Three Sisters, Namely, Elizabeth Bachmanni, Elssa Bethezei, and Sarah Wanrij, in the Year 1643

The army of God, which at this time prepared itself for the conflict and the sufferings of Jesus Christ, consisted not only of men, who are sometimes judged to be the strongest, but also of women, for God's power is made strong in weakness. This appeared in the case of three pious heroines of God, namely, Elizabeth Bachmanni, from the Groeningen Bailiwick, the wife of Hans Jaggli, of Bartschwyl; Elssa Bethezei, from the Knonow Bailiwick, the wife of Jacob Isselme; and Sarah Wanrij, from the Horgerberg, the wife of Hans Phisfer, all of whom, imprisoned and bound in the dungeon Othenbach and in the hospital, for the testimony of Jesus Christ, lost their lives through want, hardships, and misery. All this they endured in the fear of God, and patiently as well. They counted their departure from this life as the beginning of the future. And so their unrest was truly the entrance into the rest of the saints, who shall hereafter rejoice forever for this brief suffering, which they endured for the name of the Lord. "For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." Second Corinthians 4, verse 17. Compare the above with Tract, Meyli, dated 1658, folio 8, A., numbers 1, 2, 3.