The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . his important resolution was passed : To observe as a day of rest not only Sunday, the dayof the Lord, but also Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath. This was partly in order to avoid giving offense to theSeventh-day Baptists at Ephrata, and partly on account ofthe Indians and missionary laborers among them, as not afew at that time supposed that the Indians might be de-scendants of the ten tribes of Israel, which had been ledinto the Assyrian captivity. The above resolution in a manner d
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . his important resolution was passed : To observe as a day of rest not only Sunday, the dayof the Lord, but also Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath. This was partly in order to avoid giving offense to theSeventh-day Baptists at Ephrata, and partly on account ofthe Indians and missionary laborers among them, as not afew at that time supposed that the Indians might be de-scendants of the ten tribes of Israel, which had been ledinto the Assyrian captivity. The above resolution in a manner decided the characterof this congregation for a number of years.*^ For some unknown reason Count Zinzendorf appears notto have extended his visit to the Ephrata settlement at thistime. The Chronicon mentions that he undertook ajourney up the country, even before the conference, butvisited only the door-sill of the Ephrata House. Fromthe Bethlehem diaries it appears that on Christmas Day he * Bethlehem Diaries. »9 Rev. Levin Theodore Reichel : Zinzendorf al Bethlehem. Nazareth, The Settlement at the Forks. 441. 442 The German Sectarians of Pennsylvania. preached in the house of Jean Bertolet at Oley, and five dayslater (December 30th), we find him in Germantown wherehe issued a call for a synod or religious conference, irrespec-tive of denomination, to convene, on the twelfth of Januarynext, at the house of Theobald Endt, at Germantown. Zinzendorfs object in calling this conference was notwith the view of uniting all denominations with the Mo-ravian church, as has been repeatedly stated. As a matterof fact, there was none in America at that time.™ TheCounts idea was for all to agree in essentials, and thusform ??one congregation of God in the Spirit, though out-wardly divided into different denominations and communi-ties. The magnitude of the task which he imposed uponhimself may be comprehended when we glance over hislist of the different sects flourishing in the Province at
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