CONTENTS
Title Page		i
	Dedication	v
	Bishop Philip William Otterbein	vi
	Picture and Historical Sketch of Bishop Grant D. Batdorf	vii
	Picture and Historical Sketch of Doctor John H. Ness	viii
	Picture and Historical Sketch of Bishop Arthur B. Statton	ix
	Forward by Bishop Arthur B. Statton	x
	Author's Preface and Acknowledgements	xii
CHAPTER I. Genesis		17
	Scope of this History – Religious Condition among Germans in America, 1700-1750
	– Rev. Michael Schlatter and His Missionaries – Sketches of Philip William Otterbein,
	Martin Boehm, George Adam Geeting, and Christian Newcomer – The Pipe Creek
	Conferences – The Period from 1789 to 1800 – The United Brethren and Pentecost.
CHAPTER II. Exodus		38
	The Decision to become a New Denomination – Minutes of Conference of 1800
	– The Name – Branching Out – Church Building – First General Conference
	– Division of the Original Conference – The Churches in Western Maryland
	– The United Brethren and the Methodists.
CHAPTER III. High Lights From the Conference Minutes		51
	Dr. Albright's Translation – High Lights from the Minutes, Year by Year – The First
	Statistical Chart, 1847 – Statistical High Lights.
CHAPTER IV. The Churches of Pennsylvania Conference		76
CHAPTER V. The Ministers of Pennsylvania Conference		268
	The Name, Birth-date, Date of Entering Conference, Date of Ordination, How and
	When Membership Ceased, Death-date and Place of Interment of each Minister
	Connected with the Conference from the Beginning, in-so-far as the Information
	is Available.
CHAPTER VI. Conference Leaders of Yesteryear		288
	Brief Biographies of Outstanding Ministers, Mainly Those of the Period Ending
	with 1900.
CHAPTER VII. Laborers Sent Forth		314
	Bishops, Editors, General Officers and Missionaries Sent Forth by
	Pennsylvania Conference.
CHAPTER VIII. The Present Roster Of The Conference		331
	Table of Ministerial Service – Pictures of Conference Members.
CHAPTER IX. Conference Auxiliaries		350
	Women's Missionary Association and Otterbein Guild-Young People's Work
	– Board of Education – Orphanage and Old Folks' Home – Lebanon
	Valley College – Camp Meetings.
CHAPTER X. The Sessions Of Pennsylvania Conference		369
	Year and Place Held – Presiding Bishops-Presiding Elders – Secretaries
	– Treasurers – Historians.
CHAPTER XI Our Delegates To The General Conferences		378
CHAPTER XII. Glimpses Of The Church At Large		382
	Headquarters – U. B. Office Building – Publishing House – Our Educational
	Institutions – Benevolent Homes – Board of Bishops – General Officers
	– Membership by Conferences – Denominational Statistics for 1937 – Growth
	in Church Membership.
CHAPTER XIII. Fragments Gathered Up		393
	Francis Scott Key – A John Brown Anecdote – Stanley Befriended – An Answered
	Prayer – Centennial Services – Statistics for 1937 – Stationing Committee's Report
	for 1937 – Virginia Conference Incorporation – Didn't Need Doctoring – Pioneer
	Spirit – The Busy Martha – The Broadcaster – History of Transportation – What's in
	a Name? – Conference Minutes' Dates – First Benevolent Society - Old Match House
	– Numbering Israel – Old Winterstown Church – “The Good Old Days" – Conference
	Officials, 1925 – Mount Olivet Church – Charter Membership, Washington Church
	– Conference Staff of 1915 – Glossbrenner Anecdote – Ordination Certificate of Rev.
	Jacob Baulus – Retreat Grove School House – Rev. Simon Geeting – Monument at
	Site of Geeting Meeting House – Mt. Hebron Church – Geeting's Grave – First Liberal
	Appeal – Trustee Board, Orphanage and Home – Fifty Years in the Ministry – Rev.
	Evers' S. S. Class – John Spangler Home.
CHAPTER XIV. Pages From Newcomer's Journal		423
	That the readers of this Conference History may get an insight into the activities of our
	pioneers, we present herewith four portions of Newcomer's Journal, verbatim. The first
	portion presents in full his autobiography, which serves as a preface to his journal. The
	second portion gives the entries in his diary, or journal, from the beginning, October 27,
	1795 to December 31, 1798. The third portion gives the entries from January 1, 1813 to
	December 31, 1816. The fourth portion gives the entries from January 1828 to the close
	of his life, March 1830.
INDEX		507