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A Century of Moravian Sisters: A Record of Christian Community Life

A Century of Moravian Sisters: A Record of Christian Community Life

Myers, Elizabeth Lehman

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AnthropologyFiction AnthologiesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1596054018
ISBN13: 9781596054011
Publisher: Cosimo Inc
Published: Dec 1 2005
Pages: 268
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.61 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
When vespers were given upon noteworthy occasions a decided tone of elegance was given to the affair. Ancestral silver was brought out; the finest and heaviest of linens, handwoven, with crests or initials of the owner in the corners; Old Meissen or Spode china; and the Baron Stiegel glass in some families. The every-day sugar cake gave way to sponge, or baba cakes... White grape jelly was also considered a very great dainty to serve at vesper. -from A Tranquil Community In December 1740, a small group of German pilgrims arrived in the British colony of Pennsylvania, intent on founding a settlement of the Moravian Church in the New World. By the era of the Civil War, more than a century later, a vigorous and lively society of active women-driven by faith and the desire to go good-had significantly influenced the lives of their neighbors and the community around them. This delightful 1918 work traces the history of these capable women, in a gentle but puissant reminder of the dramatic impact the work of women has had on the shaping of America. American writer ELIZABETH LEHMAN MYERS (1869-1936) authored numerous papers on local Pennsylvania history.

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