. What the world believes, the false and the true, embracing the people of all races and nations, their peculiar teachings, rites, ceremonies, from the earliest pagan times to the present, to which is added an account of what the world believes today, by countries. us opin-ions against the authorityof magistrates. Permitted to remain till spring, he persisted inpreaching in his own house, and orders were finally sent to arresthim and send him to England. He fled, making his memorablejourney in the winter season through what was then a wildernand founded the city of Providence. Here he maintain
. What the world believes, the false and the true, embracing the people of all races and nations, their peculiar teachings, rites, ceremonies, from the earliest pagan times to the present, to which is added an account of what the world believes today, by countries. us opin-ions against the authorityof magistrates. Permitted to remain till spring, he persisted inpreaching in his own house, and orders were finally sent to arresthim and send him to England. He fled, making his memorablejourney in the winter season through what was then a wildernand founded the city of Providence. Here he maintained friendlyrelations with the Indians and promoted the settlement of RhodeIsland, embracing the Baptist faith, and endured much persecutionamid a busy and fruitful life. Died April, 168 John Winnebroner, founder of a religions society to which hegave the oan f the Church of This society was moei cularly opposed to slav<rv and the DM of liquors. I- fore founding this society he i bor for a time of i German I formed Church at ElarrisDurg, Pa. Georgo Rapp was born at Wurtei nnanv, in 1770. Hi founded ■ seoi called Harmonists, or Bappites, in the oldi intry, and in 1808 lie embarked for the United States andfounded a society my, Beaver ( an. Died 181. Chilip William Ottorboin, the founder of the SSCt called the 64 BIOGRAPHIES OP IMPORTANT CHARACTERS United Brethren in Christ, was born at Dillenberg, Germany,in 1726. In. 1752, in his thirty-seventh year, he sailed for Penn-sylvania, where he established the above church. Died 1813. Dwight L. Moody, the well-known evangelist, was born atNorthfield, Mass., in 1837. When seventeen years old, while at-tending Dr. Kirks Congregational church, he was converted. He united with the church andimmediately evinced a heartyinterest in the work of its Sun-day-school. Removing shortlyafter to Chicago, he began hisvaluable labors under the aus-pices of the Young MensChristian Association. HisSunday-school efforts resultedin the formatio
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