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Religion in the United States of America (1848)

 

RELIGION

IN THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

OR AN ACCOUNT OF THE

Origin, Progress, Relations to the State, and Present Condition

OF THE

EVANGELICAL CHURCHES IN THE UNITED STATES.

WITH

NOTICES OF THE UNEVANGELICAL DENOMINATIONS


BY THE
REV. ROBERT BAIRD;
AUTHOR OF "L'UNION DE L'EGLISE EST DE L'ETAT, DANS LA NOUVELLE ANGLETERRE."

BLACKIE AND SON; GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH.
DUNCAN AND MALCOLM; LONDON.
MDCCCXLIV.

CHAPTER XIV.

S M A L L E R     G E R M A N     S E C T S.

      2. There are the WINEBRENNARIANS, so-called from their founder being a Mr. Winebrennen, a pious and zealous German, who resides, if still alive, in eastern Pennsylvania, where his followers are chiefly found. They form several congregations, and are said to be quite evangelical in their doctrines, and, as a body, irreproachable in their lives. Their ministers, though not well informed, have the reputation of being devoted, laborious, and useful men. Winebrennen seems to have commenced his labours among the Germans very much in the spirit and with the aim of Hans Honga in Norway.

ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC EDITION

      Robert Baird's "The Winebrennerians" was published in his Religion in the United States of America; or An Account of the Origin, Progress, Relations to the State, and Present Condition of the Churches in the United States, with Notices of the Unevangelical Denominations (Glasgow and Edinburgh: Blackie and Son; London: Duncan and Malcolm, 1848), pp. 154-155. The electronic text has been produced from a copy of the book held by St. Vincent College Library.

      Pagination of the printed text has been represented by enclosing the page numbers within square brackets.

      Addenda and corrigenda are earnestly solicited.

Ernie Stefanik
Derry, PA

Created 12 April 1997.
Updated 9 July 2003.

 

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