The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . Remains of the Community. 31 birth-place, at the head of a mystic community, strangelycombining in its teachings the occult philosophy of theMystics and Cabalists of the Middle Ages with the severelysimple Sabbatarian worship and tenets as set forth in theirprimitive Bible teachings. Of this mystic Community thus formed in the wilder-ness there still remains several buildings, now rapidlygoing into decay through age and neglect, and they, too,will soon be a thing of the past. It i
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . Remains of the Community. 31 birth-place, at the head of a mystic community, strangelycombining in its teachings the occult philosophy of theMystics and Cabalists of the Middle Ages with the severelysimple Sabbatarian worship and tenets as set forth in theirprimitive Bible teachings. Of this mystic Community thus formed in the wilder-ness there still remains several buildings, now rapidlygoing into decay through age and neglect, and they, too,will soon be a thing of the past. It is not alone, Oldest known Picture ov Ephk by their mystic symbolism, the quaint architecture or in-terior arrangements of their habitations, or the curiousreligious ceremonials or rites that this band of Sabbath-keepers will live and go down to posterity for ages to come,but by the fact that from almost the earliest formation ofthe society they made free use of the printing press, ob-taining as early as 1745 a press of their own, the firstoutside Philadelphia county; the second to print withGerman characters, and the third in the Province. Im-prints from this press are at the present day among thescarcest and most prized specimens of Americana. 32 The German Sectarians of Pennsylvania.
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