Harmonists

(har'mon-istz.) (Eccl. Hist.) A religious sect founded by one Geo. Rapp, a Würtemberger, who, with his adherents, emigrated to the U. States in 1803, in which country they established the so-called Pure Apostolic Church at Pittsburg. Afterward they removed to Ohio, in which State they founded a community at a village named Economy, 17 m. N.W. of Pittsburg. The H. consist of unmarried persons of both sexes, who profe the Protestant religion and universal toleration. They live in a kind of social brotherhood, having all things in common, and the same hours for rest and enjoyment. [s. 439]