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Title: Sesqui-centennial, Bethania congregation, 1759-1909
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Moravian Church
Subjects: Moravian Church Moravians Church anniversaries
Publisher: (Winston-Salem, N.C. : Union Republican Pub. Co.)
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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n calling, to them, to me, to you,Fearing lest we should fail them, in the stirring lust for gold,—Lest we forget the teachings, of the brave days of old,Methinks we hear their warnings, lest we neglect the truth,And spend for naught the vigor, and the freshness of our youth. Mid the glories of the homeland, we shall greet them by and by:In the uncreated brightness of the Fathers House on high,There, in the white domed mansions of an Eternal Peace,We shall see and know our loved ones, after earths con-flicts cease,0, the beauty of that country, has never yet been told,Not the faintest whispers reach us, from that land where none,grow old.Earths accents are too feeble, to utter all their joy,Our mortal tongues too stammering, for songs without alloy.But the glad day dawns for us too, whose sun shall neer go down,On the green banks of Lifes River, wTe shall know, as we are known,There, with the saints and angels, in harmony to meetTo spend eternal ages, at our Redeemers feet. BETHANIA
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SESQUI-CENTENNIAL PREACHERS AND SKETCHES JOHN CHRISTIAN JACOBSON was born in Den-mark 1795. With his wife (m. n. Schnall) he be-gan his pastorate at Bethania 1820. In 1834he took charge of Salem Female Academy, andabout ten years later became Principal of Naz-areth School, Pa. In 1849 ne was called toBethlehem, Pa., where he served as a memberof the Provincial Elders Conference. He wasordained Bishop in 1854. He died in 1870. Hisson, Rev. H. A. Jacobson, is Office Editor ofThe Moravian, published in the NorthernProvince. GEORGE FREDERICK BAHNSON was born inDenmark 1805. He was educated in Germany.In 1829 he emigrated to the United States andfive years later began his ministerial career. Thetwo congregations in which he labored longestand with most success were Lancaster, Pa., andSalem, N. C. He was pastor at Bethania from1834 to 1838. He was consecrated Bishop ini860. He died a few weeks after his returnfrom General Synod in Germany, which was heldin 1869. One of his sons, Rev. Georgesesquicentennial00mora

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