The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . s, Mercurius [Beissel]leaps entirely too high, and swings himself upon the throneand cries, See, see, etc. And this we are also to , our hair shall stand upon an end at such idolatry,if one be not bewitched or mad. The Chro?iicon, commenting upon this episode, states : ^HE printing of the above-mentionedhymn-book now went towards the end there hap-pened a matter which caused agreat stir in the land, and whichshall now be communicated. Theprinter Saur had alr
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . s, Mercurius [Beissel]leaps entirely too high, and swings himself upon the throneand cries, See, see, etc. And this we are also to , our hair shall stand upon an end at such idolatry,if one be not bewitched or mad. The Chro?iicon, commenting upon this episode, states : ^HE printing of the above-mentionedhymn-book now went towards the end there hap-pened a matter which caused agreat stir in the land, and whichshall now be communicated. Theprinter Saur had already in Ger-many become acquainted withthe Superintendent during theawakening there. He consideredhim indeed to be a God-fearingman; but when Providence placedhim at the head of a great awakening in Conestoga, the goodman held him in suspicion of seeking to become a pope, towhich there came yet a secret dislike for the Superintendentbecause the latter received his wife, who had been separatedfrom him, under his leading, and even made her sub-superin-tendent of the Sisters House. At that time opinions concern-. 332 The Geriiiau Sectarians of Pennsylvania. ing the Superintendent varied in the country. The great andcoarser part of the people regarded him as a great wizard,whereto certain things that happened gave an appearance ofplausibility. As has been mentioned above, the spirit underwhose guidance he was, at times made him invisible, concern-ing which the following is jet to be mentioned in passing. Ajustice of the peace sent a constable after him with a warrant;he took an assistant with him named Martin Graff. As theycame towards the house, they saw him go in with a pitcher ofwater. They followed him, and while one stationed himselfat the door, the other searched the house from top to bottom ;but no Superintendent was to be found. As they departed,however, and were quite a distance from the house, they sawhim come out again. His brethren, however, who were daily with him, and
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