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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:01:16,743 --> 00:01:21,790 ♪ Having been eye And ear witnesses ♪ 2 00:01:26,795 --> 00:01:30,840 ♪ To all that our Mother Has done ♪ 3 00:01:34,427 --> 00:01:39,891 ♪ From the first time She opened the Gospel ♪ 4 00:01:43,353 --> 00:01:48,191 ♪ Till she sung Her final song ♪ 5 00:01:55,990 --> 00:02:01,246 ♪ It seems only good To answer ♪ 6 00:02:05,375 --> 00:02:10,672 ♪ The request Of our brethren and sisters ♪ 7 00:02:13,258 --> 00:02:17,387 ♪ Make a faithful record ♪ 8 00:02:17,428 --> 00:02:21,307 ♪ Of Mother Ann Lee ♪ 9 00:02:23,351 --> 00:02:28,523 ♪ The woman Clothed by the sun ♪ 10 00:02:32,443 --> 00:02:37,240 ♪ The woman Clothed by the sun ♪ 11 00:02:42,495 --> 00:02:47,584 ♪ The woman Clothed by the sun ♪ 12 00:03:05,685 --> 00:03:10,398 As one might expect of a miraculous person, 13 00:03:11,691 --> 00:03:17,238 Ann Lee was born on the 29th of February 14 00:03:18,615 --> 00:03:22,202 in the year 1736. 15 00:03:36,174 --> 00:03:38,468 The second eldest of eight children, 16 00:03:39,385 --> 00:03:42,013 she was the daughter of a blacksmith and his wife, 17 00:03:42,055 --> 00:03:43,848 residing upon Toad Lane. 18 00:03:45,892 --> 00:03:49,145 Situated beneath the looming shadow of Christ Church, 19 00:03:49,437 --> 00:03:51,397 Manchester's utmost feared 20 00:03:51,439 --> 00:03:53,775 and favored place of Christian worship. 21 00:03:57,111 --> 00:03:59,739 Hurry now, William, or they mightn't find a space for us. 22 00:03:59,781 --> 00:04:01,741 Wherever she went, 23 00:04:01,783 --> 00:04:04,953 William followed his sister, adoringly. 24 00:04:05,620 --> 00:04:08,081 As William learned to keep pace, 25 00:04:08,706 --> 00:04:11,834 Ann and the boy's march were to be in lockstep. 26 00:04:11,876 --> 00:04:13,711 Again, like this, brother. 27 00:04:31,187 --> 00:04:33,564 Bless this food, dear Lord. We thank you. 28 00:04:33,606 --> 00:04:34,899 -Amen. -Amen. 29 00:04:46,369 --> 00:04:48,162 When Ann was a child, 30 00:04:48,204 --> 00:04:51,082 her mind was taken up with the things of God, 31 00:04:51,833 --> 00:04:54,544 so that she saw heavenly visions 32 00:04:54,585 --> 00:04:56,254 instead of trifling toys. 33 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,179 Hurry, William. 34 00:05:05,972 --> 00:05:10,143 The coldly intellectual Church of England 35 00:05:10,184 --> 00:05:14,314 is more concerned with ritual and power 36 00:05:14,355 --> 00:05:17,191 than the plight of the common people 37 00:05:17,233 --> 00:05:20,194 who are at mercy of brutal laws. 38 00:05:20,236 --> 00:05:25,491 A ten-year-old child can be sentenced to death! 39 00:05:26,367 --> 00:05:28,202 To death! 40 00:05:28,870 --> 00:05:31,748 Ann had great light and conviction 41 00:05:31,789 --> 00:05:35,209 concerning the sinfulness and depravity of human nature. 42 00:05:37,211 --> 00:05:41,007 She put her hands to work and her heart to God, 43 00:05:41,716 --> 00:05:44,218 laboring tirelessly without complaint. 44 00:05:45,345 --> 00:05:47,388 -Ann? -A place for everything, 45 00:05:47,430 --> 00:05:49,223 and everything in its place, William. 46 00:05:59,734 --> 00:06:01,110 George Whitefield 47 00:06:01,152 --> 00:06:03,446 persistently preached his sermons 48 00:06:03,488 --> 00:06:05,823 from the steps of Christ Church. 49 00:06:06,407 --> 00:06:08,910 Ann yearned to dedicate herself 50 00:06:08,951 --> 00:06:12,205 to serving God with equal fervor. 51 00:06:12,246 --> 00:06:15,583 ...preach the Gospel to arouse the workers 52 00:06:15,625 --> 00:06:18,378 to awareness of their rights! 53 00:06:18,419 --> 00:06:20,004 What do you call yourselves? 54 00:06:20,046 --> 00:06:24,008 Because we conduct our worship by "rule and method," 55 00:06:24,050 --> 00:06:27,053 some do refer to us as Methodist. 56 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:33,768 Shh! 57 00:06:33,810 --> 00:06:35,395 The children can hear you. 58 00:06:37,063 --> 00:06:40,066 Ann's hatred of "fleshly cohabitation" 59 00:06:40,108 --> 00:06:42,652 dated from her earliest youth. 60 00:06:53,996 --> 00:06:56,207 Ann, what has possessed you this morning? 61 00:06:56,999 --> 00:06:58,167 You-- 62 00:06:58,209 --> 00:07:00,002 Speak intelligibly, Ann Lee. 63 00:07:01,129 --> 00:07:02,547 I know what you do to her. 64 00:07:06,884 --> 00:07:08,803 She doesn't mean anything by it, sweetheart. 65 00:07:12,932 --> 00:07:14,267 Hands on the table. 66 00:07:17,562 --> 00:07:18,604 Flat on the table. 67 00:07:27,405 --> 00:07:28,573 Enough. 68 00:07:32,076 --> 00:07:33,202 That's enough now. 69 00:08:35,973 --> 00:08:38,059 I don't have to be down the mills yet, do I? 70 00:08:39,227 --> 00:08:41,020 It's not light yet. 71 00:08:41,395 --> 00:08:43,356 I want to visit my mother's resting place 72 00:08:43,397 --> 00:08:45,358 on the way to the infirmary. 73 00:08:45,399 --> 00:08:48,236 Uncle William will walk with you to the mill this morning. 74 00:08:49,529 --> 00:08:53,699 And Nancy, if Uncle William's slow to rise, 75 00:08:53,741 --> 00:08:55,368 clutch him by the nose. 76 00:08:56,202 --> 00:08:57,870 Blame it on Auntie Ann. 77 00:09:42,999 --> 00:09:46,335 To be free of the mill's wearying labor, 78 00:09:46,377 --> 00:09:50,506 Ann found herself in service as a cook at the local infirmary. 79 00:09:54,051 --> 00:09:56,721 In the scant leisure she possessed, 80 00:09:57,305 --> 00:10:01,559 she yearned to find purpose amidst the dullness of her lot. 81 00:10:09,859 --> 00:10:12,612 No! No! 82 00:10:21,412 --> 00:10:22,872 Pardon me. 83 00:10:22,913 --> 00:10:24,457 The invalids are having something 84 00:10:24,498 --> 00:10:26,500 of a collective episode, Miss Ann. 85 00:10:26,542 --> 00:10:28,377 My companions are waiting for me. 86 00:10:28,419 --> 00:10:29,587 Make haste, sister. 87 00:10:29,629 --> 00:10:31,130 The assembly mightn't welcome dalliers. 88 00:10:31,172 --> 00:10:33,341 When have you known me to dally, William? 89 00:10:33,382 --> 00:10:35,968 There was some gruesome commotion at hospital. 90 00:10:36,010 --> 00:10:37,178 Gruesome? Was someone injured? 91 00:10:37,219 --> 00:10:38,846 A patient, self-harmed. 92 00:10:38,888 --> 00:10:41,223 They barred the exits of all faculty 93 00:10:41,265 --> 00:10:42,642 until the coroner arrived. 94 00:10:44,185 --> 00:10:48,105 Here, quickly. Provisions from the kitchen. 95 00:10:48,147 --> 00:10:50,316 Nicked an egg for each of you, and some bread. 96 00:10:50,358 --> 00:10:52,401 -Nicked? -No, dear. 97 00:10:52,443 --> 00:10:54,904 - I just saved it from waste. - Let's take our supper 98 00:10:54,945 --> 00:10:56,739 as we tram over mountain and moorland. 99 00:10:59,450 --> 00:11:00,993 No time to wash up, Nancy? 100 00:11:01,035 --> 00:11:02,536 No, Auntie. 101 00:11:02,912 --> 00:11:06,082 Always seeking a more harmonious consonance 102 00:11:06,123 --> 00:11:08,000 between her faith in God 103 00:11:08,042 --> 00:11:10,294 and the religious establishment, 104 00:11:10,336 --> 00:11:13,964 she attended a series of local revival meetings 105 00:11:14,006 --> 00:11:16,217 hosted by Jane and James Wardley. 106 00:11:16,258 --> 00:11:17,468 Good evening. 107 00:11:18,761 --> 00:11:20,262 I would be remiss if I were first 108 00:11:20,304 --> 00:11:22,098 not to thank Mr. John Townley 109 00:11:22,139 --> 00:11:23,974 for hosting us in his beautiful home. 110 00:11:26,435 --> 00:11:28,562 For those new here tonight, 111 00:11:29,397 --> 00:11:32,608 perhaps you're unaccustomed to hearing the voice 112 00:11:32,650 --> 00:11:35,361 and seeing the demeanor of a woman preacher. 113 00:11:35,403 --> 00:11:38,114 So James and I thought you might find this passage 114 00:11:38,155 --> 00:11:40,032 particularly illuminating. 115 00:11:41,367 --> 00:11:42,785 From Jeremiah... 116 00:11:47,248 --> 00:11:52,503 "How long wilt thou go about, O you backsliding daughter? 117 00:11:52,545 --> 00:11:55,840 For the Lord hath created a new thing on earth, 118 00:11:56,841 --> 00:12:00,344 a woman shall compass a man..." 119 00:12:01,595 --> 00:12:06,267 Christ's spirit first appeared in the form of a man, Jesus, 120 00:12:06,308 --> 00:12:08,477 but will eventually reappear, 121 00:12:08,519 --> 00:12:11,230 to fulfill the promise of the second coming, 122 00:12:11,272 --> 00:12:13,274 in the form of a woman. 123 00:12:13,315 --> 00:12:16,777 As we were all created in his likeness, 124 00:12:16,819 --> 00:12:21,157 God must be both male and female. 125 00:12:21,198 --> 00:12:22,533 Yes! 126 00:12:23,325 --> 00:12:26,120 You there, we have not seen you before. 127 00:12:27,246 --> 00:12:29,707 May I ask, what's drawn you to us? 128 00:12:29,749 --> 00:12:32,793 I am Ann Lee. This is my brother, William Lee, 129 00:12:32,835 --> 00:12:35,504 and my late sister's daughter, Nancy Lee. 130 00:12:35,546 --> 00:12:36,589 Yes? 131 00:12:37,798 --> 00:12:38,883 We've come because-- 132 00:12:38,924 --> 00:12:40,342 "For he who confesses, 133 00:12:40,384 --> 00:12:43,262 shams are over and realities have begun; 134 00:12:44,430 --> 00:12:47,224 he has exteriorized his rottenness." 135 00:12:47,266 --> 00:12:48,726 Tell us why you've come. 136 00:12:49,560 --> 00:12:50,895 Bare yourself to us. 137 00:12:51,854 --> 00:12:52,772 Well... 138 00:12:55,149 --> 00:12:57,860 many times when I'm about my work, 139 00:12:59,612 --> 00:13:02,823 I feel my soul overwhelmed with sorrow. 140 00:13:02,865 --> 00:13:05,826 I will work as long as I can to keep it concealed 141 00:13:05,868 --> 00:13:08,204 and then I will run to get out of sight, 142 00:13:08,245 --> 00:13:09,330 lest someone should pity me 143 00:13:09,371 --> 00:13:11,248 with that pity that God does not. 144 00:13:12,917 --> 00:13:18,631 Welcome to the Wardley Society, Ann, William, and Nancy. 145 00:13:18,672 --> 00:13:20,216 Yes, welcome. 146 00:13:20,758 --> 00:13:22,051 I'm Father James Wardley 147 00:13:22,092 --> 00:13:24,220 and this is my wife, Mother Jane. 148 00:13:27,097 --> 00:13:31,936 When you confess your sins, you must labor to remember 149 00:13:31,977 --> 00:13:35,439 the time when and the place where you committed them. 150 00:13:35,481 --> 00:13:37,024 And when you have confessed them, 151 00:13:37,066 --> 00:13:38,901 you will cry to God 152 00:13:38,943 --> 00:13:41,654 to know if your confession is accepted. 153 00:13:41,695 --> 00:13:43,864 And by crying to God, 154 00:13:43,906 --> 00:13:46,742 you will eventually travel out of your loss. 155 00:13:48,786 --> 00:13:50,538 James Whittaker, please rise... 156 00:13:52,122 --> 00:13:54,583 and share with us your unflinching testimony. 157 00:13:59,338 --> 00:14:02,758 Go on, James. Give your grief to God. 158 00:14:08,848 --> 00:14:11,308 Some years ago, I have by chance 159 00:14:11,350 --> 00:14:13,435 seen my sister bathing and, at once, 160 00:14:13,477 --> 00:14:20,276 I was filled with a tremor throughout my whole being. 161 00:14:20,317 --> 00:14:25,239 My body quaked at the sight of her 162 00:14:25,281 --> 00:14:26,740 like a split peach. 163 00:14:28,868 --> 00:14:31,745 It is improper because she is a child. 164 00:14:32,746 --> 00:14:37,001 It is wrong because she is my own flesh and blood. 165 00:15:07,823 --> 00:15:10,659 The Wardleys had been devout Quakers, 166 00:15:10,701 --> 00:15:13,287 dedicated to the belief that true religion 167 00:15:13,329 --> 00:15:15,706 comes from inward experience. 168 00:15:28,052 --> 00:15:29,762 But had left to form their own, 169 00:15:29,803 --> 00:15:33,265 more dynamic, religious community. 170 00:15:36,727 --> 00:15:39,146 They were known as the Shaking Quakers, 171 00:15:39,188 --> 00:15:42,107 or Shakers, as the locals referred to them, 172 00:15:42,149 --> 00:15:43,984 because of the shaking and dancing 173 00:15:44,026 --> 00:15:46,028 that characterized their worship. 174 00:16:14,890 --> 00:16:17,977 Ann Lee had at last discovered a community 175 00:16:18,018 --> 00:16:20,020 that espoused her beliefs, 176 00:16:20,062 --> 00:16:22,022 and she, in turn, 177 00:16:22,064 --> 00:16:25,484 embraced their principles wholeheartedly. 178 00:16:25,526 --> 00:16:27,444 ♪ La-la-la-la-la-la La, la-la-la ♪ 179 00:16:27,486 --> 00:16:29,279 ♪ La, la-la-la-la-la, la-la ♪ 180 00:16:29,321 --> 00:16:31,156 ♪ La-la-la-la-la-la La, la-la ♪ 181 00:16:31,198 --> 00:16:32,908 ♪ La-la-la-la-la-la ♪ 182 00:16:37,830 --> 00:16:40,249 There, she caught the eye of a man 183 00:16:40,290 --> 00:16:43,210 of the same faith, Abraham, 184 00:16:43,252 --> 00:16:45,379 a blacksmith like her father. 185 00:18:32,444 --> 00:18:34,279 She later married Abraham. 186 00:18:36,281 --> 00:18:40,202 Mary Partington bore witness to the marriage ceremony, 187 00:18:40,244 --> 00:18:43,080 but would ultimately prove more true to Ann 188 00:18:43,122 --> 00:18:45,541 than Abraham's solemn vow. 189 00:19:15,988 --> 00:19:19,658 I, uh... seized a copy of this puzzling, 190 00:19:21,076 --> 00:19:22,661 frequently concerning text, 191 00:19:22,703 --> 00:19:24,788 off the person of my new apprentice. 192 00:19:28,167 --> 00:19:29,793 Now, it's filled with terrible images, 193 00:19:29,835 --> 00:19:33,422 but I find it has some philosophical value, 194 00:19:33,463 --> 00:19:35,340 as it's a direct and unrelenting attack 195 00:19:35,382 --> 00:19:36,800 on the traditional clergy. 196 00:19:36,842 --> 00:19:39,511 That's atypical of literature of this kind. 197 00:19:39,553 --> 00:19:41,180 Who is its scribe? 198 00:19:41,221 --> 00:19:43,307 Anonymous, far as I know. 199 00:19:43,348 --> 00:19:44,474 What is it? 200 00:19:45,142 --> 00:19:46,643 Well, from what I can tell, 201 00:19:46,685 --> 00:19:49,229 it's the story of a young girl, Thérèse, 202 00:19:49,271 --> 00:19:51,857 facing a religious institution rife with corruption. 203 00:19:51,899 --> 00:19:53,775 Now, in the only segment I've read, 204 00:19:53,817 --> 00:19:55,485 Thérèse is hidden in a cupboard 205 00:19:55,527 --> 00:19:58,071 as she watches a fellow novice, Eradice, 206 00:19:58,113 --> 00:20:01,241 instructed in the ways of prayer by Father Dirrag, her confessor. 