The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . A REWARD CARD FOR CHILDREN, PRINTED AT HPHRASABBATH-SCHOOLS OF THE COMMUNITY DURINOF THE XVII. CENTURY. (Original in collection of Julius F. Sachse, Philadelphia.) CHAPTER XIX. THE UNITAS URING the Slimmer of 1736yet another religious ele-ment appeared in Penn-sylvania in the form of apioneer party of evangel-ists who arrived in theProvince in April. Chiefamong them were the Spangenberg andBishop David their arrival they atonce joined with Chris
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . A REWARD CARD FOR CHILDREN, PRINTED AT HPHRASABBATH-SCHOOLS OF THE COMMUNITY DURINOF THE XVII. CENTURY. (Original in collection of Julius F. Sachse, Philadelphia.) CHAPTER XIX. THE UNITAS URING the Slimmer of 1736yet another religious ele-ment appeared in Penn-sylvania in the form of apioneer party of evangel-ists who arrived in theProvince in April. Chiefamong them were the Spangenberg andBishop David their arrival they atonce joined with Christo-pher Wiegner, ChristopherBans and George Bohnisch at the house of the former on thebanks of the Skippack. These three brethren had beensent to America with the Schwenkfelders, September, 1734,by Count Zinzendorf. These new arrivals had come to oiir shores as mission-aries with the avowed purpose of preaching the gospel ofChrist to all persons, irrespective of color, race or condi-tion ; they were known as the Unitas Fratriim, or UnitedBrethren,—the Moravians of the present day. As soon as the arrival of Spangenberg and Nitchmannbecame known to Beissel, he sent three solitary brethrento Wiegners on the Skippack to extend fraternal greetingsto the newcomers, and invite them to visit the settlementon
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