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Continuing the account, Schlatter writes in his journal:
"Being the day appointed by Jacob Reiff for a meeting, I, with Do. Weiss, wont to him. As I came into his house he wept and said that I ought to be merciful, in- vestigate the affair well and require from him nothing but what he could give with- out loss to himself.
"After this he brought forward a multitude of accounts, as
"1. 480 fl., which he claimed to have given to Do. Weiss for his return voyage to Pennsylvania and for books, but Weiss could only remember :10 1.
"2. He showed an itemized account of what he and Do. Weiss had spent in the in the time of six months in Holland for necessaries of living, etc . 700 1.
"3. He declared he had been compelled to make three journeys to Heidelberg for the collecting of money in the name of and by the order of the Reverend Somals, and that at his own expense.
"4. He said that those 600 ft., which they were permitted to collect in the city of Amsterdam, had not been received, but that he scented only about love fl.
'5. Brought forward yet a large account of what he deemed he had earned in the course of two years for his trouble, claiming but to stuivers Holland money per day (20 cents).
"So that he came to the conclusion that over and above what he had received, abont, 100 fl. were still due to him.
"Having seen all this, I gave in a word my resolution, namely that I, in the name of the Reverend Deputies of the Synode, and the Reverend Classis of Auster- dam, of all those 2100 Al., which Reiff acknowledged to have received, would be satisfied with 1000 fl., and that this wonkl end the affair once for all.
"I said that it was not unreasonable that those 700 d., spen by the two of them in the course of six months in Holland, should be approved of; also I would equally credit him with the 400 fl. given to Do. Weiss, but the compensation for his tremble he must find in the interest of the money, which he had been able to use filtern years for nothing.
""Tis true, Very Reverend Sirs, that I conkl have placed the demand higher than 1000 ft., but then the affair would have made still les progress them now. which the sequel shall prove. My sale object was to bring this distasteful trans- tion to a close in kindness. Further I stuck to my resolution and firmly unsolved not to depart from it; gave him time for consideration till October :, on which dans he promised me (after consulting with his brothers about in) that he would bring me an answer to Philadelphia.
"October 8. Third Conference with Reiff.
"He, namely, J. Reiff, came on this day according to his promise, to me at Philadelphia, in order, if it were possible, to remove out of the way the contention
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on account of the collected money and completely seule it. I'm for two days ! could not reach an agreement with him or his brother, whom be led brought with him, and other gentlemen who were present, for I insisted upon my print, that is. the demand for 1000 11. Whichever way I might consider or maru the affair I col not regard it in any other light, than that the amount proposed would be raulde for Reiff and the churches. October 4, I also made as great an effort a- I could toem- clude this affair in love, kindness and without any expenses. Yea. I finally ofereal to pay 15 pounds out of my own pocket as a means to reach my aim and put an chel to this disagreeable transaction and thereby to obtain inor with the Reverend Fathers in Holland and confidence in Pennsylvania, but my eførts were in vain.
"I believe that he would indeed have given 700 or sono Al., but he never com- mitted himself. He indeed made me the proposition that he would robuntarily give a present to the Pennsylvania churches, if I left it to bin, In surely. I did not dare to risk that. I said he should pay me 900 ft., as for the rest I did not sure whether he called it a present of debt.
"At last came the elders of the Philadelphia church and requested me to give over the affair, by way of compromise, to the decision of four impartial men under a bend, and thinking that thereby with a good conscience I could said a great me- sponsibility, I irdneed Reiff thereto with much trouble and cunning and nsolved lo end the dispute in this manner. Then I immediately arranged it so that the mel prominent members of the Philadelphia congregation, opposed to Reiff, philgel themselves to abide by that compromise, so that whichever party would now draw back, must pay 2000 pounds or six times more than the som under dispute.
"October 5. If I had not need this precaution, I would have failed, for Reifi repented the next day and wished to give me the money required of him and end the affair with me. But the elders of Philadelphia, in the hope that Reiff would In condemned to pay more than 1000 ft., said they would rather let it come to that and stand by the compromise."
The judges were Thomas Lawrence, Richard Peters, Esp., Israel Pemberton, Jr., and Jolin Reynell.
