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Notwithstanding all the discouragement they had received at the hands of the local authorities, the members of the Lutheran church beautifully exemplified their Lord's injunction-" Bless them that curse you ; do good to them that despitefully use you and persecute you." Having succeeded in building a church with their own funds at Fort Nassau, then the capital of the colony of Berbice, situated about seventy miles up the river and about the same distance from the present town, " they cheerfully allowed the use of their. church to their brethren and fellow-Christians of the Reformed or established church, who had but one place of worship, situated at some distance from the town and higher up the river." So, also, when in 1763 the great slave rebellion threatened the colony with total ruin-for the infuriated slaves in their mad career burnt all the houses in the Fort and left stand- ing only the Lutheran church and the buildings connected with it-the Lutherans permitted their parsonage to be occupied as a temporary residence of the Governor, and the out-buildings as hospitals for the sick and wounded. For eleven years' use of their buildings the only mitigation of hard feelings against the Lutherans was that the government did not press them so much for arrears of acre-money.
Prior to the appointment of a minister, the Lutheran com- munity had planned a fairly well organized body of administrators for the care of the church properties in course of acquisition, as well as for general management of the affairs, correspondences with the authorities in Europe, etc. The six persons, under the designation of " Directors," were Messrs. Schiermerster, Dietzhold, Speelmain, Abbensetts (the founder), Meyners and Rertomis. On the arrival of the first minister, the Rev. J. H. Taerkenius, at a meeting held October 25, 1752, and at the motion of the minister, the
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FIRST ECCLESIASTICAL VESTRV
was formed. The minister proposed to re-elect the six directors with the addition of " four elders and two deacons out of com- petent members well known to the directors," so that they may be in accord with the church ordinance. Of these first elders elected only one name is given, viz. : "J. L. Van Stoken, etc., etc., etc."
The vestry was elected for two years ; the election took place in December, and the installation on New Year's day. It ap- pears that the community appointed one of these vestrymen as treasurer and book-keeper for one year, at the end of which term his accounts must be rendered to the vestry or consistory. Likewise, another member was appointed as church warden or inspector of the church building.
Like our tropical climate, with its alternations of sunshine and shade, the Lutheran community passed through various vicissi- tudes, at times very trying. Within the brief period of twenty- seven years four ministers had served, an average service of scarcely seven years each. The names, times of arrival, etc., are as follows :
I. The first minister, the Rev. John Hendrick Taerkenius, ar- rived in the colony October, 1752 ; died in the colony 1754.
2. The Rev. J. J. M. Groshmer arrived in the colony May, 1756 ; died in the colony March, 1760.
3. The Rev. S. F. Miller arrived in the colony October, 1761; left the colony April, 1763.
4. The Rev. J. A. Glendtkampt arrived in the colony May, 1777 ; left the colony January, 1779.
5. The Rev. - Junius.
These clergymen, appointed at the request and guarantee of the vestry in Berbice, served up to the year 1840, when it appears, failing to obtain any more supplies from Holland, the Berbice Lutherans had recourse to offer their pastorate to the Rev. Alex- ander Riach, of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Riach was sent to Holland to study the Dutch language. At his return to the colony and assumption of his duties as a Lutheran, he was to preach alternately in the Dutch and in the English language, it being the transition period from the former to the latter. In certain times
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the services were conducted in both the Dutch and the German languages. A great interval appears to have elapsed between the departure of the Rev. Mr. Glendtkampt and the appointment of the Rev. Mr. Junius. The marriage register of Mr. Junius con- tains records from 1832 to 1840. Also of Mr. Riach's appoint- ment I am unable to give the precise date. But about the year 1852 Mr. Riach became personally known to me. At this time he was in the Presbyterian ministry. Again another great inter- val occurred, when the Lutheran congregation was without a min- ister for twenty-five years, during which period the Wesleyans were permitted to use the Lutheran church, manse and other buildings, and were allowed by the vestry the amount of £100 per annum to assist their ministry, but this sum was afterwards reduced to £50.
I shall revert to the state of the Lutheran congregation during the Wesleyan gratis tenancy of the church, etc., and shall say something about the origin of the congregation's
CONSOLIDATED FUND.
