The Church of the Brethren (Dunkers) in Lebanon County (1916) (14799753863)

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Title: The Church of the Brethren (Dunkers) in Lebanon County
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Francis, J.G.
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Publisher: Lebanon County Historical Society
Contributing Library: Elizabethtown College, The High Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation



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J. G. Francis moved into Lebanon in 1901, hav-ing been chosen to the ministry in the Green Tree Con-gregation of Montgomery county, in 1895. He was theinstigator of the Brethren College of E. Pa., located, inviolation of some Brethren principles, at Elizabethtown,Lancaster county, and of the Brethren Historical Society.He hopes to build up in the city of Lebanon a churchworthy of the Brethren. The Brethren in Lebanon The Brethren first began to work in the city ofLebanon on the invitation of Mr. Shomo, associated withMr. Fauber, owner of the Union House of Prayer, onSouth Seventh Street, and of Mr. Young, publisher of aGerman paper in Lebanon. These two gentlemen at-tended services in the newly erected church at Cornwall,likly in 1871, and invited Christian Bucher to preach forthem in Lebanon. He entered the open door. At firstthe preaching was irregular, and done only on invitation,but before long the Brethren rented the house for serv-ices every four weeks. This was about 1873. Bro.
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1. Fredericksburg Meeting-house. 2. Hokes Meeting-house, nearMidway. 3. Longs (S. Annville) Meeting-house. 4. Cornwall Meet-ing-house. 5. Bucher Homestead near Rexmont. THE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN (BUNKERS) 119 Bucher now began to send John Herr and George Bucherto fill appointments. William Oberholtzer likely preachedthe first sermon in English. By permission of the church, the Brethren SundaySchool of Lebanon opened, Easter Sunday, Apr. 2, 1899,in the house of Bro. Michael Zug, 138 Cumberland street,now the residence of the writer, in which are now theheadquarters of the First Church of the Brethren, un-der the care of the writer. The school was openedthrough the efforts of Mrs. Martha Eckert, daughter ofMr. Zug, who was anxious to have her sons attend aBrethren Sunday School. Mary F. Zug, now the wife ofthe writer, was made superintendent. The school openedat 10 A.M. by singing Come, Holy Spirit, HeavenlyDove. The attendance was 20. We were married andmoved to Reading. The Sunday Sc