Our bishops; a sketch of the origin and growth of the church of the United brethren in Christ as shown in the lives of its distinguished leaders . ths and four grandfather. Christian Erb, was born in Switzer-land in A, D. 1736, and when only three years of agewas brought to this country. His father was alsonamed Christian, and was born in Lancaster County, inA. D. 1758. His maternal grandfather was AbrahamHershey, who emigrated from Switzerland to Americain A. D. 1759. His mothers maiden name was Eliza-beth, a sister to Christian and Abraham Hershey, earlypreachers in the United Breth
Our bishops; a sketch of the origin and growth of the church of the United brethren in Christ as shown in the lives of its distinguished leaders . ths and four grandfather. Christian Erb, was born in Switzer-land in A, D. 1736, and when only three years of agewas brought to this country. His father was alsonamed Christian, and was born in Lancaster County, inA. D. 1758. His maternal grandfather was AbrahamHershey, who emigrated from Switzerland to Americain A. D. 1759. His mothers maiden name was Eliza-beth, a sister to Christian and Abraham Hershey, earlypreachers in the United Brethren Church. In A. D. 1810, when Jacob was six years of age,his parents moved from Lancaster County, to Cumber-land County, Penn., and settled on a tract of landon the banks of the Susquehanna, opposite Harris-burg. On that farm his father died in 1820. After thedeath of the father, the family removed from the farmto Wormleysburgh, where the mother resided until thetime of her death, which occurred when she was eighty-five years of age. Before and after the fathers death his home was aregular preaching place for the United Brethren. When 226. Jau^ ^ TENTH BISHOP UNITED BKETHREN IN CHRIST. 227 Jacob was sixteen years of age, he was converted at hisown home in the month of January, 1S20, and joinedthe Church of the United Brethren in Christ. Afterhis fathers death he lived with his mother during thewinter, and in tlie summer labored on a farm of hisbrother-in-law, Samuel Eberl}^ near Shiremanstown,Penn. The year after his conversion he began toexhort the people to attain to an experimental knowl-edge of saving grace. On being urged by Father Her-shey and by Neidig to enter the active ministry, aftermature thought and prayer he consented and waslicensed to preach by the Hagerstown Conference,which met at the home of John Cronise, FrederickCounty, Md., May 3, A. D. 1823. He was then aboutnineteen years of age, and had been a member ofthe Church for three years. He was appointed to L
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