About the year 1774, matters became very depressing, and the Lutherans were reduced to a condition almost similar to that experienced before 1743. Failing to obtain any help from the local government, many of their best supporters had become poor, and some had returned to the mother country. Matters were wearing a sad aspect. Indeed, that same year, " the mem- bers of the vestry were obliged to bind their persons and goods by a formal deed, as a security for the payment of the minister's salary and the fulfilment of other stipulations," before the con- sistory in Amsterdam could be prevailed upon to engage and send them out a clergyman.
A project which had been mooted in 1753 was now deliber- ately adopted, viz. : to acquire in behalf of the Lutheran com- munity, and put into cultivation of coffee, a piece of land, the proceeds of which, "by the blessing of God, may afford a more certain and permanent source of revenue for the support of their church and maintenance of a minister," etc. Messrs. H. J. Buse, P. Schwetzer and Nelis Anderson (members of the vestry) were in April entrusted with the business of giving effect to the resolu-
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tion. Having obtained from the Colonial Government a piece of land, Mr. Botzen, an elder of their church, undertook to lay out the land and put it in cultivation gratis. After the death of this right noble-minded elder, Mr. Heilen came forward and took it up on the same disinterested principle. As acre-money became a very severe pressure indeed, on one occasion, Mr. Janch, another of the elders, offered, together with his brother vestry members, to pay this money out of their own private means. It was resolved to purchase the estate which they had cultivated, as a permanent possession of the church, and Mr. Buse, having ex- erted his influence in Amsterdam, obtained for the purchase from Messrs. J. A. Pool & Co. a sum of 15,000 guilders (the Dutch guilder=40 cents in American currency). This effort was so blessed that in the course of a few years a very respectable revenue was insured. After the resignation of the Rev. Alexander Riach, the estate was sold, andthe proceeds, toge ther with the amounts ob- tained from season to season for coffee, were invested in shares in the British Guiana Bank. There was a time when the divi- dends amounted annually to five thousand dollars. But this cap- ital has been from time to time reduced, and to such an extent that the present does not exceed two thousand five hundred dol- lars per annum (an amount sufficient to maintain a respectable ministry). Of course, this yield in the way of dividends varies at times as the money market rises and falls.
During
THE WESLEYAN OCCUPATION OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH,
as stated above, for the period of twenty-three years, the Luth- eran church had died out. Her members were scattered amongst the several denominations ; some united with the Presbyterians, others with the Episcopalians, the Congregationalists and Wes- leyans. When Lutheran services were re-opened in the fall of 1875 the actual number of Lutherans was twelve. Even this in- finitesimal remainder of the grand old establishment became still further reduced, so that although several members were confirmed by the Dutch Lutheran minister of Surinam (Dutch Guiana), at my assumption of this pastorate there were only eleven members. The male portion was reduced to four. The church regula-
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tions require that there shall be at least three members to form a quorum of the vestry, and it appears that at one time the vestry was reduced to that bare quorum, so that had a death occurred among them-there being no Lutheran minister to confirm other members -the vestry would have become extinct, and the entire Lutheran community would have collapsed. This illustrates the evil of allow- ing any church to be without a minister for any lengthened period, an evil which we trust this congregation will never again experience.
THE REVIVAL OF LUTHERANISM
took place in the year 1875. In that year an old and long-stand- ing administrator died, owing the church funds a sum not inferior to $20,000.00, of which amount $15,000.00 was recovered from his life policy. The vestry, by some extraordinary charity, divided (of this latter amount) amongst the few members the sum of $5,- 000.00. Great dissatisfaction was created. Some, considering themselves unfairly dealt with (although the male members had received large amounts of gratuity), made representations to the government that the administrators were wasting the Lutheran Church funds. At once the government instituted a " Commission of Inquiry into the Lutheran Funds." This commission inter- dicted any further wasting of the old funds of the church, and ordered that " the Lutheran Church should be re-opened, and the moneys put to the use for which they were originally intended, and thus fulfill the object of the founders."
