time had come for organizing a Lutheran congregation. Being well acquainted 1 Journals of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, Tappert and Doberstein, Phila., 1942, p. 492. 2 Ibid, p. 532. Memorial Volume, Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, 1861, p. 44. 4 Diary of the Rev. F. A. C. Muhlenberg, from the Lutheran

it. Here came Count Zinzendorf, leader of the Moravians, in 1742; Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, patriarch of the Lutheran Church, in 1745; and George Whitefield, the great English evangelist, and the Rev. Michael Schlatter, leader of the Reformed Church, in 1746. That the people of the town were

American and Swiss citizens also plans to honor Sutter with a memorial. He told the audience that "among the men of Swiss origin, who contributed to the greatness of the United States, General John Augustus Sutter is an outstanding figure. Switzerland has ever been proud of this son. She conveys the

his company of "Normal Rifles" of 101 recruits in two weeks' time. Crowds gathered in Center Square to give them a tumultuous farewell, and to each sol- dier a Testament was presented by the Rev. Daniel Steck, of St. Johns' Lutheran Church. The band which accompanied the regiment was drawn in large

author to Lafayette, on his visit here in 1825. THOMAS BAUMGARDNER was born in York, Pa., of German parentage, December 20, 1816. Besides his interest in railroad work, his business activi- ties were wide and varied. He was a director of the Philadelphia and Sunbury, and the Reading and Columbia

. The government of the United States under our Federal Constitution, in theory and ideal at least, makes possible the happy and har- monious living, together in peace, of a free people. We are fighting for self-preservation. The free and innocent men, women, and children of four continents, Europe

succession that tragedy again entered Harriet Lane Johnston's life. One year after the death of her son James, the second son, Henry, died. Then just two years later, in 1884, she lost her husband. On the walls of St. James' Church a large tablet is inscribed to her hus- band and son. Bereft of her husband

flying beetle. Both were men of highest scholastic attainments, both were devout and devoted pastors of Lutheran parishes. The Rev. Henry Ernst Muhlenberg, of Lancaster, was a botanist; the Rev. Frederick Valentine Melsheimer, an entomologist. There were times in those early days when Muhlenberg walked

Advertiser" of July 21, 1802, states: "Died suddenly on Saturday last (July 17), Mr. Henry Lewis Montandon, Watchmaker of this Borough." Later this announcement peared: "Notice of public Vendue. At late dwelling house of Henry Lewis Montandon, near the Court-house, North Queen Street. * * Albert DuFresne