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 481
mmon foe, in-duced the Government to appoint a special commission tovisit the settlement and investigate the common charges.Beissel and Peter Miller, who were then the leaders of theCommunity, easily convinced the committee that they werea Christian institution, founded upon the Word of Life andthe… … UITE a number of import-ant accessions markedthe advent of the year1739. Early in March,Brother Simeon Jacobscame to the settlementwith his wife. Theyimmediately separated;he joined the ZioniticBrotherhood and thewife entered Kedar as aspiritual sister. Towardthe end of the monthStephen Koch…
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