. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. and retired to the quiet ofWissahickon. He greatly influenced with his visions theyoung Alexander Mack, still grieving over the death ofhis father; also Henry Kalckgrasser and others. Hereadily induced Mack to retire with him to the was much agitation, and Koch made converts untilthe congregation was more or less divided. Receiving allpossible encouragement, Koch now commenced to holdpublic meetings of his own, which meetings were fre-quently addressed by Peter Miller and others from Ephrata. 74 The Pennsylvania-German Socie
. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. and retired to the quiet ofWissahickon. He greatly influenced with his visions theyoung Alexander Mack, still grieving over the death ofhis father; also Henry Kalckgrasser and others. Hereadily induced Mack to retire with him to the was much agitation, and Koch made converts untilthe congregation was more or less divided. Receiving allpossible encouragement, Koch now commenced to holdpublic meetings of his own, which meetings were fre-quently addressed by Peter Miller and others from Ephrata. 74 The Pennsylvania-German Society. The crisis was finally reached, and Koch and his adher-ents marched out of Germantown, most of them never toreturn. They journeyed to Ephrata, there to bury them-selves in seclusion behind monastic walls. A few, whenthey realized their disappointment, repented and returned;others there were who died in the sadness and solitude oftheir disappointment. Perhaps most of this exodus tookplace March 27, 1739. It was a sad day for Germantown ; S5~-i^. Bfa*M3iaraMM: rawixw «» THE OLD MONASTERY ON THE WISSAHICKON. many valuable members had been lost, and some of the bestfamilies were represented. There was probably only onething that maintained Germantown under these circum-stances, and that was the faithful devotion of Elder PeterBecker and those who stood with him. The following names are given as composing the exodusof 1739 : Stephen Koch ; Heinrich Kalckglaser, and wife ;Valentine Mack, and wife Maria (Hilderbrand); Louis Exodus to Efhrata. 75 Hocker, his wife Margretha, and daughter Maria; Johan-nes Hilderbrand, and wife; Johannes Pettikoffer, and wifeAnna Elizabeth; the widow Gorgas and her the single persons who joined the celibates atEphrata, besides Koch, were Alexander Mack, JohannesReismann, Christian Eckstein, Heinrich Hocker, MarthaKinsing, Miriam Gorgas and Elizabeth Eckstein. The chapter that follows indicates the condition ofthings, thirty years late
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