Identifier: appletonsannualc13newy (find matches)
Title: Appleton's annual cyclopedia and register of important events: embracing political, military, an ecclesiastical affairs; public documents; biography, statistics, commerce, finance, literature, science, agriculture, and mechanical industry
Year: 1875 (1870s)
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Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York: Appleton
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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na, Virginia, West Vir-ginia, Mississippi, Holston(Tenn.), and Georgia,numbering 186 clergymen, 373 congregations,and 33,641 members. There are within thebounds of this general body, 1 theologicalseminary, 5 colleges, 13 academies and ladiesseminaries, and 1 orphans home. The nextconvention will be held in Wilmington, N. C,Nov. 14, 1889. Independent Synods.—The following twelvesynods carry on their church, educational, mis- wife of John D. Lankenau and the daughter ofthe late Francis M. Drexel and sister of Fran-cis A. Drexel. The building, erected on thegrounds of the German Hospital, at Girardand Corinthian Avenues, was begun Sept. 20, 1886, and the corner-stone was laid Nov. 11, 1887. It has a frontage on Girard Avenue of250 feet, with wings running south 300 feet,and an open court between the wings of 120and 140 feet. The main entrance is in thecenter of the Girard Avenue front, having anarchway 15 feet high directly under the chapel,which forms the center of the building and is
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THE MARY J. DREXEL HOME, PHILADELPHIA. sionary, and benevolent operations independ-ent of the four general bodies and of eachother: Joint Synod of Ohio, Buffalo, Nor-wegian, Michigan, Norwegian-Danish Confer-ence, Hauges Norwegian Synod, GermanAugsburg, Maryland (German), Danish, Dan-ish Lutheran Union, Icelandic Synod, Imman-uels Synod, numbering 925 clergymen, 2,007congregations, and 219,133 members, 9 theo-logical seminaries, 4 colleges, 8 academies, and4 benevolent institutions. Deaconess Institution.—A notable event in thehistory of the Lutheran Church in Americawas the erection and dedication of the Mary J.Drexel Home and Mother-House of Deacon-esses in Philadelphia. This is a memorial ofthe lady whose name it bears, who was the surmounted by a steeple 175 feet high. Thebuilding is of brick, with cut-stone trimmings,and is three stories high. It cost $500,000,and is the gift of Mr. Lankenau to the LutheranChurch. It is to serve a threefold purpose:1. As the mother-house for an

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