The vestry was thus compelled to accept one of two alterna- tives, either to do as the commission recommended, or allow the church properties to be taken over by the government, and ap- propriated to other uses for the benefit of the public. The vestry wisely chose the first alternative, and immediately invited Rev. John Sauder, minister of the Lutheran Church in Surinam, Dutch Guiana, to re-institute Lutheran services. Mr. Sauder came over, re-opened the services, confirmed a few new members, added one more vestry-man to save the quorum, and advised the vestry to endeavor to obtain the assistance of some local clergyman to keep up the services at extra-canonical hours, as might be con- venient. The vestry then sought my help at extra hours, to continue the Lutheran services. Meanwhile, Mr. Sauder re-
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turned to Parimaribo (capital of Surinam, D. G.). After three years' experiment of visits at distant intervals from Parimaribo, the vestry passed a formal resolution, empowering the admin- istrators to give me the refusal of their pastorate. These admin- istrators gave as their reasons for calling on me : first, that they were satisfied with my temporary ministrations ; and secondly, · that, from my being directly descended from the old German colonists, a good connection between the past and present would be realized in my person. This selection, I was afterwards in- formed, gave universal satisfaction. This testimony was borne by the Attorney-General of the colony, Sir Wm. Haynes Smith, now Governor of the "Windward Islands." .
Matters progressed comfortably (after my confirmation in Sur- inam as a Lutheran) for eight years, during which time the church prospered and increased. But in the year 1878 broke out
THE GREAT PERSECUTION,
which culminated in our application to and connection with the East Pennsylvania Synod, U. S. A. This marks a very important period in the work of Lutheranism in this colony, and therefore is worthy of record ..
The year 1878 opened upon this Lutheran Church under the cloud of ecclesiastical war. The financial meetings of the vestry had been neglected for a number of years, and in vain had I en- deavored to induce the administrators to convene a financial meeting and lay before the vestry a statement of the church's monetary status. At first the chief administrator promised, but deferred. The church, the manse, and other buildings were al- lowed to run to thorough dilapidation ; and I feared that, should things continue so much longer, the church and manse would go beyond recovery. My insisting upon a statement of the finances being given led to the project of casting me off, to consummate which the administrators, in defiance of the vestry and general members, demanded, through a lawyer, my dismissal. The battle was now fairly set, and, anticipating what the result for the con- gregation would otherwise be-its direct dismemberment-I de- cided to resist, and replied to their document that I did not intend to surrender the Lutheran church unless it was the wish of the
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majority of the members, and unless compensation were made to my satisfaction.
At a " general meeting" great indignation was expressed by members at the unwarranted action taken by the two adminis- trators. Their lawyer was now irritated, and resorted to the most vehement measures. The vestry had appealed to the Leg- islature to institute an ordinance for the protection of the old Lutheran properties, which were on the verge of ruin. The vestry had also, by a formal resolution, interdicted the bank from paying any more of the church's money to the recalcitrant adminis- trators, whom the election at the general meeting had replaced by other officers .* The prosecuting lawyer also issued a counter- manding order to the bank. He appealed to the Legislature to be permitted to appear at its bar and plead the cause of his clients. I represented the vestry and appeared in propria per- sona, together with our attorney, to resist the church's opponent. The Legislature decided for the church.
The lawyer next appealed to the judges of the Supreme Civil Court for an interdict against me. Thus he managed to cause delay, and kept matters pending for three long years, trusting that being kept so long out of my salary (for the bank was advised to pay the moneys to neither party till the matter was settled by the judges) I would in disgust vacate the pulpit. We were thus be- sieged. But the Lutheran church was still vocal, and all her ser- vices were regularly conducted, to the utmost surprise of all lookers-on. The Lord helped us. How I managed to sustain a large family without a penny of my salary, and, thank God, cheer- fully discharge my solemn duties, the Lord only knows. It is now to myself mysterious !
Just four months before the judges brought the case to hearing and decision, the vestry had put itself in communication with the President of the East Pennsylvania Synod for recognition. And just a week after the three judges delivered their able and learned
* These newly elected administrators were Messrs. Charles A. Hicken and Thomas Campbell Douglass. The other members of the vestry who stood side by side with their pastor, and brunted all this attack, were Messrs. Michael Floris, James Samuels, Christian Ben and Hugh McDonald, to whose fidelity testimony is borne by this record.
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"Decision on the Lutheran Matter"-a decision worthy of record in the Church's archives-a letter came from the United States announcing our
RECOGNITION BY THE EAST PENNSYLVANIA SYNOD,
which led to the consummating event of official connection with the Synod.
This act was the coup de grace to the church's triumph. This connection, which was effected September 18, 1890, will be ever memorable in this church's history.
The church now has several missions amongst the Aboriginal Indians in the interior amidst their forest homes. They are known as Bethel, Mt. Hermon, Mt. Carmel, Bethesda and Mt. Lebanon.
