THE CLOSE OF THE FIRST DECADE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. FOREWORD VII
3. LIST OF PLATES X
4. CONTENTS XI
5. APPENDIX XVII
6. ILLUSTRATION XVIII
7. PART I
8. INTRODUCTION. 1
9. THE EXODUS FROM THE FATHERLAND. 11
10. THE VOYAGE TO AMERICA 13
11. THE ARRIVAL IN PENNSYLVANIA 28
12. THE CHAPTER OF PERFECTION 37
13. GERARD CROESE 43
14. THE PIETISTS IN GERMANY 49
15. IN THE NEW WORLD 65
16. THE WOMAN IN THE WILDERNESS 78
17. A RIVAL COMMUNITY 84
18. AN EMISSARY TO THE OLD WORLD 93
19. REYNIER JANSEN 100
20. THE DIVINING ROD AND HOROSCOPE 109
21. LOCAL SUPERSTITIONS 120
22. THE MYSTIC ON THE WISSAHICKON 125
23. THE MYSTIC ON THE WISSAHICKON 139
24. THE CLOSE OF THE FIRST DECADE 147
25. VISITS OF THE SABBATARIANS 161
26. ATTORNEY AND BAILIFF 167
27. THE DECLINE OF THE COMMUNITY 176
28. THE HERMITS ON THE RIDGE 193
29. THE LOCATION OF THE TABERNACLE 205
30. PART II. THE HERMITS ON THE WISSAHICKON, 1708 - 1748.
31. MAGISTER JOHANNES KELPIUS 219
32. HENRICH BERNHARD KOSTER 251
33. DANIEL FALKNER 299
34. JOHANN GOTTFRIED SEELIG 335
35. DOMINIE JUSTUS FALKNER 341
36. CONRAD MATTHAI 388
37. DOCTOR CHRISTOPHER WITT 402
38. THE ROMANCE OF SPOOK HILL 419