"'Thou queen of the Roses of Saron, art thou
holding court in thy temple of beauty?'"
Page 216.
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