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Excerpt from Seventy Years History of Saint Peter's Lutheran and Reformed Congregations of Rittersville, Lehigh Co;, Penna: With Complete Records of All Members of Both Congregations and Sunday Schools Seventy years history of a church is of such significance to a community, that it should even at this late date be put into permanent form for the perusal and benefit of the present and future generations. Present generations would fail in their duties to posterity unless they performed their part to keep green the memories of their forebears and the spiritual home in which they worshipped. The growth of these congregations in their early years was somewhat tardy but the progressive spirit of the community at this time is equally evident in the congregations both from a spiritual and material standpoint. These sentiments have prompted the publication of this little volume.. The following persons constituted the Historical Committees: Reformed, Rev. J. S. Bartholomew, Walter C. Arndt, chairman; Printon Hoch, Clayton Heiney, and Wilson H. Ehret. Lutheran, Rev. I. B. Ritter, Dr. R. B. Klotz, Harvey, Billheimer, O. F. Walter and Robert Reich-art. These committees of both congregations gratefully acknowledge the efficient and valuable services rendered them by Mr. William J. Dietrich, of Allentown, Pa. 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.