Ancient and historic landmarks in the Lebanon Valley . was built a house in whichthe organization was effected. It is a remarkablecoincidence that another spring, feeding this samecreek, farther down its current, marks the place whereElder Peter Becker, of the Dunkard persuasion, im-mersed Conrad Beissel, the rather illustrious founder ofthe Seventh Day Baptist sect, which spring is knownin the denominational history of this church as theDunkard Spring; while still further down this samestream is the Zeller house or fort, also built over a springand emptying into the ]\Iill Creek, where the Ge
Ancient and historic landmarks in the Lebanon Valley . was built a house in whichthe organization was effected. It is a remarkablecoincidence that another spring, feeding this samecreek, farther down its current, marks the place whereElder Peter Becker, of the Dunkard persuasion, im-mersed Conrad Beissel, the rather illustrious founder ofthe Seventh Day Baptist sect, which spring is knownin the denominational history of this church as theDunkard Spring; while still further down this samestream is the Zeller house or fort, also built over a springand emptying into the ]\Iill Creek, where the GermanLutherans of this country had their organic beginning. Having left my readers at Mr. H. L. Illigs Bazar of (98) A DOUBLE FOUNTAIN-HEAD. 99 Aboriginal Archaeology, or Indian Relics, we are buttwo miles from the fountain head we want now tovisit. But these are two miles fraught with intenselyinteresting history. And although the current of his-tory, like that of water, should be followed from itssource downward and onward, it suits us best to go up. THE BECKER HOMESTEAD, CREEK. the streams of both, because along this way lies thechosen course of our historical excursion. Hence wecome first to the Becker house, where the first annualconference of the Evangelical Association was held in1807. This house is still standing on the next estate toIlligs, on the right-hand side of the road going to 302736 lOO LANDMARKS IN THE LEBANON VALLEY. Kleinfeltersville, and is more than a mile northeast ofthe other Becker homestead, where, in 1803, BishopAlbright called his followers together for mutual con-ference about separation from former church affiliationsand organization into a new sect, by the adoption ofrules and regulations, which led to the present disciplineof this church and its entire mode of denominationallife and polity. We will pick up the scraps of historicinterest that lie along the way to this historic Becker estate originally consisted of 1,500 acres ofland
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