In a postscript to the Journal (dated December 15, 1746), Schlatter adds that because of the ice in the river the letter was detained till March 1, 1747. Hle continues:
"The transaction with J. Reiff has been brought to an end. Lean tinly say that I have done my best, and yet I could not get more than 100 Spanish pistoles. Un American money he received C135 Pennsylvania currency, or about 850] which I will hold until I receive your direction concerning them."
Schlatter hoped to settle the case by the following statement in Saur's paper, of June 16, 1747:
"This serves as notice, that no one in the future may take the trouble or be bald enough to insult the brothers Reiff or their families with slanderons words and ne proaches concerning the well known collection, since Mr. Jacob Reiff, in the feel honorable and npright manner, immediately after my arrival in this commiry, con- sented to make a settlement and with the approval of prominent and intelligent men, who with me took the trouble to bring this matter to a conclusion. he has- given me entire satisfaction, so that I am well pleased and cannot but regard him as an honest man and a friend. Nor do I doubt that I am justify the ontemne of this quarrel before the Very Reverend and Christian Sonods of North and South Holland."
This notice, however, did not end the case. The enemies of Schilat- ter persisted in reproaching and accusing him of conniving with Reiff in retaining the larger part of the collected mottry. Hence the Cietus of 1749 was compelled to give him a resolution of confidence, declaring that he had done his full duty, a resolution which was published in Saur's paper of November 16, 1749. But even this did not quiet his opponents. When Schlatter left for Holland, in February, 1751. Saur, in his paper of February 1, 1751, gave him a parting salute. His long tirade shows that
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he was misinformed and himself misinterpreted many things. With but a hearsay knowledge of the case, he could not do justice to Schlatter.
Finally, after 24 years, the case was concluded at the Cactus of 1755. when Schlatter "presented an entirely satisfactory account of the sum re- maining from Reiff's collection, amounting to 200 guilders, and has promised to pay 100 guilders to the congregation in Germantown, and as much to the church at Schippach."
Holland and Pennsylvania. V.
HOLLAND'S CARE OF THE REFORMED CHURCH IN PENNSYLVANIA.
[Concluded.]
It would be gratifying to follow, from year to year, the record of Holland's generosity to Pennsylvania, as written in the minutes of the Synods of the Netherlands. For more than sixty years this benevolent, Christian work continued.
But the Church was not alone in this noble work. The State appro- priated money for the same purpose. In the printed records of the laws enacted by Edele Groot Mogenden van de Heeren Staaten van Holland en Westvriesland, (the Legislature. ) we find that, August 27, 1751. the sum of two thousand guilders per year was granted for five years for the main- tenance of the Reformed preachers and schoolmasters in Pennsylvania. and for the purchase of necessary books. November 30. 1756, this grant was renewed for three years; November 29, 1759, fifteen hundred guillers per year was granted for two years more; and December 5, 1761, a fnr- ther grant of a thousand guilders per annum was made for two years. "1761, December 5, voor twee jaaren geaccordvert con duizend guldens ten behoeve van de Gereformeerde Gemeentens in Pensylvanien."
Besides sending money. Bibles and hymn books, the Synets selected ministers, as far as possible, for the Pennsylvania field, and sent them to us. The Dutch are methodical and business-like, and they felt it was most important that a competent clergyman should be found to oversee the congregations organized and to organize others. Gretschy and Dor-ins were sent on this mission. These were unfortunate selections. Both were unworthy men. Gretschy scarcely reached the field; Porsine spent but few and unprofitable vous in it. After many years of careet afort by the Holland Church authorities, Schlatter was found and sent. Kein's Herculean labors during the twenty years prior had firmly established the Church. But now he was worn out. Schlatter was young. Heshowed executive ability He took the work of Belon's hands. A few years later Schlatter went back to Holland and represented the words of the Pennsylvania churches forcibly and effectively, which enabled the Hol- land Synode to gather a great fund, the interest of which was sent over to support the congregations here.
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The Heidelberg Herald.
One of the conspicuously able congregational monthly publications is that bearing the above title, issued in the interest of Dr. Zartman's church, Nineteenth and Oxford streets, Philadelphia. From it we learn that:
Communion will hereafter be administered to the members in the pews. This method has found favor in the congregation, and will be adopted, in all probability, permanently.
