Religion in America Or An Account of the Origin Progress Relation to the Sta
Religion in America Or An Account of the Origin Progress Relation to the Sta
Robert Baird
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The first Lutherans that emigrated to America came from Holland, and settled at New- York about the year 1626, that is, two years after the regular settlement of New Netherlands by the Dutch. But they were few in number, and as long as the Dutch held the country, they worshipped in private houses only. But on the col- ony being transferred to the English, in 1664, they obtained leave to open a place of public worship, and had for their first minister Jacob Fabricius, who arrived in 1669. 258 RE...LIGION IN AMERICA. [Book VI, Next among the Lutherans came the Swedish colony that settled on the Dela- ware in 1636. It flourished for a while, but receiving no new-comers from Swe- den, the colonists gradually fell into the use of the English tongue, and as there were no Lutheran clergymen who could preach in English, on losing their Swedish pastors they went to the English Episco- pal Church for religious teachers, and be- came ultimately merged in that denomi- nation. Nevertheless, by their charter they are still styled Swedish Lutheran churches.
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