207 00:20:01,283 --> 00:20:02,659 Why is Thérèse in a cupboard? 208 00:20:04,453 --> 00:20:05,579 That is irrelevant. 209 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:07,873 May I go on? 210 00:20:09,583 --> 00:20:12,586 So, he explains that Eradice has been chosen by God 211 00:20:12,628 --> 00:20:14,796 to experience his full presence. 212 00:20:15,631 --> 00:20:19,259 Now, he then goes on to request that she lift her skirt. 213 00:20:20,344 --> 00:20:23,263 He then applies "the rope of Saint Francis" to the nun, 214 00:20:23,305 --> 00:20:25,349 causing her to feel all the ecstasy 215 00:20:25,390 --> 00:20:27,935 of an exalted religious experience. 216 00:20:27,976 --> 00:20:29,937 You've discovered this on the person 217 00:20:29,978 --> 00:20:31,438 of your new apprentice? 218 00:20:32,648 --> 00:20:33,815 That is correct. 219 00:20:48,830 --> 00:20:51,250 "And there appeared a great wonder in Heaven, 220 00:20:51,291 --> 00:20:54,211 a woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet... 221 00:20:55,671 --> 00:20:57,381 and a crown of twelve stars upon her head. 222 00:20:59,925 --> 00:21:01,593 She was pregnant. 223 00:21:02,261 --> 00:21:04,429 She cried out in pain as she was about to give birth." 224 00:21:06,348 --> 00:21:07,724 Revelation 12:1. 225 00:21:13,772 --> 00:21:15,274 -Take me in your mouth. -No. 226 00:21:18,944 --> 00:21:20,028 Open your legs. 227 00:22:31,933 --> 00:22:33,560 Oh, he's beautiful. 228 00:22:59,795 --> 00:23:02,923 She went on to give birth to four children. 229 00:23:05,342 --> 00:23:07,260 But all died before turning one. 230 00:23:16,978 --> 00:23:18,188 Come on. 231 00:23:18,939 --> 00:23:20,273 Come on. 232 00:24:50,655 --> 00:24:55,452 ♪ O the beautiful treasures ♪ 233 00:24:55,494 --> 00:24:59,581 ♪ Laid up for the wise ♪ 234 00:25:03,835 --> 00:25:08,757 ♪ O how precious the values ♪ 235 00:25:08,798 --> 00:25:12,844 ♪ How glorious the prize ♪ 236 00:25:15,138 --> 00:25:19,768 ♪ Far brighter than diamonds ♪ 237 00:25:19,809 --> 00:25:24,231 ♪ On princes' brow ♪ 238 00:25:24,272 --> 00:25:29,069 ♪ And richer than royalty ♪ 239 00:25:29,110 --> 00:25:32,572 ♪ Can bestow ♪ 240 00:25:33,907 --> 00:25:38,078 ♪ Beautiful treasures ♪ 241 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:42,374 ♪ Beautiful treasures ♪ 242 00:25:42,791 --> 00:25:47,212 ♪ Beautiful treasures ♪ 243 00:25:47,254 --> 00:25:53,009 ♪ Beautiful treasures ♪ 244 00:25:59,516 --> 00:26:04,312 ♪ Far brighter than diamonds ♪ 245 00:26:04,354 --> 00:26:08,066 ♪ On princes' brow ♪ 246 00:26:09,109 --> 00:26:13,697 ♪ And richer than royalty ♪ 247 00:26:13,738 --> 00:26:17,242 ♪ Can bestow ♪ 248 00:26:17,742 --> 00:26:23,373 ♪ Far brighter than diamonds On princes' brow ♪ 249 00:26:23,873 --> 00:26:25,875 - I have to take her now. - No! 250 00:26:28,336 --> 00:26:31,256 -No! -♪ And richer than royalty ♪ 251 00:26:31,298 --> 00:26:34,342 ♪ Can bestow ♪ 252 00:26:36,386 --> 00:26:38,388 Ann! Ann! Ann! 253 00:26:38,763 --> 00:26:40,056 We need to stop the bleeding. 254 00:26:41,099 --> 00:26:42,267 Get help! 255 00:26:51,651 --> 00:26:55,113 God. God, give me the strength to go on. 256 00:26:55,155 --> 00:26:57,407 God, give me the strength to go on. 257 00:26:57,449 --> 00:26:59,451 God, give me the strength to go on. 258 00:27:00,410 --> 00:27:03,121 After the death of her last child, 259 00:27:04,748 --> 00:27:07,125 she was admitted to the infirmary 260 00:27:07,167 --> 00:27:09,169 where she'd once worked as a cook. 261 00:28:27,872 --> 00:28:28,998 Ann. 262 00:28:36,423 --> 00:28:39,092 Mother Jane, sometimes I go to bed and sleep, 263 00:28:40,135 --> 00:28:42,053 but in the morning I cannot feel 264 00:28:42,095 --> 00:28:45,348 that sense of the word of God which I felt before I slept. 265 00:28:47,517 --> 00:28:49,769 This brings me great tribulation. 266 00:28:51,187 --> 00:28:53,815 And then I cry to God, and promise him, 267 00:28:53,857 --> 00:28:55,650 that if he gave me the same sense 268 00:28:55,692 --> 00:28:57,527 I had before I slept, 269 00:28:58,737 --> 00:29:01,239 I would labor all night again. 270 00:29:03,241 --> 00:29:05,452 This I do night after night. 271 00:29:07,203 --> 00:29:08,496 I see. 272 00:29:10,415 --> 00:29:14,502 Our unbearable tragedies are God's judgement upon me. 273 00:29:17,589 --> 00:29:20,759 I sinned by permitting my father and Abraham 274 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:24,512 to persuade me to forsake my true feelings and marry. 275 00:29:26,473 --> 00:29:28,349 Marriage, Ann, is not a sin. 276 00:29:29,225 --> 00:29:31,978 I have fallen under heavy trials and tribulations 277 00:29:32,020 --> 00:29:34,647 on account of lodging with my husband. 278 00:29:36,649 --> 00:29:39,778 It is sexual sin that has caused us to catastrophe. 279 00:29:39,819 --> 00:29:40,987 I know it. 280 00:29:43,490 --> 00:29:45,116 James and I lodge together, 281 00:29:45,158 --> 00:29:48,119 but we do not touch each other any more than two babes. 282 00:29:50,079 --> 00:29:52,248 You may return and do likewise. 283 00:29:52,999 --> 00:29:55,043 I will have James speak with Abraham. 284 00:29:58,588 --> 00:30:00,215 Come back to us, dear Ann. 285 00:30:01,633 --> 00:30:03,676 You're not only a pillar of our community, 286 00:30:03,718 --> 00:30:05,970 but a leader, as well. 287 00:30:14,604 --> 00:30:17,315 With nothing left to lose, 288 00:30:17,357 --> 00:30:21,444 Ann boldly converted her suffering into evangelism. 289 00:30:28,368 --> 00:30:29,702 Brothers! 290 00:30:32,372 --> 00:30:35,208 Over the course of three days, 291 00:30:35,250 --> 00:30:38,211 she led the Shakers in fervent worship. 292 00:30:49,389 --> 00:30:50,640 Brothers! 293 00:30:52,851 --> 00:30:54,310 Sisters! 294 00:30:54,352 --> 00:30:56,354 The power of Ann's testimony 295 00:30:56,396 --> 00:30:58,439 stirred up the rage and enmity 296 00:30:58,481 --> 00:31:02,402 of professor and profane to such a degree 297 00:31:02,443 --> 00:31:04,571 that her very life and existence 298 00:31:04,612 --> 00:31:06,489 seemed in continual jeopardy. 299 00:31:14,747 --> 00:31:21,212 ♪ I never did believe ♪ 300 00:31:24,173 --> 00:31:28,720 ♪ That I ever could be saved ♪ 301 00:31:28,761 --> 00:31:34,017 ♪ Without giving all ♪ 302 00:31:34,058 --> 00:31:38,354 ♪ To God ♪ 303 00:31:38,396 --> 00:31:45,236 ♪ I never did believe ♪ 304 00:31:47,947 --> 00:31:53,077 ♪ That I ever could be saved ♪ 305 00:31:53,119 --> 00:31:58,499 ♪ Without giving all ♪ 306 00:31:58,541 --> 00:32:01,753 ♪ To God ♪ 307 00:32:02,462 --> 00:32:04,923 ♪ I never ♪ 308 00:32:04,964 --> 00:32:07,050 ♪ I never ♪ 309 00:32:07,091 --> 00:32:09,302 ♪ Did believe ♪ 310 00:32:09,344 --> 00:32:12,180 ♪ Did believe ♪ 311 00:32:12,221 --> 00:32:16,935 ♪ That I ever Will be saved ♪ 312 00:32:16,976 --> 00:32:22,106 ♪ Without giving all ♪ 313 00:32:22,148 --> 00:32:24,609 ♪ To God ♪ 314 00:32:26,569 --> 00:32:28,112 After three days, 315 00:32:28,154 --> 00:32:30,740 having received numerous complaints, 316 00:32:30,782 --> 00:32:32,617 the local municipality 317 00:32:32,659 --> 00:32:34,744 had quite enough of the noisemaking. 318 00:32:34,786 --> 00:32:39,082 "...but also Heaven, so that the fishes of the sea 319 00:32:39,123 --> 00:32:42,835 and the beasts of the fields and all creeping things 320 00:32:42,877 --> 00:32:44,671 that creep upon the earth 321 00:32:44,712 --> 00:32:47,757 and to all men upon the face of the earth 322 00:32:47,799 --> 00:32:50,259 shall shake in my presence." 323 00:32:51,594 --> 00:32:52,595 Welcome. 324 00:33:48,067 --> 00:33:49,986 ♪ I never ♪ 325 00:33:51,904 --> 00:33:54,449 ♪ Did believe ♪ 326 00:33:56,659 --> 00:34:00,913 ♪ That I ever could be saved ♪ 327 00:34:01,831 --> 00:34:06,711 ♪ Without giving all ♪ 328 00:34:07,420 --> 00:34:10,423 ♪ To God ♪ 329 00:34:13,051 --> 00:34:16,846 ♪ So I freely give The whole... ♪ 330 00:34:16,888 --> 00:34:17,889 That's enough! 331 00:34:17,930 --> 00:34:20,349 ♪ ...of my body ♪ 332 00:34:20,391 --> 00:34:23,061 ♪ And my soul ♪ 333 00:34:23,644 --> 00:34:28,441 ♪ To the Lord God ♪ 334 00:34:29,192 --> 00:34:32,737 ♪ Amen ♪ 335 00:34:35,823 --> 00:34:36,866 Anna! 336 00:34:38,576 --> 00:34:39,744 Anna! 337 00:34:41,370 --> 00:34:42,747 Sister! 338 00:34:42,789 --> 00:34:44,540 We've brought provisions for you! 339 00:34:47,043 --> 00:34:48,044 Ann? 340 00:34:49,504 --> 00:34:50,421 Ann? 341 00:34:52,882 --> 00:34:54,175 Brother William. 342 00:34:54,217 --> 00:34:55,551 We're all here. 343 00:34:56,135 --> 00:34:58,346 Can you hear my voice, Sister? 344 00:34:58,387 --> 00:34:59,931 Is Abraham among you? 345 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:04,477 Circumstances would not permit him 346 00:35:04,519 --> 00:35:06,854 to depart his dutiful obligations. 347 00:35:08,856 --> 00:35:11,234 Alas, leave me now to pray. 348 00:35:11,275 --> 00:35:13,444 But we've bread and wine, Ann! 349 00:35:17,073 --> 00:35:18,574 All right, everyone. You heard her. 350 00:35:38,803 --> 00:35:41,097 This is what happened to Ann Lee 351 00:35:41,139 --> 00:35:43,099 whilst she was in prison. 352 00:35:45,476 --> 00:35:49,772 In fastings, tears, and incessant cries to God, 353 00:35:50,773 --> 00:35:54,152 Ann bore such deep suffering that her earthly tabernacle 354 00:35:54,193 --> 00:35:58,114 was reduced until she was as weak as an infant. 355 00:37:12,939 --> 00:37:15,816 I hunger and thirst. 356 00:37:16,859 --> 00:37:19,487 I hunger and thirst. 357 00:37:20,112 --> 00:37:24,742 Once more she cried mightily to God for help. 358 00:37:26,702 --> 00:37:29,538 God help me. God help me. 359 00:37:29,580 --> 00:37:33,542 This time, her prayers were answered 360 00:37:33,584 --> 00:37:35,503 by a blinding apparition. 361 00:37:36,128 --> 00:37:41,842 The most astonishing visions and divine manifestations 362 00:37:41,884 --> 00:37:46,764 were presented to her in so clear and striking a manner 363 00:37:47,807 --> 00:37:51,978 that the whole spiritual world seemed displayed before her. 364 00:37:53,271 --> 00:37:56,399 ♪ I hunger and thirst ♪ 365 00:37:58,109 --> 00:38:01,696 ♪ I hunger and thirst ♪ 366 00:38:03,656 --> 00:38:06,701 ♪ After true righteousness ♪ 367 00:38:10,079 --> 00:38:13,749 ♪ I hunger and thirst ♪ 368 00:38:17,044 --> 00:38:20,965 ♪ I hunger and thirst ♪ 369 00:38:22,008 --> 00:38:25,511 ♪ I hunger and thirst ♪ 370 00:38:26,679 --> 00:38:30,850 ♪ After true righteousness ♪ 371 00:38:33,311 --> 00:38:36,439 ♪ I hunger and thirst ♪ 372 00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:44,864 ♪ In what I've obtained ♪ 373 00:38:44,905 --> 00:38:48,659 ♪ Of what I obtain ♪ 374 00:38:48,701 --> 00:38:52,455 ♪ My soul cannot rest ♪ 375 00:38:52,997 --> 00:38:56,459 ♪ I hunger and thirst ♪ 376 00:38:56,500 --> 00:39:00,921 ♪ I hunger and thirst ♪ 377 00:39:06,302 --> 00:39:08,846 ♪ I hunger and thirst ♪ 378 00:39:08,888 --> 00:39:11,974 ♪ I hunger and thirst ♪ 379 00:39:12,016 --> 00:39:15,519 ♪ After true righteousness ♪ 380 00:39:15,561 --> 00:39:18,773 ♪ I hunger and thirst ♪ 381 00:39:18,814 --> 00:39:23,819 ♪ I hunger and thirst ♪ 382 00:39:26,864 --> 00:39:31,869 ♪ An ocean I see Without bottom or shore ♪ 383 00:39:31,911 --> 00:39:34,288 ♪ Feed me, I'm hungry ♪ 384 00:39:34,330 --> 00:39:36,707 ♪ Enrich me, I'm poor ♪ 385 00:39:36,749 --> 00:39:39,585 ♪ I cry unto God ♪ 386 00:39:39,627 --> 00:39:41,796 ♪ I'll never cease ♪ 387 00:39:41,837 --> 00:39:44,548 ♪ Till my soul's filled with love ♪ 388 00:39:44,590 --> 00:39:51,472 ♪ Love and sweet peace ♪ 389 00:39:52,973 --> 00:39:55,601 ♪ I hunger and thirst ♪ 390 00:39:55,643 --> 00:39:57,895 ♪ I hunger and thirst ♪ 391 00:39:57,937 --> 00:40:00,731 ♪ After true righteousness ♪ 392 00:40:00,773 --> 00:40:03,234 ♪ I hunger and thirst ♪ 393 00:40:03,275 --> 00:40:06,570 ♪ I hunger and thirst ♪ 394 00:40:06,612 --> 00:40:08,531 ♪ And thirst ♪ 395 00:40:08,572 --> 00:40:10,991 ♪ I hunger and thirst ♪ 396 00:40:11,033 --> 00:40:13,285 ♪ I hunger and thirst ♪ 397 00:40:13,327 --> 00:40:16,205 ♪ After true righteousness ♪ 398 00:40:16,247 --> 00:40:18,874 ♪ I hunger and thirst ♪ 399 00:40:18,916 --> 00:40:23,170 ♪ I hunger and thirst ♪ 400 00:40:26,674 --> 00:40:33,222 ♪ I hunger and thirst ♪ 401 00:40:33,264 --> 00:40:36,225 And there appeared a great wonder in Heaven, 402 00:40:36,267 --> 00:40:40,688 a woman clothed with the sun and the moon under her feet. 403 00:40:40,729 --> 00:40:45,234 And upon her head, a crown of twelve stars. 404 00:40:51,282 --> 00:40:55,744 Please, sir, I am aching with hungriness. 405 00:40:55,786 --> 00:40:56,954 What have you done to her? 406 00:41:01,417 --> 00:41:03,377 Oh, you're warm. You're breathing. 407 00:41:03,419 --> 00:41:05,421 Wake up, Sister. Hear my voice. 408 00:41:05,463 --> 00:41:06,464 It's me, William. 409 00:41:07,465 --> 00:41:08,466 Here, drink this. 410 00:41:10,342 --> 00:41:12,178 You must cut your locks, Brother. 411 00:41:13,304 --> 00:41:15,723 I need to see the Wardleys forthwith. 412 00:41:24,398 --> 00:41:26,442 Get ready to forgive your sisters and brothers 413 00:41:26,484 --> 00:41:28,986 on the first intonations of repentance. 414 00:41:31,071 --> 00:41:33,491 I was covered in a downy hair, 415 00:41:33,532 --> 00:41:36,577 which I shed as I was reborn 416 00:41:36,619 --> 00:41:40,539 into the most astonishing visions, 417 00:41:41,582 --> 00:41:46,045 and divine manifestations that were presented to me 418 00:41:46,086 --> 00:41:49,465 in so clear and striking a manner, 419 00:41:49,507 --> 00:41:53,719 that the whole spiritual world was displayed before me. 420 00:41:55,137 --> 00:41:57,348 And in that soul-splitting moment, 421 00:41:58,682 --> 00:42:02,144 I felt the cause of all suffering and... 422 00:42:02,186 --> 00:42:04,605 and the mystery of all evil, revealed. 423 00:42:05,648 --> 00:42:06,941 What did you see? 424 00:42:07,233 --> 00:42:10,569 I... First I saw Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. 