The church has received a legacy of two thousand dollars from the estate of a deceased member. This will be applied to the mortgage, and will be an interest saving of ninety dollars a year.
Uplifting Circle of King's Daughters is one of the useful activities of this church. It has given five baskets of groceries, and some clothing to poor families, since January 1, and magazines have been distributed. .. large package of picture cards and copies of children's Somday -school papers are to go to a missionary in China. The Circle is trying to secure patches for a Scripture quilt to be sent to a hospital.
The Women's Missionary Society of Philadelphia Classis will have its annual meeting here May 15, 1900.
Names of Subscribers to Historical Notes, Volume One.
Rev. Wm. H. Brong,
Rev. Cyrus Cort, D. D.,
Miss C. W. Crocker,
Prof. Joseph Henry Dubbs, D. D., L.L. D.,
W. H. Egle, M. D.,
Prof. James I. Good, D. D.,
Prof. Chester D. Hartranft, D. D ..
Rev. Prof. William J. Hinke,
Prof. L. Oscar Kuhns,
Mr. W. F. Leidy,
Rev. J. M. Levering, Moravian Bishop.
Albert Cook Myers, B. L.,
New York Historical Society,
New York Public Library,
Hon. Samuel W. Pennypacker, L.L. D.,
Mr. Philip Quillman,
W. HI. Reed, Ph. G., M. D.,
John E. Roller, Esq., George W. Spiese, Esq.,
Rev. A. Stapleton, Mr. John HI. Stotler, Ethan Allen Weaver, C. E ..
Rev. E. F. Wiest, Mr. Irwin Yost,
Rev. Rufus Calvin Zartman, D. D.,
Tannersville. P'a. Sabillasville, Md. Baltimore Md. Lamaster, Pa. Harrisburg. P'a. Reading, Pa. Hartford. Com. Philadelphia, Pa. Middletown, Conn. Now Hanover, Pa. Bethlehem. Pa. Philadelphia, Pa. New York, N. Y. New York. N. Y. Philadelphia, Pa. Norristown, Pa. Norristown, Pa. Harrisonburg. Va. Philadelphia, Pa. Carlisle, Pa. New York. N. Y. Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia, 1%. Centre Square, la. Philadelphia, Pa.
INDEX.
A Day at Einsiedeln, 18.
After the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, 173.
An Old Case Restated, 129.
A Sorry Showing, 177.
Baird, Henry M., 149, 173.
Bansman, B., 42, 96.
Bechtel, John, 41.
Berg, Joseph F., 163.
Berkenstock, Nathan, 178.
Biography of Harbaugh, 162.
Behn, Anthony William, 3.
Brehm, David, 98.
Brehm, Rev. John Philip, 3, 98, 102.
Boers, The, 113, 128, 17.
Boys in the Country, 16. Ballinger, Heinrich, 26.
-Burial Ground of Philadelphia Reformed Church, 28. ---
Business Letter of 1751, A, 61.
Chandler, Rev. Samuel, 85.
Chester County Churches, 38.
Church at Market Square, The, 13, 23, 39, 55, 69 ..
Church at Philadelphia, The, 130.
Church Building Funds, it.
Church Officers in 1730, 115.
Colonial Church Builders, 26, 1441.
Correspondence at The Hague, 34. Cort, Cyrus, 38, 52, 91. Davis, P. Seibert, 141.
de la Plaine, James, 25.
Dewees, Cornelius and Garret, 25.
Dewees, William, 22, 118.
Dilbeek, Isaac, 15.
Dotterer, Henry S., Contributions by, 2.
5, 13, 18, 20, 23, 31, 39, 50, 55, 65. 69, 86, 92, 98, 90, 116, 131, 171, 179.
Daal Letter from Wittgenstein, 117.
Dubbe, Rev. Joseph Henry, D. D., L.L.D., 115, 163.
Editorials, 1, 17, 3, 49, 65, 81, 07, 11:, 129, 145, 161, 177.
Einsiedeln, 18.
English School for Germans in Pennsyl- vania, 85.
Falkner Swamp Reforneed Church, -
Founded by Bahn, Si: nombre 19 the Revolutionary War, Si: report pont to Holland, SHE services held in Jones and barns, JOG; Schoolma-for Biff- schneider, 106; its financial ability, lo ;; signers to Belan's pamphlet. Jos; a wooden church bnih, 102; Brs. John Philip Leydich takes charge, Jor; church debt paid, 139.
