United States or Bolivia ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
He visited Berleburg in Westphalia, made the acquaintance of John Conrad Dippel, and tried to lead that straying sheep back to the Lutheran fold. He visited Budingen in Hesse, discoursed on Christian fellowship to the "French Prophets," or "Inspired Ones," and tried to teach their hysterical leader, Rock, a little wisdom, sobriety and charity.
At Herrnhaag the Brethren had established an independent state, and had robbed the Counts of Büdingen of vast sums of money; and, if they were allowed to do so, they would commit similar crimes in England. They had a fund called the Lamb's Chest, to which all their members were bound to contribute. The power of their Elders was enormous.
In September, the peasantry of Upper Hesse rose en masse on account of the imposition of the sum of 100,000fls. The insurgents took Budingen by storm and were guilty of some excesses toward the public officers and the foresters, but deprived no one of life.
Word Of The Day