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room, containing the library, over the Mennonite Chapel. 

 The lectui'es are delivered in Latm ; and each student, 

 before his entrance, must be acquainted with Latin and 

 Greek. They attend at a literary institution for instruc- 

 tion in Hebrew, Ecclesiastical History, Physics, Natural 

 and Moral Philosophy, &c. The college was established 

 nearly a century ago, and was at first supported by the 

 Amsterdam Memionites, alone ; but lately, other Men- 

 nonite churches sent in their contributions. Some of the 

 students receive support from a public fimd ; they are all 

 intended for the christian ministry." — Dr Ypeij. 



in Tschantz's burying ground, now on the farm, owned by 

 Doctor Martin Musser. 



Barbara Meylin, consort of Martin Mcylin, was born in the 

 year 1672; after living twenty -four years in matrimony, she 

 died April 2d 1742, aged 70 years. 



Hans Meylin, born in 1714, died at the age of 19 years, the 

 26th of December, 1733 — all interred in Tschantz's grave-yard. 

 Preacher Tschantz set apart from his farm two hundred and 

 fifty-six perches for the purposes of a grave-yard. Released 

 all personal claim thereto in 1740, for the use of the neighbor- 

 hood. 



Note. — Menno Simon, one of the distinguished reformers of 

 the sixteenth century, a man whose apostolic spirit and labors 

 have never yet been fully appreciated, was born at Witmar- 

 sum, in Friesland, 1.505. In 1.528 he entered in*o orders as a 

 Romish Priest; but after examining the New Testament for 

 himself, he seceded from that sect. 



About the year 1-537, he was earnestly solicited by many of 

 the christians with whom he connected himself, to assume 

 among them the rank and functions of a public teacher; and 

 as he looked upon these brethren as being exempt from the 

 fanatical phrensy of the Munstcrites, he yielded to their en- 

 treaties. Their community was greatly scattered till 1536, 

 about that time they obtained a regular state of church order, 

 separate from all Dutch and German Protestants, who, at that 

 time, had not been formed into one body by any bonds of 