The Lord bless the Synod which came unknowingly but timely to the rescue of this distant but not unimportant branch of the great Lutheran Church ! May our Zion flourish to the honor and glory of her divine Master, whose kind and ever-watchful provi- dence had guided her from her commencement, protected her amid crushing dangers and changing scenes, and once more re- vived and established her ! May she ever prove a satisfaction and credit to the venerable Synod with which she is connected.
And now, "unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God," who delivered us from our distress and gave us again a lively hope in his work, "be honor and glory for ever and ever." Amen.
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STATISTICAL TABLE. SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE SYNOD BY DECADES .*
1842.
1852.
1862.
1872.
1882.
1892.
East Pennsylvania and Susquehanna Synods Combined, 1892.
Ministers on the Roll
II
34
56
56
67
92
129
Pastors within the bounds of Synod. . .
IO
28
49
41
51
73
IIO
Churches
24
4I
II4
60
103
119
188
Stations
II
58
135
87
97
I54
226
Students for the Ministry .
$17
14
38
60
Catechumens Instructed .
+696
1,102
262
1,617
2,577
3,977
Infant Baptisms
179
517
1,132
1,070
1,144
1,440
2,055
Adult Accessions
272
705
1,157
922
1,340
2,600
3,786
Adult Losses .
235
371
557
790
1,795
2,506
Communicant Membership
1,513
4,747
12,599
10,422
13,166
19,57I
29,143
Sunday Schools, Lutheran.
13
19
80
43
43
35
53
Officers and Teachers
+637
2,099
1,595
1,903
2,619
3,929
Scholars .
+3,970
13,009
11,317
16,162
21,377
32,203
Contributions
+
$1,869 33
$3,910 26
$10,793 66
$21,990 25
$29,336 37
Estimated Value of Church Property .
1,599,450 00
2,086,500 00
Indebtedness .
206,168 17
239,168 17
Local Expenses ..
$15,558 00 $17,252 22
$38,577 42 $62,496 33
218,372 14
277,907 82
Benevolent Contributions . .
$554 50
2,887 71
11,192 22
13,181 34
14,191 56
25,422 51
36,446 91
Total Contributions. .
$18,445 71 $28,444 44 $51,758 76|$76,687 89
$243,794 65
$319,878 73
1
19
19
II
IO
9
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STATISTICAL TABLE.
.
·
30
60
47
63
97
152
Sunday Schools, Union.
.
+.
. +
.* The Susquehanna Conference of this Synod withdrew in 1867 and formed a separate organization, since known as the Susquehanna Synod. As its territory was all originally embraced in that of the Synod of East Pennsylvania, we have appended to the above Table a final column presenting the combined statistics of the two Synods for the year 1891-1892 .- Committee. t Not reported in earlier years.
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Prayer Meetings
PAROCHIAL REPORT OF THE EAST PENNSYLVANIA SYNOD.
PAROCHIAL.
LOSSES.
ACCESSIONS.
FINANCES.
Churches.
| Stations.
Prayer Meetings.
Catechumens.
Death.
Certificate.
Excommunication and other losses.
Infant Baptisms.
Adult Baptisms.
Confirmations.
Certificate.
| Restoration.
Communicant
Church Property.
Indebtedness.
Local Expenses for
All Objects.
[ Index No. See line with corres- ponding No. on page below.
J. A. Singmaster, Allentown ....
st. Paul's.
4
1
52
13
2
10
26
1
29
31
449
:
1
27
1
10
15
1
8
5 5
180
$35000 00 $2000 00 10200 00 4282 94
$3880 00 2417 03 2
Charles E. Hay, Allentown ..... St. Matthew's.
W. H. Lewars, Annville ..
Ist Ev. Luth. and Hill Church
2
10
2
4
10
3
1
3
219
20000 00
1400 00
3
1
1
15
1
2
6
2
1
147
27000 00
4000 00
4091 04
4
1
3
2
50
8
26
22
1
29
10 2
228
20000 00
2
409
8500 00
1600 00
3440 00
6
St. Paul's
2
1
12
2
4
7
1
2
5
118
15000 00
800 00
606 15
8
1
1
8
1
1
3
1
2
103 12000 00
350 00
9
1
.
...
