Philadelphia. The care of the sick and wounded at points remote from the scene of battle or campaign resulted in the selection of the Cloister at Ephrata as one place where the commander-in- chief was certain those needing hospitalization would be tenderly cared for by the pious brethren and sisters of the

leadership the church held its own and even progressed in spite of difficulties. The Ephrata Charge was a large one, and the constituent churches were widely scattered. This was the period in which the Evangelical (Albrightian) Church was flourishing in the community, and many members were attracted to the

. Similarly other nearby resorts featured springs, supposedly medicinal, as the Doubling Gap Hotel in Cumberland County, with its sulphur �and lithia springs; and the Ephrata Mountain Springs Hotel in Lancaster County, both of which had large followings in the last century. The Mason and Dixon Stones Nearby