The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . he was no soonerarrived among his fellow-believers than they filled hisears with heavy accusations against them of Conestoga, namely, how they hadseparated from them,had written them abu-sive letters and hadtreated them very un- lovingly with judgments and condemnations, yea,and over and above all this they had yet donea terrible thing, where- by not only they, but even their dead, had been condemned and put un- Skal (enlarged) of Alexander Mack. der the ban. . Now the good man sh
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . he was no soonerarrived among his fellow-believers than they filled hisears with heavy accusations against them of Conestoga, namely, how they hadseparated from them,had written them abu-sive letters and hadtreated them very un- lovingly with judgments and condemnations, yea,and over and above all this they had yet donea terrible thing, where- by not only they, but even their dead, had been condemned and put un- Skal (enlarged) of Alexander Mack. der the ban. . Now the good man should, at least until he had made himself thoroughly acquainted with the matter, have suspended his judgment. But prejudices so overpowered his mind that he was not capable of passing a sound judgment, nor of counteracting the noteworthy incident of the year was the arrival,some time during the summer, of the widow Eckerlingwith her youngest son Gabriel. She came to Lancastercounty, and for a time lived with two of her other sons inin the house of Jan Meyle. She did not remain long with. 174 The German Sectarians of Pennsylvania. the congregation, as she died within a month or two afterher arrival, and was buried beside Landerts wife andBellers daughter in the family graveyard on SigmundLanderts farm. This was the first graveyard of the Cones-toga congregation. ^^^^^ vTSPiclOUSLY the year 1730 opened for the /^^^l^^^^^ Sabbatarians. The diarist of the congre- ^^ ^^B ^H gation states that the new congregation, ^^ ^H ^H impelled by holy zeal, grows as the sweet ^V ^B savor of its walk and conversation is spread ^m ^H abroad. Then referring to their leader, ^^ ^H he says: First of all we are to be re- .<^^^ ^H minded that the superintendent, who had^^^x^^^before his baptism led an angelic life.^^ Y^ hidden in God, now by baptism had con-secrated himself to the lowly humanityof Jesus Christ. Notwithstanding the bright outlook when the yearopened, it was doomed
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