. Life and times of Conrad Weiser : the first representative man of Berks County . mportance than the generalwelfare; and he was brought up under the terrors ofinvasion, the horrors of carnage, and the discourage-ments of impending devastation and death. Thesewere influences that w^ere sutficient to exhaust his vi-tality, crush his hopes, and blast his ambition; but hesurvived them all and became, under the Providence ofGod, a man of high impulses, passing away eventuallywith a record of noble deeds in the interest of peaceand progress, just after the County of Berks had beenorganized as an im
. Life and times of Conrad Weiser : the first representative man of Berks County . mportance than the generalwelfare; and he was brought up under the terrors ofinvasion, the horrors of carnage, and the discourage-ments of impending devastation and death. Thesewere influences that w^ere sutficient to exhaust his vi-tality, crush his hopes, and blast his ambition; but hesurvived them all and became, under the Providence ofGod, a man of high impulses, passing away eventuallywith a record of noble deeds in the interest of peaceand progress, just after the County of Berks had beenorganized as an important factor in the annals ofPennsylvania. 3 PALATINATE AND PENNSYLVANIA COMPARED IN THE 17tHCENTURY. Condition of the Palatinate.—During the 17th centurythe inhabitants of Germany, especially along the bor-ders of France and Switzerland, suffered persecution,losses and death beyond description. We can hardlybelieve it possible that the rulers, professing openly thedoctrines of the Christian religion, were so extremelycruel to their fellow-beings as to be without charity or.
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