The Historic Character of the American Moravian Church

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Excerpt from The Historic Character of the American Moravian Church: A Discourse Preached, by Appointment, Before the Moravian Provincial SynodNow this system, in all its parts, the Brethren brought with them to the New World. But here existed a state of affairs wholly different from that in Europe. Here was a wide field for industry, the poorest man had abundant Opportunities togain a livelihood. Here was not an excess, but a lack of population. Here, and especially in Pennsylvania, prevailed not only religious liberty, but thousands of persons were in connection with no church, deprived Of the means of grace, spiritually careless and neglected. Here, therefore, it was the duty of Christians of every name to organize, to found churches, to bring their converts into their own courts and bestow upon them their Own name. There was no other way Of Successfully evangelizing America.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.