Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-29
A BUNKER LOvE-FEAST.
A Strange Ceremony That Took Place Not
Far from Ephrata. Pa.

| A Strange Ceremony That Took Place NoS
Far from Ephrata. Pa.
About one mile northeast of the little
town of Epbrat. where the lane from
p,,.,,i., ,,;,I orossas ,b. old Road
i,
h'g h"au' s'ahus 'he ne" D"iNei
Meeting House. lhe Old bunker set
Element. around which to-day cluster
so MANY memories of the revolutionary
.no,h Of o,r N.t;op's history is some
ai.,ancn aI,.v m. pennIe of the town
I;La toll Won ,hnut the latter place
tb.v calI II rho cloist.r sneak of
!, Win tho rrastast ven.ration and will
t,ts yon d. few stems ont of the wav To
sbo,r Won g, ,;cture of tho Sa,I tho
hrntb.rs' bousa or th. monastery Way.
NAV, hact wban the infant limited
Sts,as was I.yinr unrasily in the cradle.
;,rLibipc tbc nour;sb;nt, mill of ma.
tr;ot;, epthus;sm the Dnnkers had
ar.ctsd their buildinps for RELIGIONS
,,.,rsbi,, b,r,
Totba EVERYDAY relicionist they seem
Ill. a nacuIiar naonI. with tb.;r broad
hr;,,r,,d hIock hats odd cut of coats
ar,I ,.;,h ~ ,ono and ,artod in the
,,,i.lll,.
DnnLcr or Turkar comes from Ger
man tuuksr WHICH means TO din, II il
that mart of tbair ritusl which has piyen
them tho name of the German Ran
t;st.
Tbsre wos a time whom the Dunker
Ch,rcb u,as Smou and had but one
R;shon in ,b;s sact;op but tho cbprcb
at Enbrata was sat off from the main
oon,Ir.,ratiop or tho Chnes,oca Church.
a. i, 10 caII,,d in 1854 II had then
orIv ,,yo hundred mamhars and Isrse,
M Who was the resident minister
at that time hut has cone to his long
rast Rav Samuel Harley. soon after
tho establishment of III. church was
chosen Risbon and still presides The
cbur.b b,s amambarSbin to-day of over
tbraa bnndraI and tif,v narbans over
fnu, hundred
A. noon last Thursday Dunkers from
every near section mt on their newest
baar.rs and their wives and dauchters
tbcir cans of snowy whitepesS and
rolled over the dusty HIGHWAYS to the
mother meeting- -house-th. new mnk-
or me.,inp-bonse ON. mile from Enbra-
+, The animal Ioye-f.ast was to take
pl,ce. All afternoon IN. nreacher ey-
bort.d and the nronl. nrayed and sang
and when evening came and those who
lived far away had partaken of the
Mons avaning meal in tho basement of
the church nronIe baoan to flock into
the roomy editice and crowded it To
nvertlowino
The meetinr-house is the LARGEST one
in rho county and is ono s,orr h;yb
but undar its entire lepotb tberf is a
roomy basement divided into several
rooms. Enter at the main door and at
RI, other end is the nIatform AIono
s;ther iii. ar. at le,s, ton long bencheS
zach ono bainp foo. higher than tho
other or one in front and rupnino from
two feet above the lower floor m to
twely. feet They remind one of psr-
ouet circles and the lower floor the
pit" On the inclined seats the i'm
mcnse crowd of worldly people sat and
watched the exercises
In the center are two rows of benches
of at least twenty feet in LENGTH. They
have hirh hacks and on the usual meet
mo days are used as such. To-day
every fourth one was turned around
and on the hacks of these a wide board
was placed and that made first-rate
table and so il was all over the church.
At $50 o'clock Ministers Ensminper.
of Annyille: Took. Georre and Christ
Bucher. of Lebanon: Keller. Myers.
Newcomer. of White Oak. and others
arose in the audience and soon the ser
vice BEGAN with exhortations and sing
inc. The fOur hundred Dunkers took
an active interest in the services. On
the one side were seated the men, on
the onnosite side the women. and in
comparison they were as five is to three
in the latter's favor. Then there was
luIl in the services and the little tubs
were brought out and the feet-washing
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