The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . sides the large Saalfor the general meetings and publicworship, there were ample roomsand offices for the love-feasts. Atthe time of its completion the Saalwas the largest and most imposingroom for public worship in the Prov-ince. It is described as having twoPorkirchen or galleries for the Soli-tar), while in the east there was araised platform for the grey-beardedfathers. The body of the hall was|[|y tk via for the householders or secular mem- *i/rY<? s# bers. The walls were
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . sides the large Saalfor the general meetings and publicworship, there were ample roomsand offices for the love-feasts. Atthe time of its completion the Saalwas the largest and most imposingroom for public worship in the Prov-ince. It is described as having twoPorkirchen or galleries for the Soli-tar), while in the east there was araised platform for the grey-beardedfathers. The body of the hall was|[|y tk via for the householders or secular mem- *i/rY<? s# bers. The walls were as white as lime could make them, the only de-coration being a number of proverbsand sentences of Scripture executedin ornamental German characters orscrijDt known as Fracturschrift. No definite picture of this househas come down to us. There is anold tradition that two of the firstcommunity houses of Ephrata arepictured on the old symbol Arbeiteund Hoffe which appears upon the title-page of the Martyrbook, printed in 1748. An enlarged reproduction of thissymbol is presented on opposite page, and though some-.
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