The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . der. For the oflScersof secular grade the insignia were suspended from a pieceof sea-green {AIeer-griten~) silk ribbon in the place of a goldchain. The clerical brethren used a white silk ribbon withsea-green edges. All persons upon their initiation into the Order receiveda gold ring,^ which, during the ceremony, was placed onthe third finger of the left hand. This ring was to be wornat all times. It was enameled white with green edges, andthe inscription was in Greek characters :
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . der. For the oflScersof secular grade the insignia were suspended from a pieceof sea-green {AIeer-griten~) silk ribbon in the place of a goldchain. The clerical brethren used a white silk ribbon withsea-green edges. All persons upon their initiation into the Order receiveda gold ring,^ which, during the ceremony, was placed onthe third finger of the left hand. This ring was to be wornat all times. It was enameled white with green edges, andthe inscription was in Greek characters : Ou(5ei? rnxmv ^aurwqf^(Rom. xiv, 6). A number of this confraternity were among the earlyMoravians as well as a few in the Ephrata Community ; ^but who they were, or how many, is a matter which is lostin oblivion. Neither the numbered breast-stones nor the *? The original was about double the size of the engraving. A singlespecimen only of this decoration is known to be in Five of these rings are known.* Gottlieb Haberecht is an example of the latter. 464 The German Sectarians of Pennsylvania,. JEWELS AND INSIGNIA OF THE ORDER OF THE MUSTARD SEED. Tlie Order of the Passion of Jesus. 465 burial records of either community, so far as known to thewriter, makes any mention of the Order. How many ofthese rings there may be in the numbered graves of Beth-lehem, Nazareth, lyititz, Philadelphia, or the other Godsacres of the Moravian and Sabbatarian Brethren through-out the Province will perhaps never be known. The third insignia of the Order, the Mantel-Cross {DasMantelkreit(z), was a large cross worn over the heart uponthe left side of the purple cloak which formed a part of theregalia, after the manner of the Knights Templar and The shape was that of a Latin cross, and was formedof silver braid. In the centre was fastened a single grainof mustard, encircled by the embroidered monogram :Ic • IcThis denoted Crescit Christo in immensum^ doubtless inallusion to
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