Lutheran landmarks and pioneers in America : a series of sketches of colonial times . memberis not strange, when we consider the valuable services herendered his country, but it rests on an insufficient order that he might serve acceptably as pastor in astrictly English province, he secured episcopal ordinationin England. The effect of this ordination was that hewas regarded, according to the laws of the province ofVirginia, as a minister authorized to perform the act ofmarriage legally and to collect tithes for his support. It istrue, also, that this ordination made his services acce
Lutheran landmarks and pioneers in America : a series of sketches of colonial times . memberis not strange, when we consider the valuable services herendered his country, but it rests on an insufficient order that he might serve acceptably as pastor in astrictly English province, he secured episcopal ordinationin England. The effect of this ordination was that hewas regarded, according to the laws of the province ofVirginia, as a minister authorized to perform the act ofmarriage legally and to collect tithes for his support. It istrue, also, that this ordination made his services acceptableto the members of the Church of England, as well as to theGerman Lutherans whom he was called to serve. Thatthis act did not change his faith or his former Churchrelationship is proved by this, that the Ministerium ofPennsylvania commissioned him to perform certainduties after this ordination, and also by this, that after herelinquished the ministry he became an active layman inthe German Lutheran congregation of Philadelphia, anddied in active connection with the same. 168. PETER MUHLENBERG When the call came to this young American pastor andpatriot to take up arms in defence of his country he wasthe Lutheran minister at Woodstock, Virginia. He beganhis labors here in 1772. Woodstock was the center of hisnew parish, and he preached at several places in the Valleyof Virginia. The people whom he served were sturdyGermans that had come from Pennsylvania. To show howtruly German and Lutheran they were, we give a pictureof the communion vessels with the altar cloth that Muhlen-berg found in use in the church at Woodstock. You willnotice with interest the painstaking lettering on thecloth. The cup has a similar inscription engraved overthe whole exterior surface, giving the clear Lutheran doc-trine. All inscriptions are German in Roman date given on all pieces is 1767. These vessels atpresent are the property of the Lutheran congregation atWoodstock and are wisely
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