The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-30
\ DIFFERENT KiND OF DUNKAnD

"Not az ALL Nou are confusing us viii
the Seven Day Dnkcrs, organized toy Conrad
Bcissol n Lancaster county. Pa. IN l,2j
They believe in observing Saturday as th'
sabbath. We haven't anything TO DO viii
Thorn. Our people cmigrated from Holland
in 1910 and settled in Pennsylvania. ",
have In the United States a membership of
10000, chiefly ia Pennsylvania, Maryland
Virginia. Ohio, Indiana aud Illinois. W,
have colleges no Mount Morris, llls, Bridge
water. Va. huntington, Pa and Mcpher
son. Kan We have q large society al Mount
Morris / suppose there are about fifty
Dunkari- in Chicago. and nearly all Of them
haye moved here from Mount Morris We
live, of course. just like other people. Some
member. Of our society have gone away
from time 60 time. 90 get work There We're
enough here we thought. 10 warrant AS in
establishing society. and SOD Professor Young
and myself came up Saturday, and on sun
day organized our church with twenty-four
members We are holding meetings, and it
b. intended 10 have services every Sunday
after this Some one from Mount Morris
viii do the preaching"
The organization of the society on Sunday
was attended by the observance Of the
strange rites of the church. which include
the kiss of charity, the right hand Of iel-
Iowship, love feast. and the washing Of
feet. ln the performance of the last rite men
and women were separated The women
gathered 40 one end of the church and the
men at the other Large tin basins of water
were used, the brethren and sisters washing
aud drying each others naked feet and sing
ng songs over their work OF humility
ut was an done with extreme pr0prictY,'
said the Rev Mr. Miller "Our Observance
OF this ceremony is based upon the custom Of
the apostles and the primitive church.
FOLLOWING THE MASTERS EXAMPLE.
"Nou know Christ washed the feet of his
disciples as an act of humility. Are we
greater than our iOril You may not know
that 2yO.OJOOJO of Christians practice this
rite as a part Of their religious ceremonies
An the members of the Greek church do and
10 is done in tho Roman Catholic church
Tho Catholic laymen DO not do 10, but the
higher dinitaries wash the feet Of twelve Of
their interiors on each Good Friday. 1t is as
proper a ceremony as baptism or the other
sacramentsn
40 AAlNRA INtt tAAN't iAAllAf VI tlAD IHhhtt4 "a
church is the German Baptist Brethren"
lt was founded in l,OS by Alexander Mack
and seven others in the village Of Schwarze
nou, in Germany. They believed that i'm
mersion was the proper form Of baptism, and
not sprinking, as observed by the Catholic
church.
The name Of tunkers, or dunkors, was de
rived from the German word tunken, mean
ing 10 dip The Dunkards baptize by dipping
forward Besides the present society, two
other societies were formed in Germany
Persecution, drove thcm into Holland, and
between the years 1919 and 1920, the entire
denomination cmigratcd % the United States
Besides the religious practices already men
toned, their creed forb.ds the taking of oaths.
bringing suits in tho courts, and fighting
Until recent years they did not take interest
for money loaned The sick are anointed
with OH and their recovery prayed for witt
tue laying on of hands The church govern
meut is vested in bishops elected at popular
meetings OF tho church, which are usually
held each May. The bishops are prepared for
tlcir holy offices by auointment with oil
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