ennsylvania-German Bociety. SKETCH OF ITS ORIGIN, WITH THE PROCEEDINGS AND ADDRESSES AT ITS ORGANIZATION. LANCASTER, APRIL 15TH, 1891. PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY. REPRINTED 1907 Prayer, by Rev. Paul de Schweinitz,. Address of Welcome, by E. K. Martin, Esq.,... Response, by George F. Baer, Esq.,.. Report of Local Committee,. Names of Persons Present,. PAGE. 4 6 9 10 12 14 18 26 30 32 Committees Appointed, De Olta un Neia Tzeita, by E. H. Rauch, Esq.,...... 33 Puritan and Cavalier? Why Not the Pennsylvania Germans? by Col. Thos. C. Zimmerman,...... 36 Auswahlen der Alte Zeite, by Henry L. Fisher, Esq.,. 48 The Pennsylvania-Germans in Church and State, by Rev. C. Z. Weiser, D.D.,...... What I Know of Pennsylvania-Germans, by Rev. 62 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN SOCIETY: Your Committee, appointed by the Convention held at Lancaster, Pa., on April 15, 1891, herewith presents to you the volume of Proceedings and Addresses it was authorized to prepare, together with a brief sketch of the origin of our Society, and the proceedings of the meetings preliminary to the organization. Hoping that our work may meet with your approval, we remain respectfully, E. W. S. PARTHEMORE, J. MAX HARK, HIRAM YOUNG, Committee. |