▁priv ately . ▁Services ▁every ▁Saturday ▁were ▁led ▁by ▁Be iss el , ▁often ▁being ▁several ▁hours ▁long . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁time ▁that ▁this ▁group ▁formed , ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁hint ▁of ▁diss atisf ied ▁intellectual ism ▁of ▁churches . ▁Many ▁wanted ▁to ▁be ▁away ▁from ▁state ▁established ▁churches . ▁Str ict ▁religious ▁lives ▁caused ▁these ▁brothers ▁and ▁sister s ▁to ▁come ▁together ▁to ▁worship ▁God ▁in ▁other ▁ways . ▁Instead ▁of ▁pract icing ▁their ▁religion , ▁they ▁applied ▁it ▁by ▁helping ▁others ▁to ▁become ▁more ▁spiritual ▁and ▁cel ib ate . ▁ ▁Among ▁the ▁sister hood ▁and ▁brother hood ▁there ▁included ▁a ▁married ▁order ▁of ▁household ers , ▁which ▁were ▁families ▁who ▁supported ▁and ▁engaged ▁in ▁the ▁every day ▁activities . ▁Other ▁than ▁pract icing ▁quiet ▁lives ▁by ▁pray ing ▁and ▁doing ▁char ity ▁work , ▁the ▁Clo ister s ▁had ▁a ▁duty ▁to ▁keep ▁up ▁with ▁the ▁tasks ▁of ▁living ▁at ▁E phr ata . ▁Farm ing ▁and ▁industrial ▁work ▁were ▁the ▁typical ▁work load ▁on ▁a ▁daily ▁basis . ▁Although ▁the ▁Clo ister s ▁often ▁pract iced ▁their ▁religion ▁by ▁interpre ting ▁Bib lic al ▁works , ▁they ▁also ▁engaged ▁in ▁car p entry ▁and ▁pap erm aking . ▁Other ▁tasks ▁included ▁garden ing , ▁prepar ing ▁me als , ▁and ▁m ending . ▁Not ▁only ▁were ▁the ▁clo ister s ▁famous ▁for ▁their ▁writ ings ▁and ▁h ym ns ▁on ▁the ▁printing ▁press ▁but ▁they ▁became ▁very ▁busy ▁people ▁especially ▁when ▁it ▁came ▁to ▁ch ores . ▁They