ABSTRACT
It will, no doubt, be interesting to many to know of some of the personal trials to which Mother Ann, and her immediate followers, were necessarily subjected. It becomes the faithful historian not to neglect a chapter like the present one. While the Shakers are somewhat noted for their well-loaded tables, choice viands, comfortable buildings, etc., it will do none of us harm to reflect upon the fortitude of those who, for their faith, endured all things.
