The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . continued during the nextday (Pfingst-Montag) with equal success. This revival, the most important one thus far held in theProvince, is noteworthy for two special features. First, itwas upon this occasion that Beissel first proved his greatpower as an exhorter and independent religious leader. Itwas here that the Germantown Brethren commenced torealize that Beissel was far stronger as a leader than ElderPeter Becker, and would soon dispute with him the leader-ship of the Brethren.
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . continued during the nextday (Pfingst-Montag) with equal success. This revival, the most important one thus far held in theProvince, is noteworthy for two special features. First, itwas upon this occasion that Beissel first proved his greatpower as an exhorter and independent religious leader. Itwas here that the Germantown Brethren commenced torealize that Beissel was far stronger as a leader than ElderPeter Becker, and would soon dispute with him the leader-ship of the Brethren. The other feature was the introduc-tion of antiphonal or choral singing into the services of thesimple worship of the Brethren. Here was the inceptionof the music and hymnology which, fostered by ConradBeissel, proved in after years so important a feature in theEphrata Community as to attract the attention of themusical critics of the Old World. Our record states: The singing was pentecostal and heavenly; yea, somedeclared that they heard angel voices mingling with it. THE GERMAN SECTARIANS OF Chrislian Confession of the Men)ionites. 129 But the chronicler naively adds : Of which tlie reader hasliberty to judge for himself. However, the hyninologyof both the Brethren and Sabbatarians dates from thismeeting and developed rapidly in the Western World,where it now numbers hundreds of hymns and melodies. The religious activity among the German settlers at thiseventful period was not confined alone to the GermanBaptists. Strenuous efforts were being made by those ofthe Orthodox faiths to obtain regular pastors from Ger-many. Even the Mennonites—recognizing the new con-dition of things in the Province and the necessity forproviding for the coming generations and to spread theirpeculiar doctrines among their English-speaking neigh-bors—had printed an English translation of their con-fession of faith. A collation of this title reads : THE I CHRISTIAN \ Confession \
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