The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . art of Chester county. This new division inchided theConestoga and Pequea valleys, while Nantmill and Cov-entry remained part of Chester county. The officials ofthe new county were no sooner installed than they beganwhat might be called a crusade against the Sabbath^keepers, who not only obeyed the scriptural injunction tokeep the Seventh Day holy, but also complied with the re-mainder of the command, Six days shalt thou restilted in a number of the Sabbatarians being a
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . art of Chester county. This new division inchided theConestoga and Pequea valleys, while Nantmill and Cov-entry remained part of Chester county. The officials ofthe new county were no sooner installed than they beganwhat might be called a crusade against the Sabbath^keepers, who not only obeyed the scriptural injunction tokeep the Seventh Day holy, but also complied with the re-mainder of the command, Six days shalt thou restilted in a number of the Sabbatarians being ar-rested and imprisoned, upon their refusal to pay theimposed fine. This persecution, however, had an effectcontrary to what was intended by the authorities, as theSabbatarians were only urged thereby to more firmlyuphold their religious principles, all being ready to stifierfor their faith. In conseqtience of this unwarranted action of the civilauthorities, Beissel, Wohlfarth and another brother madea pilgrimage afoot, staff in hand, to Philadelphia to in- Scene in Old Philadelphia. 149 s < < . 150 The German Sectarians of Pennsylvania. tercede for their brethren. While upon this mission theyattended a Quaker meeting on the 19th of October, andafter listening to a long testimony from a woman Friend,Wohlfarth, who was the best English scholar among theGerman Sabbatarians, arose and delivered a lengthy ex-hortation after the following introduction : My friends,—I beseech you that you listen to me, for Ihave a message to you from the Lord. Therefore I demandthat you listen to me, for I shall not leave this spot until Ihave delivered the message with which I have been sent untoyou, so that I may appear without blame before my Lord, andmay thus go hence in peace. This was spoken with earnestness ; the quaint gesturesand appearance of the speaker from the first commandedclose attention. In the lengthy address which followed,Wohlfarth earnestly and forcibly called attention t
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