StudyofTwo Distinct Periods Perio Ephrata (.,Coiner BY JACK WARD WILLSON LOOSE I. Mills of the Cloister The Ephrata Cloisters owed its founding, if not its raison d'etre to Johann Conrad Beissel, who was born in April, 1690, at Eberbach in the German Palatinate. Beissel's father was an intemperate

members contented that the contract was legal and that it was the Council's duty to decide upon the matter of fire plugs. A motion by Mr. Mentzer, and seconded by Mr. Spangler, re- quired that the council take no further action until the Ephrata Water Com- pany comes with an agreement or proposition