A history of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America . rienborn) and Wittgenstein. Inthese free states these exiles were welcomed and pro-tected. The ruler of the petty sovereignty where Christo-pher Sower saw the light of day was Count Casimir,born in 1687. He began to administer the governmentin 1712. During his minority his pious mother, Count-ess Helwig Sophia reigned. She was a w^arm friend ofHochmann and a protector of all the awakenedones, including Alexander Mack and his friends. Count Casimir followed the example of his motherand awarded the fullest protection to the Brethre
A history of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America . rienborn) and Wittgenstein. Inthese free states these exiles were welcomed and pro-tected. The ruler of the petty sovereignty where Christo-pher Sower saw the light of day was Count Casimir,born in 1687. He began to administer the governmentin 1712. During his minority his pious mother, Count-ess Helwig Sophia reigned. She was a w^arm friend ofHochmann and a protector of all the awakenedones, including Alexander Mack and his friends. Count Casimir followed the example of his motherand awarded the fullest protection to the Brethren andto all other pious souls. It was this atmosphere, fragrant with tlie prayers ofpious, religious refugees that Sower breathed in hisyoung days. To the Brethren he was especially at-tached. That he was baptized in Germany is notprobable. As a child he attended the little Reformed churchnear Laasphe and, no doubt, at first was a beliexer intheir faith. But he early withdrew and began to think for him-self. Just what led him to the Brethren is not known. •^. TJlc Tzuo Christopher Sozvers. 345 But for them he early manifested a warm he approached young manhood it is surmisedby some that he learned the trade of a tailor. Thisstatement has no warrant beyond the following: Saur is a very ingenious man. He is a separatistwho has become dexterous in, at least, thirty (30)trades. For, having come over to America as a tailor,he has since become a printer, apothecary, surgeon,botanist, clock and watchmaker, cabinet maker, book-binder, newspaper maker, manufacturer of his owntools, wire and lead drawer, paper maker,^^ etc., etc. That this is not true is apparent when we rememberthat he was a doctor of medicine and a graduate ofMarburg ^2) University. He acquired his medical loreat Halle in the famous school of August HermannFrancke. In 1698, Francke established an institutionknown as ? Das Hallische Waiseiiliaiisr For the supportof this institution Francke compounded m
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