425 00:42:11,612 --> 00:42:14,240 I watched them defy God 426 00:42:14,281 --> 00:42:17,243 and commit the forbidden carnal act. 427 00:42:17,284 --> 00:42:20,079 And then I witnessed their expulsion from the garden 428 00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:22,373 by an enraged deity. 429 00:42:22,790 --> 00:42:25,584 And all at once, I understood 430 00:42:25,626 --> 00:42:28,587 that there is one single cause 431 00:42:28,629 --> 00:42:31,298 for humanity's separation from God: 432 00:42:32,508 --> 00:42:34,218 fornication. 433 00:42:38,931 --> 00:42:39,932 Ann. 434 00:42:41,475 --> 00:42:45,104 I, uh... I'm contrite for coming only now. 435 00:42:46,438 --> 00:42:47,940 The mill received a hefty contract 436 00:42:47,982 --> 00:42:50,359 for lattice fences, you see. 437 00:42:50,401 --> 00:42:51,902 We've been inundated 438 00:42:51,944 --> 00:42:53,445 with iron and steel from the forge. 439 00:42:54,488 --> 00:42:56,031 Ann Lee was relaying to us 440 00:42:56,073 --> 00:42:58,826 that her earlier suspicions have been confirmed. 441 00:42:59,577 --> 00:43:02,204 She's discovered there is only one way for humanity 442 00:43:02,246 --> 00:43:03,998 to recover its lost state. 443 00:43:05,791 --> 00:43:07,126 My understanding... 444 00:43:09,003 --> 00:43:10,921 is to enter a new age of spirituality, 445 00:43:10,963 --> 00:43:12,590 men and women must abstain 446 00:43:12,631 --> 00:43:14,800 from all lustful gratification of the flesh. 447 00:43:15,968 --> 00:43:19,680 Self-denial by celibacy 448 00:43:20,264 --> 00:43:23,017 would be the first essential for all men and women 449 00:43:23,058 --> 00:43:26,228 who want to gain the spiritual strength 450 00:43:26,270 --> 00:43:27,896 to reach God. 451 00:43:30,024 --> 00:43:31,609 Jane and I are in agreement with you, 452 00:43:33,152 --> 00:43:34,320 Mother Ann. 453 00:43:35,821 --> 00:43:36,697 "Mother"? 454 00:43:37,615 --> 00:43:39,033 I love my Mother. 455 00:43:39,658 --> 00:43:42,536 She is my sister, but she has become my Mother. 456 00:43:43,203 --> 00:43:45,372 And the Lord God made me to love her. 457 00:43:49,585 --> 00:43:52,046 During my period of incarceration, 458 00:43:54,048 --> 00:43:57,384 a sense of release swept over me, 459 00:43:58,344 --> 00:44:01,805 and my whole being 460 00:44:03,057 --> 00:44:07,102 was suffused with inner harmony and peace. 461 00:44:08,562 --> 00:44:12,691 And I feel that all my sins are now forgiven. 462 00:44:14,068 --> 00:44:14,985 And that... 463 00:44:16,445 --> 00:44:20,491 this is the vision I shall carry in my heart 464 00:44:20,532 --> 00:44:22,242 for the rest of my days. 465 00:44:25,245 --> 00:44:26,622 Brother Abraham, 466 00:44:27,373 --> 00:44:29,416 come and kneel before our Mother Ann. 467 00:45:28,058 --> 00:45:30,227 We'll have to say our farewells tonight. 468 00:45:35,023 --> 00:45:37,025 Been a great friend to me, Jacob. 469 00:45:51,415 --> 00:45:54,710 ♪ So I freely give the whole ♪ 470 00:45:57,629 --> 00:45:59,339 ♪ Of my body and... ♪ 471 00:46:01,467 --> 00:46:03,510 ♪ And my soul ♪ 472 00:46:06,638 --> 00:46:10,684 ♪ To the Lord, God ♪ 473 00:46:12,352 --> 00:46:13,562 ♪ Amen ♪ 474 00:46:14,021 --> 00:46:16,774 God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins 475 00:46:16,815 --> 00:46:19,443 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness... 476 00:46:19,485 --> 00:46:21,612 And so, they set forth with vigor 477 00:46:21,653 --> 00:46:23,447 to enlighten all of Manchester 478 00:46:23,489 --> 00:46:25,407 - that she, Ann... - What is this? 479 00:46:25,449 --> 00:46:27,201 Christ's Second Coming... 480 00:46:27,242 --> 00:46:28,327 -was among them... -What brings you to our doors? 481 00:46:28,368 --> 00:46:30,370 and here to liberate the community 482 00:46:30,412 --> 00:46:31,997 from the moral failings 483 00:46:32,039 --> 00:46:34,416 and oppressive doctrines of the Church of England. 484 00:46:34,458 --> 00:46:36,376 It is not I that speak. 485 00:46:37,294 --> 00:46:39,338 -It is Christ who dwells in me. -Blasphemy! 486 00:46:39,379 --> 00:46:40,464 Get down from there this very instant! 487 00:46:40,506 --> 00:46:42,341 I have been in fine valleys 488 00:46:42,382 --> 00:46:44,259 -with Christ as a lover. -Blasphemy! 489 00:46:44,301 --> 00:46:46,553 I am married to the Lord Jesus Christ! 490 00:46:46,595 --> 00:46:50,682 He is my head and my husband, and I have no other! 491 00:46:50,724 --> 00:46:53,018 -Get down from there! -I have walked, hand in hand, 492 00:46:53,060 --> 00:46:55,437 with God in Heaven. 493 00:46:55,479 --> 00:46:57,564 Get down from there this very instant! 494 00:46:57,606 --> 00:46:59,650 You will hang for this, young lady! 495 00:46:59,691 --> 00:47:01,485 - It's blasphemy! - Blasphemy! 496 00:47:05,656 --> 00:47:07,866 What is the woman charged with? 497 00:47:07,908 --> 00:47:09,451 - The charge is assault. - 'Tis a lie! 498 00:47:09,493 --> 00:47:10,744 - My sister is a pacifist! - And willfully 499 00:47:10,786 --> 00:47:13,121 and contemptuously disturbing divine service 500 00:47:13,163 --> 00:47:14,623 - at Christ Church. - 'Tis a lie! 501 00:47:14,665 --> 00:47:16,500 She claims herself wed to the Lord Jesus Christ! 502 00:47:16,542 --> 00:47:17,876 Quiet, now. 503 00:47:17,918 --> 00:47:19,795 May I speak for myself, Your Worship? 504 00:47:19,837 --> 00:47:21,088 You may. 505 00:47:21,755 --> 00:47:24,967 I live in celibacy, and am wed to the Lord, 506 00:47:25,008 --> 00:47:27,219 much like a nun of your own church. 507 00:47:28,512 --> 00:47:31,431 We have rejected sinful pleasures of the flesh 508 00:47:31,473 --> 00:47:33,809 and only share our love with Jesus. 509 00:47:34,601 --> 00:47:36,562 And Jesus spoke to me. 510 00:47:44,236 --> 00:47:46,154 According to one legend, 511 00:47:46,196 --> 00:47:49,867 she spoke to them that night in 12 languages, 512 00:47:49,908 --> 00:47:53,579 including Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and French. 513 00:47:53,620 --> 00:47:57,791 By another account, she spoke in 72 different tongues. 514 00:47:57,833 --> 00:48:00,919 History states as a fact, however, 515 00:48:00,961 --> 00:48:03,380 that Mother Ann spoke 516 00:48:03,422 --> 00:48:06,758 and manifested such evident power of God 517 00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:08,927 that the four ministers of Christ Church 518 00:48:08,969 --> 00:48:11,346 thought it only proper to dismiss her. 519 00:48:11,388 --> 00:48:13,056 Mother Ann, I've posted your penalties. 520 00:48:13,098 --> 00:48:14,057 You're free to go. 521 00:48:14,308 --> 00:48:16,268 They are our penalties, Mr. Townley. 522 00:48:16,310 --> 00:48:17,561 It is our mission. 523 00:48:20,147 --> 00:48:21,565 This is beneath you! Shame on you! 524 00:48:23,233 --> 00:48:25,694 Inventive in their reproach, dear Brother. 525 00:48:26,695 --> 00:48:29,156 While some welcomed the verdict with joy, 526 00:48:29,197 --> 00:48:31,992 the thought of a woman preacher infuriated others. 527 00:48:32,034 --> 00:48:33,410 Do not run! 528 00:48:33,869 --> 00:48:34,953 Shame on you! 529 00:48:35,704 --> 00:48:36,747 You're a witch! 530 00:48:48,133 --> 00:48:49,176 Thank you, Brother. 531 00:48:51,428 --> 00:48:52,596 Where is your husband? 532 00:48:53,180 --> 00:48:56,683 At the smithy, morning and night. 533 00:48:56,725 --> 00:48:59,102 Ah, yes. Whenever my sister is imperiled, 534 00:48:59,144 --> 00:49:01,980 Abraham finds himself predisposed. 535 00:49:02,981 --> 00:49:05,442 You must try and be more understanding of him. 536 00:49:06,360 --> 00:49:07,819 He's been through so much. 537 00:49:08,904 --> 00:49:10,072 As have you. 538 00:49:13,909 --> 00:49:15,661 Read me the morning paper, will you? 539 00:49:24,711 --> 00:49:26,338 There's something on George Whitefield, 540 00:49:26,380 --> 00:49:28,131 the man that used to preach outside of Christ Church. 541 00:49:28,173 --> 00:49:29,174 What's it say? 542 00:49:29,925 --> 00:49:31,510 Read it aloud to me. 543 00:49:32,427 --> 00:49:34,221 Courtesy of a raven messenger. 544 00:49:34,596 --> 00:49:35,889 What am I looking at? 545 00:49:36,473 --> 00:49:38,809 The piece on Reverend George Whitefield. 546 00:49:38,850 --> 00:49:39,977 The Methodist? 547 00:49:40,352 --> 00:49:42,688 He has returned from his fifth trip to America. 548 00:49:46,024 --> 00:49:47,985 "With blazing eloquence, 549 00:49:48,026 --> 00:49:50,737 Whitefield describes opportunities for rebirth 550 00:49:50,779 --> 00:49:52,197 of the spirit in America. 551 00:49:53,115 --> 00:49:54,241 'The colonies,' he says, 552 00:49:54,282 --> 00:49:57,035 'will one day gain their independence, 553 00:49:57,077 --> 00:50:00,205 and then freedom of conscience will be secured 554 00:50:00,247 --> 00:50:03,542 for all people to worship God without hindrance or--'" 555 00:50:03,583 --> 00:50:05,377 Am I to continue? 556 00:50:05,794 --> 00:50:07,546 You don't grasp its significance? 557 00:50:08,630 --> 00:50:11,174 I have seen a chosen people waiting for us in New England, 558 00:50:11,216 --> 00:50:13,135 and I know that God wants us 559 00:50:13,176 --> 00:50:15,846 to take the Millennial Church to America. 560 00:50:15,887 --> 00:50:18,974 And that he will aid us in this enormous undertaking. 561 00:50:19,016 --> 00:50:20,392 Are you mad? 562 00:50:20,434 --> 00:50:21,893 Mr. Townley! 563 00:50:22,602 --> 00:50:24,021 Father James, 564 00:50:24,062 --> 00:50:27,399 you cannot possibly expect me to foot this bill. 565 00:50:28,066 --> 00:50:30,652 Nor to undertake such a journey at my age. 566 00:50:31,153 --> 00:50:33,989 My entire life, not to mention my trade, 567 00:50:34,031 --> 00:50:35,782 is here in Manchester. 568 00:50:35,824 --> 00:50:38,827 I am unable to do our good work amongst the Mancunian denizens 569 00:50:38,869 --> 00:50:42,372 because their hearts and minds are spoilt. 570 00:50:42,956 --> 00:50:46,835 I cannot preach without being harassed and assaulted. 571 00:50:46,877 --> 00:50:48,420 Violated. 572 00:50:49,588 --> 00:50:51,965 They will kill me, eventually. 573 00:50:52,007 --> 00:50:55,343 Mother Ann, you have my utmost respect and admiration-- 574 00:50:55,385 --> 00:50:58,180 Mr. Townley, it's not the dying part which minds me. 575 00:50:59,347 --> 00:51:01,266 I have lost four beautiful children 576 00:51:01,308 --> 00:51:03,810 with whom I anxiously wait to be reunited. 577 00:51:04,269 --> 00:51:05,729 It's the lost time. 578 00:51:06,563 --> 00:51:08,440 Time to spread the word. 579 00:51:09,024 --> 00:51:11,443 It is the lost voice which minds me. 580 00:51:14,029 --> 00:51:17,115 Thank you for your time 581 00:51:17,157 --> 00:51:19,785 and generous access to your home, Mr. Townley. 582 00:51:21,244 --> 00:51:22,537 James-- 583 00:51:22,579 --> 00:51:24,664 Father James. 584 00:51:25,457 --> 00:51:28,710 Look, my brother-in-law, he's a farmer. 585 00:51:28,752 --> 00:51:31,546 He's attended several of our more sizable meetings 586 00:51:31,588 --> 00:51:32,881 here at the house. 587 00:51:34,424 --> 00:51:35,926 He's a shy man 588 00:51:35,967 --> 00:51:38,178 and not a very polished gentleman, perhaps, 589 00:51:38,220 --> 00:51:41,473 but where there's muck, there's brass, you see. 590 00:51:41,515 --> 00:51:42,641 Yes? 591 00:51:43,100 --> 00:51:47,020 Well, he has sometimes inquired to me privately 592 00:51:47,062 --> 00:51:49,314 as to how he might aid us in our quest here. 593 00:51:50,732 --> 00:51:52,609 Why have you never brought this prospective sponsor 594 00:51:52,651 --> 00:51:54,236 to our attention? 595 00:51:54,277 --> 00:51:56,947 It seemed, at the time, we had enough for our need. 596 00:51:57,531 --> 00:51:59,741 Your brother-in-law is John Hocknell. 597 00:51:59,783 --> 00:52:00,951 That's right. 598 00:52:02,619 --> 00:52:04,371 You've spoken with him? 599 00:52:04,412 --> 00:52:06,581 He approached Mother Jane and I some time ago. 600 00:52:06,623 --> 00:52:09,334 But we boasted then of our loyalties to you. 601 00:52:15,715 --> 00:52:17,509 Our quest is here no longer. 602 00:52:17,551 --> 00:52:18,552 Mother Ann. 603 00:52:27,727 --> 00:52:30,230 It was decided that James and Jane Wardley 604 00:52:30,272 --> 00:52:32,190 should stay the course in Manchester, 605 00:52:33,942 --> 00:52:35,443 though their hearts ached on the day 606 00:52:35,485 --> 00:52:37,154 of their Mother Ann's departure. 607 00:52:58,884 --> 00:53:00,427 Their berths aboard the Mariah 608 00:53:00,468 --> 00:53:02,596 were obtained at little cost, 609 00:53:02,971 --> 00:53:04,764 the ship having been condemned. 610 00:53:07,184 --> 00:53:09,102 Unsound in the eyes of men, 611 00:53:10,729 --> 00:53:13,815 yet sufficient for those led by the Spirit. 612 00:53:13,857 --> 00:53:19,529 It set sail from Liverpool on May 19th, 1774. 613 00:53:23,241 --> 00:53:25,410 Their newfound patron, 614 00:53:25,452 --> 00:53:27,704 John Hocknell's means were modest, 615 00:53:27,746 --> 00:53:29,956 but his devotion was boundless. 616 00:53:29,998 --> 00:53:32,000 He'd have moved mountains for Mother Ann, 617 00:53:32,042 --> 00:53:33,585 let alone, moved house. 618 00:53:40,634 --> 00:53:42,677 Without so much as a nudge, 619 00:53:42,719 --> 00:53:45,680 Hocknell left everyone and everything behind, 620 00:53:45,722 --> 00:53:48,183 aside from his know-nothing heir, Richard, 621 00:53:48,225 --> 00:53:49,517 and his billfold. 622 00:54:00,320 --> 00:54:02,864 Abraham never did seem aught more 623 00:54:02,906 --> 00:54:05,575 than a mere perplexed observer 624 00:54:05,617 --> 00:54:08,078 of his wife's theological virtues. 