DONEGAL REFORMED CHURCH AT MILTON GROYE, MAYTOWN REFORMED CHURCH AT MAYTOWN. During the past four years, as pastor of the Maytown Reformed Church, in Maytown, this county, I have from time to time come across items of historical value in connection with the history of our congregation. Just twenty

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

Early Historical Record of Zion Lutheran Church, Manheim, Pa. By REV. J. F. KNITTLE, Ph.D. It was Solomon, the King of wisdom of Israel, who, in reviewing his life, declared that "Of the making of many books there is no end," and we might apply that statement today and say that of the writing of

EARLY PRESBYTERIANISM IN LANCASTER COUNTY. In conversation with our patient and indefatigable librarian, I inciden- tally remarked that the Rev. Alexan- der Craighead, formerly a pastor of Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, deserved more credit for the adoption of the Mecklenburg Declaration, in

History of St. John's (Center) Reformed Church, &tot Ear/ Township, Lancaster County By GLENN WEAVER Introduction About mid-way between the small towns of Terre Hill and Bowmansville, Pennsylvania, on a small hill overlooking the lovely valley of the Black Creek, stands a small country church—rich

An Old Lancaster County Church To every true American citizen Pennsylvania will ever be of interest in view of the events that occurred on its soil in connection with the origin and development of our glorious re- public. Citizens of Pennsylvania rejoice in their Commonwealth in view of what it is

OLD ST. JOHN'S CHURCH YARD, PEQUEA. "Great families of yesterday we show. And lords whose parents were the Lord knows who." —Defoe. Pennsylvania, obviously, was not named after William Penn the Quaker, but in honor of his father, Admiral Penn, the Churchman. Had William Penn his way the Province (1

OLD ST, JOHN'S, PEQUEA St. John's parish is located in the extreme eastern section of the beau- tiful Pequea Valley, on the "King's Highway,"or "Old Road," leading from Lancaster to Philadelphia. In the survey of 1733 the English Church (St. John's, Pequea) is one of the points mentioned. It is

Old St. Mary's of Lancaster, Pa. : The Jesuit Period,1741-1785 Edgar A. Musser THE BISHOPS WHO GOVERNED THE CHURCH IN COLONIAL AMERICA The Catholic Church throughout the world is—under the Sovereign Pontiff—governed by bishops and archbishops, so that in almost every part of the earth it is under

spot such as this that exists about three miles south of Willow Street, Pennsylvania, in Pequea Township, known as the Byerland Valley, that salutes a rising knoll upon which is perched the Byerland Mennonite Church in simplicity surrounded by a royal grove of maple trees. This is an historical