The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . this book is that toward the close of the Revolu-tionary war a copy was sent by Peter Miller to Italy, withthe request to translate it into Italian and publish the workin that country, dedicating the volume to His Holinessthe Pope. The Ephrata records tell us that while Beisselwas compiling this work, Because he thereby disregardednature too much, he contracted a severe illness. BrotherAgrippa further says : Unless the reader is versed in thespirit of the Virgin-estate, it is some
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . this book is that toward the close of the Revolu-tionary war a copy was sent by Peter Miller to Italy, withthe request to translate it into Italian and publish the workin that country, dedicating the volume to His Holinessthe Pope. The Ephrata records tell us that while Beisselwas compiling this work, Because he thereby disregardednature too much, he contracted a severe illness. BrotherAgrippa further says : Unless the reader is versed in thespirit of the Virgin-estate, it is somewhat unclear in its ex-pressions. In it, however, he had opened up a far outlookinto eternity, and has gone further than even the holyApostles in their revelations, bringing glorious things tolight concerning the Mother church, and how the Fatherfinally shall deliver his office to the Mother; similarly con-cerning the Sabbatic Church in the time of the bounddragon ; what Gods purposes are with this Church ; andwhy he permitted her to be so severely tried by Gog andMagog. CHAPTER SKIPPACK ENTION was made in aprevious chapter of theWiegner homestead asthe headquarters of theMoravian pioneers whopaid a visit to the Provinceand the Ephrata Commu-nity in 1736. This housewas in northeastern ex-tremity of Philadelphia(now Montgomery) coun-ty. The place is stillknown as the Wiegner farm, and lies two miles south ofKulpsville, a post-town a short distance west of Lansdaleon the North Penn railroad. The old stone house whichsheltered the first Moravian missionaries has long sincebeen demolished. Christopher Wiegner, who was a religious enthusiastfrom the Fatherland, and who came over with the Schwenk-felders, held devotional services at his house wheneveropportunity offered; and his home was always open to allcomers who soiight spiritual advice or comfort, and thus itwas that his place became somewhat of a hospice. It wasnot long before a number of German settlers g
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