. Souvenir book of the Ephrata cloister; . iolin and as he frequently danced atweddings and carousals, it was all the more wonderful to havehim become a Pietist. He was converted in 1715, when twenty-five years old. Hisfame as a baker spread, many grew jealous and once at a guildbanquet he reproved the others for their idle practices, in conse-quence of which, the masters managed with the city councils tohave him arrested and put in jail. His trial soon took place andno just cause was found, so his accusers declared that he was aPietist and he was tried by an ecclesiastical court of the clergy
. Souvenir book of the Ephrata cloister; . iolin and as he frequently danced atweddings and carousals, it was all the more wonderful to havehim become a Pietist. He was converted in 1715, when twenty-five years old. Hisfame as a baker spread, many grew jealous and once at a guildbanquet he reproved the others for their idle practices, in conse-quence of which, the masters managed with the city councils tohave him arrested and put in jail. His trial soon took place andno just cause was found, so his accusers declared that he was aPietist and he was tried by an ecclesiastical court of the clergy ofthe three dominant religions. They decided to give him thechoice to join one of these three religions or leave the country,but the former was against his conscience and he had to leavenotwithstanding the fact that his master and a Jew made stren-uous efforts to gain his pardon. Therefore in 1720 he set out forAmerica, landing in autumn at Boston and because of the religiousfreedom in Pennsylvania, Beissel went to Germantown and made 40. ^
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