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Foremost among these are the Broder-house, the Schweister-house, and the Predecher-house, the latter being the name which the Hernhuters think fit to bestow upon their church, or house of public worship. The Broder and Schweister-houses are, as their names denote, asylums, within which a certain number of men and women, members of the church of Hernhut, find shelter.
Not that the inmates of these well-regulated abodes are all paupers. On the contrary, you meet in the Schweister-house persons belonging to every class of life, from the decayed or friendless gentlewoman down to the poor worn-out laundress; and the state of the Broder-house is, in every respect, the same.
It may be worth while to add, that the principle which has established a Broder-house and Schweister-house apart from one another, operates in the temple of the Hernhuters, the men and women occupy distinct sets of benches, with a considerable space between them. The pastors or clergy of this singular sect, inhabit apartments connected with the church, and adjoining to it.
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