▁in ▁the ▁American ▁colon ies ▁and ▁also ▁published ▁the ▁largest ▁book ▁in ▁Col onial ▁America . ▁The ▁book , ▁Mart y rs ▁Mir ror , ▁is ▁a ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁death s ▁of ▁Christian ▁mart y rs ▁from ▁ 4 ▁B . C . ▁until ▁ 1 6 6 0 . ▁Before ▁the ▁publication ▁began ▁at ▁the ▁request ▁of ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁M enn on ites ▁from ▁Mont gom ery ▁County , ▁it ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁translated ▁from ▁the ▁original ▁Holland ▁Dutch ▁into ▁German , ▁which ▁was ▁completed ▁by ▁Peter ▁Miller ▁of ▁the ▁E phr ata ▁Community . ▁Work ▁began ▁in ▁ 1 7 4 8 ▁and ▁was ▁finished ▁about ▁three ▁years ▁later . ▁ ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁books ▁were ▁purchased ▁by ▁the ▁Mont gom ery ▁County ▁M enn on ites ▁who ▁had ▁initi ated ▁the ▁process . ▁ ▁The ▁char ism atic ▁Be iss el ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 7 6 8 , ▁and ▁this ▁contributed ▁to ▁a ▁decl ining ▁membership . ▁The ▁mon astic ▁aspect ▁was ▁gradually ▁abandoned , ▁with ▁the ▁last ▁cel ib ate ▁member ▁dying ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 3 . ▁In ▁ 1 8 1 4 , ▁the ▁Society ▁was ▁incorpor ated ▁as ▁the ▁German ▁Se vent h ▁Day ▁Bapt ist ▁Church ▁( or ▁The ▁German ▁Relig ious ▁Society ▁of ▁Se vent h ▁Day ▁Bapt ists ). ▁Branch es ▁were ▁established ▁in ▁other ▁locations , ▁some ▁still ▁surv iving ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 1 , ▁a ▁ ▁E phr