The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . for fourteendays, the last one continuing fortwenty-four hours, so that it wasthought he had died and prepara-tions were made for his he recovered he went to theminister and told him that God hadsent him back into this world to tellmen that they should be converted ;but the minister, who thought he wasout of his mind, sought by means ofa worldly book to drive these notionsfrom his head. Matthias Bauman came to Am-erica in the year 1719, it is claimedin response to let
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . for fourteendays, the last one continuing fortwenty-four hours, so that it wasthought he had died and prepara-tions were made for his he recovered he went to theminister and told him that God hadsent him back into this world to tellmen that they should be converted ;but the minister, who thought he wasout of his mind, sought by means ofa worldly book to drive these notionsfrom his head. Matthias Bauman came to Am-erica in the year 1719, it is claimedin response to letters showing theneglected condition of the Germansettlers in the Province. He settledin Oley, and at once started to preachhis doctrine of regeneration and free-dom from all sin. One of his chiefarguments was that, as they werefree from sin, they had no furtheruse for Holy Writ, except such parts as would support theirdogma. All sacraments were rejected as useless to theregenerate. Matrimony was discouraged together with allgood counsel, with that peculiar stubborness common toignorant religious An old Ephrata Dksign. Pernicious Doctrine. 75 Bauman made many converts to his pernicious doctrine,and by his activity he soon came into conflict, not onlywith the orthodox faiths, but also with the Quakers inPhiladelphia. It was his habit frequently to harangue themasses from the court-house steps in the city on marketdays; and upon one occasion he went so far to prove thathis doctrine was true, and that he was a special envoy fromGod to man, as to propose to walk across the Delaware riverat high tide. Bauman, however, failed to prove his faithin this manner. Among other ridiculous things, this visionary claimedthat his followers were free from all sin and could not sinany more. To substantiate his teachings he had printed inGermany a tractate of thirty-five octavo pages : Ein Riif andie Untviedcrgebohrene Welt (A Call to the UnregenerateWorld). No copy of this pamphlet
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