The German Colony And Lutheran Church in Maine An Address Delivered Before the
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Hitherto, the settlement had consisted principally of Germans, and of the children who were born unto them. But after the close of the war of the Revolution, the faci- lities for ship building, afforded by the Muscongus river^ and its vicinity to the waters of the Broad Cove and Bay, began to attract the attention of the descendants of the Puritans, a proverbially active and enterprising race, and- soon a village sprang into existence, at the head of navi- gation on the eastern bank, and the po...pulation became materially changed. But the Germans still adhered to * Holmes' Ainer. An. Williamson His. Ma. 14 The Clerman Colony^ their own language, and to the customs of their fathers/ and particularly to their ancient faith. They V/ere origin- ally from different parts of Germany, and consisted for the most part of those who adopted the Augsburg Confession for their creed ; but among them were many of the follow- ers of Zwinglius, and some few of the Moravians, or Uni- ted Brethren. But they were all of one mind, as to the necessity of establishing public worship, and paying a due regard to the institutions of Christianity; and, therefore, ' no sooner had they erected their huts, than they endeav- ored to provide a fit habitation for the mighty God of Ja- cob.
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