A history of the German Baptist brethren in Europe and America . ain purpose wasto sing in the flesh as thev conceived the songs ofheaven to be. All the pent up emotions that were al-lowed no human channel of expression swept into therhythmic pulses of song. The Marvelous Playings of Paradise (2) appearedin 1766. It contains 725 hymns, 441 by Beissel, 73 bythe solitary brethren,(3) m by the brethren of thehousehold, and 100 by the sisters. The last part hasthe fragmentary heading, Eiii Ajigenelimer Genich derLilien tmd Rosen. Altogether thirty-five men and twen-ty-five women contributed hymns
A history of the German Baptist brethren in Europe and America . ain purpose wasto sing in the flesh as thev conceived the songs ofheaven to be. All the pent up emotions that were al-lowed no human channel of expression swept into therhythmic pulses of song. The Marvelous Playings of Paradise (2) appearedin 1766. It contains 725 hymns, 441 by Beissel, 73 bythe solitary brethren,(3) m by the brethren of thehousehold, and 100 by the sisters. The last part hasthe fragmentary heading, Eiii Ajigenelimer Genich derLilien tmd Rosen. Altogether thirty-five men and twen-ty-five women contributed hymns to this remarkablecollection. In 1754, a large volume, bearing the same title, wasprinted on writing paper; most of the space is leftblank to be filled out by written notes. Provision is (i) Beissel had learned to play the violin in Germany, but of harmonies hekne^ nothing till taught by Lewis Blum during 1742 or 1743. (2) Paradistsches Wunder-spiel,-p. ^,72. Copy in library of the writer. (3) A few in this group are by Fr. Rock and G. Tersteegen. s (-1 CI 5b3. The Eplirata Society. 463 made for choruses of four, six and even seven voicesor parts. A fine copy of this rare volume beautifully-embellished in black and green and gold, prepared bySister Barbara Snowberger, is now in the library ofthe writer. Ephrata was the musical center of Colo-nial America. The development of seven-part har-monies has no counterpart in American musical activ-ity in the last century. Beissel ruled this society with an iron hand. Hebanished those who did not yield to his regime. Heintroduced many monastic customs including the ton-sure and the garb of the Capuchin monks, and gavecomfort to all sorts of symbolism in Biblical interpre-tation. The result was an increased departure fromthe plain Gospel tenets of the people with whom hewas for a time identified. He lived in a quaint house, erected midway between Bethania and Saron. At his death the Register records these words:Vatter Friedsam did in the
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