. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. erica. In thisconsideration I have confined myself to thereligious life, and its relation to the religious life and spirit-ual activity in the growth and development of the provinceinto a great State. But our great commonwealth is not areligious institution ; its great arteries of trade and com-merce and industry, throbbing and pulsating with suchtremendous energy, indicate the most intense industrialactivity everywhere to its remotest bounds. As citizens,what has been their relation and influence in the social,civil and material interests in
. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. erica. In thisconsideration I have confined myself to thereligious life, and its relation to the religious life and spirit-ual activity in the growth and development of the provinceinto a great State. But our great commonwealth is not areligious institution ; its great arteries of trade and com-merce and industry, throbbing and pulsating with suchtremendous energy, indicate the most intense industrialactivity everywhere to its remotest bounds. As citizens,what has been their relation and influence in the social,civil and material interests in commonwealth buildings?The social characteristics have ever been a marked fea-ture in the life of this people. In their religious wor-ship from house to house, their hospitality was ever largeenough to invite the entire assembly. Indeed, hospitalityis part of their religion, and they feed the multitude as theMaster did of old, and hospitality is the basis of their(ioo) ife»»;w>?-? —^-^^-»r«.~ -v;-- -^-^.r^* ^ ? ?KB ,? ? EM r-. «I wr IV in r 5 v :-_!^a*3t H .Ifc-J Industrial Life. 101 charity to the poor, and the needy. They have been a posi-tive factor in laying the social foundations of domestic hap-piness. Mutual helpfulness and hospitality builds a greatsocial bulwark, a defence against poverty and wretched-ness. Their simplicity of life is a fundamental principlein their faith, and was at once one of the most effectualmeans to self-support; and their simplicity and habits ofeconomy have ever been a sure foundation for materialadvancement and a serviceable competency. True to their
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