A history of the German Baptist brethren in Europe and America . h of Jesus Christ was broken inCommunion, after having rested for one year, onemonth and fifteen days. This is the last Communion attended by ElderMack. The phrases characterizing the service aresignificant. 6. Change in the Lords Supper. As early as 1820, David Sower in a letter to hissister, Catharine Harley, says, Forty years ago if anyof the church had dared to make the changes whichElders Keyser and Price have made what would oldbrother George Schneider have said? If instead of ahearty dish of soup and a good slice of meat,
A history of the German Baptist brethren in Europe and America . h of Jesus Christ was broken inCommunion, after having rested for one year, onemonth and fifteen days. This is the last Communion attended by ElderMack. The phrases characterizing the service aresignificant. 6. Change in the Lords Supper. As early as 1820, David Sower in a letter to hissister, Catharine Harley, says, Forty years ago if anyof the church had dared to make the changes whichElders Keyser and Price have made what would oldbrother George Schneider have said? If instead of ahearty dish of soup and a good slice of meat, onlybread and coffee had been placed before them [at theLords Supper] how would Sisters Annie Schreiberand Susannah Weber have scratched their heads inwonder. 5i6 History of the Brethren. y. Peter Leibert. Peter, son of Michael Leibert, was born October 20,1727. Early in life he was apprenticed to ChristopherSower and learned the art of printing. He remainedwith Sower and his son until 1777, when Sowers pressand property were seized and sold. Peter Leibert and. John Dunlop purchased most of the printing materialat the Sower sale, and in 1784, established, in connec-tion with Michael Billmeyer, a printing establishmentin Germantown, which may be considered a revival ofthe Sower press. Billmeyer was Leiberts Leibert was a brother-in-law to Alexander Mack,having married Mary Nice, December 7, 1749. In 1788 he became sole owner of the press and in1791 his son, William, became a partner. In this year,1791, they issued the first English hymn book of theBrethren. The full title is The Christian Duty ex-hibited in a Series of Hymns collected from variousAuthors. Designed for the worship of God and forthe edification of Christians. Recommended to theserious of all Denominations by the Baptists of Ger-mantown. It was a neat i2mo. of three hundred mm
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