By Carol Medlicott
Issachar Bates (1758–1837) used to be a progressive battle veteran in rural upstate ny who, on the age of forty-three, by surprise grew to become from his kin existence to turn into a celibate Shaker. He instantly grew to become instrumental in Shakerism’s westward enlargement, and his own aura, persuasive preaching, and musical expertise helped stimulate the movement’s development. Bates drew “western” converts in abundance, profoundly altering the nature of Shakerism via expanding its geographic achieve. He additionally assisted in shaping the Shakers’ certain theology and hymnody via his many influential texts and songs.
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The first attack the British made was on Long Island, which they took by the sacrifice of much blood. This laid the City of New York very much exposed, yet every exertion was made to defend & keep it. 21 Nothing now remained in the City of the continental stores, except about 50 cord of wood which was in the upper part of the city, on what was called the holy ground (a large common, encircled with poor washer women, and some base women). General Washington then ordered a herald to mount the fence, and proclaim to the poor that they might have that wood.
Paired fifes and drums are commonly perceived as a staple of the Revolutionary Period. But at the outset of the Revolution, fifes and drums together accompanied only the elite British “grenadier” units, with drums alone accompanying units of foot soldiers. “Grenadiers” led charges and were responsible for delivering heavier ordnance (“grenades”). Such units needed fifes, whose piercing tone could be better heard over the greater din of heavy weapons; consequently, fifers marched into the thick of battle with the grenadiers.
Yet as bizarre as it was, even that terrifying scene was consistent with events of the day. . ” 44 Although we can never know exactly what Issachar Bates saw in 1769 or at any other time, his writings clearly assert that whatever the natural wonder, it could best be explained as a portent, given as a divine gift to help the observer make better sense of the relationship between God and humankind. Issachar never deviated in this conviction. His experience of the natural world told him that it offered a set of tools through which one could both experience the wonder of direct communion with the divine and also discern divine will.
