114 little attention is paid to literary culture among them. Instruction is given in winter to the children in German and English. They are, for the most part, a very simple-minded, artless people, unacquainted with the outer world, and the great questions, moral and political, which agitate it. Of scarcely equaled morality, never has a member been convicted of going counter to the judicial regulations of the land. Thus the pass through their pilgrimage with but apparently few ills that fall to the common lot. presenting a reality delightful to behold, with contentment resting upon their countenancesand hearts in which is enthroned peace, Mr. Joseph M. Bimeler. to whom they were so _ much indepted. died August 27. 1853. To j him they owe much of their prosperity. He 1 was their adviser in all temporal things, their ' physician to heal their bodily infirmities, and their spiritual guide to point to a purer world. | Although but as one of them, his superior education and excellent moral qualities gave I him a commanding influence, and gained their love and reverence. He returned the affection S of the people, with whom he had toiled until near a generation had passed away, with his
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