01929cam a2200277 4500 457659698 TxAuBib 921112s1993||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 92059965 9780874516128 0874516129 9780874516135 pbk. 0874516137 pbk. (OCoLC)9593 DLC eng DLC OCL BAKER BTCTA YDXCP ZCU BDX GBVCP OCLCO TxAuBib Burns, Deborah. Shaker cities of peace, love, and union. Shaker cities of peace, love, and union : a history of the Hancock Bishopric / Deborah E. Burns. Hanover, NH : University Press of New England in cooperation with Hancock Shaker Village, 1993. xiii, 246 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-238) and index. Introduction: A Company of Angels -- 1. ""Living Souls, Let's Be Marching!"" -- 2. ""The Path of Righteousness"" -- 3. Creating a Community Apart -- 4. ""On Earth 'Tis a Heaven"": Years of Fervor -- 5. Bearing Fruit -- 6. ""Their Precious Mother's Word"" -- 7. ""This Hundred Fold Blessing"" -- 8. Challenges from Within -- 9. ""Roll Swiftly On, Remaining Years"" -- 10. Final Years of the Hancock and Enfield Shakers -- Epilogue: ""The Substantial Work of Consecrated Hands"" -- Appendix I: Eldership Order, Hancock Ministry -- Appendix II: Eldership of Selected Families of the Hancock Bishopric. A. Church Family, Hancock. B. Church Family, Enfield. C. North Family, Enfield. D. Church Families, Tyringham. E. North Family, Tyringham -- Appendix III: Family Trees. Goodrich Family. Lyman Family. Richmond-Copley-Tate Families. Shakers Hancock Bishopric History. Shakers Hancock Bishopric Biography. Shakers Hancock Biography. Shakers Hancock History.