625 00:54:27,973 --> 00:54:29,849 He had, indeed, 626 00:54:29,891 --> 00:54:33,770 been most uncertain regarding the voyage to America, 627 00:54:35,146 --> 00:54:39,276 yet was swayed by the promise of innovation 628 00:54:39,317 --> 00:54:42,696 in the working of metals upon the shores of New York. 629 00:54:47,200 --> 00:54:49,119 -Mother? -Hmm? 630 00:54:49,160 --> 00:54:51,454 There's something I have been wanting to tell you. 631 00:54:51,496 --> 00:54:53,164 Go on, Mary. 632 00:54:53,957 --> 00:54:56,418 On our penultimate night in Manchester, 633 00:54:56,459 --> 00:54:58,503 following a 13-kilometer trek on foot 634 00:54:58,545 --> 00:54:59,629 from Brother Hocknell's farm 635 00:54:59,879 --> 00:55:02,299 to transport his belongings to the ports, 636 00:55:02,340 --> 00:55:04,926 James Whittaker and I were resting by the roadside 637 00:55:04,968 --> 00:55:06,428 when a vision appeared to him. 638 00:55:07,387 --> 00:55:08,805 Is that so? 639 00:55:09,514 --> 00:55:13,226 He saw a large tree "whose leaves," he said, 640 00:55:13,268 --> 00:55:15,145 "shone with such a brightness 641 00:55:15,186 --> 00:55:18,189 that made it appear like a burning torch." 642 00:55:19,983 --> 00:55:22,736 He took this to mean that he was to help plant the tree of faith 643 00:55:22,777 --> 00:55:24,195 in the New World. 644 00:55:26,948 --> 00:55:30,869 We will plant a great big tree, with deep and solid roots. 645 00:55:30,910 --> 00:55:31,995 Mm. 646 00:55:32,037 --> 00:55:34,122 Go to sleep now, Mary. 647 00:55:34,164 --> 00:55:35,623 And I'll be sure Mr. Hocknell 648 00:55:35,665 --> 00:55:37,417 never has you carrying his bags again. 649 00:55:43,340 --> 00:55:49,929 ♪ Today, today Is my own time ♪ 650 00:55:51,931 --> 00:55:58,146 ♪ Tomorrow can't be reckoned ♪ 651 00:55:59,689 --> 00:56:06,154 ♪ And what is past Cannot return ♪ 652 00:56:07,447 --> 00:56:14,329 ♪ Though much to be regretted ♪ 653 00:56:16,623 --> 00:56:23,463 ♪ Today, today is my own time ♪ 654 00:56:24,506 --> 00:56:30,470 ♪ Tomorrow can't be reckoned ♪ 655 00:56:32,347 --> 00:56:39,145 ♪ And what is past Cannot return ♪ 656 00:56:40,105 --> 00:56:46,945 ♪ Though much to be regretted ♪ 657 00:56:48,696 --> 00:56:55,495 ♪ Then let me Well improve each day ♪ 658 00:56:56,579 --> 00:57:02,460 ♪ And lay me up a pleasure ♪ 659 00:57:05,880 --> 00:57:12,720 ♪ Which will not rust Nor wear away ♪ 660 00:57:15,348 --> 00:57:21,729 ♪ But dwell with me forever ♪ 661 00:57:21,771 --> 00:57:23,940 Reef topsail! 662 00:57:23,982 --> 00:57:26,484 Mother Ann led the group in daily worship 663 00:57:26,526 --> 00:57:27,694 on the upper deck, 664 00:57:27,735 --> 00:57:30,029 despite the vexation and grouse 665 00:57:30,071 --> 00:57:32,115 of their fellow passengers and crewmen. 666 00:57:32,157 --> 00:57:33,491 Mother Ann, you must excuse me. 667 00:57:33,533 --> 00:57:34,534 I feel quite ill again this morning. 668 00:57:34,576 --> 00:57:35,827 You're excused. 669 00:57:40,415 --> 00:57:41,958 Four weeks, dear. 670 00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:43,710 If the skies stay kind to us. 671 00:57:44,961 --> 00:57:46,713 You must try and keep some food down, 672 00:57:46,754 --> 00:57:47,714 or you will only become more feeble. 673 00:57:47,755 --> 00:57:49,674 Take in fore topgallant! 674 00:57:53,803 --> 00:57:58,349 ♪ All is concert All is summer ♪ 675 00:57:58,391 --> 00:58:02,854 ♪ All is concert All is summer ♪ 676 00:58:02,896 --> 00:58:07,734 ♪ All is concert All is summer ♪ 677 00:58:07,775 --> 00:58:09,944 -♪ All is concert ♪ -Still your bone box, besom! 678 00:58:09,986 --> 00:58:12,197 -♪ All is summer ♪ -Shut it, he said. 679 00:58:12,238 --> 00:58:14,491 -♪ All is concert ♪ -Hokum! 680 00:58:14,532 --> 00:58:16,326 -♪ All is summer ♪ -Quiet down! 681 00:58:16,367 --> 00:58:18,953 -Oi! Whooperups! -♪ All is concert ♪ 682 00:58:18,995 --> 00:58:20,914 -♪ All is summer ♪ -Shut up! 683 00:58:21,331 --> 00:58:23,541 -♪ All is concert ♪ -Shut up! 684 00:58:23,583 --> 00:58:25,126 -♪ All is summer ♪ -Shut up! 685 00:58:25,168 --> 00:58:28,838 -Don't sing! -♪ All is concert, all is-- ♪ 686 00:58:28,880 --> 00:58:31,424 My dear brethren and sisters, stop! 687 00:58:32,800 --> 00:58:35,303 We must pray for the seafarers. 688 00:58:35,637 --> 00:58:38,515 Shut your bone box, besom! 689 00:58:38,556 --> 00:58:42,310 Impoverished souls! Adventitious sinners! 690 00:58:42,352 --> 00:58:44,270 These men know not what they give tongue to. 691 00:58:44,312 --> 00:58:46,981 I know just what I say, missus. 692 00:58:47,023 --> 00:58:48,358 Shut it! 693 00:58:48,399 --> 00:58:50,610 These men know not what they do. 694 00:58:50,652 --> 00:58:52,946 -Stop! -We must pray for them. 695 00:58:53,613 --> 00:58:55,073 -♪ All is concert ♪ -Stop that! 696 00:58:55,114 --> 00:58:57,242 -Shut it, he said! -♪ All is summer... ♪ 697 00:58:57,283 --> 00:58:58,993 Shut up! 698 00:58:59,035 --> 00:59:02,497 -Oi, whooperups! Quiet! -♪ All is summer ♪ 699 00:59:02,539 --> 00:59:04,874 -Shut up! -♪ All is concert ♪ 700 00:59:10,922 --> 00:59:12,549 Take in topgallant! 701 00:59:12,966 --> 00:59:14,300 Take in topgallant! 702 00:59:15,093 --> 00:59:16,219 Take in royal! 703 00:59:17,887 --> 00:59:20,557 I am ordering all clamorous and disruptive noisemaking 704 00:59:20,598 --> 00:59:22,225 ceased without delay! 705 00:59:22,267 --> 00:59:24,143 -Captain, stop! -You heard me. 706 00:59:24,185 --> 00:59:25,603 Halt where you are, Captain. 707 00:59:25,645 --> 00:59:27,897 We are in various states of undress! 708 00:59:28,439 --> 00:59:30,483 If you do not stop the racket, 709 00:59:30,525 --> 00:59:32,151 I have vowed my crewmen 710 00:59:32,193 --> 00:59:34,862 to have all your disobedients cast into the sea! 711 00:59:34,904 --> 00:59:36,406 -And I am earnest. -We do fear God 712 00:59:36,447 --> 00:59:37,907 more than we fear Captain Smith 713 00:59:37,949 --> 00:59:41,119 and we shall conduct our worship, as usual, 714 00:59:41,160 --> 00:59:43,204 with special orison for seafaring sinners. 715 00:59:43,246 --> 00:59:45,123 And you, Captain, we shall pray for you, as well. 716 00:59:47,208 --> 00:59:49,335 Mary, take my hand! 717 00:59:49,377 --> 00:59:52,046 Take refuge! Sister Ann! 718 00:59:52,630 --> 00:59:54,549 Do not exit your cabins 719 00:59:54,591 --> 00:59:57,635 until you've received word that it is safe to do so! 720 01:00:05,018 --> 01:00:07,437 Prepare to set storm canvas! 721 01:00:07,478 --> 01:00:10,773 Lower broad sail! 722 01:00:13,067 --> 01:00:15,570 Don't go up there, miss! You'll be sucked out to sea. 723 01:00:15,612 --> 01:00:17,655 The lot of you should be pleased, then. 724 01:00:27,081 --> 01:00:28,166 Cunningham. 725 01:00:32,462 --> 01:00:33,463 Captain! 726 01:00:34,464 --> 01:00:35,256 Captain! 727 01:00:37,175 --> 01:00:39,177 Prepare to cover the hatches! 728 01:00:39,218 --> 01:00:40,637 Preparing! 729 01:00:41,095 --> 01:00:43,264 A plank has been struck loose at the keel. 730 01:00:43,806 --> 01:00:45,183 I have gone upstairs 731 01:00:45,224 --> 01:00:47,268 to look through the porthole to the upper deck. 732 01:00:47,310 --> 01:00:49,020 There is no way to mend it. 733 01:00:49,062 --> 01:00:50,980 We must all perish before morning. 734 01:00:51,022 --> 01:00:52,940 Be of good cheer, Captain! 735 01:00:52,982 --> 01:00:55,610 There shall not the hair on our heads perish. 736 01:00:55,652 --> 01:00:57,445 We will arrive safely in America. 737 01:00:57,487 --> 01:00:59,238 Ann explained that she had seen 738 01:00:59,280 --> 01:01:00,990 two bright angels of God 739 01:01:01,032 --> 01:01:02,659 standing by the mast, 740 01:01:02,700 --> 01:01:03,951 through whom she received 741 01:01:03,993 --> 01:01:06,245 the promise of their safe-passing. 742 01:01:06,287 --> 01:01:09,415 I will call now on my companions to assist your crewmen. 743 01:01:10,833 --> 01:01:11,751 Ann! 744 01:01:23,221 --> 01:01:26,140 Soon after, a mighty wave struck the ship 745 01:01:26,182 --> 01:01:28,017 and pressed the loose plank tight, 746 01:01:28,059 --> 01:01:29,102 stopping the leak. 747 01:01:30,770 --> 01:01:33,648 Shakers fervently helped the sailors at the pumps, 748 01:01:33,690 --> 01:01:37,068 which, as the Captain noted, had a miraculous effect. 749 01:01:39,028 --> 01:01:42,031 They were left to pray in peace for the rest of the journey. 750 01:01:42,073 --> 01:01:46,202 ♪ High over the billows We are wafted along ♪ 751 01:01:46,244 --> 01:01:50,748 ♪ Angel wing carry us ♪ 752 01:01:50,790 --> 01:01:54,919 ♪ Not one ripple To break on our song ♪ 753 01:01:55,336 --> 01:01:59,215 ♪ All is peace before us ♪ 754 01:01:59,632 --> 01:02:03,678 ♪ All is concert, All is summer ♪ 755 01:02:03,720 --> 01:02:08,057 ♪ While to heaven We are going ♪ 756 01:02:08,099 --> 01:02:12,437 ♪ But in the desert We are leaving behind ♪ 757 01:02:12,478 --> 01:02:16,441 ♪ Wintry winds are blowing ♪ 758 01:02:34,542 --> 01:02:38,629 ♪ High over the billows We are wafted along ♪ 759 01:02:38,671 --> 01:02:42,341 ♪ Angel wing carry us ♪ 760 01:02:43,134 --> 01:02:47,472 ♪ Not one ripple To break on our song ♪ 761 01:02:47,513 --> 01:02:51,642 ♪ All is peace before us ♪ 762 01:02:51,684 --> 01:02:56,272 ♪ All is concert All is summer ♪ 763 01:02:56,314 --> 01:03:00,318 ♪ While to heaven We are going ♪ 764 01:03:00,568 --> 01:03:04,906 ♪ But in the desert We are leaving behind ♪ 765 01:03:04,947 --> 01:03:09,160 ♪ Wintry winds are blowing ♪ 766 01:03:09,202 --> 01:03:13,539 ♪ All is concert All is summer ♪ 767 01:03:13,581 --> 01:03:18,085 ♪ All is concert All is summer ♪ 768 01:03:18,127 --> 01:03:22,215 ♪ All is concert All is summer ♪ 769 01:03:22,632 --> 01:03:26,761 ♪ All is concert All is summer ♪ 770 01:03:26,803 --> 01:03:31,015 ♪ All is concert All is summer ♪ 771 01:03:31,057 --> 01:03:35,436 ♪ All is concert All is summer ♪ 772 01:03:35,478 --> 01:03:39,690 ♪ All is concert All is summer ♪ 773 01:03:40,107 --> 01:03:44,070 ♪ All is concert All is summer ♪ 774 01:03:44,111 --> 01:03:48,449 ♪ All is concert All is summer ♪ 775 01:03:48,491 --> 01:03:52,870 ♪ All is concert All is summer ♪ 776 01:03:52,912 --> 01:03:57,333 ♪ All is concert All is summer ♪ 777 01:03:57,375 --> 01:04:01,587 ♪ All is concert All is summer ♪ 778 01:04:30,867 --> 01:04:32,368 Cunningham. Cunningham. 779 01:04:52,555 --> 01:04:55,266 I'm gonna start the bidding at 150. 780 01:04:55,308 --> 01:04:57,018 There's no need to waste time. 781 01:04:57,059 --> 01:04:58,769 He's the pick of the herd, gentlemen. 782 01:04:58,811 --> 01:05:00,605 You won't find his like 783 01:05:00,646 --> 01:05:02,690 -in these degenerate days. -Are they selling them? 784 01:05:02,732 --> 01:05:04,358 Who'll give me 150? 785 01:05:06,027 --> 01:05:07,695 Sinful as it is incomprehensible. 786 01:05:07,737 --> 01:05:09,947 - 160! - 170! 787 01:05:09,989 --> 01:05:12,033 Every man, woman, and child is a child of God. 788 01:05:12,074 --> 01:05:13,200 170. 789 01:05:14,243 --> 01:05:17,288 Mother Ann, the women are tired. 790 01:05:17,330 --> 01:05:19,206 Should I look into a bed stay for the evening? 791 01:05:19,248 --> 01:05:21,542 That's a terrible waste of your resources, Mr. Hocknell. 792 01:05:21,584 --> 01:05:22,919 Please hold on to your notecase. 793 01:05:22,960 --> 01:05:24,712 -These men are without disease. -Shame! 794 01:05:24,754 --> 01:05:26,589 -Shame! -Shame! 795 01:05:26,631 --> 01:05:27,715 - Shame! - Shame! 796 01:05:27,757 --> 01:05:29,050 -Shame! -Shame! 797 01:05:29,091 --> 01:05:30,176 -Shame! -Shame! 798 01:05:35,181 --> 01:05:37,767 On that hot August afternoon, 799 01:05:37,808 --> 01:05:39,685 the Shakers went in search 800 01:05:39,727 --> 01:05:42,355 of a wide avenue called Broad Street, 801 01:05:42,396 --> 01:05:45,024 where Mother Ann felt confident she would discover 802 01:05:45,066 --> 01:05:46,734 what her vision had revealed. 803 01:05:57,244 --> 01:05:59,163 Pardon me, are you the mistress of this house? 804 01:05:59,205 --> 01:06:00,122 I am. 805 01:06:00,581 --> 01:06:01,791 Mrs. Cunningham? 806 01:06:04,377 --> 01:06:06,879 You'll have to please excuse me, I've just stepped outside 807 01:06:06,921 --> 01:06:08,214 to escape the heat, you see. 808 01:06:09,131 --> 01:06:10,341 Have we made acquaintance? 809 01:06:10,383 --> 01:06:12,134 I am commissioned by the Almighty God 810 01:06:12,176 --> 01:06:14,512 to preach the everlasting gospel to America. 811 01:06:15,012 --> 01:06:18,516 And an angel commanded me, here, to this house, 812 01:06:18,557 --> 01:06:20,476 to make a home for me and my people. 813 01:06:20,935 --> 01:06:23,562 She said the name, Cunningham. 814 01:06:23,604 --> 01:06:25,940 Mrs. Cunningham was a simple-minded woman 815 01:06:25,982 --> 01:06:27,608 who recently faced financial hardship... 816 01:06:27,650 --> 01:06:29,276 I see. 817 01:06:29,318 --> 01:06:31,195 ...and began offering affordable accommodations 818 01:06:31,237 --> 01:06:32,029 in her home. 819 01:06:33,572 --> 01:06:36,117 Although she didn't possess deep faith, 820 01:06:36,158 --> 01:06:39,245 she had a great curiosity about the world. 821 01:06:40,037 --> 01:06:42,331 She felt privileged to have been chosen 822 01:06:42,373 --> 01:06:44,417 by a higher force, 823 01:06:44,458 --> 01:06:47,753 which motivated her to provide discounted rates 824 01:06:47,795 --> 01:06:50,756 along with a warm welcome to her guests. 825 01:07:24,957 --> 01:07:26,751 May I please be excused, Mother Ann? 826 01:07:26,792 --> 01:07:28,294 You may, Nancy. 827 01:07:28,335 --> 01:07:32,089 Our privy is located just outside across the vestibule. 828 01:07:32,131 --> 01:07:33,257 You'll see a doorway to exit through 829 01:07:33,299 --> 01:07:34,759 at the far end of the corridor. 830 01:07:34,800 --> 01:07:36,218 Thank you kindly, Mrs. Cunningham. 831 01:07:48,731 --> 01:07:50,483 If you'll please excuse me, as well. 832 01:07:50,524 --> 01:07:52,651 I'll step out front for some fresh air. 833 01:07:52,693 --> 01:07:55,112 My equilibrium thinks me still aboard the Mariah. 834 01:08:08,501 --> 01:08:09,668 I haven't washed. 835 01:08:09,710 --> 01:08:11,003 The night of the tempest, 836 01:08:11,045 --> 01:08:12,880 I thought I mightn't ever see you again. 837 01:08:15,674 --> 01:08:17,593 We mustn't waste another moment. 838 01:08:21,055 --> 01:08:22,348 We mustn't. 839 01:08:25,851 --> 01:08:28,479 The men among us shall stay only a fortnight. 