. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. for a time, but was compelledI to leave on account of trouble with his masters wife whomhe called Jezebel. His next^f ;-M stop was Heidelberg where he ft -A had varied experiences. Here he experienced an enlighten-ment of the Spirit. He at-tended revival meetings anddevoted himself to his businessin which he was now again turned to mysticcircles and joined the local Ros-icrucian chapter. When this become known, he was expell-ed from the town and this unfortunate experience seems tohave made an end of his business as a baker. He
. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. for a time, but was compelledI to leave on account of trouble with his masters wife whomhe called Jezebel. His next^f ;-M stop was Heidelberg where he ft -A had varied experiences. Here he experienced an enlighten-ment of the Spirit. He at-tended revival meetings anddevoted himself to his businessin which he was now again turned to mysticcircles and joined the local Ros-icrucian chapter. When this become known, he was expell-ed from the town and this unfortunate experience seems tohave made an end of his business as a baker. He wan-dered about, almost starving, finding some employment atwool-spinning and other means of livelihood. He so-journed for a short time among the Tunkers at Schwart-zenau. After much wretchedness and tribulation and per-secution, he resolved to leave the Fatherland for the wildsof the New World and join Kelpius on the spite of the protests of his friends, he prepared to carryhis project into effect; crossing the ocean, he arrived at. ALLEGED PORTRAIT OF CONRADBEISSEL. Beissel as an Apprentice. 51 Germantown sometime in the fall of 1720. Among hiscompanions across the ocean were George Steifel, JacobStuntz, and Simon Koenig. On reaching Germantown,great was his surprise and sore his disappointment to learnthat Kelpius was dead some years, the chapter of Perfec-tion broken up and its members scattered far and was a remnant of the community left who lived thesolitary lives of hermits and among these was Conrad Mat-thai whom Beissel consulted as to what he should gave him good advice by telling him to remain atGermantown and learn the weavers trade or art and Beis-sel determined to follow such advice for the time indentured himself to Peter Becker who was a master-weaver of Germantown, for the term of one year, but leftbefore the time had elapsed. It will be remembered fromthe preceding pages that when the first Brethren congre-gation i
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