1
4
80
3000 00
218 00 10
1
1
1
18
2
1
2
5
7
42
1500 00
1832 00 11
St. James
1
1
28
2
1
2
40
5600 00
400 00
537 93 12
Trinity Lutheran .. .. 1
2
1
84
3
4
1
13
4
9
1| 1
280 20000 00
1000 00
3014 42 14
St. Mark's
1
2
21.
1
10
6
10
5 2
79
7500 00
5300 00
1637 00 15
1
.
2
· 1
20
2
2
13
12
11
11
275
20000 00
2250 00
975 00 18
St. Peter's
J. Peter, Manheim, Lanc. Co ... Grace, East Peters-
burg and Hill .... 3
..
..
38]
8
3
.....
9
6
23,
1
..
246
10000 00
·
4487 90 19
...
.
1
3
1
·
. . ..
...
48
50
70 00
7
B. F. Kautz, Millersburg ..
Salem .
..
·
·
·
·
. .
·
J. Eugene Deitterich, 129 .
Z Laurel St., Bridgeton, N. J ... Geo. Sill, 2634 N. 11th St., Phila- delphia, Chalfont Charge. .... W. H. Steck, Coatesville Willis S. Hinman, Columbia ..... J. F. Shearer, Conshohocken .... M. L. Heisler, 1211 Kittatinny St.,
S 1
Zion's.
1
100
13
5
83
50
...
4
3
Huntersville (sup'y).
1
. .
EAST PENNSYLVANIA SYNOD.
324
PASTOR'S NAME AND ADDRESS.
CONGREGATIONS, NAMES OF
Estimated Value of
Membership.
-
1
Melanchthon Coover, Ardmore St. Paul's .
3195 68 5
W. M. B. Glanding, Ashland .... G. W. Fritsch, Ashland ..
St. James
...
·
4
10
9
14 .
100
13000 00
4500 00
7230 78|13
1
Zion St. Paul's
1
· ·
1
2
25
3
2
11
10
....
6
5 ..
175
16500 00
. .
. .
1
.
. .
.
..
·
41 3000 00
346 18 16
6
4
·
2600 00 17
Second Street ..
1
.
.
Harrisburg, Dauphin Charge. R. W. Hufford, D. D., Easton ..... Chas. R. Trowbridge, College Hill, Easton ... .
Berrysburg ..
2
Christ's Eng. Luth ...
..
3
·
6
.
| Students for Ministry.
..
15
.
PAROCHIAL REPORT OF THE EAST PENNSYLVANIA SYNOD .- Continued.
BENEVOLENCE.
CONTRIBUTIONS
Officers and Teachers.
For Support of
School and Local Objects.
For Benevolence.
General Synod.
Synodical Treasury.
Home Missions.
Foreign Missions.
Church Extension.
Board of Education.
Beneficiary Education.
| Woman's Missionary
Pastors' Fund.
Orphans' Home.
External Objects.
Total Benevolence.
Grand Total.
2
35
264
$298 14 265 37
$248 46 89 82
$6 00 1 20
$40 00
$89 06 19 29
$80 00 18 31
$80 00 18 50
$22 00
$60 40
$80 00
$18 00 2 00
$36 00; 9 601
$84 69 27 29
$596 15 113 29
$4476 15 2530 32
3
2
50;
285
125 0
56 31
3 45
23 00
40 04
23 17
35 75
12 65
17 00
12 33
50 07
70 41
287 87
1687 87
4
1
·
21
260
122 92
65 71
3 401
20 50
40 65
45 52
46 50
14 00
45 00
14 75
11 50
22 50
20 00
284 32
3480 00
5
1
·
30
272
90 00
100 00
3 30
16 70
33 16
42 53
35 00
10 00
33 00
6 46
22 00
15 86
218 01
3658 01
6
1
..
. .
...
19| 175
100 00
51 50
1 18
12 75
17 00
17 00
22 25
12 00
23 08
5 00
9 00
13 75
133 01
739 16
9
1
15
80
10 00
44 75
1 23
3 00
6 00
6 00
30 00
6 00
1 00
7 00
60 23
410 23
10
12
85
12 00
26
3 00
7 00
6 87
4 00
4 00
2 00
1 00
.
..
1
.
