OF LANCASTER COUNTY. 455 



services should be held in English. Mr. Iloffmcier, in consequence of dissatisfaction, 

 resigned his charge. He died IVIarch 18, 1838, and lies buried at the Church whidi ho 

 so long and faithfully served. A handsome niar1)le slab, adorning the interior of the 

 Church, perpetuates his memory. The Rev. Martin. Bniner wati calle<l in 18:32, and 

 labored in the congregation till 1838. At the commencement of his ministry the Sunday 

 School was organized. liev. George W. Glessner became pastor in 1840. After a suc- 

 cessful ministry of seven years, he resigned, and was succeeded in 1847 by the Hep. 

 Nathaniel A. Keyes. Difficulties springing from the Gennan <iucsfion, end)arrassL'd 

 the ministry of this faithful and pious pastor, in consequence of which, lie with a mi- 

 nority of his congregation, went out and organized St. PauVs German Reformed 

 Churcli. In the spring of 1850, the Rev. Dr. Henry Ilnrbavgh became pastor of the 

 Mother Church. His ministry of ten years and a half was attended with signal succes.s. 

 In 1852, the old Church was removed and the present handsome edifice erected. Besides 

 the great amount of literary laljor performed by Dr. Harbaugh, the records bear testi- 

 mony to his fidelity to his pastoral duties. During his ministry at Lancaster he bap- 

 tized 420 infants and added 251 to the Church by the rite of Confirmation. Dr. Har- 

 baugh was succeeded by the present pastor of the congregation, the Rev. Amos IF. 

 Kremer, who, after a ministry of fifteen years and a half at Carlisle, accepted a call 

 from the Lancaster Church and was installed April 21, 1861. During these eight years 

 he has received into the Church by Baptism 307, and by Confirmation 263. The Sab- 

 bath School numbers 366 scholars, and the congregation, through his efficient .services, 

 is in a prosperous condition. 



St. Paul's German Refonned Church, as already stated, was organized during the 

 ministry of the Rev. Nathaniel A. Keyes. In January 1850, after a long struggle grow- 

 ing out of the German question, more than 100 members of the mother congregation 

 withdrew, requesting certificates of dismission, which the Church was directed by the 

 Lebanon Classis, under whose jurisdiction it stood, to grant to all who might desire 

 them with a view to organizing themselves into an English Gennan Refonned Church. 

 A division of the Church property was efl:ected and the new organization completed. 

 For a time worship was held in the old Franklin College building; but vigorous meas- 

 ures were at once taken for the erection of a new Church edifice. A lot was purchased, 

 and in Nov. 1851, the Church at the South-west corner of Orange and Duke streets 

 ■was consecrated to God. Mr. Keyes was pastor of the congregation till October, 1855. 

 He was succeeded by the Rev. Isaac 8. JDemund, whose ministry iu the congregation 

 extended from April 1856 to April 1864. After a vacancy of half a year, a call was 

 given to the Rev. Henry Mosser, who accepted it and retained his connection with the 

 congregation as pastor till March, 1866. Tlie present pastor, the Rev. Edwin H. Nevin, 

 after preaching as a supply for six months, entered upon his past<iral duties in April 

 1868. The congregation having at the time of its organization about 110 members, 

 now numbers more than 200. 



This denomination has churches at the following places: Lancaster 3, (First. St. 

 Paul's and College Chapel), Millersville, Roherstown, Conestoga Centre, Columbia. 

 Elizabethtown, Maytown, Bainbridge, New Providence, Quarryville, New Holland. 

 Seltenreich'.s, Heller's, Manheim, Rapho, Petersburg, New Haven, Bethany, Ephrata. 

 White Oak, Brickerville, Reamstown, Swamp, Vogansville, Centre and Modencreek; it 

 has 13 ministers, and 2,362 Church members. 



JEWS. 



The Jews have a handsome synagogue at Lancaster, which was consecrated Septem- 

 ber 13, 1867. 



LUTHERANS. 



Among the German immigrants to this county prior to 1730 were many Lutherans. 

 Simultaneously with the building of Lancaster is the planting of Hie parent congrega- 



