History of the Church of the brethren of the Eastern district in Pennsylvania by the committee appointed by District conference (1915) (14769720581)
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Identifier: historyofchurcho00chur (find matches)
Title: History of the Church of the brethren of the Eastern district in Pennsylvania by the committee appointed by District conference
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Church of the Brethren. Districts. Eastern Pennsylvania. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Lancaster, Pa., The New era printing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress
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HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA BY THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED BYDISTRICT CONFERENCE PRESS OF THE NEW ERA PRINTING COMPANY LANCASTER, PA. 1915 Copyright, 1915 By THE COMMITTEE Elder S. R. Zug, Chairman MAY 15 1915 ©CI, A 4067 07■ft- / u /o DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE FATHERS WHO, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, ESTABLISHEDTHIS WORK TO HIS GLORY BY THE COMMITTEE INTRODUCTION. History, whether ancient or modern, is always interesting,and instructive to the average reader. It is, however, ofspecial interest to him when he studies the history of hisown native land, his own people, his own kindred. So while our people read with deep interest the historyof other religious denominations, once they turn to the nar-rative that chronicles the history of our own fraternity, herorganization in the Fatherland, her early trials and persecu-tions, the flight across the ocean, the settlement in the newworld, the bitter trials and sufferings, as well as the remark-historyofchurcho00chur