. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. ship. It only proves that the real spirit of theBrethren church was at variance with the mystic influencesand all kindred forms of error which some had absorbedin Germany. Crefeld was a general asylum for the per-secuted and among the refugees all shades of belief ob-tained. Some of the Brethren did not wholly escape theinfluence of the disciples of Boehme. There was pro-longed trouble in the Crefeld congregation. The membersdiscussed their differences while crossing the ocean, and theagitation was kept up after they came here, and in fact, c
. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. ship. It only proves that the real spirit of theBrethren church was at variance with the mystic influencesand all kindred forms of error which some had absorbedin Germany. Crefeld was a general asylum for the per-secuted and among the refugees all shades of belief ob-tained. Some of the Brethren did not wholly escape theinfluence of the disciples of Boehme. There was pro-longed trouble in the Crefeld congregation. The membersdiscussed their differences while crossing the ocean, and theagitation was kept up after they came here, and in fact, con-tinued until some left the communion of the church. Thesethings hindered the work for three years, and saddenedmany hearts, but the worst is yet to be told in the years to 26 The Pennsylvania-German Society. come. There were earnest souls praying for relief fromthis spiritual famine, and the Lord soon answered in re-freshing showers of spiritual awakening, and we are aboutto record a most important event in the religious history *vC.,>
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