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 149
alculated to infringe upon the rights of con-science. Much has been written about the Rogerines be-cause of their determined opposition to the holding thefirst day of the week (or any other since the Atonement)as a sacred day. Considering that the sacredness (so-called)was placed upon that day by… … The Old Rogerine Meeting-house of the Seven Gables at Groton. Many curious anecdotes were, in former years, current ofthese peculiar people, of how they suffered fines, imprison-ment and public whippings for conscience sake. The per-secution of the established church in Connecticut at thetime of…
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