Editing Harmony Society (section)

=== Living styles ===

At Harmony, Pennsylvania, four to six members were assigned to a home, where they lived as families, although not all those living in the household were related.<ref name="Arndt, p. 109"/> Even when the house contained those that were married, they would live together as brother and sister, since there was a suggestion and custom of practicing celibacy.  In Indiana, Harmonists continued to live in homes, but they also built dormitories to house single men and women.<ref name=usi/>

Society members woke between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. They ate breakfast between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m., lunch at 9 a.m., dinner at noon, afternoon lunch at 3 p.m., and supper between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.<ref>Bole, p. 145.</ref> They did their chores and work during the day. At the end of the day, members met for meetings and had a curfew of 9 p.m. On Sundays, the members respected the "Holy day" and did no unnecessary work, but attended church services, singing groups, and other social activities.<ref name=usi/>