The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . THE SAAL AND SISTER HOUSE AT EPHRATA. SOUTH FRONT OF SISTER HOUSE. ANGLE OF SAAL AND SISTER HOUSE FROM N. THE SAAL (pENIElI. - SAAL AND SISTER HOUSE FROM i CHAPTER WING to the many draw-backs which the Commu-nity experienced duringthis building operation, itwas not until Septemberthat the new structure wasenclosed. A curious fea-ture of the building is theextreme pitch of the was occasioned bythe fact that the winterof 1740-41, as has alreadybeen stated, wa
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . THE SAAL AND SISTER HOUSE AT EPHRATA. SOUTH FRONT OF SISTER HOUSE. ANGLE OF SAAL AND SISTER HOUSE FROM N. THE SAAL (pENIElI. - SAAL AND SISTER HOUSE FROM i CHAPTER WING to the many draw-backs which the Commu-nity experienced duringthis building operation, itwas not until Septemberthat the new structure wasenclosed. A curious fea-ture of the building is theextreme pitch of the was occasioned bythe fact that the winterof 1740-41, as has alreadybeen stated, was a pheno-menal one, with an extraordinary snowfall. This inducedthe brethren to raise the angle of the frame so as to shedthe snow the more readily in case the succeeding wintersshould prove as severe. It was only by hard work and persistent effort that thenew structure was made tenantable for the congregation bythe following December (1741), when it was consecrated toits pious uses with a general meeting and love-feast, uponwhich occasion the Vorsteher named the new building Peniel, for, according to the Ckronicoii, upon this spothad he wrestled in the spirit and prayed, and had a a matter of fact, it was the name which Jacob gaveto the place in which he had wrestled with
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