The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . edate locality, and now, thanks to the ParkCommission, it will once more be in its original condition,as all buildings, except the mansion proper, are to be re-moved. What the future of the old Monastery or GorgasMansion will be none can tell. A proposition has beenmade to restore it and use it for Park offices. May itremain for decades to come as a landmark, and in itsromantic setting keep vigils unbroken by the inroads oftime and recall to future generations the story of its im-
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . edate locality, and now, thanks to the ParkCommission, it will once more be in its original condition,as all buildings, except the mansion proper, are to be re-moved. What the future of the old Monastery or GorgasMansion will be none can tell. A proposition has beenmade to restore it and use it for Park offices. May itremain for decades to come as a landmark, and in itsromantic setting keep vigils unbroken by the inroads oftime and recall to future generations the story of its im-mediate surroimdings : how, at the foot of the hill, on thebanks of the creek, the German Baptist Brethren com- A Landmark for tlic Future. 289 pleted their organization in America; and later, how someof the strictest and most austere members retired to thislittle vale, clearing the ground and building for themselvesa humble cabin of rough logs, where they prayed for theconversion of their countrymen in this foreign land—fromwhich fact it received a name which has clung to it throughall the changes of A REWARD CARD FOR CHILDREN, PRINTED AT HPHRASABBATH-SCHOOLS OF THE COMMUNITY DURINOF THE XVII. CENTURY. (Original in collection of Julius F. Sachse, Philadelphia.) CHAPTER XIX. THE UNITAS FRATRUM.
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