A history of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America . Origiiia/ Stone over Peter Beckers G>\ue. Here he died on March 19, 175S, rich in years andricher in good works. He was buried in the old Some Leaders in Colonial America. 197 graveyard near by, and a simple sandstone with theinscription, Anno 1758, P. B., marked his grave. This gravestone was so small that it finally sunkbeneath the sod and the grave was unmarked andalmost forgotten. To Abraham H. Cassel, his oldaunt pointed out the grave, explaining that she wasperhaps the only person living who knew its after
A history of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America . Origiiia/ Stone over Peter Beckers G>\ue. Here he died on March 19, 175S, rich in years andricher in good works. He was buried in the old Some Leaders in Colonial America. 197 graveyard near by, and a simple sandstone with theinscription, Anno 1758, P. B., marked his grave. This gravestone was so small that it finally sunkbeneath the sod and the grave was unmarked andalmost forgotten. To Abraham H. Cassel, his oldaunt pointed out the grave, explaining that she wasperhaps the only person living who knew its after that she died. Brother Cassel was the solecustodian of the sleeping place of our first Americanpreacher. Years rolled by and typhoid fever seizedupon the aged Christian. In his sickness he remem-bered that he alone knew of the exact spot wherePeter Becker was buried. On his sick-bed he made asolemn vow to God that if his life were spared hewould, at his own expense, erect a fitting memorialover the grave. God was good to him and in duetime he was well. Then th
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