First Quarter Century of Falkner Swamp Reformed Church, Mi, 10.
Flight of the Huguenots, The III.
Frankford Reformed Churchyard, 1%. Frankford Reformed Church, 27.
Franklin Squan's Dead, 11 ::.
German Reformed Church of Frankionl, 27.
German Reformed Church of German- town, The - It's Beginning, B; Lance Dilbeck, 15; William Dewees 2; Hen- drick Pannebecker, 25; Bev. Sunnel Ciuldin, 39; a congregation formas, 10. Rev. George Michael Weiss, 1: John Bechtel, 41; a church built in 17:2 11; purchase of land on Market Square, 12: Rev. John Philip Ba lan's activity, 3 Rev. Mr. Dorin's report to Holland, 56; affaire in 1740, 57: 1742 a turbulent year, 57; Rev. John Philip Pa lin's Statement of 17H, as; Berlin and lach- tel compared, 70; Banks of members m 17H1, TJ; the Whitemarsh congregation is partly merged into the Germantown, 71; Rev. Michael Schlatter canvass the congregation, 3; nemdler in 14,
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72; the church renovated in 1702, 72; Marriages by Key. George Wack, 10, 21, chartered in 1771, 73; it plays a part in 48, 55, 90, 104, 125, 143, 159, 170, 180, 195. the Revolution, 78; Washington wor- shipped in it, 73; Rev. Jacob Helfen- Meels, Hans Hendrick, 26. stein takes the congregation over to the Milton, John, 176. Presbyterians, 73; the spacions and beauteous church edifice of to-day, 74.
German Reformed Church of Philadel- phía, 21, 22, 62.
Girkhansen, 50.
Gleams of Light, 97.
Getschy, Maurice, 171.
Gutschy's Colony, 171, 179.
Good, Rev. James 1., D. D., 4, 99.
Guldin, Rev. Jolm C., D. D., 4.
Guldin, Rev. Samuel, 39.
Happy Christmas, .1, 114.
Harbaugh, Henry, 16, 122, 162. Hartranft, Chester D., D. D., 51.
Heidelberg, 131.
Heidelberg Catechism, The, 91.
Heidelberg Herald, The, 198.
Heirloom, An, 115.
Helffenstein, Rev. Samuel, D. D., Hillegas, Howard C., 128. Hiltzheimer, Jacob, 21, 37, 111, 123, 167.
Flinke, Rev. Prof. William J., 2, 81, 115, Philadelphia Reformed Congregation, 25. 177.
Hlinke, Rev. Prof. William J., Contribn- tions by, 102, 133, 150, 164, 187.
History of the Reformed Church in the United States, 99.
Holland and Pennsylvania, 18, 52, 47, 83, 120, 137, 158, 174, 197.
Homrighausen, Sebastian and Johannes, 117.
Huguenot Element in Pennsylvania, 163. Huguenot Galley-Slaves, 2, 43, 63, 65, 77. Huguenots, 149.
Huguenots Invited by Pomi, 166.
III-Starred Collecting Tour, The, 5.
Indian Creek Reformed Church, The, 141. Interesting Confirmation, An, 3.
Jordan, Jno. W., Communication by, 95. Kieffer, Henry M., D. D., 176. Knauss, Sebastian Henry, 95. Lux, James Berkeley, 163, 166.
Leaders of the Reformation, 115.
Leidy Family Record, 20.
Leydich, Rev. John Philip, 2, 20, 50, 59, 100, 117. Liberal Givers, 131.
Minnich, Michael Reed, Contribution by, 20.
Moerdyke, Rev. P., D. D., 6.
Moody, Dwight L., 115. Moravian Notes, 95.
Mountains and Men, 96.
Names of Subscriber, 199.
Neisser, Augustine, 95.
Nenchatel, 9S.
New Goshenhoppen Church, ().
Now Cioshenhoppen Parsonage in 1741, 16;
North Virginia Church History, s.
Not Properly Pastored, ITS.
Old Goshenhoppen Church, 26.
Old Race Street Church, 1:0.
Our Aini, 1.
Overman. Dr. L., Letter from, 110.
