Ancient and historic landmarks in the Lebanon Valley . ceof the famed Hartman family, so cruelly murdered bythe Indians, and whose captive daughter, Regina, and THE SECOND TULPEHOCKEN CHURCH. 57 her surviving mother, form the principal characters inRev. Dr. Reuben Weisers interesting book, entitled^Regina, the German Captive. It is said that Reginaherself sleeps here her last long sleep, and the spot ofearth covering her dust is pointed out by the sexton,though not a marker is there to help the visitor, unat-tended by one who knov/s, to find the place. Let usnow turn away from these sacred sur
Ancient and historic landmarks in the Lebanon Valley . ceof the famed Hartman family, so cruelly murdered bythe Indians, and whose captive daughter, Regina, and THE SECOND TULPEHOCKEN CHURCH. 57 her surviving mother, form the principal characters inRev. Dr. Reuben Weisers interesting book, entitled^Regina, the German Captive. It is said that Reginaherself sleeps here her last long sleep, and the spot ofearth covering her dust is pointed out by the sexton,though not a marker is there to help the visitor, unat-tended by one who knov/s, to find the place. Let usnow turn away from these sacred surroundings, withtheir hallowed and historic associations, deferring, untilthe next chapter, a sketch of our visit to the more thaninteresting parsonage that stands within the shadow ofthis CHAPTER VI. AX INTERESTING OLD MANSE. We shall to-day visit the Tulpehocken Lutheran par-sonage. And standing upon the threshold of this anti-quated ministerial abode, I shall ask my fellow-explorersto step lightly and reverently on entering a door that has. THE TUI^PEHOCKEN I^UTHERAN PARSONAGE. swung on its hinges for one hundred and fifty years togive entrance and exit, not only to the long line of its (58) AN INTERKSTING OLD MANSE. 59 pious and honored inmates, but to hundreds, yea thou-sands, besides. In addition to the usual social and parishvisits made here in its long history, this is the door thathas opened to many a hundred couple of young loverswho came hither to have nuptial knots tied by thedominie in charge. Here many another hundred callswere made to announce the death of some parishionerand engage the pastors services for the funeral. Hithermany an infant was borne by loving parents—thoughprobably more to the church itself—to have the rite ofholy baptism administered. While not all these officialacts may have been performed in the parsonage, it ap-pears from an historical address delivered by at the sesqui-centennial celebration of thechurch, that there
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