840 01:08:28,521 --> 01:08:30,022 James Whittaker, William, 841 01:08:30,064 --> 01:08:32,316 my son, Richard, and I must leave, 842 01:08:32,358 --> 01:08:35,236 in search of a suitable piece of land up the Hudson 843 01:08:35,277 --> 01:08:36,904 on which for us to settle. 844 01:08:36,946 --> 01:08:39,365 Have you a boatman arranged for your journey upriver? 845 01:08:41,033 --> 01:08:43,077 Is there someone you might suggest? 846 01:08:43,702 --> 01:08:47,289 I'm closely familiar with a Dutchman, a hunter, 847 01:08:47,873 --> 01:08:49,834 who's well acquainted with those macabre customs 848 01:08:49,875 --> 01:08:51,544 of the wild people. 849 01:08:51,585 --> 01:08:52,878 Wild people? 850 01:08:53,587 --> 01:08:55,172 River Injuns. 851 01:08:55,756 --> 01:08:57,675 And to go from New York to Albany, 852 01:08:57,716 --> 01:09:01,053 you consult not a timetable but a calendar. 853 01:09:01,470 --> 01:09:03,389 So, in mild weather, you take a boat, 854 01:09:03,430 --> 01:09:06,100 but when the Hudson is frozen, it's a stagecoach. 855 01:09:06,142 --> 01:09:08,561 Either way, it is a three-day trip. 856 01:09:10,104 --> 01:09:11,856 And you, Standerin? 857 01:09:11,897 --> 01:09:14,441 Will you be going along, too, with the others? 858 01:09:15,151 --> 01:09:18,612 I, uh, plan to stay behind, seek work here in town, 859 01:09:18,654 --> 01:09:20,406 aid in the support of our mission. 860 01:09:21,198 --> 01:09:23,284 Accompany me to the forge tomorrow. 861 01:09:23,868 --> 01:09:25,786 We'll see if there are gaps which need filling. 862 01:09:26,453 --> 01:09:28,289 Abraham is a remarkable farrier. 863 01:09:35,796 --> 01:09:37,548 Where has that boy of mine gone to? 864 01:09:38,549 --> 01:09:40,134 Pardon me, will you? 865 01:09:40,176 --> 01:09:42,094 Discourtesy is so unlike him. 866 01:09:43,846 --> 01:09:46,974 Seems like his breadbasket is all tied up in knots. 867 01:09:50,769 --> 01:09:51,812 Richard! 868 01:10:06,911 --> 01:10:08,329 God in Heaven! 869 01:10:14,919 --> 01:10:16,837 They are not willing to forsake. 870 01:10:16,879 --> 01:10:18,130 They plan to marry. 871 01:10:20,799 --> 01:10:22,259 Then they must leave us. 872 01:10:33,562 --> 01:10:35,231 Is their love so sinful? 873 01:10:36,649 --> 01:10:38,651 No, 'tis a thing of beauty. 874 01:10:39,944 --> 01:10:42,571 They can love each other deeply, like I love you. 875 01:10:43,489 --> 01:10:44,490 They... 876 01:10:45,366 --> 01:10:48,202 The love they have chosen will not last. 877 01:10:49,245 --> 01:10:53,749 It will turn your body into a senseless, unsavory corpse. 878 01:10:56,168 --> 01:10:59,505 The desire of the flesh will fester and tear it apart. 879 01:11:00,923 --> 01:11:03,509 And that desire is an ugly beast. 880 01:11:03,550 --> 01:11:07,596 And that beast destroys all that is beautiful and pure. 881 01:11:10,849 --> 01:11:13,519 Both of us have suffered on our journey. 882 01:11:14,728 --> 01:11:16,939 We have made tremendous sacrifices 883 01:11:16,981 --> 01:11:21,235 to receive the greatest love that one can experience, 884 01:11:21,277 --> 01:11:23,362 and to give it entirely. 885 01:11:29,493 --> 01:11:31,370 It pains me to see her go. 886 01:11:33,580 --> 01:11:35,874 I would force her to stay and send him away. 887 01:11:35,916 --> 01:11:37,668 She was left in our care, after all. 888 01:11:37,710 --> 01:11:39,253 But that we cannot, William. 889 01:11:40,462 --> 01:11:42,965 She must choose our way of life freely. 890 01:12:21,295 --> 01:12:23,380 Regretful and ashamed, 891 01:12:23,422 --> 01:12:27,509 Hocknell's son, Richard, and Ann's niece, Nancy, 892 01:12:27,551 --> 01:12:31,430 were exigently forced to leave their family and friends behind 893 01:12:31,472 --> 01:12:33,724 without pageantry of farewell. 894 01:12:40,856 --> 01:12:42,733 Eight became six. 895 01:13:10,135 --> 01:13:12,179 Slept like wee babes, did you, lads? 896 01:13:12,679 --> 01:13:14,515 As well as one might on a raft. 897 01:13:18,644 --> 01:13:20,354 Didn't Cunningham say he was Dutch? 898 01:13:21,313 --> 01:13:22,773 He's a Dutchman. 899 01:13:22,815 --> 01:13:24,900 Beautiful morning now, I say. 900 01:13:24,942 --> 01:13:27,194 But again, all white geese are swans. 901 01:13:31,031 --> 01:13:34,368 To the great frustration of the Irishman, 902 01:13:34,410 --> 01:13:36,245 the men journeyed upstream 903 01:13:36,286 --> 01:13:40,124 without a clear itinerary or navigational aids, 904 01:13:40,165 --> 01:13:43,419 relying solely on Mr. Hocknell's instincts. 905 01:13:54,138 --> 01:13:55,931 It's been two days, Mr. Hocknell. 906 01:13:55,973 --> 01:13:58,475 Nothing seems to stir your imagination. 907 01:13:58,517 --> 01:14:01,186 It is not me imagination. 908 01:14:01,228 --> 01:14:06,316 It is me Divine inspiration that is leading us. 909 01:14:06,358 --> 01:14:09,069 The night before their expedition, 910 01:14:09,111 --> 01:14:12,698 Brother Hocknell had shared a vivid dream with the men, 911 01:14:13,240 --> 01:14:17,411 featuring an expansive field with tall grass, 912 01:14:17,453 --> 01:14:21,123 bordered by 12 large oak trees. 913 01:14:21,165 --> 01:14:24,042 They all believed this was the ideal place 914 01:14:24,084 --> 01:14:25,502 for them to settle. 915 01:14:26,295 --> 01:14:29,173 These are the wild people 916 01:14:29,214 --> 01:14:31,925 we have compensated you to protect us from? 917 01:14:31,967 --> 01:14:33,844 The women and children, yes. 918 01:14:34,303 --> 01:14:36,138 The manful redskin, yet. 919 01:14:37,764 --> 01:14:40,392 You've never lain your eye on a more wretched brute. 920 01:14:54,239 --> 01:14:55,908 Your friend's a bit mad, is he? 921 01:14:56,325 --> 01:14:58,076 He doesn't help us to cook or make camp. 922 01:15:00,621 --> 01:15:02,956 I'm not mad, but perhaps 923 01:15:02,998 --> 01:15:05,209 I've become indolent in my old age. 924 01:15:05,250 --> 01:15:07,085 I'm not cheap, however, 925 01:15:07,127 --> 01:15:10,506 so I've afforded myself the opportunity to do nothing. 926 01:15:10,547 --> 01:15:14,259 May I pray now to the Almighty God in some peace? 927 01:15:19,515 --> 01:15:22,351 I'm sorry, Lord, I could not control my temper. 928 01:15:23,685 --> 01:15:26,104 And it is something I have been working on. 929 01:15:27,981 --> 01:15:30,484 I should not have lashed out at this common man 930 01:15:30,526 --> 01:15:33,862 who does not understand the path that we're on, 931 01:15:33,904 --> 01:15:36,365 who cannot comprehend in any way 932 01:15:36,406 --> 01:15:38,742 the kind of endurance 933 01:15:38,784 --> 01:15:41,370 that is required to make this journey. 934 01:15:43,455 --> 01:15:47,000 I weakened at a point when I should have been strong, 935 01:15:47,042 --> 01:15:49,962 and I really beg you for forgiveness. 936 01:15:50,003 --> 01:15:52,548 And I will apologize to this man, 937 01:15:52,589 --> 01:15:54,633 although he does get under my skin 938 01:15:54,675 --> 01:15:57,719 with his pettiness and his small-mindedness. 939 01:15:57,761 --> 01:16:01,390 But I should rise above that. I should know better. 940 01:16:01,765 --> 01:16:04,685 I sit in endless gratitude 941 01:16:04,726 --> 01:16:07,271 for all the gifts that you've given me... 942 01:16:07,312 --> 01:16:09,648 Did you sleep a wink, Mr. Hocknell? 943 01:16:09,690 --> 01:16:11,483 ...that you are constantly bestowing upon me. 944 01:16:22,869 --> 01:16:24,496 Legend has it, 945 01:16:24,538 --> 01:16:27,124 that on the third day of the men's search, 946 01:16:27,165 --> 01:16:29,918 a most peculiar thing happened. 947 01:16:30,961 --> 01:16:32,087 Brother Hocknell? 948 01:16:33,797 --> 01:16:34,840 Brother Hocknell? 949 01:16:39,761 --> 01:16:41,805 ♪ I am searching I am led ♪ 950 01:16:44,558 --> 01:16:46,727 ♪ He is searching He is led ♪ 951 01:16:49,187 --> 01:16:51,732 ♪ I am searching I am led ♪ 952 01:16:53,942 --> 01:16:56,153 ♪ He is searching He is led ♪ 953 01:16:58,280 --> 01:17:00,365 ♪ What eyes reveal ♪ 954 01:17:00,407 --> 01:17:03,076 ♪ It's our ideal ♪ 955 01:17:03,118 --> 01:17:06,622 ♪ That our ordeal Is worth it ♪ 956 01:17:12,794 --> 01:17:15,088 ♪ I am searching I am led ♪ 957 01:17:17,382 --> 01:17:19,551 ♪ He is searching He is led ♪ 958 01:17:21,928 --> 01:17:24,806 ♪ I am searching I am led ♪ 959 01:17:26,933 --> 01:17:29,478 ♪ He is searching He is led ♪ 960 01:17:31,229 --> 01:17:33,398 ♪ What eyes reveal ♪ 961 01:17:33,440 --> 01:17:35,692 ♪ It's our ideal ♪ 962 01:17:36,026 --> 01:17:39,905 ♪ That our ordeal Is worth it ♪ 963 01:17:39,946 --> 01:17:41,031 Brother Hocknell! 964 01:17:41,073 --> 01:17:42,699 ♪ What eyes reveal ♪ 965 01:17:42,741 --> 01:17:45,410 ♪ It's our ideal ♪ 966 01:17:45,452 --> 01:17:48,955 ♪ That our ordeal is worth it ♪ 967 01:17:50,165 --> 01:17:52,793 ♪ Oh, God, I saw it ♪ 968 01:17:52,834 --> 01:17:55,170 ♪ Like through a glass ♪ 969 01:17:55,212 --> 01:17:57,881 ♪ My visions shall ♪ 970 01:17:57,923 --> 01:18:02,886 ♪ Come to pass ♪ 971 01:18:02,928 --> 01:18:05,389 ♪ Pass ♪ 972 01:18:05,430 --> 01:18:11,478 ♪ Pass ♪ 973 01:18:46,263 --> 01:18:49,015 Brother Abraham, is something the matter? 974 01:18:49,057 --> 01:18:51,935 I need to speak with her in private. 975 01:18:51,977 --> 01:18:55,689 -Brother? -Sister, go and take my bed. 976 01:18:55,731 --> 01:18:57,190 The men are away now. 977 01:18:58,024 --> 01:19:00,485 Please, just leave me in peace with her. 978 01:19:24,593 --> 01:19:25,761 Mother, 979 01:19:26,094 --> 01:19:27,888 I've endured your sensual abstinence for six years... 980 01:19:27,929 --> 01:19:29,222 You are setting a terrible precedent. 981 01:19:29,264 --> 01:19:30,974 No, you will not talk over me! 982 01:19:31,016 --> 01:19:32,601 Quiet your voice! 983 01:19:32,642 --> 01:19:37,022 I will give you a chance now 984 01:19:37,063 --> 01:19:40,066 to rectify your standing in my eyes. 985 01:19:40,108 --> 01:19:43,653 Go to bed with me, dutifully, as you once promised. 986 01:19:43,695 --> 01:19:45,280 No one can reach God 987 01:19:45,322 --> 01:19:46,656 while wallowing in the lust of the flesh. 988 01:19:46,698 --> 01:19:48,033 Oh, enough! 989 01:19:48,825 --> 01:19:50,702 I want to please my husband, I do. 990 01:19:51,661 --> 01:19:53,205 But I cannot. 991 01:19:53,872 --> 01:19:56,333 My natural instincts have died away in love of God. 992 01:19:59,044 --> 01:20:01,171 I urge you to renounce your testimony... 993 01:20:03,131 --> 01:20:07,469 and live in sexual cohabitation like the rest of the world. 994 01:20:07,511 --> 01:20:09,679 Abraham, the exuberant bliss of Christ-- 995 01:20:09,721 --> 01:20:10,806 No. And the more you talk of 996 01:20:10,847 --> 01:20:12,724 "exuberant bliss of Divine intercourse," 997 01:20:12,766 --> 01:20:17,062 the more I shall drink, and not stop myself until I am dead. 998 01:20:27,239 --> 01:20:29,074 Do those that follow thou 999 01:20:29,783 --> 01:20:32,494 and abide ye's every locution, 1000 01:20:32,536 --> 01:20:34,579 know their Mother Ann to be illiterate? 1001 01:20:37,499 --> 01:20:38,750 Tell me... 1002 01:20:39,459 --> 01:20:41,670 how does one contribute to the scripture 1003 01:20:42,254 --> 01:20:44,548 if thou cannot stable a quill? 1004 01:20:49,302 --> 01:20:51,263 I've kept your secrets, Ann Lee. 1005 01:20:52,931 --> 01:20:54,558 And you will keep mine. 1006 01:21:29,050 --> 01:21:31,219 So you are to be my wife now. 1007 01:21:32,637 --> 01:21:34,139 Go to the room. Now. 1008 01:21:36,725 --> 01:21:41,146 Now, if you do not consent to sexual cohabitation with me, 1009 01:21:41,187 --> 01:21:42,981 I will take this woman for my wife. 1010 01:21:43,023 --> 01:21:44,941 I will not do it, if you should take my life 1011 01:21:44,983 --> 01:21:46,276 as consequence for my refusal. 1012 01:21:47,777 --> 01:21:49,779 I'll do anything for my husband 1013 01:21:49,821 --> 01:21:53,116 which justice, reason, and humanity requires, 1014 01:21:53,158 --> 01:21:55,744 but I do not consent to violate my duty to God. 1015 01:21:57,162 --> 01:21:59,164 And I will endeavor to prevail on you 1016 01:21:59,205 --> 01:22:01,917 to return to your duty and be faithful. 1017 01:22:04,336 --> 01:22:06,212 Don't! Be quiet! 1018 01:22:06,254 --> 01:22:07,756 Shh. 1019 01:22:07,797 --> 01:22:10,050 I solemnly vow I shan't utter another word 1020 01:22:10,091 --> 01:22:11,551 if you just lower your voice. 1021 01:22:12,552 --> 01:22:13,762 Lower your voice. 1022 01:22:14,679 --> 01:22:15,889 I will listen. 1023 01:22:16,890 --> 01:22:18,433 Shhhh. 1024 01:22:25,023 --> 01:22:26,316 You have been paid. 1025 01:22:29,611 --> 01:22:31,237 You are to be my wife now. 1026 01:22:34,616 --> 01:22:38,119 Come. Good. Now, take me in your mouth. 1027 01:22:41,498 --> 01:22:43,583 Now you-you are my wife now. 1028 01:22:45,377 --> 01:22:47,379 Go on. There. 1029 01:22:49,297 --> 01:22:52,258 During that long, bitter winter, 1030 01:22:53,051 --> 01:22:56,012 Mother Ann endured deep sorrow of the soul. 1031 01:22:58,056 --> 01:23:00,141 Her children were dead. 1032 01:23:00,183 --> 01:23:02,435 Her husband had left her. 1033 01:23:03,853 --> 01:23:06,398 Her mission to America seemed doomed. 1034 01:23:23,540 --> 01:23:26,167 But, with the arrival of spring, 1035 01:23:27,127 --> 01:23:29,170 came news from the men 1036 01:23:29,212 --> 01:23:32,090 that it was time for the women to journey upriver 1037 01:23:32,132 --> 01:23:34,009 and reunite with their brothers. 1038 01:23:47,022 --> 01:23:50,025 From here, as far as the eye can see, Mother, 1039 01:23:51,026 --> 01:23:52,027 it is ours. 1040 01:23:52,986 --> 01:23:54,446 The deed is done. 1041 01:23:57,032 --> 01:23:58,241 Brother Hocknell... 1042 01:23:59,701 --> 01:24:00,952 Tell it, brother. 1043 01:24:01,578 --> 01:24:04,539 How is anyone meant to find us camouflaged by the pines? 1044 01:24:05,915 --> 01:24:08,835 My dear children. Hold fast. 1045 01:24:08,877 --> 01:24:10,837 Be not discouraged. 