Palatinate, The, 163.
Pannebecker, Hendrick, 25.
Philadelphia Reformed Church Records, 123, 167.
65, 111, 146, 155.
Protest against the Ordination of Rev. Mr. Borhm, 102.
Random Thoughts, 33, 19, 65. 81. 97.
Reed, W. H., Ph. D., M. D., Communi- cation by, 10, 81, 18, 38, 9, 101, 125. 143, 159, 170, 150, 195.
Reed, W. IL., M. D., 2.
Reformed Church Literature, 1, 19, 26, 52, 68, 89, 132, 147.
Reiff, Jacob, 5, 150.
Reiff Case, History of, 1. 1. 1. 15. Rev nstock, Jolm. 26. Revival of Friendship. 145.
Rieger, John Bartholomew, 1 ...
Saint George's Reformed Church.
Schall, George, IT.
Schneider, Rev. Benjamin, Missionary. 81, 147.
Schlatter, Rev. Michael, 21.
Scotch Church in Rotterdam, 6". Self-Denial, 112.
Skippack Church Oflies, IN. Stage Route, 95. Stapleton, Rev. . 1, 2.
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Strassburger, Rev. John Andrew, 98, 92. Strassburger, Bev. N. S., D. D., 94. Stumbling Blocks, 161.
Successful Church Work, 178.
Sunday-school in 1784, 112.
Swiss Shelter to Reformed Beingres, 52 Tannersville Charge, 132.
"Ten Heuven, Evert, 2%. Thonis, Gosen, 110. Tiele, Alardus, 52.
Trappe Reformed Church, The, 6t.
Treasured Volume, A, 91. Van Vlecq, Ber. Panlus, 148.
Vaudois, The, 176. Wack, Bry. Casper, 10, 115.
Wack, Rev. George, Marriages by, 1/2, 81, 48, 53, 90, 101, 125, 148, 159, 161. 170. 180, 193. Weinberger, Miss Minerva, 17.
Weiser, Rev. Dr. Clement 2., 5.
Weiss, Rev. Charge Michel. 5 1, The 102, 132, 145, 146, 150. Whitefield at Skipquick and Faulkner Swamp, S.). Whitemarsh Torino Church, 1.
Wiest, E. F., 112.
Wolff, B. C., &S.
Young Pivacher's Visit, The, 14).
Zurich, 116. Zwingli, Ulric, 110.
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HISTORICAL NOTES
RELATING TO THE
PENNSYLVANIA REFORMED CHURCH.
VOL. I. No. 1. May 10, 1899. $1 00 PER ANNUM. Edited by Henry S. Dotterer.
Perkiomen Publishing Co., 1605 N. THIRTEENTH STREET. PHILADELPHIA.
Our Aim.
Our purpose is to disseminate interest- ing and important facts in the history of the Pennsylvania Reformed Church, as also in the history of the Continental Reformed Churches which gave our Church its life. Our laity, and clergy as well, have need of fuller knowledge of the origin and career of the communion with which we stand associated, and of its founders and heroes in Europe and America.
The Reformed Church in this country occupies, by its own act, an isolated and helpless position. A hundred years ago it severed its relations with the synods of Holland. This was quite right in itself. But at the same time it broke off all intercourse with the European breth- ren. It has stood alone ; and in the fierc .. rivalry with new religions organizations, as well as old ones, it has not been able to maintain its relative position. Its present membership is only about a quar- ter of a million ; under normal conditions it should be ten times that number. The danger is that it may lose more ground. It deserves a better fate.
The Pennsylvania Church blindly turned away from the parent bodies, and deprived itself of the intellectual and spiritnal sustenance which could only be obtained through cordial intercourse with them. Money we do not lack ; we are poor only in the wisdom to use it liber- ally. Our Church needs a stimulus ; it needs the moral support and the Chris- tian sympathy of the European Re- formed Churches. It needs to realize that the achievements of the Continental
Churches in and since the Reformation belong to us. They are our birthright. The memories of the heroism, the suf- fering, the sacrifices, and the missionary labors, of the Huguenots, the Hollanders, the Swiss, the Germans, the Walloons, and the Waldenses, all belong to us. Is not our Pennsylvania and American membership made up of the descendants of all these ? The blood of these heroes and martyrs is mingled in the veins of our people. There is inspiration in the undoubted fact.
