The Shaker Village by Raymond Bial

Author:Raymond Bial [Bial, Raymond]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, United States, 19th Century, Religion, Christianity, Shaker, Travel, Pictorials
ISBN: 9780813188935
Google: 1-MzEAAAQBAJ
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2021-12-14T16:10:46+00:00

A notable tenet of the Shaker way of life was cleanliness. Mother Ann advised, “Clean your rooms well; for good spirits will not live where there is dirt. There is no dirt in heaven.” The admonition was further reinforced by the Millennial Laws of 1821 (revised 1845): “No one should carelessly pass over small things, as a pin, a kernel of grain, etc. thinking it too small to pick up, for if we do, our Heavenly Father will consider us too small for him to bestow his blessing upon.”

The flat broom, the most familiar of Shaker inventions, was put to such good use that it came to symbolize Shaker life. Daily cleaning actually began before breakfast, when the sisters swept their own and the brothers’ rooms. Each day concluded with the brothers’ sweeping up their workshops. The Shakers installed wooden pegs on strips along each wall, usually about six feet from the floor. Chairs, brooms, hats, cloaks, and many other domestic articles were hung from the pegs to provide convenient storage and to make sweeping easier.

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