In  the  correspondence  of  one  of  our  Lancaster
papers  of  1871,  there  was  given  the  following
account:  "Ephrata,  May  21. — The  Society  of
the  Seventh-Day  Baptists  held  their  semi-annual
love-feast  yesterday,  when  one  new  member  was
added  to  the  Society  by  immersion.  In  the  even-
ing the  solemn  feast  of  the  Lord's  Supper  was
celebrated,  the  occasion  attracting  a  large  con-
course of  people, — only  about  half  of  whom
could  obtain  seats.  The  conduct  of  a  number
of  persons  on  the  outside  was  a  disgrace  to  an
intelligent  community."

The  article  also  mentions  preachers  as  present
from  Bedford,  Franklin,  and  Somerset  Counties.
However,  the  whole  number  of  the  Seventh-Day
German  Baptists,  in  our  State,  is  very  small.
*  Upon  this  subject  of  the  New  Testament  as  a  creed,  etc.,
all  or  nearly  all  our  German  Baptist  sects  seem  to  unite.
EPHRA  TA,  177

[NoxE. — Since  this  article  was  written,  the  author
has  heard  what  is  the  present  location  of  the  bell
which  was  ordered  from  Europe  by  Eckerlin, — Brother
Onesimus, — and  which  caused  so  much  dissension  in
the  little  Ephrata  Community  when  it  arrived  in  the
year  1T45.
This  bell  was  sold,  as  has  been  before  stated,  to
the  Lutherans  of  Lancaster.  It  was  long  in  use  upon
Trinity  Lutheran  Church,  but  was  afterwards  sold  to
one  of  the  fire-engine  or  hose  companies  of  Lancaster,
and  is  still  in  use,  and  in  good  preservation,  bearing
upon  it  the  Latin  inscription,  with  the  name  of  the
"  reverend  man"  Onesimus.
Is  there  an  older  bell  in  use  upon  this  continent  ?J


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