Excerpt from The Quiet People of the Land: A Story of the North Carolina Moravians in Revolutionary Times Foreword xi]many of the unique practices that were to influence so strongly their life in North Carolina. It was a way of life grounded on a simple heart religion in which the making of shoes, the grinding of corn, and the playing of a musical instrument served the cause of the Lord no less directly than ministering to the heathen. The Unity served as protector and director of both the material and spiritual affairs of its members, and if a Brother could not live comfortably under that thick canopy, he was free to leave; indeed, he was invited to do so. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.