n5
ardcfed from the : Irareis If John lYelisb ), by
ne editor Of The Ch?stiGn Disciple, 10 aehon ace are
ndeoted {or a. " the account Is true and there is
40 douot maj the facts can be substanaed the gioo-
tag pictures Of the golden age mag perhaps he thought
70 hare been something more thar he fciions Of noet.
ry and r0mGace.-N. E.GALAxY


1HIs Society had its origin in Wurtemburg.
N Germany, about the year 1885. and was
founded by George Rapp. The Lutheran re-
liglon was then predominant in that country
but IN the opinion OF Mr.. Rapp, it was made
an engine Of power rather than a principle 10
regenerate the mind and regulate the life.
He sooa obtained number Of adberents who
formed themselves into society. But they
were despised and prosecuted. subjected 10
hnes and Imprsonments, for their dissent from
The dominant party. In 1908, DIR. Rapp
WIN some others, as deputies for the society,
arrived at Philadelphia and, passing into
'ne western country, they fixed on situation
about 20 miles from Pitlsburg.


Having determined on place of residence
they wrote 10 the Society in Germany. In
| 1904 The whole Society consisting of about
100 or l60 families embarked in three ves-
sells at Amsterdam. One of the vessels arri-
we'd at Baltimore, the other two at Phadel-
phia, where Mr. Rapp was waiting to receive
them. In November, 40 of these families
moved to the westward, journey Of $40
miles, built 8 log houses in which they resid-
ed during the winter. 10 the spring 80 more
OF lhe fam lies arrived TO JOIN them and the


society was organized by constitution
lgrounded on Acts iy. 32-" And the multi
ltude OF them that believed were OF one heart
and one soul neither said any OF them that
ought of the things he possessed was bis OVID,


but they had all things in common. :"