"To the above, I shall add this, which is most worthy of attention. Once,
MARY, THE MOTHER OF THE LORD, passed by, and was seen overhead in white
raiment; and then, stopping a while, she said that she was the mother of
the Lord, and that he was indeed born of her; but that he, being made God,
put off all the human from her, and that, therefore, she now adores him as
her God; and that she is unwilling that any one should acknowledge him for
her son, since in him all is divine."

FIGHTING QUAKERS.

The term _Fighting_ or _Wet_ Quaker is applied to those who retain the
Quaker faith, but adopt the manners and costume, of other denominations.
The celebrated Nathaniel Greene was one of this character, as were many of
the people of Rhode Island, where religious liberty first erected its
standard in America.

"When the British army had possession of Philadelphia, a committee of
three of the leading men of the society of Friends had permission to go to
the head-quarters of General Washington, relative to some matters of
inconvenience of some of their brethren, within Washington's command. The
general listened to them with his usual courtesy and wisdom, but could not
determine the business till the next day. In the mean time, he told them
he would put them under the protection of an officer of their own society,
and thereupon sent for General Nathaniel Greene; and when he arrived, in
full uniform, he introduced 'the Friends' to each other. After a little
silence, Friend James Pemberton turned slowly to General Greene, and said,
'Dost thou profess to be one of our persuasion?' 'O, yes,' said the
general; 'I was so educated.' The committee looked at each other, and upon
the general's sword, when one of them said, 'May I ask General Greene what
part of our land thou wast born and brought up in?' 'O, yes, yes,' replied
Greene; 'I'm from RHODE ISLAND.' 'Oho,' rejoined more than one of them,
'yes, yes, a RHODE ISLAND QUAKER! Yes, Friend Greene, we are satisfied
with thy explanation, and will accept of thy kind offer.' Greene betrayed
a momentary flush of disconcertion, at which, it was said, Washington's
countenance half smiled at the _Rhode Island Quaker_!"

HARMONISTS.

Mr. George Rapp and other emigrants arrived from Germany, and settled in
the interior of Pennsylvania, about the year 1805. They formed an economy
on the primitive plan of having "all things in common." They appear to
have prospered. In 1814 t