The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . Ilia (.lu\s line i Hiea , !l!ii!lilllilllll!i!:llil!illl!illlllllllllllllllll!lli;i:i![ilil!?^illl!ll!llilllll!lillllllllllllM COUNT LUDWIG VON ZINZENDORF. CHAPTER PENNSYLVANIA INZENDORF, the noblemissionary and evange-list, mystic and theolo-gian, who came to ourshores with the avowedpurpose of spreading theGospel among all humancreatures, irrespective ofrace or color, looms upbefore us at this periodas one of the most heroiccharacters in our Lu

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The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . Ilia (.lu\s line i Hiea , !l!ii!lilllilllll!i!:llil!illl!illlllllllllllllllll!lli;i:i![ilil!?^illl!ll!llilllll!lillllllllllllM COUNT LUDWIG VON ZINZENDORF. CHAPTER PENNSYLVANIA INZENDORF, the noblemissionary and evange-list, mystic and theolo-gian, who came to ourshores with the avowedpurpose of spreading theGospel among all humancreatures, irrespective ofrace or color, looms upbefore us at this periodas one of the most heroiccharacters in our Ludwig, Countof Zinzendorf and Pottendorf,—in America, Brother Lud-wig or Ludwig von Thiirnstein,—was a descendent of anoble family of Austria, born in Dresden, Saxony, May 26,1700, and was grand commander of the theosophical frater-nity, known as Der orden des Leidens Jesu (the Order ofthe Passion of Jesus), and also the founder of the order ofthe Mustard Seed, as well as of the revived sect of theUnitas Fratrtim or Moravians. He landed at New Yorkon the second day of December, 1741. Eight days laterhe arrived at Philadelphia; the nineteenth and twentiethhe spent at Wiegners on the Skippack, and four days laterhe held the festival of Christmas Eve in the settlement atthe Forks of the Delaware. It

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