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 76
r the town was captured by Tilly, August 20, 1620. Eleven yearslater it was recaptured by the Swedes, and again became an imperialcity. It was captured by Turrene and his robber hordes during theFrench invasion, and in 1693 the beautiful and populous city was turnedfor a time into an unpopulated… … The Fraternity of the Rosy Cross. 39 in Heidelberg, which Beissel, in common with his com-panions, attended. One of these services made such animpression on his mind that he forsook the company of hisfellow journeymen, and devoted his time and thoughts tothe religious truths promulgated at the…
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