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room, containing the library, over the Mennonite Chapel. 

 The lectures are delivered in Latin ; 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 Mennonites, alone; but lately, other Men- 

 nonite churches sent in their contributions. Some of the 

 students receive support from a public fund ; they are all 

 intended for the christian ministry." — Br Ypaij. 



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

 Doctor Martin Muster. 



Barbara Meylin, consort of Martin Meylin, 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 t^vo hundred and 

 ilfly-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 qj)preciated, was born at Witmar- 

 sum, in Friesland, 1505. In 1528 he entered into orders as a 

 Homish Priest; but after examining the New Testament for 

 himself, he seceded from that sect. 



About the year 1537, 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 Munsterites, he yielded to their ea- 

 treaties. Their community was greatly scattered till 1538, 

 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 