1046 01:24:10,879 --> 01:24:13,131 God has not sent us to this land in vain. 1047 01:24:13,173 --> 01:24:16,718 He sent us to bring the Gospel to this nation, 1048 01:24:17,302 --> 01:24:19,637 which is deeply lost in sin. 1049 01:24:20,221 --> 01:24:22,265 And there are a great number who will embrace it. 1050 01:24:23,141 --> 01:24:25,060 And the time draws nigh. 1051 01:24:26,061 --> 01:24:28,563 Do you truly believe the Gospel will open to the world? 1052 01:24:28,605 --> 01:24:30,732 Yea, Brother William. 1053 01:24:30,774 --> 01:24:32,484 I certainly know it will. 1054 01:24:33,234 --> 01:24:36,988 And the time is near at hand when they will come like doves. 1055 01:24:39,199 --> 01:24:40,867 Mother, you have often told us so, but... 1056 01:24:42,368 --> 01:24:43,745 they do not come. 1057 01:24:45,997 --> 01:24:49,250 We are so few, yet we have lost so many. 1058 01:24:49,292 --> 01:24:51,294 Brother William, you will go out and preach 1059 01:24:51,336 --> 01:24:53,004 and make our presence known. 1060 01:24:53,046 --> 01:24:54,547 Be patient. 1061 01:24:54,589 --> 01:24:57,717 Be patient, my dear children. 1062 01:24:57,759 --> 01:25:00,303 For I have seen a great number coming now. 1063 01:25:01,221 --> 01:25:03,973 And you will soon see them coming in great numbers. 1064 01:25:05,850 --> 01:25:07,185 I know it. 1065 01:25:10,438 --> 01:25:12,816 After securing the land, 1066 01:25:12,857 --> 01:25:15,401 Brother Hocknell had but enough capital left 1067 01:25:15,443 --> 01:25:17,070 to hire help to till it. 1068 01:25:18,279 --> 01:25:20,365 Yet Mother Ann was eager to welcome 1069 01:25:20,406 --> 01:25:21,991 the farmers to the faith 1070 01:25:22,033 --> 01:25:24,744 and would not rest until each one had joined. 1071 01:25:47,433 --> 01:25:50,311 Soon thereafter, Mother Ann sent Brother William 1072 01:25:50,353 --> 01:25:52,355 on a quest for new followers. 1073 01:26:17,046 --> 01:26:21,092 On the 19th of May, in the year 1780, 1074 01:26:21,134 --> 01:26:24,012 the sky turned a strange hue. 1075 01:26:24,053 --> 01:26:27,515 William had heard tale of a small godly lot, 1076 01:26:27,557 --> 01:26:29,893 who were certain Judgment Day were nigh. 1077 01:26:31,561 --> 01:26:36,566 Let it touch your skin like silk or fire. 1078 01:26:36,608 --> 01:26:41,654 Now, each and every thing shall be raised to life before God. 1079 01:26:41,696 --> 01:26:42,989 May he be praised... 1080 01:26:54,459 --> 01:26:59,589 Fear not, the day of Resurrection is here. 1081 01:26:59,631 --> 01:27:04,302 Look up to God at the first rays of the sun. 1082 01:27:04,344 --> 01:27:09,224 Let it touch your skin like silk or fire. 1083 01:27:09,265 --> 01:27:12,101 Look up! Look up! Look up! 1084 01:27:12,602 --> 01:27:13,770 Fear not! 1085 01:27:15,188 --> 01:27:17,315 Now, here it is, without delay! 1086 01:27:17,357 --> 01:27:21,027 At last! At last! At last! 1087 01:27:24,781 --> 01:27:26,532 -You lied to us. -What does it mean, Father? 1088 01:27:26,574 --> 01:27:28,952 Hold your words, please! 1089 01:27:28,993 --> 01:27:31,454 Everyone, hold your words. 1090 01:27:31,496 --> 01:27:34,290 There were countless signs! All led here. 1091 01:27:35,041 --> 01:27:36,501 What have I missed? 1092 01:27:38,962 --> 01:27:41,172 Are my calculations mistaken? 1093 01:27:41,589 --> 01:27:44,550 Or perhaps the Lord hath taken pity on us all. 1094 01:27:45,093 --> 01:27:47,845 Father, could it be that the cataclysm of your sermon-- 1095 01:27:47,887 --> 01:27:51,099 Make no words, Deacon Talmadge Bishop. 1096 01:27:52,100 --> 01:27:55,186 I require consultation from our neighboring parishes. 1097 01:27:55,228 --> 01:27:58,690 I must journey to them at once and collect their insights. 1098 01:27:59,232 --> 01:28:02,068 Your neighboring ministers are of ill repute, Father. 1099 01:28:09,242 --> 01:28:13,496 St. Paul says it is no sin for women to speak in churches. 1100 01:28:14,038 --> 01:28:17,625 Though I remain dubious, I am drawn to hear her speak. 1101 01:28:17,667 --> 01:28:19,085 All that I have told you is true, 1102 01:28:19,127 --> 01:28:20,753 but I advise you to go for yourself, 1103 01:28:20,795 --> 01:28:22,255 and speak to Mother Ann. 1104 01:28:24,007 --> 01:28:25,967 The news of religious liberty 1105 01:28:26,009 --> 01:28:28,136 stirred up many a sect in America. 1106 01:28:28,177 --> 01:28:31,222 Most preaching doom before paradise. 1107 01:28:32,181 --> 01:28:36,853 But Ann's word, paradise through toil and chastity, 1108 01:28:37,353 --> 01:28:39,731 were a far simpler promise to fulfill. 1109 01:28:41,607 --> 01:28:46,321 ♪ Bow down, O Zion ♪ 1110 01:28:46,362 --> 01:28:50,074 ♪ And pray unto Heaven ♪ 1111 01:28:51,117 --> 01:28:55,204 ♪ That God in His mercy ♪ 1112 01:28:55,246 --> 01:28:58,541 ♪ Return unto thee ♪ 1113 01:29:00,043 --> 01:29:03,046 ♪ For thee For, for thee ♪ 1114 01:29:04,505 --> 01:29:07,300 ♪ For thee For, for thee ♪ 1115 01:29:07,342 --> 01:29:10,011 We have labored for years in the work of the regeneration, 1116 01:29:10,053 --> 01:29:12,597 and have risen with Christ. 1117 01:29:13,598 --> 01:29:16,100 We have traveled with him in the resurrection. 1118 01:29:16,142 --> 01:29:19,479 -♪ That God in His mercy ♪ -For the light and power of God 1119 01:29:19,520 --> 01:29:21,939 was revealed to our Mother Ann, and through her, 1120 01:29:21,981 --> 01:29:24,650 reveals to those who receive her testimony. 1121 01:29:24,692 --> 01:29:29,113 Such sensible effect in giving them power over all sin. 1122 01:29:29,155 --> 01:29:32,200 ♪ For thee For, for thee ♪ 1123 01:29:32,241 --> 01:29:37,288 - ♪ O, fall on the rock ♪ - ♪ Rock ♪ 1124 01:29:38,247 --> 01:29:42,001 ♪ Each one and be broken ♪ 1125 01:29:43,169 --> 01:29:46,130 ♪ Mother's devotion ♪ 1126 01:29:47,173 --> 01:29:49,801 ♪ To set us all free ♪ 1127 01:29:49,842 --> 01:29:52,178 Revelations and gifts of God 1128 01:29:52,220 --> 01:29:56,224 that she was received and acknowledged 1129 01:29:56,265 --> 01:30:00,144 -as the first spiritual leader! -♪ Fall on the rock ♪ 1130 01:30:00,812 --> 01:30:04,482 ♪ Each one and be broken ♪ 1131 01:30:05,691 --> 01:30:08,861 ♪ Mother's devotion ♪ 1132 01:30:09,695 --> 01:30:13,324 ♪ To set you all free ♪ 1133 01:30:13,366 --> 01:30:16,119 We are located just a mere ten miles north. 1134 01:30:16,953 --> 01:30:20,706 ♪ Mother's devotion ♪ 1135 01:30:20,748 --> 01:30:24,377 ♪ To set us all free ♪ 1136 01:30:26,754 --> 01:30:28,214 I will take you there myself, personally. 1137 01:30:28,256 --> 01:30:31,801 ♪ Mother's devotion ♪ 1138 01:30:31,843 --> 01:30:35,388 ♪ To set us all free ♪ 1139 01:30:36,889 --> 01:30:39,559 ♪ For thee For, for thee ♪ 1140 01:30:39,600 --> 01:30:42,854 ♪ Mother's devotion ♪ 1141 01:30:42,895 --> 01:30:46,858 ♪ To set us all free ♪ 1142 01:30:48,192 --> 01:30:50,611 ♪ For thee For, for thee ♪ 1143 01:30:50,653 --> 01:30:54,240 ♪ Mother's devotion ♪ 1144 01:30:54,282 --> 01:30:57,827 ♪ To set us all free ♪ 1145 01:30:59,328 --> 01:31:02,248 ♪ For thee For, for thee ♪ 1146 01:31:24,228 --> 01:31:26,564 The first winter proved most trying. 1147 01:31:27,023 --> 01:31:28,983 As they broke the land, 1148 01:31:29,025 --> 01:31:32,612 the swamp yielded its serpents and stinging pests. 1149 01:31:34,655 --> 01:31:35,948 Soon, sickness spread. 1150 01:31:37,241 --> 01:31:38,326 And fever took hold. 1151 01:31:41,913 --> 01:31:44,373 The Shakers kept friendly with their neighbors, 1152 01:31:44,415 --> 01:31:47,084 knowing them to be skilled in woodworking, 1153 01:31:47,126 --> 01:31:49,795 and willing to trade teaching for goods. 1154 01:31:56,802 --> 01:31:58,221 "Do all your work 1155 01:31:58,262 --> 01:32:01,057 as though you had a thousand years to live 1156 01:32:01,098 --> 01:32:04,310 and as you would if you knew you must die tomorrow," 1157 01:32:04,352 --> 01:32:06,395 she would say. 1158 01:32:12,360 --> 01:32:14,320 Like all true leaders, 1159 01:32:14,362 --> 01:32:16,113 Mother Ann never asked her people 1160 01:32:16,155 --> 01:32:18,032 to do anything she would not do herself. 1161 01:32:21,911 --> 01:32:25,206 The Shakers knew that the best way to reach God 1162 01:32:25,248 --> 01:32:29,460 was by laboring tirelessly, always striving for perfection. 1163 01:32:30,795 --> 01:32:32,713 With indefatigable faith, 1164 01:32:32,755 --> 01:32:36,300 they toiled side-by-side to raise a lasting home. 1165 01:32:37,969 --> 01:32:41,055 Little mindful of the war that raged about them. 1166 01:32:46,727 --> 01:32:48,271 At last, she had found 1167 01:32:48,312 --> 01:32:50,481 a sanctuary for her people. 1168 01:33:03,869 --> 01:33:05,997 For those new here, 1169 01:33:06,038 --> 01:33:09,250 who are unaccustomed to a woman preacher. 1170 01:33:09,292 --> 01:33:11,877 "A woman shall compass a man." 1171 01:33:12,628 --> 01:33:16,424 Christ's spirit first appeared as a man, 1172 01:33:16,465 --> 01:33:19,552 but has reappeared to fulfill the promise 1173 01:33:19,594 --> 01:33:22,847 of the Second Coming as a woman. 1174 01:33:22,888 --> 01:33:24,557 Our Mother Ann. 1175 01:33:24,599 --> 01:33:28,603 And as we were all created in His likeness, see, 1176 01:33:28,644 --> 01:33:32,940 God must be both male and female. 1177 01:33:33,816 --> 01:33:36,110 For those wedded cohabitants here today, 1178 01:33:37,320 --> 01:33:40,281 you must forsake the marriage of the flesh 1179 01:33:40,323 --> 01:33:43,159 or you cannot be married to the lamb. 1180 01:33:43,200 --> 01:33:45,620 We have had the power of God upon us 1181 01:33:45,661 --> 01:33:48,372 and have felt great tribulation for our sins. 1182 01:33:48,414 --> 01:33:52,293 After which we have felt great love and releasement, 1183 01:33:52,335 --> 01:33:54,462 thought ourselves converted. 1184 01:33:55,046 --> 01:33:56,922 Is not this of Jesus Christ? 1185 01:33:56,964 --> 01:33:59,884 Yes, it is my brother and husband. 1186 01:33:59,925 --> 01:34:01,636 It is us both, you see. 1187 01:34:02,637 --> 01:34:05,348 The gifts and calling of God 1188 01:34:05,389 --> 01:34:07,933 given to souls in nature's darkness 1189 01:34:07,975 --> 01:34:10,394 not because they have repented, 1190 01:34:10,436 --> 01:34:14,148 but they are intended to lead souls to repentance. 1191 01:34:15,066 --> 01:34:17,109 What is this repentance? 1192 01:34:17,151 --> 01:34:18,903 To leave off committing sin 1193 01:34:18,944 --> 01:34:21,280 is the only repentance which God accepts. 1194 01:34:21,322 --> 01:34:25,326 Short of making an honest and faithful confession 1195 01:34:25,368 --> 01:34:28,454 of all the sins ever committed in your whole life. 1196 01:34:30,873 --> 01:34:34,335 It is God alone that can forgive sins, 1197 01:34:34,377 --> 01:34:37,713 where then is the necessity of confessing them to man? 1198 01:34:37,755 --> 01:34:40,049 God has established that order for all souls 1199 01:34:40,091 --> 01:34:43,344 who have committed sins that they must confess their sins 1200 01:34:43,386 --> 01:34:45,680 before His chosen witnesses. 1201 01:34:47,223 --> 01:34:50,559 Do not be frightened, girl. We do not bite. 1202 01:34:53,688 --> 01:34:55,898 Brother William tells me you have borne seven children 1203 01:34:55,940 --> 01:34:57,566 yet at such a young age. 1204 01:34:58,734 --> 01:34:59,777 I have. 1205 01:35:02,154 --> 01:35:03,948 And did you receive them all with equal joy? 1206 01:35:10,371 --> 01:35:11,205 No. 1207 01:35:12,998 --> 01:35:14,083 Is that so? 1208 01:35:17,128 --> 01:35:19,588 For she who confesses, shams are over 1209 01:35:19,630 --> 01:35:21,424 and realities have begun. 1210 01:35:22,633 --> 01:35:24,802 She has exteriorized her rottenness. 1211 01:35:29,473 --> 01:35:33,269 Routinely, see, when I went out to fetch some water... 1212 01:35:34,979 --> 01:35:36,939 a terrible thought might come on. 1213 01:35:38,065 --> 01:35:40,109 As I cradled our infant boy... 1214 01:35:42,820 --> 01:35:45,948 an overwhelming impulse surged through me. 1215 01:35:47,616 --> 01:35:49,285 The desire to release him 1216 01:35:49,326 --> 01:35:51,328 into the depths of the well and leave. 1217 01:35:54,415 --> 01:35:56,292 Seeking solace from the undoubtedly 1218 01:35:56,333 --> 01:35:58,169 ceaseless wailing in the woods 1219 01:35:58,210 --> 01:35:59,545 behind the wash shed. 1220 01:36:03,132 --> 01:36:07,803 In that moment, the longing for tranquility and silence 1221 01:36:07,845 --> 01:36:10,431 felt stronger than the will to live. 1222 01:36:10,473 --> 01:36:12,516 -Give your grief to God. -Give your grief to God. 1223 01:36:12,558 --> 01:36:14,602 - Your grief to God. - Give your grief to God. 1224 01:36:14,643 --> 01:36:15,978 Give your grief to God. 1225 01:36:16,020 --> 01:36:18,063 Give your grief to God. 1226 01:36:18,105 --> 01:36:20,191 Give your grief to God. 1227 01:36:41,253 --> 01:36:43,005 More love, Brothers! 1228 01:36:44,548 --> 01:36:46,550 More love, Sisters! 1229 01:36:51,597 --> 01:36:53,849 This is our altar, 1230 01:36:54,934 --> 01:36:57,770 and our altar is love! 1231 01:36:59,480 --> 01:37:03,651 None can build this altar or sacrifice upon it 1232 01:37:03,692 --> 01:37:06,529 but the pure in heart, 1233 01:37:06,570 --> 01:37:08,739 and such are we! 1234 01:37:09,657 --> 01:37:12,827 We will sacrifice upon it! 1235 01:37:12,868 --> 01:37:16,997 And we will love each other! 1236 01:37:35,724 --> 01:37:37,935 The trumpet of Mother's everlasting gospel 1237 01:37:37,977 --> 01:37:39,436 began to sound. 1238 01:37:40,312 --> 01:37:43,357 And many flocked to Niskayuna from various quarters. 1239 01:37:45,901 --> 01:37:49,488 Thus, the long expectations of Ann Lee's church 1240 01:37:49,530 --> 01:37:50,990 were fully realized. 1241 01:38:14,972 --> 01:38:16,515 William, the Elder? 1242 01:38:17,266 --> 01:38:20,394 Yes, Brother, it is I. Have we made acquaintance? 1243 01:38:33,407 --> 01:38:35,451 This way, children. Come with me. 1244 01:38:38,203 --> 01:38:39,496 Come along now. 1245 01:38:41,624 --> 01:38:42,791 A place for everything, 1246 01:38:42,833 --> 01:38:44,668 and everything in its place, William. 1247 01:38:46,795 --> 01:38:48,964 There are so many children. 