. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . in 1855, supplied a number of charges in thelatter State as pastor, came home to Lebanon, Pa., inthe spring of 1861, was appointed chaplain of theOne Hundred and Seventy-third Pennsylvania Reg-iment Nov. 9, 1862, served ten months, and returnedto take work in the East Pennsylvania Conferenceof the United Brethren Church. Since then he hasbeen pastor of various charges, and repeatedly pre-siding elder. He edited the Froeliche Botschafter, aGerman religious weekly, from 1866 t
. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . in 1855, supplied a number of charges in thelatter State as pastor, came home to Lebanon, Pa., inthe spring of 1861, was appointed chaplain of theOne Hundred and Seventy-third Pennsylvania Reg-iment Nov. 9, 1862, served ten months, and returnedto take work in the East Pennsylvania Conferenceof the United Brethren Church. Since then he hasbeen pastor of various charges, and repeatedly pre-siding elder. He edited the Froeliche Botschafter, aGerman religious weekly, from 1866 to 1869, and theUnited Brethren Tribune, an English independentpaper of the church, from 1873 until the occasion ofits existence had passed away. REV. JOB LIGHT. Job Light, son of John Light, was born Dec. 11,1839, at Lebanon, Pa. He commenced his ministryin Ohio about 1859 or 1860, and served various chargesin that State, when he returned to Pennsylvania,where he has since labored as pastor and presidingelder. Two years ago he went to Baltimore, Md.,where he is now preaching in Fulton Street UnitedBrethren \crf— 3. Ia^K^xs, REPRESENTATIVE MEN. 317 KEV. JOEL Light, son of Rev. Casper Light, was born in1837, near Lebanon, Pa. He early entered the min-istry, and in his style of preaching very much resem-bles his father. He belongs to the East GermanConference, supplying at present a charge betweenLebanon and Jonestown. REV. RUDOLPH Light, son of John Light, was born , 1826, at Lebanon, Pa. He commenced to preachin 1854, and labored both as a missionary in Canadaand as pastor of various charges in the East Pennsyl-vania Conference. At present he sustains a local re-lation. He is uncompromising and fearless as a min-ister and as a man. He advocates the temperancecause. Being asked by a hotel-keeper for building-stones which he had for sale, he replied that he hadno stones for a building in which there was anyliquor to be sold, and refused. He
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