. History of Huntingdon and Blair counties, Pennsylvania . ing, and the use of intoxicatingdrinks as a beverage. In regard to the doctrine of the atnnemeiit. theilivinity of Christ, the new birth, and experimentalChristianity, they hold what is generally consideredsound doctrine by the Christian world. They taketlie Scriptures for their guide in faith and practice,and believe that they should be lived out accordingto the example of the churches in the apostolic age. .\s above remarked, the Brethren are Baptists,lint to distinguish them from the English Baptiststhey have been called German Bapt
. History of Huntingdon and Blair counties, Pennsylvania . ing, and the use of intoxicatingdrinks as a beverage. In regard to the doctrine of the atnnemeiit. theilivinity of Christ, the new birth, and experimentalChristianity, they hold what is generally consideredsound doctrine by the Christian world. They taketlie Scriptures for their guide in faith and practice,and believe that they should be lived out accordingto the example of the churches in the apostolic age. .\s above remarked, the Brethren are Baptists,lint to distinguish them from the English Baptiststhey have been called German Baptists, as the that came to America were Germans. Theycame in 1719, and settled in Germantown, Pa. Theysoon l)egan to sjiread over the country and to form The lirgaii to settle in the territory nowcontained in the counties of Huntingdon and Blairas early as 1775, and probably at an earlier are now some seven churches in these twocounties, and are known by the following names:AuLhwick, Altoona, Clover Creek, Duncansville,. HUNTINGDON BOROUGH. 455 Huntingdon, James Creek, and Warriors Marl^.Probably the Clover Creek Church is the following are some of the first ministers thatpreached the doctrine of the Brethren in the territoryof Huntingdon and Blair Counties: Daniel Paul,John Martin, George Brumbaugh, John dinger, Secrist, and Cliristian Long. The Church of the Brethren in the town of Hunt-ingdon was organized in 1878. The members thatconstituted this church at its organization had beenin the James Creek Church. The first members ofthe Church of the Brethren that were in Huntingdonwere Dr. A. B. Brumbaugh and his wife. The doctorlocated here and commenced the practice of medi-cine a number of years before the organization ofthe Huntingdon Church. In 1873, H. B. and Brumbaugh removed their printing-office fromMarklcsburg to Huntingdon. They were publish-ing at the time The Fi/f/rim, a Christian journal de-voted to the interests o
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