An outline history of a church; a memorial of the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania . Thomas Wharton, Jr. Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, departed thislife and was buried with military honors in Trinity Church,beneath the brick pavement in front of the old pulpit and altar. The Rev. Gotthilf Henry Ernest Muhlenberg, son of thePatriarch Muhlenberg, was pastor in Philadelphia during themost troublous years of the Revolutionary War. In 1777, hewas compelled to leave the city, the British ha\ing turned hischurch into a hospit
An outline history of a church; a memorial of the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania . Thomas Wharton, Jr. Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, departed thislife and was buried with military honors in Trinity Church,beneath the brick pavement in front of the old pulpit and altar. The Rev. Gotthilf Henry Ernest Muhlenberg, son of thePatriarch Muhlenberg, was pastor in Philadelphia during themost troublous years of the Revolutionary War. In 1777, hewas compelled to leave the city, the British ha\ing turned hischurch into a hospital. After serving a country charge for afew months, pursuant to a call, he visited Lancaster Jan. i, 14 1780, and took charge of Trinity Church on the 9th day ofMarch. Dr. Muhlenberg was a profound scholar. He could speakLatin, was proficient in Greek and Hebrew, and could preachin five modern tongues. As a theologian, he ranked amongthe ablest in the Lutheran Church in America. He excelledin the natural sciences, especially in botany; and was earlyhonored with the name of the American Linnaeus. Such was. GotthilfiHenry Ernest Muhlenberg, D. his distinction as a scientist, that von Humboldt, onhis visit to this country, sought the Doctors acquaintance. It isno matter of surprise, therefore, to find that Dr. Muhlenberg,shortly after becoming pastor of Trinity, advocated an ad-vanced course of education—a movement which, in 1787, ledto the establishment of Franklin College, of which he was thefirst president. 15 IReminiscences An event of special interest during his pastorate was theerection of the magnificent tower and steeple, which makeTrinity one of the most imposing church buildings on this con-tinent. In the fall of 1785, the foundation of the new tower
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