. History of all the religious denominations in the United States : containing authentic accounts of the rise and progress, faith and practice, localities and statistics, of the different persuasions .. . General Protestant Episcopal SundaySchool Union, 1826. HISTORY OF THE EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION. BY RE\. W. W. ORW1G, AND IMPROVED BY REV. A. ETTINGER, NEW BERLIN, UNION COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. This Christian denomination took itsrise about the year 1800, in one of themiddle free States of America ; at firstthey were called the Albrights, (Albrechts-leute,) probably on account of Jacob Al-bright
. History of all the religious denominations in the United States : containing authentic accounts of the rise and progress, faith and practice, localities and statistics, of the different persuasions .. . General Protestant Episcopal SundaySchool Union, 1826. HISTORY OF THE EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION. BY RE\. W. W. ORW1G, AND IMPROVED BY REV. A. ETTINGER, NEW BERLIN, UNION COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. This Christian denomination took itsrise about the year 1800, in one of themiddle free States of America ; at firstthey were called the Albrights, (Albrechts-leute,) probably on account of Jacob Al-bright having been, by the grace of God,the instrument of their solemnly unitingthemselves for the service of AlmightyGod. About the year, 1790, Jacob Al-bright became the happy subject of the awakening influences of Gods Holy Spirit,and was brought to the knowledge of hissinful state and of the truth ; and after along and very severe struggle, he receivedat last, by faith in the Son of God, the re-mission of his sins and the spirit of adop-tion. In this state he spent several yearsin the service of God ; and, at the requestof his fellow-Christians, he at sundry timesspake publicly a word of exhortation,. lath of F S JAC(D)B AILBMIKSBS^o HISTORY OF THE i:\ ANGELICAL ASSOCIATION. which did » remain fruitless. In the i.■.,(• 17!»<», after a \< ry levere conflictrespecting hia call to fh< ministry, he com-id, aced travelling through the country,and to preach the gospel of Christ, andMm crucified, to his fellow-men,, and the Lord owned ;ind richly blessed his labors, and gave him many souls for his recom-pense. Having now continually a feelingand tender regard for the Germans of this country, as among them true Christianity#as at that time at a very low ebb and almost entirely extirpated: he united him-self in the year 1 800, with a numher ofpersons, who by his preaching had beedawakened and converted to God, into aChristian society. This is the origin ofthe Evangelical As
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