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 474
re led by Beissel himself; the Roses ofSaron by Maria, the prioress, while the secular congrega-tion was represented by the most venerable of the house-fathers. The party was divided into three companies for the jour-ney, and all were robed in the Ephrata habit. They werepartly on horseback and… … Massacre by the Indians. 363 the second division reached the horses they mounted androde ahead for an equal distance; the same process beingrepeated until the end of the journey. The third division,led by Beissel, traveled entirely on foot. The Chroniconsays : He made this whole journey on foot,…
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