The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . BISHOP JOHN , 1703; DIED, 1772. lAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF THE LEiDEN JESU. An Indian Order. 467 The names given to these converts were Abraham toShabash^ Isaac to Seini and Jacob to Kiop. In the courseof time, as the number of Indian converts increased, theywere divided into classes or degress, somewhat similar tothe Sen/korn Orden; viz., apprentices, candidates, bap-tized and communicants ; and an effort was made to incitea love for theosophic mysticism among them,
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . BISHOP JOHN , 1703; DIED, 1772. lAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF THE LEiDEN JESU. An Indian Order. 467 The names given to these converts were Abraham toShabash^ Isaac to Seini and Jacob to Kiop. In the courseof time, as the number of Indian converts increased, theywere divided into classes or degress, somewhat similar tothe Sen/korn Orden; viz., apprentices, candidates, bap-tized and communicants ; and an effort was made to incitea love for theosophic mysticism among them, thus to estab-lish an aboriginal American branch of the Order of theMustard Seed—a scheme which, however, soon had to beabandoned, owing to the character of the material fromwhich it was proposed to MYSTIC SEAL ^RATA CLOISTER. chaptp:r XXXI.
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