History of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran synod of Pennsylvania, together with a topical handbook of the Evangelical Lutheran church, its ancestry, origin and development . theran,to be pastor of Dutch Lutherans and others in Pennsylvania andNew York, in a Swedish Church, by three Swedish Lutheranpastors. Rudman, Bjork and Sandel. The audience was evenmore unique. There were present Kelpius and others of hisfollowers, some clad in university gowns, others in plain un-bleached homespun ; Swedes. English Episcopalians, Dissenters,Quakers and Indians. 95 THE EXODUS TO AMERICA A month later he
History of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran synod of Pennsylvania, together with a topical handbook of the Evangelical Lutheran church, its ancestry, origin and development . theran,to be pastor of Dutch Lutherans and others in Pennsylvania andNew York, in a Swedish Church, by three Swedish Lutheranpastors. Rudman, Bjork and Sandel. The audience was evenmore unique. There were present Kelpius and others of hisfollowers, some clad in university gowns, others in plain un-bleached homespun ; Swedes. English Episcopalians, Dissenters,Quakers and Indians. 95 THE EXODUS TO AMERICA A month later he arrived in New York and became pastorthere of the Dutch Lutherans, the oldest Lutheran congregationin America. But his field enlarged until he was caring for theGerman Lutherans in New Jersey, and those along the Hudsonas far north as Albany. After the death of Kocherthal (1719),he continued to care for the Palatine churches, even extendinghis visits to the settlers of Schoharie. He preached to theIndians and Negro slaves. His record for the New York churchis the oldest known systematic Lutheran Church Record inAmerica. The first entry bears the date February 27, CATHEDRAL OF WORMS This Cathedral of the Romanesque style, with four towers and two domes, dates fromthe twelfth century. The city was destroyed by Attila and rebuilt by destroyed by the French in 1689, and rebuilt. This Cathedral is the onlybuilding there in Luthers day. The Diet met in it for religious services. ThePalace Hall in which Luther made his defence was a short distance to the left. It was his custom to append a short prayer after each name in thebaptismal list. After that of a negro child (1705), we find evi-dence of his quaint seriousness. He writes: ... Let thischild be clothed in the white robe of innocence and righteousnessand so remain, through the grace of Christ the Saviour of allmankind, amen. (3) Palatines. However all the German people in Pennsylva-nia by 1700 could have come
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