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She is knows for the great preachers who have been and are her leaders, for her fidelity to the faith of the Lutheran Church, for her good works through all the past, and in general for the vigorous Christian life manifested by the congregation.\" - from the \u003cem\u003eGreeting\u003c\/em\u003e by Frederick H. Knubel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32494370455618,"sku":"ABE5176","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC09778.jpg?v=1708628628"},{"product_id":"hoffman-christmas-a-story-for-my-friends-the-fatherland-series","title":"Hoffman, Christmas: A Story for my Friends (The Fatherland Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eHoffman, Franz; Harbaugh, H. 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He was a prominent Philadelphia printer of the colonial and post-colonial era, issuing works in both German and English. An active supporter of the revolution (he had published Thomas Paine’s \u003cem\u003eThe American Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e), he fled Philadelphia when the British took the city in 1777. He started the \u003cem\u003eAmerican Herald\u003c\/em\u003e in 1784 and the \u003cem\u003eColumbian Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e in 1786. During the administration of John Adams he became the public printer and established a printing and binding firm in Washington, D.C.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlong with the printing business he was the first person to introduce anthracite coal to the United States, facing opposition in Philadelphia where the public thought he was trying to sell blackened stones. 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They are divided into the following categories: Speculative, Practical, and Social, with some being described from a Biblical example.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRev. R. Peter Bergstresser, D.D. (1826-1905), b. Selinsgrove, Pa.; d. Wilkinsburg, Pa. A graduate of Gettysburg College, he was ordained as a minister with the Evangelical Lutheran Synod, was pastor of churches in Pennsylvania and Maryland, and was the author of several historical and devotional works.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41804046663746,"sku":"ABE10694","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC01943BackgroundRemoved.png?v=1731502754"},{"product_id":"1842-1912-history-st-peters-lutheran-reformed-congregations-rittersville-pa","title":"1842-1912 History St Peter's Lutheran \u0026 Reformed Congregations, Rittersville, PA","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1842-1912 Seventy Years History of Saint Peter's Lutheran and Reformed Congregations of Rittersville, Lehigh Co., Penna. 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Hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fine church history with hundreds of names, including those of the people buried in the church cemetery.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41804108628034,"sku":"ABE10700","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC01956BackgroundRemoved.png?v=1731509291"},{"product_id":"johann-friedrich-starks-tagliches-hand-buch","title":"Johann Friedrich Stark's tägliches Hand-Buch","description":"\u003cp\u003eStark, Johann Friedrich. \u003cstrong\u003eJohann Friedrich Stark's tägliches Hand-Buch : in guten und bösen Tagen, enthaltend Aufmunterung, Gebete und Gesänge, 1. für Gesunde, 2. für Betrübte, 3. für Kranke, 4. für Sterbende:\u003c\/strong\u003e Philadelphia: Verlag von I. Kohler, No. 202 Nord 4te Strasse, oberh. Race, c 1860. Wohlfeile Ausgabe in grobem Druck. 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Starck was a Pietist within the Lutheran church and his 1727 Tagliches Handbuch in guten und bosen Tagen (Daily Handbook for Good and Evil Days) has been said to have been one of the most widely-read German books of his time.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41818542276674,"sku":"ABE10710","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC02006BackgroundRemoved.png?v=1732206933"},{"product_id":"1867-1892-muhlenberg-college-history-of-the-college-and-a-record-of-its-men","title":"1867 - 1892 Muhlenberg College: History of the College and a Record of its Men","description":"\u003cp\u003eOchsenford, S. E. \u003cstrong\u003e1867 - 1892 Muhlenberg College: A Quarter-Centennial Memorial Volume, being a History of the College and a Record of its Men\u003c\/strong\u003e. Allentown, Pa.: Muhlenberg College, 1892. First Edition. 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