A history of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America . Ephrata. Its founding dates from 1732. Andnow began an influx of discontented or awakenedspirits from all parts of Eastern Pennsylvania, andEphrata became a growing colony. Beissel was su-preme once more. Beissel now began an active system of religious vis-its to the various settlements to win con\erts. He wasartful and possessed of such remarkable enthusiasmthat he was usuall) successful. At Ealkners , Co\-cntry, Germantown, Oley, and Tulpe-hocken he drew to himself numerous followers. Inthe Tulpehocken region he
A history of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America . Ephrata. Its founding dates from 1732. Andnow began an influx of discontented or awakenedspirits from all parts of Eastern Pennsylvania, andEphrata became a growing colony. Beissel was su-preme once more. Beissel now began an active system of religious vis-its to the various settlements to win con\erts. He wasartful and possessed of such remarkable enthusiasmthat he was usuall) successful. At Ealkners , Co\-cntry, Germantown, Oley, and Tulpe-hocken he drew to himself numerous followers. Inthe Tulpehocken region he succeeded in winning thefamous Conrad Weiser, in many respects the most re-markable German in Colonial America,(^ and thelearned Peter Miller, minister of the Reformed churchat Tulpehocken. (1) Weiser was the father-in-law of Kev. Henry M. Muhlenberg and grand-father of Genl Muiilenberg of the Revolution and his brother, the first Si)eai<irof the Congress of the Inited States. .\ complete life of Weiser is soon to ap-pear from tile pen of Or. J. S. ?-. r^-V- fw Grave of Peter Miller, Tlic Eplirata Society. 449 Peter Miller was a native of Oberamt Lantern, Ger-many. He was a g-raduate of Heidelberg University,a man of profound erudition, and a finished crossed the Atlantic on the ship, Thistle, ColinDunlap, Master, and landed in Philadelphia, August29, I730.() Rev. Jedediah Andrews says of him, Heis an extraordinary person for sense and name is John Peter Miiller, and speaks Latin asreadily as we do our native tongue. He is, saysAcrelius,(2) a learned man, understands the Orientallanguages, speaks Latin, discusses theological contro-versies as well as other sciences. Auiograpli of Peter Miller. Weiser and Miller were baptized on a Sabbath dayin May, 1735. The former was in and out of the socie-ty and did not prove a pliant instrument to Beisselswill. Miller, on the contrary, was a true and devotedEphrataite till his death, September 25, 1796,
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