A beauty... in her traditional dress

They take no drink, do not dance or play cards, and use neither telephone nor electricity.

Their life clings forever to the good earth.

Have you heard an American speak of a folk called the “Amish”?...

They are a people who live according to traditions of their own; they do not mix with society, and modern civilization has not spoiled their life... The Amish are farmers, living in security and peace, and in the very heart of the United States; they differ in their worship, their dress, even in their food and their manner of living together, and they hold fast to the old customs; their number does not exceed 250 thousand souls, scattered among the states of Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Ohio...

These people rely on the Holy Bible as the guide of their daily life; their origin goes back to the Swiss, Dutch, and German peoples who moved away when the emigration first began and settled in the new land... The sum of their faith is three words: “obedience, simplicity, and love.” Wherever this people lives, security and calm hold sway, and whoever draws near their land feels a touch of tranquil artlessness; even the very nature of their land and their fields is calm, in harmony with the character of its inhabitants...

The Amish still hold fast to the traditions of Holland in the seventeenth century; they differ from other Christians in that they do not believe in early baptism, nor do they appoint priests to perform the religious duties... Then, too, they set themselves against worldly life, so they take no drink, do not dance, and do not play cards.

The sum of their faith is three words: “obedience, simplicity, and love” — a touch of tranquil artlessness reigns over their land.

At the hour of worship and devotion