1248 01:38:49,006 --> 01:38:52,593 We have found that a great many need caring for 1249 01:38:52,635 --> 01:38:54,470 and plenty who have none. 1250 01:38:54,511 --> 01:38:56,513 Some come with their mothers alone, 1251 01:38:56,555 --> 01:38:58,057 some come with their fathers as well. 1252 01:38:59,475 --> 01:39:02,519 All little ones are free of sin. 1253 01:39:02,561 --> 01:39:05,648 Later, they can choose for themselves to stay pure or not. 1254 01:39:08,400 --> 01:39:11,236 So, tell us, Brother. 1255 01:39:11,946 --> 01:39:13,989 You have our undivided attention. 1256 01:39:17,660 --> 01:39:19,453 The devil is a real being. 1257 01:39:19,954 --> 01:39:21,997 As real as a bear. 1258 01:39:22,706 --> 01:39:25,376 And I know, for I have seen him and fought with him. 1259 01:39:26,001 --> 01:39:27,419 But I have encountered and gathered 1260 01:39:27,461 --> 01:39:29,338 a many righteous brother and sister also. 1261 01:39:31,006 --> 01:39:33,550 I have amassed a following across towns near and far. 1262 01:39:34,635 --> 01:39:36,095 A community of persons who long 1263 01:39:36,136 --> 01:39:38,389 to be in the presence of their Mother Ann. 1264 01:39:38,430 --> 01:39:42,309 We have made a great advancement during your absence. 1265 01:39:42,893 --> 01:39:44,061 That, I can see. 1266 01:39:45,688 --> 01:39:48,399 Imagine my delight at this land tilled, 1267 01:39:48,440 --> 01:39:51,527 edifice erected, new faces in every and all direction. 1268 01:39:53,153 --> 01:39:55,114 It is exactly as you said it would be. 1269 01:39:57,574 --> 01:40:00,786 Mother, I've seen a vision. 1270 01:40:03,539 --> 01:40:06,709 A large, black cloud rising as black as thunder. 1271 01:40:07,710 --> 01:40:09,253 A wartime is coming. 1272 01:40:10,462 --> 01:40:11,714 You are not wrong. 1273 01:40:14,174 --> 01:40:15,926 On my travels, I obtained a pamphlet 1274 01:40:15,968 --> 01:40:19,388 from a Mr. Valentine Rathbun, Minister of the Gospel 1275 01:40:19,430 --> 01:40:20,681 which concerns me greatly. 1276 01:40:20,723 --> 01:40:22,975 -May I read from it, Mother? -You may. 1277 01:40:24,143 --> 01:40:27,229 "To obtain instruction from the woman preacher, Ann Lee, 1278 01:40:27,271 --> 01:40:30,774 I went to Niskayuna and gave her a lengthy relation of my life. 1279 01:40:31,442 --> 01:40:33,902 In return, she made me many wonderful promises. 1280 01:40:35,279 --> 01:40:37,906 Shakerism is a religion of bluff, 1281 01:40:37,948 --> 01:40:40,075 and its adherents are fanatics. 1282 01:40:40,117 --> 01:40:41,869 I myself beheld the following, 1283 01:40:41,910 --> 01:40:43,620 and know, therefore, whereof I speak. 1284 01:40:43,662 --> 01:40:45,247 They meet together in the dead of night 1285 01:40:45,289 --> 01:40:47,791 and have been heard two miles away by people. 1286 01:40:47,833 --> 01:40:49,877 They run about in the woods and elsewhere, 1287 01:40:49,918 --> 01:40:52,588 hooting and tooting like owls while some dance 1288 01:40:52,629 --> 01:40:55,632 and make such a bedlam as only the insane can thrive upon." 1289 01:40:55,674 --> 01:40:58,844 Yes, he was here for the winter, 1290 01:40:58,886 --> 01:41:01,263 but he was not well-suited for our community 1291 01:41:01,305 --> 01:41:02,806 and was asked to leave. 1292 01:41:04,349 --> 01:41:07,728 Brother William, this is to be expected. 1293 01:41:07,770 --> 01:41:10,939 For we have long endured such slanderous conceits. 1294 01:41:10,981 --> 01:41:12,691 This is different. It goes on and on. 1295 01:41:12,733 --> 01:41:14,193 But hear this. 1296 01:41:14,693 --> 01:41:16,820 "Most of those who join Ann Lee's movement 1297 01:41:16,862 --> 01:41:18,238 are urged to cry out against 1298 01:41:18,280 --> 01:41:20,240 the military defense of the country, 1299 01:41:20,282 --> 01:41:22,659 against fighting the common British foe. 1300 01:41:23,160 --> 01:41:26,622 Ann Lee's scheming religion is not only treasonous, 1301 01:41:27,331 --> 01:41:29,666 it is also aimed at bre-- 1302 01:41:29,708 --> 01:41:32,294 It is also aimed at breaking up life as we know it. 1303 01:41:32,336 --> 01:41:35,506 She causes husbands and wives to part. 1304 01:41:35,547 --> 01:41:38,509 I am convinced the spirit which prevails over this new scheme 1305 01:41:38,550 --> 01:41:40,886 is the spirit of witchcraft. 1306 01:41:41,804 --> 01:41:45,808 Ann Lee is Satan in the guise of a sweet angel of light. 1307 01:41:46,433 --> 01:41:49,019 Some of the women Shakers strip naked in the woods." 1308 01:41:49,061 --> 01:41:51,730 That is because the brethren pulled off their coats 1309 01:41:51,772 --> 01:41:53,565 or outside garments, to labor, 1310 01:41:53,607 --> 01:41:56,110 or as the world would call it "dance." 1311 01:41:56,151 --> 01:41:59,822 And in warm weather the sisters being lightly clothed, but... 1312 01:41:59,863 --> 01:42:02,491 but they would report we dance naked! 1313 01:42:02,533 --> 01:42:04,409 And you know how apt 1314 01:42:04,451 --> 01:42:06,620 the ignorant and vulgar parts of mankind are 1315 01:42:06,662 --> 01:42:08,455 to misrepresent what they see. 1316 01:42:08,497 --> 01:42:11,708 If one told we dance naked with but few clothes on, 1317 01:42:11,750 --> 01:42:13,627 another in telling the story would miss out that part. 1318 01:42:13,669 --> 01:42:16,380 It is not the baseless accusation of vulgarities 1319 01:42:16,421 --> 01:42:18,590 which concerns me, Sister Mary. 1320 01:42:18,632 --> 01:42:21,343 For treason, Mother could be jailed or worse. 1321 01:42:21,385 --> 01:42:24,179 Not long ago, a general came along 1322 01:42:24,221 --> 01:42:25,889 with two magisterial gentlemen on horseback, 1323 01:42:25,931 --> 01:42:27,599 declaring that they required 1324 01:42:27,641 --> 01:42:30,144 we take an oath of allegiance to the country 1325 01:42:30,936 --> 01:42:33,814 and join them in the fight for this nation's independence. 1326 01:42:36,108 --> 01:42:37,734 And what did you reply? 1327 01:42:38,777 --> 01:42:41,530 I merely explained that the people of this community 1328 01:42:41,572 --> 01:42:43,115 will never do them any hurt, 1329 01:42:43,157 --> 01:42:44,992 for we are well-wishers to the country. 1330 01:42:45,033 --> 01:42:46,869 And we will do all the good to the country 1331 01:42:46,910 --> 01:42:48,287 that we are able to do. 1332 01:42:49,580 --> 01:42:50,497 Good. 1333 01:42:52,499 --> 01:42:53,458 That is good. 1334 01:42:55,961 --> 01:42:59,256 But I also made explicit that we are unwilling 1335 01:42:59,298 --> 01:43:02,551 and unable to kill the devil with the sword. 1336 01:43:03,010 --> 01:43:04,511 Hear me. We must hide you, Mother. 1337 01:43:04,553 --> 01:43:07,806 William, sit down. Do not be rash. Rest, please. 1338 01:43:07,848 --> 01:43:09,725 I need you to hear me. They will return for you. 1339 01:43:09,766 --> 01:43:11,852 Rest, William. 1340 01:43:11,894 --> 01:43:14,897 All will be clear as crystal glass on the morrow. 1341 01:44:24,967 --> 01:44:30,931 ♪ Oh, my pretty Mother's home ♪ 1342 01:44:30,973 --> 01:44:35,644 ♪ I love Mother ♪ 1343 01:44:35,686 --> 01:44:39,523 -♪ Sweeter than the... ♪ -♪ I love her way ♪ 1344 01:44:39,564 --> 01:44:41,858 ♪ ...honey in a comb ♪ 1345 01:44:41,900 --> 01:44:45,279 ♪ I love her gospel ♪ 1346 01:44:46,613 --> 01:44:50,367 ♪ Precepts to obey ♪ 1347 01:44:51,994 --> 01:44:54,329 ♪ Oh, my pretty Mother's home ♪ 1348 01:44:54,371 --> 01:44:56,790 ♪ I love Mother ♪ 1349 01:44:56,832 --> 01:44:59,167 -♪ Sweeter than the... ♪ -♪ I love her way ♪ 1350 01:44:59,209 --> 01:45:01,586 ♪ ...honey in the comb ♪ 1351 01:45:01,628 --> 01:45:03,755 -♪ Come love pretty love ♪ -♪ I love her gospel ♪ 1352 01:45:03,797 --> 01:45:05,757 ♪ Come, come, come ♪ 1353 01:45:06,258 --> 01:45:08,385 -♪ Come love pretty love ♪ -♪ Precepts to obey ♪ 1354 01:45:08,427 --> 01:45:10,178 ♪ I want some ♪ 1355 01:45:15,559 --> 01:45:18,729 ♪ I love Mother ♪ 1356 01:45:18,770 --> 01:45:21,732 ♪ I love her way ♪ 1357 01:45:21,773 --> 01:45:24,985 ♪ I love her gospel ♪ 1358 01:45:25,027 --> 01:45:27,696 ♪ Precepts to obey ♪ 1359 01:45:34,870 --> 01:45:37,748 ♪ I love Mother ♪ 1360 01:45:37,789 --> 01:45:41,001 ♪ I love her way ♪ 1361 01:45:41,043 --> 01:45:44,212 ♪ I love her gospel ♪ 1362 01:45:44,254 --> 01:45:46,423 ♪ Precepts to obey ♪ 1363 01:45:46,465 --> 01:45:48,383 I've added south facing casements 1364 01:45:48,425 --> 01:45:50,052 for the dwelling houses. 1365 01:45:50,093 --> 01:45:51,678 And lintels for on the surrounds. 1366 01:45:51,720 --> 01:45:53,472 Yeah, two on either side. 1367 01:45:54,139 --> 01:45:56,183 And rid it of the gratuitous ornamentation. 1368 01:45:56,224 --> 01:46:00,145 ♪ I love Mother I love her way ♪ 1369 01:46:00,187 --> 01:46:03,231 ♪ I love her gospel ♪ 1370 01:46:03,273 --> 01:46:06,109 ♪ Precepts to obey ♪ 1371 01:46:13,075 --> 01:46:16,203 ♪ I love Mother ♪ 1372 01:46:16,244 --> 01:46:19,373 ♪ I love her way ♪ 1373 01:46:19,414 --> 01:46:22,667 ♪ I love her gospel ♪ 1374 01:46:22,709 --> 01:46:25,587 ♪ Precepts to obey ♪ 1375 01:46:25,629 --> 01:46:28,048 It removes the skin, see? 1376 01:46:28,757 --> 01:46:30,550 An object from our Brothers at the smithy's invention. 1377 01:46:35,680 --> 01:46:37,682 May I see Mother later, please? 1378 01:46:38,308 --> 01:46:39,768 Mother Ann will be here for supper. 1379 01:46:39,810 --> 01:46:41,395 She meant our mother. 1380 01:46:41,853 --> 01:46:44,564 Sister Martha will also be at supper. 1381 01:46:51,279 --> 01:46:54,408 ♪ I love Mother ♪ 1382 01:46:54,449 --> 01:46:57,828 ♪ I love her way ♪ 1383 01:46:57,869 --> 01:47:00,831 ♪ I love her gospel ♪ 1384 01:47:00,872 --> 01:47:03,792 ♪ Precepts to obey ♪ 1385 01:47:10,715 --> 01:47:13,760 ♪ I love Mother ♪ 1386 01:47:13,802 --> 01:47:17,472 ♪ I love her way ♪ 1387 01:47:18,014 --> 01:47:20,183 If you are ever to be saved, 1388 01:47:20,225 --> 01:47:22,811 it must be by walking as He walked. 1389 01:47:29,860 --> 01:47:33,155 ♪ I love Mother ♪ 1390 01:47:33,196 --> 01:47:35,866 ♪ I love her way ♪ 1391 01:47:36,324 --> 01:47:39,411 ♪ I love her gospel ♪ 1392 01:47:39,453 --> 01:47:42,289 ♪ Precepts to obey ♪ 1393 01:47:49,254 --> 01:47:52,215 ♪ I love Mother ♪ 1394 01:47:52,257 --> 01:47:55,343 ♪ I love her way ♪ 1395 01:47:55,385 --> 01:47:58,388 ♪ I love her gospel ♪ 1396 01:47:58,430 --> 01:48:01,808 ♪ Precepts to obey ♪ 1397 01:48:01,850 --> 01:48:05,103 ♪ The king may have His throne ♪ 1398 01:48:05,145 --> 01:48:08,356 ♪ The miser his gold ♪ 1399 01:48:08,398 --> 01:48:13,987 ♪ The monarch his palace And the princess her home ♪ 1400 01:48:25,540 --> 01:48:31,588 ♪ I covet none of theirs For I've the gospel call ♪ 1401 01:48:31,630 --> 01:48:38,720 ♪ And a kind loving Mother Which is better than them all ♪ 1402 01:48:38,762 --> 01:48:41,723 ♪ I love Mother ♪ 1403 01:48:41,765 --> 01:48:45,060 ♪ I love Mother ♪ 1404 01:48:45,101 --> 01:48:48,480 ♪ I love Mother ♪ 1405 01:48:48,522 --> 01:48:51,525 ♪ I love Mother ♪ 1406 01:48:51,566 --> 01:48:54,653 ♪ I love Mother ♪ 1407 01:48:54,694 --> 01:48:57,864 ♪ I love Mother ♪ 1408 01:48:57,906 --> 01:49:01,034 ♪ I love Mother ♪ 1409 01:49:01,076 --> 01:49:03,870 ♪ I love her way ♪ 1410 01:49:24,516 --> 01:49:27,686 A month later, Mother Ann was taken away 1411 01:49:28,395 --> 01:49:30,605 just as Brother William had predicted. 1412 01:50:06,391 --> 01:50:09,436 The Elder, James Whittaker, traveled at once 1413 01:50:09,477 --> 01:50:11,229 to inform the Governor of New York 1414 01:50:11,271 --> 01:50:13,440 about Mother Ann's imprisonment, harsh treatment 1415 01:50:13,481 --> 01:50:15,025 and sufferings. 1416 01:50:16,443 --> 01:50:18,695 The Governor, George Clinton, 1417 01:50:18,737 --> 01:50:21,156 pronounced disapproval of jailing persons 1418 01:50:21,197 --> 01:50:23,116 for their pious beliefs. 1419 01:50:23,617 --> 01:50:26,661 And due to lack of treasonable evidence, 1420 01:50:26,703 --> 01:50:28,872 he believed the woman should be freed. 1421 01:50:50,310 --> 01:50:51,394 Mother. 1422 01:50:52,395 --> 01:50:53,355 Mother. 1423 01:50:56,399 --> 01:50:57,609 Rest, Brother. 1424 01:51:01,404 --> 01:51:03,198 We've travelled day and night, Brother Hocknell. 1425 01:51:03,239 --> 01:51:04,407 Mother is here now. 1426 01:51:05,659 --> 01:51:08,244 He's taken no food for the last day. 1427 01:51:08,286 --> 01:51:11,873 We came as fast as we were able. Rest, brother. 1428 01:51:16,086 --> 01:51:18,338 Last-- 1429 01:51:19,339 --> 01:51:25,970 Last month, God's gift cured me whooping cough, 1430 01:51:26,554 --> 01:51:31,226 but it remanifested as these blisters on my hands 1431 01:51:31,976 --> 01:51:36,439 to signal that my work here was not yet done. 1432 01:51:37,232 --> 01:51:41,653 He spoke to me and said, "I have work for you to do, 1433 01:51:42,487 --> 01:51:45,240 and when your-- your work is done... 1434 01:51:46,866 --> 01:51:51,413 the same cough will return to you 1435 01:51:52,789 --> 01:51:55,166 and take you out of this world." 1436 01:51:57,043 --> 01:52:01,798 So, we labored to finish the second dwelling house, Mother. 1437 01:52:03,174 --> 01:52:05,593 The house is beautiful, Brother John. 1438 01:52:28,450 --> 01:52:30,452 Having again 1439 01:52:30,493 --> 01:52:32,871 lost six precious months of her lifetime 1440 01:52:32,912 --> 01:52:35,165 to a term of incarceration, 1441 01:52:35,206 --> 01:52:38,543 she soon set forth on a spiritual crusade 1442 01:52:38,585 --> 01:52:41,171 to spread the Gospel throughout New England. 1443 01:52:41,212 --> 01:52:47,969 ♪ How can I but love My dear faithful children ♪ 1444 01:52:51,848 --> 01:52:57,312 ♪ Who are willing to bear And suffer with me ♪ 1445 01:52:59,647 --> 01:53:05,278 ♪ When I was on earth And in a cold prison ♪ 1446 01:53:05,779 --> 01:53:09,824 A two-year journey traveling hundreds of miles, 1447 01:53:09,866 --> 01:53:12,911 suffering indescribable hardships and persecution. 1448 01:53:15,497 --> 01:53:19,042 ♪ I cried to my God ♪ 1449 01:53:19,083 --> 01:53:22,921 ♪ To remember poor me ♪ 1450 01:53:48,363 --> 01:53:50,532 Whoa! Whoa! 1451 01:53:52,283 --> 01:53:54,410 Ye watched, for ye knew not which hour we would come. 1452 01:53:54,452 --> 01:53:58,498 It is good to watch. It is always good to watch. 