Papers Read Before the Lebanon County Historical Society on June 17, 1898, Vol. 1 PDF Download

Author: U. Henry Heilman
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780484610315
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 30

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Excerpt from Papers Read Before the Lebanon County Historical Society on June 17, 1898, Vol. 1: Deng'lshtuk; Der Alt Dengelstock; The Bindnagel Church This document was evidently allowed to remain, or to be held, in abeyance, until 1802 when the compact as to the building of the new church was adopted. But it was just as plainly regarded as the rule by which they were guided. July 25th, 1830, the congregation adopted a constitution supplementary to the Rules and Regulations adopted September, 1802. This was evidently intended as a safeguard against inroads from certain outside influences and is still more specific in de manding that no minister but those belonging to the original Synods of the Lutheran and Reformed Churches should be allowed to enter the pulpit. To this the signatures of Rev. Stein, the trustee, three elders, four deacons, the treasurers of both congregations and sixteen members are attached. For the accommodation of the members living to the north and west, beyond the Swatara, a flat was built in 1834 at a cost of Each congregation paid half. They did not have the use of the bridge then. Two years thereafter, 1836, two coal stoves were procured at a cost of $43. 32. This seems to have been done in the way of a gift, and the amount was raised by the voluntary contributions of about seventy members. A few words about the pastors who have served the congregation, the records kept by some of them, as well as some interesting incidents connected with their ministration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.