A history of the German Baptist brethren in Europe and America . »3 ^ ^t,. The Eplirata Society. 455 raised choir sang together a very beautiful hymn last-ing about one quarter of an hour. Hereupon PeterMiller arose and read the third chapter from Friedsam renewed his queer motions as before,and his demeanor was rather ludicrous than he arose, folded his hands, raised his eyestowards the ceiling and spoke of the natural blindnessof the human understanding and prayed for enlight-enment and Gods blessing. . He spoke in an?extremely voluble way, hastily and gesticu
A history of the German Baptist brethren in Europe and America . »3 ^ ^t,. The Eplirata Society. 455 raised choir sang together a very beautiful hymn last-ing about one quarter of an hour. Hereupon PeterMiller arose and read the third chapter from Friedsam renewed his queer motions as before,and his demeanor was rather ludicrous than he arose, folded his hands, raised his eyestowards the ceiling and spoke of the natural blindnessof the human understanding and prayed for enlight-enment and Gods blessing. . He spoke in an?extremely voluble way, hastily and gesticulating wild-ly. Now his hands flew about him, now they werepressed to his breast. Now one was thrust to his side,now both. It also happened that he scratched hishead, rubbed his nose, or cleaned it with the back ofhis hand. Of his congregation, which he called hisJerusalem, some became quite excited and shook theirheads, others wept, others slept, etc. The sermonconcluded with an Amen. Bethania stood on a flat near the creek, and wascut into many small rooms, each
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