The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers (1899)
Sachse, Julius Friedrich, 1842-1919 · Philadelphia : Printed for the author · leaf 162
oovercome this craving and ease his conscience, Beissel,some time previous to this pilgrimage, attempted to baptisehimself. This questionable act, however, failed to convincehim, and the imcertainty of its efficacy left him in a veryunenviable state of mind. Yet he considered his old masterand the… … Thk Oldest known Repkesbntation of a Christian Baptism. prayers and pious ejaculations, all tended to increase theexcitement of Beissel; well may it be assumed that itreached a fever heat, and that his mental conflict was afearful one. He, too, longed to enter the water and be Original in crypt of…
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