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county, are the Rev'ds. John Herr, John Keeport, and Henry 



.Bowman. Among their ordinary ministers are the Rev'ds. 



Abraham Landis, John Landis, Joseph Weaver, Abraham 



.Snevely, Christian Resh, and Samuel Hershy. They preach 



English occasionally. They have three meeting houses; and 



hold meetings at eight or ten other stated places in the county. 



The UxivEKSALisTS. — There are comparatively few of thern 



in this county ; th(;y have three places of public worship ; but 



at present they have no one that officiates in spiritual things. 



The Seceders. — The number known by this name is small 



in this county. They have one minister, the Rev. Easton, and 



two places of public worship. 



The United Brethren, or Vereinigte Brueder. — There are 

 some of this respectable body in the county. We know neither 

 -the probable number of their ministers nor places of worship. 

 The Church of God. — This denomination is of compara- 

 tively recent origin. The name of " Church of God,'''' was as- 

 sumed by them about the year 1827 or '28. The church in the 

 city was first gathered about the year 1820, under the ministry 

 of the late Rev. John Elliott, who preached the gospel many 

 years faithfully and with success, to an independent congrega- 

 tion in the city. After he left, the church declined, till about 

 the year 1841, when the Rev. John Winebrenner, V. D. M. of 

 Harrisburg, Rev'ds Jacob Flake and Joseph Ross and others of 

 the Eldership of the Church of God, held protracted meetings, 

 when a number were revived and others awakened, and a deep 

 interest manifested, and soon a congregation of one or two 

 hundred was organized. The Rev. Winebrenner, and their 

 present pastor, the Rev. Jacob Flake, labored jointly in the 

 city till lately. 



The number of ministers at present in the county, is five, 

 viz: the Rev'ds J. Flake, J. H. Bomberger, J. Tucker, I. Bra- 

 dy, J. Stamm. Their places of public worship, may range 

 from twelve to fifteen in the county. Within the last few 

 years they have erected several houses for public worship. 



The Calvanistic Baptists. — This denomination although 

 characterized for their missionary enterprises, made no effort 

 in this county to promulgate their views, and organize congre- 

 gations, until within a few year;-, except in the southern part 

 ^f the county, where a church has been built rising of twenty. 



