"'Thou queen of the Roses of Saron, art thou
holding court in thy temple of beauty?'"
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A Tale
OF THE
KLOSTER
A Romance of the German Mystics
of the Cocalico
By BROTHER JABEZ
Illustrations by Frank McKernan
Oh, blessed solitary life,
Where all creation silence keeps!
Who thus himself to God can yield
That he ne'er from him strays,
Hath to the highest goal attained,
And can without vexation live.
Faith, toleration, love, and hope,
These all have come to his support.
—Johann Conrad Beissel. Translation
from the German by Julius Friedrich
Sachse, Litt. D.
PHILADELPHIA
Griffith & Rowland Press
1904
COPYRIGHTED 1904 BY
ULYSSES S. KOONS
Published December, 1904
From the Press of the
American Baptist Publication Society
TO THE MEMORY OF
My Mother
THIS STORY OF THE LITTLE BAND
OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS
OF THE KLOSTER
IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED