The Hymn Writers Of Early Pennsylvania

Author : Joseph Henry Dubbs
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ISBN 13 : 9781331092650
Total Pages : 32 pages
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Download or read book Early German Hymnology of Pennsylvania (Classic Reprint) written by Joseph Henry Dubbs and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Early German Hymnology of Pennsylvania German, in the "Deutsche Pionier," a series of articles on "German-American Bibliography" which throw much light on this obscure subject; but these articles are now out of print and very difficult to obtain. Some information may, of course, be gleaned from the Prefaces of German hymn-books and the writings of foreign hymnologists, but the subject still demands original investigation. At present we can hardly hope to do more than to give an account of the various German hymn-books which were printed in this country during the last century. These were, in many instances, hardly more than reprints of books which the early settlers had brought with them from the fatherland, with occasional original hymns inserted here and there without any indication of authorship. Under these circumstances our subject can hardly be exhaustively treated, but we can, at any rate, indicate the direction of future studies. The numerous articles which have recently been written concerning the hymnology of the English churches of America would seem to suggest that something should be done, however imperfectly, in behalf of the Germans. In common speech, the Germans of Pennsylvania are said to be ecclesiastically divided into two great classes: "Church - People" (Kirchen-Leute) and "Sect-People" (Sekten-Leute). This distinction, though in some respects objectionable, is older than the settlement of the State. It was brought over from the fatherland, where there could be no question with regard to its meaning. The "Church-People" were, of course, those who maintained their allegiance to the established churches: Lutheran and Reformed. The Roman Catholics might also, from this point of view, have been termed "church-people," but in America they were so few in numbers and so thoroughly isolated, that they were generally known only by their proper name. The term "Sect-People" was not employed, in earlier times, by way of reproach. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.