The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . ting remembrance among them by many deeds of the Lord grant him to enjoy the fruits of this good seedin the resurrection of the righteous ! Sauers published statement, before mentioned, containsseveral of the letters al-luded to in the abovenotice. On account ofits extreme rarity and thelight it sheds upon thepublication of the firstbook printed in Germantpye in America, a transla-tion of such parts as relateto the controversy is in-corporated. The transla-tion is by Hon.
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . ting remembrance among them by many deeds of the Lord grant him to enjoy the fruits of this good seedin the resurrection of the righteous ! Sauers published statement, before mentioned, containsseveral of the letters al-luded to in the abovenotice. On account ofits extreme rarity and thelight it sheds upon thepublication of the firstbook printed in Germantpye in America, a transla-tion of such parts as relateto the controversy is in-corporated. The transla-tion is by Hon. SamuelW. Pennypacker, who firstbrought this curious workto the notice of historical .?!.•„ _ PENNVPACKER ARMS. students in a paper en-titled The Quarrel between Christopher Sauer, the Ger-mantown printer, and Conrad Beissel, founder and vorsteherof the Cloister at Ephrata. Christopher Sauer to Conrad Beissel: I have until within the last few days been in hopes that thework which I did, and caused to be done, upon the hymn-book Vide Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. xii, , et 334 Tf^^ German Sectarians of Pennsyhania. would redound to the honor of God, to whom I am under thegreatest obligations for all that he has done for me and allcreatures, and will still do through time and eternitj, and Iremain bound to Him even though I shall see no good daj-more. It is his way that when we dismiss all which is notfrom Him He fills us with that which more concerns result is that we love all that is from Him, and have ahatred and horror of all that does not please Him. In thebeginning much remains concealed, while we are in the shoesof children as the saying is, which in years of youth and man-hood become as clear as day. I have therefore with patienceoverlooked some hymns, which I had rather sacrificed to Vul-can by throwing them into the fire. I thought somethingmight be given to the first alphabet scholars as it were accord-ing to their ability a
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