Earliest Reformed Church in Lancaster County. The early history of Lancaster county gathers around its ancient churches. In colonial days, far more than at pre- sent, the church was the centre of so- cial life; and those who would study that life in its more recent develop- ments should not fail to

Reformed church of France in the days of persecution. They were very enthusiastic and in their services were frequently attack- ed by violent convulsions. Several of their leaders—Gleim, Gruber and Mac- kinet—came to America and lived in Germantown. In Germany, after Rock's death, they maintained a feeble

personally in great dan- ger. The city of Paris became excited, and a mob gathered around the Tuil- eries. In the palace everything was in confusion, and the howling multitude was not to be restrained. The crowd burst into the apartments of the Em- press, and there can be no doubt that if they had found her

the present, to recall facts which are recorded in general history, it has been said that "history needs to be continu- ally rewritten and retold," and to re- late the main events of a career whose splendor our forefathers desired to perpetuate cannot fail to prove inter- esting in these latter days

the colonial government that established the �counties, at the same time granting to the district Courts authority to organize the townships. In the foundation of our own county of Lancaster these two processes may be said to have been in some sense united. There were a few early settlements w h i c h