1453 01:53:58,540 --> 01:54:01,584 Welcome, Mother. It is an honor to host you. 1454 01:54:01,626 --> 01:54:03,461 I think you will be delighted to see 1455 01:54:03,503 --> 01:54:05,922 how many have accepted our invitation this night. 1456 01:54:45,879 --> 01:54:47,213 Good evening! 1457 01:54:47,630 --> 01:54:49,299 Make room! Make room! 1458 01:54:50,008 --> 01:54:51,134 Move closer! 1459 01:54:53,386 --> 01:54:56,431 Seeing that so many have come to join us this night, 1460 01:54:56,931 --> 01:54:59,350 please exercise patience 1461 01:54:59,392 --> 01:55:02,186 in passing through to sit in the presence of our Mother Ann. 1462 01:55:03,396 --> 01:55:04,898 Forbearance, I say! 1463 01:55:07,358 --> 01:55:10,445 We have founded six new settlements 1464 01:55:10,486 --> 01:55:13,281 in New Lebanon, in New York, 1465 01:55:14,574 --> 01:55:16,618 Enfield in Connecticut, 1466 01:55:17,243 --> 01:55:20,038 and Hancock, Harvard, Shirley, 1467 01:55:20,455 --> 01:55:22,707 and Tyringham in Massachusetts. 1468 01:55:22,749 --> 01:55:25,793 And now, at Petersham. 1469 01:55:25,835 --> 01:55:27,086 Pardon me. 1470 01:55:27,337 --> 01:55:29,130 There shall be a place for each of you! 1471 01:55:32,091 --> 01:55:33,051 Pardon me. 1472 01:55:34,761 --> 01:55:35,803 Excuse me. 1473 01:55:37,096 --> 01:55:38,640 Excuse me. Let the children through. 1474 01:55:40,516 --> 01:55:41,517 Coming through. 1475 01:55:41,559 --> 01:55:42,685 Mother? 1476 01:55:42,727 --> 01:55:44,062 Mother. 1477 01:55:44,103 --> 01:55:46,689 - Is that her? - Is it really you? 1478 01:55:46,731 --> 01:55:48,358 Yes, Child. 1479 01:55:48,399 --> 01:55:50,568 Do not be frightened, lassies. 1480 01:55:52,820 --> 01:55:56,032 Oh, dear. It delights me so to make your acquaintance. 1481 01:55:57,492 --> 01:56:00,703 Come nearer to me. I am your Mother. 1482 01:56:00,745 --> 01:56:01,829 Do not be shy. 1483 01:56:03,456 --> 01:56:05,833 They must find themselves befuddled. 1484 01:56:05,875 --> 01:56:07,126 Let me explain. 1485 01:56:07,168 --> 01:56:09,087 I am your Mother, and your mother's Mother. 1486 01:56:09,128 --> 01:56:12,340 We shall erect edifice here at Petersham. 1487 01:56:12,882 --> 01:56:14,550 I call on you, Brothers and Sisters, 1488 01:56:14,592 --> 01:56:16,302 to aid in this endeavor. 1489 01:56:16,970 --> 01:56:19,013 You shall never build here! 1490 01:56:19,055 --> 01:56:20,431 Knock out the lights! 1491 01:56:23,142 --> 01:56:24,852 Surround Mother. Protect her! 1492 01:56:24,894 --> 01:56:26,479 Stay calm, Children! 1493 01:56:26,521 --> 01:56:27,397 Coming through. 1494 01:56:27,438 --> 01:56:28,982 God is with us! 1495 01:56:29,023 --> 01:56:30,984 Do not fight back, Brothers! 1496 01:56:31,025 --> 01:56:32,485 Where is she? 1497 01:56:32,527 --> 01:56:33,903 Protect Mother Ann! 1498 01:56:33,945 --> 01:56:35,196 Show us the witch! 1499 01:56:35,238 --> 01:56:36,948 Do not fight back! 1500 01:56:37,407 --> 01:56:38,408 Take the Brother! 1501 01:56:41,577 --> 01:56:42,370 Brother! 1502 01:56:46,582 --> 01:56:48,668 This land is not yours. 1503 01:56:48,710 --> 01:56:51,337 You shall never live here. You shall never build here. 1504 01:56:51,379 --> 01:56:53,548 Mrs. Shattuck, let me go to Brother William! 1505 01:56:53,923 --> 01:56:55,758 Let me go! 1506 01:56:55,800 --> 01:56:59,095 Mother! No, wait! Mother! 1507 01:56:59,137 --> 01:57:00,388 William! 1508 01:57:00,430 --> 01:57:01,889 There she is! Stop her! 1509 01:57:01,931 --> 01:57:03,182 Oh, William. 1510 01:57:03,224 --> 01:57:04,350 Grab the witch! 1511 01:57:04,392 --> 01:57:06,185 You, get down, you dog. 1512 01:57:07,562 --> 01:57:09,272 Do not fight back, Brothers! 1513 01:57:10,064 --> 01:57:11,107 Mary! 1514 01:57:11,524 --> 01:57:13,860 Mother! 1515 01:57:13,901 --> 01:57:15,069 Mary! 1516 01:57:15,111 --> 01:57:18,114 -Hold still. Hold her arms back. -No! 1517 01:57:18,156 --> 01:57:20,867 Take your filthy hands off my sister! 1518 01:57:20,908 --> 01:57:22,160 William! 1519 01:57:22,201 --> 01:57:24,871 Mary! Mary! 1520 01:57:25,538 --> 01:57:26,414 Stop! 1521 01:57:29,792 --> 01:57:30,877 No! 1522 01:57:34,756 --> 01:57:36,632 Oh, please have mercy. 1523 01:57:36,674 --> 01:57:40,261 No! No! No! 1524 01:57:40,303 --> 01:57:42,513 God, please! 1525 01:57:43,556 --> 01:57:44,724 Please. 1526 01:57:49,896 --> 01:57:53,274 She is not a she at all! Her sex must be examined. 1527 01:57:53,691 --> 01:57:55,109 Tear off her skirts! 1528 01:57:58,196 --> 01:58:00,573 What is she? What is she? 1529 01:58:02,533 --> 01:58:04,327 A eunuch, I reckon. 1530 01:58:04,368 --> 01:58:05,787 There's no phallus. 1531 01:58:05,828 --> 01:58:07,497 Did you cut it off, witch? 1532 01:58:07,538 --> 01:58:11,000 I forgive you for your sins, and I will pray for your souls. 1533 01:58:11,042 --> 01:58:12,627 Pray for them, Mary! 1534 01:58:13,169 --> 01:58:16,714 Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do! 1535 01:58:17,298 --> 01:58:20,051 She has all the right parts, but she is not a woman. 1536 01:58:21,219 --> 01:58:24,597 Rank, she is. It is. Whatever you are. 1537 01:58:26,099 --> 01:58:27,016 What is that? 1538 01:58:28,601 --> 01:58:30,269 I hear clans gathering, 1539 01:58:30,311 --> 01:58:32,188 coming in numbers and carrying rifles. 1540 01:58:32,772 --> 01:58:34,857 Come now. Leave her. 1541 01:58:36,234 --> 01:58:37,652 Make haste. 1542 01:58:37,693 --> 01:58:38,945 No! 1543 01:58:48,579 --> 01:58:50,915 Brother! Wake up. 1544 01:58:51,249 --> 01:58:52,834 Brother James! 1545 01:58:55,044 --> 01:58:56,712 No! 1546 01:59:00,633 --> 01:59:03,094 William. Brother James. 1547 01:59:03,136 --> 01:59:04,679 Wake up! 1548 01:59:06,305 --> 01:59:08,141 My God. 1549 01:59:09,600 --> 01:59:10,643 Mary! 1550 01:59:12,436 --> 01:59:14,564 Mary! No! 1551 01:59:16,524 --> 01:59:18,151 No! 1552 01:59:18,860 --> 01:59:20,570 No! 1553 01:59:23,489 --> 01:59:24,282 God! 1554 02:00:06,574 --> 02:00:07,867 Rest, William. 1555 02:00:19,921 --> 02:00:22,548 ♪ Down to the deep ♪ 1556 02:00:22,590 --> 02:00:28,262 ♪ And rolling river of Jordan ♪ 1557 02:00:28,304 --> 02:00:30,932 ♪ I will go ♪ 1558 02:00:33,184 --> 02:00:38,940 ♪ I will be baptized again ♪ 1559 02:00:39,941 --> 02:00:44,862 ♪ I will not stand alone ♪ 1560 02:00:49,992 --> 02:00:56,499 ♪ Gospel parents, Can you bless me? ♪ 1561 02:00:56,540 --> 02:01:02,964 ♪ Will you breathe for me One prayer? ♪ 1562 02:01:03,798 --> 02:01:10,471 ♪ Holy angels Guide my spirit ♪ 1563 02:01:10,513 --> 02:01:17,270 ♪ Keep me ever in thy care ♪ 1564 02:02:14,118 --> 02:02:15,161 Mother. 1565 02:02:44,065 --> 02:02:44,815 Mother. 1566 02:02:46,692 --> 02:02:48,069 Sister Mary. 1567 02:02:50,112 --> 02:02:52,406 How beautiful this tree is now. 1568 02:02:53,199 --> 02:02:54,950 Hm? 1569 02:02:54,992 --> 02:02:57,286 But some of the apples will soon fall off. 1570 02:02:59,246 --> 02:03:01,248 Some of them will hold on longer. 1571 02:03:02,917 --> 02:03:05,086 Some of them will hold on till they are half grown 1572 02:03:06,212 --> 02:03:07,713 and then fall off. 1573 02:03:09,215 --> 02:03:10,674 Some will get ripe. 1574 02:03:12,468 --> 02:03:16,389 And so it is with souls who set out in the way of God. 1575 02:03:17,390 --> 02:03:20,559 Many will set out very fair, and then soon fall away. 1576 02:03:21,894 --> 02:03:25,231 Some will go further, and then fall off. 1577 02:03:25,981 --> 02:03:29,318 And some will go further still, and then fall. 1578 02:03:31,112 --> 02:03:33,280 And some will go through. 1579 02:03:37,660 --> 02:03:40,287 Mother, I have the most wonderful news. 1580 02:03:41,872 --> 02:03:44,250 General Cornwallis was surrounded 1581 02:03:44,291 --> 02:03:46,919 and forced to surrender the British position at Yorktown 1582 02:03:46,961 --> 02:03:49,380 to the American, George Washington. 1583 02:03:50,005 --> 02:03:51,340 It's perhaps occurred a long while ago, 1584 02:03:51,382 --> 02:03:53,217 but news has reached us only now. 1585 02:03:53,259 --> 02:03:55,344 See, this is why the seasons 1586 02:03:55,386 --> 02:03:57,430 have been so peaceful here at Niskayuna. 1587 02:03:57,471 --> 02:03:59,390 Oh, thanks be to God. 1588 02:03:59,723 --> 02:04:01,517 All tyrannical and oppressive governments 1589 02:04:01,559 --> 02:04:03,894 shall be overthrown and destroyed. 1590 02:04:04,645 --> 02:04:07,148 And mankind enjoy just and equal rights 1591 02:04:07,189 --> 02:04:09,358 in all matters civil and religious. 1592 02:04:10,192 --> 02:04:11,819 Let me help you back to your chair. 1593 02:04:19,660 --> 02:04:20,911 -Sister. -Hm? 1594 02:04:23,998 --> 02:04:26,125 You must take great care of God's earth. 1595 02:04:28,043 --> 02:04:29,879 Cultivate the land, 1596 02:04:31,255 --> 02:04:32,965 yield her increase, 1597 02:04:33,883 --> 02:04:35,843 develop her beauty. 1598 02:04:37,136 --> 02:04:39,930 This must be done in the spirit of God. 1599 02:04:43,267 --> 02:04:45,853 The earth yields most to those who love it. 1600 02:04:45,895 --> 02:04:46,979 Yes, Mother. 1601 02:04:52,359 --> 02:04:55,905 Sister, has Brother William settled in? 1602 02:04:57,114 --> 02:04:59,867 He's not come yet today to visit me. 1603 02:05:03,162 --> 02:05:06,582 Brother William departed this earth last winter, Mother. 1604 02:05:13,714 --> 02:05:14,840 Ah yes, 1605 02:05:16,884 --> 02:05:18,177 that's right. 1606 02:05:23,057 --> 02:05:25,309 Sister, I was confounded because... 1607 02:05:26,894 --> 02:05:28,521 just moments ago... 1608 02:05:29,688 --> 02:05:31,857 I saw my Brother William 1609 02:05:32,858 --> 02:05:36,237 coming in on a glorious chariot to take me home. 1610 02:05:48,958 --> 02:05:51,710 At the age of 48, 1611 02:05:51,752 --> 02:05:55,756 Ann Lee was at last reunited with her four earthly children. 1612 02:06:10,104 --> 02:06:14,525 ♪ O the beautiful treasures ♪ 1613 02:06:14,567 --> 02:06:18,445 ♪ Laid up for the wise ♪ 1614 02:06:18,487 --> 02:06:22,575 ♪ How precious the values ♪ 1615 02:06:22,616 --> 02:06:26,620 ♪ How glorious the prize ♪ 1616 02:06:30,291 --> 02:06:34,712 ♪ Far brighter than diamonds ♪ 1617 02:06:34,753 --> 02:06:38,257 ♪ On princes' brow ♪ 1618 02:06:38,299 --> 02:06:43,304 ♪ And richer than royalty ♪ 1619 02:06:43,345 --> 02:06:46,557 ♪ Can bestow ♪ 1620 02:07:12,166 --> 02:07:16,545 ♪ O the beautiful treasures ♪ 1621 02:07:16,587 --> 02:07:20,633 ♪ Laid up for the wise ♪ 1622 02:07:20,674 --> 02:07:24,720 ♪ How precious the values ♪ 1623 02:07:24,762 --> 02:07:29,016 ♪ How glorious the prize ♪ 1624 02:07:30,184 --> 02:07:34,647 ♪ Far brighter than diamonds ♪ 1625 02:07:34,688 --> 02:07:38,233 ♪ On princes' brow ♪ 1626 02:07:38,275 --> 02:07:43,072 ♪ And richer than royalty ♪ 1627 02:07:43,113 --> 02:07:45,866 ♪ Can bestow ♪ 1628 02:07:46,283 --> 02:07:50,913 ♪ It's the Beautiful treasures ♪ 1629 02:07:50,954 --> 02:07:55,209 ♪ Beautiful treasures ♪ 1630 02:07:55,250 --> 02:07:58,837 ♪ Beautiful treasures ♪ 1631 02:07:58,879 --> 02:08:03,676 ♪ Beautiful treasures ♪ 1632 02:08:12,184 --> 02:08:16,647 ♪ Far brighter than diamonds ♪ 1633 02:08:16,689 --> 02:08:20,401 ♪ On princes' brow ♪ 1634 02:08:20,442 --> 02:08:25,072 ♪ And richer than royalty ♪ 1635 02:08:25,114 --> 02:08:28,367 ♪ Can bestow ♪ 1636 02:08:28,409 --> 02:08:32,579 ♪ Far brighter than diamonds ♪ 1637 02:08:32,621 --> 02:08:36,250 ♪ On princes' brow ♪ 1638 02:08:36,291 --> 02:08:40,879 ♪ And richer than royalty ♪ 1639 02:08:40,921 --> 02:08:44,383 ♪ Can bestow ♪ 1640 02:09:26,550 --> 02:09:30,471 A place for everything and everything in its place. 1641 02:10:51,844 --> 02:10:53,762 ♪ Sing the song ♪ 1642 02:10:53,804 --> 02:10:56,932 ♪ Of our revelation ♪ 1643 02:10:57,224 --> 02:11:00,060 ♪ Save me far away ♪ 1644 02:11:02,062 --> 02:11:06,483 ♪ Find a tone And a mother's home ♪ 1645 02:11:06,525 --> 02:11:10,153 ♪ I'm taking off today ♪ 1646 02:11:11,989 --> 02:11:16,618 ♪ Sing the song Of our own salvation ♪ 1647 02:11:17,119 --> 02:11:19,621 ♪ Mary rings the bell ♪ 1648 02:11:22,165 --> 02:11:26,545 ♪ You and I are Our own elation ♪ 1649 02:11:26,587 --> 02:11:29,882 ♪ The story has to tell ♪ 1650 02:11:31,174 --> 02:11:34,344 ♪ And I have My brother's love ♪ 1651 02:11:35,888 --> 02:11:39,933 ♪ And for me, That's but enough ♪ 1652 02:11:40,684 --> 02:11:44,855 ♪ And the footsteps On the floor ♪ 1653 02:11:45,439 --> 02:11:48,734 ♪ We can dance forevermore ♪ 1654 02:11:50,193 --> 02:11:54,823 ♪ I'm a woman clothed ♪ 1655 02:11:54,865 --> 02:11:56,617 ♪ I'm a woman ♪ 1656 02:11:57,367 --> 02:11:59,161 ♪ Clothed ♪ 1657 02:11:59,202 --> 02:12:05,709 ♪ I'm a woman clothed By the sun ♪ 1658 02:12:23,352 --> 02:12:28,148 ♪ All the sinning And old temptations ♪ 1659 02:12:28,190 --> 02:12:31,026 ♪ Carried us astray ♪ 1660 02:12:32,527 --> 02:12:37,032 ♪ Love is cruel And yeah, I was fooled ♪ 1661 02:12:37,074 --> 02:12:40,869 ♪ I shake it all away ♪ 1662 02:12:41,453 --> 02:12:46,291 ♪ And I have My brother's love ♪ 1663 02:12:46,333 --> 02:12:49,628 ♪ And for me That's but enough ♪ 1664 02:12:51,380 --> 02:12:54,591 ♪ And the footsteps On the floor ♪ 1665 02:12:56,093 --> 02:13:00,973 ♪ We can dance forevermore ♪ 1666 02:13:01,014 --> 02:13:05,102 ♪ I'm a woman clothed ♪ 1667 02:13:05,143 --> 02:13:09,481 ♪ I'm a woman clothed ♪ 1668 02:13:09,523 --> 02:13:13,527 ♪ I'm a woman clothed ♪ 1669 02:13:14,361 --> 02:13:16,405 ♪ By the sun ♪ 1670 02:13:19,908 --> 02:13:24,204 ♪ The moon under my feet ♪ 1671 02:13:24,246 --> 02:13:28,709 ♪ And the stars up above ♪ 1672 02:13:29,584 --> 02:13:34,047 ♪ I'm carried off By Heaven's beat ♪ 1673 02:13:34,089 --> 02:13:38,510 ♪ Like no one ever was ♪ 1674 02:13:38,552 --> 02:13:42,806 ♪ I'm a woman clothed ♪ 1675 02:13:42,848 --> 02:13:47,102 ♪ I'm a woman clothed ♪ 1676 02:13:47,144 --> 02:13:53,150 ♪ I'm a woman clothed By the sun ♪ 1677 02:13:54,234 --> 02:13:58,030 ♪ Ah, by the sun ♪ 1678 02:13:59,072 --> 02:14:02,993 ♪ Ah, by the sun ♪ 1679 02:14:06,121 --> 02:14:08,415 ♪ By the sun ♪ 122642