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CHAPTER XIL 



Religious D::xeiiiNATio>-s — Early missionaries among the Concstoga and 

 other Indians— ']'he Mcnnoniies — The Friends or Quakers^— The Ornish 

 or Amish — The Episcopalians — Tiie Presbyterians— ^The German Bap- 

 tists — The Gorman Seventh Day Baptists — Tiie Lulhcrans-^The German 

 Relbrmed— The United Brelhren or Moravians — The Roman Catholics — 

 The P.Iethodist Episcopal — The New Jerusalem Church — The Evangeli- 

 cal Association or "Abrecht's Ijeute "— ^TJio rieformed Mennonites — The 

 TJniversalists — The Seceders — The United Brethren or "Allgemeine 

 Braeder"— The Church of God— The Calvanistic Baptists— The Mor- 

 nion^^ &G. 



If diversity cf creeds, or multiplicity of religious sects servo 

 as a standard of deep toued piety and christian benevolerce. 

 tiien may the people of Lancaster county lay claim to a goodly 

 share ; for there is no spot upon earth, with so limited a popu- 

 lation and the same confined territory, that counts more de- 

 nominations, than Lancaster. But with all this diversity, there 

 are few, if any, irreligious conlroversies, that usually charac- 

 terize bigots, among the inhabitants. Each seems to promote 

 his own and his neighbor's welfare, and therewith appears 

 content. 



In this chapter we shall attempt a succinct sketch of the seve- 

 ral religious denominations found in this county. We regret 

 it, that only a fev\^ of the score of ministers whom we addressed 

 to furnish religious statistics, have seen proper to comply.* 



At an early period missionaries of the Swedish church visited 

 the Indians, within the present limits of Lancaster county. — 

 The Friends also paid some attention to the Indians. As early 



*For an accurate and impartial account of the Instory and doctrines of 

 ail the rcHgious denominations in tlie United States, the reader is referred to 

 a work entitled He Pasa Ecclesia,orthe Whole Church in the United Sfa'es; 

 every article of the work quoted has been expressly written for it by eminent 

 theological professors, ministers or distinguished lay members of each re- 

 spective denomination. It is the only work extant that can be relied on as 

 being impartial and authentic. Kupp, Clyde, Williams & Co., of Harris-, 

 bur^:, Pa., are the publishers. The work is in press. 



