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Ann Lee war die Gründerin der amerikanischen Freikirche der Shaker, einer der ungewöhnlichsten, langlebigsten und zugleich bekanntesten christlichen Gemeinschaften in der Geschichte der religiösen Utopismen in den USA. Von den Shakern wird sie als „Mutter Ann“ bezeichnet. Wikipedia  

✵ 29. Februar 1736 – 8. September 1784
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“When I confessed my sins, I labored to remember the time when and the place where I committed them.”

The Communistic Societies of the United States (1875)
Kontext: When I confessed my sins, I labored to remember the time when and the place where I committed them. And when I had confessed them, I cried to God to know if my confession was accepted; and by crying to God continually I traveled out of my loss.

“It is God that forgives you; I am but your fellow-servant.”

The Communistic Societies of the United States (1875)
Kontext: I can freely forgive you, and I pray God to forgive you. It is God that forgives you; I am but your fellow-servant.

“You ought not to cross your children unnecessarily, for it makes them ill-natured.”

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“We are the people who turned the world upside down.”

Attributed to Lee in "Harpy Hall of Fame: Mother Ann Lee (1736-1784)" at The Pursuit of Harpyness (4 February 2009) http://www.harpyness.com/2009/02/04/harpy-hall-of-fame-mother-ann-lee-1736-1784/; no earlier attributions have as yet been located.
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“Put your hands to work and give your hearts to God.”

The Communistic Societies of the United States (1875)

“If you confess your sins, you must confess them to God; we are but his witnesses.”

The Communistic Societies of the United States (1875)

“Be diligent with your hands, for godliness does not lead to idleness.”

The Communistic Societies of the United States (1875)

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