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residing in the same village, New Holland, was 

 in the service of his country, when Lord Com- 

 wallis was taken. We regret that we liave not the 

 particulars of his services. May they both continue to 

 command the esteem which they so richly merit, and 

 when their warfare on earth ends, may they rest in 

 peace. 



CHAPTER VI. 



Ephrata — Origin of German Baptists in Europe, and their emigration to 

 America — Some settle at Muelbach — Siebcn Taegcr association formed 

 at Ephrata, by Conrad Beissel — Change of life among them — They built 

 Kcdar and Zion — Singular architecture of buildings — Fractur-Schrifteu 

 by the Sisters— Specimens of original poetry — Eckerlcin and the bell — 

 Its destination — Sabbath School estabhshed — Miller succeeds Beissel — 

 Juliana Penn's letter — Poetry dedicated to Miller — Present state of 

 Ephrata. List of names of the first inhabitants of Ephrata — Names of 

 some of the early settlers in Lancaster county. 



A settlement was commenced, in 1725, or 1726, on 

 the banks of the Cocalico creek, where the Reading 

 road, and Downingtown turnpike intersect, at present, in 

 Ephrata township, and is well known by the name of 

 "Kloster," or "Ephrata,^' or "Dunkertown," a nick- 

 name from the word Dunker, or Tunker, a corruption 

 of Taeiifer, Baptists. To show the origin of this settle- 

 ment, we shall introduce as preliminary, a brief histori/- 

 eal sketch of the German Baptists, from whom the 

 founder of the society at Ephrata, seceded. Those 

 at Ephrata, are generally known by the name of ^ Sieben 

 Taeger," Seventh Day People; because they keep the 

 seventh, kistead of the first day of the week, as the 

 Sabbath, 



