Editing Harmony Society (section)

=== Encounter with the Haugeans ===
In September 1817 ''{{Ill|de Zee Ploeg|no|«de Zee Ploeg»|de|De Zee Ploeg}}'', a ship with 500 immigrants from Württemberg, including a number of Rappites, was forced to stop in Norway because of poor weather conditions. Staying in Bergen for about a year and provided with housing by the authorities, they were warmly accepted by the followers of the Pietistic [[Haugean movement]]. The two groups found much in common and held devotions together, with some of the Germans learning Norwegian during their stay. Samson Trae, a Haugean leader, noted that "It gave us extreme joy to realize that the foundation of your faith accords with the true word of God."<ref>Letter from Samson Traae, in the Manuscript Collection                     of The University Library, Oslo; letters from Kyllingen and                     Seglem in Haugean Letter-bank, manuscript in Norsk historisk                     kjeldeskriftinstitutt, Oslo.</ref> After Rapp's followers left to settle in the United States, the two groups remained in contact for at least some time. In one letter, the Rappites stated, "Our hearts have often longed for your loving and edifying company since we came to America. We have longed more for Bergen than for Germany because of the love with which you received us and re-freshed us in body and spirit."<ref>German emigrants to "Dear, beloved Brothers and                     Sisters of God’s Society in Bergen", May 14, 1819, in Haugean                     Letter-hook, manuscript in Norsk historisk kjeldeskriftinstitutt,                     Oslo.</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Haanes |first=Vidar L. |url=https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110639476-011 |title=Tracing the Jerusalem Code |publisher=[[De Gruyter]] |year=2021 |isbn=9783110636567 |editor-last=Zorgati |editor-first=Ragnhild J. |volume=3: The Promised Land Christian Cultures in Modern Scandinavia (ca. 1750–ca. 1920) |location=Berlin, Boston |chapter=Chapter 10: In Search of the New Jerusalem: Millennial Hopes and Scandinavian Immigrants to America |pages=189–212 |doi=10.1515/9783110639476-011 |s2cid=233586435 |editor-last2=Bohlin |editor-first2=Anna |editor-last3=Sjøvoll |editor-first3=Therese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Semmingsen |first=Ingrid |date=2008-08-08 |others=Translated by C. A. Clausen |title=Haugeans, Rappites, and the Emigration of 1825 |url=http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume29/vol29_01.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080808134640/http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume29/vol29_01.htm |archive-date=2008-08-08 |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=[[St. Olaf College]]}}</ref>