German Lutherans started arriving in Pennsylvania in 1683 under the leadership of Frank Pastorius, and many more followed. The Lutheran colonists built two new churches, including one in Trappe, Pennsylvania, near whose walls their famous leader Henry Melchior Mühlenberg was later buried. … Continue reading First Lutheran Synod in the Colonies
Joseph Alleine’s imprisonment was occasioned by the restoration of the English monarchy and the laws passed by England’s government in the 1660s. For years England had seesawed between Catholic and Protestant mandates, depending on the monarch in power. When the … Continue reading The Restoration
Indeed, through the power of her witness, her chief jailer, Pudens, committed himself to the Lord Jesus. Continue reading Perpetua
On this day, February 12, 1865, the galleries of the United States House of Representatives were packed. Black and white alike vied for a place where they might share in the historic moment. For the first time in the history of … Continue reading Ex-Slave Henry Garnet Addressed U.S. House
Religion was taken seriously in the seventeenth century in Europe and America because most people still believed that their faith dealt with issues of truth, not simply the opinions of men. In the colony of Massachusetts there were strict laws … Continue reading Massachusetts Law Against Quakers
Another of many important abolitionist Quakers was Lucretia Mott, who worked on the Underground Railroad in the 19th century… Continue reading First Quakers Ashore In America
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