"There is a legend in Eastern countries that when a man first becomes conscious of his true nature as a child of God, he makes a pilgrimage still further eastward until he finds a green spot, in which, under the grateful shade of trees, he can lie down and in his mind, see a vision of the City of Peace. Such a spot is our Green Acre—A place where beside still waters one may realize the peace that passeth all understanding—the peace which the world can never give nor take away. This is the Place; the Idea is too great to be put into words—it must be felt. Those to whom it has become a living reality can be numbered in the thousands . . . "
"It has been our privilege to stand with open door, calling to all who hunger and thirst for the abundant life to come and be assured that it is possible to find it now."
--Sarah Jane Farmer, 1899 (opening quotation of Green Acre on the Piscataqua)