. History of the Church of the brethren of the Eastern district in Pennsylvania by the committee appointed by District conference . in 1894, and advanced to the second degree in1900. Before coming to Germantown he taught in thepublic schools, and preached in his home church. He cameto Germantown April 4, 1906, and has since had a verysuccessful pastorate. He has organized a number ofChurch activities, and baptized 74. The membership hasincreased in these 8 years from 50 to about 126. There isa flourishing Sunday School, with an enrollment of over200, with a well sustained Home Department, and
. History of the Church of the brethren of the Eastern district in Pennsylvania by the committee appointed by District conference . in 1894, and advanced to the second degree in1900. Before coming to Germantown he taught in thepublic schools, and preached in his home church. He cameto Germantown April 4, 1906, and has since had a verysuccessful pastorate. He has organized a number ofChurch activities, and baptized 74. The membership hasincreased in these 8 years from 50 to about 126. There isa flourishing Sunday School, with an enrollment of over200, with a well sustained Home Department, and CradleRoll, and collections ranging from $ to $ a Sisters Aid Society supports a native worker in India,and contributes $50 to $60 to Home Mission Work. TheMissionary contributions, in 1913, were $ per preaching services are well attended, both by the mem-bers of the Church, and outside people, at times filling thehouse, so that extra seats have to be provided. Bro. Swi-gart was ordained to the eldership in 1912, which was prob-ably only the second ordination, in the Mother Church,since Ph w < s P pq < CHAPTER II. THE PHILADELPHIA CHURCHES. A. First Brethren Church. Peter Keyser is the father of the church in he lived, though being a member at Germantown. Hewas public spirited; he was a part of the growing city, andhe longed that his city should have its highest possible bless-ing—the benediction and benefaction of the pure Chris-tianity of the Church of the Brethren. The truest devo-tion of the Brethren to public education is manifested in thealliance of the Brethren Church with it in her first work inPhiladelphia. The Brethren first held services in Philadel-phia in a schoolhouse on the northwest corner of Fourthand Vine The hearty service of the Brethren in thecause of education on their first entrance into the semblanceof congregational existence in Philadelphia, her first preacherhere being also a sch
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