The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . ived the name of Johann Conrad Beissel;his mother was a pious and devout woman, and with thehelp of his other brothers raised him until his eighth yearwhen she also died. The boy, thus left an orphan togetherwith his brothers and sisters, lived and grew up in a state of the most abject want and pov-erty, thus matters continueduntil he was old enough tolearn a trade. When hereached the requisite age hewas apprenticed by the localauthorities to a master bakerto learn the trade. The
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . ived the name of Johann Conrad Beissel;his mother was a pious and devout woman, and with thehelp of his other brothers raised him until his eighth yearwhen she also died. The boy, thus left an orphan togetherwith his brothers and sisters, lived and grew up in a state of the most abject want and pov-erty, thus matters continueduntil he was old enough tolearn a trade. When hereached the requisite age hewas apprenticed by the localauthorities to a master bakerto learn the trade. The selec-tion of this master appears toPalatinate Arms. liavc been an unfortunatc one, as this person is said to have been one of the carelesssort of individuals, to be found in every community, who,having a knack for music, would at any time neglect hisbusiness for a jolification and rather scrape a dance on theviolin than bend over the bake-through. The apprentice, who also developed a taste for music,learned to play upon the violin and frequently accom-panied his master on these occasions, and, being a comely. Rotterdam. 35
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