been claimed, and pos- sibly with truth, that a Sunday school was conducted by the monks of the Cloister at Ephrata, Lancaster county, Pa., as early as 1739,—forty-one years before the printer at Gloucester, England, gathered the waifs of his town into a similar school. It is also stated in the report

The Columbia Race Riots By William Frederic Worner Homer, 3OOO years ago, said : " Most sons are inferior to their fathers, a few are equal, and fewer still are superior to them." The history of Columbia occupies a unique place in the annals of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. From an early period

): Hamilton, James, 1710-1783. Presbyterian Church Corporation of Pequea (Pa.) Cemeteries--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1920 Description: 39-51 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical

, 1706-1790. American Philosophical Society. Philosophy--Societies, etc.--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Philosophy--Societies, etc.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 38-40 p. ; 23 cm

:///Volumes/LCHS%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Worner, William Frederic. Title: The Sunday-School Society / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Sunday-School Society (Lancaster, Pa.) Sunday schools--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County

. German American newspapers--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1925 Description: 30-35 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 28, no. 2 Notes: From newspaper entitled "Neue Unpartheyische Lancaster Zeitung und

, Chester county, Pennsylvania, a tract of land con- taining 250 acres in the Province of Pennsylvania, subject to a quit rent, described in the document as "yielding and paying therefore during the said terme unto the said James Philips and Elizabeth, his, wife, their heirs and assigns, the rent of one

in the borough and county of Lancaster, in order to encourage industry, frugality and American manufactures, formed an association known as "The Lancaster County Society for Pro- moting Agriculture, Manufactures and the Useful Arts." Mr. F. A. Muhlenberg was chosen president. �