1
17
91
54 56
60
4 00
8 80
8 00
8 00
2 20
4 00
1 80
2 60
1 00
41 00
578 93
13
1
26|
112
185 00
90
6 00
13 20
12 00
12 00
3 39
9 00
2 70
3 90
63 09
7293 87
14
2
54
360
199 02
161 52
4 65
31 00
68 220
62 00
69 75
17 05
46 50
13 95
20 15
44 00
377 25
3391 67
15
21
160
110 00
30 00
90
6 00
13 20
12 00
13 50
3 30
9 00
2 70
11 87
25 00
97 47
1734 47
16
1
9
30
20 89
6 50
2 36
2 50
2 50
2 21 98 00
28 05
50 00
22 95
32 00
25 00
527 40
3127 40
17
1
29
175
193 98
108 75
7 65
51 00
102 80
109 95
28 07
28 07
9 90
1 00
8 10
11 70
3 75
139 36
1114 36
18
..
26
189
135 01
47 86
2 70
18 00
28 07
19| 2|1
39
408
479 90
8 00
90
4 00
13 20
12 00
12 00
3 30
9 00
4 25
2 70
8 05
20 00
89 40
4577 30
.
·
19
148
188 71
87 45
5 25
25 00
37 00
32 00
42 34
19 25
2 50
163 20
5 75
24 15
53 00
409 44
4 44
74 44
4 44|
. .
8
1
..
10
40
37 00
21 40
4 00
3 00
5 00
21 40
1 00
1 00
35 40
1867 40
12
..
·
· ·
1
.
3 45
6 50
19 52
365 70
. .
· ·
.
325
PAROCHIAL REPORTS.
SUNDAY-SCHOOL.
Index Number.
HH | Lutheran.
| Union.
Scholars.
Society.
54
542
8 00
1 10
8 00
7
28 13
246 13
1
11
.
. .
1
4500 48
·
PAROCHIAL REPORT OF THE EAST PENNSYLVANIA SYNOD .- Continued.
PAROCHIAL.
LOSSES.
ACCESSIONS.
FINANCES.
CONGREGATIONS, NAMES OF
| Churches.
Stations.
Prayer Meetings.
Catechumens.
Death.
Certificate.
Excommunication
and other losses.
Infant Baptisms.
Adult Baptisms.
Confirmations.
Certificate.
| Restoration.
Communicant
Indebtedness.
Local Expenses for
All Objects.
[ Index No. See line with corres- ponding No. on page bel‹ w.
Messiah
1
12
1
1
11
3
2
63
$3000 00
$423 00 20
St. Peter's
1
10
4
55
4500 00 .
1585 00 21
St. Paul's ..
10
1
2
26.
600 00
187 00 22
St. James'
1
1
6
2
24
2000 00
130 00 24
J. A. Singmaster (supply), Al- lentown
St.John's, Fogelsville
1
57
3000 00
200 00 25
1
2
49
3
7
180
1
1
18
5
6
21
2
10
5
266
60000 00 $8000 00
6141 92 27
St. Paul's ..
1
1
30
1
16
18
16
130
12000 00
4287 28
5160 19|28
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D. M. Gilbert, D. D., 311 Walnut St., Harrisburg .. Luther De Yoe, 423 Forster St., . Harrisburg
S. Dasher, 53 N. Thirteenth St., Harrisburg
1
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65
1
3
3
36
3
19
20
3 169 20000 00
8000 00
10879 26 32
1
4 ..
134
10
16
45
47
131
48 . . [ 719
60000 00 10900 00
7991 99 33
Theodore L. Crouse, 1246 Derry St., Harrisburg .
Christ
1
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55
2
7
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281
7
11
29 ..
171
12000 001
4000 00
1554 46 34
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75
10
10
2
13
9
12
22
4 573
60000 00
5539 87 30
Messiah
1 ...
5 . .
190
8
93
20
63
40
102
43
5 724 42000 00 14150 00
7470 81 31
W. H. Fishburn, 1015 Green St., Harrisburg
Bethlehem.
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49
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342
22000 00
400 00
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Tannersville
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Cyrus E. Held, Sciota, Mon-J l'oe Co.
Christ's, Hamilton. ) St.John's, Bart'nsvl Zion's, Broadh'dsv'l St. Mk's, Appenzell Mt. Acton
6
23
49
Estimated Value of
Church Property.
Membership.
J. M. Stover, Fisherville, Dau. phin Co.
..
4
1
2
17
300 00
80 00 23
Star of Bethlehem ...
S. J. MeDowell, Friesburg, N.J. Emanuel L. E. Albert, D.D., Germantown. Trinity A. R. Glaze, Gordon, Schuylkill Co. .
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