Holding these views we regard the pre- American history of the Reformed Church-its faith, its fortitude, its works. its triumphs-as our precious heritage. We feel that a publication conducted in this broad, filial spirit must yield not only a rich return of gratification, en- couragement and edification, but aid in aronsing the fealty, enthusiasm and spiritnality of former times, and lead up to the strengthening and effectiveness of our denomination as a factor in the irre- sistible expansion of the Gospel of Christ.
The Presbyterian Historical Society of Philadelphia will soon begin the publica- tion of a monthly. The society now has it's rooms and library in the Witherspoon building.
Rev. G. Merle de Fere Zacharias, of Baltimore, is making researches in the archives of the Reformed ( 'lassis of Ams- terdam, in the interest of Potomac Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States.
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Rev. A. Stapleton, of Lewisbing, Pa., is engaged on a work of highest interest to us of the Reformed Church. It is en- titled Huguenot Memorials, and is in- tended to give the names and a brief ac- count of all Pennsylvania families de- scended from Huguenots who found a refuge here.
W. II. Reed, M. D., of Norristown, Pa., Treasurer of the Historical Society of Montgomery county, is engaged upon the history of the Welker Family, of New Goshenhoppen, on the Perkiomen. John George Welker, who came in the com- pany headed by Rev. George Michael Weiss, in 1727, was the founder of the family in America.
Rev. Prof. William J. Hinke is con- tributing a series of valnable biographi- cal articles to the press of our Church. In the Reformed Church Messenger John Philip Bohm, George Michael Weiss, and Philip William Otterbein have been his subjects. In the Reformed Church Record he has written of John Henry Hæger, the first German Reformed minis- ter in Virginia. The rare merit of Prof. Hinke's sketches hes in the fact that he presents material heretofore in great part unknown, gathered by himself in Ger- many at the places whence these pioneers came.
Huguenot Galley-Slaves.
At Dordrecht the editor of Historical Notes found a paper the like of which probably does not exist on this side of the Atlantic. It is a list of names of French Reformed men about to be re- leased from suffering the horrors of ser- vice in the galleys, to which punishment they had been sentenced because of their religious faith. It is a thrilling record of what inen in past times were willing to endure for conscience' sake. It will be published in these pages in the course of a month or two.
Rev. John Philip Leydich.
BY HENRY S. DOTTERER.
The interesting circumstances attend- ing the commissioning of this mi sionary and his departure for America, have been buried, untouched and unread, this cen- tury and a half in the voluminous re- cords in Holland.
The Synod of South Holland in 1718, was held July 9-19, at Brielle. The acta of the synod are preserved, in manu- script, in the archives of the Rotterdam Reformed church, in the Oppert, close by the Groote Kerk, or St. Lawrence church. These lines are written in the volume containing the proceedings of 1748 :
D. Deputatis Pielat heeft bij deese so- legenheit aan de Chr. Sinodus te kennen gegeven dat buiten deese Vergadering stond cene seekeren Predikant, gennant Johannes Philippus Leidichius Girek- husia, welke reedts veerdig was om vrij willig na Penselvanien te gaan tot Dienst van deese of cene gemeente in die gewes- ten en versogt dat d. d. Deputaten mog- ten gequalificeert werden, om hem daar toe te Committeeren en van noodig reijs- geld te voorsien.
In substance this means : Rev. Deputy Pielat took the opportunity to inform the Christian Synod that ontside the as- sem blage stood a certain preacher, named John Philip Leydich, of Girkhansen. who is now ready to go voluntarily to Pennsylvania in the service of this body to take charge of any congregation in that province and desired that the Rev- erend Deputies would commission him for that purpose, and provide him with the necessary passage money.
Trydich's testimonials were examined. It was found that he had severed his connection with his previous congrega- tion in a regular way. He was especially found to be free from Moravian errors (Hernhuttise dwaling). He was accord- ingly invested with authority to go to Pennsylvania. A collection was taken. and the sum of 115 guilders lå stivers 4 pence received which was handed to Leydich. The president of the synod
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then addressed him cordially in the sage is guarded by two hills of unusual Latin language, encouraging him to the faithful performance of his duties, with the wish that every blessing might attend the same.
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