^28 HISTORY OF 



m Franklin county, where there is a branch of the 

 society, and which is now the principal settlement of 

 the Seventh Day Baptists.* 



This society attracted considerable attention. Men of 

 various rank and standing visited the place. 



George Thomas, formerly an Antigua planter, ap- 

 pointed in 1737, Governor of the province of Pennsyl- 

 vania, visited Ephrara, in 1741. He came, says Peter 

 Miller, accompanied by a retinue of twenty horses, and a 

 large number of distinguished gentlemen from JNIaryland 

 and Virginia; they were all honorably received by the 

 brethren. The Governor said he was much gratified to 

 see such an institution. He spoke very favorably of 

 their religious and economical arrana:ements. The 

 motives of visit, it is believed, were sinister. Without 

 doubt, he gained the object of his visit more easily by 

 adulation than he would have otherwise. At this time, 

 the talented, and active Conrad Weiser, was a member 

 of the association. It was the Governor's object, if 

 possible, to secure once more the services of this man in 

 a capacity, for which he seems to have been felicitously 

 suited, that of an Indian interpreter. He tendered him 

 the appointment of justice of the peace, which he 

 accepted. Weiser frequently presided at court, as 

 chief justice, tcith his beardA He was afterwards 

 appointed provincial interpreter, in which capacity, he 

 rendered his country essential services for many years. — 

 Governor William Denny, spent some time time here, in 



*The leading religious tenets ef this society, may be seen in 

 a work, entitled, "He Pasa Ecclesia," published by Rupp, 

 Clyde & Williams, Octavo, 900 pages, 1843. 



fMan hat ihn, C. W. auch auf der Court als obersten Richter 

 gesehen unter Krone sitzen mit seinem ge\voehnlichen[Bard. — 

 Ckron, Eph., 68. 



