A history of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America . minister was allowed to bap-tize and to officiate at marriages. It was so in thiscase. As elder on trial, Christopher Sower admin-istered holy baptism for the first time, November 3,1748; about five months after his call to the eldershipand nearly five years before his ordination. The per-sons baptized by him on this occasion were Elizabeth (i) These four were Peter Becker. Alexander Mack, Christopher Sower, and,I am inclined to think, Daniel Letterman. 392 Ilistorv of the Brethren. Weisz [\Vhite( ?)], Catharine Buchmarin and Sus
A history of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America . minister was allowed to bap-tize and to officiate at marriages. It was so in thiscase. As elder on trial, Christopher Sower admin-istered holy baptism for the first time, November 3,1748; about five months after his call to the eldershipand nearly five years before his ordination. The per-sons baptized by him on this occasion were Elizabeth (i) These four were Peter Becker. Alexander Mack, Christopher Sower, and,I am inclined to think, Daniel Letterman. 392 Ilistorv of the Brethren. Weisz [\Vhite( ?)], Catharine Buchmarin and SusannaMiller. He also officiated on January i, 1749, at themarriat^e of his associate elder on trial to ElizabethNeiss. Here then is the evolution of the m-nistr)- in thesecond degree amonfr the Brethren. Later in thehistory of the church this eldership on trial was modi-fied into miiiistr)- in the second de,<:(ree. In his own house he was, as we have seen, com-panioned by two brethren. Georj^e Schreiber movedaway from him on July 7, 1749, and Philip Weber on. June 7, 1751. In the meantime Brother Henry Weberjoined him Xo\-cmber 24, 1749, and lived with himuntil June 10, 1751. This last removal was due tothe fact that the young man was no longer single. OnApril I, 1751, he was married to Catherine Sharpnack,Elder Alexander Mack performing the 12, 1752, their home was gladdened b) thebirth of a daughter, Christina. Two months later,December 14, 1752, he saw his mother blessedly fallasleep in heaven. On June 10, 1753, the congregation met in solemnservices and Elder Peter Becker, now old and feeble, The Two Christopher Sotvers. 393 laid his hands upon the head of Christopher Sowerand ordained him to the eldership. At the same timeAlexander Mack was likewise ordained and HenrySchlingluff was made a deacon by the same apostolichand-laying. The next year, 1754, his father transferred to theyoung man the publication of English books, thefather continuing to publish
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